Hate speech -- does it lead to violence?
Somehow I don't think we'll see that debate in the the case of the gunman who took hostages at Discovery Channel headquarters.
"Lee is believed to have distributed a manifesto outside the Discovery building several weeks ago that called on the network to "broadcast to the world their commitment to save the planet."
"All programs on Discovery Health-TLC must stop encouraging the birth of any more parasitic human infants and the false heroics behind those actions," the list of demands read.
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He said he was inspired by "Ishmael," a novel by environmentalist Daniel Quinn and by former Vice President Al Gore's documentary "An Inconvenient Truth.""
Good news from California
Last night the legislature voted down registration of long arms, a prohibition on open carry, and a proposal for ammunition registration -- that is, not just requiring recordkeeping, but filing of those records with the government.
Interesting story
In Alabama, a 69 year old grandmother shoots a burglar, and gets a nice writeup, complete with a picture of her holding the gun. What's astonishing is, the story is carried by the New York Daily News.
Hat tip to Sixgun Sarah...
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This is so great...
SAF and CalGuns Foundation are sponsoring the annual Firearm Rights Policy Conference, in San Francisco, on Sept.24-26. (Talk about marching into the teeth of the enemy!). They know that the San Fran public transit authorities have a rule against allowing advertising on bus shelters or buses that shows an image of a firearm. So they created one, and dared them to ban it ... thereby setting up a First Amendment challenge. Apparently the powers that be backed down, because here's a pic of the advertisement.
Thanks to reader jdberger ...
Surprise: Chicago rarely enforced it gun law
Story here, thanks to reader Joe Olson.
An interesting note toward the end of the article: Joyce Foundation gave the city $20,000 for its legal defense.
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Insiders' views of turmoil in BATFE
Over at Cleanup ATF. All sorts of things that outsiders would never think of. Treasury and Justice agencies have different outlooks, merging their functions results in friction. Having an acting director for years means nobody at the top who can make major organizational decisions (and everyone knows he'll be gone, soon, in agency terms). Further, in a turf war with other agencies looking to move into your turf, an acting head can't stand up to their moves. Rumors of moving alcohol and tobacco functions to FDA. Supervisors getting away with expense fraud (and with sexual ... well, to call it misconduct is like terming an axe murderer a misuser of a garden tool).
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Turf War!
These things can get nasty! ATF vs. FBI, fighting over explosives investigations. The division had been that FBI gets it if it involves terrorism; ATF gets it if it doesn't. But drawing that line in the real world is difficult. So with any high profile case, the investigation has to be preceded by the inter-agency battle.
"Glenn A. Fine, the Justice Department's inspector general, reported last year that battles were flaring at crime scenes from Baltimore to Houston, delaying witness interviews and impairing the government's ability to spot trends in bombings."