The picture is possibly from the late 1910s. Funny I found it since I just started reading (very belatedly) A Rifleman Went to War and I found out that the militias back then were all volunteer members who had to pay for just about all their equipment and instruction. So basically what you see in the photo are people who were ready to stand for their city, state and country but did not make a dent on the public till.  Back then, if the militia could afford it, they would even have crew served weapons like machine guns in its component.

And to think that today, some idiots freak at the idea of common people being equally equipped as a regular soldier.

It is almost pitiful to see them clinging to a script overcome by events. When New York and Connecticut send letters telling gun owners to destroy, dispose or turn in what just a few months before were legally bought and allowed by the same people who now demand them, when New jersey is discussing a bill that will include weapons designed in the 1800s just because they carry what legislators suddenly feel is too many rounds and magazines that fall under the same arbitrary definition with no grandfathering clause or amnesty period, we are not being paranoid: We were just plain right.

If anything, it has been your side the one that has been the best advertising for the two products you hate the most: Firearms and the Bill of Rights.

They do not happen to mention this was in Chicago and the sock did not have a FOID card.
The actual story is that 2 employees were shifting through the donated clothes, one found the gun and “accidentally” went off killing the other employee.

Booger Hook + Bang Switch = Bad Things.

Florida Chapter of the National Organization for Women has called on Jacksonville State Attorney Angela Corey to resign.
In a joint statement the National Organization for Women National President Terry O’Neill and Florida President Donna Slutiak said:
“The Office of State Attorney Angela Corey will seek to put Marissa Alexander in prison for 60 years if she is convicted for a second time. Alexander was previously sentenced to 20 years for firing a warning shot at her abusive husband in Jacksonville, FL. Her conviction was overturned on appeal, but State Attorney Angela Corey wasted no time refiling the same charges and a retrial is scheduled to begin July 28.

via FL NOW calling for Jacksonville state attorney to resign over Marissa Alexander case – Tallahassee News | ABC 27 WTXL: News.

I can’t imagine the pressure put on NOW to actually having to come out and speaking for Ms. Alexander.  I think this is one case where the control of the narrative was lost by its handlers and took a life on its own.

Will we see Angela Corey leave? Not voluntarily. I expect that pressure will be exercised from the highest levels to have her suddenly take a final leave for “health reasons” or “spending more time with the family” or some  other standard BS excuse.

But we must realize that Angela Corey is not the problem but just an example of the plague we have in Florida with Overzealous Prosecutors.  The problem runs deep and just because the one symptom that has been seen the most is gone, does not mean the problem is gone.

Hat tip to Sean Caranna of Florida Carry.

“This is illustrative of the problems that exist with the ‘stand your ground’ legislation in that law enforcement is actively discouraged from making an arrest or a charge under situations where you don’t really know everything that might be involved,” Cervone said. “It may play out to be a completely legitimate use of force, or it may not.”

via Teen shot by grandfather, investigators say | Gainesville.com.

I want you to read that again. The Prosecutor in the case is apparently pissed because SYG will not let them arrest anybody they want even if they do not have the evidence to do so or even if there is evidence but they feel like an arrest should be made for whatever reasons they deem necessary.

If you live in Florida and you are not starting to feel a bit scared about your legal safety as handled by the State, you should start thinking otherwise.

Hat Tip to Robert Evans.

A Detroit gun owner shot and killed an intruder who, along with an accomplice, tried to break into his home on Thursday. The second intruder managed to escape with his life and is currently being hunted by police.

via Police Say This Gun Owner Just Sent a Deadly Message to Detroit Criminals | TheBlaze.com.

This makes like the 5th or 6th story with a happy ending for Law Abiding Citizens in Detroit in the last two or three weeks. A person’s home is his/her castle and they have the absolute right to defend it against those who want to prey on them…or try if the homeowner is armed. Castle Doctrine just makes sense.

Yet in the Florida Legislature, there are a couple of bills (SB 116 & HB 4003) that would mandate Duty to Retreat even in your own dwelling.  Why would anybody think that basically giving criminals free access to private home is a good idea is beyond me.  The best I can imagine is that the originators of the bill have an insatiable thirst for blood and more government control. The good news is that HB 4003 has already been given an unfavorable vote by the Criminal Justice Subcommittee in the tune of 11 to 2.  Let’s hope SB 116 meets the same faith.

As for Detroit, let’s hope that the whinny heads of the city do not succumb to the temptation of canning the chief if some of those exalted individuals concerned for the rights of felons start complaining about their sacred right to sustain their meth and heroin habit with the property taken out of homes not of their own.

I am still mulling Michael Bane’s latest podcast about the 800 pound gorilla that is the situation with Connecticut. One of the things that I concur with him is that there is a lot of folks on the sidelines cheering for the mass arrests and/or killing of Gun Owners and that is not a healthy thing for a country.

Of course, their talk is propelled by the fact they think they are above any consequence if things go south.  They are not the ones that will be on either side of the door being kicked down so they think they are safe. They love to have some “morcilla” (blood sausage) but they do not want to dirty their pretty hands mixing the ingredients or cranking the grinder.

If you Google “why are anti gunners so violent” you get almost 7 million hits. From demanding that bounties be put on our heads to the death of our families to send us to camps to summary executions and all the gamut in between is fair play according to those pushing for the final solution to Gun Control. And I am not talking some two-bit hipster posting a raving reply while having a croissant at the local Panera, but heads of organized Gun Control organizations. In a world where somebody on our side gets tagged as dangerous and terrorist by the Southern Poverty Law Center if we tell anybody Molon Labe, the same rules apparently do not apply to those who are on the side of fewer Rights for the individual and they can get away with wishing us to re-education camps.

I fear that if it comes to showdown, the casualty list will reach far beyond those on either side of the door.  There is a stack of bills long overdue and only the smallest amount of reason is holding the collection services. And trying to hide behind the First Amendment will have the same power as giving the Nuremberg Defense: remember, Tokio Rose paid the piper. Aiding and abetting the extermination of your fellow citizens will not be easily swept under the rug.

And my brain keeps coming back to this scene from Band of Brothers “Why we fight.”

Webster: Shut up you Nazi fuck!
Baker: (in German) I’m not a Nazi!
Webster: Not a Nazi, sorry my mistake you fat fucking prick, what about a human being? Are you one of those? Or are you going to tell me you’ve never smelled the fucking stench!