Apparently, feathers have been ruffled about my post on what gets you shot in Chicago and comments after. Allow me to expand; the study is a waste of time and money as I originally said and for many reasons:

1. Even the simplest of low-information voters know that hanging around with a bad crowd will lead you into trouble. That admonition  has been told since time immemorial by mothers everywhere and proven over and over. Why is a study necessary is beyond me.
2. This study will be ignored by most politicians. Not only because it may shine a good light of Gun Owners, but mostly because it is a demonstration of failed social policies in general. For Chicago that would mean that the Liberal would have to go Mea Culpa and discard decades of “social revolutions” and they rather see more bodies piling up in the morgue than admit failure. What needs to be done in Chicago? Way beyond my pay grade, but certainly what they are doing now is not working.
3. Till when are we going to treat ourselves as second class citizens? Why do we need to go after every lame study to show the people “Looky here! We are good! This study says so! Love me please!” If anybody needs numbers, there are two places to send them: NICS Background checks and FBI UCR and point out the obvious: We have a shitload more guns now and the violent crime went down. The stupid argument that more guns equal more crime is void and null. Time to Man/Woman up.
4. f you are expecting that the Media will pick the study up and go “Oh God we were wrong! It is not the NRA but Gangs and assorted criminals the reason for the murders” get a comfy chair and lots of patience. The Narrative needs to be maintained even when it is a glaring mistake, but it is their lifeblood. And if you think I am kidding, yesterday the New York Times had a nice butt kissing editorial on the Violence Policy Center’s Concealed Carry Killers report. This “study” is so flawed on itself, it makes anybody with a half a brain and a calculator go “WTF were they thinking?” It shall be fisked at a later time.

Now, you may disagree with me and that is fine. But to quote Patton (from the movie) “I don’t like to pay twice from the same real estate” and the Yale study and placing any hopes that it will help us, does that.

With the exception of the passenger having her window a bit down, this is the way you address an idiot having a ‘roid fit about whatever sin you may have committed against him on the road.

I assume the police was called as you can hear them arriving at the end of the video. Make a note that assuming the call was made right before the video, it took almost three minutes for the cops to show up … and that is great response time.

The driver remained calm, cool and collected. Did not let his Ego get in the way or answer the insults. Specially cool was ignoring the damage to the vehicle that although it is exasperating to see your property being damaged, it cannot be that much of damage and it can always be fixed out of Idiot’s pocket.

I don’t know if the driver was armed. I hope he was. By this time, worrying about having a gun is too late. In fact and assuming he was not blocked behind, if Junior Mongo were to breach the inside, the best defense would have been thrown the vehicle in reserve and leave to a more secure location while on the phone with 911 explaining why you need to move. In fact, I think a good strategy would be to call 911 from the get go and keep them on the line till officers arrived as the 911 calls are recorded and they are the first official record (and therefore evidence) of an event. I don’t wanna break your cupcake & ponies view of the world, but bad people lie and unless you have proof otherwise, it will be your word against them.

So, don’t get out of the car, don’t take the bait, remain calm, wait for the police to arrive or Idiot to leave, expect a possible escalation in aggression and act accordingly. In this particular case, there was no escalation so no other actions were needed. Maybe if it happens to you, you may need to run away or even draw your firearm: Every encounter will be different, so try to prepare for as many variations as you can think and assume you will face one you did not think about.

Update: The driver speaks. Thanks to Shawn for the additional Info.

There are currently no criminal penalties when an adult allows a child access to a firearm.
“My brother shot me when I was 8 years old,” said Liz Hjelmseth who was among the members of the gun safety group Moms Demand Action who went to the state capitol to present more than 10,000 signatures on petitions to lawmakers.
She wants criminal penalties when adults fail to keep guns out of the hands of kids.
“It’s a weapon, it only has one use. It’s to kill and children just shouldn’t have to make those kinds of decisions,” she said.

via Group of mothers demand new gun restrictions | www.kirotv.com.

So, Ms. Hjelmseth wants parents incarcerated in case they leave guns where kids can get to them, right? Now, I kinda figure that her parents (if still alive) would not be subject to this law a posteriori but, they can always be sued for being incompetent and inflicting pain and suffering to Ms. Hjelmseth to this day.

So, dear Ms. Hjelmseth: prove you are not just blowing smoke up our rear ends and are a true believer in your cause: Sue your parents.

That is all.

Apparently not a joke. You see, without proper restrains, guns may walk out & start killing people.

Not enough faceplam for this.

A state lawmaker wants to outlaw use of guns on residential properties except in cases of self-defense.

State Rep. Darryl Rouson, D-St. Petersburg, whose district includes parts of Manatee and Sarasota counties, filed a bill Thursday to ban discharging a firearm in Florida on any zoned residential property, which would include large-acreage ranches and farms, except on properties exclusively approved for hunting or in cases where “a person is lawfully defending life or property or performing official duties.”

via Florida lawmaker files bill to ban shooting on residential properties | Florida Legislature | Bradenton Herald.

And as a stupid bills go, it does not matter if your residence has a couple of thousand acres of land smack in the middle of nowhere land, you are still verboten to pop some rounds.

So far, no backers on this bill. But we just need another jackass opening a rifle range from his second story bedroom to the Koi pond to make this thing happening.

They are having moaning fits about this quote:

Shannon Watts and the rest of the harpies are demanding the resignation of Mr. Cotton. Well first, you guys don’t get to demand squat and specially for stuff said by anybody. If that were the case, Shannon would be in her 30th resignation by now.

And although I am not advocating the use of a cat o’ nine tails on babies, I do believe that the proper application of behavioral modification techniques by via of controlled pain works like a charm in subduing really bad conduct.  But we have become such a nation of whiners that kids see through our lack of resolve and get away with all kinds of crap.

Now, if this kid does not have his behavior corrected and soon (and no amounts of time outs will help) he will end up either in a morgue slab or like in the second part of the but with cops beating the everlasting shit out of him.

Of course, a spanked kid who then learns certain conduct is not acceptable does not generate traffic and headlines for Moms Demand Action. Only those who bleed are acceptable, brownie points if the die.

A Virginia man with a history of assaulting cops ended up with burns over 85% of his body when his clothes burst into flames after an officer used a Taser to subdue him during an early Sunday morning DUI arrest, police and his family members say.

via Va. man catches fire after police use Taser after crash – NY Daily News.

The guy runs away from the cops, drives like a maniac, rolls over & crashes, Rescue needs to be called to extricate him, he is rescued & starts to fight with the cops, gets tased, catches on fire? And it did not happen in Florida?

And the obligatory relative comment:

“He may have a bad reputation, but he is a human being that is loved by many, No one deserves this to happen to them!”

If you loved him so much, why didn’t you do something about his constant drinking and driving without a license? Oh yeah, that is too much work.

Hat tip to Lagniappe’s Lair who should be posting more about the dog anyway!