St. Louis gun buy back program such as success that they ran out of money before they ran out of guns to buy back.

Courtesy of Chron: 

An effort to remove guns from the streets of St. Louis is being called a success, so much so that there wasn't enough money to buy up all of the offered weapons. 

Hundreds of people turned out Saturday for a gun buyback program, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported . The city has recorded more than 200 murders this year, the most in two decades, and officials say part of the problem is too many guns. 

Those bringing in guns were promised $100 to $200 per weapon, no questions asked. The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, along with individuals and some companies, raised $125,000 in donations.

It wasn't enough, and some people had to be turned away. Police said 303 handguns, 533 long guns and six assault rifles were purchased.

Just imagine how many lives could be saved if this program went national.

That married with more stringent background checks for gun buyers, and mandated gun registry programs, could save perhaps thousands of lives each year.

I don't know, seems kind of worth it to me.

But then again perhaps I care more about the sanctity of life than your average supposedly pro-life conservative. 

St. Louis Archbishop wants to kick the Girl Scouts off of church property because essentially they do not hate on women and gays nearly enough.

Courtesy of St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  

St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson has issued a letter calling on parishes to seek alternatives to Girl Scouts, arguing that the program and related organizations conflict with Roman Catholic teaching. 

The Archdiocese of St. Louis isn’t directly kicking Girl Scout troops and activities off church properties (Yes he is.), but is suggesting they and their cookies may no longer be welcome in the fold. 

“Girl Scouts is exhibiting a troubling pattern of behavior and it is clear to me that as they move in the ways of the world it is becoming increasingly incompatible with our Catholic values,” Carlson wrote in a letter dated Thursday. “We must stop and ask ourselves — is Girl Scouts concerned with the total well-being of our young women? Does it do a good job forming the spiritual, emotional, and personal well-being of Catholic girls?” 

The letter said issues such as reproductive rights and abortion separate the church from Girl Scouts and related organizations. 

The letter was a disappointment to Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri CEO Bonnie Barczykowski, who said by email Friday the organization “has enjoyed a history of cooperation with the Archdiocese of St. Louis for almost 100 years.”

"Well you had a good hundred year run Girl Scouts, but if you insist on being so damn reasonable you are going to have to get the fuck off of church property right now. But hey, leave some of those delightful cookies."anti-a

Personally I think that the Girl Scouts should remove themselves from church property, but not because this Archbishop is so intolerant, but because the Catholic Church is bulging at the seams with pedophiles.

This is how some members of the St. Louis Rams took the field today.

"Hands up, don't shoot."

Courtesy of Sports Illustrated:

 Five St. Louis Rams players took the field for Sunday's home game against the Oakland Raiders with a "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" pose that has been used by protestors in Ferguson, Missouri, and across the country recently. 

 The five players who were shown doing the gesture on CBS were Stedman Bailey, Tavon Austin, Jared Cook, Chris Givens and Kenny Britt.

The Grand Jury might have handed in its decision, but it seems this issue is far from over.

St. Louis area gun manufacturers introduce the pocket shotgun. Gee, what good timing.

Courtesy of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: 

This may not be the best time to establish yourself as a gun maker — with firearms sales slowing after several years of rapid growth — but that’s what two local companies are trying to do. 

Pevely-based Heizer Defense and St. Louis-based DoubleTap Defense are pushing new guns — sharing a common, and somewhat contentious, ancestry — targeting the highly competitive concealed carry market. 

Both companies are doing it with small, but powerful, handguns. Heizer has what it calls the Pocket Shotgun, a single-shot pistol that fires a .410-gauge shotgun shell. DoubleTap’s flagship is a two-shot pistol chambered to use .45 ACP rounds.

Yes a weapon with the power of the shotgun that an be easily concealed in a woman's purse or the rectum of a prison inmate. Nothing too concerning about that.

As you can see the pocket shotgun, pictured above, comes in various colors to match any lady's ensemble.

However since it IS a tiny shotgun, it might be wise to remove those high heels before firing those freedom bullets or you might find yourself tumbling ass over teakettle into a 2nd Amendment loving heap on the sidewalk.

What a country.

What a fucked up, increasingly dangerous, and racially intolerant country. 

Newly released video of St. Louis police shooting a suicidal black man, does not match the police description of the incident.

Courtesy of HuffPo:  

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department released cell phone footage Wednesday of the police shooting of Kajieme Powell, a 25-year-old black man killed on Tuesday in St. Louis, according to St. Louis Public Radio. 

A convenience store owner called 911 on Tuesday when he suspected Powell stole drinks and donuts from his shop, according to a recording of the call. Another woman called to report Powell was acting erratically and had a knife in his pocket. 

Two officers in a police SUV responded to the calls, the cell phone video shows. When the officers got out of their vehicle, Powell walked in their direction, yelling and telling them to shoot him already. 

St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson said Tuesday that both of the officers opened fire on Powell when he came within a three or four feet of them holding a knife "in an overhand grip." But the newly released cell phone footage undermines the statement, showing Powell approaching the cops, but not coming as close as was reported, with his hands at his side. 

The officers began shooting within 15 seconds of their arrival, hitting Powell with a barrage of bullets.

It is clear that this young man was quite disturbed, and based on what he said early in the video, and the fact that he waited for the police to arrive, and then demanded that they shoot him, that he was seeking what is referred to as "suicide by police."

It is also clear that he was cognizant enough of his surroundings to move up on that lawn so that when the officers fired their bullets they would not hit any innocent bystanders.

That shows a level of awareness that the police could have used to diffuse the situation if they had been better trained.

Personally I could not see the knife in the video, but I could definitely see that he did not have it in an overhand position ready to stab one of the officers.

They could definitely have tazed him, or pepper sprayed him.

This is murder.