If you open up your locked motel room door when someone knocks at 5:30 a.m., they might be two armed robbers. The motel might be in a nice part of town, and located by the State Highway Patrol’s building.
Anytime. Anyone. Anywhere. (more…)
Archive for the ‘Gun Control in the Culture’ Category
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Anytime, Anyone, Anywhere: Ask “Who’s there?” |
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012 |
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“I thought it wasn’t loaded!” Taking Rule One from fuzzy false concept to safe behavior |
Monday, January 30th, 2012 |
At a local gun show over the weekend, a vendor shot himself in the hand while showing a gun to a customer. You can read the story here. Chagrin and blood aside, we all might as well learn or re-learn something from it.
People assuming guns are unloaded continue to maim and kill. The failure starts with Rule One: All firearms are always loaded. Well, consider this heresy: Rule One is vague. Rule one makes a fact statement, but it orders no action. Even worse: Rule One is false. All guns are not always loaded.
Yes, I know the rule really tries to create a mindset that assumes the gun is loaded, but exactly what are you supposed to do with that assumption. Why leave the rule unclear? The other rules require you to do something, or check something. Rule One—on its face—does not. How do you actually comply with Rule One?
Here is how to make Rule One require the shooter to do something safe. Rule One means… (more…)
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Women With Guns: Two Stories |
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 |
“Police Chief Mike Chitwood said he doesn’t encourage vigilante justice but said people have the right to protect themselves or their property. ’They’re fed up with everything,’ he said. ‘People have to do what they have to do.’”
That is the Chief’s take on this 64-year old, Daytona woman spotting a thief running through her yard, chasing him down, and holding him at gunpoint for arrest. ”Stop right there (expletive), or you’re going to be dead where you stand,” she is quoted as telling the thief.
The other story making the rounds is out of New York, the state of Bernard Goetz, where the gun owning, law-abiding, otherwise harmless citizen is not as respected as where Chief Chitwood lives. Bernadette Greenwald faces prosecution for confronting a young man outside her home, threatening him with her pistol, and firing a “warning shot” into the air.
I am not condoning the threat of deadly force to stop either a fleeing car thief, or a shady, harassing, maybe-up-to-worse ne’er-do-well. I am saying this. As the culture breaks down, law-abiding, peaceful people will—justifiably–be more fearful, and some will react out of that fear to protect themselves, and their loved ones. The scenario may not call for a gun, or for deadly force, and their tactics may be judged as poorly-thought-out or even unlawful. But, as Chief Chitwood put it: People are fed up, and they have to do what they have to do.
Better advise your kids that pranking the neighbors in an age of home invasion robbery, teen gang beatings, and drug-fogged violence may get you killed even if you are just ringing the doorbell and running.
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Concealed Carry Tip for Women |
Thursday, January 12th, 2012 |
Here, at The Firearm Blog, I found Gracie’s detailed advice for women on how to carry a handgun, concealed, while wearing a dress. Gracie blogs here, at Packing Pretty. Her method looks surprisingly effective. Haven’t tried it, myself. Thanks for posting.
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Madison Leftoids: Coexist With Walker! |
Friday, December 30th, 2011 |
Quick review: Wisconsin finally got rid of liberal Governor Doyle, and the state elected non-nonsense liberty loving Scott Walker. He signed their right to carry bill, and immediately took measures to prevent the state’s bankruptcy. The entrenched .gov forces howled—and vandalized, and threatened, and lied. They are working up a recall petition.
Madison, of course, is the hotbed of Marxist mindset at the center of the movement. Before their election, I reported to you from occupied Madison as an embedded reporter with the WURFs (Wisconsin Underground Resistance Forces). We infiltrated the city by slapping a “coexist” bumper sticker on the car.
My trip there yesterday now found many “Recall Scott Walker” bumper stickers mingled among the “Coexist” stickers.
Governor Walker: I recommend your staff co-opt the smug “coexist” admonition, and turn it right around back at them with a “Coexist with Walker” campaign.
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What’s On Your Wish List?: Alan Gottlieb Explains Black Friday Gun-buying |
Friday, December 2nd, 2011 |
Alan offers his theories. I want to believe that the anti-gun propaganda barriers are coming down, making guns look like great gifts, even to people formerly abhorred by the firearm . (Hint, hint: the EAG Tactical carbine from Bravo Company would sure make MJM happy.) While Santa is at it, replace my stocking with an ammo can. I could use a few of those, too, not that I’m stockpiling ammo, or anything like that.
Alan notes from USA Today: “USA Today reported that the FBI’s National Instant Check center logged more than 129,000 background check requests last Friday, a new record surpassing the 97,848 checks conducted on Black Friday in 2008. ”
Our current leadership, the collapse of Middle Eastern dictatorships into what we suspect will be a new form of theocratic dictatorship, the Iranian nuclear weapons program that we were all supposed to believe did not exist, the economic chaos in Europe, our own Occupy whining and the .gov’s insipid response, and conditions in general just do not point to an era of prosperity and stability. So: guns make great gifts.
Did I mention that this is what MJM wants for Christmas? I don’t think Bravo Company will mind my promoting their carbine, and making my wish list clear has to be a “fair use” of the picture. Give one of these, and your loved-one will know how much you care. It comes complete with a trip to a carbine course with Pat Rogers. I’ll settle for some sausage, cheddar cheese, and good beer, but one of these would be nice.
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SayUncle Takes On Internet Nonsense |
Saturday, November 19th, 2011 |
This is one of those “You have got to read…” posts. Really. Full of good, fun, gun-related reminders. Also, a good reminder that, while the Internet is the Land of Opinion Opportunity, all opinions are not created equal, no matter how firmly held.
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Why to Carry a Gun |
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011 |
…because you never know when or where you may encounter someone else armed, but without your peaceful intentions. It could even happen when you just “run out to WalMart” for that quick trip, right after supper.
Oh, this is the same shopping center I have mentioned before, where I sat down to lunch at noon on a June Friday, and watched a carjacking at knife-point unfold in the parking lot. Not a bad part of town, not a rough neighborhood, not a crime-ridden shopping area, this area almost defines “ordinary.”
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Wisconsin Weapon Carry Permit Update |
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011 |
Brother-in-law, formerly with the Wisconsin Underground Resistance Forces (WURFs) just advised me that his permit came today in the mail. Applied on November 1st; permit received November 15th.
I imagine thousands of permits arriving all over the state.
All owe a debt of gratitude to their Governor Scott Walker. I hope he prevails in his recall election. Otherwise, the victorious WURFs may have to underground, again.
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Request re Photos Supporting Discreet Carry for Women |
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011 |
A reader writes, asking for photographs of women in professional dress, carrying concealed. She is writing an essay advancing the proposition that concealed carry adds to a woman’s options in the employment marketplace. She would like to support her premise with some pictures, other than hot-day-at-the-range pix. So, if any of your readers can offer a source, please comment.
