The state of emergency in some countries, triggered after the multiple terrorist attacks hitting Europe, has brought soldiers back into the streets. In Paris or Brussels, it’s hard to miss patrolling and heavily-armed soldiers in the streets. Their guns are proving effective. In February 2017, soldiers shot a man who was charging them in the Louvre museum. In October 2017, police shot dead an assailant in Marseille, France, after he had stabbed two women in the main railway station. Just last month, both soldiers and special police units shot at and killed the man who committed a terrorist attack in Strasbourg, France. The citizens protected by these soldiers are drawing the logical conclusion: guns work against terrorism.

Why Europe Leads the World in Arms Trading on the Dark Web

I guess some Europeans finally ingested the Red Pill.  Let’s continue.

The reason why Europeans are stockpiling arms is understandable: With terrorism came a growing sense of insecurity. Soldiers may be patrolling the big streets, but they cannot be everywhere. Furthermore, terrorist attacks can happen in small towns where police aren’t on high alert, such as the Carcassone and Trèbes attack in France in March 2018, which killed five, the Normandy church attack in France in July 2016, where one person was killed, or the Würzburg train attack of July 2016 in Germany, which resulted in five people being injured with an ax.

And the funny thing is that the small towns in the US, also without big police forces or fast response times,  are packed with gun owners who will have no issue shooting the bad guys. Soft Targets in Europe but very Hard targets in the US.

And never, ever forget that Governments are inherently cowards.

Switzerland, which is not a member of the European Union but practices bilateral agreements with Brussels, found a compromise [gun control] agreement in September of last year, and the EU made concessions to Switzerland’s more liberal gun laws. However, the Swiss government will be challenged by its own people on the matter: a popular initiative against the agreement has gathered the necessary signatures to organize a referendum. The vote is likely to take place in May of this year.

In fact, many governments have surrendered their own policies to the European Union in an attempt to shift the blame. After all, “it’s just Brussels deciding this, we can’t do anything about it” is a common excuse in the decision-making process of unpopular policies. As a result, increasingly gun-friendly Europeans will find themselves blocked by their own governments in the process of protecting themselves.

It is going to be a hard road for Europe. The governments have been ignoring the danger for political reasons, they are proving to be weak and useless against attacks and yet I doubt they will refuse to surrender their Monopoly on Killing to the common folk.

Hat Tip Ben R.

I saw this video of Senator Elizabeth Warren and Mayor Bill de Blasio explaining the Democrat’s new ultra millionaire tax and and affordable housing policy to a hard working medical doctor and veteran.

Note how they also remind him that one of the local landmarks has been renamed to be less offensive to marginalized people.

Lately, there has been at least one Florida Man killed a month for trying to play chicken or stupid with trains.

And yet, the NIMBY crowd in Broward county has decided to go the not-so-safe way.

Because body count matters, I guess. Why give them a warning?

I hope the railroad companies negotiated a good immunity from lawsuits’ deal.

Howard Schultz, the former CEO of Starbucks wants to throw his hat into the ring for president in 2020.

I love our country, and I am seriously considering running for president as a centrist independent.

— Howard Schultz (@HowardSchultz) January 28, 2019

Keep in mind that Howard Schultz was the Starbucks CEO that brought us the #RaceTogether campaign, where he encouraged his employees to lecture customers on intersectionality.  Both customers and baristas hated it, and it was the beginning of the end for the positive opinion people had about Starbucks.

Currently Starbucks browbeats it’s employees with this video about race that goes all the way back to segregation.  Just saying “treat all customers politely” isn’t woke.

Starbucks in major cities have turned into drug dens because “non paying customers” are allowed to use the facilities, resulting in employees having to deal with used drug needles.

So with all that in mind, I’m just curious what President Schultz’s policies will be.

I can’t wait until the government mandates that “non paying tenants” are moved into my home while the IRS comes up with a new tax rate to make me pay for my privilege in the name of equity.

A buddy of mine sent this to me.  All I can say is spot on.

I don’t know if you have seen these videos of Walmart Employees stopping shoppers on their way out and the argument ensues.

She had a receipt so she is being falsely accused of theft and therefore her rights violated, right?

Wrong… depending on the state.  It seems there is this principle called  “Shopkeeper’s Privilege” where a shopkeeper, store owner or somebody working for the store can detain somebody if they have a reasonable belief that the person has committed the crime, he/she is detained in a reasonable manner, and detains the person for a reasonable amount of time to investigate whether the person has the goods alleged to be stolen.

In the State of Florida, this is found under Statute 812.015 – Retail and farm theft; transit fare evasion:

3)(a) A law enforcement officer, a merchant, a farmer, or a transit agency’s employee or agent, who has probable cause to believe that a retail theft, farm theft, a transit fare evasion, or trespass, or unlawful use or attempted use of any antishoplifting or inventory control device countermeasure, has been committed by a person and, in the case of retail or farm theft, that the property can be recovered by taking the offender into custody may, for the purpose of attempting to effect such recovery or for prosecution, take the offender into custody and detain the offender in a reasonable manner for a reasonable length of time. In the case of a farmer, taking into custody shall be effectuated only on property owned or leased by the farmer. In the event the merchant, merchant’s employee, farmer, or a transit agency’s employee or agent takes the person into custody, a law enforcement officer shall be called to the scene immediately after the person has been taken into custody.

I will admit I was one who thought WalMart was in the wrong and employees were being dicks for no cause so, if stopped, I could just raise holy hell and be on my way, rights secured. I am sure I am not the only one who does not like to have his rights violated and would have also decided to stand up to a perceived violation of our rights.

But (there is always one) I did not considered that Walmart is private property and  they have rights also which include not being robbed and lose income., the same way if you had a store and would not like to be robbed out of your merchandise.

This is not guns or gun rights, so why do I bring it? Because while I was still holding the silly thought of “resisting” and engaging in an argument, I was risking unnecessary hardship to myself if things escalated and police arrived at the location. You see, there would have been at least one gun in the argument: mine. Cops would have arrived, asked for ID maybe you inform you were legally carrying a concealed firearm and the rookie cop just transferred from New Jersey draws his gun and you end up wishing there is not a flash coming. And even if you don’t announce, the same dumb rookie happens to do the obligatory pat down for officer’s safety, feels the gun and once again you are possibly looking at the wrong end of his pistol. Or maybe nothing happens but we do not live our lives by betting on everything always being peachy, do we?

So, if you are asked for the ticket, smile and provide it. You will comply with the law, get home sooner and not end up in a viral video in YouTube.

Or the morgue courtesy of a Carpetbagger Cop.

And this got asked in the comment section

In 2014, Broward county voted for a Bond issue for $800 million which a

I did a some digging and found a report from Florida Tax Watch addressing the expenditures in several areas of Broward’s schools including security. If what I read is right, the only thing done so far that I have seen was that $109.7 million were allocated for Security improvements after Parkland and that it has been concentrated in the last 2 years on what is called ” Single Point of Entry.” My guess is to shut down all the entries to school but for one that is tightly controlled. Here is a table with the expenditures till

Now I will admit I am confused by the language in the report, but If I make any sense, this is how much it was spent in securing chain-link faces and gates till June 2018: $23,125,707.

According to what I think I read in the report and after about a year or a bit more, just a tad more of the schools in Broward county have finished putting locks and chains in the gates that will no longer be allowed to be open.

Am I reading this right? No idea, I am not an accountant.  Another report, the Bond Oversight Committee Quarterly Report, June 2018 (731 pages long) gives us the following:

Safety and Security

The safety and security of students and staff continues to be the District’s highest priority. With a total approved budget of approximately $132 Million, the SAFETY component of the SMART program reflects various aspects of work including Single Point of Entry (SPE), fire sprinkler, fire alarm, and emergency exit signage/lighting improvements.
SPE projects have been a top priority in the SMART Program from early on the process. In 2016, BCPS prioritized the SPE Program by accelerating Year 4 and 5 Projects to begin in Year 3. In September 2017, BCPS identified and funded 123 additional SPE projects. In February 2018, SPE projects that were included as part of renovation project packages at 20 schools were separated out so that all SPE improvements at all BCPS schools could be completed by the end of 2018 or first quarter of 2019. This is more than two years ahead of the original 2021 completion date. As of June 2018, ALL safety and security projects have been initiated and are in various stages of implementation. Last quarter 138 projects were in the Design Phase and 66 projects were complete or met District standards. The SPE initiative made significant progress quarter with 75 projects now in the Design Phase and 135 projects complete or meet District standards.
In addition to other District security measures, SPE improvements serve to augment and enhance current safeguards by limiting access to the school through one entrance point during school hours. Improvements can include perimeter fencing, new doors or gates, and other security features that fit the unique design of each school. Working collaboratively with the school communities, the District remains diligent about enforcing existing security protocols while continuing to seek ways to enhance current features through county-wide assessments. (Page 90)

Here I see something interesting: Broward County had decided years before the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting that Single Points of Entry were necessary for the safety of the schools. So much so that in 2016, the funding for it was prioritized. And still after the massacre, barely half the schools in the county are set with Single Points of Entry by June 2018.

We know from the Report to The Governor that the pedestrian gates were regularly unlocked and left unsupervised prior to the beginning and ending of the school day and it was one of those unlocked and unsupervised on the east of the school which Nikolas Cruz gained access to the inside.

Let’s face it, Single Points of Entry starts with keeping all but one gate open and manned. That is about three feet of chain and a lock per gate and according to Home Depot, just under $20 worth of chain and padlock. I guess it was less trouble for the employees and less bitching from the students and parents to have 6 pedestrian gates unmanned and open.

Shall we add not having Single Points of Entry done as another link in the chain of many failures that led to the Parkland Massacre?