Law Enforcement Targets Inc. came up with a series of targets under the banner “No Hesitation” representing several armed individuals that were not, shall we say the traditional image of Hollywood’s bad guys. Cries of ZOMG! ensued.

OK, now do me a favor and do this mental exercise: Describe what your future attacker looks like. I’ll give you some time while humming theme from Final Jeopardy and remember, you are betting all the marbles here. You got it? Perfect mental picture? You ready to talk to a police sketch artist and come up with a composite? Good. Now, the bad news, that person ain’t gonna be the one attacking you as he probably does not even exist. More bad news: If you design your self-defense strategy around just looks, you will end in prison, the hospital or the morgue*.

When and if you make the decision to defend yourself, it must be done because of the actions of the person against you not if they look menacing or dress in a way that is associated with the criminal element or wears hair in a particular manner, has lots of body art or any other superfluous detail.

So, who do I shoot is not important at all (that is if you wan to remain breathing on this planet) but rather when do I shoot so, I am gonna refer to Marty Hayes “What Every Gun Owner Needs to Know About Self Defense Law for the answer. In order to properly defend a self-defense situation, three things must be present: Ability, Opportunity and Jeopardy. Does the attacker have an object capable of inflicting death or great bodily harm?  Is the attacker near enough to make good on the threat to inflict death or grave bodily harm? Do you perceive that the attacker intended to carry out the threat? If these criteria are met, why should we add the burden of trying to decide if the looks or physical condition are some sort of factor that decreases the risk? We as Gun People celebrate when the weak, the elderly or the infirm successfully defend themselves against criminals, yet we refuse to believe that criminals can be anything other than healthy people, 17 to 25 years of age only. Most regular folks can push and kick the hell out of an unarmed junkie who is basically strung out, underfed and weak. But the same junkie with a gun asking to empty your pockets or else, becomes a real threat to life and we would not hesitate to shoot in self-defense.

Let’s make it simpler: If when you look at the target you see age, condition, infirmity, gender or anything else but the gun pointed at you, you lost. Remember once again, our only “duty” is to make it home alive.

Ready for Straw Man & reductio ad absurdum.

* Credit for this mental exercise goes to Clint Smith as quoted in a gun TV show which I cannot remember now.

…I am gonna call it Mandingo. Why? Because like the movie character, it will black, menacing, “long”, with lots of “capacity” and white democrats want to keep women away from the likes of it.

Cries of “raaaaaaaacist!” in 5,4,3,

“You don’t need an AR-15, it’s harder to aim, it’s harder to use.” according to VP Biden.

Then again a  5 foot tall woman that can probably out-shoot Biden’s Secret Service detail has to come around and be contrary. When will women learn to obey her betters? [sigh]

PS: Gabby, I am kidding about the “obey” thing…OK?

State records show more than 130 registered sex offenders attend or work at colleges, universities, or vocational schools in South Florida.

While nearly every college, university, and vocational school in South Florida has registered sex offenders enrolled or employed, Local 10 found most students had no idea who is sitting next to them and teaching them in the classroom because the state doesn’t make the information easily accessible.

via Sex offenders on college campuses | News – Home.

Sex Offenders among young females unable to defend themselves… pry tell what can go wrong.

Hey, they can always puke and poop on themselves, right?

A 19-member task force commissioned by Gov. Rick Scott to review Florida’s Stand Your Ground law has put out its final report, largely voicing support for the law.

The task force made a handful of recommendations for the Legislature, but began the report by stating that, at its core, the self-defense law is fine as it is.

via TALLAHASSEE: Florida task force says no major changes needed to Stand Your Ground law – Florida – MiamiHerald.com.

The timing could not be any better. Poll after poll indicated that a substantial majority of Floridians supported SYG and found all the “scandal” more a PR stunt than an actual failure of the law. Many a crappy prosecutor will be pissed, but they work for us and not the other way around. They don’t get to be Grand Inquisitors and decide by whimsy who has a right to self-defense and who does not.

“He could have used a warning,” Lakesha Thompson, Pipkins’ sister-in-law, said. “He could have let him know that he did have a gun on his property and he would use it in self-defense.”

Pipkins had a lengthy criminal record. He served time in prison and was convicted of theft, possession of a Controlled Substance and criminal trespassing.

via Elderly man kills intruder in Oak Cliff home – Dallas News | myFOXdfw.com.

I am sorry, but if after serving time in prison you still do not get that breaking into people’s homes is a no-no, no amount of warning is gonna help him see the light….. other than the muzzle flash.

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