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“We can keep doing that,” he said, “but we have to pass stronger gun laws in this state. We’re not talking about repealing conceal/ carry, but making sure we have a tougher set of laws dealing with assault weapons and other types of guns.”
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel

via After bloody weekend, Chicago mayor pleads for help: ‘You’re not a snitch’ – U.S. News.

Dear God! No wonder people of Chicago are being subjected to so much violence. The damned mayor still does not know Illinois is the only state of the Union without a form of Concealed Carry!

[facepalm]

Armed customer shoots dollar store robber, killing him – U.S. News.

The man was found dead when police arrived at the scene. No charges are pending against the shooter, WOKV.com said.

“He’s always been a marksman,” the man’s wife told Jacksonville.com. “He shoots in competitions, but this is the first time he’s ever killed anyone and I don’t know how he’ll handle that.”

I keep saying it: I rather have a competitive shooter in any discipline next to me than some “guru” in a black polo shirt with a cool tacticool logo that badmouths any Action Shooting Sport.

Title stolen from a Facebook post by TacticalYellowVisor.net’s Rob Sloyer.  

I saw this from CSGV last night.

It turns out to be an article by our “old friend” Bruce Reyes-Chow. You can go ahead and read the article that is just a piece of typical self-righteous moral superiority. He tries to appear willing to compromise, but in reality he is just trying to run his “elevated” spiritual state on gun owners. Unfortunately for him, he falls for the Anti-Second Amendment narrative of “Gun Violence” which is another made up term just as “Assault Weapon” or “Gun Show Loophole.”

And having partaken in religious activities with many a religious hypocrites in my life, I left him this short and concise message.

Bystander Fired Deadly Shot, Not Officer – WAFB 9 News Baton Rouge, Louisiana News, Weather, Sports.

Harrison was reportedly on his back with Temple on top of him.  That’s when Stevens went to his car and grabbed his .45 caliber pistol.

According to Col. Greg Phares, “[Mr. Stevens] orders Mr. Temple to stop and get off the officer.  The verbal commands are ignored and Mr. Stevens fires four shots, all of which struck Mr. Temple.”

Perry Stevens fired four shots into Temple’s torso.  Officer Harrison had already fired one shot into Temple’s abdomen.  With Temple still struggling with the officer, Perry continued to advance toward the scuffle.

“He again orders Mr. Temple to stop what he was doing and get off the officer.  Those commands are ignored and he fires a fifth shot and that hits his head.  The incident is over with, and as you know, Mr. Temple is dead.”

Will you look at that! An armed civilian (probably one of them insurrectionists we hear about) shoots a bad guy 5 times while on the move and with a Non-Target very close by.  There goes the myth that civilians are not as trained as Police Officers when guns are in the line. That was a 100% target hit and a good outcome.

Every time I see a LEO participating on Action Shooting sports, I know I am seeing somebody with a badge who knows the importance of practice and I also know that he/she will be more prepared when the time (hopefully never) that life must be put on the line.

It is time we take the politicians out of the LEO firearms training & supply and substitute them with people that actually know guns. Politically Correctness and the fear of lawsuits are placing both Cops and Civilians in danger.

It seems the Coalition to Stop Gun Rights Violence is a little confused about Florida’s Open Carry Law.

790.053  Open carrying of weapons.—

(1)  Except as otherwise provided by law and in subsection (2), it is unlawful for any person to openly carry on or about his or her person any firearm or electric weapon or device.

(2)  A person may openly carry, for purposes of lawful self-defense:

(a)  A self-defense chemical spray.

(b)  A nonlethal stun gun or remote stun gun or other nonlethal electric weapon or device which does not fire a dart or projectile and is designed solely for defensive purposes.

(3)  Any person violating this section commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

There are very few exceptions mostly for hunting, fishing & participating in shooting sports. Also, ours is a Concealed Weapons Permit which gives us a wide latitude of items that we can carry concealed. So, if the idiot had a CWP and had the machete concealed (good luck with that) he’d be golden. But he probably read the interpretation of Florida’s laws in the GSGV website and now he is wearing an orange romper suit. And if he was openly carrying a “semiautomatic handgun with a 33-round magazine and spares” he’d be also enjoying the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s three meals and a cot lodging facilities.

* All nine wounded bystanders were struck by NYPD bullets that were aimed at Johnson, whose handgun jammed when he tried to shoot at the officers. The victims were five women and four men.

And no, I am not gonna lay the blame entirely on the officers. They had a crappy job to do and did it. I will lay blame on politics and very probably a lack of proper training.

Quote from the 2010 NYPD Annual Firearms Discharge Report:

All NYPD service pistols are “double action only” (DAO), meaning they have a two‐stage trigger pull for each round fired (unlike single‐action weapons, which can be
“cocked,” resulting in a one‐stage trigger pull, which is smoother and easier). Additionally, all NYPD weapons are also modified to have a heavier‐than‐stock 12‐lb trigger pull; this diminishes the likelihood of unintentional discharges but also affects aiming.

A very hard trigger pull combined with fast firing will result in bullets missing its intended target and the powers that be knew. The idea that a gunsmithing solution is a substitute for good training is irresponsible. NYC will surely get sued by the victims and probably will lose big time. Unfortunately I doubt that the White Shirts will do the right thing and remove politics from firearms training.And if you had any doubts about the stupidity of politics in training, the following quote is also from the same report:

All officers who discharge their firearms are sent to a firearms‐retraining course, regardless of the circumstances of the discharge.

So even if the shooting was “good” the officer is forced to retrain and I can imagine that it should feel like they did something wrong even when they did not. It has to affect the officer no matter what that he is treated like he just shot the Pope.

Life Saving techniques cannot be left in the hands of politicians. But the chance that NYC Politicians actually will call Gun People and address the problems is right there with Mayor Bloomberg throwing his full support for National Concealed Carry tomorrow before noon.