Tue, 18 March 2008 Sexual assaults, burglaries and good old fashioned iPod jackings. Welcome to Washington DC. Originally recorded in 2007. Amazing how well the gun ban is working for the criminals, makes it easy for them to do all this stuff I discuss in this episode. Supreme Court, DC Gun Ban  Washington DC Police,sex,gay,ipod,tech,Washington Post,crime, criminal,survival,travel,guide,tour,history,Georgetown Direct download: Washington_DC_Police_Crime_Report_aka_Blotter.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:21 PM Comments[5] |
Grad student suspended after pro gun rights e-mail
Posted by Declan McCullagh
A Minnesota university has suspended one of its graduate students who sent two e-mail messages to school officials supporting gun rights.
Hamline University also said that master's student Troy Scheffler, who owns a firearm, would be barred from campus and must receive a mandatory "mental health evaluation" after he sent an e-mail message arguing that law-abiding students should be able to carry firearms on campus for self-defense.
Hamline spokesman Jacqueline Getty declined on Wednesday to answer questions about the suspension, saying that federal privacy laws prohibited the school from commenting. Scheffler had previously waived his privacy rights in a letter to Hamline University President Linda Hanson.
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E-mail from Troy Scheffler to Hamline University Vice President of Student Affairs David Stern, April 17, 2007
From: Troy Scheffler
To: dstern02@hamline.edu
Subject: I dont think the students need the counseling...
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 10:54 PM
Considering this university also pushes “diversity� initiatives like VA Tech, maybe its “leadership� will reconsider its ban on conceal carry law abiding gun owners... Ironically, according to a few VA Tech forums, there are plenty of students complaining that this wouldnt have happened if the school wouldnt have banned their permits a few months ago...
I just dont understand why leftists dont understand that criminals dont care about laws; that is why they’re criminals... Maybe this school will reconsider its repression of law abiding citizens rights.
Considering that accoriding to the university president that there were recently serious “hate crimes� that were committed in the womens bathrooms; there may be people on the edge ready to snap. I cant say I blame them, I myself am tired of having to pay my own extremely overpriced tuition to make up for minorities not paying theirs. On top of that, I am sick of seeing them held to a different standard than the white students (Of course its a lower and more lenient standard).
Oh by the way, when is your “diversity� department going to include European ancestry?
Respectfully,
Troy Scheffler
Posted by Declan McCullagh
A Minnesota university has suspended one of its graduate students who sent two e-mail messages to school officials supporting gun rights.
Hamline University also said that master's student Troy Scheffler, who owns a firearm, would be barred from campus and must receive a mandatory "mental health evaluation" after he sent an e-mail message arguing that law-abiding students should be able to carry firearms on campus for self-defense.
Hamline spokesman Jacqueline Getty declined on Wednesday to answer questions about the suspension, saying that federal privacy laws prohibited the school from commenting. Scheffler had previously waived his privacy rights in a letter to Hamline University President Linda Hanson.
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E-mail from Troy Scheffler to Hamline University Vice President of Student Affairs David Stern, April 17, 2007
From: Troy Scheffler
To: dstern02@hamline.edu
Subject: I dont think the students need the counseling...
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 10:54 PM
Considering this university also pushes “diversity� initiatives like VA Tech, maybe its “leadership� will reconsider its ban on conceal carry law abiding gun owners... Ironically, according to a few VA Tech forums, there are plenty of students complaining that this wouldnt have happened if the school wouldnt have banned their permits a few months ago...
I just dont understand why leftists dont understand that criminals dont care about laws; that is why they’re criminals... Maybe this school will reconsider its repression of law abiding citizens rights.
Considering that accoriding to the university president that there were recently serious “hate crimes� that were committed in the womens bathrooms; there may be people on the edge ready to snap. I cant say I blame them, I myself am tired of having to pay my own extremely overpriced tuition to make up for minorities not paying theirs. On top of that, I am sick of seeing them held to a different standard than the white students (Of course its a lower and more lenient standard).
Oh by the way, when is your “diversity� department going to include European ancestry?
Respectfully,
Troy Scheffler
posted by: girl600 on Thu, 10/11 09:08 AM EDT
I listened to this episode in the car and just laughed out loud at your editorial comments. The 10 commandments of how to survive in Washington DC were cracking me up. Don't go outside until 10:05 . . . Don't wear North Face jackets in the winter . . .
Beaverton Airsoft Gun Ban Begins May 1, 2007
Starting on Tuesday, Beaverton authorities will begin enforcing an ordinance that outlaws Airsoft guns, which look like real firearms but use compressed air to shoot plastic pellets, in public places.
Starting on Tuesday, Beaverton authorities will begin enforcing an ordinance that outlaws Airsoft guns, which look like real firearms but use compressed air to shoot plastic pellets, in public places.
The ordinance went into effect on March 31 and was followed by a 30-day public information campaign before the actual enforcement begins on May 1.
The Beaverton Police Department distributed brochures to schools and businesses in the Beaverton area that sell Airsoft replica guns that explains the dangers of using the firearms in an unsafe manner.
Beaverton is the first city in Oregon to adopt the ban.
Starting on Tuesday, Beaverton authorities will begin enforcing an ordinance that outlaws Airsoft guns, which look like real firearms but use compressed air to shoot plastic pellets, in public places.
Starting on Tuesday, Beaverton authorities will begin enforcing an ordinance that outlaws Airsoft guns, which look like real firearms but use compressed air to shoot plastic pellets, in public places.
The ordinance went into effect on March 31 and was followed by a 30-day public information campaign before the actual enforcement begins on May 1.
The Beaverton Police Department distributed brochures to schools and businesses in the Beaverton area that sell Airsoft replica guns that explains the dangers of using the firearms in an unsafe manner.
Beaverton is the first city in Oregon to adopt the ban.
posted by: Airsoft Bans? They Exist - girl600 on Tue, 10/16 11:25 PM EDT
June 13, 2005
The ban on replicas, the sport of Airsoft and airgunning
I frequent a number of shooting forums on the Internet. Here is a copy of my most recent posting to my local Airsoft forum, the members of which are just beginning to realise what it feels like to be lead up the long stone staircase to the alter of sacrifice:
Posting
I frequent another forum which is about airguns. On that forum I've seen talk about how this bill isn't so bad. There seems to be a general lack of support for airsoft in the same way that there was a lack of cross disciplne support when handguns were banned. There is one thing I cannot stand and that is a lack of cross disciplne support. It has been and will continue to be the death of all shooting in England. Here is my reply to one poster:
Let me say why the ban on imitation firearms will affect airgunning in the mid term.
The press believe that replica handguns are being banned. This is false for two reasons. Firstly it is the sale that is being banned not ownership and secondly the press believe that all air pistols and c02 pistols are 'replicas'. They are not, they are classified as firearms.
Now, criminals will continue to use replicas, air pistols and 'real TV' guns regardless of what the law says. They can be excluded from the picture completely.
What can not be excluded is the kids and idiots that want to carry these things in public and generally fool around. They will no longer be able to get hold of items such as airsoft replicas through any legal means. Have a think about what this means and what they will then do.
That's right; co2 pistols. Just as realistic as airsoft and the real thing and that is where they are going to satisfy their desires. Never mind that it breaks the law, they were doing that by carrying their replicas around in public without good reason.
These pistols are far more lethal than the airsoft variety. Incidents of dangerous injury or even death will increase. Incidents of the police out on the streets being faced with these lesser firearms but greater replicas will increase.
The press will start sounding off about loopholes allowing lethal guns on the streets when toy ones are banned.
ACPO will get all political again, the politicians will follow suit and sporting airgun users will be sacrificed again at the alter of political expediency.
That is why we should never give an inch. That is why our shooting organisations should fight like lions for all minority shooting rights.
That is why all shooters should do likewise.
If they don't they will loose in the end game.
On the subject of the proposed ban on airsoft the way this is happening is another example of why all shooters need to stick together.
When the goverment banned pistol shooting they compensated the shooters for their equipment. This turned out to be expensive and prompted the government to use a different tact when they decided to ban air cartridge weapons. Instead of banning them outright the government licensed existing owners and banned the sale and manufacturing of the guns.
They have chosen a similar tact for airsoft (excluding licensing) now that this precedent has been set. It was virtually unchallenged in parliament at the time and now means that the government can destroy virtually any shooting sport for political expediency without having it cost them anything.
Airsofters are now in the frame. It won't be long until it is Co2 (and other) pistols.
On a more personal note; I have been in this game of shooting and politics for a long time to the detriment of my health. My journey to the dark side of disaffection with the government and the political process is now complete. I will no longer cooperate with the state or any agent of the state unless by withholding my cooperation I am seen to be breaking the law. That is the result of decades belonging to a politically incorrect minority group in this country.
Posted by John at June 13, 2005 12:40 PM | TrackBack
The ban on replicas, the sport of Airsoft and airgunning
I frequent a number of shooting forums on the Internet. Here is a copy of my most recent posting to my local Airsoft forum, the members of which are just beginning to realise what it feels like to be lead up the long stone staircase to the alter of sacrifice:
Posting
I frequent another forum which is about airguns. On that forum I've seen talk about how this bill isn't so bad. There seems to be a general lack of support for airsoft in the same way that there was a lack of cross disciplne support when handguns were banned. There is one thing I cannot stand and that is a lack of cross disciplne support. It has been and will continue to be the death of all shooting in England. Here is my reply to one poster:
Let me say why the ban on imitation firearms will affect airgunning in the mid term.
The press believe that replica handguns are being banned. This is false for two reasons. Firstly it is the sale that is being banned not ownership and secondly the press believe that all air pistols and c02 pistols are 'replicas'. They are not, they are classified as firearms.
Now, criminals will continue to use replicas, air pistols and 'real TV' guns regardless of what the law says. They can be excluded from the picture completely.
What can not be excluded is the kids and idiots that want to carry these things in public and generally fool around. They will no longer be able to get hold of items such as airsoft replicas through any legal means. Have a think about what this means and what they will then do.
That's right; co2 pistols. Just as realistic as airsoft and the real thing and that is where they are going to satisfy their desires. Never mind that it breaks the law, they were doing that by carrying their replicas around in public without good reason.
These pistols are far more lethal than the airsoft variety. Incidents of dangerous injury or even death will increase. Incidents of the police out on the streets being faced with these lesser firearms but greater replicas will increase.
The press will start sounding off about loopholes allowing lethal guns on the streets when toy ones are banned.
ACPO will get all political again, the politicians will follow suit and sporting airgun users will be sacrificed again at the alter of political expediency.
That is why we should never give an inch. That is why our shooting organisations should fight like lions for all minority shooting rights.
That is why all shooters should do likewise.
If they don't they will loose in the end game.
On the subject of the proposed ban on airsoft the way this is happening is another example of why all shooters need to stick together.
When the goverment banned pistol shooting they compensated the shooters for their equipment. This turned out to be expensive and prompted the government to use a different tact when they decided to ban air cartridge weapons. Instead of banning them outright the government licensed existing owners and banned the sale and manufacturing of the guns.
They have chosen a similar tact for airsoft (excluding licensing) now that this precedent has been set. It was virtually unchallenged in parliament at the time and now means that the government can destroy virtually any shooting sport for political expediency without having it cost them anything.
Airsofters are now in the frame. It won't be long until it is Co2 (and other) pistols.
On a more personal note; I have been in this game of shooting and politics for a long time to the detriment of my health. My journey to the dark side of disaffection with the government and the political process is now complete. I will no longer cooperate with the state or any agent of the state unless by withholding my cooperation I am seen to be breaking the law. That is the result of decades belonging to a politically incorrect minority group in this country.
Posted by John at June 13, 2005 12:40 PM | TrackBack
posted by: Airsoft Ban UK? on Tue, 10/16 11:31 PM EDT
Your podcast is fantastic! I just listened to the most recent broadcast/commentary and loved it. Kenn Blanchard -- the Black Man With a Gun -- turned me onto your site from his Urban Shooter podcast. I have posted a link to the Gun Ho Gun Show/Pink Rifle podcast on my blog, The Ready Line -- thereadyline.blogspot.com. Keep up the GREAT work Girl!!!!!
posted by: Brent on Thu, 10/18 09:05 PM EDT
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