Raw Story:

Faced with escalating hostilities from communist rebels and a volatile Muslim insurgency in the south, the Philippine government is planning to recruit and arm civilians to help maintain peace and order in the country. Under the government’s strategy, the armed civilian militias would become “force multipliers” in the fight against insurgency, terrorism and crimes by gathering intelligence, serving as back up to troops and conducting community patrols.

The plan brings new meaning to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s call for stronger cooperation between a vigilant public and government security forces.

Today’s spam message came from a person calling themselves: J J Mc Anally. Ok, then.

I won’t let them make me into somebody I am, that’s wrong.

God Bless those in the U.S. Armed Forces. It is important to have a sense of humor.

There is likely no elected politician who is more pro-gun than Ron Paul. But the NRA has given his opponent, Democrat Shane Sklar, an A rating and Ron Paul a B rating. The NRA has endorsed neither candidate, which is odd.

Everyone is doing these posts on how they voted and they want you go guess. Well, mine is different. I haven’t voted yet. So, How will Uncle vote:

Pro-Gun Progressive notes that Violence Policy Center’s made up statistic that 1 in 5 cops killed with weapons that look like assault weapons isn’t even affected by the sunset of the assault weapons ban:

The VPC claimed 1 in 5 police officers were killed by so-called assault weapons, so what has happened to police deaths since the ban lapsed?

In 2005, the FBI records exactly 3 police deaths resulting from criminal use of rifles — that is out of 50 from all all firearms (42 using handguns and 5 using shotguns). I don’t know how many of these 3 rifles were semi-automatic rifles with large replaceable magazines, pistol-grips and bayonet lugs — the FBI doesn’t say.

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Fewer were killed with rifles than were killed by deliberate assaults with vehicles.

Looking through the “Summaries of Officers Killed” …, I count that 47 of the 54 killers (87%) had prior criminal records. In several of these instances lacking a prior record, the killer is not known with certainty.

There were problems with their made up numbers any way that had little to do with the ban’s expiration. Such as:

They have to cheat to win.

Seen at publicola’s, I really love this tune:

Update: I hear there is a new version of this song coming out. It’s about Al Gore. It will be called Cult of No Personality.

On Halloween, why do you think it’s a good idea to drive your kids trick or treating? Because let me tell you that, as a family who did it the old-fashioned way by walking, you’re a pain in our ass. Your vehicles are always in the way. Would it kill you to cut the lights so that you’re not blinding a 5 month old in a stroller?

I mean, I realize your lazy and all but, man, that’s just inconvenient to other people who are walking on a narrow road in a subdivision. And let’s be honest, you (and your kids) could probably use the walk. I know walking the whopping 100 feet from one house to the next may be strenuous but it might be good for you.

As you were.

Update: Sarah feels my pain.

Update 2: And Tom does too.

In the UK:

DEVASTATED mother Irene Woods has vowed never to let her toddler son have a toy gun after his older brother died after mistakenly shooting himself in the head.

On what happened:

An inquest on Christopher heard last week how he had been at a friend’s house in Anfield, smoking cannabis and playing computer games.

Friends say Christopher, who was refused entry into the army because of a heart murmur, had pointed the gun at each of them then placed it under his chin and pulled the trigger.

Tests later revealed the “crude” replica weapon, which had been converted to fire steel ball bearings, was faulty.

Well, not pointing it at yourself would have taken care of the gun’s faults.

Seen at Joe’s:

Can anyone name a U.S. political party that openly says, “We are opposed to the people having the right to keep and bear arms.”? Certainly there are individual politicians that work to subvert it and are openly for gun control. But they don’t dare make it a party platform.

Well, we do have a Jesus-loving, gun-supporting believer that family should come first, that taxes should be lowered running as D here in Tennessee.

Florida Gun Lawyer. And check out his post How much is enough.

Heh:

Usually all a Republican has to do to win an election is to shut up and let the Democrat talk.