A teen was expelled out of an Atlanta school for wearing a t-shirt depicting a gun. That the gun had a knot in the barrel and it had the word CEASEFIRE on top did not enter in consideration. Extra irony points for this phrase also printed in the t-shirt.

“we want freedom, we want it now.”

Dear Kid: You are not supposed to think on your own.

From the Land Down Under Herald Sun:

POLICE have vowed to “dry up the supply” of guns and ammunition in the northwestern suburbs after the past week’s triple shooting that left two men dead and another in hospital.

Raids yesterday morning by detectives working in Taskforce Acer 17 netted firearms police feared could be passed to criminals.

The weapons were held legally by registered gun owners, but police intelligence revealed 20 had “connections to family or associates who were persons of interest to the Acer Taskforce team”.

Officers simultaneously hit 21 properties at 8am to ensure the licence holders were complying with all conditions.

A total of 21 guns – including 15 shotguns and ammunition for an AK47 rife – were seized.

So, if you happen to know a criminal in your neighborhood, the police can come and take away your guns? Ain’t Social Engineering wonderful?

I have remiss on my coverage of CSGV’s Facebook page, my apologies and here we go.

Radical as in successfully gone twice to the Supreme Court, argue Second Amendment cases and beat both the Federal Government and the Chicago Political Machine? It might be a radical concept for you guys that the Second Amendment of the Constitution should be as respected as the others, but that is far from being treasonous. For that, you may want to check your nearest mirror.

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And what would be the CSGV-approved distance to defend onself? Just for the hell of it and as a way of example, you may want to learn about Tuller’s research about knife attacks. And not for nothing, Self Defense is not a sporting discipline where both parties agree to a set of rules and a referee is present to make sure everybody plays nice. When my life is on the line, I plan to cheat and win.

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And if there was any doubt that CSGV is nothing more than a Left Wing front, this quote should dispel such thoughts. I found this quote from Miss Burbick:

Instead of addressing the root causes of the inequalities in our society, such as the limits of access to education, jobs, housing, the legal system etc., we invent or come up with crime scenarios. The gun becomes the substitute way to solve conflict in the United States, and the biggest conflict of all is crime.

Well, if I happen to bump into an armed criminal intent on redistribute my wealth and life, I find that defending myself with a gun is a very efficient way to de-conflict. It also teches the misguided soul about the problems of poor victim selection and its consequences. If he is lucky, he may get to re-evaluate his career path and maybe become a useful member of society. And I also get to keep my life which allows me to work and pay the taxes to fund the bullshit Social Engineering programs that Miss Burbick and her kind are so fond of supporting.

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If anything, this is a great example of the distorted thinking that populates CSGV. Use a gun and that makes you a criminal; life is not sacred for this bunch, at least not our lives. “If you carry a gun, people will call you paranoid. That’s ridiculous. If I have a gun, what in the hell do I have to be paranoid about?” Clint Smith.

In Santa Rosa, People’s republic of California, a SWAT exhibition and demonstration came under heavy criticism by the local Namby Pambys because they let kids handle unloaded and locked firearms.

I wonder what kind of major cardiovascular malfunction these same people would have if they would let a 3 year old shoot a mini gun.

And it never fails. Check the smile of the kid at the end of the video. I am so jealous!

I eat books. Not just read them but ingest them in high volumes, specially if I am researching something.  Lately I have been trying to get more into the criminal & violence mindset of certain individuals that chose the side of crime and discovered that most of the books are written by shrinks who are desperate trying to cure all the ailments of the world, LEOs that are in an “I an so awesome” ego trip or plain idiots that have no experience with violence.

Then I bump into a barely two hundred page book titled Facing Violence: Preparing for the unexpected. By Rory Miller and I had to go HOLY S***!” (that be squat not the other word.) After spending countless hours reading thousands of pages of books written by people with more degrees than Phoenix in August, here comes this Corrections Officer, cuts through the BS and gives you a no-nonsense short guide to criminal offenders, what will get your ass kicked or killed and perhaps the best techniques on de-escalation I have ever seen. And that is only the first 100 pages which are worth the full retail value of the book.

Now, it is a bold statement to say “best techniques on de-escalation” but not really. I found myself saying over and over ‘Yep, that is the way it works… done that, he is right… done that too and works… I have seen that and it will get you face used as mop’ which is my way of saying Been There Done That and Have a Skin Without Scars that were not Self Inflicted and Mr. Miller is not talking out of his rectum.

I always admire anybody in the defensive biz that starts with and emphasizes Avoidance, Deterrence and De-Escalation as the most important part in a self defensive strategy. Many “instructors” think it is cooler to show how bad ass they are with fists, knives and guns, but takes real fortitude teach how to play dumbass and leave a potential bad situation with just words exchanged without anger and no blood spilled.

If your inner Rambo can stand it, get this book, read it, internalize it and make its lessons a part of your self-defense strategy.

…so I am taking a break.

Which means I’ll have something to write about in the next hour or so.