Chronicling the depravities of the State.
Well look what I found on the BBC…
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8135254.stm
There was another failure in Oceania’s magical anti-gun shield code-named gun ban. Even though this shield is supposed to ban all guns in the country somehow criminals are ignoring the ban. It’s almost as if criminals are willing to break the law to own guns. Who would have guessed?
As anybody who reads the rambling I post can tell I hate the BATFE. I hate the agency because they justify their existence by harassing innocent Americans. Take for example this…
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6505651.html
The BATFE is doing their best to go door to door an harass the inhabitants of the area because Mexico is blaming us for their crime problem. There are some gems in this article…
In front of a run-down shack in north Houston, federal agents step from a government sedan into 102-degree heat and face a critical question: How can the woman living here buy four high-end handguns in one day?
The house is worth $35,000. A screen dangles by a wall-unit air conditioner. Porch swing slats are smashed, the smattering of grass is flattened by cars and burned yellow by sun.
How can a woman living in a $35,000 house buy four “high-end” handguns in one day? Well first of all what business is it of the BATFE’s? Americans have a right to bear as many arms as they damn well please. Just because somebody lives in a small home doesn’t mean they can’t afford guns. Hell maybe they purposely bought a cheap home because they feel their money is better spent elsewhere. I know several people who have small homes because they don’t care about their dwelling and they would rather put their money into something to do care about.
All told, Mexican officials in 2008 asked federal agents to trace the origins of more than 7,500 firearms recovered at crime scenes in Mexico. Most of them were traced back to Texas, California and Arizona.
I love how the media loves to bring up the total number of guns handed over for tracing but never report how many guns actually traced back to America.
It turned out two handguns, of a type drug gangsters prefer, were bought by a pastor for target practice.
And what type of handgun do gangsters prefer? As far as I know gangsters prefer whatever they can get that will do the job. Some basic details would be nice to have. For all we know they could be .22LR pistols.
The lamest so far came from a police officer: He said he bought a few military-style rifles, left them in his car and — on the same night — forgot to lock a door. He couldn’t explain why he didn’t file a police report or why he visited Mexico the day after the alleged theft.
This I’m actually impressed with. You notice they said military-style rifle instead of “assault weapon.” As for the rifles going missing unless proof can be presented that officer is innocent under out laws. I’m not saying he didn’t sell guns across the boarder but I’m saying he’s innocent until proven guilty.
This sort of shit really pisses me off. It’s one thing if you question somebody because you have evidence pointing to the fact they are doing something illegal. It’s another thing to go door to door inquiring about a household’s firearms. Just remember everybody that without a court order you don’t have to answer an law officer’s question nor do you have to let them into your home. If you get a BATFE officer questioning you about your guns refuse to answer those question. If they knock and your door and want to come in don’t let them unless they have a warrant.
I also love how this article pointed out a handful of cases where the BATFE found weapons potentially crossing the border but didn’t report on the number of leads that ended up going nowhere. Bias? I think so.
Via Random Nuclear Strikes I found an article that’s just terrible. The city of Seattle is being sued this fourth of July…
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009400018_gasworks30m.html
From the article…
The city should conduct a thorough environmental review before letting thousands of people watch fireworks from the partially remediated toxic-waste site that is Gas Works Park, an environmental activist says.
A Lake City man has sued to stop Fourth of July events at the park at the north end of Lake Union until the state shows that gathering to watch fireworks there is safe for viewers, the park and surrounding wildlife.
That’s right some jack ass environmentalist wants an environmental study done to determine the effects of launching fireworks on the fourth of July. Not only is senior Douchbag suing but he’s trying to stop the celebration from occurring. Patriotic he is not.
Rather sad news in my opinion The Pirate Bay has been bought…
http://thepiratebay.org/blog/164
I’m betting the site goes downhill fast from here on our. Anyways it was bought by some company called Global Game Factory for $7.8 million. Until now The Pirate Bay has been as much political as useful.
For those of you who don’t know it was in league with Sweden’s Pirate Party which is an actual governmental party in Sweden who’s platform is based on copyright reform. They actually have a decent base which gained them a seat in the European Union.
Anyways as with most good things that are sold to another company I’m expecting The Pirate Bay to go downhill fast.
Found via Says Uncle…
http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/245067/
The article opens like this…
Note to the folks who keep loaded guns in their houses: that stranger rustling around in your bushes or lurking by your garage may be a teenager playing a game. Don’t shoot.
The article then splits gun owners into two mutually exclusive categories…
There are plenty of folks who value the Second Amendment who also think keeping a loaded gun in the house is stupid stuff. (If there are children in the home, these gun owners see it as criminally stupid stuff.) Their emotional attachment to guns is tied to sport and skill, hunting and marksmanship rather than self-defense.
On the other side are the gun owners who believe they always are a split second away from needing their guns to stop bad guys. It’s too simplistic to say they view guns as instruments of heroism, but their mantra is that “they have the right to protect themselves and their families.” Emotionally, they tie guns to personal honor and self-sufficiency.
And finally closes up with…
Although we often lump all gun owners together, the difference between those two philosophies of gun use is enormous.
The shooting of the teenager reminds us that the second philosophy is deeply flawed – an American myth echoing our frontier past. Guns are lethal weapons, and when a gun is seen as the first (and best) line of defense, tragedies are bound to happen – much more likely, in fact, than saving anybody’s life.
So apparently you either refuse to save your life using a gun or your a psycho path who can’t wait to kill a home invader. According to the article we are supposed to assume somebody breaking into our house is a teenager playing games. Let me tell you something if somebody enters my domicile whom I don’t know without my permission (that’s why we knock on doors people) I am assuming they are hostile and will take what means are necessary to defend myself.
Let’s get this straight somebody comes into your dwelling without knocking at the door, ringing the door bell, calling your, or any other method of announcing their entry and we’re supposed to not respond in a defensive manner because it might be some teenager playing a game? What about the other side of the coin? What if it’s some teenager doing an initiation for a gan that involves killing, raping, or robbing somebody? The bottom line is you haven’t a clue what an invader’s intentions are so you need to act in a manner to protect the most precious thing you have, your family and your life.
A story I’m glad to see printed in the slowly dying New York Times…
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/us/politics/26scotus.html?_r=2&hp
Back in 2003 a school’s zero tolerance policy (a.k.a. complete stupidity) went beyond too far. Savana Redding was suspect of having prescription strength drugs (you know for a prescription) which the school apparently frowns upon. They decided to search her backpack and outer clothes. But they didn’t stop there, no they went for the full strip search, on a 13 year old girl.
They ended up finding nothing of course. But I find it down right despicable that a school performed a strip search on a student. This in my opinion is a complete violation of a person’s rights. But schools love to claim you have no rights until you turn 18 years old, which is bullshit.
Anyways the Supreme Court found, by an 8 to 1 vote, that her rights had in fact been violated.
Now for the part they did wrong. The Supreme Court decided, but a 7 to 2 vote, that the individuals who performed the search should not be prosecuted. Personally I think if you’re unwilling to say “Fuck no I’m not doing that, I’ll quite first.” in a situation such as this then you are as guilty as the person ordering it.
Either way there is a pending lawsuit against the school which I hope the girl’s family wins. This kind of shit needs to be put down.
I found this story while browsing the BBC and have to say it’s a great demonstration in bad company names…
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8118721.stm
The new firm, to be called Nigaz
I found an eye opening post over on Bob Barr’s blog…
He brings up the cost of Federal regulation which is right around $1.17 trillion. From the blog…
The cost of federal regulations to American citizens, businesses and state and local governments has reached $1.17 trillion, according to a report just published by the Washington, D.C.-based Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI). This equates to some $3,849 for each man, woman and child in the country.
That’s a lot of my tax money going to regulate my life. Personally I think I can regulate my life for much cheaper by doing it myself. Furthermore regulatory code is expansive…
The same report found that the “Federal Register,” the government publication that is the compendium for federal rules, now stands at a staggering 79,435 pages!
No human being is going to be able to read through 79,435 pages of regulatory code. Hell you’d need a lot of people knowing small parts just to have a group of people who know it. This means that there are regulations that are probably not usually enforced until they need something to nail somebody to the wall with.
Personally I’m of the idea where if your laws are so numerous and expansive that no person can possibly know them all you need to cut down the number of laws. I should be able to read all the laws in a specific area, understand them easily, and know exactly what I can and cannot do. With our current setup I can guarantee everybody in the United States will break multiple laws this year without even knowing it.
But the best quote is this one…
But not to worry. President Barack Obama admits he “loses sleep worrying about the deficit.” Sort of like an alcoholic worrying that he drinks too much, as he reaches for another drink to drown his worries.
Simply hilarious. I’m rather glad I voted for this guy during the election.
Although I’m more late to posting this than any other gun blogger at least I’m posting it (yeah this was a failure to bring breaking news). The people at Tactical Response shot a video that showed a cameraman down range while students were shooting.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqboR6gjOi8&e]
This is such a bad idea I don’t know where to begin. Let’s face it you don’t put a man down range when people are shooting. This is just asking for trouble. All it would take is a slight miss and you’d have on injured or dead cameraman. And anybody could make such a slip up no matter who good they are.
Source: http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/06/17/highly-controversial-training-video/
But James Yeager posted a video response on YouTube as well. Here is the video…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R3t0wuLDWQ&e]
Personally all he makes are excuses trying to justify a bad idea. The statement that really irks me is where he says nobody can be completely safe. I’ll give him the truth in that but there are easy and common sense things you can do to make something safe. For instance not placing somebody down range while people are actively shooting. This isn’t hard to do and it greatly increases safety. It’s akin to ensuring your gun is unloaded before you start cleaning it.
Seriously this guy is an idiot. When you fuck up don’t try to justify it just admit you’re only human and you made a mistake.
Found on Say Uncle the Feds are trying to tax a man’s independent contractors via the value of what the money was made from not the government’s set value of the money…
http://www.lvrj.com/news/46074037.html
This may sound odd but alas the employer paid his employees in $50.00 gold coins…
Kahre contends his workers had agreed to be independent contractors, so he did not have to withhold taxes for them. His six businesses are in the trades of painting, drywall, tiling, plumbing, heating-cooling and electrical work.
Further, the $50 gold coins and the silver dollars Kahre used for payroll are designated by Congress as legal tender, so people are entitled to value them at their stamped denominations, he also contends. Taken at face value, each defendant’s annual coin income placed him below the threshold for filing a federal tax return.
So the coins are legal tender according the Congress whom I hear has some say in the value of money. But alas being the greedy people they are the IRS wants to tax based on the value of the precious metals the coins are made from not the legal value Congress set for them.
“It’s not whether what Mr. Kahre did was legal under the law,” defense attorney Michael Kennedy told the jury in his opening statement. “It’s whether he believed what he did was legal,”
So now the law is based off of what you believe is right or wrong? In that case I don’t believe anything I do is wrong and therefore should be innocent of any crimes committed. Fuck the taxation system in this country is off the wall. If Congress sets the value of those coins at $50.00 they should be valued for tax purposes as $50.00
It’s not like the employees can legally melt down the coins for the material. Destruction of money is a federal crime.