In these heady days after a man committed a horrific mass murder of innocent children, it’s easy to think, “We would all be safer if everyone carried around big-ass rifles to protect against crime.” And it’s easy to think that because you’re a fucking AMERICAN who knows about every citizen’s right to presume that everyone else is trying to kill him.
But there’s a small catch to this. America has police (for some reason), and they’re licensed to not only carry weapons, but can arrest you! And not in the cool citizen’s arrest way where you draw on a guy and spout one-liners until a hapless fat cop shows up covered in powdered sugar to fumblingly snap handcuffs on the guy, but in the put you in jail way. One Arkansas town is taking advantage of this, and is arming all of its officers with AR-15s so they can demand IDs.
“[Police are] going to be in SWAT gear and have AR-15s around their neck,” Stovall said. “If you’re out walking, we’re going to stop you, ask why you’re out walking, check for your ID.”
Stovall said while some people may be offended by the actions of his department, they should not be.
“We’re going to do it to everybody,” he said. “Criminals don’t like being talked to.”
[...]
“They may not be doing anything but walking their dog,” he said. “But they’re going to have to prove it.”
I don’t like being talked to, either, but that’s because I’m a lippy minority. So, since it is Really Very Bad to have police officers trained in the use of firearms walking around with big-ass rifles, it is now incredibly confusing as to who should be armed at all times and who should basically have a safety whistle. Your Wonkette is here to help you, particularly if you need to know whether to save up for a 12-gauge shotty.
School teachers
Should they be armed with big-ass rifles? Yes. They must protect our children from rampaging shooters. They should preferably be armed at all times, because when you’re around emotionally immature, irresponsible young people, you want to be able to shoot whatever marauder they’re all screaming about like he’s fucking Justin Bieber, with murder.
Union Members
Should they be armed with big-ass rifles? Fuck no. They punched a Fox News guy in the face after he started pushing them. They’re too violent for polite society.
Black People
Should they be armed with big-ass rifles? No, but they can teach the rest of us how to hold them sideways like gangsters.
Random Paranoid White People With No Sense Of Proportion And Who Are Way Too Entitled
Should they be armed with big-ass rifles? They should actually be given those Robocop leg holsters and permitted into all public and private spaces at all times.
Police Officers
Should they be armed with big-ass rifles? Around everyone else but the people in the prior category, yes.
Your Wonkette
Should we be armed with big-ass rifles? Please vote in comments, but only vote yes.
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Yes? Really?
So belly-baring tops are back in fashion again? Just shoot me.
It depends on the belly. In Hagajim's case; no.
(see below)
Oh no, I think we want more of that.
People in Florida?
“They may not be doing anything but walking their dog,” he said. “But they’re going to have to prove it.”
Wouldn't the fact that the dog is on the fucking leash and with them prove it? Jesus what assholes.
And Yes Wonketteers should carry around big ass rifles, but only if they have a problem relating to people because of their small penii.
…this can't possibly go wrong?!
So where do I get my big ass rifle?
The Wonkette Bazaar, duh.
My Ass Rifle needs to be bigger.
See your Army recruiter…
Wal-Mart, probably, next time you're in Arkansas.
Seriously–WTF does this even mean? How the hell am I supposed to "prove" that when I am walking a dog, I am not secretly casing a place or contemplating beating someone up?
/FFS
Based on the full article, basically; it looks like they want to demand anyone out after a certain time in certain neighborhoods (and gee, I wonder what skin tone the majority of residents in those neighborhoods have?) prove that they're not casing the place for burglaries or other crime. What the fuck is wrong with people?
Seriously deficient understanding of SCOTUS precedent surrounding the fourth amendment, and what constitute "specific and articulable facts" which would lead "a man of reasonable caution in the belief" "that the person has committed, is committing or is about to commit a crime"?
Well, the problem there is that all those words are bigger than "AR-15" and should thus be ignored.
Too much to list…but essentially if the idea is to EASE the level of violence down…this is the butt ass wrong way to do it. So the problem is Americans are endlessly threatened by their neighbors (which is how many shootings occur) and therefore the solution is to…make them…MORE…paranoid? Good call Arkansas, we can all see you'll continue to lead the country in at least four areas: illiteracy (yes, the South rewards on an inverse), missing teeth, cousin-wives and of course, easily preventable shootings caused by small misunderstandings…good show!
Ah, well, if you studied philosophy, you would know that Hobbes and Descartes, working independently, each came up with an elegant proof of dog-walking. Both of them rely of course on the acceptance of the legitimacy of "Je pense donc je suis" and proceed logically from there.
I'm sure the cops of Paragould, AR, are well-versed enough to accept either proof.
Contemplating?! That there's thought crime fer sure!
Well the dog might not be a dog, it might be a couple of really short Mexican guys in a dog costume who are helping you case the place. They do that you know, I read about it in one of those WND articles that Wonkette conveniently provides links to.
Be sure to bring your long-form dog-walking certificate.
Look, I don't want to make a big deal about this, Wonkette, but the link you provided took me to The Blaze, which wasn't very nice of you. Moreover, the article you linked to at The Blaze was clearly critical of this plan to force random people to prove their innocence at gunpoint, which means I found myself in agreement with the editors of The Blaze, which was very disturbing.
But the little plastic table on top of this pizza was seeing this headline in the sidebar: "Fox’s Gretchen Carlson Breaks Down Again After Asking Neurosurgeon If the Children Killed in CT Will Remember What Happened ‘in Heaven’."
Are you people trying to kill me?
Oh my . . . and the comments from Bibble-thumping Xtard morons are just beyond belief.
"How the hell am I supposed to "prove" that when I am walking a dog, I am not secretly casing a place or contemplating beating someone up?"
By being white, doh!
You better have a plastic bag full of warm dogshit swinging from your clammy paw, otherwise BAM!!
That is about 10,000 times funnier than it really ought to be.
can you fake it with a big bag of bullshit? that way all you have to do is engage Huckabee in conversation for like…5 minutes and you have all the bullshit you'll ever need.
“If you’re out walking, we’re going to stop you, ask why you’re out walking, , check for your ID.”
I wonder what that cute, and eternally upbeat Minneapolis resident, Mary Richards would have to say about this.
Wasn't there a Ray Bradbury story with this exact plot?
I love that story. If it is the one I am thinking of where the little Martian would change form for everybody it met?
No, it's the one where they arrest a guy for walking around, because obviously if you're not driving, or sitting on your ass at home watching TV, you're a dangerous nut.
"The [robotic] police car struggles to understand why Mr. Mead would be out "walking for no reason and decides to take him to the Psychiatric Center for Research on Regressive Tendencies."
Well you have to admit, walking is un-American; we drive our fat asses everywhere, even if it's just a block away.
(Oh and what's the reference; who is Mary Richards?)
She could turn the world on with a smile. She is into power walking and throwing her beret in the air at the start of each episode. (I know, its lame).
That Girl! She's gonna make it after all.
Throwing a beret in the air is obviously a terrorist signal.
You know during the Civil War the Confederacy occasionally talked about arming the slaves since they were so outnumbered. Then they remembered that they were fighting a war to keep them as slaves so decided that probably wasn't a good idea.
really? I always figured since the Confederates knew slavery was so good to the slaves they'd arm them and let them defend ole' massa out of pure self interest. At least that's what many Republican officials in Alabama, Mississippi and South Carolina tell me and it's impossible for them to be wrong see because they aren't racist…only Democrats are racists.
BTW – Hello Kitty gunz…not a turn on.
Talk about yer Pussy Riots…
What about Hello Kitty dildos?
I'm OK with any dildos as long as they are used in the manner which they were intended.
By the way…that is one epic level beer gut on your avatar there. A gut that size makes me think maybe it's carrying one of those full-sized Xenomorphs inside like the one at the end of Prometheus…either that or its own microbrewery…
But really if you think about it…aren't all dildos (owned by women, not counting Republican women who claim them to cover for their husbands…BACHMANN!) all hello kitty toys….you know because, okay I'll shut up now.
Huh, somehow I missed the law that required us to carry ID whenever we're just out walking in public.
Gosh, a simplier solution would be to barcode us.
Mark of the Beast!
Or implant us all with tracking chips! But wait, I think they're already doing that with fluoridated water.
Yes, my name is Not Sure.
I think we're borrowing it from North Korea.
Like they could afford that. The average citizen (outside the showpiece capitol, at least) are so poor, they're forced to eat grass and use beer bottles as IVs in their hospitals.
You know who else made everyone
wear pieces of flair?Are you white? Because if that's the case, you don't have to.
Could this be because you’re not a Hispanic resident of Arizona?
Chipped lanyards with the mark o'teh beastie, no less. Also, I cannot figure out what part of the gun is under that woman's(?) right hand.
Edit-found the animal here: http://blog.riflegear.com/archive/2007/12/26/hell…
'Vee vill need to see zee paper bitte!'
2004: http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/03-5554.ZO….
"Prove that you're just out here walking your dog, punk!"
"Well, there's the dog right there…"
"That's not good enough!" Blam! Blam!
BAM BAM!
What dog?
“[Police are] going to be in SWAT gear and have AR-15s around their neck,” Stovall said. “If you’re out walking, we’re going to stop you, ask why you’re out walking, check for your ID.”
Isn't this pretty much textbook police state?
It's only a police state if they're asking white people for IDs, that's why it's OK to ask the browns for them in Arizona.
Didn't some moran in a uniform from Alabama arrest a Volkswagen executive who, when stopped could only produce an international drivers' license?
I think it was an exec at that high-falootin' Mercedes Benz company.
Aah, a Mercedes Benz exec, from Germany. Probably a German to boot [perhaps that should be das boot].
Carry on.
And don't forget the Honda guy a week later. Take it away, Jack Hitt:
A week later, another auto executive was stopped at a police checkpoint, this one from Honda. He was carrying an international driver's license, a passport, and a work permit. But it wasn't enough. The governor, Robert Bentley, freaked out. He held a press conference to let foreign executives know that they were still welcome in Alabama. "People just need to calm down," he said. "Everything's going to be OK."
And then he shouted "Speak-ee Eng-gee!!!"
Yes, but if you have your own gun you have nothing to fear.
yes.
Police state, hell. This is wandering into Judge Dredd territory.
Black People? No, but they can teach the rest of us how to hold them sideways like gangsters.
Sorry, holding sideways only works with handguns. And it doesn't work at all if your intent is to actually hit your target. And I thought it was Hong Kong kung fu movie guys that started this trend…
Tony Montana taught us how to properly shoot an assault rifle.
Yes and yes. There was a, umm, "cute" case a few years back where one of those aggressive scam artists in Times Square tried to get into a shootout with the police to disasterous effect, only to have his MAC-10 jam on the third shot because he was an idiot and held it sideways like they do in the movies.
I've only heard of one scenario where holding a gun sideways is a good idea, and it's not with handguns.
If you have a big gun like an assault rifle with a huge clip, it makes sense to turn it sideways if you lay down. Makes it easier to aim and reload since you're not bumping into the ground as much.
Otherwise… well, why don't you explain, Frank?
I can imagine one for holding a pistol sideways: You're crouching behind something–a car, e.g.–for cover, and you're holding your hand over the top of the car, blindly returning fire. If you turn the gun sideways, your hand presents less of a target.
Sure, it ruins your aim, but you were shooting blindly anyway: how much worse could your aim get?
Everyone should have to use clubs if they wanna try and take some one out. Gotta get close enough to hit 'em and get stuff on you. Thom Hartmann on Air America says everyone should be able to have muskets. Bayonets optional.
Yes. And TruckNutz too, also.
…who is the police chief? George Zimmerman?!
Amazing how that all dropped from the news.
"… I guarantee it!"
Guns with pink muzzles don't kill people. Hello Kitty kills people.
I'm waiting for someone to ask me to prove I'm walking my dog.
It would be a great opportunity to hand a bag full of dog shit to a cop.
"Let me show you how to walk the dog…"
Is that like "hiking the Appalachian Trail?"
Land of the Free! Second Amendment!
Well, they're pretty level-headed and restrained when armed with pepper spray and tasers. So I don't see what could go wrong.
That's a very cute gun. PEW PEWPEW! I bet it doesn't even hurt much.
It makes the children smile.
But is it a warm gun?
I'm sure it is after a good cuddle.
Especially the head shots.
"Why are you out walking? Don't you have a pickup truck you can drive around? Or a hoverround? With trucknutz? And your dog can ride in the back of the pickup, you don't need to walk it."
The dog can ride on the toolbox just like the chillens.
So how do I prove I am just walking my dog and not up transporting a highly trained ninja terrorist dog assassin in my pajamas?
I'm thinking they're foreseeing a situation like at the end of Existenz
Carry a video cam with you as proof. "See, here I am walking, and this here is a dog."
Say Jesus a lot.
And how did it get into your pajamas?
…YES! But we should all get good 'ol fashioned socialist guns, like AK-47's!
I see from that picture that Thai lady-boys should be allowed to have guns?
Madonna sported these: http://www.etsy.com/listing/105616918/chanel-heel…
Um…aren't cops union thugs? I haz cornfuzed.
Not in Arkansas, they ain't. They're lucky if they get to join the Police Benevolent Association.
Right, but the whole point is, completing that circle, teachers and cops should be prohibited from forming unions, by law, because the free market.
It might be ok if the fashion police did this but not the fascist police.
And why did I click the linky to looneyville?
This Arkansas town has gone Full Mental Jackboot.
You can have my dog leash when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.
Oh, they will. They will.
Try reading the comments; you have people decrying that this is a police state being created – by liberals. Yeah, liberals, in a small town in Arkansas. Right. Oh, and last I checked, LIBERALS OPPOSE POLICE STATE TACTICS WHILE CONSERVATIVES SUPPORT THEM, you morans.
Conservatism is like the Bible — it conveniently supports whatever you support!
And liberalism supports whatever you're against; that's why the far-right-wing fascists were actually really liberals, because they were bad, so they must have been liberal, facts be damned.
Hermeneutical Conservatism, very catchy.
A new paradigm! Thank you Greene Gartside.
Haven't you heard, the Arkansas CLU is the one and only conservative, totally anti-liberal state CLU.
hot!
Tucker, go back to bed.
And fuck no, I'm gonna take your word for it. I'm not hitting Blaze clicky for no one.
Article it tolerable – but the comments will suck the life force from your brain.
Nothing says Freedom in America more than having to "prove" you are walking your dog.
…..or a Hello Kitty rifle-carrying Asian tranny…
USA!!! USA!!!!
Goodbye Kitty
Now I haz a sad. :(
I bet that nice lady's daughter will have a real blast when she spies mommy's pretty pink Hello Kitty toy in the closet and takes it out to play with it.
We're still talking about a gun, right?
Myself, I'd rather have a rocket launcher. Then I'd make somebody pay.
♪ If you had-a rock-et launcher/ Some sonofabitch get arrested! ♫
+1 for RT ref.
I think everybody should be required to take 8-12 adorable puppies with them at all times, and the adorable puppies should be trained to rush any shooter who comes along. No shooter could possibly withstand the assault of 8-12 adorable puppies.
And we could give amnesty to the illegals so they could follow us around and pick up all the dogshit.
*hands Wookies 8-12 poop baggies*
http://sanger.dk/
Oh, that's just ridiculously wonderful.
I'm starting to wish that the Mayas were right about this Friday…
Me, too or I'm going to have to do some Christmas shopping.
How does one dress for the end of the world? It is Friday. Casual?
What time Friday?
I've got a case of wine being delivered on Thursday, and I don't think I can drink all twelve fucking bottles in 2 days.
Shit, why didn't somebody tell me? Do I read the wrong newspapers or something?
I do believe we have an invitation to a PARTAY fellow Wonketteers!
The end of the world is no time for clothing! Time to let it all hang out.
Maya Angelou? Maya Rudolph?
Maya I have another.
Also people who have a personal score to settle (like their entire family was murdered in front of them so now they have nothing to lose) should carry big-ass rifles, but only if they're able to do cool shit like say witty one-liners while blowing away a scum bag or walking away from an explosion in slow motion.
You know who ELSE stopped people and demanded ID when they were just out walking their dogs?
The People's Armed Police Force?
Oh, I thought you said wokking their dogs.
Those Animal Cop guys on that Animal Planet show?
Dog catchers?
Was it a dog named Skittles?
Jan Brewer?
PETA?
Those people who drive around in that van delivering sweepstakes checks?
Rick Perry?
To be fair, it annoys me when I step in it too.
NYPD?
I have it on good authority that in fact it is not the armed militants who are the Nazis, it's the gun-hating liberals trying to take away their freedumz. (source- my oldest friend who is a hateful FB SOB and I'm trying really hard not to ban him, with votes, but he's making it really really difficult)
Goddamn. Basil Marceaux was completely wrong about traffic stop slavery. Apparently it's the pedestrians who really need to fucking worry.
ONLY IF YOU PROMISE TO GET ME MY MAN CARD BACK
Jesus fucking christ…. what buffoon thought up that ad campaign I wonder.
Why didn't the copywriter just put, "Dick too small? Feeling inferior?" Then you need a Bushmaster AR 15 to set the world straight. Order one today and become a real man!"
Rufus Thomas on walking the dog.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKqLWbRNSXo
Every criminal I know has an ID – and I know A LOT OF THEM. Now, those little joggy girls in the little, tight panty pants running around my neighborhood – probably no ID. So, SHOOT EM!!
I've got the just the weapon to do that with…
This is my weapon
This my gun…
No, officer, I'm not walking my dog. I'm just here because I really enjoy interacting with law enforcement. Thanks for asking!
Why not make all the non-gun owners wear yellow stars? I think that proved an effective system last time it was used.
Yellow stars? How unoriginal. They’d more likely require red and white targets.
Dammit, Wonkette! You just made me click on The Blaze. I have to wash my computer now.
Okay, then you can go straight to the source: http://www.paragoulddailypress.com/articles/2012/…
I went through The Blaze so you won’t have to.
“They may not be doing anything but walking their dog,” he said. “But they’re going to have to prove it.”
This a yoyo officer, I'm doing a trick….please don't shoot me.
Obviously they are wisely preparing for the Moslem-One-World-UN-Zombie-Apocalypse!
I like wearing sleeveless T shirts when the weather is nice. As we say, "Sun's out, guns out!!!"
"Dusk in nigh; my moon is high"
"Okay, fine, you're walking the dog. Now do around the world or I'm taking you in."
It's going to be fun on garbage night when people are going to get interrogated for wheeling their garbage cans to the curb.
Teh Power of teh Wonkette. johhnyzhivago single-handedly rushes Cerberus and takes them down
johnnyzhivago 120p · 17 hours ago
Hey guess who owns BUSHMASTER???? Well – Dan Qualye for starters! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerberus_Capital_Man….
Hopefully these scumbags will get their faces dragged in the mud over this.
US private equity firm Cerberus is to sell its stake in Freedom Group, owner of gunmaker Bushmaster, following the Newtown school shootings.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
I used to fancy myself quite the bushmaster back in the day. Alas, there are no bushes anymore.
Given that guns sales boom for any model involved in a major tragedy, this is probably just profit taking.
Virginia governor Bob McDonnell was on the radio this morning. The public safety budget for next year includes an increase to build new prisons. As for schools, no extra money, but allowing teachers to carry guns is all good.
Virginia is going to be a battleground in this fight.
Considering that they were the ones who started the whole requirement to stick a metal rod up a woman's vagina before she can get an abortion, I don't have a lot of trust in Virginia under its' current leadership.
Yep. And the guns shows, OH MY GOD the gun shows. Did you know that VA is so restrictive, you can't buy more than 4 handguns per month? Tyranny!
Well it's not like the ease of getting a gun in Virginia, even for those diagnosed with serious mental illness, has ever directly resulted in a giant tragedy like a murder spree at one of their colleges or anything.
I will support "guns for everyone" so long as the sentiment concludes with "except the police".
I think they would prefer to just beat the shit out of us. Y'know, lends the human touch.
Well the police are trying to add the personal touch to their interactions with the public, which is why they prefer an old fashioned beat down with nightsticks to more modern methods such as tasers, pepper spray or just shooting people. It's part of a move to make police work more artisanal.
and the military. Some of the guys I was in the Army with are the last people on earth I want to have access to guns.
“They may not be doing anything but walking their dog,” he said. “But they’re going to have to prove it.”
Ausweiss. It makes more sense in the original German.
Sounds like they're already gearing up for the Battle of Bullshit Run.
I heard a congressman from VA say that AR-15s are really just hunting rifles that are made to look badass on the outside, and that hunting rights must be defended at all costs, so you can see where the VA GOP is headed on this. It's going to be trench warfare (with votes, of course).
Or the Battle of Manass-head-up-their-ass.
State mandated dog purchases?????? What's next?
“They may not be doing anything but walking their dog,” he said. “But they’re going to have to prove it.”
CSI: Paragould
Detective Earl Harrison: HALT! State your business.
Mrs. O'Malley (played by Betty White, of course): Just walking my dog, Earl. And how is your lovely wife Louise?
Harrison: Show me some ID scumbag.
O'Malley: Goodness, such language. Let me get my license. (reaches in purse)
Harrison: (aims his AR-15) FREEZE MOTHERFUCKER!!!
O'Malley: But you asked for my ID. You seem a little tense Earl. Just let me finish walking Doodles. (points to her pekingese)
Harrison: You assert you are walking your dog. PROVE IT YOU COCKSUCKER.
O'Malley: (befuddled look) Are you demanding sex from me?
Harrison: I wouldn't give you the satisfaction you whore
BANG! Harrison drops to the ground, dead.
Ms Gibson (played by Tina Fey): I saw this punk threatening your with bodily harm so I stood my ground.
O'Malley: Thanks. Notice the policemen are dying off around here.
Gibson: Soon it will be just us girls left.
O'Malley : (winks) That will be sooo nice.
I found this extremely easy to fap to.
Yes, but only during sexytime.
HEY I'M WALKIN HERE
I guess if your doggy has already pooped and you bagged it, you would be free to be on your way, provided your ID was legitimate.
needz poop certification.
and dna testing… after all it could be your poo.
Shhhhh. That is how I freak out my neighbors. They think my tiny Doxie makes all of that.
Gotta feed them rfid chips
With salsa!
Here's how you can get your own Hello Kitty Death Machine (also the name of my new black metal band): http://blog.riflegear.com/archive/2007/12/26/hell…
Either the people control the police, or we are living in a police state.
-Oscar Acosta (I think)
The mayor and police chief did clarify that they would only do this in 'high crime areas'. I wonder what portion of the citizenry lives in those?
Where all the blahs live of course.
I am betting it's on the list above…
And what the demographics are, vis a vis race and ethnicity.
You know what the great state of North Louisiana really needs? A five-day waiting period on ideers. Oh wait, it's been five days already — okay, make it twenty years, just to be safe.
OMFG, the combination of irony and lack of self awareness in the comments is staggering.
WARMUNGER_AL
They say they will arrest people for refusing to show ID’s. Does Arkansas law require citizen IDs? This is a violation of rights and an attempt to criminalize all the citizenry.
Watch their heads explode as they wonder if those darn liberals passed some kind of "show your ID" law while they weren't looking.
“They may not be doing anything but walking their dog,” he said. “But they’re going to have to prove it.”
Perhaps the doggie poo in a bag that I will be carrying might just give them a clue? Perhaps they might offer to do a public service and take said doggie poo away for me?
There is no situation on earth that a cop can't make worse.
But sometimes, "pretend" cops make it better, no? I'm talking about role-playing.
The ones who pack a boombox everywhere they go?
I think I have a problem with teachers carrying guns all the time. I mean, sometimes I forget that I have taken my cell phone in the bathroom with me and I leave my cell phone in the bathroom…and sometimes you might just have to put the gun down and teach something with two hands.
…and it's would be awfully inconvenient to wear a gun on a rope around their necks.
Some have also expressed concern over the officers carrying AR-15s. This, the police department said, is nothing new for some of their officers who already carry such a rifle.
The article is right… an AR-15 isn't much different than a hunting rifle. But it is intimidating and fearful-looking in close settings, and will turn your head into a pink mist from a distance.
I'm a little light on my understanding of Islam, but doesn't it forbid dog ownership? Isn't this just a backdoor method of keeping Muslims indoors at all times?
Should we be armed with big-ass rifles?
How did ya get all that junk in yer trunk?
Oh, ammo….
This place needs some serious civil disobedience.
Should an individual not produce identification, Stovall said his officers would not back down. Individuals who do not produce identification when asked could be charged with obstructing a governmental operation, according to Stovall.
"I'm hoping we don't run across [any] of that," Stovall said. "Will there be people who buck us? There may be. But we have a right to be doing what we're doing. We have a zero-tolerance. We are prepared to throw your hind-end in jail, OK? We're not going to take a lot of flack."
Now I want to go to Paragould and go walk around. Just because I fucking can.
Could be lucrative, given their stated intent to blatantly violate your constitutional rights.
The police have a "right" to harass everyone they see…__Which amendment was that again?
I'm feeling a little less bold about jaywalking.
I have no doubt that this action is intended to stop the George Zimmermans of this world, and not the Trayvon Martins.
What?
If the NYPD managed to shoot 9 bystanders while taking down one shooter, with pistols, imagine the carnage when a posse of AR15-totin' Arkie goons descend on a hapless dogwalker.
"Wut kind of a dawg you got there?"
"It's a Shih-Tzu"
"You fuckin' disrespectin' me Boy?!" BAM!!!!!
"Don' you point that dawg at me, Boy!!"
"But it's a pointer – that's what it doe-" BAM!!!!!
I'd like to know Joe Scarborough's thoughts on strippers and guns.
A BAR would help me relocate kitties stuck in trees, and would also help me to make every day an episode of CSI, NCIS or whatever alphabet show.
What happened to her belly button?
Busboys. Yes. And you better tip right.
Movie Attendants. Definitely Yes. When something threatening happens, they can spray bullets around a dark theatre, for Freedom.
Sunday School Teachers, Salvation Army Santas,. All Disney World Employees. Why ask.
It sounds like it could soon be more hazardous to try to walk home after a few drinks, than it would be if you tried to drive, at least in Paragould.
But aren't teachers also union members?! Then what!!!
What a waste, she could be holding my ahhh, errr, ahh signature….
what happened to his/her belly button?
Obviously, you should arm the dog.That way the police can tell it is an American dog.
A lot of teachers, who we should arm, are also union members, who we should not arm.
How do we solve that?
My ex-Goth niece would love that gun.
Big-ass rifle, or big ass-rifle? What say ye, Brisket?
Hard to say.
People who have concealed carry permits commit crimes at a lower rate than police. Which actually makes me feel worse about the whole cops committing crimes thing. But sure, let's give them bigger guns and more authority to harass people without cause.
So, the very thing wingnuts hate and fear the most, a police state, they are actively working to bring to reality.
Also, how does one "prove" one is walking their dog when they are in fact walking their dog?
Wonkette should be armed, but only with a sexy clutch piece around its (her? his? their?) ankle. I promise I won't tell anyone about the Glock you already have tucked into the small of your back.
Is there going to be a Wonkette Bushmaster AR-14 for sale in the Wonkette on line panty store? 69 round clip?
The "funny" thing about the "black people" entry is the truth behind it. It was only after the Black Panthers started following the police around while carrying loaded shotguns that California decided to make it illegal for private citizens to walk around in public with loaded weapons. It was signed into state law by then-Governor Ronald Reagan. I can't find the interview right now, but when he talked to reporters about it right after signing the Mulford Act into law, he said something along the lines of, "There is no reason why a sensible person would ever need to carry a loaded weapon in public," and something about how civilized people don't rely on guns.
Now when it came to white people? Reagan was little more "pro 2nd ammendment." (although he supported the Brady Bill).
April Fools! …?
God help the clowns making balloon animals.
"Officers will be working to identify residents in the affected area so that we can better serve our affected neighborhoods. Most often, this identification process will be nothing more than making contact with a subject, handing them a business card, and asking if they live in the area and if there’s anything we can do for them."
Hey, rednecks! This used to be called community policing and it generally works better if you aren’t in full riot gear, toting a fucking machine gun and being all confrontational and demanding ID from people who are obviously out walking their fucking dogs!
I'd like to see a report of how often police officers (highly trained and experienced) empty their Glocks or Berettas into someone. Generally they keep blastin' away until they're out of 'patriot petals'.
The Sturm Ruger company makes a large array of rifles, handguns, and a few shotguns. They're noted for their 'No. 1' rifle, a single-shot used for hunting and target shooting. Because one well-placed shot usually seals the deal. They also are famous for the Mini-14, a plinking/target/predator rifle, which accepts a clip that can range up to 40 rounds or even a bizarre looking device that holds 100 rounds of its .223 cartridge. Because you have to cater to the marketplace.
I have always felt that the end of the United States would come from within not for foreign ones. This looks like the first step…
Ha! Who knew whites would be against a "papers please" law that targets them?
Yes! Rifles for everyone! Mexican stand-off at my place – I'll bring the chips and salsa, you bring the carnage!
(Seriously, I am really hating America right now. Sorry Yankees but this Aussie is really missing her home country today)
It'll be totes glamorous — just like in Casablanca! We'll all be looking for letters of transit and stuff. I can't wait.
This police force in Arkansas is one step away from this.
hey jesse: i love your style.
This is fucking great! Your move, Arizona.
I am already carrying around a big-ass gun, but if I pull it out, I get put (back) on the sex offender list.
Aw yeah.
Type VIIC libel!!!!
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