9mm Gatling gun.

Yes please…

Exceptions to Requirements for the Purchase and Sale of Firearms: Defines “holder of concealed weapons permit” to include certified law enforcement officers; revises definition of “law enforcement officer”; exempts holders of concealed weapons permit from specified county waiting period requirements when purchasing firearm.

I see no problems with this bill. expands the definition to cover LEOs and does pre-emption to counties wanting to be jerks about firearm sales to CWP holders.

Right now, the only people who have guns in the country are the military and the criminals.

Think about that for a moment.

The only people who have the potential to stand up to Maduro are criminal gangs. These aren’t even gangs who are conducting illegal activity as an act of defiance against a tyrannical leader. These are just your garden-variety armed thugs.

Which means those are the people who will decide Venezuela’s fate.

‘Guys With Guns’ Will Determine Venezuela’s Future, So We’ll Keep Ours

On the night of January 24, there was unrest in the Jose Felix Ribas slum of Petare, a part of what is called the Capital Region of Caracas. There was also a gathering of people in the downtown area of Petare where they blocked the roads.  It was night-time and police was sent to both locations to disperse the crowds. Now, being night and against regular cops, the criminal element decided to play games and started to take potshots in the general direction of the police and the cops returned the favor.  As far as I could find out in Social Media, nobody got shot that night and maybe a couple of arrest with the corresponding ass beating.

In Social media, the criminals were lauded for standing up to the government forces and savior of the people. I mean, the people being robbed and abused every day by the criminals were claiming them to be some sort of heroes. It was surreal to yours truly. I guess a mass version of the Stockholm syndrome was happening.

But come daylight, the slum was suddenly surprised by the arrival of the  heavily armed FAES, a mix between SWAT and crash troops who swept the area at gun point, arrested several people and shot at what they did not like. No criminals come out to defend the slum of the arrested compadres. They hid like criminals do when facing superior firepower.

And the People? They shut the hell up and remained inside their homes, afraid they would be next going to the dungeons of the Security forces of the government. The heroes they celebrated so greatly just some hours before, turned out to be a huge disappointment.

The lesson was learned that day. If Criminals do not screw with the government, they will be left alone and won’t be shot. Criminals can continue to screw with the regular folks who get to live between the guns of the Government and the guns of the Bad Guys rendering very meek and peaceful. Two armed minorities reached an understanding and can control an unarmed majority. And the majority is paying the price of electing socialist jackasses and approving one of the most restrictive gun control laws in the world where even airsoft gun and fishing spears need to be regulated and registered.

These are people who had no problem mocking people losing blue-collar jobs, publishing fake stories and creating false narratives to destroy the lives and reputation of people and even disrupt elections, but need a shield to protect them from three words?

I swear they need to wear hats if it is snowing outside. A single flake may go through their skulls and wound them.

The state of emergency in some countries, triggered after the multiple terrorist attacks hitting Europe, has brought soldiers back into the streets. In Paris or Brussels, it’s hard to miss patrolling and heavily-armed soldiers in the streets. Their guns are proving effective. In February 2017, soldiers shot a man who was charging them in the Louvre museum. In October 2017, police shot dead an assailant in Marseille, France, after he had stabbed two women in the main railway station. Just last month, both soldiers and special police units shot at and killed the man who committed a terrorist attack in Strasbourg, France. The citizens protected by these soldiers are drawing the logical conclusion: guns work against terrorism.

Why Europe Leads the World in Arms Trading on the Dark Web

I guess some Europeans finally ingested the Red Pill.  Let’s continue.

The reason why Europeans are stockpiling arms is understandable: With terrorism came a growing sense of insecurity. Soldiers may be patrolling the big streets, but they cannot be everywhere. Furthermore, terrorist attacks can happen in small towns where police aren’t on high alert, such as the Carcassone and Trèbes attack in France in March 2018, which killed five, the Normandy church attack in France in July 2016, where one person was killed, or the Würzburg train attack of July 2016 in Germany, which resulted in five people being injured with an ax.

And the funny thing is that the small towns in the US, also without big police forces or fast response times,  are packed with gun owners who will have no issue shooting the bad guys. Soft Targets in Europe but very Hard targets in the US.

And never, ever forget that Governments are inherently cowards.

Switzerland, which is not a member of the European Union but practices bilateral agreements with Brussels, found a compromise [gun control] agreement in September of last year, and the EU made concessions to Switzerland’s more liberal gun laws. However, the Swiss government will be challenged by its own people on the matter: a popular initiative against the agreement has gathered the necessary signatures to organize a referendum. The vote is likely to take place in May of this year.

In fact, many governments have surrendered their own policies to the European Union in an attempt to shift the blame. After all, “it’s just Brussels deciding this, we can’t do anything about it” is a common excuse in the decision-making process of unpopular policies. As a result, increasingly gun-friendly Europeans will find themselves blocked by their own governments in the process of protecting themselves.

It is going to be a hard road for Europe. The governments have been ignoring the danger for political reasons, they are proving to be weak and useless against attacks and yet I doubt they will refuse to surrender their Monopoly on Killing to the common folk.

Hat Tip Ben R.

Lately, there has been at least one Florida Man killed a month for trying to play chicken or stupid with trains.

And yet, the NIMBY crowd in Broward county has decided to go the not-so-safe way.

Because body count matters, I guess. Why give them a warning?

I hope the railroad companies negotiated a good immunity from lawsuits’ deal.

I don’t know if you have seen these videos of Walmart Employees stopping shoppers on their way out and the argument ensues.

She had a receipt so she is being falsely accused of theft and therefore her rights violated, right?

Wrong… depending on the state.  It seems there is this principle called  “Shopkeeper’s Privilege” where a shopkeeper, store owner or somebody working for the store can detain somebody if they have a reasonable belief that the person has committed the crime, he/she is detained in a reasonable manner, and detains the person for a reasonable amount of time to investigate whether the person has the goods alleged to be stolen.

In the State of Florida, this is found under Statute 812.015 – Retail and farm theft; transit fare evasion:

3)(a) A law enforcement officer, a merchant, a farmer, or a transit agency’s employee or agent, who has probable cause to believe that a retail theft, farm theft, a transit fare evasion, or trespass, or unlawful use or attempted use of any antishoplifting or inventory control device countermeasure, has been committed by a person and, in the case of retail or farm theft, that the property can be recovered by taking the offender into custody may, for the purpose of attempting to effect such recovery or for prosecution, take the offender into custody and detain the offender in a reasonable manner for a reasonable length of time. In the case of a farmer, taking into custody shall be effectuated only on property owned or leased by the farmer. In the event the merchant, merchant’s employee, farmer, or a transit agency’s employee or agent takes the person into custody, a law enforcement officer shall be called to the scene immediately after the person has been taken into custody.

I will admit I was one who thought WalMart was in the wrong and employees were being dicks for no cause so, if stopped, I could just raise holy hell and be on my way, rights secured. I am sure I am not the only one who does not like to have his rights violated and would have also decided to stand up to a perceived violation of our rights.

But (there is always one) I did not considered that Walmart is private property and  they have rights also which include not being robbed and lose income., the same way if you had a store and would not like to be robbed out of your merchandise.

This is not guns or gun rights, so why do I bring it? Because while I was still holding the silly thought of “resisting” and engaging in an argument, I was risking unnecessary hardship to myself if things escalated and police arrived at the location. You see, there would have been at least one gun in the argument: mine. Cops would have arrived, asked for ID maybe you inform you were legally carrying a concealed firearm and the rookie cop just transferred from New Jersey draws his gun and you end up wishing there is not a flash coming. And even if you don’t announce, the same dumb rookie happens to do the obligatory pat down for officer’s safety, feels the gun and once again you are possibly looking at the wrong end of his pistol. Or maybe nothing happens but we do not live our lives by betting on everything always being peachy, do we?

So, if you are asked for the ticket, smile and provide it. You will comply with the law, get home sooner and not end up in a viral video in YouTube.

Or the morgue courtesy of a Carpetbagger Cop.