Penny Dean and Your Rights

This story seems a little bizarre at first blush. It seems that an attorney in Seattle, a Mr. James Egan, wanted to view the dashcam video from some cruisers in Seattle, during the normal course of police business.

The response from the city, instead of saying "yes" or "no", was to file a lawsuit against the attorney.

This story, from KVUE-TV, examines the charges against a Mr. Antonio Buehler, in Austin.

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It would be easy to assume that the officers were just "doing their job"... until a video showed up, which seems to contradict what the police report says.

As the video suggests, you decide for yourself.

The Washington Times (http://www.washingtontimes.com) has an interesting take on the unemployment crisis that the current administration is trying to address. The subtitle of this article says "Stimulate the economy by repealing pointless firearms restrictions."

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Ken Shepherd, at newsbusters.org, discusses the Washington Post article about a recent murder of a Park Ranger. Instead of talking much about a person who would murder a Park Ranger, the Post seems to hold a "cartoonish view of gun-owners as ill-tempered hotheads who cannot resolve verbal arguments without force of arms."

From the Union Leader, we read a story about banning guns, or actually, NOT banning guns, on college campus.

http://www.unionleader.com/article/20111116/NEWS06/711169997

Be sure to voice your opinion. There is a poll that you can click to vote for your opinion about this topic. And also be sure to glance at some of the comments that others have left over at their site... you will probably notice many of the same, stale arguments by the anti-rights crowd, including:

"If it saves one child's life..."
"Shootout in the OK Corral..."
"Wild wild west..."

<img src="http://images.alternet.org/images/managed/storyimages_picture38_12737015... align="right">According to Anderson, who testified at trial Wednesday, New York City police regularly planted drugs on innocent people to meet quotas. Anderson should know. He was arrested in 2008 for planting cocaine on four men in a bar in Queens.

In response to Rep. Laura Pantelakos' repeated inquiries, atty. Dean comes through with specific instances of citizens wrongfully prosecuted for defending themselves.

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An editorial at The Washington Times ( http://www.washingtontimes.com/ ) tells us that "Obama scares women and liberals into the gun store." The article explains how "many of the firearms that have been flying off the shelves in the past two years were purchased by Democrats and women."

DICK ANTHONY HELLER, ET AL., APPELLANTS v. DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA, ET AL., APPELLEES

No. 10-7036

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
CIRCUIT

2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 20130

November 15, 2010, Argued
October 4, 2011, Decided

PRIOR HISTORY: [*1]
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
(No. 1:08-cv-01289).

Williams v. State of Maryland, No. 16, September Term 2010.

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW – SECOND AMENDMENT – SECTION 4-203 OF THE CRIMINAL LAW ARTICLE – SCOPE OF RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS