Quote from a link from J. Kb’s post.

“Don’t shout,” the attacker allegedly told the victim when he yelled for help. “I just felt like punching someone.”

The deacon’s daughter, Heidi Kurr, told The Post at the time, “To get sucker punched for no reason at all … that’s sad. I am scared for him.”

Police on Jan. 26 busted Jose Gonzalez, a 48-year-old homeless man — who has been collared six times for punching random victims — with the attack, the NYPD confirmed.

Random ‘sucker-punch’ assaults leave frightened NYC residents on edge

I am not talking about the alleged NYC attitude of being tough, but the advice you are given when you go to the Big Apple: Never look anybody in the eyes, specially in the subway. This has always struck me as looking meek as the only safe way to stare is down, at your feet.

And if you look like food…

Caracas was and still is a violent city.  Neither I nor my circle ever thought looking meek was a solution not to be attacked. However the opposite was standard procedure: we always scanned and if we saw a stranger approach, we would stare with a serious warning scowl till the stranger either left or his intentions were deemed innocuous. Only then we would go back to a “normal” smiling attitude, but never ever made the conscious choice of looking like easy targets. And believe it or not, it also works on the mentally ill, specially the homeless as they may be crazy, but they are not stupid and understand that if the mess with the wrong person, it will be them bleeding profusely on the filthy alley.

It is like my petite wife says about her attitude toward approaching strangers: “Anybody may attack me and may even win, but he will be laying next to me in the emergency room.”

Don’t look like food.

So reader Beans took affront on that post about incrementalism success and made his displease known in a long comment.

And of course, I must reply.

Yes, incremental steps towards the correct interpretation of the 2nd Amendment work.

I was not aware of any other direction.

But… They only work when there is a group shouting for complete and utter destruction of any and all arms control laws.

No, that is not how it works. The moment you start shouting, people stop listening and reach for the ignore button.  Does it look like these peaceful protesters made their point and convinced their patrons of the sanctity and righteousness of their cause or just ended up branding themselves idiotic annoyances to be ignored?

Just like the Gays, who argued and fought for their ‘rights’ and acceptance by both incremental means and by being loud and obnoxious and in everyone’s faces.

The gay community never had a full on media covering them as the worst thing on Earth responsible for killing busload of nurses and school children every week. At best they were seen as entertaining and at worst they were seen as deviants easy to stomp. As far as I know, we do not play the Victim Card.

So… Poo on you all who only want incremental changes.

So much for helping each other, but that is par for your side of the club.

If you only want incremental changes, only want a slow and miniscule creep towards arms freedom, you are pandering to the leftist arms-control movement. “Oh, they only want this, well, we’ll make it ten times harder to try the next time.”

It seems your little club is the one pandering to the Gun Control movement and actually helping them. You act like the caricature they keep playing about us and your side has had ZERO positive effect on legislatures. And in this blog, we have talked about the negative effects of your posturing on getting the Second Amendment advanced.

And… if you are one of the jackalopes who is screaming that the 2A is all about guns, well, you are a French Shower Sack.

I admit I had to google that one. Camp shower? That one flew past the nest.

Because the 2A is about all arms. You know, weapons and arms and armor and the whole shebang. Brass knuckles, swords, switchblades, guns, cannon, body armor, household armor, car armor, armed ships, armed planes the whole everything.

Hmmm, let me see. I can only speak for Florida, but we “incrementalists” have already covered a lot of that territory. Check Statutes 790 when you can. I still want me a Scottish dirk to carry.

But your continued focus on only Gunz, Gunz, Gunz… see the previous paragraph. You are playing into the Leftists’ control plan. Ban everything and then give them bupkis and squat in return.

Huh? What in the name of your medicinal marijuana prescription gave you the idea we support bans?

For Pete’s sake, We should collectively be all standing up and shouting “The Full 2A! The Full 2A!” But because We aren’t, and when part of us does say TF2A! and another part of us says “We thing those creeps are wrong and bad and we won’t listen to anything they say” the leftists are taking more and more and more and more.

There you go with the shouting again. I like pragmatic approaches like engaging with legislators and public in general and convince them of my point of view so they can vote the way I want them.  Somehow a bullhorn to their faces tends to have the effect of them getting to shut down at what I would have to say and ignoring what I want. I am a sucker for results.

The control freaks are losing in many of the states. But they are winning in many others, and winning on the Federal level and winning on the financial level (attacks on arms suppliers and buyers by the banks and such) and winning on the Media front and winning in the public education front and and and…

I believe we are pretty aware of what’s going on. But never forget one truthful axiom: All politics are local. If you do not take care of your house, what happens in DC will be the least of your worries.

Doesn’t matter what we do incrementally if the overall goal of us isn’t full restoration. Doesn’t matter what we do incrementally if the controllers are winning everywhere else.

Again, you have yourself believing that we do not have the same goal for some deluded reason.  It seems that you find our methods too slow for your taste, but we dislike yours a bit more: Your batting average is ZERO when it comes to the defense of the Second Amendment.

I need to know how do you travel? I don’t believe transport beams are a thing just yet so you must go out of your mind travelling from point ‘A’ to point ‘B’ at regular speeds. Does shouting make you go faster?

Mayhaps you , dear host, and others like you could quit screwing it up for the rest of us, maybe even join us and stand united.

If screwing it for the rest of you means I stop making fun of your idiotic parades fully kitted like you were some NPC character in Call of Duty, I am afraid that not only will not stop but I will become incrementally a bigger asshole just become I can. You have proven to be a failure in advancing the Second Amendment and at times, you have also proven to be a detriment.

Of course, if you like to share the video of your interaction with the legislators  in Tallahassee or a subcommittee meeting in the capitol and showing us how your shouting and overall assholery actually produced results, I will be more than happy to post them here.

Or you can always ask Dudley Brown for advice.

May present you the latest according to Rolling Stone Magazine?

Remember when we used to buy this magazine for the fantastic music articles and interviews with musicians? But then again, there is no such thing as music or musicians, just rappers and the “Ho” culture.

Once on scene, deputies found a 54-year old male deceased from an apparent gunshot wound to the head. The residents inside the home told investigators the man kicked in the front door, and once inside, he armed himself with a knife, yelling he was there to harm his children’s mother. He went room to room searching and threatening the occupants who had retreated to a bedroom in the rear of the house. He then confronted a woman in the rear bedroom, who, fearing for her life, shot the man twice.

At the time of the incident, the suspect had an active domestic violence injunction filed on him. He was also reportedly on his way to anger management treatment when the incident took place.

Intruder shot, killed after kicking in door, charging occupant with a knife

So many lessons from this incident.

First: A gun levelled the paying field, in fact, it gave the much needed tactical superiority to win. Nothing calms an aggressor faster than a bullet lodged inside his brain.

Second: Injunctions, restraining orders and the such are really only valid to have on record you are afraid for your life because of the potential of violence from somebody. They do not stop a determined attacker. But that does not mean you should not get one if you need to. 

Third: Surveillance cameras also do not stop a violent crime, but they can give advanced warning to you and evidence to the police of what happened. This guy just did not push a weak door open, but kicked the crap out of a solidly installed door over and over till it finally gave up. This was not a case of “oops! I did not mean to.” but of an enraged savage lusting for blood. I doubt the woman of the house will have to fear from an overzealous prosecutor since the evidence is plainly in her favor.

Share your thoughts in the comments.

Via ‘The View From North Central Idaho.

A major point of disagreement among Second Amendment supporters was how to approach the problem. One group claimed anything but full and complete recognition of Second Amendment rights was futile and counter-productive. The argument was: any lesser legislation, moving incrementally toward full Second Amendment rights, would only legitimize infringements on those rights. They were/are the “All or Nothing” group. Some called/call themselves “principled”.

The other group of Second Amendment supporters argued Second Amendment rights could be restored bit by bit. Pass legislation first, for a permit system. Keep reforming and improving the permit system. Reduce requirements, reduce fees, reduce “gun free zones”.  Keep on incrementally improving the law, until Second Amendment rights were fully restored. They were/are the “Incrementalists”.  In the middle 1990’s it was not clear if either approach would be effective.

Twenty years later, it was clear. Incrementalism worked.

Dean Weingarten
May 3, 2021

GUN WATCH: Restoring Second Amendment Rights: Incrementalism vs All or Nothing

Americans do not enjoy having ANYTHING shoved down their throats and that includes restoration of the Bill of Rights. They will oppose you on principle and vote solidly against your position.

If you are reasonable, patient and take the time to engage with people, you will have them on your side in no time. But tell them “Fuck you, mu rights and shove it up your communist ass!”  and they will tune out and go with the opposite view even if it will eventually go against them.

I firmly believe that the worst political tactic related to Gun Rights in Florida was the Open Carry Fishing Trips tactically decked out in rifles, pistols and chest carriers like you were going to invade Tampa Bay.  It was not inviting to the folks, it was threatening and gave fodder to the opposition.

I guess in this case Covid helped gun rights in Florida: people stayed home rather than go do stupid gun parades at the local fishing pier. We did get two Pro Gun bill passed this year, right?

A new state and new firearms and self-defense laws.

Although Tennessee is supposed to be pretty gun and self-defense friendly, my “expertise” is Florida and over a Decade of reading and studying cases, trials and advocating for Pro Gun and Pro self Defense bills. Not saying I can argue with Jon Gutmacher, but I call it successful because I am not wearing orange on a weapon’s violations.

I know squat about Tennessee, not even the things that are similar to Florida. I feel like all of the sudden I am naked as a jaybird and the wrong move can end me in jail. Not a prospect I wish to partake.

I already started the path of enlightenment: I downloaded Andrew Branca’s Tennessee Seminar to start getting acquainted with the law.

And keeping with my own advice, I will go straight to the text of law in Tennessee and make it as familiar as I do Florida Statutes 790.

To know the law is my duty. So it is yours.

Brought to you by the Sun Sentinel Editorial Board.

This is a quote from the editorial:

The dictator in the governor’s office is also a shrewd politician.

He ordered the state to reopen, even as he allowed state employees who work under him to continue working from home. He declared Florida was open for business even as most of the state Capitol was off limits to the public.

OMG!  He let people be people again! Her stopped the few idiotic pandemic restrictions remaining! How dare him!

And when the evidence does not support your claim, make stuff up, lie to your readers.

By the stroke of a pen, DeSantis decided how and where you can protest, with his recent signing of House Bill 1, miscast as the “anti-riot” bill.

We have covered HB 1 in this blog and have gone directly to read the text* and figure out what was in it. None of the accusations the Sun Sentinel and other Media has made were even remotely close to a shadow of the truth, unless they interpret “protest” as the ability to loot, burn and injure innocents at will under the excuse of “mostly peaceful protest.”

I saved the opening of the editorial for last because it is too good to pass up:

Ron DeSantis became governor of Florida by less than half of one percentage point — 32,463 votes, to be exact. DeSantis failed to receive a majority of votes cast, when you add the votes of minor-party candidates. But he wants you to forget how close he came to losing and he works every day to make you think he won in a landslide.

Do you notice something missing from that paragraph?  The name of the Democratic candidate is not mentioned. The name of the candidate who was supposed to be on his way to possibly be the future Obama endorsed by all the smart peoples and Liberal intelligentsia of Florida isn’t not mentioned. I wonder why?

Andrew Gillum. The Media never properly vetted the New Black Hope or if they did (which I am willing to bet on) they decided to stay mum because the party needed the win. Now imagine how Florida would have been under a failed mayor with a serious addiction problem and a lovely predilection for male prostitutes.

But DeSantis is a Dictator and that comes from the Propaganda machine that would have made Goebbels proud in its deception and misinformation.

UPDATE: This is a comment from a buddy in Facebook.

He’s a “dictator” because he’s telling all the municipalities in FL that they’re not allowed to use CV19 to exercise dictatorial powers.
Ergo, he’s a “dictator” for telling democrats that they’re not allowed to act like dictators.

I believe that not a single South Florida newspaper has linked HB1 or any of the bills they hated in their articles perhaps once or twice but mostly they did an out-of-context quote. I may have forgotten once or twice, but it has been my duty to always bring you the link to the latest version of a bill so you and only you can decided on what says… or does not say. 

Always go to the source material.