Gun Free Zone

A case out of Tampa. One driver suspects another driver who is driving erratically is under the influence and follows, call to 911 is never made. All vehicles eventually stop, followed driver gets out of his car and confronts follower and punches him inside the car. Followed driver then gets both pepper sprayed and shot. Followed driver dies and n ow everybody is up in a tizzy.

The crux in this case is going to be timeline: Did the Road Samaritan had enough time to call 911 or the events happened faster than indicated in the article?  Still, the shooter could have done things smarter and avoid confrontation.

I have no love for Drunk Drivers. It comes from having experienced first hand the “joys” of the lackluster performance of a driver under the influence in the form of a head-on collision. My car was totaled but by the grace of God and the seat belt, I walked away with nothing else than a bruise across my chest. And yes, I am one of those bastards that will call police if I suspect you are driving drunk, bet your ass I’ll have no qualms doing it.

But as much as I loath Drunk Drivers, my first objective is to remain safe behind the wheel. That is very hard to accomplish if you are following a suspected DUI while trying to obey the rules of the road and getting information to pass to the authorities at the same time. I am not even including actually talking to the authorities yet because that adds another level of crap to the whole manure cake. With so much going on at the same time, something is bound to suffer in the attention department or the performance department and maybe this was what happened with the case above. Perhaps the Road Samaritan found himself so occupied, he got distracted and ended up in a situation that escalated to the point of death.

So what to do? The following is my technique. I do not claim it to be the best or the most efficient, but it has worked safely in the past. I am assuming you have a cell phone.

Carry a pen. I know, such an archaic instrument in this era of electronic gadgetry. Still nothing beats a pen as a tool to quickly gather basic information. And when I say carry a pen I mean on your person, not in the console or glove compartment. Same as your gun, it has to be where it can be reached without a thought.

Gather information safely. That is get as close to the offending vehicle as to get the following information: License Plate, Color, Make & Model. Priority should be given to the license plate since police can get the rest of the information from the database. Once you have the info, back the hell away from the other car. Once you are separated enough (at least 75 yards IMHO) write the information down. If you don’t have paper or a writing surface, write the license plate either in the inside of your forearm or on top of your hand. I saw this little “trick” used by paramedics and it is the neatest thing since the invention of Post-It.

You must have a Bluetooth/ Hands Free. See? I do favor high tech stuff. I am amazed that in this day and age people refuse to have a Hands Free device to use with their cellphone. Even the damn cars now come with integrated Bluetooth so there is no excuse for you to be without safe communications. The next step is to call 911 and give the operator the required information: “Possible DUI. Blue Prius, license plate XXX-000, Northbound on I-95 between exits 10 & 11 at this time.” Give whatever other information the operator might ask and, if you haven’t disengaged from following mode, do so now. Do notice I said Following and not Chasing. You are not a cop and probably not trained to engage in a chase. You are neither Starsky nor Hutch; stay at a damn safe distance and break away if things get minimally tense at any time. It is bad enough that the possible drunk driver ends up having an accident, but you adding to the festivities with one of your own is downright stupid. Do not follow the offending vehicle till something happens, being either an accident or an arrest. You are to do your civic duty and NOT satisfy your ego.

If I did not make myself clear, here it goes one more time. YOUR FIRST RESPONSIBILITY IS TO BE SAFE.  If you do not feel safe doing any of the above, please don’t.

It started with this:

I am going to be the first one to say that by the way the case has been written in different media, it deserves to be looked thoroughly. If it is a bad shooting, then Zimmerman needs to be tried in a court of law.The case is taking more than its share of publicity because the victim was black and the shooter is white and apparently the Compact Fluorescent Light bulb lit up over the head of either Ladd, Josh or the unpaid Intern former ACORN worker in charge of the Twitter account and they upped with this:

The phrase “Not the first unarmed black teen” makes it an official the use of the Race Card. The strategy appears to be: “If you are gonna bet on the Race Card, bet hard!” The link that CSGV provides goes to their blog and relates the case of Carlos Mustelier who not only attacked one Thomas Baker, but announced his intention. The description of the incident and the eventual decision the State’s Attorney of not charging Mr. Thomas and declaring the shooting covered under the Castle Doctrine Extension can be read in this article of the Tampa Bay Times.

And I would like to place a quote from that article for your enlightenment:

Mustelier’s father, Nicolas Sarlabous, did not want to say much about the decision.

“It’s not what we wanted, but we don’t want to talk about it anymore,” Sarlabous said in Spanish. “It’s the police’s problem now.”

Yep, the victim was Hispanic. Seriously Ladd and Josh, if you guys are gonna use the Race Card, at least make sure you have the right race. Or maybe we all look alike which is common among racist and bigots….like you two.

OK, he doesn’t but I did say I was going to hack his site and change it to a Justin Beiber Fan Site as payback. Since I am no hacker, this is the best I can do.

Weerd had the chance to attend a Kaleigh Baker show and was going “neener neener” in certain social network. He can be a bit of a prick if you ask me 🙂

There are no good videos of her since she is just a beginner and the only one that looks good sounds like rehashed crap. So, I give you just the audio which is really all you need.

Curse you Weerd! 🙂

This man got a hold of 800 guns, and sold them. This is the definition of a gun trafficker and what he sold are called “illegal guns.”

I think it is closer to the definition of Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice or other high ranking officials.

It has been over a year since the death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry and ICE Agent Jaime Zapata by guns trafficked as direct inaction and direct planning of the Department of Justice. Not a peep has been heard from the Gun Control Advocates, not a candle lit in their memory by Sarah Brady or Josh Horowitz.

Bunch of hypocrites… the pox on the lot of you.

Lastly, I don’t write this post with any hope that Josh Horowitz is going to change his mind, evil rarely does, but I write it for you, the one who might still be on the fence.

Preach on Sister Gunnie!

She hits on a very important point, specially for the newbies that have just started their blogs/social media contacts, etc. When you engage a hard core anti gunner, forget about trying to convince him/her. Your target is the mind of those who have not made a decision yet and are watching. You yourself might have been a undecided espectator of an argument once and probably went with the guy or gal who was polite, knew his subject matter, provided facts and figures, not slogans and yet was fervent about the side taken. The one foaming at the mouth and spitting insults did not make inroads in your mind.

The same applies with our cause.

The Coalition to Stop Gun Rights Violence gushes all over this article by Cliff Schecter.

I went to read it and saw the expected rants, I was not expecting this:

No, it is not a photoshop or a joke.

I guess Cliff likes to sleep with the enemy and CSGV changes the bedsheets.

Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Benson Everett Legg ruled that the “good and substantial reason” requirement that the State of Maryland demanded to issue a cocealed weapons permit was unconstitutional.

But if the injury was not enough, the “insult” was even worse. After decades of the Antis demanding that the Militia part of the Second Amendment be used to determine gun right cases, it finally happened:

“In addition to self-defense, the (Second Amendment) right was also understood to allow for militia membership and hunting. To secure these rights, the Second Amendment’s protections must extend beyond the home: neither hunting nor militia training is a household activity, and ‘self-defense has to take place wherever (a) person happens to be,”

Ouchie. That has to hurt.