Via Student of the Gun.

The NYPD has instructed cops to stop carrying an off-duty gun that has a trigger so light it’s been blamed for a series of accidental discharges, the Daily News has learned.

NYPD spokesman Paul Browne says the Kahr K-9 semi-automatic pistol has led to more than a dozen such shootings — none resulting in a fatality. The shootings have occurred over the last few years, a source said.

via NYPD brass to cops: Stop using Kahr K-9 semi-automatic pistol as an off-duty gun  – NY Daily News.

So how light is the trigger pull in the K-9? Less than the 5.5 Lbs from a standard Glock 17? Maybe a 4.5 to 5 Lbs tuned 1911? Maybe Rob Leatham’s 1.5 Lbs for his competition guns?

Nope. NYPD thinks a 7.5 pounds trigger pull is too light. I am not kidding you.

Then again, the NYPD issue Glock’s trigger is a hefty 12 Lbs. That is more than double of the standard Glock and imposed by the ambulance chasers and bean counters of NYC to allegedly avoid negligent discharges.

As somebody once put it less than poetically:” Boomstick does not go bang unless you are finger f***ing the trigger.” My take is what we are seeing here is negligent training in the NYPD who rather than re-train its officers in the four basic rules of Gun Safety, (which would put a huge dent in the budget) went the way of “let’s make this thing really hard to pull and maybe we won’t be sued for much.” What they ended up with is a bunch of people who rely on the heavy trigger pull  and keeping the finger on the trigger instead of proper finger discipline (outside the trigger guard.) And when dealing with a weapon with half the trigger pull, they suddenly end up with a round going where it was not supposed to go.  God forbid if they ever touch a competition gun as they may spread lead faster than a Dillon mini-gun.

When we all began out journey in the world of shooting, we went through the phase of “Nifty gear makes better shooter” but we  outgrew fast when we realized that it is only through good and constant practice that we become good and safe shooters.  And yes, there is a place for accessories and stuff, but never as substitute for safety that can only be achieved by brain power.

An amazing collection of AK being used in the Ukraine right now.

It includes some other weapons dating back to WWII and off some not seen outside Russian parades or technical websites. I am sure you will be amazed at some of the accessories installed in the rifles and how they were installed. No Brownells or Midway in Kiev I am guessing.

And of course, there has to be one picture that says “bad ass” through and through:

Truth be told, I don’t think I would want them to have guns.

I am all for community relations and have a great interaction with the civilians, but getting lap dances on the job and in the open might not be the proper image for a police force.

Just my opinion.

Our friends at the Cult Coalition to Stop Gun Rights Violence refer us to this hit piece by Media Matters on the Algiers Point neighborhood coming together for self-defense after Hurricane Katrina.

Algiers Point was lucky not to suffer the floods, but not because it was a “white enclave” as they were called but because the area is high enough to be above flood waters. Decades ago Algiers Point was mostly very old houses run down and not necessarily the best of neighborhoods until some entrepreneurial contractors bought a house there and decided to bring it back to old New Orleans grandeur. These people were not high rollers in the real state market but more like your Angie’s List type of local contractors who after finishing their house, got contracted by neighbors to do their houses and so on. If I recall correctly, it took over a decade to make the area a pride to live in and the previously run-down houses were now valuable and in some cases historical.

After Katrina, those who stayed behind in Algiers Point were suddenly confronted by individuals looting the area. One of the original contractors that worked on his house was attacked and his working van stolen. Houses were shot at night by marauders and keeping with was going on around New Orleans, police help was nowhere to be found.

So the neighbors decided to get together and defend their lives and property and with success. They armed themselves (many with borrowed weapons), barricaded key streets and watched over each other with great success as they repelled attacks from at the ends were bands of looters. The story got out after things got better and in a moment of comedy, they decided to call themselves the Algiers Point Militia, a name that inflamed the politically butt-hurt and made them immediate targets of investigation.

The best written story of the Algiers Point events can be found in the book “The Great New Orleans Gun Grab” by Gordon Hutchinson and Todd Masson which I have mentioned before and if you have not bought it, you should, now.

Still, it is moronic for CSGV to badmouth people defending themselves after what happened immediately a Post-Katrina New Orleans. Then again I doubt any of the CSGV honchos were living at the time there or gave a crap about what was going on other than the photos of Sean Penn with a shotgun in his hand “rescuing” survivors.

You have to love how they switch back and forth, change the meaning of words and concepts to their advantage and then get the undies in a bunch because they get called on it.

Shannon Watts did not pass herself just as a Mom but as a Stay-At-Home Mom with the clear implication that she was indeed Suzy Homemaker. Even the profile in the HuffPo has not changed:

I had previously checked on the real background of Ms. Watts and as I said before, if she would have been forthright and said she was a working mom who did Public Relations for a living, nobody would have been able to say squat.  But what probably happened is that she being one of the “enlightened ones” thought Mr & Mrs Redneck Peckerwood, being the ignorant cave-dwellers she thought they are, would have felt more comfortable thinking she was doing God’s work from the kitchen cozy and the Media would (as they did) eat it up and give her free ink. Mommy Bake Sales are always good image.

Again the issues is that the Opposition does not know how to work with the Truth. Or shall I say they can’t work with the Truth because invariably ends up going against them. And now that they are just the official third fiddle in the Michael Bloomberg’s Bullshit Media Gun Control Empire, they have lost even more credibility.

Shannon Watts and the rest of the Moms are becoming the annoying lady that makes you play like you are not at home when they knock at the door. A nuisance seeking affirmation and relevance which they work hard to lose.  And this latest faux-rage is not helping either.

Detroiters who lived through decades of ultra liberal administrators (mostly because they kept voting for them, but that’s not important now) suddenly realized the city’s main law enforcement official was advocating gunfire as the most practical solution to the Motor City’s runaway crime rate. If Joe Arpaio had parachuted into Grand Circus Park with a bullhorn and a case of Mini 14s, the message could not have been any clearer—or driven liberals any crazier: The best way to stop a bad guy with a gun was still a good guy with a gun.

via Detroit Shoots Back: How the Motor City took back its Streets and Outdrew the Left. | Watchdogs of Our Freedom.

It is along article, but fun to read. Save it for the lunch break!

Miami police say they consider the spike in shootings this year an “outlier.” They say major crime numbers remain low overall and put much of the blame on the end of the federal Assault Weapons Ban in 2004. Automatic gunfire from easy-to-get guns can spray hundreds of bullets in the blink of an eye.

Police say the lax gun laws leave them unable to track the number of weapons purchased or when they were bought. People purchasing weapons at gun shows or in shops are not required to register them.

via Deadly square: 43 people shot in Miami’s Liberty Square area in 2014 – Miami-Dade – MiamiHerald.com.

Writers Charles Rabin and David Smiley have so many idiocies and contradictions written in this article that one must wonder if it is ignorance or advocacy.

Let’s extract some other info from the same piece:

 Despite lower crime elsewhere, 43 people have been shot and seven of them have died in a rash of violence in and around a Miami public housing project.

So how does that work? The end of the “Assault Weapons” Ban was only applied in the Liberty Square area and the rest of the county is still under it? Obviously the answer is no.  And those with any inkling on gun laws know damn well that full automatic rifles were not affected by the AWB but still remain some of the most restricted items to buy and sell in the country. Clearly that is not the problem in Liberty Square.

And that little pun about registering firearms? We are still waiting for that big case solved through gun registration in those states that have it along with fired cases database and bullet fingerprinting.

But there is a reason to use the old and abuse “Assault Weapons” excuse: It is an easy target and very politically correct to do so. The authors out it out there because mentioning the real reasons first would be seen and racist and hateful without giving an easy out first. It is not after they bemoaned “Assault Weapons” that they gently dare to mention gangs although more like “it is not a big deal as they are small.”  The TV Show, “The First 48” has more information on what happens in this area (If you watch the show, anytime they mention Pork ‘N’ Beans, they are talking about Liberty Square.) than what you can actually get from the Herald or any other local media outlet.

The sad truth is that the only reasons for the violence in this area are the traditional ones: a community that has given up alongside the police and local leaders that are more interested in being re-elected than actually fixing the problems.