There’s a bunch involved in this one and I am too lazy to go try to count them all up.
Of note for why I have put it in the count.
At least the Sheriff is pouncing and acting instead of just dragging his feet. I applaud him for taking the imitative.
As it was supervisors who also failed to act, this one goes in the count.
State Sponsored Criminal #428: Tony Richards and Company
Because when you’re a prison guard, you can do whatever you want right? Your word is law after all!
We’ve said this for a while but every once in a while someone bats for Obama saying how he hasn’t done anything against gun rights, much less said he would do anything to infringe on the Second Amendment. Still think Obama is all sunshine and unicorn farts when it comes to the Second Amendment?
Well, a serious hat tip to Dave Hardy on this one, here it is right out of the horse’s mouth.
Address Gun Violence in Cities: Obama and Biden would repeal the Tiahrt Amendment, which restricts the ability of local law enforcement to access important gun trace information, and give police officers across the nation the tools they need to solve gun crimes and fight the illegal arms trade. Obama and Biden also favor commonsense measures that respect the Second Amendment rights of gun owners, while keeping guns away from children and from criminals. They support closing the gun show loophole and making guns in this country childproof. They also support making the expired federal Assault Weapons Ban permanent.
(Emphasis mine.) And just to make sure it doesn’t go down the memory hole, here’s a screen shot of the entire page as of 1330 PDT October 10th, 2012.
Remember these facts when going to the polls or talking with others. He is not a supporter of the Second Amendment and if he had his way personal ownership of firearms would be outlawed tomorrow.
Lets not even get started on the Fast and Furious debacle either. As always, vote out the incumbents.
In the Fallout game series the premise was nuclear war has rendered most urban zones a total wasteland. Well, there’s another simpler method to create those urban wastelands. There’s already one wasteland that exists right here in the US in fact.
Don’t believe me that Detroit is like a waste land, lets look at a picture from Detroit and Chernobyl:
And now for another picture:
Now which one is which folks? Which picture was taken where? One was taken in a disaster zone caused by failed socialist policies, the other was taken in a nuclear disaster zone.
Ready? The first is from Detroit the second is from Chernobyl.
This is what socialism brings to the people, a wasteland devoid of prosperity and growth. Remember it the next time someone tells you government is the solution to the problem.
H/T to Kevin on the video.
Because of this, all the other safeguards of the criminal justice system kicked in, from due process to double jeopardy. People at HuffPo and Boing Boing usually like these aspects of the law, except when they don’t. Then they become technicalities and produce injustice, because the outcome doesn’t comport with their sensibilities. Rape is one of the sacred cow crimes, and no law should get in the way of conviction.
It’s all about outcome? As Ken at Popehat points out, people across the political spectrum pick their positions based on outcomes, just different ones. It’s not about thinking, but feeling. The law, however,isn’t about feeling.
(Emphasis mine.) Scott Greenfield – The Future Of Law and The Fool’s Utopia, Rape Edition
October 10, 2012
[I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. There is no correlation between the law and justice! Seriously folks, realize this right here and now. The point of the law is not just to convict the guilty but to protect the innocent from the power and wrath of the state.
In the end we hope that the law will give some form of justice. However it is also up to the players within the system to aid in that outcome. The prosecution in this case clearly screwed up and charged this person with the wrong crime.
Am I sad that this monster is getting away with the actual crime he did? You bet your ass. Am I angry at the legal system and think it failed? Yes and no. I am angry at the prosecutor for doing a piss poor job, I am not however upset that the rest of the system worked as it should to protect the defendant.
The thing to understand is you cannot have your cake and eat it. While one wants to both protect the innocent and convict the guilty, concessions must be made to protect the innocent. In doing so the possibility for error can allow the guilty to go free.
This isn’t a bug folks, it’s a feature. A feature that as Scott points out are more than happy to be cheered about by the same people who now condemn it when they feel it was wrong.
Popehat also put this quite well:
If we’re going to defend rights — if we’re not going to let them be chipped away, bit by bit, in cases involving rape or terrorism or anything else that engenders strong feelings — then we’re going to have to be ready to be called terrorist-sympathizers and un-American and even rape apologists by the likes of Antinous. But I can’t think of any earthly reason why we can’t inform these people that they’re full of shit.
Because folks, that’s how they do it. They invoke emotion and claim necessity. Some of us are patient, calm, and rational enough to think the whole problem through. Most however would prefer we just “do something” because doing something is better than nothing. Except sometimes doing nothing is actually the best thing to do because someone just screwed the pooch.
More power and depredation of rights is never a solution. -B]
Yes, if this plays while I’m in the boat the throttle does keep going further forward… usually to the stop.
Non-Point – In The Air Tonight
(Emphasis mine.) When you see it written like that, it reads as the definition of a State Sponsored Criminal now doesn’t it?
State Sponsored Criminal #427: The Feds
Because if you want to get a crime, just ask the government for permission first. If you have to sweeten the deal by squealing on your compatriots. No honor among thieves you know.
Just got an email from Ari at ESS that Volume #1 of the Boomershoot series has gone live. See, I knew there was more.
It appears that they will be releasing the other 4 videos, one a week at 0600 Wednesdays. I shall post them as I see them. Their blog post on Boomershoot can be seen here.
Both the University of Idaho and Washington State University forbid concealed carry on campus. Luckily the ban at WSU doesn’t have any teeth in that all they can do is ask you to leave at which point if you refuse you’ll be trespassed. Students and faculty though can face administrative punishment however. I do not remember the exact details regarding carry at the University of Idaho.
I bring this up because so often I hear the following phrase, “Why would you need a gun on campus?” Well maybe you live in the dorms or university housing. Maybe you have a night class and will have to walk across campus in the dark. Ultimately though people seem to think that bad things never happen on campus. Reality always has a habit of showing up though.
Nothing says stop faster than a hunk of lead flying at 900 fps. Bad things happen everywhere, even college campuses. Even more than that, it isn’t always the random person you don’t know.
It’s best that we all remember these things can and do happen. If you can, support Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, the fight is a significant and real one. I wore an empty holster on to campus on more than one occasion specifically in support. The one debate that I saw occur on campus ended squarely in favor for campus carry.
The thing is, at least with WSU, the board of regents will not move to change the administrative code and the only way you can bring about a legal challenge is if they exercise the code against you. For this reason, many of my friends followed the rule of better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6. Not everyone is so willing to do that though. Then again, when the building you work in has been attacked by ALF, your desire to survive should they return usually wins.
Though the school would prefer you to be disarmed to be easy prey. It’s not like it’s their life that’s on the line though. It’s like the government and politicians only care about criminals, not the law-abiding.
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