Miguel.GFZ

Semi-retired like Vito Corleone before the heart attack. Consiglieri to J.Kb and AWA. I lived in a Gun Control Paradise: It sucked and got people killed. I do believe that Freedom scares the political elites.

This is one survival kit I was not expecting to see.

If you buy stuff in Amazon, you are getting the emails in your areas of interest. I unusually gave them the most cursory glance and delete, but today this graced my eyes: Public Toilet Survival Kit.

Obviously the maker of this kit has only seen the most clean and nicely kept public toilets. Some of the public facilities out there cannot be accessed without a 5 gallon sprayer full of bleach and a flamethrower while wearing a hazmat suit.

Anyway, I thought it was funny.

When the District Attorney wants to be a di***.

Why are all Self Defense laws so important? When the prosecutor is an asshole.

The 13 bullets that riddled the pickup of a Yoakum man initially charged with murder were powerful evidence of self-defense for grand jurors, a district attorney said.
“That kinda clinched it,” said District Attorney Rob Lassmann, who serves DeWitt, Goliad and Refugio counties.
After reviewing the case’s evidence, grand jurors chose to clear Hallettsville resident Dakota Wayne Kirkman, 19, of all criminal charges during a specially convened session Oct. 11, Lassmann said.

Kirkman was held at the DeWitt County Jail on a murder charge after an August shootout in which he shot and killed Manuel Martinez III, 36, at his home on Bootlegger Lane near Yoakum. Kirkman was imprisoned for 55 days in lieu of a $500,000 bond.
Lassmann said his office prepared indictments for both manslaughter, a second-degree felony, and murder, a first-degree felony. Grand jurors were free to pick an appropriate charge – or clear the man completely.

Prosecutor: 13 bullet holes showed self-defense for man cleared of murder charge

Mr. Kirkman gets a barrage of fire directed at him and he responded. According with the article, this is the evidence:

Investigators documented 11 bullet holes made by a .223-caliber rifle and two from a .40-caliber pistol. An AR-15 and .40-caliber pistol were found near Martinez’s body along with 15 rifle and 12 pistol casings. One of the bullets passed through the truck’s frame near the driver’s seat belt fastener, said Lassmann, who added if Kirkman had not been crouching in his seat, he likely would have been shot.

So what kind of return fire did Mr. Kirkman use?

The number of bullets fired by Martinez stood in stark contrast to the single, fatal shot from Kirkman’s antique, bolt-action .22-caliber rifle. Additionally, evidence showed Kirkman went to the home on Bootlegger Lane with only a single round chambered in his rifle and no other ammo in his vehicle.

I tried to find everywhere mention of where was the gunshot wound that stopped Martinez but could not find it. Maybe an ocular shot lodging in the brain? Wherever it landed, it was a great shot placement and subject for discussion another day. What we can discuss is who in the heck thought it was a good idea to charge this man with murder. From what I read in other local papers, four different police agencies responded to the call but although the article says it was one of them who presented charges, I could not find which one.

It is bad enough that a LEO department decides to play the “Charge everybody, let the DA sort it out” game, but that the Prosecutor not only did not give a damn about the evidence, but it was preparing itself to go full Zimmerman on the guy? If 14 shots against you are not enough to respond with deadly force, how many does the Prosecutor feel must be the standard? 15? 25?

After seeing this, I have to conclude that they wanted this kid behind bars for reasons other that the shooting. I bet there is a much deeper story we have not been told and might include the possibly past encounters with the local law or even a slight to some local elected official.

Hat Tip Rob R.

Dear Florida LEOs: Please, do not go NOLA PD after Katrina

Across the street from Kuhn lives Mickey Fox and his wife, Brigetti. They are residing in a cramped 200-square-foot storage shed on the aptly named street — just yards from where Hurricane Michael destroyed the very little the couple claimed as their own.

A carload of thieves took notice of the ruin a few days after the storm, approaching the debris with their headlights off after the city’s official curfew.
“I was scared,” Fox said, crying into his T-shirt. “I just sit out here and don’t bother nobody.”
Fox’s neighbor, Carl Kuhn, was outside grilling dinner with his wife when he saw the vehicle pull up in front of the remains of Fox’s trailer.

“I started hollering, ‘Who are you? You don’t belong here!’ ” Kuhn said.

To punctuate his warning, he fired a rifle twice into the ground.
He scared the guy off, he said, but soon after police showed up and arrested him for discharging a firearm in a residential area. He spent the next four days in jail, before his dad found a bail bondsman in Wewahitchka to bail him out.
“That’s the first time I ever broke the law,” he said.

Faced with looting, neighbors arm each other vigilante-style in Panama City suburb

You hometown has been ravaged by a hurricane, it is nighttime,  there is a curfew, an unknown car with the lights out, drives by and stops in front of your neighbor’s, you give them a warning accentuated with two non-aimed shots.

You go to jail.

Mr. Kuhn was probably arrested for violating Florida Statute 790.15 – Discharging firearm in public or on residential property. If found guilty, it would be a misdemeanor of the first degree that carries jail time up to a year and $1,000 fine.

There is a looter problem in Bay County, it is on the record.

Sheriff’s Maj. Jimmy Stanford told The Associated Press that about 10 looters have been arrested each night since the hurricane slammed into Bay County.

And not only you have a looting situation, you are not able to take care of all the calls you get:

One of his neighbors, Steven Strassberger, said Carl gave him a .22 rifle.
Strassberger’s partner was in Pensacola so he weathered the storm in his modular home alone — along with his two parrots, Dino and Baby, Lucy the cockatiel and five dogs.
A couple of days later, he spotted flashlights bouncing off the wrecked home across the street. Looters, he thought, and called the police.
“They basically told me I was on my own because they were stretched so thin,” he said.
Since then, he’s been barricading the door every night “like an old lady.”

So, the Bay County Sheriff’s office arrests Mr. Kuhn for taking two non-lethal shots that interrupted the possible evil intention of somebody driving at night, without lights in a neighborhood he did not belong to and violating curfew. Does that even make sense? In times like this, the ability of Floridians to take care of themselves cannot be curtailed with te threat of arrest just because an overwhelmed Sheriff’s department feels it is the only one that can stop criminals so it allows for citizens to be victimized by the bad guys and the Law.

 

 Strassberger and Kuhn hung around Fox’s shed on Saturday afternoon, smoking cigarettes and playing with Chopper.
Fox would wander over to his ruined home, let out a few heavy sobs, and meander back toward his neighbors.
Kuhn wrapped his arm around Fox and kissed him hard on the cheek.
He’s due in court Nov. 26, and his neighbors have promised to show up and defend their friend, whom they call “the hero of Fox Avenue.”

Good, the more people show up, the better. And I hope that the judge not only throws away the charges but has selected words for the arresting officers about the right of People to defend themselves.

This is what happens when they lose the fear of Gun Owners.

TALLAHASSEE — A circuit judge has given a boost to more than 30 local governments challenging a 2011 state law that threatens stiff penalties for city or county officials who approve gun restrictions.
Leon County Circuit Judge Charles Dodson last week refused a request by Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office to dismiss three consolidated lawsuits that contend the 2011 law, which threatens penalties such as removal from office, is unconstitutional. Local governments challenged the law after the February mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Broward County, as at least some cities and counties looked at approving gun-related measures.

BREAKING: Judge clears way for challenges to Florida’s preemption statute

I do believe we would not be seeing this happening if SB 7026 had been stopped in the Legislature. But now Republicans are more less afraid of us and more willing to kiss the ass of the hyper-financed  Gun Control and appear get the seal of Good Guy/Gal with the media.

If the polls are to be trusted, Senator Nelson will be re-elected by a pure squeak. Scott could have this one in the pocket long ago, but he pissed off Gun Owners enough that I believe many simply will refuse to vote for his ass, but simply ain’t saying it. Lord knows every polling service that has called me has gotten a full “I am not voting for either of the assholes” speech from me.

The Florida GOP needs to learn a lesson but I am afraid they will not. More idiots will need to be substituted come 2020.

And yes, the next four years are gonna suck as a Florida Gun Owner.

 

A caravan of migrant Jews demand free entry in Auschwitz Concentration Camp.

Or at least that is te equivalence you can infer from the valiant US flag burners in Tegucigalpa. The Jews back then got housing, meals, work and free healthcare provided by Mengele Medical and Associates.  Apparently America is the same and the migrants are a bunch of morons going to the gas chambers willingly.


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