Christopher Dorner Rampage Showcases the Total Failure of Gun Bans

Los Angeles, CA—When guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns.  That well-worn saying has never been better demonstrated by disgraced and fired LAPD officer Chris Dorner.  In a dumbfounding paradox Dorner was an advocate of Obama and the failed gun ban Democratic Party dogma.  Of course Dorner apparently wanted to make sure his future victims would be disarmed.

Dorner had quite a cache of weapons already banned under California and federal laws. He had at least two firearm silencers. He had several banned M-4 platform rifles.  He also had banned gas grenades.  Most of his handguns had magazine capacities well over the California 10 round limit.  He had numerous already banned magazines for his rifles and pistols.

Local and federal gun laws were violated by Dorner not to mention his murdering four and the maiming of his other victims. Dorner went to war with the cops.   In at least two regrettable cases cops went to war with unarmed innocent civilians using those banned firearms!  Okay the bans did not apply to the cops.

The proposed Obama/Feinstein gun bans or the so-called universal background check legislation would have had zero impact on Dorner or his deadly crime rampage.  By the way, where did Dorner get those banned silencers and gas grenades? 

With our incredible technology breakthroughs of 3-D printers and computer driven CNC machines manufacturing firearms has never been earlier.  The master machinist skills needed to make quality firearms is a thing of the past. Ammunition magazines are a snap to make.  I guess our politicians want to have booming underground gunmakers make handsome profits.   

In conclusion gun laws and gun bans only impact law-abiding people.  Controlling guns does not work any better than controlling narcotic drugs. 

L.A. TV News Coverage of Christopher Dorner Manhunt was Beyond Lousy

Los Angeles, CA—Fired LAPD cop Christopher Dorner was on a rampage but the TV news coverage was limited to chasing official police information officers around to tell the story.  Frankly that just didn’t cut it. 

The police agencies involved could be counted upon to only release self-serving information and nearly always that information is far less than candid.  Additionally the information is always meticulously influenced by the political slant of the persons appointing the police chiefs.

What are the reporters and producers supposed to do?  They need to let their least experienced or capable people chase the worthless public information officers.  The real reporters and producers need to scour public records and find people to interview that could shed important light on the story.  Litigation records of the players involved would have revealed lots of names that deserve follow up interviews.  They could have broadcast a much better and in depth profile of Christopher Dorner but did not. 

When the standoff at the Big Bear area cabin was in progress TV news showed stale video and the anchors began a redundant line of babble throwing out those overused terms of inane police jargon.  Rather than summon experts to interview that could intelligently explain the probable efforts at hostage negotiation and SWAT tactics the news directors chose to let their anchors look really ignorant and downright foolish. 

The use by police of tear gas and volatile CS gas and the resulting fire was easily predictable.  Did the officers who were using the gas releasing devices anticipate the fire?  The answer of course is yes!  But the fire was a surprise to the news anchors and they did not have a clue that the fire was intentional except after later reviewing captured police scanner traffic.

Was setting fire to the cabin justifiable under the circumstances?  The answer would be yes as long as there is no reason to believe that there was an innocent hostage in the cabin.  Remember the raiding cops were under fire and since Dorner refused commands to surrender and that did not end his resistance.  Setting fire to the cabin with CS canisters was reasonable and justifiable to end the deadly barricade situation. 

There was only one reasonable thing to do with our TV screens and that was to turn down the ridicules anchor chatter and wait out the siege. In recent years TV news has deteriorated at every level.  Viewers have become news refugees seeking their information elsewhere particularly on the Internet.  TV news personalities are not an acceptable replacement for real news.   They are exactly what’s wrong with today’s TV news!

Live TV news to breaking events has never been so pathetic in a major TV market. 

Christopher Dorner is Now Dead According to LAPD Officials

Angelus Oaks, CA—6:40 PM--Fired LAPD cop Christopher Dorner stayed inside a cabin here after a shootout.  Dorner’s remains were fond in the burning cabin and the circumstances are about to be the subject of a press conference being given by San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department.   

Indications are that Dorner took his own life.

Breaking News! Armageddon at Big Bear with Christopher Dorner

Angelus Oaks, CA—Fired LAPD cop Christopher Dorner reportedly broke into a local mountain cabin and tied up two adults taking their vehicle.  One of the hostages broke lose and called police.  Dorner was contacted by police and got into a shootout. Now police are reporting that two San Bernardino cops were wounded in a shootout.

Police believe that Dorner is trapped in a cabin and a massive response at nearby Seven Oaks Mountain Cabins.  There is the possibility that he did escape the area but police claim they have sealed off the area. 

Now the waiting game begins along with the usual telephone negotiations.  How will this ordeal end?  We will have to wait and see.  

Update 3:40 PM L.A. time:  So far in today's standoff one cop was killed and three more have been wounded trying to capture Dorner.  

Has Accused Killer Christopher Dorner Become a Folk Hero?

Los Angeles, CA—Fired LAPD cop Christopher Dorner has bared his tortured soul in a manifesto of sorts he’s posted both on Facebook and on a military website where he made regular contributions.

In his essay Dorner complained that members of the LAPD were racist and victimized him because he was Black and because he reported brutality by his female field-training officer.   He also threatened numerous lives as he pledged allegiance to his heroes and causes of the political Left.  Dorner adamantly condemned American’s rights to keep and bear arms. 

Dorner is believed to have acted out on his deadly threats with the vengeance killing of three people that have nothing whatsoever to do with the any of the wrongs he complained about.  That staggers the imagination and seems to indicate Dorner is at war with society.

I’ve written several articles about Dorner and the investigations into his actions that have captivated my readers internationally.  My readers have commented with profanity, threats of violence and unprecedented nastiness.  I have deleted hundreds of comments accordingly. 

It seems that a significant percentage of the African-American community has began to worship Dorner as a folk hero.  I’ve not seen this since the 1960s when Angelia Davis, George Jackson and the Soledad Brothers and others were canonized as folk heroes after their deadly rampages. 

Dorner now has a price on his head that exceeds $1 million dollars.  The LAPD is suffering from the triple embarrassment of hiring Dorner, botching the internal investigation against him and now failing to capture him.  When you add to the mix cops opening fire on people driving similar truck to Dorner’s the fallout becomes unimaginable.

The LAPD is beyond desperate to see a quick end to this public relations disaster.  The fallout is part of the sickness that has divided this nation to epic proportions not see since the Civil War.  Should the killer of innocent people be elevated to a folk hero?  

Note-I created the above  graphic after a retired cop friend of mine nicknamed Dorner, "RAMBRO".

$1 Million Bounty on LAPD Fugitive Former Cop Chris Dorner’s Head.

Los Angeles, CA—Today desperate measures in the form of an unprecedented $1 million reward was offered for information leading to the capture of Christopher Dorner.   

Los Angeles Mayor Antonia Villaraigosa announced the reward details at a press conference this afternoon. The money was pledged by various sources including the L.A. Dodgers baseball team.

For now it looks like Dorner ran into unexpected difficulties when his pick up truck became disabled from a broken axle.  The burned truck and contents that reportedly included two M-4 platform rifles and some camping gear were found in the Big Bear Mountains.  Severe weather conditions may have dashed all of Dorner’s hope for survival and perhaps he found a remote place to take his own life.

Searching that remote area considering the weather conditions can be challenging.  Ground and air searchers equipped with modern FLIR (thermal Infrared Imaging devices) could quickly spot the heat profile image of a 270-pound man particularly during cold weather.  However, FLIR devices can be defeated if the person evading capture has adequate thermal coverage provided by special cold weather gear.  With Dorner’s training he should know that.  

On the other hand the broken axle could be an elaborate effort to mislead the massive land and air posse out looking for him.  Somehow I don’t think that’s the case.  It would be very difficult to purposely break an axel and arrange for a secondary means of transportation away from that area.

I made a check for pilots and aircraft owners for Dorner and found there were none.  This was after hearing he may have had pilot's training in the Navy.

If Dorner is still alive he could do a huge favor for a friend and arrange it so he or she could provide the information and cash in on the reward. 

I still want to do a video interview Dorner if that is in anyway possible. Dorner would not be the first fugitive I interviewed for newsgathering purposes. 

Dorner is an interesting study along with the malignant issues that brought him to this point in history.  This story however begs for a spectacular ending but for now it looks like it will end with a whimper.