Fisking Cheeks of God

In the past week or so I have been having a very respectful and friendly debate in the comments section of a post by Neal, author of the Blog "Cheeks of God".

I figure it should see the light of day so I am crafting my response to Neals last post here on my Blog.

I guess what continues to exist as a fundamental obstacle preventing us from seeing eye to eye is that you view using a firearm as being equivalent to using a spare tire or a first aid kit. I do not.

Those analogies are good, and should I someday view using a firearm against someone as being on the same level as using a fire extinguisher or a spare tire, they would be effective as well.

Okay let's drop the spare tire bit, although it was only used to illustrate an undesirable task. Using a firearm in defense of ones person is also an undesirable task. It was not used to equate that having to use a firearm for protection is only as undesirable as having to jack up a car.

But for people who don't love guns, an item that is designed to launch a projectile at high speeds in order to puncture something else is not on the same level as a fire extinguisher, which is designed to put out fires. If you use a fire extinguisher as it was intended to its full extent, it puts out a fire. If you use a gun as it was intended to its full extent, it kills someone.

The point I make with my annalogy Neal is that if you are put in a position to use a fire extinguisher you are likely saving a life or several lives. If you are put in a position to where you have to use a firearm for defensive purposes you are saving a life, quite probably your own.

And Neal I do not love my guns. Firearms are inanimate objects that can't love you back anyway.

Granted, just as you can misuse a gun, you can misuse a fire extinguisher. But CCW proponents don't want guns so they can put out fires nor do they want concealed guns so they can protect themselves from people misusing fire extinguishers; they want them so they can protect themselves (and/or others) by way of intimidation or physical harm.

Not true Neal. If that were the case the decidedly anti-gun media would be rife with stories about "redneck gun owners" engaging in shoot outs over parking spaces or running gun "road rage" battles up and down the interstates.

If you were to do some checking on who it is that avails themselves of a concealed carry permit I think you would find that in addition to a "Redneck or two" that the citizens that take the time and expense to get licensed are people like;

1. your wife/girlfriends Gynocologist,
2. some of your own family members,
3. the lady that runs the floral shop that you buy from,
4. the manager of the restaurant you most frequent,
5. possibly a member or three of the local college alumni association,
6. the old couple across the street,
7. the abused woman with three kids down the street whose ex-husband is ignoring the protection order,
8. the young woman who lives in the upstairs apartment that never ever wants to be raped again,
9. many members of your congregation,
10. any number of the people you know from the health club you belong to.

Into short Neal average everyday ordinary people that you know and relate to daily. Do you think all of them will carry concealed so that they "can protect themselves (and/or others) by way of intimidation or physical harm"?

Anonymous up there instructs me to "get a clue," since CCW permits aren't causing rampant deaths across the country in the other states where it's legal. If I'm the one with the problem perceiving reality, where is the rampant crime spree that necessitates packing heat while dining?

Granted you probably won't be accosted during your meal, but the place was crowded when you got there and your car is parked all the way to the far side of the lot where the street light doesn't shine. And that Neal, is where the rapes, robberies, muggings and car jackings occurr. After you have been satiated by a good meal and not fully cognizant of your surroundings.

Your average burglary happens when no one is around.

Your right, but what does burglary have to do with personal protection? If I'm not there I don't need to protect myself.

Your average thief who robs a place when people are around doesn't want to use his gun.

Don't count on that Neal, it is becoming a trend in some places that the thugs come in guns blazing for the shock effect. In fact the person that comes through the door of Brewskys with a gun is not intent on robbing the place. The intent is probably to kill, maim, and injure as many people as he/she possibly can. Remember Lubys? How about countless other places where criminals have barged through the door and opened up on the unsuspecting diners?

What's going to make him use his gun?

Who knows what will make him use his gun Neal, maybe a baby starts crying, maybe a nervous wait person drops a glass, maybe someone starts screaming hysterically about how they are about to die, maybe the object of the thugs attention can't get their wedding ring off fast enough.

When someone else pulls a gun on him. When the situation escalates, that's when it gets dangerous.

News Flash Neal: It got dangerous when that thug walked in the door with a gun in his hand intent on robbing that place and it will remain dangerous to any and all who are there until he/she/they leave.

What we have are a whole bunch of people who want to escalate the situation because they don't want to be the victim and they do want to be in control.

What is wrong with not wanting to be a victim? Some people have been victims in the past and didn't like the way it felt. Many of them had months in the hospital to contemplate it not ever happening to them again.

If I'm out to dinner, and some moron decides he's going to rob Brewsky's while it's packed with patrons, I would much rather hand over my wallet and let the police take care of the rest than have some vigilante wannabe pull out his perfectly legal weapon and play hero.

Exactly as I stated in a previous comment, even if you are armed sometimes the best thing to do is hand over your wallet and be a good witness. The chances are however that the miscreant will not barge into a place like Brewsky's and rob the place during Happy Hour.

What will most likely happen is that the robber/s will wait in hiding in the darkened parking lot and jack you up for your wallet and possibly your ladies sexual favors. Additionally under the law even if you did have a permit you could not legally take it into a business that derives more that 51% of it's gross income from the sales of alcohol anyway. There would be no armed permit holders in Brewskys that could do anything to stop the robber anyway.

I would like to thank you for pointing out that the robber would have no quams taking a firearm into a forbidden place Neal, that is what we have been saying for years; Gun Laws are only obeyed by those that are law abiding anyway. A criminal could care less whether there is a sign on the door banning guns or not.

Hell it tells him/them that the only gun in the place will be theirs.

Businesses that post no guns signs should post this instead;

Criminal Protection Zone

Criminals, the Management of these premises, has for your convenience, disarmed all of the law abiding citizens, you are free to safely ply your illicet trade here.

I would much rather be a victim of a mugging than a bullet.

A mugging usually entails taking a bullet Neal, of a knife between the ribs or a pipe to the head. Some guy with his hand in his pocket indicating he has a gun is not a mugging it is robbery.

The vigilante bravado that comes from the most vocal of CCW proponents has me fearing the bullet of some NRA member living out a hero fantasy much more than I fear getting mugged in my neighborhood, which is near the capitol - a nightmarish hotbed of criminal activity if you ask Jeanne Combs.

Neal I can assure you that if we were in the same building and someone had a gun to your head demanding all your money I promise I will not interfere in anyway, even if/when the thug forces your girlfriend/wife to go with him for a hostage. I will be a good witness for you though and try to render first aid to you after the thug is gone. I don't carry a firearm to protect you or the people you love Neal, that is your job not mine. I might even call 911 for you if I happen to have my electronic leash with me.

The term vigilante infers citizens conciously banding together taking the law into their own hands, and hunting down the bad guys. Nothing could be farther from the truth. People that favor concealed carry want no such thing, in fact more than any they want to be left alone. They do not want to be a victim of a crime, they do not want to have to use their firearm for self defense. Most of the time a CCW person will go out of their way to not use it. Only when there is no doubt what so ever that they will suffer death or serious bodily harm will your average CCW holder discharge their firearm.

The dismissal of LPD during this period is what frightens me most, because that exposes the vigilante spirit behind so many CCW proponents.

No one is dismissing LPD. That undermanned organization does more with less than any department that I know of.

People that favor CCW recognize a truth that every member of LPD has to agree with. 99.9% of the time they are not going to be there when a crime is perpetrated upon your person Neal.

The fact is that even if you could get a cell phone call through to 911 it may at least 10 minutes before a police unit arrives at your location. If you can't make the call until after the event you might not be able to make the call at all.

A lot can happen in that short time; you can be robbed, car jacked, beaten and killed. Your girlfriend/wife can be raped repeatedly, while your forced to watch, and left for dead.

There is respect for our current system of law enforcement...as long as it fits in with their pre-existing political beliefs, which allow them to play cop with no repercussions. But instead, LPD doesn't want more guns on the street in the hands of trigger-happy heroes, so LPD must be corrupt, stupid or puppets of Seng's administration.

No one respects the current system of Law Enforcement more than I, but it does not take a pre-existing political belief to understand that they can not be everywhere all of the time.

Even if they were the courts have held for decades that it is not the role of police agencies to protect any one of us as a individual, their job is only to protect society as a whole.

Don't believe that Neal try this; Make a 911 cal and when the cops don't show up or take the better part of an hour to show up initiate a law suit against the deparment for failure to protect you.

News Flash Neal; They don't have to show up if they don't want to. There is no law that requires them to. If they get held up and you get hurt bad the courts have consistantly held that the police are not liable for failing to rescue you from harm.

Important News Flash; Having stated the above, I do not know one single cop that would not put their life on the line trying to come to your rescue if they knew you were in trouble. But Neal, they have to know your in trouble and they have to be close enough to do something about it. Even 911 calls fall through the cracks.

Even though I have great respect for LPD I also understand this; The last time I checked they still worked for me and are duty bound by oath to respect and obey any and all legal laws that I get enacted.

News Flash; I am a law abiding citizen that has undergone multiple State and Federal background checks over the years, there is not one single police officer that need fear anything from me. How does disarming me make a Peace officers job safer? Better yet how does my owning and carrying a firearm make any Peace Officers job more dangerous?

I don't care what they want or don't want when it comes to my rights and civil liberties. They are servants of the people and they must abide by what the People decide not the other way around. On concealed carry the People have spoken through the legislature. If any one of them doesn't like that then they can quit and get a job in the gun free zones of Illinios, New York, New Jersey or Washington D.C..

Now there is a hoot Neal, Washington D.C. Our Nations Capital has been a gun free mecca for how many years now? They are under a state of emergency right now because of all of the crime.

Why?

The law abiding citizens are unarmed and can not fight back Neal. Criminals in the hallowed city of the D.C. run rampant over decent people because cops can't be everywhere.

That shows me a distint and direct disregard for our concept of law.

There is no disregard for the law Neal, quite the opposite to be sure.

The law provides for an individual to defend him/her self and family. The law recognizes that cops can't be everywhere all of the time and that it is the personal responsibility of each one of us to provide for our own safety and security.

News Flash; It is in the Nebraska Statutes Neal, look it up.

That shows me people who think because they took a weekend class on gun safety they understand law and justice better than the folks who have committed their lives to that concept.

No Neal, the people that take those "weekend classes" do not understand the law better than those that have dedicated their lives to it. What they understand is the law on personal protection and how it applies to them in their everyday lives. A CCW person does not need a law degree or a gazillion hours of training to recognize that the thug holding a knife on them in that dark parking lot is not about to invite them to a church social.

That is when a CCW person will reluctantly use their firearm Neal, when it is apparent that they are about to be hurt or killed and there is absolutely no one from the government around to bail them out.

A great time was had by all

Saturday night was the first ever (to our knowledge) Nebraska Bloggers Bash. Held at an undisclosed location there were four Nebraska Bloggers in attendance and a great time was professed to be had by all.

Two of the attendees have already posted on the event.

That would be Vinnie of Vince Aut Morire




And his lovely wife Merri of Merri Mussings.


PTG of the Plains Feeder was there as well. Vinnie has the scoop on that including a couple of pictures of me and that ole Curmudgeon from the Feed Lot. (I thought sure I was a little more muscular than that but hey you know how the camera lies.)

Outing Myself

Just so you heard it here first (Vinnie mentioned a full expose in detail on the Jawa Report at some future time of his choosing)

Today, August 14th is My and Mrs Gunscribe's Thirtieth Wedding Anniversary, so the Bash was a bit of pre-celebrating for us along with spending time with some of the best Bloggers the Cornhusker State has to offer. ( I was so not worthy, I was so not worthy)

30 years ago when we wed the radio station her Dad worked at dedicated a song to us commemorating our day.

The song you ask?

Put another Log on the Fire by Tom Paul Glaser (<-- Click for the lyrics)

So Saturday night The Missus, Merri and PTG's squeeze conspired with the band. The first I knew of this little conspiricy was when I was called to the bandstand and handed a microphone.

The lead singer then pointed out the wife who had stepped onto the dance floor. Still wondering what was up the band commenced to play the song Put another Log on the Fire.

Now I am not shy about being in front of a lot of people, I have been on stage a lot in my life, but the unexpected situation I had been thrust into caused me to momentarily draw a blank. (okay I admit it I froze) I couldn't remember the words to the song for several seconds.

Regaining my composure and with an audiance of several hundred people I put mic to mouth and belted out a couple of verses of the old song while my wife looked on lovingly.

At that point I noted that Vinnie had slipped up close to the dance floor as well. I have yet to confirm whether he digitaly recorded the event for posterity or future blackmail.

But hey I am off the hook now cause I just told on myself. Put that on the Jawa Vinnie. Hehehehehehe!!!!

Besides that the wife hates that song anyway, but the whole point of her clandestine plan was to put me on the spot. It worked too I was totally suprised (which is hard to do) and I love her all the more for it.

Thank you Merri. Thank you Vinnie. Thank you PTG. Thank you all for a wonderful evening.

And most of all THANK YOU MRS. GUN for a wonderful evening and thirty glorious years.

Note; We all decided that it is worth doing again and would really like to see more of Nebraskas Bloggers attend.

P.S. Vinnie made mention in his post of some Blogger crashers. I have no idea how these Islamotards found out about the super secret location of of our get together, but one of my unnamed sources is tracking down a picture that was purportedly taken of them. As soon as I can get my hands on it (er.. um.. ahhh.... download it from my digital camera) it will get posted. Rumor has it that several pics were taken of the four turban clad crashers, someone else may post it before I can.

Eatin' in Lincoln

I think about doing restaurant reviews from time to time, just to let my none Nebraska/Lincoln readers in on what we have around here for "Good Eats.

But it is not something I can ever remember to do when I am at the keyboard, so I found somebody to sluff it off on.

That would be Sarah and Swoof of the Blog Eatin' in Lincoln.

Check them out, I do when the wife and I are looking for someplace other than our usual haunts.

P.S. I added them to my Blogroll too.

What Lincoln could be like in the not to distant future

This is the Lincoln that Gramma Seng, Councilmen Cook, Marvin, Svoboda and Chief Casady have in mind.

Put the old lady in jail and let the miscreants rule the roads.

I find this type of Government action utterly disgusting and reprehensable.

I can Hear the Backlash now; You favor criminals owning guns

It actually took some intelligence to think up the travesty that Mayor Seng, Councilmen Cook, Marvin, Svoboda and Police Chief Casady are cooking up now.

Any opposition to the proposed ordinance that bans firearms posession or aquisition of a concealed carry permit will be met with the following;

"If you don't support this then you must be in favor of letting criminals have guns."

Let me get this up front and perfectly clear so that there is no misunderstanding;

I am not in favor of persons convicted of crimes that preclude firearms ownership from owning firearms or aquiring a concealed carry permit.

Firearms ownership is not the issue here. The Constitution is.

It is not legal for Public Officials, no matter their reason, in crafting ordinances to do so when that law is in clear violation of the Constitution.

I can cite several statutes and the associated case law that prove what the above named individuals are attempting to do in unconstitutional according to the Constitution of the State of Nebraska. But then I have done all that already on previos pages of this Blog.

All one really has to do is read Article 1 Section 1 of the State Constitution to realize that what these Public Officials are attempting is in direct contridiction to the rule of law and the will of the people.

Article I-1
Statement of rights.

All persons are by nature free and independent, and have certain inherent and inalienable rights; among these are life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and the right to keep and bear arms for security or defense of self, family, home, and others, and for lawful common defense, hunting, recreational use, and all other lawful purposes, and such rights shall not be denied or infringed by the state or any subdivision thereof. To secure these rights, and the protection of property, governments are instituted among people, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

What part of "shall not be denied or infringed by the state or any political subdivision there of" do they not understand?

Let me make this perfectly clear nowhere in the State Constitution or the State Statutes does it give the City of Lincoln any authority or power to decide who or who should not posess a firearm.

In fact Article 1 Section 26 is quite specific in regards to the exercise of power;

This enumeration of rights shall not be construed to impair or deny others, retained by the people, and all powers not herein delegated, remain with the people.

Nowhere in the State Constitution does it give the State nor any Political Subdivision the power to regulate firearms. Many will claim that it is in the inherent police power of a political entity, but that is negated by case law;

A state agency may not, by invoking the doctrine of police power, exercise powers not granted it by and inconsistent with provisions of the state Constitution. First Trust Co. of Lincoln v. Smith, 134 Neb. 84, 277 N.W. 762 (1938).

This section is characteristic of republican form of government and distinguishes such government from monarchy or oligarchy. State ex rel. Harte v. Moorhead, 99 Neb. 527, 156 N.W. 1067 (1916).

Police power is one of the powers which has been reserved by the people of the state, and which cannot be surrendered. Chicago, B. &Q. R. R. Co. v. State ex rel. City of Omaha, 47 Neb. 549, 66 N.W. 624 (1896)

Nowhere in the statute that was created by LB454 does it give power to Political Subdivisions to decide who or who is not eligable for a Concealed Carry Permit. That criteria is specifically spelled out in Section 7 of that statute.

And there is no language in that law that gives power to Political Subdivisions to modify it.

Chief Casady has been publically articulate about certain Lincoln Citizens that have amassed a conviction record or misdemeanor crimes and that they would still be eligable for a concealed carry permit.

While I highly doubt that any of these miscreants would actually apply for a permit one has to wonder how many of the misdemeanor crimes that they have been convicted of started out as felonies and were plea bargined down for the sake of expediancy.

If that is the case then the blame for these "blights on society" still being able to own firearms rests squarely on the backs of Gary Lacy (Lancaster County District Attorney) and Dana Roper (City Attorney) himself.

That they have been derilect in not vigorously prosecuting the offenders that the hard working men and women on the Lincoln Police Force and the Lancaster County Sheriffs Department have brought before them is not a valid reason for the Mayor and certain members of the City Council to violate articles of the Constitution.

This is not a crime issue it is a Constitutional issue wrapped in an emotional blanket sewn by those that should have been more rigorously enforcing the law all along.

The fact is that Dana Roper and company are now having to cover up their past derilictions of letting potential felons skate with misdemeanor convictions by crafting unconstitutional ordinances.

I do know that the Peace Officers employed by the City and County do an outstanding job of bringing solid cases to the Prosecutors Offices. I also know of the frustration involved in presenting such a case only to have Roper or Lacy's Office plea it down to a simple misdemeanor for the sake of expediancy or clearing the docket for "more important cases".

Again this is not a criminal issue, this is an attempt to cover up shoddy prosecutorial work on the part of the very person who is crafting this unconstitutional law.

So I ask what part of "they do not have the power to do this and if they do it will be in violation of the State Constitution and an affront to their oath of office does Seng, Roper, Marvin, Cook, Svoboda and Casady not understand"?

Coleen Seng (Svoboda) in a three piece suit shows his true colors

Only one day after telling the local news media that the Omaha City Councils decision to repeal a concealed carry ban for permit holders gave him a change of heart on the issue, Republican Lincoln Councilman (at large) The Tinman Ken Svoboda sucked up with The Wicked Witch Mayor Coleen Seng Cowardly Lion Jonathan Cook and The Scarecrow Dan Marvin to introduce another unconstitutional city ordinance.

The Wizard of Oz City Attorney Dana Roper and his munchkins minions are hard at work crafting the illegal law that will be introduced at next Mondays Council meeting.

For the last two years I have numorous times documented and detailed why, according to the State Constitution and statutes, what the travellers on the Yellow brick road are doing is illegal. It has to be blatantly obvious at this point that a good number of this cities glorious leaders either have no knowledge what their oath of office means or they simply do not care that they are required to legislate according to the Constitution and the laws of this state.

My personal opinion is that it is a combination of both. Being on the City council has them all swelled up with themselves and they are too good to live by their oath or the laws of Nebraska. More than one may just not give a crap about prevailing law, they have their agenda and come hell, high water or illegal law they will get their way.

Sadly it is my considered opinion that Seng, Svoboda, Cook, Marvin, Roper, and Casady fall in that last catagory.

Read the Illegally proposed garbage for yourself

Dana Roper needs to get a refund on his law degree

Now that the Wicked Witch Gramma Seng and her munchkins minions have been cut off at the knees on their irrational fear of firearms attempted gun ban they are taking new tact;

An Ordinance that bans firearms from government buildings.

The city law office has already drafted a city ordinance that will ban all weapons at all buildings owned or leased by the city or county.

Oh and I am sure I had nothing to do with this!!! (Wink!! Wink!!)

I've got knews for them.

THEY DO NOT HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL OR STATUTORY AUTHORITY TO DO IT.

The Wizard of Oz City Attorney Dana Roper laid it out himself over the course of the debate on the Mayors move to ban CCW. He cited the City Charter AND state statutes that give the city the power to ban concealed carry.

Authors note; I believe that power was rendered null and void by Initiative Measure No. 403 in 1988 and sections 10 and 15 of the CCW law that the Unicameral passed this last session. I submitted a written statement to that effect to the City Council.

I also know two things for a fact;

1. A copy of that statement was forwarded by a Council Member to Dana Roper with a request for his legal opinion and,

2. Dana Roper has had over a month to respond to an official City Council request for a legal opinion on my statement and to date he has not responded.

Personally I don't think he will, because he can not refute my arguement. So, rather than offer up some hollow weak kneed reply Dana is choosing to remain silent.

Roper might be able to make a barely convincing to some people arguement for the banning of concealed carry in the government buildings, but the ordinance stipulates all weapons and there is no way, shape or form the city can ban OPEN CARRY anywhere.

The County-City Building Commission recommended banning weapons in the buildings, Roper said.

Well whoopti do da day the Building commission recommended it, Big la ti da!!

Like their recommending it makes it all legal?

I got more knews for you Dana this proposed ordinance is just as unconstitutional as the ban the Council just tabled and you know it. Anyone that that proposes this and/or votes for it will be, in my opinion, violating their oath of office.

There is also a little bug whispering in my ear that if this should go forward, any one of a number of National Firearms Associations will challenge it in court.

Listen close can you hear it??

That is the sound of thousands of tax dollars the city doesn't have being flushed down the toilet of another losing legal battle.

Note to the powers that be in Lincoln;

With the budget problems that face this city right now do you want to commit tens of thousands of tax payer dollars to a lawsuit that you are going to loose anyway?

Don't believe me Just ask Ray Nagin (Mayor, New Orleans, La.) How many tax dollars the NRA and the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) cost that city because he chose to screw with the citizens gun rights.

Just ask the State of Ohio and a few of its cities how many tax payers dollars it cost them in their loosing battle with the SAF.

Just ask the many townships in Virginia that tried to exceed their authority and ended up spending thousands of tax dollars in a losing legal battle with the Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL).

These are just a few examples, but if you want to buck the odds go for it. I am sure the cities tax payers will be indebted to you for wasting even more of their money.

Local Businesses to post "No Gun Signs"

Already local businesses are getting ready to post signs banning concealed firearms on their premises as reported in the Lincoln Journal Star.

With that the No Guns = No Money campaign is kicking into high gear.

Many of Lincoln's Pro CCW folks are already putting together the business cards that have worked so well in many of the other states that have enacted CCW.

Note to Lincoln Businesses;

If your hurting now from lost revenue due to the smoking ban and any of the other misguided things the Mayor has succeeded in accomplishing the last thing you want to do is piss off this communitties law abiding firearms owners. We can be a surely lot when we feel we are being disrespected or marginalized.

Understand that should you post "No Guns signs" we will respect your private property rights, because we are law abiding citizens. We won't leave our side arms in the car, we just won't darken your door or cash register with our hard earned yankee dollars.

Do you understand that; We are making a list and checking it twice to find out if your naughty or nice. Not only won't we patronize your place you won't even get a lump of coal.

My wife and I eat out regularly and just as an example we generally spend a few hundred bucks a month at a certain eatery. Should that eatery post signs they will be loosing approximately $2400.00 a year, and that is just from us. Consider that we have friends and family that are are pro CCW that eat there as well. By posting a "No Gun sign" that business will likely loose the better part of $10,000.00 a year, and that is just from the people I know. How many other folks will not eat there after the signs are posted? This one business alone could loose tens of thousands of dollars in yearly revenue.

But hey if you can afford it by all means go for it, like I said we the law abiding firearms owners will respect your decision and stay away from your businesses.

Didn't we learn anything from the smoking ban fiasco?

Authors note; Yes I know about the story included information on a proposed ban for public buildings. That will be the crux of a post all its own. Stay tuned!! Same Gun time, Same Gun Blog!!!!!!!

Take a Day off and see what happens

I made a simple post about an addittion to my Blogroll this morning for something to do and then spent the rest of the mornng pruning some of the apple trees. Early this afternoon the wife and I went to do some banking business before stopping off at Merle's in Emarald for some cooooolllld ice tea.

By the time we got ready to come home the evening sports show was on the radio so I missed all of the afternoon news. I arrived home to several messages on the answering machine and a phone ringing off the hook.

It seems that while we were out enjoyiny ourselves the City Council did someting sensible.

At todays meeting Councilman Jon Camp made a motion to consider the concealed carry issue and the Council voted 5-2 to kill it.

Yes Kill it as in dead, gone and buried. Well Mostly so anyway!

It can only be brought up again if one of the Council members from the winning side of the vote asks that it be reconsidered.

I am extremely elated that the Council chose to do this. I am reserving concern though as Councilman Svoboda voted with the majority and even though he is a Republican he has publically expressed that he was against LB454 (the state law) and that he supported the Mayor on this ban.

Svoboda has expressed interest in being the next mayor and the state and county Republican platform both supports concealed carry.

My conclusion at this point is that Svoboda either voted with the majority so that he can have it brought up again, or party representitives backed him into a corner and while tightening his tie a bit explained how toeing the party line favors those running for higher office.

If you haven't heard it from anyone else Ken;

If you want to be Mayor you need to support the party if you want the party to support you.

Here's what the Journal Star has to say

New Blogroll entry

I realize that everyone that reads this Blog may not be of the same political mind as me.

In that vein another Nebraska Blog has come to my attention and I am adding it to my Blogroll.

Check out Hosh at The House of Hosh.

I also note with gratitude that he has me on his Blogroll as well.

Warning; He supports Dave Hahn (Democrat) for Governor. (Hehehehehe)

Welcome to the Blogroll Hosh.

Fahey is a Dumbass

Seems like Omaha's Mayor Bloomberg wannabe Fahey has some dellusional fantasy that he and he alone can create law and and ban guns from city property.

Hey Fahey those places belong to the people of Omaha, it is not your own little fifedom.

In the manner of a facist Dictator Fahey proclaims no firearms will be allowed on the peoples property.

From the Omaha Weird Harold (no link they require registration to read their tripe);

A day after the Omaha City Council passed an ordinance undoing the city's ban, Mayor Mike Fahey ordered that all city-owned property be gun-free.

That includes Rosenblatt Stadium, the Omaha Civic Auditorium, pools, golf courses, public works buildings, fire stations and any other city-owned property except for law-enforcement buildings.

The mayor's order takes effect "just as quickly as we can build signs and start putting them up," said Paul Landow, Fahey's chief of staff.

"We've already spoken to Bob Stubbe," the city's public works director. "We told him, per the mayor's instruction, to please start building some prototypes of signs," Landow said.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA that is the funniest thing I have heard all week Dumbass

Try to enforce it Dumbass.

Your panzy ass crybaby executive order has no weight or force of law behind it Fahey. You cannot create law with the stroke of a pen.

What is the crime? What State Statute applies here? Under what city ordinance will a person be charged?

Does Omaha have an ordinace that makes it a crime to make the Mayor cry?

I can see it now;

Bailif: Here ye Here ye Court is now in session, the Honorable Judge Roy Bean Burrito presiding;

Prosecutor: Your Honor the defendant is charged with pissing the Mayor off.

Judge: Could you cite the specific statute under which you have brought this person before me?

Prosecutor: Well your Honor there is no specific statute that we can charge the defendant with but the Mayor did poop in his pants when he heard that the defendant in preventing her rape was carrying a firearm in a city park. An action that is clearly contrary to the Mayor temper tantrum on concealed carry. He wrote an executive order forbidding that Judge.

So you made a proclomation Fahey, so flipping what. Tell you what Mayor why don't you make a few million copies of your order, printed at tax payers expense and we will see to it that they all get put to good use.

We'll wipe our asses with them, that is all they will be good for.

If I had the Omaha open carry permit I would take a special trip to the River City just to see if I can get the Mayor to piss in his pants by open carrying a sidearm in one of "his" city parks.

It won't be the first time this month I have pissed a Mayor off by wearing a gun.

As I said Fahey is a dumbass and anybody that thinks his dictitorial temper hissy is legally binding on anyone is an even bigger dumbass.

Hat tip to Vinnie @ Vincent Aut Morire for this as I saw it there first (I'd insert link but it seems all of the Munuvian sites are down)

P.S. If I lived in Omaha I would be all over some bodies ass for wasting tax dollars that Omaha doesn't have for creating signs at tax payer expense that cannot be used to enforce anything.

Symbolism over substance.

Maybe the cities miscreant population of gangbangers will use them for target practice.

I can't wait untill Gramma Seng tries this shit.

"Princess Di", Brain Dead or Just an Air Head?

State Senator "Princess" DiAnna Schimek could not get her pantywaist, liberal, all guns are bad cry baby way in the Unicameral and she is still throwing a temper hissy.

Recently she penned a guest editorial in the Lincoln Journal Fishwrapper backing the ever embroiled in controversy Mayor Coleen "Gramma" Sengs Concealed weapons ban ordinance. Just like all of the anti gun, anti individual, anti freedom left wing whackos that have been featured in the Lincoln Birdcage Liner Since LB454 was signed into law Schimeks ditribe lacks substance and fact.

I have been trying to fisk this piece for the last two days. I just can't do it with out repeating ad finitem all of the same things I have been saying on this blog for the last two years.

So here is the link check it out for yourself.


"Princess Di" regergitates debunked data as fact

"Sticky Post" Nebraska Blogger bash

It seems that there might be some interest in a meeting of the Cornhusker States most intellectual minds .... aka a Blogger Bash. Lets use this post as a starting point:
First how many Nebraska Blogggers would like to attend? The Bash is open to any anyone that has a Blog, it does not have to be political (left or right).
I am tentitively thinking of the first Friday or Saturday in August to give people plenty of time to respond and plan.
I am also thinking of a location in Lincoln.
Leave a comment on this post and spread the word via your own Blogs, if there is enough interest I will set something up and e-mail the details of the when, where & time. If anyone has a preference for a location include that too.
I am going to "sticky date" this to the top of the blog for a few weeks so it can get some exposure.

"Sticky Post" CCW meeting

There will be a meeting on Monday July 17 at 7:00pm to dicuss stratagies for the Mayors proposed ban on CCW in Lincoln, Nebraska.

We will also be discussing the formation of a formal organization that will be used to address CCW not only locally, but statewide.

Anyone interested in speaking at the open session of the Lincoln City Council should plan on attending.

The meeting will be held at the Hi-way Diner located in the 2100 block on the south side of Hwy 2.

For more information and to sign up please visit;

CCWNEBRASKA

The sign up/meeting post is in the General Discussion Forum.

Newest addition to the Blogroll

David Codrea, author of the Blog War on Guns has been kind enough to add me to his Blogroll. I am cheerfully returning the favor, not only because he was kind enough to write about me last week, but because I am familiar with his work and think a lot of his trestises on firearms is a must read for anyone that believes in the Right to own guns.

Thanks David and here's to you.

They are more than just words on a paper

They are the living embodiment who we have been, who we are now and who we will be in the future. Men far greater than ourselves, at the risk of their own lives with a vision for the future forged this nation from their hearts and souls. It was their ultimate gift to us. The 4th of July is a day of rememberance for the sacrifices that they and all Americans have endured since the fledgling beginings of what has become the greatest Nation on earth.

Let not they be forgotten and oft repeated;

I Pledge alleigence to the Flag
of the United States of America,
And to the Republic for which it stands,
one Nation UNDER GOD, indivisable
with Liberty and Justice for all.


The Star Spangled Banner

Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?


On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!


And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more!
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!


Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

I am Gunscribe I am proud to be an American.

On the 4th of July in the year of our Lord Two Thousand and Six, I pledge to remember, honor and celebrate those who have gone before me sacrificing all so that I may live the life I have today.

God Bless America

Rest in Peace Sergeant Hoehler

The American dream is alive and well in the Heartland.

Karl Hoehler came to the United States, from Germany in the late 1970's after serving as a Detective Sergeant with the Hesson State Police. He then served as a Sheriffs Deputy in Seward County, Nebraska until his passing of cancer. Sergeant Hoehler was 55.

Highly spoken of by his peers and the members of the community he served, Sergeant Hoehler is an example which we all could aspire to.

The most telling compliment comes from Lieutenant Pat Dorcey of the Seward Police Department, who trained Sgt. Hoehler;

“He was a blast to work with, so smart, so professional. You always learned from him. He had some excellent, excellent training in Germany” and always continued improving his knowledge and skills, Dorcey said.

Sergeant Karl Hoehler may your body rest in peace and your memory live on in the lives of those you touched.

Un-Patriotism on display on Lincolns East side

There is much wailing and knashing of the teeth from a certain segment of Lincolns population as to where the 4th of July firewroks display should be.

Fireworks over Fireworks (be sure to read the comments)

For years it was held at Holmes Lake Park. Renovations at Holmes Lake caused it to be moved to Oak Lake Park. This was originally to be a temprary change. The city discovered for a myriad of reasons that the Celebration is better held at Oak Lake and it will continue to be held there.

The hue and cry from those on the east side is deafening. They want THEIR fireworks back. The fireworks belong to them and only them.

Greed and Pompous Arrogance

That is what I think of the people in that camp.

Nothing matters to them except that they can sit on their pompous asses in their own back yards so they don't have to drink and drive.

Arrogant becuse they think the Celebration BELONGS to them and only them.

Greed! Gimme Gimme Gimme!!!!!!!

If I can't have it in my backyard I'm not going. If it isn't in my backyard it is nothing but a worthless event.

At least one person went so far as to write if it is not moved back to Holmes lake they will look for an out of town Celebration to attend.

Well here's what I have to say to that;

GO GOODBYE GOOD RIDDENCE !! DON'T LET THE DOOR HIT YOU ON THE ASS ON THE WAY OUT OF TOWN.

In not one single post have I read anyone write anything about the true meaning of the day.

But then that is what the 4th of July has become;

Just another excuse for a bunch of greedy arrogant pompous asses to sit around grill food and get drunk.

The fireworks display is put on by the people of the city for the people of the entire city. It should not matter where it is held. It seems that those of you that live on the east side have forgotten that.

"To hell with what our fore fathers sacrificed and created for us, just GIMME GIMME GIMME my damn fireworks back."

In truth you people ought to be ashamed of yourselves. But then maybe your public school education did not instill something called Patriotism or a knowledge of history.

So you have to put in a little effort to show your patriotism on Independance Day get drunk. So freaking what, awwwwwwww poor whiney cry babies. It isn't no where near the effort that this countries founders had to put forth in giving you EVERYTHING you have today.

So stay home, go out of town or do what ever it is you feel you have to do for an excuse to get drunk, party and make fools of your innebrated selves in front of your kids.

I don't want you at the Celebration anyway. The Holiday is a recognition of the founding and history of this great nation. It is a day to be thankfull for those that came before us and the sacrifices they made so that we can have the life we do today.

It is not a day to sit around the backyard grill feeling all smug and arrogant about how YOU DESERVE to have the city celebration in YOUR backyard.

No stay home PLEASE. Those of us that recognize the day and Celebration for what is do not want the likes of you greedy pompous asses dragging it down.

Spewing misinformation that will get women killed

Anyone that believes what Mayor Gramma Seng and her minions spouted yesterday in support of a concealed carry ban in Lincoln needs to open both eyes. Amy Evans ranted on about how statistics bolster her claims.

OKAY AMY PUT UP OR SHUT UP! CITE YOUR SOURCES. MAYBE THE LOCAL MEDIA WILL LET YOU GO UNCHALLENGED BUT I WON'T. YOU MADE YOUR CLAIMS NOW PROVE IT.

As Reported in the Lincoln Journal Fishwrapper

I thought the whole idea of the Friendship Home was to empower women to survive on their own. The tripe that Amy Evans dished out to a hungry media yeasterday is just that TRIPE. Although I guess there are some that like the stomach lining of a cow.

My wife and I have in the past donated items such as clothing, household items and childrens car seats to the Friendship Home because we felt it was a worthy cause. No more Amy we now know what a disservice you are doing to your clients.

The answer, the misguided Seng supporters claim, is to dial 911 and wait for the police to save you.

For those of you that haven't got it yet 911 is Government sponsored dial a prayer.

Dialing 911 just tells the police where to find the body. YOURs!

Hey! Yo! People! Not even Police Chief Tom Casady will admit that his officers can get there in time to save you. I have know idea what the average response time of our local gendarmes really is, but I suspect that it is in the neighborhood of 10 minutes (plus or minus). And that hinges on how many other calls the PD is working at that moment in time. If calls are being stacked up the response time to your problem will be determined by how serious the 911 operator catagories it.

How much damage can a purpetrator do in the best part of 10 minutes?

Here is a special notice to all of those people out there that are under the dilusion that Protection orders saves lives. You are ignorant idiots.

Unless they are printed on Kevlar and worn by the victim they are not bullet proof.

What people like Gramma Seng and Ms. Evans will not admit is that even if you are able to get a call COMPLETED to 911 you are on your own for several critical minutes. What you do in that time will likely determine whether you live or die.

DO YOU GET THAT PEOPLE WHAT YOU DO IN THAT TIME DETERMINES WHETHER YOU LIVE OR DIE. NOT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, NOT GRAMMA SENG, NOT AMY EVANS, YOU.

LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN JUST SO THERE IS NO MISUNDERSTANDING YOU YOU YOU.

For an organization that is suppose to be building up the self confidence of her clients Ms. Evans is insisting that the women she is reaching out to cower, lay down and cheerfully submit to a vicious stabbing, rape, beating or shooting. Leave it to the police to handle they insist.

What the Police will do.

The Police, when they become aware of the problem will respond. A very large majority of the time the purpetrator will have long departed leaving your bent, broken, bleeding body behind. If you are able to tell them who, what, where, why, when and how they may immediately begin looking for your assailant. If you are incoherent (not unusual for a violent attack victim), unconcious or DEAD it will be sometime before the evidence tells them who committed the crime. In some cases it could be days or even weeks, if ever they even know who to look for.

In those few precious minutes after the 911 call you are on your own, what you do determines whether you live or die. After it is all over with the police will arrive and take a report on it leaving you to deal with the aftermath of physical pain and psycological trauma.

I have known women that have been raped, I have heard their stories. As a man I can only imagine (and probably not very well) what it is like to be violated in that manner and the insuing mental trauma that lasts for the rest the victims life. One thing they have all said is NEVER AGAIN! I will do what even it takes to prevent it from happening again, no women should have to suffer that once let alone twice.

If it is your choice not to defend yourself against a beating, home invasion, or violent rape by some AIDS infested scumbag then lay back and enjoy it. That is your right to make that choice. But you have NO RIGHT or place in this society to make that choice for my wife or daughter.

The truth of the matter is that what Gramma Seng and the likes of Amy Evans are proposing will get women robbed, raped, beaten and murdered.

If you have any doubts about what I am saying I suggest that you start reading Zendo Debs Blog TFS Magnum. Zendo Deb constantly publishes from across the nation about personal protection stories and the horrors of those that refuse to take responsibility for their own safety. Zendo Deb has been on my Blogroll for a very long time, for a reason. She doesn't put up with the panty waist BS, she calls it like she sees it and SHE IS RIGHT.

These are just a few of her more recent posts;

Don't Expect the courts to Help you

Domestic Violence Forum Doesn't Mention Self-defense

Quote of the Day

If you don't like hearing what I'm saying because it is coming from a man go read what some other women think about the garbage The Mayor and Womens Rights Advocates are pumping up your hard drives. Go read her stuff. I mean really read it.

It is not Chief Casadys responsibility to protect you. I know that he and his hardworking officers will try their darndest, but they can't be everywhere at the same time and they will not be able to get there in time even if you are able to get a call through.

The only thing Gramma Sengs plan will do is get you killed.

What an idiotic poll

1400 AM KLIN curently has a poll up on their web page that asks an intellegent question.

KLIN

Which of the following would you do to help the city balance its budget?

The problem is you can only select one answer from the following;

Cut funds to sidewalk repair

Eliminate Women's Commission

End smoking ban, but raise taxes on businesses that allow smoking

Return ambulance service to private sector

Spread wheel tax to county residents

Since I can only select one it has to be "Return ambulance service

to the private sector".

Who is the idiot that thought up "End smoking ban, but raise taxes on businesses that allow smoking?

I don't smoke, but I believe in freedom of choice and property RIGHTS.

Countless thousands of suposedly intellegent Lincolnites cut their fricken noses off their faces when they voted to ban smoking a few years ago and now they are making us pay for their ignorance and stupidity. LITERALLy

We are talking millions of dollars here.

The money the city is losing is going to the towns around Lincoln that are not as stupid as we are. Any one that has regularly driven through Emerald over the years can't help but notice the increased number of patrons Merles has been experiencing.

The towns of Denton, Hickman and Milford have all reported increases in revenue since the ban went into effect. When you add up all of their increases it pretty nearly matches the amount of money that Lincoln has lost. Of course our "Glorious Leaders" commencing with Gramma Seng on down don't, can't and won't admit that publically. It would be too much of an embarrassment for them if they did.

On the one hand I could care less if a business CHOOSES of their own violition to ban smoking in their establishment. The Owners of Steak USA have done so for years and I respect their decision as owners of that property.

If the ban had been statewide then Lincoln would not have lost the millions we are losing. There would be no other place to go. The problem is that people vote with their wallets and a very large portion of Lincolnites seem to be spending their green paper ballots in communities where they and their habits are welcome.

The people that ignorantly voted for the ban ignored the predictions and voted Lincoln into a multi-million dollar hole and now they want me to ante up more money to cover the cost of their self rightious stupidity.

I think not

Spread the wheel tax to the County Residnets?

This is another stupid idea thought up by who knows as an end all answer to the finacial money pit Gramma Seng and her minions have dug us into.

The idea behind it is that many people in the county work in Lincoln and partake of the infrstructure so they should pay a share.

Again another patently idiotic plan that diverts attention from the real issue, the imcopetence of people in Lincoln to think through something. It is far easier to do something because it feels good that to intellegently examine all sides of the issue and act accordingly.

Where in the hell do you think the County residents spend the money they make in Lincoln. Do they go to the Walmarts and fast food joints in Omaha? Colombus? Fremont? Denver?

Hey there's an idea, how many people pass through here every year from Denver, Chicago and some of the nations other large population centers? Why not enact a wheel tax on those people?

Maybe we can get the already overworked Police Deparment to set up toll booths at the city limits and have a sliding scale fee for anyone that has out of state/county license plates?

Chief you read this Blog, what say you, is this a doable idea?

And yes we need sidewalk improvement and a Womens Commission. Heck we need a Responsible Firearms Owners Commission, a Back Yard Bar-B-Que Commission and about a hundred other Commissions. Every cause needs its own commission.

Tom Becka - or Why I don't listen to KFAB anymore

Recently the stuttering, blubbering, overgrown, all swelled up with himself, blowhard Tom Becka of KFAB fame (Omaha AM radio) attempted, feebley I might add, to take on Rightwing Maven and Political Pundant Ann Coulter. I did not hear the actual broadcast but the audio is posted on the net. Becka rather angerally at times stuttered, flustered and blubbered his way through 16 minutes of Coulters calm, cool collected conversation.

At times I almost felt sorry for Becka as he was obviously in over his head. Ann Coulter was esentially engaging in a battle of wits with an unarmed adversary. It is my considered opinion that she handed his ass to him. ( A rather sizeable job if she had done it literlly)

Tom Becka and I go way back. I have never met him, nevr cared to and had only called his show one time. I remember when he was the morning man on KFAB back in the mid 90's. I listened to KFAB pretty regularly then. You know back when they had Becka, Dr (nude photos) Laura and Rush Limbaugh. That was the time Kent Pavelka was the voice of Big Red Football.

The Good ole' days, well 50% anyway. (Limbaugh & Pavelka)

Even then "Tommy Boy" Becka was an overgrown blow hard that couldn't make a point without hem-hawing and blubber-lipping his way through it.

In one instance he did a show on the then new Black Talon ammo. He was rude to everyone that called in to defend it and cut them off when they actually made sense. It was his show, his way or the highway.

Another instance had "Tommy Boy" hosting two homosexual men to talk about the book that they had co-authored. They (the gay authors) used the term "queer" and others that are deemed derogatory in reference to THEMSELVES. I can only guess that possibly "Tommy Boy" harbors latent tendancies because he threw an on air tantrum at the use of those words the authors applied to themselves and literally chased them (on air) from the studio.

The crowning achievement in Becka's existance is the week long hype that he had for himself because he was to be a guest on some Sunday morning talking head show. Becka spent the week building himself up like a stud groom bragging about what he would do to his blushing virgin bride after their vows.

To make a long story short when the talking head said "And now to Tom Becka in Omaha, Nebraska", Becka was totally speechless. Several seconds of embarrassingly dead air later the host took the mic back. Thus "Tommy Boy" was left looking like a pre-mature ejaculator on his wedding night.

After his stint on the morning show on KFAB I heard he was on some podunk station in the Kansas City area. Guess they must have gotten tired of his blubbering and rolled him back into the water. Too bad he was able to swim back up river instead of just floating farther down stream. But then what's his name from KFAB that used to do the "Beardsmore Baby" car commercials was already in St Louis.

To my mind he has always been a know nothing blowhard that is so swelled up with himself, that he can't even carry on a decent conversation.

The best way to make a difference, if one is so inclined is to publish a list of his shows sponsors. Let those that want to impart to them why they won't be purchasing their products.

Hat tip to the following fellow Nebraska Blogs for the heads up on this one;

Merri Musings

Vince Aut Morire (new Blogroll entry and husband of Merri Musings) With apologies for not rolling you sooner.

and the imcomprable PTG at the

Feedlot

In the comments section of the Feedlot a poster purporting to be Tom Becka made two postings. Whether this is the real "Tommy Boy" or not is a mystery not solved, but hey it could be.

Possibly he has never read this Blog and with any luck at all he won't after this anyway.

Heartwarming, encouraging and inspiring

I know that I can be critical to the extreme and even I get tired of my own negativety sometimes. That is one of the reasons I have not been posting as often as I once did.

Over the weekend there were a couple of stories in the local fishwrapper that I really found heartwarming and encouraging.

The first concern a teen sentenced to death in the time of the Mexican Revolution. He escaped to the Unidos Estados, married and raised a family of ten children. What makes this story so encoraging is that although he only had the equivelant of a thrid grade education he saw to it that all of his children at the very least graduated High School.

One of his children, son Marty Ramirez went on to college married and raised seven children or his own. What makes this heartwarmng is that the last of his seven children recently graduated from college.

Father proud of his seven college grads

Imagine that, a man with a third grade education raises ten kids that at least graduate high school. One of those kids goes on to college and raises seven kids that not only graduate high school, but they all graduate from college.

The second story concerns a local youth that had a miscreant past in sunny Southern California. Michael Preciado's parents relocated the family to Nebraska in hopes that the change would have a positive effect on Michael and his brother.

Former dropout makes best of his second chance

Michael had dropped out of high school at one point, had a change of heart and re-enrolled here in Nebraska. Michael is now a high school graduate with a good future ahead of him.

Wow !!! Call me softhearted or sentimental, but these stories really moved me. This is the American Dream at its finest and truely illustrates what can be accomplished with dedication, determination, encouragement and hardwork. Their stories are inspiring and I am privileged to be able to post them here.

No one is above the Law

Those were the words that Jeff Fortenberry spoke to me last Thursday afternoon when I posed the following to him at an open meeting;

Recently the FBI effected a search warrant on a Representitives office, your thoughts!!

No one is above the law No one.

I also had a few private moments with him both before and after the open meeting. We had a couple of laughs and Jeff reminded me of the circumstances in which our families met.


I know and supported Jeff Fortenberry in his first run for the House of Representitives and I support him again in his campaign to defeat his current challenger - Matt Connealy in a dress.

Yes I finally said it. I have been thinking that for some time, ever since I found out she is comparing herself to her friend Matt Connealy who was Jeffs challenger he defeated to get elected in the first place.

There will be more campaign stuff as the election nears.

A few years ago I said I could vote for Ben Nelson depending on the Republican candidate that opposes him.

Nelson has been just barely okay on firearms issues and today his Republican challenger came out in support of Chuckies (Hagel) amnesty plan. Nelson is staunchly against it, as am I.

Secure the borders first then confront the problem that those that are already here pose. In other words if you have rabbits in your garden you build a fence (figuratively or literaly) and then address the ones that got caught in the garden after the fence was built.

Considering that things could change between now and the election I can very well see myself voting for Senator Nelson at this time.

Get ready to rock your Glock

Tis the season already.

Last year I wrote about Nebraska's version of the Glock Shoots. I ended the article saying that Chris was already in the planning stages of this years Contests.

Rock your Glock wraps up

The first match of the year is this Saturday, May June 10th at the Izaack Walton League range just off of Highway 2 on the east side of Lincoln from 8:00am until 12 noon.

Fear not that you don't have Glock. Unlike the shoots sponsored by Glock any safe reliable centerfire firearm capable of holding 10 or more rounds is welcome.

Sigs, Browning HP's, S&W's bring them on out meet some new people that share your appreciation of firearms and have a good time.

The best part is that you don't have to stay for the whole event if Jr has a soccer game that afternoon or your kitchen pass has a 12 noon curfew.

Because competitors are competing against each others score sheets you don't have to hang around waiting to shoot more than one round. As soon as you shoot your round you can turn in your score sheet and beat feet to what ever else you have to do.

Participants will need the following to compete;

1. The proper attitude for safe responsible firearms handling

2. Proper eye and ear protection

3. 100 rounds of ammunition for you firearm

4. A firearm

Firearms, to be competitive, should preferably be of the semi-auto variety and be capable of holding at least 10 rounds. 1911's and revolvers are welcome as well, but it has to be noted that each stage is generally a 10 round timed event. If a firearm holds less than 10 rounds it will necessitate the shooter to reload during the stage thus effecting the posted time for that stage.

Also it is an advantage that the shooter have at least three (3) magazines for their chosen firearm. The match can be and is shot with one magazine by some of the competitors, but the shooter will have to reload a single magazine between each of the 10 stages fired.

Rock your Glock shoots are a fun way to spend a few hours on a Saturday morning and still leave you most of the day to spend with the family.

Come on out and Rock what ever firearm you want to bring.

Judge says; No common theme in sex case

Where's Bill "I'm looking out for you" O'Reilly when you need him?

Twice in two weeks now a judge has made a horrendous decision involving sexual crimes against children.

Last week a judge in the western part of the state gave probation to a a diminuative sex offender because she didn't think he woud survive life in the Greybar Inn.

This week a Lancaster County judge refused to merge two cases pending against former State Police Major Billy Hobbs. Sexually assaulting a minor and generating child pornography.

Judge declines to combine sex crime prosecutions


If I recall Hobbs was not former State Patrol Officer when he was arrested. He was still actively on the job when he was charged with having intimate relations with a 14 year old girl for the last two years. Yes she was only twleve when an active duty State Police Major allegedly began assaulting her.

After his arrest the authorities seemed to have found over five hundred pictures on his computer of various persons believed to be minors. He was susequentely charged with generating Child Pornography.

The Judges reason for not combining the two cases?

Only one perent of the pictures are of the girl. Only 20 percent are of the girl and her sister. The other 79 are other males and females.

The Judge does not think that the cases are related to each other; there is no common thread or theme between the sexual assault of a 12 year old girl and pictures of her on the alleged purpetrators computer.

Tell me Judge how many pictures would it take before you see a connection?

Pet Peave

I have a pet peave and I am going to vent about it.

On occassion I peruse the on line auctions Gun Broker and Auction Arms. There are certainly some good deals to be had from time to time and I have purchased through both sites.

The bone I have to pick is with those sellers that let's say set a starting bid of $50.00. Ok that is cool, but then they also have a hidden reserve price of let's say $150.00. On top of that they have a buy it now price of again let's say $200.00.

I have no problem with starting bids, reserve bids, or even buy it now bids, it is how they are used in combination with each other.

I mean why have a 50 dollar starting bid if your hidden reserve bid is 150 bucks. Is there some kind of jolly to be gotten having people spend their time bidding and bidding and bidding just to get to the lowest price you'll really accept for the item anyway.

If you won't accept less that 150 bucks for what ever it is your selling then start the damn auction at 150 bucks. Quit jerking people around.

Sellers that do this must realize sick perverted satisfaction that I don't understand.

I see a lot of buy it now prices that are at least a third to more than double what the item is really worth, but hey I don't have a problem with that, if you can get some sucker to pay that much more power to you.

I just think the drastic difference that some people set between the low starting and high reserve bid is a waste of time and an insult to the intelligence of the people that you want to buy your stuff.

Okay I am done venting now.

Anonymity

Some Bloggers blog under their given name while others choose to remain anonymous and blog under a screen name.

In the past I have been taken to task for blogging "anonymously".

Allow me to explain why I do.

Only to a certain extent am I anonymous. For the most part the people that I write about, such as the Mayor of Lincoln, the Chief of Police, Members of the city council and several state senators including the Honorable Ernie Chambers know me personally and know that I publish this website. Whether they read it or not is another matter altogether. As I mentioned in the previous post the Chief reads this blog.

Most if not all of those mentioned not only know my name, they have my address and phone number as well. I see several from time to time at public or social functions.

Even before I began this blog I was what might be considered a semi-public person. I have at least two award certificates that hang on the wall of my office, along with my instructors credentials, that were presented to me by the Mayor and the Chief of Police. Although I don't ever intend to, I have been approached and asked to consider running for the State Senate or County Commission.

Many of my local readers know me personally as well, heck we all show up at a lot of the same shooting contests.

When I started this Blog I chose to use a screen name because I didn't know if it was something I would maintain for any length of time. I was also aware of the inherent dangers of making ones identity know on the worldwide web. Yes I am concerned for the safety of my family, and rightly so.

In the nearly two years that I have been publishing this blog the response with one notable exception has been tremendous. As to the one notable exception I cannot comment on that at this time. Suffice to say that another person I know has an ongoing civil action (restraining order) for stalking against the noted exception. In this instance the use of a screen name has given me a certain level of comfort, and thankfully has also prevented me from having to take the same course of action.

Given all of that I believe I made the right choice when I started this Blog and still believe it is the right thing for me to do. I have decided that at some point I will have my name on my blog, but that day hasn't come yet.

I am proud of what I have done on this site and hope to continue for some time to come.

I know I have been very critical of some people in my writings and believe me they know who I am and what I have said whether they have read it here or not. That they know who I am is what is important to me.

Chief Casady Reads this Blog

Recently I had the opportunity to spend a couple of hours with Police Chief Tom Casady. As I have indicated in the past the Chief and I converse on a semi-irregular basis anyway.

We were able to discuss a number of issues, reloading, bird hunting, our mutual appreciation for the Smith & Wesson Model 37 and yes CCW.

No I didn't change the Chiefs mind, and he didn't change mine either, but I truley understand why the Chief feels the way he does on the CCW issue.

Chief Casady genuinely cares for the people of the city of Lincoln and wants this city to be safe and rightly or wrongly he is concerned about the types of people that will be able to get a permit.

One of his points is hard to argue with;

When the Chief was still an officer on the beat he was in a confrontation with a person that had a long list of misdemeanor convitions. That night the perpetrator was in posession of a WW I Knuckle duster. (Brass knuckles with a knife blade) In the Chiefs own words "He had a choke hold on me and I was literally seconds from passing out when I was saved by a Univerity Police officer". The offender was charged with a major felony that was barganed down to a simple misdemeanor. That person, if he was still alive would be eligible for a CCW because, even with a long misdemeanor record he had not been convicted of a crime that disqualified him from owning a gun or being issued a CCW permit. (I saw the file on that case BTW)

The Chief told me that he knows a large number of Lincolnites that fall into that catagory to one degree or another. People that were originally charged with a serious felony/s only to have it plead down to a simple misdemeanor. That is a pretty persuasive arguement for sure.

I reminded the Chief that those situations are created by the Prosecuters and Judges and as deplorable as they are even if people like this are eligible for a permit they are already carrying guns and probably wouldn't apply for a permit anyway.
The Chief reads this Blog and in his own words, "I read your Blog Gunscribe and I don't think we are as far apart on this issue as you might think." (Yes he said Gunscribe. The rest of the time he used my real first name)

The Chief and I are on opposite sides of this for our own personal reasons and probably always will be, but we understand each other and from now on I will not be as hard on him as I have been in the past for his thoughts on CCW.

As I have posted in the past, other than CCW, I think that the Chief has done one hellofva job. He has done more with less than a lot of chiefs around the country that run larger departments.

Judge takes Pity on Child Molester

Judge Kristine Cecava Sentenced 50 year old Richard Thompson to 10 years probation because she didn't think the diminuative alleged pervert couldn't survive in prison.

Child Molester to little to do time

His crimes deserved a long sentence, Cecava said, but she expressed concern that the 5-foot-1 Thompson would be especially imperiled by prison dangers.

Thompson will only be electronically monitored for the first four months of his decade long sentence.

It is amazing that these stupid bastards wondering why we want to ability to protect our own families, when they won't even lock up the sickening criminals that prey on our children.

Yea sure the cops arrest them after the fact, but it is sometimes only a matter of hours before the slimeballs are back on the street looking for another child to destroy.

Not to worry though, the cops kids are safe, they get to carry concealed off duty to protect their families and to hell witheveryone else and their children.

Oh don't worry they proclaim if you or your children are viciously robbed, raped, or beaten we will do our best to apprehend the assailant, and by the way on the rare occassion that we actually catch the perpetrator your suppose to live happily ever after.

Having said all of that

There is some legal basis for the Judges decision. There have been countless court cases where the authorities have been sued for failing to protect an individual member of society. The courts have consistantly ruled that police officers have no duty to protect individuals when no special relationship exists. The courts have even held that no special relationship exists with a person who has a protection order against another.

The courts have further defined "special relationship" to mean those in custody, such as Richard Thompson.

In essence as sickening as it sounds the Judge in this case is fullfilling the requirements of protecting a person the government has a "special relationship" with.

Update 5/27/2k6

1. I guess even the liberals are incensed by this. State Senator Ernie Chambers is having public temper hissy about it.

2. The state Attorney General is appealing the sentence to have it made stiffer.

Now if only Bill O'Reilly reads this blog maybe he will bloviate on it too.

Jeanne Combs Bails out on CCW

Gene Tysons heir to the CCW throne, Jeanne Combs succeeded in getting an almost worthless concealed carry bill through the unicameral and now she is bailing for greener pastures.

Combs will withdraw bid for re-election

Not that all of her hard work isn't appreciated, and I don't want to sound like I am blowing my own horn but I met with her last year when the first printed draft of LB 454 came out and pointed out, in writing all of the flaws. Flaws that are now manifesting themselves in the form of municiple bans. I not only spoke with her early on, I also spent time with several of the other sponsors of the bill, to no avail.

Here are a couple of links to my blog posts at the time. All of the things I wrote about was provided to Jeanne Combs and several other Co-sponsors.

January 28th 2005

February 9th 2005

April 23rd 2005

Granted I never liked this bill, but there is a large number of people that believed in it and I worked to get it passed, so maybe I am as responsible as anyone else for POS454 that went to the Governors desk.



The most oft comment I heard was "Tone it down a bit Gun the NRA is happy with this bill" and "since it is better than nothing we can work on getting it fixed in the next few years."


Yea you read that right the NRA was tickled to death with this bill as is.

And that was after I spent time with the NRA Rep pointing out the flaws to him as well.

So now for the second time in two years we will have to find another Senator willing to take on the racist tantrums of Ernie Chambers. And that is no small order.

Now that the real work needs to be done we are left hanging out to dry.

I wish Jeanne all the best and hope that what ever she has planned comes to fruitful fruition. I can't blame her for moving on, especially if it is for something better. It just gripes me that she's leaving with so much undone. I really do in a way feel abandoned and just a bit responisible. I had assurances that my concerns would be addressed if I would just lend my support to LB454.

I did my part.

Unless she can find a strong replacement to carry on it is doubtful that any changes at the state level will be made in the next few years.

Again: Where are the Assault Weapons?

I did a post a year or two back that asked the Question "Where are the assault weapons?"

Well guess what I am asking it again.

Where are the dreaded Assault Weapons in NYC?

It seems that the records for the five boroughs of NYC show that, as it did in Philidephia that the prefered firearm of choice among the "bad guys" is a Smith & wesson 38 spl.

At the bottom of the list, and the only "long gun" is the Mossberg 12 guge shotgun.

60% of the firearms involved "criminal posession of a weapon".

Well golly gee I thought that criminal posession of a weapon was already against the law at the federal level, along with every state and municipality in the country. For the life of me I can't understand that, I mean if it is illegal for a criminal to own a firearm they why are they willfully and knowledgeably breaking the law?

See, I thought all of those gun laws were supposed to stop all of that and save us law abiding citizens from being victims of crime. The world is suppose to be a safer place with all of these laws in effect?

Sarcasm off

Dear Dumbass anti gun a&&holes,

The laws you got passed don't work, there are more people raped, robbed, beaten and murdered every year because you are to stupid to see the folly of your actions. If by posessing a firearm; one woman could have stopped her rape, one man could have prevented his murder, one woman prevented the car jacking that led to the murder of her children, then their blood is on your hands.

By preventing law abiding citizens from carrying a firearm that they could have used to save their life or that of a family member you are just as responsible for that death as the perpetrator that killed them. If I had my way you would be charged as an accessory before the fact and have a seat at the same defendants table.

The only people that obey you assinine laws are the people that are law abiding and not inclined to commit crimes anyway. A criminal by definition is someone that doesn't give two hoots at a Million Commie Mommie March about the law. Their job description is to ignore the law.

By enacting the ill thought dumbass laws that you have you made it easier for the criminals to ply their trade on you and your familes.

What part of law abiding citizen don't you understand?

What part of criminals don't obey your dumbshit laws anyway don't you understand?

What part of assault weapons have never been a problem don't you understand?

Two cities with some of the toughest gun control laws in the country have released confiscation data in the last two years and assault weapons are not even mentioned.

Guns are not a problem in the hands of law abiding citizens, criminals do not obey the law anyway, and the Brady Bunch has been pumping lies up your blackberries for years.

If you would just cut the apron strings that tie you to Sarah Brady, open your eyes and do your own research you might find that you have been used as a pawn for those that want to control every aspect of your life.

Sincerely yours,

Gunscribe

Busting Another Urban Myth

This is getting to be a habit but here goes.

One of the many reasons those opposed to CCW cite for their cause is;

Private Citizens are not qualified to carry a gun because they do not have the hours of training that certified Police Officers have.

Disclaimer; Before I get started on this diatribe I want there to be no mistake. I am not bashing cops in anyway, shape or form, I am only pointing out the differences between a Private Citizen with a concealed firearm and the men and women in blue.

The comparison between what training a Police Officer requires to peform thier job and what is helpful for a Private Citizen to be responsible for their own safety is apples and oranges.

Police Officers

Police Officers have a tough, under paid and often times unappreciated job. To effectively perform their duties they require the requisit amount of training that the academy provides.
They are dispatched to shades of grey they know nothing about, and then they are expected to sort through the witnesses and evidence establishing who the good guys and bad guys are. The training they recieve is only the start, it takes years of experience on the street to hone the skills needed to be safe and effective. That is why the hours upon hours of training they recieve is so important and required.

Private Citizens

Private Citizens on the other hand know instantly what is happening. It does not take hours and hours of training to determine that the low life scumbag/s demanding a wallet, automobile or a piece of ass is a threat. Criminals prey upon Private Citizens when they are alone or vulnerable.

In these cases Private Citizens only need to know the laws pertaining to the use of deadly force, how to safely handle and maintain their firearm and be proficient with it. For the purposes of self defense a law abiding citizen can become more quickly competent with the required CCW training and regular trips to the range than the martial arts that is so hyped by those opposed to Private Citizens taking responsibilty for their own safety.

Private Citizens, unlike the Police Officers that will eventually arrive, know immediately in bright living color when their ass is on the line, who the perpetrator is and what their harmful intent is. It doesn't take thousands of hours of training when your only options are comply or fight back.

That it takes little more than a Kindergarten education to understand these differences is cause for resounding DUH!!!!

The questions are;

How much training does a guy in a suit need to recognize when a lowlife wants his wallet?

How much training does a Soccor Mom need to recognize when a scumbag is jacking her car with her kids in the back seat?

How much training does a College Student need to recognize when some dirtbag sexual predetor wants to throw her down, rip her panties off and rape her?

To suggest that a Private Citizen needs the same training as a Police Officer to carry a firearm is assinine. The difference is as plain as night and day.

Conclusion - Myth Busted

Urban Myth Busted

No I'm not Jamie or Adam, but it doesn't take the Myth Busters to bust this myth wide open;

A cell phone can save you from being a crime victim.

In a recent letter to the Lincoln journal Star police Chief Tom Casady made the following observation;

Cell phones, in my opinion, have done more to protect people than concealed carry — and more to provide peace of mind.

I only wish that were so but I and most knowledgeable people that are familiar with the dynamics of crime know that is utter and complete bullshit. Chief Casady most assuredly knows it too. Most Rape, robbery and assault victims are unaware that they are going to be attacked until the perpetrator/s are standing there with a weapon or they are being body slammed to the ground.

How in the hell is anyone going to make a call under those circumstances? I suppose the Chief has seen to many Husker games and would recommend you try calling a time out;

"Oh please mister attacker can we have a time out so I can call for help on my cell phone?"

Even if you could get 911 dialed and get the phone to your ear it will not deter your attack. The first thing that is going to happen is the low life scumbag is going to bitch slap you up side the head sending your "self defense tool" flying.

Maybe you were able to tell the dispatcher where you are but even with that you assailant will still have 5-10 minutes to rape, rob or murder you.

Any knowledgeable person with at least a 1st grade education knows this. Relying on a cell phone for protection is some of the most dumbass advice I have ever heard and anybody that suggests a Samsung instead of a Smith & Wesson cares little for your safety and well being.

Maybe your willing to risk your daughters life with a cell phone Chief, that is your choice, but you have no standing what so ever to require me to trust my daughters life to a battery operated, call dropping electronic leash.

The fact is my daughter lives in another state that allows CCW and YES she has her permit and she carrys a concealed firearm virtually 24/7.

She loves her kids to much to rely on a cell phone in the hopes that she could actually get the call through, tell the police where she is at, what is happening and that the police will get there in time to rescue her and my grandchildren.

We have to ask why the Chief would recommend something as rediculous as a cell phone when he knows damn well you are unlikely to be able to make a call in the first place and that his officers will not arrive in time to save you in the second place.

Don't kid yourself he knows it.

The proposed ban that is being pushed by the Mayor and the Chief has nothing to do with your safety. It has everything to do with power and control. When you are able to provide for your own safety you do not have to rely on the government for protection that won't arrive in time anyway. Gramma Seng and the Chief recognize this and are not willing to relenquish any power that they perceive is theirs and theirs alone. They think they know what is best for you and by God you will submit to their authority or else.

Seng and Casady are under the dilusion that we are under their thumbs and that they control us. They seem to have forgotten that they are Public Servants, that are required by oath to do what we tell them we want done, not the other way around.

This is a power play being engineered by the Mayor and the Chief, it is not about concealed carry it is all about control. Control of the people by a couple of low level Public Servants that have forgotten their station in life.

Hey you want to take the Chiefs advice and only carry a cell phone, please do, more power to you I hope it works for you. You want to waste 20 bucks on a 3 hour class some Saturday at the YWCA so you can feel prepared to save your kids lives, by all means go for it. You can do anything you want except;

Tell me what I have to do under the same circumstances.

Protection Orders are not Bullet Proof

I just got done reading a post over at the TFS Magnum Blog that really pissed me off. I have been reading her blog for nearly two years now and have never know her to be anyless than spot on with advice. Thank you Deb for bringing up the subject of Protection Orders again.

Deb references an article about the recent shooting of three people in Florida and takes exception to one item of advice advice offered by a domestic abuse help center.

Her advice to "one of the best things you can is learn self defense" is to get a gun. I whole heartedly agree with her. The quickest form of effictive self defense to learn is getting a firearm and learning how and when to use it.

By their own admission a Protective Order is not worth the paper it is written on;

According to www.helpguide.org, a domestic abuse center, they say a restraining order is not always helpful. It's often ignored by the abuser and can only be enforced after it's been violated.

Sometimes when an abuser finds out about the order, they may feel humiliated or rejected, and then turn angry and violent. Just obtaining a restraining order may increase the chance of violence against the victim.

Do you understand that, just obtaining a restraining order may increase the chance of a violence against the victim.

Protection Orders are not bullet proof, knife proof or even fist proof. Yes you can sign up for all of the YWCA karate classes you want, but any one that practices the martial arts will tell you that 20 bucks and 3 hours on a Saturday will not give you the skills to defend yourself. Anybody that thinks otherwise is only deluding themselves.

The police are not under any extra obligation to protect you and there is no way they could get to you in time even if you could complete a call on your cell phone.

The only way to adaequately insure your safety is to aquire a suitable defensive firearm and the instruction necessary to legally defend yourself.

UpDate 5/5 1500hrs - It seems a similar situation manifested itself in Omaha in the last few days as reported by Channel 6 News. Would a firearm have saved this woman? We will never know. But what we do know is that a Protection Order is not bullet proof. Laura had a legal protection order for over a year. The law is explicit, while bound by the terms of a Protection Order Eric was forbidden from owning or posessing a firearm.

Who wants to bet on the outcome of a $20.00 3 hour self defense seminar, a Protection order and a cell phone vs. a firearm?