Friday Feedback
There were a few big wins in the 2A world this week. We have a case out of Western Virginia, a class action suit, which found that all members of the class of 18,19, and 20-year-olds are allowed to purchase handguns, at a federal level.
This is a district court ruling, and the Judge made it a nationwide injunction. It doesn’t apply to two districts that are also hearing 18,19, and 20 year-olds are part of The People.
We had the District of Columbia surrender and agree to pay millions of dollars in a class action suit for denial of civil rights regarding handgun possession in the District.
The Feds are making pretzel makers look linear as they argue for that The People didn’t include this group or that group at the founding, based on racist laws. Their argument’s would be perfectly reasonable to deny Second Amendment protect rights to people of color.
In other words, the arguments they are making could just as easily be made to justify new racist regulations.
We had an outage earlier this week. We did lose some data. I lost all of my citations and WordFence tables.
Fortunately, those are trivial to rebuild, which we have.
There will be some downtime coming up as I move a boatload of data around. I’ll try to keep it to a minimum.
Meanwhile, the comments are open. Please let us know what you are thinking about, what you are interested in, what you’ve heard around the water cooler that might be of interest to us all.
Use of Force in Defense of Pets: Short answer is NO!
From the Armed Citizens’ Legal Defense Network.
eJournal: Thank you for stopping by, Alex and Mike. Today, I’d like to learn about the law’s view of defending domestic animals and on the other side of the coin, defending against animals. As I was writing out my questions, I laughed when I realized that we could have the world’s shortest interview if I asked, “Is it okay to use deadly force to defend your domestic pets?” and you would say…
Alex Ooley: “No.”
Defending Pets (armedcitizensnetwork.org)
Click on the link and read the whole thing, please.
Why I dislike doors with windows.
As we read with the Donofrio case, the young man busted the glass on the door and reached inside grabbing the handle. I am not going to make the case that if the owner had a full door, this would may not have happened, but I will point out that most front doors with this kind of glass treatments are either weak or present a temptation to true criminals to break in. The other disadvantage I see is that depending on the glass it provides a peek to the inside of your home or at least allows somebody that may not have the best of intentions, to see you or any members of your family approaching the door.
I will always favor a full steel door, properly installed and overly anchored. And yes, out swinging.
It is not a guarantee that they can’t breach it, but I have seen first-hand how long it takes to do so and it may give you plenty of time to repeal boarders with the proper amount of ballistic dissuasion.
The Donofrio case: Perimeter was broken.
I posted about this case and how it was trying to be played on the media: The Disinformation Never Stops. – Gun Free Zone.
And now we have the official report:
After consulting with the Fifth Circuit Solicitor’s Office regarding the circumstances of the South Holly Street fatal shooting last weekend, charges will not be filed against the homeowner. As a result, the homeowner’s name will not be publicly released.
The Columbia Police Department (CPD) and Solicitor’s Office have deemed the incident as a justifiable homicide under the Protection of Persons and Property Act. (SC Code of Law 16-11-410 & 420).
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CPD investigators have determined that Donofrio who resided on South Holly Street, mistakenly went to the wrong home and attempted to enter by repeatedly knocking, banging, and kicking at the front door while manipulating the door handle.
As Donofrio kicked the door, the female resident called 9-1-1 for police assistance.
At the same time, the male resident went to another area of the home to retrieve a firearm. While the female was still on the phone with emergency dispatchers, Donofrio broke the front door glass window and reached inside to manipulate the doorknob.
At that time, the male resident fired a single shot through the broken door window striking Donofrio in the upper body.
Again, this is not a case where anybody truly “won:” A young man lost his life because an absurd mistake and a homeowner went through the panic of what must have felt like a home invasion and then having to kill somebody who was not a criminal. This just so very sad for all involved and their families.
Hat tip to Clayton Cramer.