If you are not revisiting your plans after what happened in France, you better get start doing some.

First, let’s revisit a video:

Now, I do believe in recording for posterity events like this. But I also believe that we are better served if we do not need to do so because we had a long gun instead of a smart phone. So, if you don’t have a rifle, get one. It does not need to be a fancy four-figure AR, it could be a plain used Savage bolt action (good rifles for a decent price) but have one, have it sighted. Just hitting one of the two jackasses above would have cut a lot of the grief and chaos we saw on TV.

But what happens if you are not at home and you see this crap happening from street level? (We are going to dispense with the “My first duty is to make sure that I am safe and I get to run away” chat for this post and we are gonna be thinking Urban Encounter)  Here is where the concept of a Truck Gun comes into play.

First of all and I forgot to point this out on a previous post: Make sure you have a way to secure your Truck Gun in your vehicle. Let’s go above and beyond on security and not just the bare minimum even if it is legal.

We will be needing a portable gun (Non-NFA to keep both cost an rectal pains down) that shoots a caliber that will deliver enough energy up to 100 yards. In my opinion, the bottom of the list would be the .357 Magnum followed by .44 Magnum. Yes, both are pistol rounds but both will get nasty out off a long barrel with the .357 Magnum behaving almost like a .30-30 which is not something to sneeze at. The gun for this two calibers? Either a take-down lever action (If you could find one not so damned expensive) or the Rossi Ranch Hand pistol.

Next, any of the Pistol version of the AR or the AK. Even with a shortened barrel, they will be delivering plenty of power.

The ballistics of both are well-known and capable for the 75-100 yard range even though we would probably be shooting at lesser range. 20-round mags on both for ease of manipulation.

Last, a shotgun: Mossberg Maverick Over/Under Shotgun.

This would be the longest of the guns but still shorter than any other shotgun (unless you go NFA), it has only 2 shots and you better be using slugs. Mostly for those who feel comfortable with a shotgun than with anything else. And in the hands of a properly trained person, nothing says better “Hey, Johnny Jihady, stop your crap!” than a one ounce slug at 1,000 fps.

I already heard some morons experts popooing the idea of civilian schmucks facing “highly trained” terrorists like the Kouachi Brothers. First, anybody looks professional when nobody is shooting back and second civilian schmucks can and have faced trained killers before. Don’t forget that Texas Clock Tower shooter was Former Marine Charles Whitman had three rifles and 700 rounds of ammunition when he killed 14 people on August 1, 1966. He was not able to increase that tally even having both the means and the tactical advantage because of the shooting coming from Civilians and their personal long guns that kept him harassed enough and distracted enough till Austin PD Officer Ramiro Martinez was able to reach the top of the tower and take him out.

And it goes without saying: Always carry a sidearm with plenty spare ammo. Might not be a rifle, but it there with you and it is better than saying “Please don’t shoot me.”

My legislation creates a new section under Title 18 Chapter 61 regarding firearms and other dangerous articles. Specifically, the bill prohibits the use of human silhouette targets at shooting ranges across the Commonwealth except by law enforcement officers, military personnel or other public safety personnel in line with their official duties. If a person violates the provisions of the new section, he or she will commit a summary offense.

via House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda – PA House of Representatives.

I thought idiots like this only sprouted in the legislatures of Florida, California and Washington State. We have seen this prohibition across some public ranges and I still have not figured out what is the rationale behind it. I know there has been some outcry about some specific targets allegedly representing certain famous and infamous people, but I think the good old B27 target has pretty much been a long time standard almost everywhere and comes with no controversy other than a newly manufactured one.

We have SB 176 Campus Carry that eliminates the prohibition of anybody with a concealed weapons permit to enter any college or university. I expect the usual shrieks coming out of Intelligentsia about the “chilling effect on Academic Free Speech” which is funny because if you dare to disagree with your professor or dare not to toe the Liberal mind of campus, you may be subjected to all kinds of penalties. Hell, you may even end up in a book as a rapist.

And next we have SB290 permit-less carrying of a concealed weapon during evacuating during a mandatory evacuation order issued during a state of emergency declared by the Governor pursuant to or declared by a local authority. Expect opposition from Sheriffs and other heads of LEOs on this one. I have one issue with this bill and it is that once the mandatory evacuation order is rescinded, those without CWP must understand that they are no longer covered by it and can face legal problems if they are still carrying without a permit. It this bill passes, we need to drum in everybody’s head this particular quirk of the law.

Nothing yet on Open carry and I did not see any Anti Gun bill on the list. I’ll keep an eye whenever I remember. In the meantime, if you are not a member of Florida Carry, it is time you do so. And if you are, are you? Have you renewed? Go check and make sure.

With all political, free speech and moral issues stripped aside, what are the learning points from the Paris terror attacks?

It’s a pretty straightforward question, isn’t it?

First, let’s look at this analysis from Stratfor Global Intelligence:
Such attacks will continue in the West as long as jihadism survives as an ideology. They will be limited in scope but intended to cause terrorist theater that spills well beyond the limits of the attack to create vicarious victims. Because of this continuing threat, citizens should practice appropriate situational awareness and be prepared to properly respond to danger.

via The Michael Bane Blog: The New Tactical Reality.

Go click on the link, read, read again and process.

If the multiple shooting and hostage situations this week in Paris had occurred in the United States, we would expect more carnage as a result of legal firearms being freely available stateside. So went the opinion provided by Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson on MSNBC today.

“Just to keep it into perspective,” he said as Andrea Mitchell wrapped up an hour of covering the two police raids on hostage-takers in France, “I don’t think we should imagine that the conditions and the threat are exactly the same in the United States as they are in France. They are different.”

via Eugene Robinson to MSNBC: If Paris Happened in U.S., We’d Expect More Carnage Because of Guns | Mediaite.

Huh? I guess the poor terrorists were hindered by France’s “One Fully Automatic and Illegal Kalashnikov a month” law.  God forbid they would have attacked and killed people like this:

Hat Tip to Mark L. A. and John D. F.

Six Years ago I started this blog with one rant and figured I might last six months…. damn!

As my wife says, I might be a tad ornery.