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John Shipley Articles

 From  https://web.archive.org/web/20120821235321/http://www.examiner.com/topic/john-shipley/articles John Shipley Facts of Shipley case lead to some conclusions, much speculation John Shipley August 21, 2012 A series of stories developed from documents received and analyzed in this column over the past few days have resulted in some answers and more...  Read more Unlikely trafficker cited in Shipley case given inexplicably lenient sentence John Shipley August 20, 2012 Documents analyzed over the past few days in this column, received from a source close to the case of former FBI agent John Shipley, convicted of...  Read more Conspiracy indictments indicate sanctioned gunwalking, government lies ATF August 19, 2012 Documents analyzed over the past few days in this column, received from a source close to the case of former FBI agent John Shipley, convicted of...  Read more Documents show prejudicial tactics helped result in Shipley conviction ATF August 18, 2012 ...

And now for a little bathroom gun humor- 'Only Ones'-style

Reposted from my 2009 Gun Rights Examiner article-- retrieved via Internet Archive so internal links may not work. A DA investigator has crapped out on one of the fundamental responsibilities people must assume when carrying a gun-- being responsible for it : LaBarre left his Glock 30 Austria handgun loaded with .45-caliber hollow-point bullets in the second-floor restroom of the Frank Crowley courthouse in Dallas... Luckily, a jail guard found the gun...It's unclear how long the gun was in the restroom, which is often used by criminals leaving the Lew Sterrett jail. What the story doesn't tell us is what punishment LaBarre can expect. We know if he had not been one of the privileged " Only Ones ," those deemed superior to you and me in terms of trustworthiness and competence with firearms, an arrest would have been made. After all, mere citizens are barred from carrying guns in Texas courthouses. We might lose them in the bathroom or something. And some judges want ...

Los Angeles Magazine Ban Invites Ridicule, Defiance and Contempt

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  Originally published  August 7, 2015  by David Codrea. Embedded links may not work. Essentially, authoritarians on the Los Angeles City Council have decided they don’t trust non-enforcers with the same technology used in Pez dispensers. Princess High-Cap courtesy RA Bear & Associates. The Los Angeles City Council passed an ordinance last week banning what it calls “large capacity” [read “standard capacity” ] magazines, ordering citizens to surrender them within 60 days. Gun owners caught in possession of a 10+round magazine by LAPD enforcers will face misdemeanor charges, the Los Angeles Daily News reported . California already bans the manufacture and sale of such magazines, but “it’s not against the law to possess large-capacity magazines in most of the state.” And true to form, now that they’ve imposed their edict in L.A., the antis are looking to expand it nationwide. That was a major talking point at a rally outside City Hall featuring citizen disarmament advoc...