Gun Free Zone

Politicians politicize, that’s what they do.

So without any understanding of the facts, Elizabeth Warren had to spout off some anti-gun bullshit.

Pearl Harbor. Pensacola. Not even our military bases are safe from gun violence. I'm heartsick for the victims and their families. We must end this epidemic and protect the lives of our service members. https://t.co/G1y0uyM0KW

— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) December 6, 2019

A foreign service member from an officially friendly nation purchased a gun legally, in accordance with US gun laws.  He obtained the proper permits and passed the required background checks.  When the Left starts to bitch about those background checks, it needs to be noted that he also had to pass the required background checks and security clearances to go to Naval flight schools at Pensacola.

So I’m not exactly sure what new gun laws could have been passed that would have prevented this, but that’s never really the point.

A Twitter user responded to Warren’s crap statement by calling her out.

https://twitter.com/Mellecon/status/1203031370773278720

This lead to the most absolutely insane and hateful, unhinged back-and-forth with an anti-gun activist.

What the fuck?

Seriously… what the fuck?

I guess to the anti-gun activists, a desire to defend oneself from rape is selfish?

A woman who believes in gun rights – and most likely concealed carry, too – is not the kind of person that is going to cause a mass shooting or terrorist attack.  So her desire to preserve her gun rights is not going to add to crime in any way.

I don’t know what additional inconveniences that crazy asshole wants put into the system, but I’ pretty sure they were already there in this case.

There is no logic here, just moral preening out of blinding ignorance.

70-year-old Richard Cutshaw was killed in the shootout. He was in his vehicle when the shooting started and from what I can hear in the video in Spanish, Cutshaw’s car just rolled into the vehicle with the guy recording the video.

Hat Tip Sal F.

In the last couple of days, a lot of information has come out about the Pensacola Naval Air Station shooting on Friday.

The shooter’s name is Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani and he was a Second Lieutenant with the Royal Saudi Air Force.

Prior to the shooting, he and several others had a dinner party in which they watched videos of other mass shootings.  He also sent a tweet quoting Bin Laden and suggesting al Qaeda inspiration.

Six other Saudi men were arrested in relation to this shooting.  Three of them watched and one filmed the shooting.  Several Saudi trainees are unaccounted for and missing.

This whole thing really seems to be a coordinated terrorist attack.  Investigators have seen no other links to known terror groups, so this may have been something cooked up by them.

Here is where this gets worse.

From CNN:

Alshamrani used a Glock 9mm pistol he bought “legally and lawfully,” said Rachel Rojas, FBI Special Agent in Charge, during a news conference.

A source earlier said Alshamrani bought it from a gun store this year. He obtained a hunting license, which allows a non-immigrant on a non-immigrant visa to purchase a gun, the source said.

This is how Business Insider chose to report this fact:

The Pensacola Navy base shooter reportedly used a loophole to buy his gun legally

The headline calls it a loophole.  The body of the article explains that it’s the law.

The Saudi national who fatally shot three people at a Florida Navy base on Friday bought his gun legally even though people designated as “nonimmigrant aliens” are not typically allowed to do so, NBC News reported.

But the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says there are exceptions for those with a valid hunting license or permit, and those from “a friendly foreign government entering the United States on official law enforcement business.”

As Miguel pointed out, in a terrifyingly prescient post:

A Florida Nonresident Annual Hunting License goes for $151.50 each, and even the Nonresident 10-Day Hunting License will set you back $46.50 per person.

Most people don’t go hunting with 9mm Glocks, so it seems that a lot of planning and forethought went into this act of terrorism.

As for this law, or loophole as the Leftist media is calling it, it makes sense.  America is a hunting destination for many people, we have ample open spaces for hunting and plentiful game.  We had people from all over the world travel to South Dakota to hunt our pheasants.  Allowing non-resident aliens from friendly nations with hunting permits to buy guns in the US facilitates that.  A person from England or Australia who wants to hunt pheasant in South Dakota or migratory waterfowl in Louisiana my not meet the criteria – like membership of a shooting range or hunting club – to own a shotgun in their home country but can buy one here.  Or it may be too onerous to transport their own gun out of the country, through customs, and would rather buy one in the US.

There is nothing nefarious about the idea of this law.  But you and I know that the gun control activists really don’t care about that, they are still going to try and use this to attack Americans’ gun rights.

If anything, what we should do is stop considering Saudi Arabia to be a friendly nation, stop training their armed forces, and don’t let Saudi tourists get hunting licenses in the US.  Hell, between this and 9/11, maybe we should reconsider letting any Saudis get any sort of education or training in the USA at all.

Miguel Rios is a Spanish rock singer from way back then and pretty much the only singer in Spanish I like.  So I figure I torture you with a couple of his songs.

Lyrics in English for Blues el Autobus.

Lyrics in Spanish and English for Santa Lucia

Bonus Track: Bienvenidos. His staple opening song in concerts

Cellphone video of the UPS truck being taken from the scene.

You can see it shot all to shit.

 

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Slightly used, well ventilated UPS truck for sale. Blood should wash right out. Located in South Florida. Buyer must pick up or arrange delivery. #holyfuckingcantshootforshit #stormtroopersaremoreaccurate #prettymuchnegligenthomicide #recklessasfuck

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Active shooter at a school?

Run like a chicken shit and hide.

Low-speed box-truck chase down a major highway full of civilians?

Shootout like it’s the Second Battle of Fallujah.

South Florida PD really covering themselves in glory yesterday.

One of you (who will remain anonymous) was kind enough to add to the family Christmas Tree box gathering and gifted me the car safe.

I will do the review AFTER Christmas. The Missus is quite the traditionalist and I better not open it till then.

Again, Thank You.

Via Bearing Arms:

Regardless, we know criminals look for guns in cars. With that in mind, don’t be an idiot and leave your gun in the car unsecured. A couple of thousand guns on the streets in criminal hands are a couple of thousand too many. While it may be sometimes unavoidable, it also needs to be rare.

If we don’t start policing ourselves, we’re likely to see more and more calls for legislation aimed at criminalizing such behavior. While I will always oppose the prosecution of crime victims, we can avoid that by stepping up and being the responsible gun owners we always claim to be.

One of the posts I caught the most heat was the one where I dared point responsibility to gun owners who left unsecured guns inside unlocked cars.  I was “victim blaming” and I just let it go. But seeing reports like the above, I have to forget niceness and  call on the stupidity of leaving free guns in cars for the stealing and being part of the “iron pipeline” that provides guns to criminals.

If you have to a place where firearms are not allowed, have the decency to drop some cash and get yourself a box like this one which can be found for around $20 and up.  (And if you are thinking “What should I get Miguel for Christmas, I’ll be more than happy to get the Hornady Alpha Elite box since my old one is in need of retirement.) And if you made it home at the end of the day/shift and park outside, take your firearms inside the house.

These are neither expensive nor excessive tasks which is why it pisses me off that people ignore them and the complain they lost a gun on a mpletely avoidable crime.