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Democrats Introduce Gun Control Legislation - Views From Baja Arizona — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:23:17 +0000

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By: JoeS

JoeS — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:42:41 +0000

The above is what happens when “oath takers” are given “special tasks”

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By: JoeS

JoeS — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:41:25 +0000

Between 20 to 30 local NKVD agents, guards and drivers were pressed into service to escort prisoners to the basement, confirm identification, then remove the bodies and hose down the blood after each execution. Although some of the executions were carried out by Senior Lieutenant of State Security Andrei M. Rubanov, Blokhin was the primary executioner and, true to his reputation, liked to work continuously and rapidly without interruption. In keeping with NKVD policy and the overall “black” nature of the operation, the executions were conducted at night, starting at dark and continuing until just prior to dawn. The initial quota of 300 was lowered by Blokhin to 250 after the first night, when it was decided that all further executions should take place in total darkness. The bodies were continuously loaded onto covered flat-bed trucks through a back door in the execution chamber and trucked, twice a night, to Mednoye, where Blokhin had arranged for a bulldozer and two NKVD drivers to dispose of bodies at an unfenced site. Each night, 24 to 25 trenches, measuring eight to ten meters total, were dug to hold the night’s corpses, and each trench was covered up before dawn. Blokhin and his team worked without pause for ten hours each night, with Blokhin executing an average of one prisoner every three minutes.At the end of the night, Blokhin provided vodka to all his men

By: JoeS

JoeS — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:39:57 +0000

Blokhin initially decided on an ambitious quota of 300 executions per night, and engineered an efficient system in which the prisoners were individually led to a small antechamber—which had been painted red and was known as the “Leninist room”—for a brief and cursory positive identification, before being handcuffed and led into the execution room next door. The room was specially designed with padded walls for soundproofing, a sloping concrete floor with a drain and hose, and a log wall for the prisoners to stand against. Blokhin—outfitted in a leather butcher’s apron, cap, and shoulder-length gloves to protect his uniform—then pushed the prisoner against the log wall and shot him once in the base of the skull with a German Walther Model 2 .25 ACP pistol. He had brought a briefcase full of his own Walther pistols, since he did not trust the reliability of the standard-issue Soviet TT-30 for the frequent, heavy use he intended. The use of a German pocket pistol, which was commonly carried by Nazi intelligence agents, also provided plausible deniability of the executions if the bodies were discovered later

By: JoeS

JoeS — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:24:46 +0000

Lefty would have been right at home in the NKVD…..

“Those who died at Katyn included an admiral, two generals, 24 colonels, 79 lieutenant colonels, 258 majors, 654 captains, 17 naval captains, 3,420 NCOs, seven chaplains, three landowners, a prince, 43 officials, 85 privates, and 131 refugees. Also among the dead were 20 university professors. There were also 300 physicians; several hundred lawyers, engineers, and teachers; and more than 100 writers and journalists as well as about 200 pilots. In all, the NKVD executed almost half the Polish officer corps”

By: lorelei

lorelei — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:39:34 +0000

“I believe when guns are outlawed, only the right wing will have guns.”

On the surface, this might seem to either be a nonsensical statement or a purposefully absurdist exaggeration. But if you pay attention you realize that folks like him seriously believe that having a different political viewpoint is a more destructive behavior than robbery, rape and murder.

OK, I admit it, that in itself is a little bit of an exaggeration. Just having dissenting politics isn’t really a crime to him.

Not as long as you don’t vote.

Some people say things like, “I reject the things that you say, but I will fight for your right to say it.” His approach is more like, “I reject the crimes that you do, but I will fight to show that they are justified.”

By: leftfield

leftfield — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:06:39 +0000

“That is what has happened right next door to us in Mexico which has tough control control laws…. they disarmed their civilian population and now the cartels own major parts of the Mexican side of the borderlands and residents live in terror.”

And what about countries like England and Spain, etc, that have strict gun control, yet lack drug cartels and live relatively free of the continual gun violence we experience? Understand, I am not a “no guns anytime” person; nor am I an “any gun, anytime, anywhere” person. I believe when guns are outlawed, only the right wing will have guns. I fear them more than any drug-crazed 7-11 bandit. My point is that there must be more to the story than the simple equation that lack of guns in the hands of the worker has led to the situation in Mexico.

By: JoeS

JoeS — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 06:03:00 +0000

“Gun control means only the criminals have guns.
That is not some BS slogan.…. ”

Wow…

Thanks for getting it

By: Justice Department announces program to have semi-auto rifle sales reported in border states | Tucson AZ News and Weather

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:26:18 +0000

[...] Press Release from US Department of Justice July 11, 2011: Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, July 11, 2011 Statement of Deputy Attorney General James Cole Regarding Information Requests for Multiple Sales of Semi-Automatic Rifles… Tucson Citizen [...]