The Pocket Cannon. I can see myself playing with this for hours. Or till I break something and SWMBO kills me.

I think I should be safe as long as I don’t use the cat for target.

If you do a quick Google search on Quentin Wyche, you will soon learn “the basics”: Allegedly Quentin Wyche threw a cookie or cookies at FIU football running back Kendall Berry’s girlfriend. Kendall Berry later found out about this went looking for Wyche and the proper amount of insults and recriminations were thrown back and forth till Wyche armed himself with a pair of scissors and stabbed Berry in the heart. Case closed.

Or is it? Here comes Lesson One: Do Not Trust The Traditional Media. They are in the News business, not in the truth business and will tailor any story the way that a) Makes more money, b) Cost less. c) fits their political agenda.

Why do I say this? I have seen this case on TV in the usual blurbs and quick hit stories, but the case caught my attention after reading this article from CBS 4 Miami where the defense attorney made a claim for self defense under Stand Your Ground. Whut? Two young healthy males, apparently of equal physiques in a fistfight that escalates into a stabbing? It is going to be hard to prove fear of Death or Grave Bodily Harm and thus self-defense. So I did a bit more of searching and fond out that lot of information was left out in the editing rooms across South Florida.

Out of all the sites I searched, the best information came out out of the Miami Herald documents site where a copy of the request for bail for Wyche was found. In it the lawyer argues that according to police interviews with the witnesses, Wyche’s confrontation with Berry was far from a calculated or even spur of the moment murder but self-defense.

Again and according to witness statements provided to the police (this is important since these statements were the same ones that the D.A. had in hand when deciding to prosecute the case) Berry not only sought Wyche but made his intent to go after him known to others. Wyche and Berry finally met at an intramural sporting event and “squared off” but it came to nothing at that moment and Wyche left the scene after 6 friends of Berry showed up. Berry and friends (7 people) took off after Wyche, “jumped him” and somehow Wyche retrieved a pair of scissors from his backpack and stabbed Berry. And here comes Lesson 2: Even if you follow the law, that is no guarantee that you will not be prosecuted. Even if Wyche did not purposely complied with the law, he did fill the requirements: he did not initiated the fight, he separated himself from the fight, he retreated (not required under current statutes but always a good thing to do) and only after he was followed and attacked by a superior number of individuals (disparity of force)  he proceeded to defend himself. Wyche’s actions on face value more than comply with Stand Your Ground and yet, he got charged and is facing a hefty prison time if convicted.

Some will argue that Wyche’s actions to Barry’s girlfriend were high on the Sum Bucket Scale and I do not disagree one bit with that. In fact, Wyche committed assault upon that girl if he indeed “grounded” the cookie or cookies on her face. But that event had already passed and did not gave Berry any power to seek a personal redress by his own hand.

This case will probably be either dismissed on first instance or, if Wyche is found guilty will be thrown on appeal. But football players being involved and the sick reverence our community have for the sport I imagine is putting lots of pressure on the judge. Wyche might be a certified asshole and might have done more than a simple assault, but it is my opinion that he should not be found guilty in this particular case. The blame unfortunately rests with the victim for letting his emotions run his common sense and that takes us to Lesson 3: Ego can kill you. Probably the best course of action for this whole affair would have been to remain calm and for the girlfriend to press charges of assault upon Wyche. But trying to soothe a “bruised” male ego led to a path of death and untold pain for the families.

Obvious Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer or pretend to be one or even played one when I was a kid. These are just the observations of a lay person. Please take with a pound of salt and check with your lawyer.

VPC issued another of its “studies” titled “Missouri Leads Nation in Black Homicide Victimization for Second Year in a Row.”

Washington, DC–Missouri leads the nation in the rate of black homicide victimization for the second year in a row according to a new analysis of unpublished Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Supplementary Homicide Report (SHR) data released today by the Violence Policy Center (VPC).

The “unpublished” part makes me wonder how they got their hands on the FBI SHR. Did one of the VPC interns hacked into the FBI’s site or do you think somebody within the administration leaked the “unpublished” report? But that is matter for some other time and place.

If you have the time and inclination, check the Game Of Stats utilized by Josh & Company. The not so subtle wording almost has you believing that racist evil is afoot while trying to resurrect old anti gun cliches including the old “murdered by someone they knew.”  Let’s remember that for FBI purposes “someone they knew” includes just about everybody you ever seen in your life and either said hello once or waved your hand at him or her.

All in all, once again the VPC agrees with other organizations that African Americans should stay away from guns. Those organizations include, NAACP, Storm Front, ACLU, The American Nazi Party and your local Klan Association.

Concealed Carry Outside the home? As opposed to Concealed Carry inside the home? I stand in awe at the depths of their irrationality. Or maybe it is just plain lack of command of the English language?

Note to the Unpaid Volunteer working for Brady’s Interwebs Desk: The use of the expression “There ought to be a law” is received by the reader with derision and jokes. It has become a socialist cliche and it usually makes people react the way opposite of what you intended to occur.

Then again is for the People’s Republic of California.

I lol’d.

I think 2012 will be the year when women all over are gonna shake the Gun World and we Males better get ready for a hell of a ride.

Males in the Shooting Biz still quite have not gotten the message. You cannot slap pink on something and call it “Ladies” anything anymore. Ergonomics will have to figure out new designs that work a woman’s physique and do it quick. Perhaps a mid to regular single stack 9 mm size polymer handgun?

Also, I don’t see women getting into Action Shooting competition in a big way, but I do see a surge in defensive training tailored for them. I am sorry to say most guys are expecting and even demanding that women play by our rules: I got news, they are writing their own rules and the do not include them rolling on the mud every other weekend against us and calling it fun. Pragmatism will be key for women but pragmatism according to their lifestyles and not some Tactical Tommy idea on how they should behave/act/shoot. It will be more Mommy with a Glock that Femme Nikita.

And at the risk of sounding absolutely vulgar, our lack of vagina ownership will keep us guessing what they need. If we are smart, we will shut up, listen, just give them what they want, babysit the kids upon demand  and get the hell out of the way.

Million Moms Packing. Holy crap!