” A 21-year-old man put a 9mm handgun up to his cheek and pulled the trigger in front of friends — apparently forgetting there was a round in the chamber.”

Not enough faceplam to quantify stuff like this.

Acceptable to anybody who is not a Taxpayer. This has to be a joke.

Sebastian over Snowflakes in Hell comments about an “article” in MPR News by Brandt Williams titled: “Following the firearms: A reporter’s notebook.” Let me rephrase that, it is not an article but a mercenary piece of propaganda bought and paid by the Joyce Foundation.

I won’t go over the same points Sebatian cleverly slices and dices, but some stuff did catch my attention.

First presenter Tom Diaz had some interesting insight into the gun industry. Diaz is senior policy analyst at the Violence Policy Center. He says the industry is “sick,” meaning its sales have been flat for decades.

Say what? Has Mr. Diaz checked the NICS records lately? Since 1999 NICS checks on firearms sales have gone from 9 million to 14 million. That is a 55% increase! Maybe this lack of basic research and math explains why gun control groups must seek funding by begging from the Joyce Foundation or selling their email lists to spammers.

Ben Van Houten, Legal Community Against Violence, summarized the gun laws for Minnesota, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan. Apparently, strong gun laws don’t necessarily mean fewer gun crimes.

I wonder how many decades have we been saying that. But we are not to be trusted…noooo. I am guessing Mr Van Houten was tarred and Feathered after the presentation.

Hayes also said just because you can trace a gun back to its original owner doesn’t mean you’ll find out how it came to be used in a crime. The original owner could have given it to a relative, sold it to a pawn shop, etc.

If you keep this up, you will not get paid by the Joyce Foundation. Again, we could have told you that long ago. Or better yet, you could have done a Google search and find the same info.

I talked to Bob Schmidt and Bernie Zapor from the St. Paul ATF yesterday. They told me that even if the MPD wants to give us gun trace data, they are forbidden from doing so. They told me that instead, we’ll have to get our trace data from court records, which is not what I understood from Ben Hayes, the ATF agent who gave a presentation at the Chicago seminar.

ATF agent not knowing Federal firearms laws? How come we are not surprised over this side.

The bad news is, he still doesn’t have his hands on a homicide case we can use as the centerpiece for this project. I told him time is running short. However, Cruz will get me in front of one of the prosecutors who specialize in gun cases next week, and I’ll press my case with them.

Seriously, you sound a tad ghoulish right there. Desperately seeking Homicides? It sounds like Serial Killer by proxy.

If you feel like it, read the whole article. Mr. Williams does not appear to be in search of the truth at all. His notes reveal lack of flexibility or a smidgen of open mindedness. He wants a homicide with a gun and track it. The info he wrote down is indication of self-imposed ignorance and complete bias just as it should be when you are taking money from the Joyce Foundation.

First things first: Once again congratulations to the Wyoming Antelope Club for a fantastic Florida State Match. They announced that the 2012 match will again be held by them (save another club that really wants to do it) and they have my blessings and support.

Next is the pre-announcement of the Florida Triple Crown. Three sanctioned matches to be held at Frank Garcia’s Universal Shooting Academy every year. The motive behind it is that there is a huge number of IDPA shooters in Florida, specially in the lower half that are condemned to either not shoot other sanctioned matches or spend a boatload of money traveling to parts north. What might constitute a short or mid drive for shooters in other states to attend more than one sanctined match, for us is long no matter what.

I heard the very sexy rumor that they want to make one of the matches a low-light/no-light match since the Universal Shooting Academy has no problem with neighbors…. there aren’t any. If the logistics get squared away, this would be a match for the ages: shooting at night at one of the best ranges in the country. WIN!

A website will be created with more info and I’ll let you guys know when is up and running. Keep your fingers crossed!

Dr. Schaechter inn her opinion piece of (expletive deleted) “How could I not ask my patients about guns in the home?” gives us the standard “let’s do it for the children” anti-gun meme, subsection accidental deaths. It bis no surprise that Dr. Schaechter is member of the American Academy of Pediatrics which is the medical version of the Bradys.

Even though the Miami Herald has been pretty mellow about the pro gun bills pending in the Legislature, occasionally they publish a piece like this and I must do my usual botched job of contesting them. Apparently a person under the nickname K1MJS who already praised the article was not amused by my response and tried to take me to task.

So the opposition is conformed by ignorant dolts of full fledged pathological liars. No wonder we are winning. I just hope that in any future opinion pieces, K1MJS steps up to the plate with the same vigor and smarts, it would make our job so much easier!

A woman used her pink .38 special gun to deal with a criminal who broke into her home and was attacking her fiancee. Four shots later, no more criminal and two lives were spared.

She trained the weapon on the man, but was unable to shoot because Planthaber was too close. She followed his movements.

“I had my gun drawn, focused in on him; as he moved, my gun moved,” she said. “I waited for my shot, and when I saw an opening, I fired.”

I can imagine the Critter in Hell right now being given an extra portion of misery:
“Wait, not only a woman less than half your size capped your butt, but she did it with a Pink Gun?” Dude! Lame!

CS/HB 155 reads:
Privacy of Firearms Owners. Prohibits physicians or other medical personnel from inquiring, either verbally or in writing, about ownership of firearm by patient or family of patient or presence of firearm in patient’s private home or other domicile; prohibits conditioning receipt of medical treatment or care on person’s willingness or refusal to disclose personal & private information unrelated to medical treatment in violation of individual’s privacy contrary to specified provisions; prohibits entry of certain information concerning firearms into medical records or disclosure of such information by specified individuals; provides noncriminal penalties; provides for prosecution of violations; requires informing Attorney General of prosecution of violations; provides for collection of fines by Attorney General in certain circumstances; provides exemptions.

Now, it seems that among some in the pro-gun side, this bill is considered an intrusion on people’s rights. Some are crying that it is an attack on their and the doctor’s First Amendment Right and that is bad, if it were true. As a Professional and as a perceived authority figure, you have no right to offer advice or treatment on issues you are not knowledgeable or trained for.

What my fellow 2A Defenders seem to forget is that this bill is not aimed at us. We have no issues telling a doctor to go fondle a nurse if they are trying to tell us how bad is having a gun in the home and that we should get rid of it. But when the same doctor offers this advice to a less knowing person and this person follows the advice putting himself and his family in danger with a simplistic answer, we are entering the realm of Medical malpractice. Double down on that if the doctor is from the American Academy of Pediatricians which is a notorious anti-gun group.

Stop one second and think: What would happen to you if you give bad instructions/advice/orders on something unrelated to your profession and that person taking the advice gets in trouble? Will you be able to hide behind the First Amendment or will you be facing a criminal or civil legal  procedure? Why should doctors be any different?

Now, if doctors are truly worried about their patients and their safe gun ownership, they should apply a true and tested method that they use for other medical issues: referral. Have the patients contact a Firearms Instructor accredited in Home Firearms Safety so they can learn from somebody properly trained in the matter what to do. I am sure the Firearms Instructor will not be dispensing advice on how to treat coronary diseases or writing prescriptions for Viagra the same way a Doctor shouldn’t be telling a patient what is and what is not safe to do with a gun.

Common Sense, wouldn’t you say?