Just saw this on The Firing Line political forum

[jaunty]

U.S. Attorney wins conviction of 'Million Mom' activist Barbara Graham.
Submitted on: November 21, 2001

http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/dc/press/01035b.html

Many of you have followed the saga of Barbara Graham. She was the outspoken activist for the "Million Mom March" who, while advocating for our disarmament, used an illegally-owned "assault pistol" to shoot and paralyze an innocent man.

Ms. Graham was defended all through her trial by fellow MMM activists who apparently saw no hypocrisy at all in their support of a woman who illegally possessed an unregistered TEC-9 "assault pistol" (as well as other unregistered guns) in a city where all handgun possession is outlawed, and who used that gun to shoot an innocent man in the back because she wanted revenge for the shooting of one of her relatives.

Well this press release from the U.S. Department of Justice tells the rest of the story:


U.S. Department of Justice

Wilma A. Lewis
United States Attorney for the
District of Columbia

Judiciary Center
555 4th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001

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PRESS RELEASE

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 5, 2001 For Information Contact Public Affairs
Channing Phillips (202)514-6933

Second defendant convicted of all nine charges for shooting and paralyzing unarmed and innocent young man


Washington, D.C. - United States Attorney Wilma A. Lewis announced that Erskine Moorer, age 30, of Ft. Washington, MD, was convicted today by a Superior Court jury of all nine charged counts which included Assault With Intent To Kill While Armed, Aggravated Assault While Armed, Mayhem While Armed, three separate counts of Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Crime Of Violence, and other related gun charges. Moorer's co-defendant, Barbara Graham, age 49, of Capitol Heights, Maryland, was convicted of the same charges last Thursday. Both defendants face up to life imprisonment when they are sentenced later this year.

According to the government's evidence presented at trial, on January 26, 2000, at approximately 6:10 p.m., Barbara Graham approached a young 22-year-old man by the name of Kikko Smith and asked him his name. Mr. Smith responded to her question and stated yes my name is Kikko, where upon Ms. Graham, reached inside her purse and pulled out a handgun with an extended clip and began to chase Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith ran for his life and then was shot at and hit a number of times by Graham and her daughter's long term boyfriend, Erskine Moorer. One of the bullets struck Mr. Smith in his back, breaking his rib, collapsing his lung and eventually shattering his spine. Other shots, struck Mr. Smith in his foot and head. Due to this incident, Mr. Smith has spent over a year in either hospitals or assisted living facilities. He is confined to a wheel chair and has no movement from the waist down.

In announcing the guilty verdicts, U.S. Attorney Lewis commended the injured victim, Kikko Smith and his family for his courage, and the investigative work of Metropolitan Police Department Detectives A.D. Williams, Lt. C.V. Morris, Willie Jefferson, Bruce Faison, Rita McCoy, Susan Blue, John Rhodes, Don Juan Monroe, Jamel Mayhew, Phillipe Moore, Donita Giles, Robert Mitchell, Anthony Mable, Wayne Marable, Demetrica "Flash" Cater, Gregory Stewart, Anthony Johnson, Edward Torrence, J.V. Francis, and, Officers John Regan, Michael Whiteside, Calvin Hopkins, Ramonz Height, James Savage, Mary Mingo, J.D. Smith, and MPD and ATF firearms-tool marks examiners Torin Suber and Walter Dandridge. In addition, special thanks is given to former MPD Officer, and now Strurbridge Massachusetts Officer, Paul Newsham, for his assistance while still with MPD. A special note of thanks is also extended to Ms. Diane Hobdy, Leslie Faucette, Debbie Cannon and David Foster from the Victim Witness Assistance section for their help. Ms. Lewis also commended the work of paralegal specialists Marion Russell and Wanda Trice and Assistant United States Attorneys Diana Harris Epps and Leutrell Osborne II who indicted and prosecuted the case at trial.


MCRGO NOTE: The Million Moms have stated time and time again that they want every city and town in America to have gun laws like Washington D.C. has. But they themselves have proven that they can't even live under the laws that they desired in their own little utopia. I guess what they want is a world where everyone is disarmed except the Million Moms.

http://www.mcrgo.org/news_story.asp?key=662

I read that an hour ago and I still have a smile on my face

[RogueLeader]

That's the way gun grabbers and all other enemies of civil liberties are: they think only they are of that superior order of people that are good enough to have that freedom.

[Zundfolge]

OMG another TFLer

[NotBillMurray]

Just shows that every cause has fanatics, who believe in extremem measures for their cause. Just like Right-to-Lifers who kill abortion doctors for 'murder'.

Fanaticism exists in all causes.

That said, that is hilarious and ironic.

[G-Fresh]

[nelson voice] Ha-ha [/nelson voice]

[BlAcK_PlAgUe22]

Poor Kikko.

@ soccer moms

[Kibbles-N-Bits]

Tec-9? What a n00b. Israeli Arms Uzi's baby!

sucks --->


r0Xx0rZ! --->

[RogueLeader]

The difference between your average cause and gun banning cause, is there are always extreme nutcases in most causes, but the gun control movement is only nutcases.

[MiscMan]

Well, I would think that most gun control activists are well meaning people who really think that changing gun laws will help people, or at least their supporters are like that. But, it really doesn't matter how well meaning someone is.

[NotBillMurray]

Sorry, thats just your opinion of the opposition. No different than the opinion of Pro-Lifers of Pro-Choicers (and vice versa), as well as pro-Gun Control'ers to you guys (you do know that they collectively call you Gun Nuts, right?)

[Keganator]

And from the other side, they're control freaks

OMG...Hypocricy, USA, here they come!

[jaunty]

(you do know that they collectively call you Gun Nuts, right?)

No. I believe the correct collective term for libertarians like us is "Mass murdering redneck hicks who just want to murder people and rape, then eat your unborn children"

or something like that...

[RogueLeader]

I think this incident shows why gun grabbers think of us that way.

On JPFO I read something by a psychologist who tried to explain the reasoning of the gun controllers. He said that what is most likely is when they say gun owners are murderers or likely to murder, what they are really doing is transferring their own inadequecies to others. In reality, they are part of that small group that would murder without a second thought, and they are so afraid of themselves for that they transfer it to others as a defense method. At the time I thought he was just making a joke to insult them, but this incident seems to give credit to his theory. It shows how they really are the group that wants to rape and murder.

[Zundfolge]

it's an excellent article too.

http://www.jpfo.org/ragingagainstselfdefense.htm


It makes some interesting points about the anti self defense movement.

[NotBillMurray]

I don't find many instances where I get to use this, but :