The .gov tends to be quick to regulate new technology. Via Wizbang, we learn that the British government granted a license to clone human embryos. Incidentally, we also learn that some dude cut his dudes off as part of a bar bet. The license (not for cutting dudes off but for cloning) was granted to Ian Wilmut, who led the team that created Dolly the cloned sheep.
Who is she? Her name is Tammy Plante. Some info on her can be found here (pics at bottom are NSFW). Apparently, she’s a pretty smart cookie. And, you know, hot.
Via Countertop.
So, it must be a loophole. Bonus in that it involves guns:
An apparent “loophole” in Arizona’s concealed weapon permit system may be prompting some people – including convicted felons – to get more easily obtained, cheaper Utah CCW permits instead.
Under a reciprocal agreement, Arizona is required to accept permits issued by Utah and six other states.
Actually, reciprocity is pretty much standard operating procedure for shall issue states. Sounds to me like they maybe ought to ask Utah to do background checks.
Good thing loophole is in quotes, or we might think it’s a real one this time.
Update: Xrlq notes in comments that only non-residents can rely on the out of state permit. As such, there is no loophole at all.
Update 2: Xrlq has more, in which he retracts his reversal. Huh?
In my post, I wasn’t stating that I wanted to be a Google news source. Rather, that Google doesn’t seem to follow it’s own criteria that often. Case in point, My Pet Jawa is a Google News source. No, really.
Pretty cool.
Les has told us before about being banned from Google ad words because he talks about guns. Even Google News has an anti-gun bias. Now, Overture is getting in on the anti-gun silliness (sort of):
Overture told me a ban on gun ads had been in place for over two years. But then forum moderator AussieWebmaster noted that a search for gun on Overture brought back some paid listings. Checking again today, I see one there that leads to a hunting web site that sells pistols, shotguns, rifles and revolvers. So if there is a ban, it’s a leaky one.
The ad criteria are, as the author points out, not clear. They should be.
I’ve always been lukewarm regarding the bill to protect gun makers from lawsuits. I support it in the sense that it gives anti-gunners other crap to worry about so they don’t devote time to telling the world that the sky is falling when it really isn’t. However, Denise offers another reason to support the bill. That reason is the utter silliness of a the new law in New York in which the city tries to exert its influence on other parts of the country.
When the NYT is bashing your gun policy, you may have gone too far:
Mr. Bloomberg’s new law is likely to serve as a prime exhibit of the case for federal pre-emption on the issue of gun liability. The new city law makes it absolutely clear that anti-gun enclaves intend to inflict their will on other states. Lawmakers from the rest of the country will then, appropriately, move to defend their states’ preference through federal legislation.
Michelle Malkin notes that her and LGF are not listed as part of Google News (whereas Democratic Underground is) and that Google sent a letter to her explaining why. A part of the letter:
We do not include news-related blogs or other news-related sites that are written and maintained by a single individual. Similarly, we do not include sites that do not have a formal editorial review process.
That is a bit dishonest on the part of Google, I’m afraid. As I have noted before, I subscribe to various Google News Alerts to keep up with the gun issue. These alerts feed from Google News Sources. For example, I maintain an alert for assault weapons ban and gun control.
As a result, Google News always sends me links to press releases from anti-gun groups like the Brady Campaign, Million Mom March, and the Violence Policy Center. All of them. Every press release listed on their respective pages has been sent to me via Google News Alerts.
I doubt very seriously if such propaganda driven organizations have a formal editorial review process, since they pretty much lie through their teeth on a regular basis.
Also, I get absolutely zero press releases from the NRA or any pro-gun organization via Google. I don’t think Google should send alerts from either but the inclusion of one is a telling sign.
Murphy’s Laws of Combat:
Never forget that your weapon was made by the lowest bidder.
Alternate title: WASR name, little girl, WASR name. New toy:
Yes, I now have a commie gun. A WASR-10, to be exact. It is a Romanian semi-auto version of the AK47. Haven’t gotten it to the range yet.
Not to bad a deal either at $264 plus NICS and transfer fees. That gets it home at just under $300.
More proof the media don’t know anything about guns:
According to training Lt. Eric Osanitsch, the department made the move to upgrade to what he called a better ballistic weapon when the Glock 40 mm was chosen as the new department-issued service piece.
I think they mean 40 caliber.
Bubba has the details of some pretty hideous police work from Campbell County:
The transcript indicates that Webber produces a form that, once signed, will state that Siler gave his consent for the officers to search his home. Siler apparently refuses to sign it. The beating resumes.
[..]
Franklin orders another officer to remove Siler’s handcuffs so he can sign. Siler, who cannot read or write, asks one of them to read it to him.
Monday refuses.
“Just sign it,” Monday orders Siler.
Siler refuses.
“Git (sic) up,” Monday responds. “Git (sic) up. I said get the (expletive) up.”
Beating sounds follow.
[..]
Webber responds, “No, I don’t want your help. I want you to sign that form ’cause you’re the one we want and we got ‘cha (sic), and if you don’t sign it, you probably won’t walk out of here.”
Siler is next threatened with electrocution. Webber tells him that they could take a battery charger, hook some wires to it and attach it to Siler’s testicles. The federal informations allege that the lawmen later rigged up such a device and used clamps to attach it to Siler’s body.
Monday is accused in the informations with pointing a gun at Siler, threatening to shoot him.
The transcript backs up the allegation.
“Shoot his (expletive) ass,” Green says.
This was transcribed by the FBI who obtained recordings the suspect’s wife made. Heads should roll.
The War on Guns has a good read entitled Merchants of Death. I guess I can’t shop anywhere now.
Another move by a government to ban limit eminent domain abuse:
The Georgia Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday voted unanimously to pass legislation restricting the use eminent domain powers. Senate Bill 86, authored by Sen. Jeff Chapman (R-Brunswick), prohibits the exercise of the power of eminent domain for the purpose of transferring the condemned property to a private developer, corporation or any other private entity for the purpose of expanding the tax base or for economic development.
Good. This shouldn’t require a ban as it should already be illegal.
Every once in a while, a new twist on the government land grab really raises my eyebrows. A reader familiar with the case emailsone such case:
Some call it a Catch-22 situation. Others say it’s a bureaucratic nightmare that Janice and Gary Duclair have found themselves in as they try to sell their house at 4254 Vervais Ave. After living there since 1977, and with their children now grown, they have moved to Manteca and asked local Realtor Mike Carey to sell the house. Located in a commercially zoned area, or so he thought, since the Duclairs moved there, he had an offer of $850,000 from a buyer who wanted to use the house for a business venture. But City Hall turned him down when he sought assurances the buyer could get a business permit. It seems that unbeknownst to the Duclairs or almost anyone else in Pleasanton, the City Council had rezoned the land for a park.
Now, I can buy that a park is public use and as long as there is just compensation, there shouldn’t be any of the objections I normally have. But doing such a thing out of the public eye is questionable if not outright criminal. Additionally, it seems that no one was aware that anyone lived on the street in question as it was set aside for a new road.
When city planners attack from behind closed doors, something seems awry.
Drugs continue to win the war on drugs:
During the civil trial against the officers, attorneys for the family cast doubt over police methods.
They wanted to know why experienced narcotics officers take an informant’s word and discovered there is no manual for drug officers and no specific training.
And, they asked, why didn’t the officers perform a simple surveillance of the building, as is customary?
They also pointed out mishandling of evidence — saying the box cutter that officers said Robinson brandished as a weapon was taken from a toolbox and planted next to Robinson. Paramedics said they saw no box cutter near the body. The box cutter was never fingerprinted.
Mr. Robinson was shot through the jaw and paralyzed. He died six weeks later of pneumonia.
Maybe this guy is right. It could be fun to shoot some people:
The five children, along with two others who did not appear to have been abused, were removed from the Dollars’ home in Beverly Hills after one of the children called an ambulance for a 16-year-old boy who weighed less than 60 pounds and had suspicious injuries on his head and neck. The doctors alerted authorities.
The children, who ranged in age from 12 to 17, told officials that the Dollars struck them with a hammer, administered electric shocks and used pliers to pull off their toenails, sheriff’s spokeswoman Gail Tierney said. The children showed signs of injury, including missing toenails, Tierney said.
It’s now roughly 9:00 and the score is Patriots 14, Eagles 7. More importantly, I am giving this account of the game without the express, written consent of the National Football League.
Are people stealing your bandwidth by inlining images hosted on your site? XRLQ has the dope on how to smoke these roaches out.
Here’s some nifty photos taken from the shot show. This days news of most lasting significance: FN will be releasing a civilian version of the P90 (second post in the thread).
In other news, H&K is still clueless and not releasing civilian versions of the G36 or the XM8. Losers. I will never buy an H&K product until they start to give a damn about us civilians. Same with Colt.
Go, get your gun porn on.
Kevin fisked someone’s op-ed on the Second Amendment and that someone responded. Grab a chair and a drink and go read.
In Knoxville, parents are looking at jail time if their kids don’t go to school:
The warrants charge the parents with contributing to the delinquency or unruly behavior of a minor, a misdemeanor offense that carries a maximum penalty of 11 months and 29 days in jail, Garren said.
Each parent will be held in lieu of $1,000 bond after his or her arrest, she said. The six apprehended Thursday will be summoned to Knox County Juvenile Court on Feb. 18 and Feb. 25.
I tend to doubt that missing school is necessarily delinquency or unruly. Schools operate on a per diem basis. They get from the State and Federal government a certain dollar amount per day, per child. If a child doesn’t show, they don’t get the money. It’s not about the children, it’s about the money. If there was serious concern about children and their education, then Tennessee schools wouldn’t rank so low in education (as we say, thank God for Mississippi).
Parents of children who have 10 or more unexcused absences are sent a letter telling them to come to an “evening meeting” or face jail time. At the meetings, the parents learn about the truancy laws and the possible consequences of violating them.
So, parents are immediately threatened with jail time and the bogus charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Parents and critics say the system is inflexible. I agree. Any system that threatens arrest without any sort of verification of the facts cannot be flexible.
Gay, gun-loving San Franciscans exist, he said shortly before hunching his back, steadying himself and firing at a target. Not only do they exist, they are steamed up about the proposed law — supported by five San Francisco supervisors and set to go before voters next fall — that would ban the ownership of handguns.
The right to own guns may be even more important than the right to marry, Thomas said during the monthly shooting practice organized by the gay gun group the Pink Pistols.
The Hill has a piece in which it claims gun control is likely dead as a big issue:
Like Dean, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is a strong supporter of gun rights. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) supports gun control but rarely mentioned the issue before the 2004 election.
National Rifle Association (NRA) Executive Director Chris Cox said Dean, whom the NRA endorsed when he was running for governor, was taking over a party that had suffered electorally for its embrace of gun control.
Over the past decade, the issue had become strongly partisan, but gun-rights groups say the political winds have shifted. [not really – both sides mouth support for the assault weapons ban but neither is acting on it so take it for what it’s worth – Ed.]
Countertop is happy noting:
Its official. The worst element of the failed and flawed ideology of the liberal left is now all but over.
I tend to agree. Taking a hard line for gun control can be deadly in federal politics. It kills you in the south and most red states. However, being pro-gun control is popular among most Democrats and most northeastern Republicans. Additionally, gun control is cyclical in nature as Robert Spitzer notes in the article:
“The gun issue has historically been a cyclical issue, and we’re in a cycle right now where there is less interest in gun control for a variety of reasons. The Democrats feel they were burned in 2000 on the gun issue. And enough Democrats believe it to be so that the Democratic Party doesn’t have the same zeal for the issue that it did earlier.”
It only takes one or two idiots to walk into a public area and start shooting people to bring the issue to the forefront. Now is the time for pro-freedom, gun-loving folks to go on the offensive. We should not sit back thinking everything is going well (even though, as I’ve said before, it is). Time to push for more of what we want. We may fail but it keeps the anti-gunners from gaining ground.
Turns out, The NRA (ain’t they cute?) are doing just that:
Fresh off its success at poking holes in a Wilmette handgun ban, the National Rifle Association has launched a new legislative drive to dismantle strong gun prohibitions in Chicago and test Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s wavering commitment to broader gun control.
Taking direct aim at Mayor Richard Daley’s hard-line stance against the proliferation of guns, the NRA package of state legislation would allow residents of Chicago and other communities that ban handgun ownership to legally keep the weapons in their homes for self-defense purposes. It also would hold Chicago and other places with bans liable for injuries that residents claimed could have been avoided had they been allowed to carry handguns.
Good to see the NRA going toe-to-toe with a gun banner like Daley. I need to make a contribution.
As for the Democrats at the Federal level, the proof will be in the pudding. Or as the president of GOA says:
“Harry Reid needs to make sure his boys in the Senate don’t throw up a filibuster to block these [bills] from going through,” Pratt said.
New to the blogroll is Vice Squad which addresses Explorations of public policy concerning alcohol, nicotine, other drugs, prostitution, gambling, pornography, ….
Keeping up with the seedy side of things looks fun. Like Nashville Metro Police will pay you to diddle hookers.
And from the Like you and me, only better files: Shaming the Illinois Senate into following the law.
The average person likely, in the pre-dawn hours, cannot distinguish a burglary from a police raid. That is what happened to Cheryl Noel:
Police raided a home in the Baltimore area and arrested Charles Noel, 51, Matthew Noel, 19, and Sarah Betz, 19. In the process of the raid, two officers opened the door to Cheryl’s bedroom and were allegedly met by Cheryl pointing a gun at them. One of the officers fired three times, killing Cheryl.
Given the knock rules of exercising a warrant (or rather lack of), this type of incident is not surprising. The police claim they identified themselves, which they may have. However, prior to 5 in the morning, I doubt most folks would have the capacity to really understand a raid situation.
Remember, I do this to entertain me, not you.
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