Social justice

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The Daily News calls this street justice, but I think it’s more of a social justice issue:

“… David Williams was pummeling his 19-year-old gal pal … when the pistol-packing Good Samaritan stepped up … Williams, 22, got in the unidentified man’s face … and forcefully told him to mind his business.  “Mind my business?” the passerby responded … The man then whipped out a gun and shot Williams … once above his left eye …”

Nice shot.

“… Williams – who had 10 domestic violence arrests involving his mother and the baby’s mother – was rushed to Lincoln Hospital, where he died …”

Fuck him.

“… Police were hunting for the shooter last night …”

Why?

“… Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers …”

Yeah, good luck with that.

Powered by PSH

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The antis are trying to move Carolyn McCarthy’s magazine prohibition bill H.R. 308 with the power of their PSH.

Capitol Tonight, “Bicoastal Push For Large Capacity Magazine Ban“:

“The City Councils in LA and NYC introduced simultaneous resolutions today in support of federal legislation to ban large capacity ammunition magazines of the sort used by alleged Arizona shooter Jared Lee Loughner …”

Los Angeles Times, “L.A. mayor and police chief back federal ban on large-capacity ammunition magazines“:

“Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Police Chief Charlie Beck and other top officials voiced their support Wednesday for federal legislation that would ban large-capacity ammunition magazines such as the one used by the alleged gunman in the Tucson shooting rampage …”

Plus, in statehouse we have this.

Daily News, “State Sen. Eric Adams shows how easy it is to buy high-capacity gun clips in New York State“:

“Gun magazines packing the massive firepower of up to 30 bullets should be long gone from New York since state lawmakers banned them in 1994.  They’re not.  The Daily News this week accompanied State Sen. Eric Adams (D-Brooklyn) to two gun stores near Albany that routinely sell the high-capacity clips …”

RadioVoiceOnline, “Connecticut legislator proposes ex post facto law for gun magazine capacity limit“:

“Article 1, Section 9, Clause 3 of the Constitution is clear concerning ex post facto laws, but that won’t stop the anti-gun left in Connecticut from making possession of high-capacity gun magazines – previously completely legal to buy and own – a felony unless you turn in the ones you own within 90 days …”

Sadly (for the antis), reality bites.

Washington Times, “No hope for gun grabbers“:

“The left has permanently lost the argument on gun control. Despite their best efforts to take advantage of the tragic shooting in Arizona to promote pointless restrictions on things like the size of handgun magazines, the propaganda campaign is unlikely to go anywhere. Instead, the right to keep and bear arms continues to gain steam as state lawmakers around the country are enacting measures that would have been unthinkable not so long ago …”

.45 caliber puzzle gun

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A 135-piece cube transforms into a functioning .45 caliber pistol.

H/T: Geeks are Sexy.

Air Bloomberg

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Mayor Mike is expanding his news media outlet to include opinion pieces.  According to the NY Times:

“… At the mayor’s urging, his giant media company will soon make a splashy foray into opinion, churning out columns and essays on issues as varied as gun control and deficit spending. At the center: up to two editorials a day that channel the views of Mr. Bloomberg himself.  The mayor, a keen student of power, is privately conceding to friends that he will not be a candidate for president … He has told associates that his new op-ed project, called Bloomberg View, will allow him to maintain, and perhaps even deepen, his influence, long after the 24-hour spotlight of public office recedes …”

If he’s such a keen student of power, how come all his efforts to move gun control have been such a failure?  He’s spent millions on advertising and PR stunts and it’s gotten him nothing.  From a business standpoint, I can’t see there being much of a market outside of some traditional leftist areas for his op-eds and those areas are already served by the Times, Boston Globe, Washington Post, etc.  He’s not bringing anything new to the table.

“… The notion of media barons using editorials to shape public opinion and policy according to their personal views is an old one in American journalism. William Randolph Hearst, for example, often wrote front-page editorials for his newspapers.   Mr. Bloomberg, it would seem, is casting himself in that mold, though there are no plans for him to begin writing signed editorials. For now, he is content letting his trusted deputies speak for him …”

The problem here is that technology has opening up new media outlets which didn’t exist in Heart’s time.  For such a keen student of power, he’s learned nothing from the failure of Air America which was funded by other rich leftists wanting to move their agenda.  Bloomberg View looks to be essentially the same thing.

Talk about being ungrateful

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Jeanne Assam, the woman who stopped a crazed killers rampage by shooting him back in 2007, came out as gay.

Now, according to her, the church where it happened doesn’t want her.  Talk about being ungrateful.

Possible lead issue

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Sen. Diaz has requested the Health Committee take up his bill S-292, which pertains to lead poisoning.  It would require the Commissioner of Health to report to the Attorney General whenever “in the opinion of the Commissioner” a manufacturer, distributor or retailer is using “improper measures” which could lead to possible lead poisoning.  What exactly “improper measures” are is entirely up to the Health Commissioner.  The bill is vague enough to be abused by politicians with an agenda.

For example, perhaps lead ammo should not be sold in cardboard boxes and should only be available in childproof plastic clamshell packages.  There already have been efforts to ban lead bullets so this line of thinking cannot be discounted.

More Mayors behaving badly

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This is a little old, but I didn’t know the MAIG connection until now.  Monticello Mayor Gordon Jenkins has been charged with various offenses including selling counterfeit sneakers and failing to collect sales tax.

According to the Times Herald-Record:

“… Authorities searched the business G Man Beauty Supplies and Jenkins’ Clinton Avenue home on Feb. 11 [2010] and found 300 pairs of counterfeit Nike sneakers and suspected knockoff movies.  A small amount of marijuana was recovered from the home.  The two are further charged with five sales of counterfeit shoes from September 2009 through February, and failure to collect sales tax …”

YNN reports:

“… The [tax] fraud charges were part of 16 counts including felony trademark counterfeiting stemming from a raid on Jenkins’ home and retail store. Prosecutors say the fraud charges had to be retooled after they were tossed by the judge on a technicality …”

Jenkins is a member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns.  He maintains the charges are politically motivated.

Justice is served

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The story: Florida man comes to Manhattan to help his girlfriend move, inadvertently leaving loaded handgun in glovebox of his truck.  Attracts police attention when he makes a wrong turn.  Police see pistol when he retrieves registration info from glovebox.  Police charge him with violating the Sullivan Act.

D.A. Cyrus Vance wants his head on a platter.

Citizen Ryan testifies in his own defense.

Jurors recognize BS and find him not guilty.

Mayor Mike must be pissed.

Schumer’s proposal

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Chuck Schumer is proposing “modest” new gun control.  According to WNYC:

“… Under the plan endorsed by Schumer and Bloomberg, states and federal authorities would be required to increase the percentage of denied gun permit applicants to the national gun database. The penalty for not reporting would be a loss of federal funding for crime prevention …”

However,  the Wall Street Journal tells a different story:

“U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said Wednesday he will propose legislation requiring all gun buyers to undergo a background check and broadly increasing penalties against states that don’t contribute names to the national background-check system …”

My guess is that his bill will prohibit all private firearms transaction and he’s trying to bury it with the other stuff to make it seem more innocuous.