Gun Free Zone

Moms are up and foaming again:

Mr. Evans left his Kahr CM9 on top of the toilet paper dispenser which is a major bonehead thing to do. Bathroom breaks are one of those Carry problems that somehow we haven’t been able to come up with a good solution, but that is the life we have chosen and the responsibility is ours.

But why the sudden furious clamor coming out of the Moms? A quick Google search for left gun bathroom point out at several incidents this year and the Moms pretty much ignored them. So what happened in the Show-Me State that has brought the wrath of Moms For Cheap Lemonade upon them? Not sure but maybe (just maybe) has to do with Senate Bill 75 coming into effect and which “allows schools to annually teach the NRA Eddie Eagle Gunsafe® Program to help keep children safe by preventing gun-related accidents?”

Because everybody knows Eddie Eagle is just a marketing ploy by firearm manufactures and gives free guns to children so they can enact Columbine Massacres in their schools, right?

OK, really I don’t know why they are up in arms about that incident, but my guess is as good as any and it even makes sense…which may invalidate it altogether since we are not dealing with Vulcans here. More like Klingons with better make-up and hair products.

This was another Angela Corey case. The defendant’s husband (with a history of violence), under a restraining order got in her house where she got a gun and dispensed a warning shot.

But now Alexander has another chance. Judge James H. Daniel ordered a retrial, arguing that Alexander had been held to too high a standard to prove self-defense. “The defendant’s burden is only to raise a reasonable doubt concerning self-defense,” he wrote, which is incidentally how the jury ruled in the Zimmerman case. “The defendant does not have the burden to prove the victim guilty of the aggression defended against beyond a reasonable doubt.”

via Marissa Alexander and “stand your ground”: She claimed self-defense but was sentenced to 20 years. Now she’s getting a retrial..

Make no mistake, Ms. Alexander has a tough case to face and she might not go free. And contrary to what the article says, this case is not Stand Your Ground either. Apparently any dubious shooting in Florida is now immediately branded Stand Your Ground by an eager and idiotic Press.

I think it is time we have some sort of modification to our self-defense laws in which brandishing in face of danger is not considered assault with deadly weapon. I would like to have more options than two: Either I don’t draw at all or I draw and put a bullet on another human being. I am all for being able to show a possible attacker that he is about tone second away from making what could possibly be the last mistake in his like and that he should change his intentions the soonest.

Hat Tip to Joseph B. via Facebook.

Absurdity pointed out 🙂

Hat tip to….. aww crap, I forgot 🙁

I always love the way progressives claim to be in favor of strong women but love to call them stupid

The article from ThinkProgress (Irony right there) states:

Two-thirds of women who own guns purchased them “primarily for protection against crime,” but studies have found that a gun in the home is associated with a higher risk for intimate partner violence and murder, particularly for women.

What comes after is the well-known stats on violence against women, except ThinkProgress fails to mention that the violence was applied against unarmed women by armed or stronger males. Notice that they never said ” X% of women who bought guns for self- protection were killed by that gun or were never able to use it to defend themselves.”  They are not outright lying, but they are not being quite candid on their manipulation of the presented factoids and how they relate to the original statement. And they can’t say it outright because there is no study and the information available through news items show exactly the opposite: An armed woman ceases to be a victim and the aggressor tends to assume room temperature.

Remember, these are the same people who blame abused women for the passing of Stand Your Ground laws.

Colombian News showing two armed robbers on motorbike going after a business man who had made a cash withdraw. The Businessman had a gun of his own and defended himself. One of the shots to the bad guy entered his butt and ended up in his abdomen. But if that was not enough, he got a second shot in the ass plus a third one on the side.He was taken to the hospital where remains…well, a joke.

For whatever reason the video embeds ever so darn small but go ahead and enlarge it.

And yes, there is annoying commercial before the good stuff.

The FBI released a few seconds…. and they are telling:

So Alexis had a Remington 870 with a pistol grip. Still how did he smuggle the damn thing in? If he took it apart, that itty-bitty bag does not look like it has the length to hold the barrel and it looks limp. Maybe attached to his body somewhere?

It also looks like he filled his pants pockets with shells. I notice a bit of a bulge on both sides. “TV-Trained” in the weapon’s handling. He  might have been familiar with the shotgun and shot it before, but does not look like he had any serious training.

Anybody who thinks a shotgun is not a powerful and valid defense weapon, needs to have his head examined.

Now that the crisis has passed, countries all over the world will try to learn lessons from the latest terrorist attack. Reports from Kenya indicate that security wasn’t allowed to carry firearms in the upscale mall where the massacre occurred. At the end of the day, this was another mass shooting in a “gun-free zone.”

via The PJ Tatler » Lessons From Kenya.

And the irony gets compounded by this photo:
A responder wearing a vest sporting the IDPA patch. For those who do not know what IDPA is, here you go:

Founded in 1996 the International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA) is the international governing body forIDPA competition, a handgun-centric shooting sport based on simulated self-defense scenarios.
The IDPA competition format was designed to be enjoyable to all shooters of all skill levels, with a premium put on the social interaction and camaraderie of the members. Participation in IDPA matches requires the use of handguns, holsters and other equipment suitable for concealed carry self-defense. With that in mind, and keeping the shooters’ best interests in mind, IDPA’s founders established equipment requirements that remain based on commonly available firearms and gear allowing individuals the opportunity to compete with minimal investment.
Today, thanks to the vision of its founders and a commitment to serving the organization’s loyal membership, IDPA stands as the fastest growing shooting sport in the United States with over 20,000 members from all 50 states, and over 300 affiliated clubs hosting weekly and monthly competitions, and membership representing over 50 foreign nations.
Our main goal is to test the skill and ability of the individual. Equipment that is designed with no application for daily, concealed carry is not permitted in this sport.

It just takes good guys with guns and they don’t have to have badges or salute. I know, maybe the guy in the pic is a cop, but if he is wearing a vest with the IDPA patch, it means he is proud of shooting the sport because he is getting something out of it.

Nobody wears the patch of the worst Candy Cane club in the country.

Hat tip to Ken S.