Thursday, December 08, 2005

China Imports Kelo

Paramilitary police and anti-riot units here have opened fire with pistols and automatic rifles for the past two nights on rioting farmers and fishermen who have attacked them with gasoline bombs and explosive charges, according to residents of this small coastal village...

The long-simmering conflict in Dongzhou arose over disputed confiscations and what farmers here said were inadequate compensation payments. Authorities exercising the equivalent of eminent domain seized farmers' fields to build a wind-driven electric generating plant on a hillside overlooking the village...

"It is illegal to impede the progress of a key infrastructure project," a Shanwei spokesman, Li Min, told Radio Free Asia then. "As for whether the compensation is reasonable, it was in line with the usual standards."

Remember this the next time some asshat national socialist tells you the commies are all about peasant/worker rights.

Too bad the farmers are reduced to gasoline bombs. Maybe some of them will manage to get their hands on some guns and start conducting selective reprisals.

Welcome, Friend

Check out the comment in this post by Gregorscoff.

People can change. When they do, it's incumbent on us to welcome them into the fold, and not hold past differences against them.

WestConn Student Upset By Arrest on Gun Charge

Cruz was arrested and charged with breach of peace, a misdemeanor, for bringing a BB/pellet gun to his acting class. It was to be used as a prop in for his acting class.

We don't care why you did it. We don't care that no harm was done. We don't care that you're a productive member of society. We don't care if your record is clean.

You have displeased the Overlords. You must be punished.

Getting Your Gun Back Will Cost You

To the dismay of gun owners, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is now charging $54 to return firearms seized during arrests or searches - even if the gun was legally owned and not used in a crime...

In addition to the storage fee, the gun's owner must pay the U.S. Department of Justice another $20 for a background check, according to the text of AB 2431. Each gun after the first one is $3...

"I would say it's communism," said Gene Fister, 70. "But taking something that belongs to someone else and charging them to get it back -- it's worse. It's stealing."

Agreed, Mr. Fister.

We are ruled by criminals.