I have been totally brain-dead about posting about the podcast and we have actually reached 26 episodes and six months worth of existence.

Check the shownotes and you can play it here or download it using the usual suspects : iTunes, Stitcher, etc.

It is Carnaval (Mardi Gras) time in Venezuela and people get in their vehicles to spend time outside the cities. This also the time where the Government decides to set up “alcabalas” (checkpoints) all over the country with armed personnel to allegedly check for criminals traveling or engaged in bad things. Depending on the state and the level of their bank accounts, you can find these checkpoints every 50 kilometers on non-expressway roads (which make the majority of the roads in the country. Think of them as unauthorized tolls with monies going to the pockets of the local cops and Guards. And if you are thinking about being cool, just drive through and “eff” them, they will shoot you without giving it a second thought.

A man charged in a 2011 sledgehammer attack on a Little Havana grocery store clerk was found guilty Friday.

Rodobaldo Sanchez, 53, was found guilty on charges of attempted first degree murder and armed robbery in the attack on Yue Kui Cen.

Cen suffered brain damage as a result of the attack and can’t speak. He’s wheelchair-bound and severely incapacitated.
Throughout the trial, prosecutors showed DNA evidence of a blood-soaked shirt and cap they said Sanchez was wearing during the attack.
Prosecutors said the whole attack was planned and that Sanchez went to the store to steal cigarettes and milk.

via Guilty Verdict in Brutal Sledgehammer Attack Case | NBC 6 South Florida.

I posted about this case back in 2011 regarding mindset, and even though justice was served, in reality is little consolation for the victim or his family.

I do hope Sanchez gets Life in Prison, Mr. Cen will certainly end his days on a prison possibly more cruel than Raidford.

The report is finally out and it is a masterpiece of wishful thinking. They have previously stated that the report dos not cares for constitutionality and from what brief reading I gave it, they don’t care about how much it will cost all the stuff they want.

They cover school construction (imagine pretty much everything they may have found in the internet, movies and military fortifications. As for the gun part, let’s say that is filled with all the goodies Gun Control wants plus some.

I have no idea how much this Commission cost the taxpayers, but looks like wasted money.

From Florida Carry:

Two very important pro-gun rights bills are meeting their first committee stop in the Florida Senate on Monday afternoon. The Senate Criminal Justice Committee will hear SB 290 (the emergency evacuation bill) and SB 176 (the college campus carry bill).

SB 290 will create an exception to current carry restrictions for those individuals who are in the process of complying with a mandatory evacuation order. It will apply only to those exiting a designated evacuation area and only for the duration of their evacuation. Upon reaching a safe destination within the state, individuals will need to comply with current statute. This bill is important because in a time of emergency, current Florida laws prohibit the public possession of a firearm during locally declared emergencies (even for concealed carry licensees) and transporting long guns through the common areas of condo and apartment complexes. An even less desirable alternative is to leave firearms at home, where they would be subject to looting and/or damage.

SB 176 simply removes college campuses from the prohibited places list in Florida’s Concealed Carry License law. This will allow only those persons having valid Florida concealed weapon/firearm licenses to carry while on campus, just as they do off campus. Your safety is your own responsibility, thus it is unconscionable that those licensed for the very reason of self-defense are deprived of that ability on campus while those who would attack Florida students continue to target places where lawful gun possession is prohibited.

Over 130 Sexual Predators and Convicted Offenders live within walking distance of FSU.