The subject line may be too rough on the police officer involved. It depends on what , exactly, happened that day on the Iowa City cop training range, and it's unlikely his boss cops will ever report more than that a shooting accident happened.
You've heard it before, but maybe some firearms newbies -- and reporters -- will stumble across this.
Two Iowa City police officers were injured when a gun went off while it was being cleaned.
(1) Dammit, you can't clean a loaded gun. The bullet thingie gets in the way of the stick thingie with the rag gizmo on it.
(2) No properly working firearm ever "went off." It was placed in a firing condition by a human being and the sear tripped by a human being.
The department says officers were in the process of cleaning and conducting maintenance on their weapons at a department substation Monday after a day of special training.
Which training failed to get a concept or two across, or got it across to an officer who couldn't be bothered to pay attention to what the hell he was a doing.
The shooter and another officer were slightly injured.
It was a negligent discharge, or an accidental one if you care to parse the subtlest meanings of the two words and give the shooter the benefit of every possible doubt. I won't. I've had a ND, and I can't blame it on a mysterious Count von Wentoff who spooks around, invisibly loading guns and pulling triggers.
Nov 6, 2014
The pollsters look silly now. Obama looks sillier than ever. Pelosi looks silliest of all in vowing to hold onto her Boss-Democrat job because of her sterling performance in the 2014 House campaigns.
But no one will look sillier than some of our new Republican leaders if they play true to form. i.e. get elected, start scouting around for nations to "build," tune up the abortion drums, and schedule four hours per day for schmoozing mega money which -- with the right tax breaks, subsidies, and artificial markets -- might just become available to their next campaign fund.
Ladies and Gentlemen, you campaigned as champions of smaller government, reduced intrusion into personal lives, and a less adventurous policy of sending our kids off to get killed in far places.
Put up or shut up.
But no one will look sillier than some of our new Republican leaders if they play true to form. i.e. get elected, start scouting around for nations to "build," tune up the abortion drums, and schedule four hours per day for schmoozing mega money which -- with the right tax breaks, subsidies, and artificial markets -- might just become available to their next campaign fund.
Ladies and Gentlemen, you campaigned as champions of smaller government, reduced intrusion into personal lives, and a less adventurous policy of sending our kids off to get killed in far places.
Put up or shut up.
Nov 4, 2014
Off to exercise my franchise this morning. The plan is to vote for all libertarians on the ballot and ignore all races without one.
With a single exception, Joni Ernst, the lady who cuts 'em and makes 'em squeal. She is a socon, neocon Republican, but she's in an apparently close race with a real howler of a statist Democrat. She also carries "S&W 9mm," and that tips the scale.
I'll take my shower after I vote.
With a single exception, Joni Ernst, the lady who cuts 'em and makes 'em squeal. She is a socon, neocon Republican, but she's in an apparently close race with a real howler of a statist Democrat. She also carries "S&W 9mm," and that tips the scale.
I'll take my shower after I vote.
Oct 30, 2014
Six-Gun Colorado, Damn Good Jazz, Hog Balls, and Other Political Notes
-- Democrats are in considerable trouble in Colorado, and reporters are stumbling over themselves with explanations. You can, however, wear out a pair of reading glasses looking for any MSM mention of Governor Hickenlooper's assault on the Second Amendment. He had the backing of Senator Udall who wants to disarm citizens in all 50 states. Both are in electoral trouble, though my crystal ball tells me the Hick will squeak it out. The Denver Moms (and Dads) Scared Shitless of Guns and Most Everything Else, Too are laying low. They recognize that Colorado is still far more John Wayne than John Denver, and those old boys out along the Dolores River will vote.
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--Here in Iowa, Michelle Obama is stumping around, trying to pull Bruce Braley's balls out of the fire. The race to replace Tom Harkin is very close, but RCP has Joni Ernst looking like a winner. I've liked this campaign. Ernst skewered Braley for his stupid and condescending remark about Sen. Chuck Grassley being a mere Iowa farmer who never practiced law.
She became the Hog-Ball Lady, "I'm Joni Ernst and I grew up castrating hogs on an Iowa farm." Braley has not yet recovered, maybe because he's trying to prove he can get elected with the most incompetent handlers in the business.
Item: For months the Braley campaign massed-mailed slick cards featuring a huge picture of Ernst, who happens to be a very attractive woman. The text was so subdued that people tended to think it was a pretty good piece for her.
Item: That mailing ended eventually, replaced by similar cards with photos of a paunchy congressman quickly going to jowls. If elections are beauty contests, Braley conceded even before the swim-suit competition.
Item: Then Braley or his wife threatened to sue a neighbor whose chicken walked across their yard.
Item: Then Michelle spent most of a speech intro identifying him as "Bill Bruce Bailey." Which reminded me of how much I loved Ella Fitzgerald. Somebody needs to remake her classic into "Bruce Braley Won't You Please Go Home." It would scan just as well. (You should click the link; it will do your heart good.)
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--We lost a very good man a few weeks ago. Libertarian senate candidate Doug Butzier flew his PA 46 into the ground trying to land in Dubuque. He was polling the Iowa LP's usual 1 or 2 per cent, but was earning props as level-headed candidate who was being pretty effective in promulgating the liberty message.
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You will be shocked, shocked, I tell you, to learn that before too long I will be saying some nice things about a Democrat who will turn up on the TMR Iowa Caucus list. Jim Webb.
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--Here in Iowa, Michelle Obama is stumping around, trying to pull Bruce Braley's balls out of the fire. The race to replace Tom Harkin is very close, but RCP has Joni Ernst looking like a winner. I've liked this campaign. Ernst skewered Braley for his stupid and condescending remark about Sen. Chuck Grassley being a mere Iowa farmer who never practiced law.
She became the Hog-Ball Lady, "I'm Joni Ernst and I grew up castrating hogs on an Iowa farm." Braley has not yet recovered, maybe because he's trying to prove he can get elected with the most incompetent handlers in the business.
Item: For months the Braley campaign massed-mailed slick cards featuring a huge picture of Ernst, who happens to be a very attractive woman. The text was so subdued that people tended to think it was a pretty good piece for her.
Item: That mailing ended eventually, replaced by similar cards with photos of a paunchy congressman quickly going to jowls. If elections are beauty contests, Braley conceded even before the swim-suit competition.
Item: Then Braley or his wife threatened to sue a neighbor whose chicken walked across their yard.
Item: Then Michelle spent most of a speech intro identifying him as "
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--We lost a very good man a few weeks ago. Libertarian senate candidate Doug Butzier flew his PA 46 into the ground trying to land in Dubuque. He was polling the Iowa LP's usual 1 or 2 per cent, but was earning props as level-headed candidate who was being pretty effective in promulgating the liberty message.
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You will be shocked, shocked, I tell you, to learn that before too long I will be saying some nice things about a Democrat who will turn up on the TMR Iowa Caucus list. Jim Webb.
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