Thursday, January 22, 2004

Five Month Investigation, 10 Tracer Rounds, Two Felony Convictions. This story is the kind of thing that really jerks my chain - not that the .gov investigated the family, not that they raided their home, but the fact that they stuck the family with felony convictions for possession of ten tracer rounds. [The Smallest Minority] Commentary on an article from the front page of the Los Angeles Times. The article (which is quoted in the linked post) was surprisingly unbiased, given the source. Note that I've lived in California my entire life, and owned guns for ore than ten years, and this was the first I'd heard of tracers being illegal. I had assumed that they were, since every shooting range in the LA area has signs saying "no tracers." 12:52:04 PM    comment () One Man + One Woman = Double Standard. Wired reports that the American Family Association has decided not to submit the results of their recent gay marriage poll to Congress, as their Web site had previously promised, because: It just so happens that homosexual activist groups around the country got a hold of the poll -- it was forwarded to them -- and they decided to have a little fun, and turn their organizations around the country (onto) the poll to try to cause it to represent something other than what we wanted it to. And so far, they succeeded with that. So, when they were just sending this around to their own anti-gay mailing lists, that was all according to Hoyle. But when "homosexual activist groups" (or libertarian weblogs and thousands of other regular folks not on the AFA blast list) get in on the action, they've "done a number" on the poll. Obviously, any poll of this kind is meaningless. But if the leaders of the AFA had half a testicle (or ovum) between them, they'd follow through on their initial statement and forward the numbers whatever the result. [Hit & Run] It's interesting how authoritarian thugs are so eager to talk about the voice of the people," but only as long as the people are saying what the authoritarians want them to. 10:36:24 AM    comment () Netork World: Bell Labs shows way to keep mobile location private. The Bell Labs software aims to help real-time wireless communication providers and their customers cope with the conflicting demands of accessibility, personalization and privacy. Numerous Europe and the U.S. operators already offer a range of so-called location-based services... [Tomalak's Realm] This would really be useful only if it were impossible for anyone (such as the government) to override the privacy protection. I rather doubt that will be the case. 9:55:27 AM    comment ()

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