And once again I am at a loss for words that can be repeated in polite company to explain the level of sheer stupidity that comes out of his childish brain.

I have the feeling that he won’t be have to worry about getting hisself indebted with Student Loans for college anytime soon.  He is now at the Billy Carter stage of his short-lived political career.

From their release. Click on the link for all the information.

 Ruger recently discovered that all Mark IV™ pistols (including 22/45™ models) manufactured prior to June 1, 2017 have the potential to discharge unintentionally if the safety is not utilized correctly. In particular, if the trigger is pulled while the safety lever is midway between the “safe” and “fire” positions (that is, the safety is not fully engaged or fully disengaged), then the pistol may not fire when the trigger is pulled. However, if the trigger is released and the safety lever is then moved from the mid position to the “fire” position, the pistol may fire at that time.

The old joke applies. All Ruger firearms have 2 dates: Date of release and date of recall.

I saw this little article from the Orlando Weekly being passed around in different Social Media locations. Right off the bat, I find an old “friend”: Gun Violence Archives.

What’s often blurred through headlines and our 24-hour news cycle is that Florida has a serious gun violence problem. Between June 12, 2016, to now, the state of Florida has experienced a total of 51 mass shootings. Of those incidents, 118 have died and 280 were injured.

This data comes from the Gun Violence Archives, a nonprofit research group that tracks gun violence using police reports, over 2,000 nationwide media outlets and other public resources.

Florida has had 51 mass shootings since Pulse

Gun Violence Archives has a long tradition to stretch what is “gun violence” so it makes it to its archives. I searched for event ins Florida and the first four was a mighty stretch from what normal  people in general consider gun violence:

Notice that there were no people killed nor wounded, that is because they were cases were the police detected a person carrying illegally and 3 stolen guns.  So that right there gives you an idea of their accuracy and leanings.

The Left and Gun Control groups have decided to confuse an Active Shooter with Mass Shootings. The definition of an Active Shooter according to DHS is “an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and populated area; in most cases, active shooters use firearms and there is no pattern or method to their selection of victims.” So what does Gun Violence Archives define as Mass Shooting/Active Shooter cases? Gang related shooting in NYC and Drive By shooting in Alabama, a domestic hostage situation near Orlando in which they added the shooter to the count because he committed suicide.  A party in California where at least three shooters wounded six people and one suffered an injury running away bit still was counted as a gunshot victim. Another party in Illinois again with several shooters injuring 7 people. And yes, yet another birthday party has 2 groups of juveniles shooting at each other with 5 injured. And what do you know, another birthday party ends up with 2 dead and 2 wounded in Bloomington, Illinois. Closing the small list we have 1 dead and 5 wounded in the South Side of Chicago during a Drive-By.

No lone shooter with an AR 15 coming into a school to shoot orphaned undocumented children but just your standard and crappy fare of violence which keeps being ignored and only makes it as fake statistics and fake news when a shocking headline is needed.

Not for nothing, but I am staying the hell away of birthday parties as they seem to be a magnet for bullets.

Load your favorite .300BLK in these mags and I doubt there will be issues.

PS: I have been asked where can people buy those magazines. I do not know but there is a rumor that certain Florida Gun Blogger does the hydrographic kitty thing in the comfort of his Abode.  🙂

Here is some of his previous work:

OK, before he shoots me, he really does not do kitty magazines… but I could not resist semi-starting the rumor.

Prosecutors say Hyde used a machete to kill 37-year-old Dorla Pitts, 17-year-old Starlette Pitts and 19-year-old Michael Deon Kelly Jr. at their Lehigh Acres home in 2015. Prosecutors added the additional murder charge for Starlette Pitts’ unborn child.
The victims were found dead after a family friend went to check on them. Hyde was arrested after he was pulled over by law enforcement for driving erratically in his aunt’s car.

Man gets life sentence for killing family with machete

That is four killed in a very nasty way so it complies with the definition of mass killings (at least the last definition that the Left came up with). Although I will assume Liberals will complain that performing an non-documentable abortion against just “tissue” should not be considered murder

TALLAHASSEE
If it seems unusual for Florida’s Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to handle concealed weapons permits, that’s because it is unusual — nearly every other state gives the job to police or courts.

But Florida’s agriculture commissioner has the job because the National Rifle Association wants him to have the job.
In yet another testament to its power in Tallahassee, the NRA had lawmakers quietly move the Division of Licensing, which handles the concealed weapons permit program, from the Florida Department of State to the state’s Department of Agriculture in 2002, so that the program was answerable to an elected official.

Why does Florida’s agriculture department handle gun permits? The NRA wants it to.

And the BS attack on Florida’s concealed weapons permit goes another round. We already covered the very insincere hatchet job by the Tampa Bay Timed when they alleged that over a quarter of a million CWP were issued without any Background Checks performed only to be found out later that it was only 365 denied application that went through background checks that were not uploaded to the division’s database.

Now, this is where the article gets interesting. In trying to explain how fouled is our system now, the Miami Herald gives us all the great reasons why Shall Carry is the best way to issue carry permits:

Before 1987, cities and counties were able to set their own gun ordinances, and they varied wildly.
To get a permit to carry a concealed weapon in Broward County, for example, you had to pay a $500 fee, be interviewed by people ranging from a psychologist to county officials, and show that you had a dangerous job or had threats to your life and needed to carry a gun. Fewer than 40 people had permits.

You get that? $500 to apply for a Broward County carry permit and less than 40 wealthy individuals could afford to have one.  I went back to my trusty Inflation Calculator to give you an idea of how much it would cost you today.

$1,147.76 to apply for a Concealed Weapons Permit? Are they nuts? This is the kind of games that breed government corruption like we have seen before in New York City in which police officers  in charge were given dinners, tickets to Broadway shows, clothes, watches and baseball memorabilia and cash payments to process gun permit to influential prohibited people. And let’s add to the thinking equation that poor people, which include the minorities that Liberals love so much, cannot afford to part with such sum and get their CWP. Then again they probably think poor people with guns is icky and dangerous.  It was a Normal Joe with normal income and a concealed weapons permit that saved the life of Lee County Sheriff’s Deputy Dean Bardes, but since Liberals also hates cop, it is actually a loss in their column.

But how horrible is that the Department of Agriculture is processing the CWPs? According to a mouthpiece for the Giffords:

That the Department of Agriculture, and not police, would be responsible for issuing the permits has been difficult for people to comprehend.
“When I first learned about this, it’s one of my most mind-boggling things that I keep coming back to,” said Robin Lloyd, director of government affairs for Giffords, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that advocates for tougher gun laws. “It makes no sense whatsoever.”

Background checks are performed by Florida Department of Law Enforcement. I don’t know, but that is kind of the important part or at least is what all the faux debacle was just a few days ago.  It is the same people who perform the background check when you buy a gun at a store.
But wait! There is more! It is not only the Carry Permits they process at the Department of Licensing under the Agriculture Department,  but the Licenses for Detectives, Recovery agents and Security Officers. Allow me to remind you guys that Broward County school Board will be using Armed Security Officers to cover the security hole the left by rejecting taking participation in the School Marshall program.

Bravo Miami Herald and Lawrence Mower, you just made a compelling case of why Shall Issue Permits the way are being done now is the best way to go.

Lucky armed robber steals money from a WalMart and then tries to carjack two vehicles. Both car owners were armed….not really.

A man was arrested Friday after he took a cash register drawer from the Walmart at River City Marketplace and then tried to carjack two people at knifepoint.
Christopher Raymond Hill, 36, was arrested on charges of strong arm robbery, carjacking with firearm or deadly weapon, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and trespassing, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office online inmate information search.

Jacksonville police: Man takes cash register from Walmart, tries to carjack 2 people at knifepoint

Interaction with the first Gun Owner:

“I turned the ignition off, grabbed my keys, opened the door and boom, there he was,” Scott Reardean said.
According to the report, Hill put the cash register in the Reardean’s truck bed and pulled a knife, cutting Reardean on the hands and leg, the arrest report said.
“I was bascially just doing this, trying to get the knife off me, and he’s like, trying to pull me and he yanked my shirt and ripped it all up,” Reardean said.
Reardean said to Action News Jax that he was able to grab his pistol from his truck and pointed it at Hill, who then ran away toward Starbucks. 

Interaction with the second Gun Owner:

The woman said Hill told her to drive because someone was chasing him. She told police she tried to push him out of the vehicle and he would not get out. According to the report, she was in fear for her life, so she got out of her car to to get her Ruger pistol out of her trunk.
Hill got out of the car and came toward her. She said she pointed her pistol at him and he ran away.

I am so very glad that both individual are OK save for the cuts to Mr. Reardan that appear to be non-life threatening. But Jesus Almighty people, carry the effing gun with you!

What are the excuses for not carrying? Let’s try to figure that one out. Obviously the orientation will be Florida, but some will apply to many places.

Not having a concealed weapons permit.  Really? In Florida? If you have a sidearm and you are not a prohibited person, it makes no sense for you not to have a CWP.  Some have complained about the fee of $97 being steep but you need to figure out that it is valid for 10 years which brings the cost to $9.7 a year.  Plus, having a CWP will save you from the myriad of stupid little grey areas in our Firearms statutes and even may help your interactions with the local constables.

Insecure on how to use the sidearm.  Get effing training.  You need training to get your CWP so go ahead and don’t just go for the basic pistol safe handling and operation  class, but for something more advanced. You don’t need a Super Ninja training week, just some basic self-defense training. You can also join an Action Shooting club after your basic training. 

Not wanting to carry in a non-binding Gun Free Zone (Posted but no legal force). “We should respect other people’s wishes. If they don’t want guns in their place of business, maybe we should not carry.” Bullshit. You are being too polite for no good darned reason. Do you think they will have special security just for you because you chose to leave your gun at the car? Screw that. Carry where is not bound by law otherwise. You only need to leave if you are asked to leave and do so expeditiously.

Not comfortable. (Too hot, uncomfortable, ignorant about carry options).  I am gonna revert to Clint Smith for this one.

The mating of a gun with your body is never ending. You will start with several holsters and carry methods then you will get other pistols till you realize it is like golf: not one thing fits all the time. There are no easy answers here, just time and patience trying out gear and behavior.

I think those four cover 95% of the complains and excuses I heard for not having a gun on your person. Feel free to add your opinion in the comment section.  Think about it this way: If you are seriously wounded and you need to stop a major bleeding, the super-duper Trauma Kit you bought online for several hundred dollars and which is safely tucked away home or in the trunk of your car, is not gonna help you save your life.  The tourniquet or gun you carry with you, will do so.