Month: February 2016

Now this is an arsenal…lacked ammo though.

This is the terrifying collection of nearly 500 guns and 200,000 rounds of ammunition which was seized from a parish council chairman who collected firearms ‘like stamps’.Police revealed the full extent of their discovery at the home of crane operator James Arnold in Wyverstone, Suffolk. It is the biggest arsenal of illegal weapons ever found in the UK.

Source: Suffolk police seize arsenal of almost 500 guns and 200k rounds of ammunition | Daily Mail Online

You can almost smell the fecal droppings of journo Anthony Joseph as he writes about this amazing gun collection. Go check the picture show by clicking on the icon at the lower right of any of the illustrations in the main article. And yes, it is a Calico, no a Calcio, but what else can you expect from a newspaper that actually let’s this sub be printed?

Daily mail arsenal

It seems like they are actually surprised that the law is unable to prosecute a corpse. Expect laws to fix that coming soon.

PS: Did anybody notice that even after 2 years, cops are not saying if any of the highly scary guns was connected to any violent crime?

Hat tip: Mark L.

Blameless but not immune.

…patients seeking help at hospitals across the country have instead been injured or killed by those guarding the institutions. Medical centers are not required to report such encounters, so little data is available and health experts suspect that some cases go unnoticed. Police blotters, court documents and government health reports have identified more than a dozen in recent years. They have occurred as more and more American hospitals are arming guards with guns and Tasers, setting off a fierce debate among health care officials about whether such steps — along with greater reliance on law enforcement or military veterans — improve safety or endanger patients.

Source: When the Hospital Fires the Bullet – The New York Times

The article deals with not just any patient, but those with mental issues that makes them violent and a danger to others. And we all can agree that a person with mental issues cannot be held at the same standard as a criminal, but that simply is not an excuse to say you are not allowed to use force to stop their dangerous behavior.

Yes, it is a scenario that sucks no matter how you shine a light on. Nobody wants to shoot a blameless person but at the same time nobody wants to be injured or allow injury to others. I do find rather stupid that there are those who would remove that last barrier of safety from hospitals because they deem an armed security guard as too dangerous and potentially deadly, but  they are not aware how many deaths by medical malpractice occur every year or chose to ignore it. Then again the issues is them evil guns!