Absolutely my Liege... 8^)
Posted on 12/16/2005 5:08:56 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
BELLEVUE, WA – Following almost a year of silence on the gun control issue, Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske recently came back into the spotlight, supporting yet another piece of gun legislation, while authorities still haven’t found the chief’s semiautomatic pistol, stolen from his car in 2004.
During a press conference in Seattle earlier this week, Kerlikowske observed, “It’s important to me to do whatever I can to keep illegal guns out of our communities.”
That remark brought a quick response from Alan Gottlieb, founder of the Second Amendment Foundation, based in Bellevue.
“If the chief really wants to make a contribution to the effort to keep guns out of the wrong hands, he shouldn’t leave pistols lying around in his city-owned car while he and his wife are shopping,” Gottlieb observed. “Somewhere out there is a 9mm Glock pistol that belongs in Kerlikowske’s holster or safely stored in his home or office. Wherever it is, you can bet it doesn’t belong there.
“Chief Kerlikowske is pretty quick to support gun laws that ratchet down on the rights of law-abiding citizens who are more responsible with their guns than he was with his,” Gottlieb stated. “His stolen gun is more of a threat to the public, and possibly his own officers, than the overwhelming majority of handguns, rifles and shotguns owned by Washington citizens from Newport to Neah Bay.”
“Anti-gun police administrators haven’t had much luck with their own hardware,” Gottlieb noted. “Former Detroit Chief Jerry Oliver was detained at an airport for having a loaded gun in his carry-on bag in 2003. Remember when former Madison, Wisconsin Chief Richard Williams stashed his gun in the oven, and then turned the oven on? And let’s not forget a couple of other thefts of police guns from cars here in Washington State in the past year.
“Chief Kerlikowske is playing the ‘Do as I Say, Not as I Do’ game with the rights of Evergreen State gun owners,” Gottlieb said. “Before he pushes any kind of controls on other peoples’ guns, he better learn to take better care of his own.”
The Second Amendment Foundation (www.saf.org) is the nations oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing and legal action group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to privately own and possess firearms. Founded in 1974, The Foundation has grown to more than 600,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control. SAF has previously funded successful firearms-related suits against the cities of Los Angeles; New Haven, CT; and San Francisco on behalf of American gun owners, a lawsuit against the cities suing gun makers and an amicus brief and fund for the Emerson case holding the Second Amendment as an individual right.
Absolutely my Liege... 8^)
what they really want is our LIBERTY!
free dixie,sw
Sigh...if Girlickowski would focus his efforts on illegals, not just talking about border jumpers, instead of "illegal firearms" evrything would fall into place. Outlawing politicians running police departments may be a good start. [/ singing to choir]
Yeha but that ain't what yer liberal bunny huggin voters up there want to hear......:o)
Many of us work for idiots.
Y'all get idiot politicians.
Bummer!!
Good luck and I hope it stays that way!
Just don't get promoted too high or else ya will have to start being mean to us!
;<)
Mean? Me? Nah. I'm one of those guys who leave violators thanking me for arresting them. Well...once in a while 8>)
Don't be so sure... it's out there in Wash State, where everyone is a liberal and dead people vote early and often...
But then, maybe some will see the light..
yeah, I had forgotten: nothing leaves a distinguishable mark on fresh cowflop.
many thanks - I have noticed that you seem to beat me to them routinely
well, that's only fair: the cemetaries are full of the folks who continue to vote into office the clowns who write and advocate these laws.
i've only done a few pings since i've been here cause i don't like being redundant bother people etc... but i will ping you from now on my Liege. and visa versa...
sounds like a deal, then.
If I am ever in yer neck of the woods I want a full service "tune-up"!!!
;<)
Take care and I heard Squantos is going to see Broke Butt Mountain tonight. I am waiting for his review!
Broke Butt? LOL! I'll bet the sheep can breathe a sigh of relief anyway 8>) (thats not a reference to anyone here)
Enjoy the movie. I saw Narnia last week. Loved it.
Whatever the Chief wanted, SAF sure didn't like it.
~That~ much I figured out :~D
LOL .....Eaker incorrectly considers time & distance a safety factor......:o)
He's gonna need a glass belly button so he can see where he's going when I get done with him !
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