{"id":3213,"date":"2012-06-14T14:51:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T14:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2012\/06\/14\/whos-bigger-idio\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:18:46","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:18:46","slug":"whos-bigger-idio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=3213","title":{"rendered":"Who&#8217;s The Bigger Idiot?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:15628,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.wptv.com\\\/dpp\\\/news\\\/state\\\/money-weapons-displayed-after-raid-of-pompano-beach-pain-clinic-and-owners-home&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.wptv.com\\\/dpp\\\/news\\\/state\\\/money-weapons-displayed-after-raid-of-pompano-beach-pain-clinic-and-owners-home&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m trying to figure out who in this case comes across as the bigger idiot &#8211; the media or the sheriff and his staff<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the Broward County Sheriff&#8217;s Department arrested the owners of a pain clinic in Pompano Beach (FL) on charges of money laundering, racketeering, and prescription drug trafficking. They then seized guns and money from the owners&#8217; home and office.<\/p>\n<p>As to who comes off like the bigger idiot, I&#8217;ll let you make the call.<\/p>\n<p>First, here is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wptv.com\/dpp\/news\/state\/money-weapons-displayed-after-raid-of-pompano-beach-pain-clinic-and-owners-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lead paragraph of the story by Linda Trischitta<\/a> of the Sun Sentinel: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>The confiscated arsenal includes two short-barreled assault rifles, <strong>a portable rocket launcher case<\/strong> and a tiny .22-caliber pistol that would fit in a brassiere.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Including &#8220;a portable rocket launcher case&#8221; in the list of a &#8220;confiscated arsenal&#8221; is pretty stupid. Reporters are not known for having gun smarts. However, it seems the sheriff of Broward County and some of his staff are trying to out-stupid the media when it comes to firearms.<\/p>\n<p>Sheriff Al Lamberti had this to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>During a news conference at BSO&#8217;s Fort Lauderdale headquarters, Sheriff Al Lamberti called the firearms array &#8220;scary&#8221; and &#8220;sophisticated&#8221; and &#8220;not the day-to-day, target practice weapons you&#8217;d normally see.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But, officials acknowledged, the bulk of the weapons had been legally purchased.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You almost expect him to say the doctors arrested had firearms with that shoulder thing that goes up. <\/p>\n<p>Sgt. Ted Taranu of the BSO then displays the arrogance (and stupidity) that serves to tarnish the reputation of all the good law enforcement officers out there:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>The olive-green rocket launcher case did not contain its projectile, and was harmless.<\/p>\n<p>Sgt. Ted Taranu of BSO&#8217;s gun squad said it is not illegal to possess such a souvenir, but that <strong>a civilian really shouldn&#8217;t have one<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The military controls such equipment that could perhaps be bought at a gun show or from a private collector for around $500,&#8221; said Taranu. BSO will now try to determine who bought it, and from where.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\nSheriff Lamberti, by the way, is a Republican. It goes to show that Democrats don&#8217;t hold the license on making anti-gun comments nor that Republicans are always pro-gun.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m trying to figure out who in this case comes across as the bigger idiot &#8211; the media or&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[626,403],"class_list":["post-3213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-florida","tag-stupidity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3213"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8080,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3213\/revisions\/8080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}