My legislation creates a new section under Title 18 Chapter 61 regarding firearms and other dangerous articles. Specifically, the bill prohibits the use of human silhouette targets at shooting ranges across the Commonwealth except by law enforcement officers, military personnel or other public safety personnel in line with their official duties. If a person violates the provisions of the new section, he or she will commit a summary offense.

via House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda – PA House of Representatives.

I thought idiots like this only sprouted in the legislatures of Florida, California and Washington State. We have seen this prohibition across some public ranges and I still have not figured out what is the rationale behind it. I know there has been some outcry about some specific targets allegedly representing certain famous and infamous people, but I think the good old B27 target has pretty much been a long time standard almost everywhere and comes with no controversy other than a newly manufactured one.

We have SB 176 Campus Carry that eliminates the prohibition of anybody with a concealed weapons permit to enter any college or university. I expect the usual shrieks coming out of Intelligentsia about the “chilling effect on Academic Free Speech” which is funny because if you dare to disagree with your professor or dare not to toe the Liberal mind of campus, you may be subjected to all kinds of penalties. Hell, you may even end up in a book as a rapist.

And next we have SB290 permit-less carrying of a concealed weapon during evacuating during a mandatory evacuation order issued during a state of emergency declared by the Governor pursuant to or declared by a local authority. Expect opposition from Sheriffs and other heads of LEOs on this one. I have one issue with this bill and it is that once the mandatory evacuation order is rescinded, those without CWP must understand that they are no longer covered by it and can face legal problems if they are still carrying without a permit. It this bill passes, we need to drum in everybody’s head this particular quirk of the law.

Nothing yet on Open carry and I did not see any Anti Gun bill on the list. I’ll keep an eye whenever I remember. In the meantime, if you are not a member of Florida Carry, it is time you do so. And if you are, are you? Have you renewed? Go check and make sure.

With all political, free speech and moral issues stripped aside, what are the learning points from the Paris terror attacks?

It’s a pretty straightforward question, isn’t it?

First, let’s look at this analysis from Stratfor Global Intelligence:
Such attacks will continue in the West as long as jihadism survives as an ideology. They will be limited in scope but intended to cause terrorist theater that spills well beyond the limits of the attack to create vicarious victims. Because of this continuing threat, citizens should practice appropriate situational awareness and be prepared to properly respond to danger.

via The Michael Bane Blog: The New Tactical Reality.

Go click on the link, read, read again and process.

If the multiple shooting and hostage situations this week in Paris had occurred in the United States, we would expect more carnage as a result of legal firearms being freely available stateside. So went the opinion provided by Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson on MSNBC today.

“Just to keep it into perspective,” he said as Andrea Mitchell wrapped up an hour of covering the two police raids on hostage-takers in France, “I don’t think we should imagine that the conditions and the threat are exactly the same in the United States as they are in France. They are different.”

via Eugene Robinson to MSNBC: If Paris Happened in U.S., We’d Expect More Carnage Because of Guns | Mediaite.

Huh? I guess the poor terrorists were hindered by France’s “One Fully Automatic and Illegal Kalashnikov a month” law.  God forbid they would have attacked and killed people like this:

Hat Tip to Mark L. A. and John D. F.

Six Years ago I started this blog with one rant and figured I might last six months…. damn!

As my wife says, I might be a tad ornery.

There was a total of four robbery suspects and three were shot by the owners according to Shawnee Police Major Dan Tennis. Two of the suspects have critical injuries, the third’s are not life-threatening and the fourth suspect was not shot.

Two of the suspects were found by police at the store according to FOX 4’s Megan Brilley and two of the suspects fled and ran in a southeast direction. They ran for a few blocks and hid inside a home’s screened porch, knocking on the homeowner’s door to get in. Maj. Tennis said the homeowner called police and they were apprehended.

via Four shot at Shawnee gun store during attempted robbery | fox4kc.com.

I blame drugs and a faulty educational system. What were they thinking it would happen? Free box of ammo with every 5 guns they stole?

Tip del Sombrero to John F. D.