December 2, 2008

 

 

 

                        - Famous Gun-Grabber Rosie O'Donnell

 

 

"...A mere 5 million viewers tuned in Friday for the 8 p.m. bow of

    Rosie O'Donnell's variety show, "Rosie Live," on NBC. The show

    has been dropped from the network's schedule...."

 

                            - News Item from Al-Reuters, November 30, 2008

 

To All,

     Those who live by the boycott.....

 

In other news...

 

Was that a gun in your pocket, or....?:

     It's amazing where one finds one's firearms news of late.

 

     In this case, it comes from the Big Horse-Apple in the form the most famous "AD" (accidental discharge) since Joe Biden told an environmental activist on the campaign trail that he and Obama were going to ban coal used for electrical generation east of the Mississippi.

 

     From the New York Post, it seems that Plaxico Burress of the New York Giants is the recipient of an alleged self-inflicted gunshot-wound involving the unfortunate placement of a loaded Glock somewhere in his pants (Don't worry sports fans, he missed his injured hamstring...).

 

     Unfortunately for Burress, he had not gotten a permission slip from New York's Mayor-For-Life Michael Bloomberg to be taking his personal security into his own hands when out on the town carrying cash and designer watches.

 

      Nor apparently did he have one from Governor Corzine in New Jersey, where Burress resides in the after-hours.

 

      How New York, New Jersey, and possibly even Federal authorities deal with Burress's possession and transportation across state lines of a loaded and concealable firearm, one of which he may not have been in a position to possess, will most likely be of extreme interest to firearms rights activists in the coming months.

 

      That is because the Burress story is inspiring an "off with their heads" response from Bloomberg towards everyone who was either helping Burress avoid New York's gun laws (bad) and New York PD's famous gun detail ( after the Diallo controversy, understandable...). Bloomberg wants everyone who conceivably could have been in a position to have informed on Burress to the NYPD, but didn't, to face the wrath of, well, Mayor Bloomberg (Or be fired, which for a civic public health professional is the equivalent of the death penalty...). After all, how can Bloomberg sell gun control to the other states when it can be demonstrated that it doesn't even work in his own jurisdiction? (Somewhere in Georgia, certain firearms retailers must be laughing into their Budweisers...).

 

     Truly, it could just be that a large number of firearms laws in New York and New Jersey might just be shown to be worth the 2-ply tissue they were drafted on with this incident. And this may also drag in (possibly down) that long-time bane of gun owners, Senator Frank Lautenberg, since it appears that Burress may have been in possession of a firearm in New Jersey while apparently also having been restricted under two separate domestic restraining orders filed by his wife in 2008 alone.

 

     Face it, Burress is just one of a number of celebrity firearms stories where firearms laws are ignored, or their violation buried for various amounts of time. In the Burress case, it just came out sooner due to the fact that he shot himself in front of witnesses in a nightclub and was allegedly seen hollering and screaming for medical care on the dance floor.

 

    Even if Bloomberg gets his wish and Burress is locked up well after Bloomberg moves on to civilian retirement (Can't happen soon enough for this poster...), it is clear that those with something to protect feel inclined to take "extra" precautions when prowling the urban landscape. Politicians like Bloomberg should just wake up and smell the coffee (if he hasn't banned it yet like trans-fat...) and start working on gun laws that bring the common citizen to parity with the armed criminal. Otherwise, it's going to happen again. And New York City does not have the funds, nor the inclination, to furnish every visitor with his own personal security guard. Stay tuned.

 

Links at:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/29/AR2008112902098.html?hpid=moreheadlines

 

http://www.nypost.com/seven/12012008/news/regionalnews/plax_turns_himself

_in_141719.htm

 

http://www.northjersey.com/news/Cops_Burress_involved_in_domestic_disputes.html

 

 

Respectfully,

 

 

Anthony Canales

SFVMC-NRA