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The investigation conducted by the state Comptroller’s Division of County Audit, which also found that District Attorney General Hansel McCadams and Henry County Sheriff Monte Belew liked to drive around in a seized BMW Z-3 on personal business. Auditors found that items seized from drug defendants were stolen or misused, with the administrative assistant and her ex-husband admitting to taking drugs, utility trailers, and a flat-screen television from the task force. Auditors also found that jail trustees had access to seized items and were not adequately supervised.

Awesome, what a way to get that new beamer you always wanted.  As for you crack addicts out there, the lesson is become a cop.  That way you can bust your dealer and smoke his stash.

Overall there were so many failures in this “Drug Task Force” that one must wonder how they ever got anything done.  It was a revolving door operation allowing people to take what ever seized property they wanted.

State Sponsored Criminal Count: 38

Because when you work for the state and want someone else’s stuff, you just have to seize it.  Then you just divvy the loot amongst you and your fellow state workers.

It appears that not only did they attempt to intimidate this individual into no longer filming in public, but the also beat him numerous times including while in jail.  They use false charges to arrest the individual.

As I have said previously, if you have a problem with the public video taping you while on duty, maybe you should reevaluate your behavior.  You know video’s of cops when they do something bad take off like wildfire.  Just the same they take off when they do something good as well.*

Because cops are exempt from having their behavior being documented in public.  How else would the public know about their abuses and misdeeds?

*I do need to send an email to the Oceanside Police department praising them for the actions of that officer.  It does provide me with a glimmer of hope seeing other officers who behave like that.  I just wish the good ones would help reign in the bad ones.

Around these parts we have a saying, follow the three ‘S’s and you can’t go wrong.  For those that don’t know the three S’s are Shoot, Shovel, and Shut-up.  This was coined most predominantly in dealing with the wolf problems in the area.  Well it has now expanded to cover any defense shooting involving an animal.

Jeremy M. Hill, 33, pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court to killing the animal with a rifle on his 20-acre property near Porthill, Idaho, at the Canadian border. He lives five miles from the closest grizzly bear recovery zone.

Why was the Grizzly bear shot I hear you ask.  It was the standard reason for any defensive gun use.

He said his son was concerned for the safety of his children playing outside when a mother grizzly and two cubs wandered onto his property on May 8.

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The bears had gone after some pigs in a pen that the kids had been raising, Mike Hill said.

Heaven forbid you use deadly force against an animal that can kill a full grown man without thinking twice.  The debate about the wolf has been the biggest pile of crap I’ve ever seen.  Why?  Because every last complaint against hunting is filed by people who live out of state and are unfamiliar with the actual situation on the ground.

I can guarantee you that the next time someone has to shoot a grizzly in self-defense, it’s NOT going to be reported.  There is no such thing as winning a law suit, all you can do is scrape by.  Any and every law suit is best avoided.

Ultimately this man is being charged because his son acted in defense of his family and then did the right thing by notifying authorities.  We now see the reason the authorities wanted notification is so they can punish someone for being self reliant.  Or maybe that’s how they plan on closing the budget deficit.

10. At all relevant times mentioned herein Defendant Cooper was employed as a Grant County Sheriff Deputy and was acting in his official capacity.

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21. Defendant Cooper then forced Dylan to perform oral sex and subsequently forcefully sodomized Dylan.

Seriously while reading it I kept thinking that this was going down in the back woods of Georgia and I kept hearing this in the background.  You know you’re in trouble when the cop pulls into a truck stop to have you piss into a cup that he just picked up at the hospital.

The case document doesn’t provide evidence, however I suppose when he pooped out a pile of white cream it would tie the officer to the crime.  Not to mention the injuries sustained in the event. 

Seriously read the sequence of events in the charging documents, it’s quite disturbing since that could easily have been anyone.

I’ll let it stand unless something comes out later at which point I’ll retract it.

State Sponsored Criminal Count: 36

Because how else is someone to act out Deliverance for real?

Klepic had been shopping for a gun with her husband, Robert Klepic, around 2 p.m. Sunday when she was shot in the abdomen and died after being flown to York Hospital, which is why the autopsy was performed in that county.

There are 5 basic rules to gun safety, the 2 most principal rules were violated in this instance.

• Don’t muzzle anything you are not willing to destroy or part with.
• Keep your booger hook off the bang switch until you’re ready to fire.

I feel for this man for having lost his wife because it is such a heavy punishment for a mistake.  That’s the thing with firearms though.  They are unforgiving, harsh, and require strict attention.  Often I see people get careless while handling a firearm using the excuse that it’s unloaded.  The bottom line is even when you know it’s unloaded, unless doing something such as cleaning, you should always be following good muzzle control.  It helps keep the habit solid and helps prevent allowing your brain to be careless.

If you’re handling a firearm and you’re not immediately disassembling it to clean it, treat it like it’s loaded even if its not.  Train your brain to think about where the muzzle is at all times.  Even when cleaning I avoid muzzling anything until disassembly has started.  For example in an AR, upper and lower is separated, a 1911 or XD has the slide and barrel removed, in a revolver the cylinder is removed.  As long as the hammer can find the firing pin, I treat the firearm as if it is “loaded”, since it has the potential energy in all the right places that if a round was in the chamber, it would go bang.  Same thing goes for reassembly, once that condition becomes true again, muzzle control is strictly enforced.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.  The bottom line is you act how you train, if you train your mind to always know where the muzzle is and avoid things you care about it goes a long way to preventing accidents like this.  Your brain can recognize a condition and correct it without you even realizing it.  Make your brain know what you want to happen subconsciously.  The bottom line is form habits of good gun handling and stick to them.

For those who don’t know rule 5, here’s a reminder.  Don’t try and catch a falling gun.

A note: I hate doing posts like this cause I don’t like standing up and calling someone an idiot who just lost his wife over a stupid mistake.  I made a dumb mistake and almost lost my wife, it was with a car not a gun, but I know how the thought of the decision lingers.  Seriously, it lingers more than anyone could possibly imagine.  My situation was different but it still boils down to the following: it’s a lesson people can learn from.  The above is a perfect example as to why the rules are so damn important.  A smart man learns from his mistakes, a wise man learns from other people’s mistakes.  Learn from this mans mistake,  watch your muzzle and booger hook.

It appears that the state of Massachusetts decided that instead of doing their job they preferred to let a criminal roam free.

An immigrant from Ecuador living illegally in the United States, Guaman may face deportation by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency following his arrest.

That’s not surprising, but then look at his history.

Milford police arrested Guaman in 2008 on charges of assault and battery on a police officer and at least one public employee and of breaking and entering, according to the police and the Worcester district attorney’s office. The case was continued without a finding for one year.

They didn’t throw his ass out when the had the chance.  The result sadly is not unsurprising.

MILFORD – Nicolas Guaman, accused of dragging a motorcyclist for a quarter of a mile after a collision, showed not a flicker of emotion when police told him the motorcyclist was dead, a document filed in court yesterday showed.

The state has it’s hands in the blood of that motorcyclist.  Their refusal to punish the individual responsible for his crimes and lack of respect for society contributed to the cold blooded murder.  An active member of the state may not have committed the crime, but they aided and abided the man responsible.

Because it’s much easier to let the criminals roam free than do their job.

H/T: JayG

I forgot to mention it on Saturday. I was on VC last Friday. If you’ve never listened to VC you’re in for a treat. I might arrange with Alan to be on more often. I find when I listen to them live I’ve got a pile of comments, most usually because I found some obscure article that adds.

We covered the wide range of topics, from butt hurt blogs to being overcharged for guard rail replacement. Go take a listen in case you missed it. If you’re wondering about the Chat Down article, here it is.