RE: Civilian legal defensive homicides

2008-10-28 Thread Philip F. Lee
Joe Horn says "I could not disagree with you more that the practices are DESIGNED to create a false appearance. It's a civil service bureacracy. Think IRS rules and regs, BLM regs and rules, etc." That opinion about practices being not designed for falsehood is hard to reconcile with the quote fro

RE: Civilian legal defensive homicides

2008-10-28 Thread dthardy
Also remember that police reporting to UCR is voluntary. Lots of small PDs don't bother, even with major cases. I once compared murder rates as reported by coroners (I forget the database now) vs. UCRs, and there was a major difference, a thousand cases a year or so. With self-defense not ending

If we build it, THEY will use it.

2008-10-28 Thread Joseph E. Olson
>From Outdoor Wire: [quote][B]Obama Could Computerize Firearm Records:[/B] The Outdoor Wire has confirmed from confidential sources that the "transition team" for the Democratic candidate has already begun looking into the current approval system for firearms transactions. It seems the digital

RE: Civilian legal defensive homicides

2008-10-28 Thread Joseph Horn
Police reporting practices re: shooting reports, whether with fatality or injury or none, merely reflect shots fired, (or other weapon used) result, arrests and charges if any. As for initial reports, they mean little and are generally held for the Coroners review of the same case and add to t