Sunday, November 27, 2005

People for the American Way

When the parents of 14 year-old Alycia Brown of La Crosse Wisconsin found out their daughter was sexually active, ; they put her on birth control, choosing the popular hormonal patch instead of the Pill. When on May 7, 2004, Alycia died suddenly of blood clots in her lower pelvis Michael and Lorie Brown decided to sue the deadly drug's manufacturer in the hopes of having it taken off the market.

14, and they let their minor child daughter screw around?

I guess blaming and suing someone else beats exerting parental authority, and it's certainly a lot easier than admitting they failed their daughter. "[T]hey did what the modern culture told them was the right thing to do" is about the lamest excuse for being weaklings and cowards I've ever heard.

I cannot imagine a greater pain than losing a child. By the same token, my sympathy for the Brown's is overshadowed by my disrespect for their past and continued abdication of responsibility.

That's the same mentality that blames guns and gun owners for criminal abuses, and quite candidly, I'm sick of it.

Why "Gun Control" Works So Well in Baltimore

Thieves are sawing down aluminum light poles. Some 130 have vanished from Baltimore's streets in the last several weeks, authorities say, presumably sold for scrap metal. But so far the case of the pilfered poles has stumped the police and left many local residents wondering just how someone manages to make off with what would seem to be a conspicuous street fixture...The police have no suspects...

But you don't need a gun in Baltimore. The police will protect you.

Nailing It

What is it with nail guns lately?

In Florida, it seems they are just as possessed, evil and capable of independent acts of malice as the "official journalists" claim firearms to be:
A construction worker is recovering in stable condition after a nail gun fired a shot to his temple.

In New Jersey, one was used in a police standoff:
A 33-year-old Falls Township man, who barricaded himself in his apartment and held off authorities for seven hours after allegedly shooting an officer with a nail gun was arraigned yesterday, police said.

He even had an "arsenal":
Authorities uncovered over a 100 nails inside the door frame...

Meanwhile, in California:
A man accused of killing his estranged wife with a nail gun last month was arrested after spending five weeks in a hospital for nail gun wounds to his own chest and abdomen.

Society's course of action is clear. Nail guns are not defined as "qualified products" in the recently passed gun manufacturer/ distributor immunity bill.

How much longer will we tolerate these weapons of murder and mayhem?

We must sue the nail gun industry.

What? It's already happening?

When Guns Are Outlawed...

A gun battle between rival prison gangs in an overcrowded western Mexico penitentiary injured eight inmates, authorities said Saturday.

Dang, that total gun control sure does work, doesn't it?

We ought to try it here.

If it saves just one prisoner...

SF Struggles to Keep Up With Gang Gun Returns

After San Francisco voters banned guns in the most recent election, city officials say they are struggling to keep up with the massive amount of guns being voluntarily turned over by gang members and other criminals.

More fine satire from Jeremy Robb.

[Thanks, HZ]

A Man for All Seasonings

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Interesting video. So much for relying on pepper spray to disable an attacker, no matter what the "guns aren't necessary" crowd would have you believe.

[Thanks to Dennis Walker]