Part1 The Hitmen: How Maryland State Police Became PoliPawns

How This Chapter in the #MDGunGrab Saga Began and Turned into the #MDGunLeak:

A little (and I do mean a very little) back story needs to be told here, just so there is context for anyone who is unaware of the turmoil Maryland has been in since it's 90 day legislative session ended in April of 2013.  Maryland, in a purely reactionary and political nature, passed a bill that bans (arbitrarily) all assault weapons, detachable magazines or firearms with an internal magazine with a capacity of more than 10 rounds, as well as requires a Handgun Qualification License (akin to IL's FOID card) for the ability to exercise one's right to purchase a handgun after 10/1/2013.  Add to this that Maryland maintains 16 different databases, is the only "point of contact" for NICS checks in Maryland, use the looming law and its start date as gasoline on the run on guns fire and you have an EpicFail of epic proportions.

That brings us up to speed and now the rest of the story...

Normally, when a government agency does something good, they LOOOOOOOVE to toot their own horn; unless of course, you get caught with your hand in the cookie jar, stealing the people's cookies, then all bets are off.  In this case, Maryland State Police have been caught red handed breaking the law of the state, in order to clear the back log of 38,000 (thousand is not a misprint) pending gun applications with 18 days to go before G-Day (G is for gun).  What have the MSP done?  What appears on the surface as a genuine good faith gesture to meet the current statutes and process purchase applications in a timely manner, the State Police have enlisted the assistance of 5 other state agencies with data entry based off the Maryland Regulated Firearm Purchase Application 77R Form.  Problem is, by Maryland law, only MSP are entitled access to the 77R data.

Now that you know this, you are probably asking "How is it that a political foe in the AGC beats MSP to the horn tooting?"  The question I pose is obviously rhetorical, and I will give you the answer (unlike MSP and our Gov, free of charge).

Notice the date on THIS press release as opposed to THIS one.  Just in case, the MSP finally decide to nark the press release, here is a screen grab of it.

Strange is it not?  Also, grab yourself a calendar and take note of the day of the week AGC beat MSP to the punch on its own horn tooting!  Yup!  DocuDump Friday!  Hooray!  Thanks AGC for doing the work of not only the "premier" state law enforcement agency, but the complicit media as well (and staying late in the work week to do it, as in 8:00 PM Friday kinda late).

Disclaimer: If you're new to this blog...yes it is completely full of snark.  Don't like it... click here, I'm sure there is a fairy or something unicornish there that will satisfy your borny ass. 

So how exactly is it that several media outlets on Saturday/Sunday picked up the MSP press release dated Saturday 7 September 2013 (see here, here, and here) and not the AGC press release that proceeded it?  Don't answer that question, it's rhetorical too.

Obviously, another reasonable question would be, if the background check process is about keeping Marylanders safe, why hasn't MSP been processing these applications in a reasonable fashion?  Well, as luck would have it for MSP, by law, they are not required to process these applications during Maryland's mandatory 8 day waiting period.  They aren't required to process the apps within the Fed's 3 day time frame either.  Therefore, some dealers are releasing firearms, in accordance with the law, after the 8th day, and other dealers are waiting on the "not disapproved" paperwork to return.  (Yes, MD does not "approve" a gun purchase application, merely "not disapproved."  How's that for Orwellian IngSoc?)

This, wouldn't be a big deal, but for the folks who bought an item from a non-releasing dealer back in say, May or June, are out hundreds of dollars, have no firearm, and will now have to comply with the new law to pick up their arm unless MSP can "not-disapprove" the 38k in the next 18 days.  The state tells us they have been running full tilt, 21 hours a day, 7 days a week on 3 shifts, plus overtime.  Somehow, despite this, they are behind, and hopefully the good folks of Maryland will find it in them the ability to purchase at least another 2400 guns per week over the next 18 days.  Personally, I would like to see MSP buried in another 18,000 gun purchase applications between now and 10/1. 

Now, I know dear reader, you are asking, "What exactly is the stink if this 'all hands on deck' approach is being used to get folks their arms in a timely fashion?"  That's a good question...I'll address it in shocking detail in part two.  (Sorry for the cliff hanger, but I need to finish this post).

But before I get to part 2, I want to come back to the post's title: Hitmen and Poli[tical]Pawns.  Unlike the County Sheriff, the Commander of the Maryland State Police is an appointed, and thus,  political pawn.  You can follow this link, but I will quote it here (in case it does not load properly).  The link points to the Facebook page of the State Senator Nancy Jacobs.  Here is what it says:

I want to protect the State Trooper who relayed this information so names and Barrack names have been removed.

I went to _____ Barroks on _____ and spoke with the Trooper on duty about the improper release of PII (personal information).  His response tell me it was planned well ahead of time and done Friday evening so it could not be stopped.

 "I have been ordered to neither confirm nor deny that information."

"I have been ordered to refer you [to] the Licensing Division or Headquarters at the Pikesville Barracks.  Would you like the contact information?"

I got him talking a little and said it had to suck having to give those answers.  Again his reply was telling.

"I'm not real happy about having to deal with dirty politics."

 What a crock....

AHHH HA!  Now, I don't really want to throw the line Troopers of the MSP under the bus, but there is a SERIOUS problem here.  If we take these statements at face value (and it is Maryland, which means we should), add to them that there is a Progressive commie in the state house, and we get a pretty serious indictment that there is/was a concerted effort to deny Marylanders their rights before the effective date of the law.  If face to face with any Trooper in the licensing division, I would seriously question them if anyone has resigned over this, and if not, why not.  Integrity from within the State Police should exist, even if that means someone looses their job.  It is hard to know exactly who leaked these details to Associated Gun Clubs (and who has continued to leak them info), but last I checked, these Maryland's Finest, swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States; perhaps Lord O'MAOlly has changed that to support and defend the progressive agenda?

One lesson should be learned from this and from the "phony scandals" out of the White House; progressives are, and always will be above the law. 

Stay tuned for Part Two, where the plot thickens. 

After a Two Plus Year Hiatus, I'm PISSED Off Enough to Write

Welcome back!

Of course I am directing that statement more at myself, than my readers since.  If you know whom I am from internet forums, Twitter, or this blog, a major thanks for not forgetting me.  If you're a new reader, welcome for the first time (and go read my original intro here).  I thought a one man blog (or even one with some guest posting on a rare occasion) was something that would be easy.  It turns out that good blogging can almost be a full time job in and of itself.  Mad props to the folks that can factor in work, a personal life, and other items, and not relegating blogging to where it needed to be for me; the back seat.

Why the sudden keystrokes?  Well, there really are so many scandals and so little time but one has really stuck in my craw over the last few days.  I will espouse upon it here, in detail in several posts to follow, but it is this editorial that made my blood reach a boiling point and has necessitated my writing a response.  Rather than email it to the ScumPapers knowing full well it will probably go unpublished (and really, unread because their readership sucks), I figured, "fire up the blog again, and have at it."  Yes, I plan to assuage this unsigned fluff piece at some point by week's end (because there is soooo much that needs to be detailed here that is NOT getting coverage anywhere (outside of certain circles like Emily Miller and other conservative outlets whom deserve a major Hat/Tip).

The Gist of the Situation:

• What will I be writing upon?  Maryland Gun Owners / Purchase Applicants, their Personal Identifying Information and how it has been compromised.  
• Why is this important?  Maryland State Police (allegedly under the direction of our lovely Governor Lord Martin O'MAOlly) have potentially exposed an unsecured database with this information to anyone whom knows where to look and knows how to brute force username/password crack a non-HTTPS website. 
• Why am I writing?  Because the likes of the Baltimore Sun and the other complicit local media in Maryland A) Don't care and B) are in the hip pocket of the MD Dem Machine
• Am I over blowing this situation?  Perhaps, but it is entirely unlikely.
• What can you do?  I will cover that with the assistance from Maryland Shall Issue, the fine folks who are busting hump over at Maryland Shooters Forum (specifically the Maryland sub-forum), and the folks at Associated Gun Clubs who broke the story / blew the whistle on Friday 6 September 2013.

Stick around, buckle your seat belt, the ride is about to get bumpy, and the shit is about to go sideways.  Next post tomorrow.  

We're Not Greece; We're Not Portugal!

Presented without comment.  (But a background for those that don't follow, Greece is in an economic meltdown, Portugal is not that far behind them, and Ireland is in very similar position). 

Busy Week

It's a busy week this week (at least for the first three days).  I have a big push before being off, and then I'll get you some posts worth reading. 

Until then...Drudge yourself on over to places like this, this, or this. 

A Small Business Owner's Outlook On the Econ

A small business owner whom considered himself the eternal optimist, discusses his outlook upon the US economy.  Just a hint, it isn't very good (just like today's jobs numbers).

Basically, it's a brace for impact as this sucker slooooooooooows down.

Need a House? Hit Up Your Grandparents!

Need to avoid the inheritance tax?  Perhaps you are looking to make some return OF your money (note the not "on" your money) and you are considered old enough to be "retired."  The best investment?  Buy your grandkids a house!  At least that's the mantra in England.

It seems as though that is what all the hipster g-ma's and g-dad's are doing these days, never mind that house prices are falling faster in Britain than in nearing debt default Spain!  You are guaranteed a good return if you lend to your grandparents (or just buy the house outright).  What is bound to go wrong?  At least with this model, the big banks don't get fatter, and it might put a floor under prices, but what happens if the grandparents default?  Chances are grandma and grandpa just might need those funds tied up in a grandkid's house to cover medical expenses for something like say, oh, cancer?  I bet that will support the housing market for the old country, huh?

Obviously, this is so ludicrous it isn't funny.  The whole idea is to encourage investment, and thus savings for retirement is so that every generation of citizen is self reliant and self sufficient.  With this model, we've completely blown up the traditional cycle of economics, and created a systemic problem waiting to happen (like say, morally worse and on a greater social scale than even mortgage fraud and the housing collapse that started this whole mess).

But ya know, it just means that as we plug along in our debt, deflation spiral, what's a little more gasoline on the fire?

Finance Friday Funny

Whom ever started and maintained Economists for Obama realized long ago, it was a failed venture.  The last post coming all the way back in February of 2009.  I guess there wasn't much "consensus" for "recovery" by then, even though "recovery summer" wasn't for another year and four months. 

Something tells me, as we complete the third year and head into the campaign year, there won't be too many more "Economists for Obama."

Effective Tax Rate: -67%

From Zero Hedge, only a chart that shows the top ten (or bottom ten?) lowest tax rates for US companies.  Guess whom happens to be the leader in this category?  Yup...Mr. Imagination @ Work!  (AKA, Mr. Adviser, AKA Mr. Waiver). 

Herm...a negative tax rate of 67% for a company with profit (and who received bailout money)?  Perhaps GE can effectively change its slogan to "we bring crony capitalism to life." 

Peoples vs. Bank Robber

What happens when a combat vet home on leave encounters a bank robber who then threatens the vet's kids?  Typically, the robber gets the spank down, and that's what happened.  

Army Staff Sargent Eddie Peoples stopped at a bank before taking his boys on a fishing trip where said thug was encountered.  Thug was dumb enough to threaten the kids of a soldier who has probably cleared rooms in the bad areas of Baghdad and disarmed insurgents, meaning that a man with a fake pistol wasn't all that difficult to spank into submission.  (Read the article for the detailed take down, as the thug certainly qualifies for a Darwin award for stupidity, only difference was he didn't die). 

I'm sure somewhere, some sad panda pacifist is crying in their Wheaties thinking that this guy took a chance he didn't need to and that he could have been a statistic.  It is just a shame he can't even be counted amongst the concealed carry permit holders in helping to thwart crimes in progress.  Certainly Peoples' actions deserved a commendation from the police department, and not to detract from his bravery, but does the same thing happen for those who pack?  I doubt it. 

Machine Gun is Bus Stop in Soviet Russia

Stealing from the comments on this vid, I couldn't help but not post it. 

Hot Damn, THIS GUY for MD's US Senate Seat!

This guy doesn't sound like a politician.  He even comes from an agency that frowns upon anyone looking to make the leap to politics quickly after retirement. 

That is exactly what Daniel Bongion is planning upon doing, and hopefully taking and smacking the snot out of sitting Senator Cardin.  Anyone has to be better than someone who votes with his party 99% of the time (no lie). 

I have to wonder though, how a former Secrete Service member would do in the political arena, knowing a lot of the players and having to been "absently minded" ignorant of the discussions that occurred in front of them.  I guess that is why the agency dislikes people leaving and heading straight into politics, as they don't want the "ugly" to be used against their opponents. 

Like the Col. Cooper has stated...

If you're in a fair fight, your tactics suck. 

Hopefully Mr. Gongion will consider using better tactics against Mr. Cardin.  The state of Maryland certainly deserves better.  

New Meaning to Jailhouse Rock

Not that I ever want to be in jail, but if I was and I had my choice, I'd choose here.

That said...isn't cantina just another name for jail in Mexico?  I mean

Oh That's Why!

That's why there wasn't a release of the OBL burial at sea vid?!!!!  Makes sense now. 

Mr. Holder, Shouldn't You be Running the Justice Department?

And shouldn't you be managing your own BATFE and getting to the bottom of project Fast and Furious instead of running HBO and pitching new episodes (or perhaps a movie) of The Wire? 

This man heads the justice department but is kind enough to consider himself the latest CEO of a cable subscription channel?  If Mr. Holder wants The Wire back on the air, perhaps he could start writing the script and casting the acting slots.  Certainly he has enough time to multi-task between Fast & Furious gate or Black Panther gate to write the scripts, no?  If that's not the case, shouldn't he be helping states rid themselves of the illegal immigration problems they have?

If it is not apparent to you now, it probably never will be, but it is quite obvious that the current executive branch administration is only in this for two things: 1) Personal gain, both financially and political power wise, 2) To absolutely destroy anything with any shred of our founding as to remake us into their ideals. 

Now, Mr. Holder, would you please leave the Justice Department and start directing that new The Wire movie?  I'm sure the BATFE would thank you for getting the heat off of them that way they can go back to more Waco's and Ruby Ridge's like their sister organization instead of the current international incidents. 

QOTD: Debt Limit Smackdown

There isn't a person outside a mental hospital or an Ivy League faculty who believes the federal government can continue on its current fiscal trajectory, even with tax increases. Change is inevitable. Real change. Bone-deep, re-write the social contract, no more free lunch, learn to live within our means change. What is the political wisdom of demanding that it can only happen over your party's dead body?

Bill Frezza had that to say a week ago as the debt ceiling vote drew nearer (the no strings attached version of which was voted on last night and went down harder than a DC hooker).

Obviously, Mr. Frezza is correct in that Washington is so delusional with regards to spending that they can (and should) be grouped with the Ivy League nut jobs and the psychos whom belong in white padded rooms.  Thus, it's imperative that some how, some way, the putzes inside the beltway get their shit together and find a way to cut the federal budget now (and not for next year, or the next 10 years) and forever to allow our country's finances to remain in tact (or at least functional).

The Law, Its Objective, and What It's Not

An interesting three part article (here, here, and here) that explains just how the law is supposed to function as an order of defense of individual freedom and property.  Also, this series explains how the individuals is entrusted to make as much of himself as possible, and anything to the contrary is nothing more than a perversion of the natural rule of law (and thus a perversion of founding). 

Of course, the author does an excellent job in describing how politicians have motives expressly to the contrary of those objectives of the rule of law.  Read it, because it says what we think!

Morning Laugh: Out of the Car!

Passed along via email to me from a family member and too funny not to post.

Another lesson to ALWAYS be aware of your surroundings, and cut little old ladies some slack.  

Pak Open Air Home Made Arms

What is one of the major problems with the war in Afghanistan?  Just your friendly, neighborhood home made arms, and the open air market that sells them.



The famed Khyber Pass is home to some of the most entrepreneurial and passionate people on the face of the planet.  From the video, these people believe in "many sons, and many guns."  In a normal world, I'd say that is a good thing to have; in this region, it often means dead US soldiers.  To me, that means just one more reason as to why we are fighting a war on a front which is not winnable but only manageable.  The video itself is dated 2006 with an edit and tack on from 2009.  The situation hasn't changed all that much removed from either of those dates.

If you scroll down the article, it does take a pot shot at the NRA for it's devout opposition to the UN and it's international arms trade "regulation" schemes.  My question is in that region where for thousands of years, conquerors have failed to master the terrain and the people, how does even the UN think it will be able to regulate what is a pure black market?  Simple answer is, that it can't, and it won't.

This post did not start out as one about our 2A rights, but it certainly is a nail in the coffin of the bureaucrat that believe they can control us, even from their "high perch" in New York.  If anyone for any minute can watch this video and believe the UN is sincere in stopping "small arms trade of illicit and illegal guns" throughout the world, then you are either a libtard, a Utopian, an idiot, or just plan naive.

Hellfire vs. Sniper; Which One is Your Bet On?

What happens when a hellfire missile from an Apache meets up with a sniper hanging out in his hide?  Only this. 

I can only imagine that he felt no pain, which was far to good for him.  However, one less Jihadist in the world is one less Jihadist in the world.  Now, if we could just convince our political leaders (and our allies in the International Security Assistance Force) that we don't need to be spending 100k a hellfire to take out insurgents, then we might actually win over there. 

QOTD: Three to One is Bettin' Odds!

Other evidence also suggests that Hoven did “the right thing.” The National Crime Victimization Survey shows that defending oneself with a gun is by far the safest course of action when one is confronted by a robber. For example, people who protect themselves with a gun are injured in robberies about 8 percent of the time, but those who behave passively are injured by the criminals 24 percent of the time, a three times higher rate.

From John Lott's latest on Big Government, we find that if you prefer to be a pascifist when it comes to being a vicitim of crime, you are three times more likely to be injured!  I'll use a gun please!  Then I'll bet on the poor suckers who chose not to heed the following...