If you have to grill for 80 shooters and close to 30 guests, you better be ready to take control.

Unfortunately, it does not qualify as cover garment as per IDPA rules.

O. Ricardo Pimentel in My SanAntonio.com warns us about the deal with the Devil that our Country made by respecting the Bill of Rights. One thing you must give to Anti Gunners is that they are champions on recycling. Unfortunately they only recycle the same tired excuses that people stopped buying long time ago. And he goes on why we should have more restrictions on Gun Ownership. He doies a good job trying to appear “reasonable” and acknowledging that Guns save lives, but we might be better if more “reasonable” that do not involve gun ownership could be found. I guess he forgot his way was tried and found deadly.  Ours is working and it is a Good First Step and If It Saves One Life, It Is Worth It. (I’ve been wanting to use these cliches for a while now )

The sad fact is that, at sale, potential gun misusers often can’t be distinguished from people who will unfailingly use them legally and responsibly.

No? Consider this trend, pulled from a National Center for Injury Prevention and Control database. Nationally, there were 554 unintentional firearm deaths in 2009. There were 14,161 unintentional firearm injuries in 2010. Between 1999 and 2009, Texas had 643 unintentional firearm deaths.

You guys seriously have to get off this dead horse. Firearm related accidents have been dropping through the years (not thanks to the antis.) The same National Center for Injury Prevention and Control database post that for 2007 there were 617unintentional injuries by firearms (#16), 1,138 Unintentional Pedestrian deaths (#11), so apparently walking is more dangerous than owning a gun. Walking Control anyone?

And this one for me, takes the top:

Sure, this homeowner used a shotgun and no one is reasonably arguing that the government take away your long guns (assault rifles excepted).

So he does argue in favor Gun Confiscation after all.  Hypocrite much?

Sharp as a Marble has the meme.

In no particular order:

Bighorn Armory .500 S&W Lever Action Rifle.
(Because you better be ready when the T-Rexes invade your neighborhood)

FN-FAL Paratrooper Model.
(Basically to say “F*** You, I own one now” to certain Foreign Government.)

Barrett .50 Cal rifle (Not choosy about the model)
(Because it awesome and scares Lib Politicos)

Stoner 63
(If I am gonna shoot poodle-molesting rounds, might as well do it a lot and with class)

The Model 1874 Sharps Shiloh.
(Yes, I love the movie too.)

Funny thing, no shooties or handguns made the list…this time around.

What do you mean you used real ammo? And in mini guns? Dillon Aereo min guns?

And the “extras” are the real deal?

This is NOT the White House approved milktoast campaign commercial.

(H/T to Free North Carolina)

The Pocket Cannon. I can see myself playing with this for hours. Or till I break something and SWMBO kills me.

I think I should be safe as long as I don’t use the cat for target.

If you do a quick Google search on Quentin Wyche, you will soon learn “the basics”: Allegedly Quentin Wyche threw a cookie or cookies at FIU football running back Kendall Berry’s girlfriend. Kendall Berry later found out about this went looking for Wyche and the proper amount of insults and recriminations were thrown back and forth till Wyche armed himself with a pair of scissors and stabbed Berry in the heart. Case closed.

Or is it? Here comes Lesson One: Do Not Trust The Traditional Media. They are in the News business, not in the truth business and will tailor any story the way that a) Makes more money, b) Cost less. c) fits their political agenda.

Why do I say this? I have seen this case on TV in the usual blurbs and quick hit stories, but the case caught my attention after reading this article from CBS 4 Miami where the defense attorney made a claim for self defense under Stand Your Ground. Whut? Two young healthy males, apparently of equal physiques in a fistfight that escalates into a stabbing? It is going to be hard to prove fear of Death or Grave Bodily Harm and thus self-defense. So I did a bit more of searching and fond out that lot of information was left out in the editing rooms across South Florida.

Out of all the sites I searched, the best information came out out of the Miami Herald documents site where a copy of the request for bail for Wyche was found. In it the lawyer argues that according to police interviews with the witnesses, Wyche’s confrontation with Berry was far from a calculated or even spur of the moment murder but self-defense.

Again and according to witness statements provided to the police (this is important since these statements were the same ones that the D.A. had in hand when deciding to prosecute the case) Berry not only sought Wyche but made his intent to go after him known to others. Wyche and Berry finally met at an intramural sporting event and “squared off” but it came to nothing at that moment and Wyche left the scene after 6 friends of Berry showed up. Berry and friends (7 people) took off after Wyche, “jumped him” and somehow Wyche retrieved a pair of scissors from his backpack and stabbed Berry. And here comes Lesson 2: Even if you follow the law, that is no guarantee that you will not be prosecuted. Even if Wyche did not purposely complied with the law, he did fill the requirements: he did not initiated the fight, he separated himself from the fight, he retreated (not required under current statutes but always a good thing to do) and only after he was followed and attacked by a superior number of individuals (disparity of force)  he proceeded to defend himself. Wyche’s actions on face value more than comply with Stand Your Ground and yet, he got charged and is facing a hefty prison time if convicted.

Some will argue that Wyche’s actions to Barry’s girlfriend were high on the Sum Bucket Scale and I do not disagree one bit with that. In fact, Wyche committed assault upon that girl if he indeed “grounded” the cookie or cookies on her face. But that event had already passed and did not gave Berry any power to seek a personal redress by his own hand.

This case will probably be either dismissed on first instance or, if Wyche is found guilty will be thrown on appeal. But football players being involved and the sick reverence our community have for the sport I imagine is putting lots of pressure on the judge. Wyche might be a certified asshole and might have done more than a simple assault, but it is my opinion that he should not be found guilty in this particular case. The blame unfortunately rests with the victim for letting his emotions run his common sense and that takes us to Lesson 3: Ego can kill you. Probably the best course of action for this whole affair would have been to remain calm and for the girlfriend to press charges of assault upon Wyche. But trying to soothe a “bruised” male ego led to a path of death and untold pain for the families.

Obvious Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer or pretend to be one or even played one when I was a kid. These are just the observations of a lay person. Please take with a pound of salt and check with your lawyer.