Need a smile put on your face?

Remember the story from yesterday about the gentleman who defended his life with his gun, killing one of his assailants? Then the picture here should make you smile A man who appears to be the homeowner (pictured left) returned home shortly after 8 a.m. and started cleaning his driveway of the blood left behind by the assailants.

posted @ 3/17/2010 4:32:27 PM | Feedback (5)

Having a gun is not a magic talisman

It will not ward off evil spirits or vanquish those who wish to harm you. What it does is in increase your chances of surviving an attack A man returning home from work was met at gunpoint overnight. Little did suspects know, he was armed with a gun of his own. It happened around 12:30 a.m. in the driveway of a quiet Ocoee neighborhood. The homeowner, identified as Dave Henry, got out of his car and may have been pistol whipped by the suspects, according to police. Police said one...

posted @ 3/16/2010 12:25:00 PM | Feedback (3)

That excuse didn't fly with the Germans

It doesn't fly here either SEATTLE - Three unarmed security guards were following orders last month when they stood by without intervening as a 15-year-old girl was badly beaten in a downtown Seattle bus tunnel. Emphasis mine. Just following orders? Excuse me? There is a 15 year old girl being beaten half to death and you're just going to stand there because you're afraid of getting reprimanded? Cowards. The standard meme applies here Police arrived minutes after the attack, and...

posted @ 2/13/2010 10:35:01 AM | Feedback (16)

Quote of the Day

Crazy homeless guy attacks lady. Cops show up and use a taser to no effect. Crazy guy charges cops. Cops decide to shoot. Breda makes a very, very salient point Clevelander Rita Ciofani's friends say she had dedicated her life to helping the poor and vulnerable. But as she lay dying, those sworn to protect and to serve used deadly force only to defend themselves. Tasers, pepper spray, and all other non-lethal weaponry may sound good on paper. Often enough, they're not effective. If we...

posted @ 2/10/2010 7:07:16 PM | Feedback (1)

Poor kid. He's only 11 years old

And he's already compensating for something She got up to check and she saw two Hispanic males men masks and armed with handguns walking towards her. She quickly closed the bedroom door but one of the men tried to force it open. The masked man kept telling her to open the door and she would not open the door. The woman told deputies that the home invaders shot through the door and hit her son on the left hip area. Her son had a 22 cal. Rifle and shot back at the alleged...

posted @ 1/16/2010 12:15:13 PM | Feedback (7)

You can't dial 911 when the phone doesn't work

With the proliferation of cordless phones, the requirement for electrical power to make phone calls is more and more of an issue to consider during an emergency. Cell phones are a good backup, but calling 911 on a cell doesn't let the police know where you are. My phone is Internet based, and my internet connection is on battery backup (both the connection itself as well as the routers needed to connect everything). I have a corded phone in the house so that calls can be made even if the...

posted @ 1/6/2010 10:18:27 AM | Feedback (18)

Correlation does not equal causation

But damn if it doesn't jump up and down, pointing its fingers and going "Pssst! Look over THERE" With just two days left in the year, according to preliminary numbers from the police department, the District has had 138 homicides compared with 184 at the same time last year, setting up the city to record the lowest number of homicides since 1964, when 132 were reported killed. Now, nowhere in the article does it mention the fact that thugs now had to take into consideration that...

posted @ 12/30/2009 11:44:16 AM | Feedback (5)

Close call

Caleb got mugged over the weekend. A cup of coffee and a .25 changed the entire outcome. I'm glad to hear he is ok. No shots fired (unless you consider the ballistic application of coffee a 'shot'), and the bad guy got the message. I'm glad Caleb kept his head about him and didn't put two in the chest followed by a headshot (then show clear, hammer down, reholster). As much as I hate the criminal element in our society, I do not wish to see death dealt if it can be avoided. I too have had to...

posted @ 10/26/2009 10:16:05 AM | Feedback (6)

Fantastic plastic

Many people scoff over 'plastic' firearms. Little do they realize how devastating the correct application of plastic can be A woman surprised by a man in the front room of her home near Council Bluffs grabbed a plastic toy bat and hit him repeatedly until he ran out the front door. The Pottawattamie County sheriff’s office says the 26-year-old woman was taking a bath Wednesday night with her 3-year-old child when she noticed a cat who normally stays outside had entered the bathroom....

posted @ 10/23/2009 10:32:40 AM | Feedback (7)

One who gets it, and one who doesn't

Another heartwarming story about a senior citizen defending his life and property It took one shot for an East Texas senior to put an end to a would-be robber's crime spree. The story began around 2am Monday morning at Southside Bank in Hawkins. The branch is located inside Brookshire's, right off Highway 14. That is where police say 19-year-old David McWhorter was spotted, first. We spoke to the homeowner whose one shot landed the alleged burglar in the ER. … One shot through the...

posted @ 10/21/2009 12:04:35 PM | Feedback (7)

Don't these guys get Viagra to help them compensate?

81-Year-Old Man Hits Bull’s-Eye On Intruder An 81-year-old man shot and killed a masked gunman during a home invasion early this morning at a residence north of Brewton, Escambia County Sheriff Grover Smith said. The sheriff said the robber had been released from a Nebraska jail just two days before he was killed. Smith declined to identify the homeowner, but said the man and his wife were in bed in their home along U.S. 31 north of town about 3 a.m. when the intruder kicked in the...

posted @ 10/19/2009 8:36:23 PM | Feedback (11)

Because a loud noise is all you need

So, recently I've been seeing these crappy ads for Broadview Security on TV. They're taking over the Brinks company I guess. Each commercial shows a woman at home alone and some guy smashing down the door and invariably, hightailing it once the beeping of the alarm starts. See here for an example. These commercials are utter crap. The threats are real (although probably not as cliché as the ads make them appear), but the sense of security of a beeping alarm and a reassuring phone call are,...

posted @ 10/18/2009 1:07:57 PM | Feedback (22)

Now might be a little too late

So, I'm reading on Facebook a series of posts from an old high school buddy on how his wife was attacked in their neighborhood yesterday. They got the perp, but lo and behold, he happens to live in the same hood. So, he's going to have to worry about this eventually when the thug gets out / off / escapes or whatever. Someone suggested in comments that he get a shotgun, and while I'd love to chime in and agree, I can't. Now, I've not spoken with this guy since I was in school and I cannot tell...

posted @ 10/1/2009 9:46:45 AM | Feedback (12)

If it's not caliber wars

It's "Should I carry my own reloads for self defense?" Damn straight you can. Nobody has yet showed me a single case where a person involved in a shooting was convicted solely on the basis of hand loaded ammo. Will some unscrupulous prosecutor try to make that an issue? Of course. Their job is to put you away, guilt be damned. And if you didn't reload, they're going to make a case that you used hollowpoints, or +P ammo, or that the 9mm was "high capacity", or any number...

posted @ 9/29/2009 7:59:31 AM | Feedback (26)

Hey, just because I started the fight doesn't mean you get to hit me

OK, it's not really that simple, but this is an interesting thought-experiment California self-defense laws allow people to use reasonable force (and even violence) to protect themselves against an attacker. The threat must be immediate and a person must use no more force than is reasonably necessary to thwart the attack. But what if someone starts a fight? Can he claim self-defense as a legal defense against criminal charges? Basically, the point is that if Person X starts the fight...

posted @ 9/25/2009 12:36:01 PM | Feedback (20)

Hornet's nest. Stick. Some assembly required

InSights Training has a surefire post to get the caliber wars running again. The take away point is this: Round count is largely meaningless as a predictor of cartridge effectiveness without a lot more context. So take what “statistics” you read or hear about regarding self-defense and ammunition with a huge grain of salt! I can hear the 9mm and .45ACP commandos gearing up now. The main point to the article is that if you can carry more rounds, you're going to shoot more. The guy with 17...

posted @ 9/23/2009 7:26:19 AM | Feedback (12)

Don't blink

Say Uncle emailed a link to this video showing a rather interesting course of fire at a shooting match Interestingly enough, someone had pointed this out on IRC this morning. I believe the concept is to illustrate how fast an attacker can cover 21 feet. Caleb mentioned in the email chain That is really fast, wow. I'd hate to have a COF where you had to hit that from the leather. Which made me think. Consider that if you are out and about, carrying your gun concealed, could you...

posted @ 8/31/2009 12:18:34 PM | Feedback (16)

Windmills. Some tilting required

Marko speaks complete and utter sense. Too bad you can't argue with the illogical using logic.

posted @ 8/25/2009 12:59:46 PM | Feedback (2)

Tactical feng shui

Casa de SaaM is not a tactical house, and it is one thing that I never considered when I bought it. It's basically the letter L with the girl's bedrooms at one end and ours on the other. The only entrances are at the crook of the L, so if there's a break in, it's most likely going to happen between my daughters and I. Using rule #4, I know what lies beyond which parts of the walls. I've determined safe areas that won't cover where my daughters are most likely to be in case of needing to fire a...

posted @ 8/6/2009 7:59:22 AM | Feedback (11)

Only minutes away

The Civilian Gun Self-Defense blog has a great story about why "calling the police" isn't always the best option Cassidy Lockett was home with her young children late last month when she says two men tried to break into her home. She hid the children behind the couch, grabbed a .22-caliber semiautomatic pistol and aimed it at a man who was already halfway through a window, climbing into her home. One woman and her young children. Two men who just escaped from prison. By the time...

posted @ 7/28/2009 7:37:38 AM | Feedback (2)

Seeing the light

Jeff Soyer at Alphecca highlights this story about a true-blue liberal and his come-to-Jesus moment regarding guns A terrifying example - Now, before I go any further, I want you to understand one very important thing. Never before in my entire life was I so thankful to have a loaded gun in my hand as I was at that moment. Why? Because it gave my son and I a decent chance of getting out of this predicament alive. I've said it so many times I feel like I have Tourette's syndrome – Having...

posted @ 7/20/2009 7:55:32 AM | Feedback (15)

83 year old men and their need to compensate

Why couldn't this octogenarian just stay duct taped and blindfolded? As the intruder stalked through the house, the retired freight dockworker hustled to free himself, twisting and wriggling his arms first, then crawling to the kitchen to find scissors to cut his legs free. “I had to get my gun,” Parrish said. Meanwhile, the intruder found a 10-year-old girl in the first-floor living room waiting to continue her tennis lessons with Carlson. Give them what they want, right? What if...

posted @ 7/16/2009 8:23:28 AM | Feedback (1)

Et tu, Brute?

In this particular story however, Julius Caesaer comes out ahead Officers responded to a burglar alarm at BMW Motorcycles of Little Rock and made contact with an employee, Julius Ceasaer, who advised he was sleeping in the business when he heard a loud noise. He then observed a dark colored Dodge pick up backing into the business. Ceasaer advised that he grabbed his shotgun and approached the front door and observed a black male looking around at some of the motorcycles that...

posted @ 7/16/2009 7:43:04 AM | Feedback (1)

I guess it IS like the wild west

But this shootout didn't happen the way the anti's would have you believe

posted @ 7/14/2009 6:37:45 PM | Feedback (0)

Too hot?

This is an interesting article, mostly because it manages to pertain to me and my decision for my carry piece The prosecution also made hay about Fish carrying a 10mm handgun loaded with hollowpoint ammunition. In an urban area, that may not be your preferred carry gun. But on a hiking trail that is probably the caliber of choice. It's enough bullet to drop most any four-legged predators you may encounter, and the hollowpoint round is a good choice both for stopping power and to prevent...

posted @ 7/7/2009 9:32:15 AM | Feedback (8)

When the will is present

The very fists God gave you will suffice A knife-wielding burglar got a shock when he attacked a pensioner in his home - a couple of right hooks to the face. Gregory McCalium had not realised that 72-year-old victim Frank Corti was a retired boxer. Surprisingly, Mr. Corti isn't facing life in prison being that this is the UK we're talking about. However, go check out the picture. That punk got his ass all sorts of busted up. Mr. Corti opines 'If you can't defend what's yours,...

posted @ 6/30/2009 12:38:08 PM | Feedback (5)

Getting the jump on things

In this case, an attacker with a gun TAMPA - About a month ago, Audry Sauceda was carjacked and fought back. He stuck a gun in my side and told me to get out of the car," Sauceda said while sharing her story with FOX 13 on May 15. "And I pulled out my gun and stuck it in his face, and told him, he needed to get out. He screamed and jumped out of the car." A gun isn't a magic totem that prevents criminals from attacking you, especially with concealed carry. A firearm...

posted @ 6/19/2009 8:52:15 AM | Feedback (0)

And just what are YOU going to do about it?

This.

posted @ 6/15/2009 9:57:32 AM | Feedback (0)

Resistance is not only futile

But if the petty tyrants get their way, illegal to boot. The town council discussed an ordinance that would ban stun guns at Tuesday night's meeting. Councilman Joe Hall says businesses making bank runs with large amounts of cash could carry stun guns as a form of protection, instead of hand guns. If approved, the ordinance would ban instruments capable of temporarily incapacitating with the discharge of an electrical current. Can't carry a real gun. Can't carry a capacitor. No...

posted @ 6/10/2009 1:22:01 PM | Feedback (3)

Hitchhiker's Guide be damned

Towel - Just about the most massively useful thing any interstellar Hitchhiker can carry. Partly it has great practical value. You can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the beady sea vapours; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a miniraft down the slow heavy River Moth; wet it for use in...

posted @ 6/9/2009 12:48:21 PM | Feedback (2)

Bringing a knife to a gun fight

End just as one would expect At that time, the suspect came towards the clerk and opened a gate, which separates the clerk from the customers. While doing so, the suspect pulled out a knife. Seeing this, the clerk grabbed a gun and shot the suspect.

posted @ 6/8/2009 3:59:57 PM | Feedback (3)

Using the wrong end of the right tool

If and when I ever have to confront a burglar with a shotgun, I'll be making use of the end where the lead exits A homeowner confronted a burglar this morning, smashing the intruder across the face with the butt end of a shotgun, St. Petersburg police said. There's a more effective way to use that tool The burglar, identified by police as Justin Masse, 22, at first fled, then turned around and started toward homeowner Michael Lowry, a U.S. Navy veteran, police said. That's when Lowry...

posted @ 5/15/2009 8:08:10 AM | Feedback (8)

The tool is irrelevant

The will to fight back is what is important. For example, some thugs break into a house and the lady of the house beats them off… with a crock of chili. Doesn't that lady know that she should never do that because the criminals could take her chili away from her and possibly change her recipe? Hat tip Bitter Speaking of Bitter, this is part of the conversation we had in chat. (2:02:46 PM) Bitter Bitch: oh my goodness, that's so quotable! (2:02:54 PM) Me-Gmail: Blogged it already,...

posted @ 5/13/2009 2:01:28 PM | Feedback (10)

Welcome to Florida. Be nice or we'll shoot your sorry ass

Robbery suspect dies after being shot by property owner Polk County man shot at two robbery suspects Tuesday morning when he thought they were going to run him down. One of the suspects was hit in the head and died, and the other is still at large. They stole his Land Rover and tried to run him down with it. The lady (gasp! There's crooks with ovaries?) was driving and paid for her stupidity with her life. Detectives aren't sure if the male suspect was hit. The property owner last...

posted @ 4/30/2009 7:08:03 AM | Feedback (5)

Self defense in action

The Civilian Gun Self Defense Blog has this story Tucson, Arizona From the April 24, 2009 Arizona Daily Star: A woman who tried to carjack a man at gunpoint outside a North Side Walgreens early Thursday was shot and wounded by the man, police said. The man called police around 12:30 a.m. to report he had just shot one of two women who tried to take his car as he waited in the pharmacy drive-through near East Grant and North Swan roads, said Sgt. Fabian Pacheco, a Tucson Police...

posted @ 4/24/2009 10:39:56 AM | Feedback (6)

Something I've wondered about myself

Florida- Homeowner Cleared in Shooting Cornwell arrived at his Grove Avenue home just before 7 a.m. His wife left for work, and he was alone with his 3 1/2-month-old son and 3 1/2-year-old daughter. A noise awoke him from his sleep and, armed with a semi-automatic pistol, he went to find out what was happening, Antonello wrote. Cornwell came "face-to-face" in the hallway of his home with Michael Collins who swung a crowbar at Cornwell's head. Cornwell chased Collins out the...

posted @ 4/24/2009 8:07:27 AM | Feedback (14)

Some good self defense advice

Regardless of the tools the government allows you to use, your voice is one they cannot restrict. Use it. I like how this is illustrated as part of the self defense equation, not an entire pre-packaged solution where you'll need nothing else.

posted @ 4/22/2009 12:26:46 PM | Feedback (1)

In other words, don't f*** with us Floridians

The Civilian Gun Self-Defense Blog just celebrated its 4000th entry. Clayton Cramer, the brains (and the looks) behind the site had this to say Regular readers know that the reason that I started the Civilian Gun Self-Defense Blog was an email exchange between myself and anti-gun Professor John J. Donohue back in 2003, in which he claimed that legitimate defensive uses of guns by civilians were extremely rare. Thanks, Professor Donohue, for making me do this! This is the main resource I...

posted @ 4/21/2009 12:43:45 PM | Feedback (1)

If I only had a gun

I thought 20/20 said that having a gun was useless? When the handgun was loaded he raised the weapon and pointed it at his wife, who had armed herself with another handgun. She fired multiple shots at her husband, striking him several times. Troy Christoff was charged with five counts of Attempted First Degree Murder with a Firearm. The shooting is considered as self defense. Hat Tip Mad Rocket Scientist

posted @ 4/15/2009 3:10:27 PM | Feedback (4)

So now what?

You think someone is breaking into your house. You pick up the phone to dial 911. Some jackass has cut a cable, effectively cutting off your phone service. Could you survive a break-in without the police?

posted @ 4/10/2009 9:54:09 AM | Feedback (11)

Armed self defense

Even against the half-sister of the husband of a recent vice-presidential candidate. I'm pretty sure the left will use this to bash Sarah Palin even more.

posted @ 4/4/2009 8:52:33 AM | Feedback (4)

The gun is but a tool

The will to fight back is the real weapon ST. PETERSBURG -- A would-be snatch-and-grab thief came out empty-handed after trying to rob a 75-year-old St. Petersburg woman Monday. Marcie Rae Lee had slid behind the wheel of her car after shopping at the Publix on 34th Street N when a woman described by police as black, 5 feet 4 to 5 feet 6 and about 135 pounds approached her demanding the money in her hand. The suspect implied she had a gun, police said, but Lee refused to hand...

posted @ 3/25/2009 7:20:09 AM | Feedback (0)

Bring enough gun

This story is interesting in several ways. One, it's near home. Two, it illustrates an interesting point Police said two children, ages 3 and 3 months, were inside the home at 1261 Grove Ave. about 10:30 a.m. when a burglar pried open a rear sliding glass door with a crowbar. The startled homeowner fired off seven rounds from a .380 handgun … The bullets hit the suspect, 45-year-old Michael Collins, in the head and arm, police said. Collins had parked his van in the home's driveway...

posted @ 3/19/2009 11:55:46 AM | Feedback (12)

First and foremost, you have to have the will to fight back

And this guy did BROCKTON - Bebiano Correia was helping a customer when he saw the man wielding a shotgun come into his Pleasant Street convenience store Sunday afternoon. “He came inside the door, then he pointed the gun at my nephew. He said, ‘I need money, need money,’” said Correia, owner of the Universal Grocery Food Market on Pleasant Street. But instead of freezing from shock, Correia took action to defend his family. Self defense requires the will to fight. The tools you use...

posted @ 3/9/2009 9:04:19 AM | Feedback (1)

Totally cool term

In my last post, I was going to use the term hue and cry. I've always thought the phrase meant to make noise about an issue in order to distract from the true problem. For example The protesters' hue and cry could barely be heard above the 30 foot tall, paper-mâché of Sarah Palin being burned in effigy. Turns out, there's a rather interesting denotation to the phrase In common law, a hue and cry (Latin, hutesium et clamor, "a horn and shouting") was a process by which bystanders were summoned...

posted @ 2/6/2009 12:27:53 PM | Feedback (3)

A fighting chance

Having a gun does not guarantee you will not be attacked. Having a gun does not guarantee you will be victorious in any confrontation. Having a gun does give you a fighting chance to defend yourself Tucson Police say two armed men entered the Grand Market on South 6th Avenue Monday evening. The suspects fired a shot at one of the employees, and the employee fired back. During the exchange, both a suspect and the employee were shot. The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene by police. The...

posted @ 1/27/2009 9:48:54 AM | Feedback (3)

Never rob a house using a gun

The homeowner will simply take it away from you and use it against you Homicide detectives are still investigating an overnight shooting in which a resident of a north Houston apartment said he disarmed a burglar and killed him with his own gun. Justice + Irony = AWESOME!!!!

posted @ 1/23/2009 10:24:00 AM | Feedback (10)

It's like Rock Paper Scissors

'Cept with revolvers and shotguns. Shotgun takes revolver The two men who live in the ground-floor apartment told officers they were preparing to watch a movie when they heard a loud noise. Their front door was suddenly kicked open and two men burst into the apartment, one of them holding a revolver, police were told. Both residents grabbed shotguns and one of them fired, killing one of the intruders while the other ran away. I try to tell anyone who'll listen, for home defense, nothing beats...

posted @ 1/21/2009 1:46:49 PM | Feedback (9)

It's just not safe for crooks any more

It must suck for anti-gun groups like Brady to have to defend disarming people when there's so many stories of people successfully protecting themselves The two masked men entered Big Bob's Liquors on Richmond Avenue at 9:59 p.m., police said in a statement describing the shooting. One of the men pulled a handgun and pointed it "directly at one of the two store clerks then on duty," the statement says. One of the store clerks pulled his own gun and shot the alleged robber several times,...

posted @ 12/11/2008 12:10:40 PM | Feedback (5)

A common debate

Mad Rocket Scientist emailed me last night with a link to this story regarding the Mumbai terrorist attacks. Speaking of the comments, MRS says A common debate, played out in a predictable fashion The article itself was primarily about the actual rarity of terrorist attacks (24x7 news coverage amplifies the effect, yet terrorist attacks are still rare) and the security measures that fail to prevent them. However, the comments took on a life of their own. Let me summarize JohnMcLane- This...

posted @ 12/4/2008 11:02:01 AM | Feedback (8)

Why do you shoot?

Roberta X asks How about you? Why do you shoot? Why do you carry, if you carry at all? I shoot because I find the action of shooting to be relaxing. There's a Zen-like state one can achieve when target practicing. All the variables come into play - trigger control, breathing, stance, grip - and you can find that thinking of any of them will throw you off. You have to almost go on automatic pilot to get them all to play well together. When one of the variables is off, you concentrate on that...

posted @ 10/16/2008 8:29:27 AM | Feedback (6)

Another Law-abiding gun owner

Here's another person Paul Helmke and his cronies at the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership would rather see dead than have the ability to defend herself I have to admit I was a little dismayed to see it stored in a cupboard, I was rather impressed that she kept her finger well outside of the trigger guard while displaying the weapon. Hat tip Xavier

posted @ 7/6/2008 9:39:19 PM | Feedback (0)

More reasons to ban guns

So I'm chatting with Greg and he sends me a link to a story about a shooting. What makes this different is that Greg personally knows the victims The three men, identified as Robert Latner Brown, 20, Curtis Alexander Watkins, 19, and Glen Whitestone, 18, became verbally abusive toward them and denied any wrongdoing, Cooper said. "The victims then drove away and their car was peppered with gunfire," Cooper said. Greg writes Gregory says: the assailants are claiming my friend flashed a gun...

posted @ 5/29/2008 11:56:57 AM | Feedback (2)

Practically next door

This was but a few miles from my house Investigators were called to a Hillsborough County beverage store where a man attempting to rob the store was shot and killed. It happened shortly after 6:30 Monday evening at the CNK Beverage Pit at 12002 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Seffner. According to witnesses an unknown suspect went into the store and tried to rob the clerk but was shot multiple times. Apparently, the masked man had his birth certificate revoked. The suspect was transported...

posted @ 5/27/2008 2:30:20 PM | Feedback (2)

A FANTASTIC read!

Bullet efficiency from a coroner's perspective. Here's a sample I see an average of 8.2 autopsies per day/365 days per year, and I can tell you that when the chips are down, there's nothing that beats a 12-gauge. As for handguns, the name of the game is not only shot placement but how a properly-placed bullet acts once it gets there. I've seen folks killed by a bb to the eye and others survive after being hit by several well-placed rounds with a 9mm. As for me, I'll take a slow-moving .45 to...

posted @ 4/30/2008 6:27:17 PM | Feedback (6)

When you call 911

Make sure you don't talk too loudly. You wouldn't want to wake up the operator. 911 - Like Vegas only the odds are even less in your favor. Do you have a backup plan in case 911 fails for you?

posted @ 4/30/2008 8:41:28 AM | Feedback (2)

So much for the blood in the streets

One of the common talking points of the PSH crowd when it comes to promoting the ideas of Castle Doctrine and Self Defense laws is that people will simply shoot their neighbors and use the excuse of being "in fear of their life" and simply walk free. John Gutmacher points to why this isn't the case The question was squarely answered as applied to an "unreasonable" belief in the recent case of Hill v. State, 33 Fla.L.Weekly D. 1038 (Fla. 3DCA 2008), where the appellate court held that there is...

posted @ 4/29/2008 9:47:03 AM | Feedback (1)

Quote of the Day - Roberta X edition

But remember, human rights are inherent. Governments may make the free exercise of them awkward but they can only impede; even when penalized or barred, your rights exist. Such a great point. Hobsonian as the choice may be, you still can exercise your rights at any time.

posted @ 3/20/2008 8:20:20 AM | Feedback (2)

To fight

Two articles have really caught my attention so far this weekend, and they both are relevant to me in some way. First is this illustrative story from Breda. One day last winter, I pulled on my boots, buttoned up my coat and went out into the snow to fill the birdfeeder. We kept the seed in a large bucket in the garage and when I went to scoop some out to carry to the feeder, I noticed that the supply was running low. It was dark in the garage and even darker in the bottom of the bucket. I...

posted @ 3/1/2008 4:50:00 PM | Feedback (4)

I guess we can skip that whole separation of church and state thing

Churches in Minnesota win another round on gun ban Court of Appeals: Churches can lawfully ban guns from their premises. Court agrees to exempt religious institutions from the 2005 law. In another victory for churches wanting to ban guns from their premises, the state Court of Appeals issued a 32-page decision Tuesday agreeing with the district court that religious institutions are exempt from the so-called Minnesota Citizens' Personal Protection Act of 2005. Exempt. Meaning they're better or...

posted @ 2/5/2008 7:50:55 PM | Feedback (4)

Starting the new year out with a bang

New Years Resolution #1 - Reach room temperature. Check.New Years Resolution #2 - Learn to play the piano. Not gonna happen

posted @ 1/1/2008 11:16:54 AM | Feedback (1)