Prosecutors say Hyde used a machete to kill 37-year-old Dorla Pitts, 17-year-old Starlette Pitts and 19-year-old Michael Deon Kelly Jr. at their Lehigh Acres home in 2015. Prosecutors added the additional murder charge for Starlette Pitts’ unborn child.
The victims were found dead after a family friend went to check on them. Hyde was arrested after he was pulled over by law enforcement for driving erratically in his aunt’s car.
That is four killed in a very nasty way so it complies with the definition of mass killings (at least the last definition that the Left came up with). Although I will assume Liberals will complain that performing an non-documentable abortion against just “tissue” should not be considered murder
TALLAHASSEE
If it seems unusual for Florida’s Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to handle concealed weapons permits, that’s because it is unusual — nearly every other state gives the job to police or courts.
But Florida’s agriculture commissioner has the job because the National Rifle Association wants him to have the job.
In yet another testament to its power in Tallahassee, the NRA had lawmakers quietly move the Division of Licensing, which handles the concealed weapons permit program, from the Florida Department of State to the state’s Department of Agriculture in 2002, so that the program was answerable to an elected official.
Now, this is where the article gets interesting. In trying to explain how fouled is our system now, the Miami Herald gives us all the great reasons why Shall Carry is the best way to issue carry permits:
Before 1987, cities and counties were able to set their own gun ordinances, and they varied wildly.
To get a permit to carry a concealed weapon in Broward County, for example, you had to pay a $500 fee, be interviewed by people ranging from a psychologist to county officials, and show that you had a dangerous job or had threats to your life and needed to carry a gun. Fewer than 40 people had permits.
You get that? $500 to apply for a Broward County carry permit and less than 40 wealthy individuals could afford to have one. I went back to my trusty Inflation Calculator to give you an idea of how much it would cost you today.
But how horrible is that the Department of Agriculture is processing the CWPs? According to a mouthpiece for the Giffords:
That the Department of Agriculture, and not police, would be responsible for issuing the permits has been difficult for people to comprehend.
“When I first learned about this, it’s one of my most mind-boggling things that I keep coming back to,” said Robin Lloyd, director of government affairs for Giffords, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that advocates for tougher gun laws. “It makes no sense whatsoever.”
Background checks are performed by Florida Department of Law Enforcement. I don’t know, but that is kind of the important part or at least is what all the faux debacle was just a few days ago. It is the same people who perform the background check when you buy a gun at a store.
But wait! There is more! It is not only the Carry Permits they process at the Department of Licensing under the Agriculture Department, but the Licenses for Detectives, Recovery agents and Security Officers. Allow me to remind you guys that Broward County school Board will be using Armed Security Officers to cover the security hole the left by rejecting taking participation in the School Marshall program.
Bravo Miami Herald and Lawrence Mower, you just made a compelling case of why Shall Issue Permits the way are being done now is the best way to go.
Most bills in Congress have long and technical names, ones that few people can memorize. The most famous bill of this decade, “The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010,” became popularly known as simply “Obamacare.” That’s not a risk with H.R. 4009, the Flamethrowers? Really? Act.
Flamethrowers can shoot fire up to 50 feet, and are being sold to consumers in the United States even though even the Department of Defense banned their use in the military in 1978 after the Vietnam War. A spokesperson for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives told CNN that flamethrowers are not regulated because they are not guns, meaning buyers don’t have to go through FBI background checks.
The bill, introduced by Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY16) aims to change the lack of current federal regulations or laws regarding flamethrowers. Only two states even regulate them: Maryland and California. The former bans them outright, while the latter permits their usage only on film and television sets.
“It’s not something I’d thought about before, because you’d just assume — right? — that flamethrowers would be regulated…You wouldn’t imagine that somebody could just send away for it, you know? But you can,” Engel explained his reasoning in introducing the bill to Bloomberg Politics. “When they advertise, they tout the fact that there’s no federal regulation. You can even get rush delivery! No questions asked.”
Conservatives and gun owners generally oppose the bill. “This bill is a solution in search of a problem that does not exist and Representative Engel appears completely unaware of the lawful uses of flamethrowers,” said attorney Joshua Prince with the Firearms Industry Consulting Group. Prince said there has not been a documented case of an individual using a flamethrower during commission of a crime.
Indeed, this is primarily a Democratic-led stunt to highlight what they perceive as Republican opposition to any form of weapons regulation, no matter how outlandish. The bill has five co-sponsors so far, all Democrats. Since its introduction in November, it has remained stuck in the House Judiciary Committee, controlled by Republicans.
The bill’s name was inspired by the Seth Meyers and Amy Poehler recurring sketch “Really?” on Saturday Night Live, in which the comedians would discuss a ridiculous news story while saying “Really?” in increasingly incredulous voices as more details were revealed. Meyers addressed the bill on his current show Late Night, sarcastically opposing the bill.
“I believe it’s every American’s right to own and operate flamethrowers. People will say, ‘But flamethrowers throw flames.’ No, people throw flames,” Meyers joked. “You never know when a Japanese World War II soldier is going to kick in your door.”
Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
(36)The term flamethrower means any nonstationary or transportable device designed or intended to ignite and then emit or propel a burning stream of a combustible or flammable substance a distance of at least 6 feet.
(b)Inclusion in definition of firearm
Section 921(a)(3)(A) of such title is amended by inserting , including a flamethrower before the semicolon.
(c)Ban on possession or transfer
Section 922(o) of such title is amended—
(1)in paragraph (1), by inserting or flamethrower after machinegun; and
(2)in paragraph (2)—
(A)by striking or at the end of subparagraph (A);
(B)by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting ; or; and
(C)by adding at the end the following:
(C)any otherwise lawful transfer or otherwise lawful possession of a flamethrower that was lawfully possessed before the date this subparagraph takes effect.
So what will that look like when we foll the instructions.
(3) The term “firearm” means (A) any weapon (including a starter gun) which will or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive, including a flamethrower; (B) the frame or receiver of any such weapon; (C) any firearm muffler or firearm silencer; or (D) any destructive device. Such term does not include an antique firearm.
(o)
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall be unlawful for any person to transfer or possess a machinegun or flamethrower.
(2) This subsection does not apply with respect to—
(A) a transfer to or by, or possession by or under the authority of, the United States or any department or agency thereof or a State, or a department, agency, or political subdivision thereof; or
(B) any lawful transfer or lawful possession of a machinegun that was lawfully possessed before the date this subsection takes effect; and any otherwise lawful transfer or otherwise lawful possession of a flamethrower that was lawfully possessed before the date this subparagraph takes effect.
Under this bill, the ability to shoot flame more than 6 feet now makes that device a firearm in the same classification as a machine gun.
If you open up the valves on your 40 lbs propane tank and this thing all the way, you can shoot flame a good 10 feet.
Or you can fill up a Super Soaker with lighter fluid.
Like any law rushed because “somebody has to do something” it’s going to have a lot of problems. Problems like turning hardware and toy stores into illegal arms dealers.
But this is where this turns into a real shit show.
Asked March For Our Lives leader Matt Deitsch if they would host a "die-in" at the Broward Sheriff's office. He said no
"I think there are things we can do at the federal level that would never make any of those lesser people responsible for something like" the Parkland shooting pic.twitter.com/cxCse2kcht
They WILL NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES HOLD THE BROWARD COUNTY SHERIFF, HIS DEPUTIES, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, OR ANY PERSON OR GROUP DIRECTLY TASKED WITH SCHOOL SAFETY ACCOUNTABLE.
Their attitude is “if we ban gun ownership by millions of law abiding citizens, no school resource officer will ever have to run and hide like a chicken shit ever again.” This is wrong, immoral, and naive.
Some dickless goldbricker lets kids die so he can retire with his pension and because of that I have to lose my ARs.
This just proves that this has nothing to do with school safety and everything to do with a partisan attack on gun owners.
Lucky armed robber steals money from a WalMart and then tries to carjack two vehicles. Both car owners were armed….not really.
A man was arrested Friday after he took a cash register drawer from the Walmart at River City Marketplace and then tried to carjack two people at knifepoint.
Christopher Raymond Hill, 36, was arrested on charges of strong arm robbery, carjacking with firearm or deadly weapon, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and trespassing, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office online inmate information search.
“I turned the ignition off, grabbed my keys, opened the door and boom, there he was,” Scott Reardean said.
According to the report, Hill put the cash register in the Reardean’s truck bed and pulled a knife, cutting Reardean on the hands and leg, the arrest report said.
“I was bascially just doing this, trying to get the knife off me, and he’s like, trying to pull me and he yanked my shirt and ripped it all up,” Reardean said.
Reardean said to Action News Jax that he was able to grab his pistol from his truck and pointed it at Hill, who then ran away toward Starbucks.
Interaction with the second Gun Owner:
The woman said Hill told her to drive because someone was chasing him. She told police she tried to push him out of the vehicle and he would not get out. According to the report, she was in fear for her life, so she got out of her car to to get her Ruger pistol out of her trunk.
Hill got out of the car and came toward her. She said she pointed her pistol at him and he ran away.
I am so very glad that both individual are OK save for the cuts to Mr. Reardan that appear to be non-life threatening. But Jesus Almighty people, carry the effing gun with you!
What are the excuses for not carrying? Let’s try to figure that one out. Obviously the orientation will be Florida, but some will apply to many places.
Not having a concealed weapons permit. Really? In Florida? If you have a sidearm and you are not a prohibited person, it makes no sense for you not to have a CWP. Some have complained about the fee of $97 being steep but you need to figure out that it is valid for 10 years which brings the cost to $9.7 a year. Plus, having a CWP will save you from the myriad of stupid little grey areas in our Firearms statutes and even may help your interactions with the local constables.
Insecure on how to use the sidearm. Get effing training. You need training to get your CWP so go ahead and don’t just go for the basic pistol safe handling and operation class, but for something more advanced. You don’t need a Super Ninja training week, just some basic self-defense training. You can also join an Action Shooting club after your basic training.
Not wanting to carry in a non-binding Gun Free Zone (Posted but no legal force). “We should respect other people’s wishes. If they don’t want guns in their place of business, maybe we should not carry.” Bullshit. You are being too polite for no good darned reason. Do you think they will have special security just for you because you chose to leave your gun at the car? Screw that. Carry where is not bound by law otherwise. You only need to leave if you are asked to leave and do so expeditiously.
Not comfortable. (Too hot, uncomfortable, ignorant about carry options). I am gonna revert to Clint Smith for this one.
The mating of a gun with your body is never ending. You will start with several holsters and carry methods then you will get other pistols till you realize it is like golf: not one thing fits all the time. There are no easy answers here, just time and patience trying out gear and behavior.
I think those four cover 95% of the complains and excuses I heard for not having a gun on your person. Feel free to add your opinion in the comment section. Think about it this way: If you are seriously wounded and you need to stop a major bleeding, the super-duper Trauma Kit you bought online for several hundred dollars and which is safely tucked away home or in the trunk of your car, is not gonna help you save your life. The tourniquet or gun you carry with you, will do so.
Kim Jong Un is, like all dictators, a narcissistic megalomaniac.
Maybe Trump is too, maybe he’s not. What Trump seems to understand is exactly how to play Kim.
North Korea is in the middle of a massive famine. The economy is bankrupt. China is pulling their support because even China is sick of Kim’s shit.
Kim has two choices.
He can be the leader that causes North Korea to finally die such a death that his own propaganda machine can’t cover it – possibly helped along by strategic American bombing.
He can liberalize North Korea, end the Korean war, get international aid to help his people, and come out a hero to his people as the leader that ended the famine and saved the economy.
Which do you think he would prefer?
Trump is using a fancy meal and media attention – exactly what a narcissistic megalomaniac wants – to tickle Kim’s balls, then lead him around by the nose.
Some fancy dinners and a pat on the back while being allowed to stand at the adults table is all Kim needs.
Trump is going to unite Korea with Haagen-Dazs.
I’m not going to go so far as to say Trump is the second coming of Reagan, but Reagan did the same sort of “friendly on one side and fierce on the other” diplomacy with Gorbachev, and Gorbachev was the last leader of the Soviet Union.
In the 1980s, the Soviet Union and United States held a number of summits to come to terms with the two country’s growing nuclear arsenals. The country’s leaders, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, got to know each other during these sessions and developed a personal rapport. Reagan’s charisma and personal warmth enabled him to disarm Gorbachev who was more formal and reserved. Because of their relationship, the two world leaders were more willing to have conversations and negotiate leading to the INF Treaty. The treaty mandated the removal of a specific class of intermediate-range ballistic missiles from each country’s active inventories. That historic treaty foreshadowed the end of the Cold War.
This was the same Ronald Reagan that cracked a mic check joke about nuking Russia.
Trump is doing the same damn thing. Kim can have steak or Kim can have bombs, he can have his balls tickled or put in a jar on the Resolute Desk. Trump is right now enticing him with the steak, and it seems to be working.
If you study diplomacy, you can see the parallels.
If you are a Leftist at CNN, you hated Reagan and his “tear down this wall” victory too.
