Gun Free Zone

I am always amazed at the Antis default position that all LEOs are a bunch of retards with badges. That goes double for a Chief LEO with an political ax to grind and has no qualms on crapping all over their subordinates.

Call me deluded but If a cop arrives to a location where there are several people with guns drawn, my bet is that he would be smart enough to withdraw to a safe location, call for reinforcements and stay the hell away from trouble.

Is there a history of cops shooting the wrong person in a confusing self-defense situation? Yes, we had those in the past and probably (and unfortunately) will have them in the future. But to imply that is safer for the unarmed public to remain at the mercy of a mass killer just to make sure the LEO does not make a mistake and shoots the wrong person when he arrives ten or twenty minutes later is just idiotic.

Holy crap! Who is sniffing gold aerosol paint at the Brady’s Public Relations Office? Do they really think anybody is going to believe they are stalwart defenders of the Constitution?

So it happened again. Another shooting in the Virginia Tech Campus ending up with the death of a police officer and the perpetrator. Details are still sketchy but the Bradys went into full panic mode.

And now to the specific quotes:
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: Please, no more!
The definition of insanity is to repeat the same thing over and over and expect a different result. You kept saying that a Gun Free Campus would not suffer from crime even before the VT massacre, you were wrong then and you were wrong now.

Leonard Hawke: Damn NRA
Lenny, don’t shoot the messenger. They were warned that the false sense of security of declaring VT a Gun Free Zone could be deadly and it has, again.

Joe Mooring: I have a child at VA Tech. I just donated to the Brady Campaign. Seemed like a good idea…
I bet they feel the same way, they have been short of cash lately and had to sell your info to “selected merchants.”

Elizabeth Jablonski: When in the world will this ever stop? It seems like it is getting worse as time goes on. Are our great-grandchildren going to have to wear bullet-proof vests in school.
Just ask our cousins in the Gun Free British Isles. Kevlar-lined uniforms for school children are all the rage up there. That is one for the FAIL column in my opinion.

I am done asking if they will ever learn. It is now clear that they have a learning disability because nobody can be that purposedly wrong so many times in a row.

Nonverbal learning disabilities often manifest in motor clumsiness, poor visual-spatial skills, problematic social relationships, difficulty with math, and poor organizational skills.

Yep, sort of fits.

UPDATE: All Nine Yards writes about the VT Response System and how good was it.

Walmart shopping List:
Dozen Eggs
Gallon of 2% Milk
Loaf of wholegrain bread
Hawaiian Shirt XXL
Pick up prescriptions.
Steaks or boneless ribs
Charcoal
Cole Slaw mix.
Bushmaster rifle.

I just did something I never thought I had to do: Delete a post. I got an email from my web host (Best1Hosting, cool guys and always very helpful.) indicating that they were served with a Cease and Desist from a Law firm regarding a post from this blog made in 2008.

Being that I am not with extensive cash reserves or even very little ones (Damned Florida Lotto still refuses to go my way) and the last thing I want is to harm in any way my webhost who have provided me with a great service for several years now, I took the “Offending” post out. It grates me the wrong way, but sometimes Discretion is the better part of valor.

In that now removed post (legal eagles pay attention, it is removed as per your threat), I describe my saga with a gun company located in the Lower 48 (I am afraid that if I am more specific, I might get sued) regarding a off spec part for one of the long guns they sell, what I considered poor customer support and how I refused to acquire their replacement because of its outrageous price.

Now here is the funny thing: I am (was) an overall defender of this particular company and this particular semi-imported long gun from a former Soviet country. Even though among aficionados the particular model this company sells is known for its rough finish, less than careful re-assembly and with the looks of a coyote ugly date, I thought that it was a great deal for the price it was sold and for people in search of that type of long gun but with restricted budget.

Unfortunately the company or its legal representatives decided that a complaint posted on my blog and documented with their emails was demeaning and hurtful to their business or whatever legal terms they used in their Cease and Desist. If you think about it, the solution is quite stupid, I am sure it is costing them more in legal fees to have my post removed than actually sending me the part I needed for half their quoted price (and that would have brought it about the same price of the on spec parts easily available at any retailer) and have a customer happy.

I am tempted to contact the lawyers and ask them if they are taking legal actions against some major newspapers and less known journalist (but paid in part by the Joyce Foundation and others) in obscure “News” websites that had been beating the crap out of their client in their publications. Apparently, the same long gun I own seems to be in favor  by certain criminal enterprises south of the border and it is regularly bemoaned by the Brady Campaign, the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, the  Violence Policy Center and the rest of Anti Gun entities that would love to see them go under and in jail for providing a product protected by the Second Amendment.

I guess it is time for me to start saving for a Colt M4.

To my readers. If I can figure out how to, I’ll be blocking the comments for this particular post just to cover my butt and possibly yours. If I cannot figure it out, I’ll delete any post that guesses correctly the company, the product, the law firm and anything that can be used to identify any of them. It suck, I know.

Sorry about that.

From an article appeared in The Guardian UK:

For VPC, a student ID taken by a bored secretary or student assistant without any serious control carries the same weight as a card issued after an FBI background check & being fingerprinted?

Oh hell no, why would anybody need to defend him/herself in a place so full with peace , love and gentle discourse?

Maybe because there are idiots that will pummel you to a pulp for a pair of sneakers and eight others back him up while they laugh?

Just saying.