Where a Hispanic Catholic, and a Computer Geek write about Gun Rights, Self Defense and whatever else we can think about.
I have family in Houston. Their neighborhood was hit pretty hard. They got out and are OK. But the cleanup is starting. And their neighborhood has set up an Amazon Wishlist for cleanup supplies.If you’re feeling charitable, I’d appreciate any help you could offer.
Thanks.
Source: Help some friends and family
As I always say, if you can contribute the equivalent of one or two boxes of cheap practice ammo, you’ll be helping and won’t set you back much.
The link to the Amazon Wish List once more.
Oh dear God.
One driver who refused to stop called FHP when Chang tried to pull him over while driving a dark-tinted Toyota Camry, troopers said. The driver told troopers that Chang had pulled alongside him and flashed a badge. When the driver didn’t stop, Chang drove in front of the car and slowed down, at which time the driver called for help, troopers said. Chang was stopped near mile marker 41 in Broward County. Troopers found a concealed weapons permit badge hanging around Chang’s neck and a .357 revolver behind the passenger seat, a media release said.
Source: Man arrested on suspicion of impersonating law enforcement….
Not enhancing the popularity of the already maligned badges. Save your money and use it to buy ammo or a spare magazine: it will serve you better.
Hat tip Jeff S.
Now, there is no excuse. If you don’t know where the final resting lace of your bullet is, you should not be shooting it.
However, the death is still under investigation and they don’t know yet if it was an accidental shooting or what.
But I am not surprised if for some, the irresponsible shooting in the Glades is fueled in part by signs like this.
If there was a state office who is/was brutally abusing its power in a gun control effort, South Florida Water Management District is the one. Old heads will remember the campaign against Pop’s range and his widow years ago. They wanted the land and they tried their best to get it trying to pull all kind of trickery both legal and “scientific.” They finally had to give up when shooters came together to help and the office itself was gravelly defunded. Still to this day, SFWMD provokes not very nice visceral reactions among South Florida shooters.
So yes, you can say “EFF YOU!” but do it safely.
If you have been watching the weather people during the latest hurricane troubles, you may have heard about the “European Model” and how is being praised for accuracy.
We have Irma coming over this side of the country and I have been checking the probable paths including the European forecasts:
Somewhere under that “spaghetti” of tracks that may or may not happen, is Florida.
That is not a forecast. That is a “Fuck it. let’s buy all the tickets to the raffle and then we can claim we know our shit.”
My belief is that Cuba is gonna get beaten to crap and Irma will continue to the Gulf. But as my wife has pointed out, I am wrong a lot. Anyway, we won’t know better till at least Wednesday.
This was last week. I took the picture because by this time, both individuals had done at least four different transactions and were holding a long line of cars behind them.
Besides being impolite as hell, the absolute lack of awareness was impressive. Not once they bothered to look around to check for possible dangers. Please get the idea that if the ATM tells you three times in a row you do not have funds, it is probably not an issue with your card and that about the only way you can fix it is to find a spot, park your car, get out and go inside the bank.
There are only two transactions to be done at the ATM (if you have any brains): Deposit and Fast Withdraw. The rest of inquiries, transfers and what–nots can be done at home with your computer or smart phone app.
Be both polite and smart.
Novi officers say two Farmington Hills women, ages 32 and 46, were inside the Novi Towne Center Walmart, shopping for school supplies. Apparently, so was a 20-year-old South Lyon woman and her mother, 51.”One girl was going to buy a notebook. There was one left, some pushing resulted,” Baetens says. “They began to argue who was the rightful purchaser of that notebook.”
Source: Back to school brawl leads to woman pulling gun at Novi Walmart – Story | WJBK
Let’s be clear: A notebook is not worth the risk of getting beaten up, nor it is a point of honor, it is silly to fight for something that could be worth a buck and some cents. Choose your fights as in “avoid them as much as possible!”
With that out of the way and with the caveat that this is only the only video available to us, let me give you my two cents:
As usual, I am not a lawyer, nor I dress as one for Halloween.
Mother sees daughter attacked by 2 or possibly three women (Disparity of Force), tries non-lethal force to rescue daughter but is pushed aside by bigger opponent, so she draws legally carried firearm. Attack on daughter ceases.
My take on what is going to happen? (Once again, we only have this video) I think the Mother is gonna get a charge of use of deadly force if the prosecutor is a hard ass. If a modicum of common sense applies, she would go free or at worse, simple assault. That she was not arrested on the spot bodes well about her chances.
What gives me the willies is that Michigan Law is not as specific as Florida in regards of threatening to use of deadly force to stop a forcible felony.
Again, IANAL and we do not have the complete picture yet, so we will wait for this one to develop. With the long weekend, we will probably find out sometime next week and i will try to post if we are not batted down for Hurricane Irma.
