It's Whom You Know (cont.)
From the "Rules For Thee, But Not For Me" Department, comes this story in today's Boston Herald.
Pols back ex-chief's bid to carry gun again
Sorry, Warren, but maybe the preservation of your right (read: privilege) to carry a gun in Massachusetts was something that should have entered your mind PRIOR TO stealing someone's boat.
But, why would one need a gun in that line of work? State wildlife officials recommend banging pots and pans together to ward off predatory animals in the wild, or spraying them with water from a garden hose - no license required.
Well, boo-fucking-hoo for you, bitch.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. If you don't like the law, work to get it changed. Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES should there be any kind of special treatment for those with political connections.
I've never been convicted (or charged, or even suspected) of committing any kind of crime, violent or otherwise, yet I have been deemed unsuitable, by those under the direct authority of Boston Police Commissioner O'Toole and Mayor Menino, to carry a concealed firearm in public. And, like the vast majority of licensed gun owners in the Commonwealth, I have no one higher up on the political ladder to appeal to the authorities on my behalf.
So, forgive me if my sympathy-meter isn't reading too high this morning.
EXCUSE ME!!!
So, tell me, what happened next? Did the theft fairy come along and sprinkle him with pixie pilfering dust, causing him to "accidentally" steal someone's boat? What kind of bullshit is that?
Oh, never mind. I forget where I am sometimes.
Pols back ex-chief's bid to carry gun again
A state senator and a former state representative vouched for an ex-con former police chief from Western Massachusetts who was seeking a pardon from Gov. Mitt Romney so he could carry a gun again.
State Sen. Andrea Nuciforo Jr. (D-Pittsfield) and former Dalton Rep. Shaun Kelly wrote letters supporting former Ashfield police Chief Warren Kirkpatrick, who served three months in jail for stealing a boat on Cape Cod.
Sorry, Warren, but maybe the preservation of your right (read: privilege) to carry a gun in Massachusetts was something that should have entered your mind PRIOR TO stealing someone's boat.
The 1987 conviction stripped Kirkpatrick of his right to carry a gun, but he wants the pardon so he can have his sidearm back while working as Ashfield's animal control officer. The townÂs current chief, John Svoboda, also wrote a letter on Kirkpatrick's behalf, but Romney denied a pardon in 2004.
But, why would one need a gun in that line of work? State wildlife officials recommend banging pots and pans together to ward off predatory animals in the wild, or spraying them with water from a garden hose - no license required.
"What happened years ago wasn't a violent crime...
Well, boo-fucking-hoo for you, bitch.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. If you don't like the law, work to get it changed. Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES should there be any kind of special treatment for those with political connections.
I've never been convicted (or charged, or even suspected) of committing any kind of crime, violent or otherwise, yet I have been deemed unsuitable, by those under the direct authority of Boston Police Commissioner O'Toole and Mayor Menino, to carry a concealed firearm in public. And, like the vast majority of licensed gun owners in the Commonwealth, I have no one higher up on the political ladder to appeal to the authorities on my behalf.
So, forgive me if my sympathy-meter isn't reading too high this morning.
...It was a matter of being in the wrong place at the wrong time," Svoboda said yesterday.
EXCUSE ME!!!
So, tell me, what happened next? Did the theft fairy come along and sprinkle him with pixie pilfering dust, causing him to "accidentally" steal someone's boat? What kind of bullshit is that?
Oh, never mind. I forget where I am sometimes.
