Kwikrnu

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The Crackpot Revival of 2013

Leonard Embody is back on the prowl. So is Art Bell. Coincidence?

I wonder.

Apparently, Mr. Embody was modeling his AR-15 S&M bondage suit by waltzing around Nashville with it. I notice with some chagrin that NewsChannel5 depicted him as a “gun rights advocate.” That is emphatically not the case.

At least Mr. Bell can be entertaining at times.

Mr. Embody has posted a video of his escapade. Contrary to his protestations, the police did have reasonable suspicion to stop him. Tennessee law Section 39-17-1302 prohibits ownership of unregistered NFA items. It is an affirmative defense if the owner can prove the items are legally registered, but that’s a defense made in court, not on the side of the road.

Now he has to go before a judge to prove his innocence. In the process, he’s wasting everyone’s time, he’s squandering the taxpayers’ money, and he’s probably going to try and bring another inane lawsuit.

Civil Rights

How Not to Win, Part II

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After being detained for strolling around a suburban park with a Draco pistol, Leonard Embody tried suing the officers who detained him. If you’re not familiar with his story, I’ve got background here. In short, and as usual, he lost.

He then appealed to the 6th Circuit, who were none too sympathetic [pdf].

For his troubles, Embody has done something rare: He has taken a position on the Second and Fourth Amendment that unites the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence and the Second Amendment Foundation. Both organizations think that the park ranger permissibly disarmed and detained Leonard Embody that day, notwithstanding his rights to possess the gun. So do we.

Just savor the irony, folks.

In short, the Court found that Embody got exactly what he was seeking, just not the outcome for which he’d hoped.

Having worked hard to appear suspicious in an armed-and-loaded visit to the park, Embody cannot cry foul after park rangers, to say nothing of passers-by, took the bait.

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Civil Rights

How and How Not to Win

In the Heller and McDonald cases, the Supreme Court found that the 2nd Amendment protects the right of individual citizens to keep and bear arms, but under current jurisprudence, that right ends at the front door of the home. Though both decisions contain dicta implying that the right to carry arms outside the home is protected, the lower courts disagree, citing a lack of specific direction from the Big Nine.

There are several cases currently awaiting the Court’s review on the matter.  Woollard v. Sheridan challenges the unrealistic and corrupt permitting system used by the state of Maryland to deny the right of self-protection to ordinary folks, even those who have proven that they are in imminent danger. The plaintiff in Williams v. Maryland never even tried to get a permit, knowing that denial was a foregone conclusion. He was convicted of illegally carrying, and his conviction was upheld in a very arrogant 4th Circuit ruling.

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Civil Rights

Reaping the Whirlwind

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Leonard Embody has received notice that this Tennessee Handgun Carry Permit is being revoked.  If you don’t know this guy’s background, I’ve written on it here.

This was his response to the media:

“I’m a private person,” Embody said. “I didn’t want to be in the spotlight. I didn’t want my name in the news reports.”

…which would be why he has gone to great lengths to bait law-enforcement with his antics, posting the results to every internet forum and blog he could find.  His last stunt was to walk down the streets of Belle Meade in an orange reflective vest, carrying an 1851 Navy in his right hand.

Apparently, this didn’t go as well as he’d hoped.  In response to this incident, the Belle Meade police department made the recommendation to the Tennessee Department of Safety that Mr. Embody’s permit be revoked.  The text of their letter reads, in part,

This request is not made lightly and based on the increasingly unsafe methods of displaying and/or carrying a firearm by Leonard Stanni Embody over the past 24 months.

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Civil Rights

Is this where it’s going?

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Last week, Leonard Embody donned a fetching camouflage and GoreTex ensemble and paraded around Radnor Lake Park carrying this:

It’s an AK-47 pistol, with the tip painted orange to resemble an Airsoft gun. His reasoning is that “cops don’t shoot people with airsoft guns. If this handgun looks like an airsoft the cops won’t shoot me.”

I can certainly see his concern. Apparently, he’ll be repeating this questionable behavior. According to one paper, “I guarantee that when I carry in Bicentennial Mall I will be stopped. You’re more than welcome to come and watch or video.”

This is the crux of the matter: Mr. Embody (known as kwikrnu on the forums) likes to be the center of attention. His hobbies include freaking out the squares, being stopped by the police and filing lawsuits.

Yep, this guy’s a winner. Far from being alone, he’s emblematic of the self-defeating caricature that is overtaking the open carry movement.