Police unions ...

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... are going to get LEO's killed:

The end of 2013 brought a measure of closure to a long-running Milwaukee police scandal, though some say the officer — and his cohorts — who repeatedly and illegally shoved his fingers up black male suspects’ anal cavities got off with a light sentence considering the flagrant nature of his abuses.

The ringleader was identified as officer Michael Vagnini, a white man who routinely targeted black males as young as fifteen for sadistic — and blatantly illegal — anal searches.

It is police unions which have gotten officers out of hot water for years now. But you can't violate the Law of Unintended Consequences.

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Funniest thing I've heard all day ...

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"Friend,

Thanks for standing with our Republican team and fighting for our conservative principles." - John McCain, from a please-send-us-money letter from the GOP

Gigglesnort! Mr McCain wouldn't know a conservative principal if it bit him on the ass.

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This case will be ...

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... and interesting one to watch:

The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to review a Texas case and determine whether when a homeowner exercises his Second Amendment rights he gives up his Fourth Amendment rights.

In short, does the Second trump the Fourth?
The question is being presented by the Rutherford Institute on behalf of John Quinn of Texas.
Quinn’s home was the subject of a no-knock, SWAT-team style forceful entry and raid based “solely on the suspicion that there were legally owned firearms in the household,” the legal brief explains.

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/12/supremes-asked-if-2nd-amendment-trumps-4th/#CK7u6w6TLpmZg4g3.99

The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to review a Texas case and determine whether when a homeowner exercises his Second Amendment rights he gives up his Fourth Amendment rights.

In short, does the Second trump the Fourth?

The question is being presented by the Rutherford Institute on behalf of John Quinn of Texas.

I don't see this one going very far, though it should go to SCOTUS and the conviction overturned.

How can a person be blamed for responding with deadly force when armed, organized invaders enter his home? John Quinn is lucky to be alive.

Unfortunately, and it pains me to say, this won't stop until some cops and judges start ending up dead.

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The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to review a Texas case and determine whether when a homeowner exercises his Second Amendment rights he gives up his Fourth Amendment rights.

In short, does the Second trump the Fourth?
The question is being presented by the Rutherford Institute on behalf of John Quinn of Texas.
Quinn’s home was the subject of a no-knock, SWAT-team style forceful entry and raid based “solely on the suspicion that there were legally owned firearms in the household,” the legal brief explains.

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/12/supremes-asked-if-2nd-amendment-trumps-4th/#CK7u6w6TLpmZg4g3.99

The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to review a Texas case and determine whether when a homeowner exercises his Second Amendment rights he gives up his Fourth Amendment rights.

In short, does the Second trump the Fourth?
The question is being presented by the Rutherford Institute on behalf of John Quinn of Texas.
Quinn’s home was the subject of a no-knock, SWAT-team style forceful entry and raid based “solely on the suspicion that there were legally owned firearms in the household,” the legal brief explains.

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/12/supremes-asked-if-2nd-amendment-trumps-4th/#dRSQ1uokDteXHrTH.99

Merry Christmas!

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I hope your is a good one!

The free ice cream machine ...

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... has been unplugged.

My dad's having a pacemaker installed this morning so I'm going out of town for a couple three days. I'll see you when I get back!

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I see this rifle ...

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... being a safe queen:

As accepted by the school board, there will be one rifle each in Gainesville High School, Gainesville Middle School and Wood’s Mill Academy. The proposed gun, a Colt 6920 M4 carbine, would be kept inside a safe, accessible only by the school resource officer using biometric technology. 

Sounds like the police are trying to get the school board to help pay for new rifles, since the school board is splitting the cost.

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When are we going to end ...

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... the completely ineffective drug war?

Police are now saying the shot that killed an unarmed Ohio woman during a botched drug raid was purely accidental–and the officer who fired the shot didn’t even know that his gun had gone off.

I would submit that if you can't be aware of what your gun is doing in your name you probably shouldn't be carrying one.

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... it certainly has:

The US political system has completely failed.

The GOP is our next-to-worst enemy, and the sooner we admitted it the better.

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Drew M points out why ...

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... the latest budget deal is bad:

It became clear months ago when the House only passed appropriation bills that increased spending and not the ones that actually cut spending that the fix was in.

And don't buy the nonsense about fees (aka "taxes") or higher pension contributions offsetting some of the spending. First, like almost all stopgap gimmicks they are...gimmicks. Second, in the case of higher pension contributions, that should happen even with the sequester in place to reduce costs, not to offset new ones.

The biggest problem with the "off-set" flimflam is that even if it helps offset hiking the budget and the debt, it does nothing to shrink the size and scope of government.

I've got a suggestion for John Boehner; any budget deal should only go to Sept 30 of 2014. Then next summer, he should craft and pass a budget (a real budget that leaves Obamacare alone) and then let the senate do it's fucking job. The only thing coming out of his mouth until the senate signs it is "It's the constitutional responsibility of the house of representatives to write all legislation concerning finances; if the government shuts down it's Harry Reid's fault, not Republicans.

He might also want to have someone break Peter King's jaw just before the vote.

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They'll keep on and keep on ...

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... until they start getting .22's to the back of the head:

City cops barged into the home of a Staten Island mom without a warrant, beat up her family and callously killed her pet parakeet, according to court papers . . .

They went into the house because a gentleman refused to answer their questions about an orange cone in the road.

I will not be sorry about it, either.

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My wife ...

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... will be dealing with this family in a few years:

A bullet ripped through the woman's thigh, through a vein and out the back of her kneecap. It buried itself in the ground. But really, it shot straight to the heart.

Audrey Marie Mayo, 24, and Matthew Tyler Webb, 23, have known each other for about two months. When they first met, she said, he seemed nice, friendly, responsible. Plus, he liked the Grateful Dead.

But Mayo said the two didn't officially become a couple until Nov. 21, after Mayo accidentally shot her.

Yes, the man shot at movement in the bushes, not realizing that the woman was the movement. Bonus points for equating this with the way cave men got their women.

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I'm pretty sure it won't do any good ...

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...but the comments window for the proposed rule to change the requirements for using a trust to transfer NFA weapons closes on Dec 9.

I've commented (maybe even twice, I can't remember!) and if you go here, you can, too.

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A woman shot and killed by police on Capitol Hill supposedly was a threat to public safety, but a review of the known facts shows it was the police who may have posed the greater threat to public safety.
It appears Miriam Carey never violated any law until police began pursuing her car. Officers, on the other hand, fired numerous shots at her in a crowded public space near the Capitol

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/12/capitol-cops-gunned-down-my-innocent-sister/#8vu2BQFwJZ6bOMH6.99

A woman shot and killed by police on Capitol Hill supposedly was a threat to public safety, but a review of the known facts shows it was the police who may have posed the greater threat to public safety.
It appears Miriam Carey never violated any law until police began pursuing her car. Officers, on the other hand, fired numerous shots at her in a crowded public space near the Capitol

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/12/capitol-cops-gunned-down-my-innocent-sister/#8vu2BQFwJZ6bOMH6.99

An 11-year-old Oregon girl who wanted to help her father pay for her braces by selling mistletoe over the holidays, found herself embroiled in city bureaucracy. On Saturday, Madison Root went to the downtown market to sell fresh mistletoe she cut and wrapped herself from her uncle’s farm in Oregon.
She told KATU News, “I felt like I could help my dad with the money.”
However, a private security guard hired by Portland Saturday Market blocked her path to a straighter smile by telling her to stop selling the mistletoe, citing city rules that ban conducting business or soliciting at a park without proper approval and documentation.

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/12/city-stops-girl-11-selling-mistletoe-to-fund-braces/#dKf4YRHYK9uQ1FAO.99

An 11-year-old Oregon girl who wanted to help her father pay for her braces by selling mistletoe over the holidays, found herself embroiled in city bureaucracy. On Saturday, Madison Root went to the downtown market to sell fresh mistletoe she cut and wrapped herself from her uncle’s farm in Oregon.
She told KATU News, “I felt like I could help my dad with the money.”
However, a private security guard hired by Portland Saturday Market blocked her path to a straighter smile by telling her to stop selling the mistletoe, citing city rules that ban conducting business or soliciting at a park without proper approval and documentation.

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/12/city-stops-girl-11-selling-mistletoe-to-fund-braces/#dKf4YRHYK9uQ1FAO.99

An 11-year-old Oregon girl who wanted to help her father pay for her braces by selling mistletoe over the holidays, found herself embroiled in city bureaucracy. On Saturday, Madison Root went to the downtown market to sell fresh mistletoe she cut and wrapped herself from her uncle’s farm in Oregon.
She told KATU News, “I felt like I could help my dad with the money.”
However, a private security guard hired by Portland Saturday Market blocked her path to a straighter smile by telling her to stop selling the mistletoe, citing city rules that ban conducting business or soliciting at a park without proper approval and documentation.

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/12/city-stops-girl-11-selling-mistletoe-to-fund-braces/#dKf4YRHYK9uQ1FAO.99

Aaron's monthly opportunity ...

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... to win gunnie goodness.

Maybe it's time for us ...

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... to play the 'Knockout' game:

“As we speak, we have multiple cars monitoring us at our offices and filming us from the parking lot,” Mike McAlpine, who headed up the recall effort, told me yesterday. “This is not a one-off event. We hold sign-and-drive events on the sidewalks near to busy intersections, and we hold signs inviting people to pull over and sign the petition. Our opponents have taken to blocking us: as cars pull in, they run up to the driver’s side door and physically stand next to the door so that the person inside cannot open the door and come outside.”

Especially since you can reasonably assume that anti-gunners won't be armed.

Hey, we're just channelling  our inner JFK!

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Lots of bad decisions ...

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... but that doesn't mean criminal:

Questions about Georgia’s “stand your ground” law will surely be raised after a 72-year-old Chickamauga man was shot dead in a residential neighborhood Wednesday morning.

Shortly before 4 a.m. a man who was staying at a residence on Cottage Crest Court in Chickamauga called 911 to report a prowler in the yard, according to Walker County sheriff Steve Wilson.

Less than 10 minutes later the caller, identified as Joe Hendrix, 34, of Chattanooga, Tenn., made a second 911 call, this time to report he had shot someone he believed to be the prowler.

This is local to me but I'm sure you'll all hear about it, since it went national on Friday.

As this is Monday, there has been a lot more information come out, but not nearly enough to make a good call (though the information that's come from the sheriff's department indicates no charges).