Thursday, October 20, 2005

No Charges For Gun Death Officers

Two policemen who shot a man carrying a table leg they mistook for a sawn-off shotgun will not be charged over his death.

No, of course they won't.

Huge SoCal Gun Possession Case Dismissed

I'm not sure what this is about--this is the only story in the news and I don't know any other background details--but it sounds like the guy was a gun dealer trying to comply with legal edicts by reporting his inventory to BATFU, and the state somehow improperly got ahold of the information.

Gee, who would ever think the feds would stoop to illegally leaking info to state agencies?

Gun Slips From Sticky Fingaz

US rapper Sticky Fingaz has been arrested after allegedly leaving an unlicensed gun in a hotel room.

Well, on the one hand, that's a really stupid thang to do, and a check of the guy's lyrics makes him sound like the kind of thug you'd want a gun to protect yourself against.

But funny thing about liberty--it doesn't just apply to people I approve of, and in the absence of committing a criminal act with the gun, the hotel's response should have been to call him and let him know they had his property in the front desk safe.