But before it did, the chamber plunged into rare unscripted territory, as Democrats and Republicans battled members of their own parties over an amendment from state Sen. Don Huffines, R-Dallas, that would prohibit police officers from stopping someone solely because they are visibly carrying a handgun.The provision, which eventually passed, attracted support from Democrats who said it would help prevent racial profiling and conservatives who said it was necessary to protect the Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable search and seizure of handgun license holders.“This should not be complicated, it should not be controversial. This is a bipartisan issue,” Huffines said.

Democrats Rodney Ellis of Houston and Royce West of Dallas threw their support behind Huffines, saying that — while they oppose open carry itself — with the bill all but certain to pass they wanted protection from racial profiling by police.

Source: After One More Gun Fight, Open Carry Passes Senate | The Texas Tribune

The Lily White Klan Members exalted and Liberal/Progressive members of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence are losing their minds over the provision. Imagine that! In some less than protected states where Open Carry is already legal, certain uneducated police and Sheriff departments have been using the “disturbing the Peace” and other legal trickeries  to harass legal gun owners openly carrying a sidearm. And yes, some of those affected are minorities that are not allowed to stray from the Liberal corral and actually have the tools to defend themselves. Let’s face it, CSGV members are always scared of everything and the thought of a black man with a gun on his waist must drive them to dive in the bunkers under their homes while watching the best parts of D. W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation in their smartphones.

Oh well, they can try to stop Civil Rights, but history shows they do not have a great record doing so.

A man rushes out of his house in Miami last month, ripping his clothes off in a rage, screaming violently, after smoking a crystal-like drug. Five police officers are required to take him down as he exhibits superhuman strength. He is sweating, paranoid, delusional and hallucinating about seeing objects in front of him.The behavior described above, known as “excited delirium”, is the result of emerging use of a new synthetic amphetamine-like stimulant that is similar to the compound contained in bath salts, also known as cathinones.

The drug is called “Flakka”, and if you are the parent of a teen, it’s important to educate yourself about this new designer drug.

Use of the drug have been reported primarily in Florida, Texas, and Ohio, but the drug is likely making its way into many other cities.

Source: Flakka: The New Designer Drug You Need To Know About

Yesterday, Ft Lauderdale police had to shoot a man under the influence of Flakka after a hostage stand-off. Another man was so high, he tried to kick the door of Ft Lauderdale PD headquarters.

Basically what you get is an individual with zero common sense, possibly very aggressive and strong with low tolerance for pain.

While I was reading the article, I came to this section:

Flakka is produced from a compound known as alpha-PVP, synthetically derived and made from an amphetamine-like derivative of the drug, cathinone.

The khat plant, which grows in parts of the Middle East as well as Somalia, is the source of cathinones. The leaves of the plant are often chewed to achieve euphoria or a high.

If you watched Blackhawk Down, you heard  khat mentioned. If you read the book, you got a more in-deep explanation of what the Somali rebels were putting in their systems. I was also reminded that in the book, the Rangers and Delta complained that the Skinnies were taking rifle rounds which were supposed to down normal human beings but it did not seem to affect them as if somebody forgot to send them the memo that even the 5.56 mm bullet was going to do some serious energy transfer. They just did not feel it. I know that the AP version of the ammo was partially blamed, but it cannot bear all fault for not bringing a person down. Now make the extensions to a more concentrated form of khat via designer drug or bath salt and what we have is the possibility of somebody that will take an ungodly amount of rounds before it goes down.

Headshots? yes, but we know it is hard to achieve. Keep a lot of BBs in your gun and spares.

PS: I was just checking my blog feeds and coincidentally Active Response Training has a nice presentation from Dr. Cunha about Flakka.

According to the police report, a man charged with shooting at George Zimmerman last week had “a fixation” on the former neighborhood watch leader. TheAnd we are going to get blamed for this one report made public Tuesday also said 36-year-old Matthew Apperson had recently been admitted to a mental institution and had shown signs of paranoia, anxiety and bipolar disorder.  Apperson’s attorney, Mark NeJame, didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment. NeJame claimed last week his client fired the gun in self-defense.

Source: Shooter was fixated on George Zimmerman, police report says | www.wftv.com

The Narrative will be centered on two things: Anybody can get a Florida Concealed Weapons Permit even crazy people and This would Not Have Happened If Doctors In Florida Were Allowed to Talk About Guns With Their Patients.

Mind you, there is nothing in the Florida Statutes that prohibits medical practitioners and specially those specializing in the treatment of mental diseases to act upon diagnosis, but that won’t be what will be published and loudly announced to the four winds.

Florida has a pretty decent set of laws regarding Mental Health patients, specially with the last tweaks done to ensure the rights of the patient to a fair hearing. If you feel like reading, check Florida Statutes 394.