HAVE A HAPPY BUT SAFE NEW YEAR"S

WIMPS!

Threat Curbs Brussels' New Year's Eve Plans
Officials Cancel Fireworks Because Of Terror Alert
http://www.wsmv.com/news/14947895/detail.html?rss=nash&psp=news

So fold your tent, & go home the terrorists have won, they now control you.

It is still not about guns, it is about evil.

A family of six die from gunshots :
The man who is accused of ending the Christmas Eve killings by shooting 3- and 5-year-old children in the head
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004098104_mcenroe29m.html

Husband beaten severely, Wife & daughters die of smoke:
Petit's wife, Jennifer Hawke-Petit, and their two daughters, Hayley and Michaela, were found dead in the home, said a law enforcement official with firsthand knowledge of the investigation.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/23/home.invasion.ap/index.html

Man, will do evil, & trying to pass laws controlling the method, might make some feel good but it will, do little if anything to stop such acts.

Well he is right:

One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. — DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

Perhaps CCW'ers should consider this when they see the "NO GUNS" signs?

Where they stand

http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/issues/issues.gun.html

Hattip to Mike Bane

Such a load of Bull

From the AP: "You just pull a trigger and 20 or 30 rounds come in a second and in those 20 rounds you're sure to hit your intended target and some innocent bystanders, totally unlike a firearm that is just one bullet every time you pull the trigger," Miami Police spokesman Willie Moreno said.
http://apnews.myway.com//article/20071228/D8TQLR181.html

Well if they can shoot "20 or 30 rounds in one second" they have to be full auto, so where are they getting them? As of 1986 you could no longer buy full auto weapoons unless your are law enforcement or military, so if in fact they are "Fully Automatic" weapons they have been smuggled in the US, & that is already illegal.

And well ok in some cities homicides are down & some cities it's up, so it will balance out about the same, & not all homicides are gun homicides.

Cats on the Run

MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) — Two cougars freed from a zoo by vandals were captured Thursday without injuring anyone, the city’s mayor said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/28/us/28tiger-VANDALSFREEC_SHIRTTAIL.html?ei=5065&en=338b7e7e930bbb1d&ex=1199509200&adxnnl=1&partner=MYWAY&adxnnlx=1198858151-tguEzCeUeZBBLJSqqJ/roA

"CALL 911, & WAIT FOR POLICE"

California Woman Mauled, Killed by Pack of Pit Bulls
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,318480,00.html

New War on Gun Owners Portends End of All U.S. Liberty

http://www.federalobserver.com/archive.php?aid=12082

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But it is a "NO GUNS" Zone!
"Police tell Local 12, 31-year-old Joey Montgomery, of Florence, entered the lobby with a shotgun, demanding to see a jailer."
http://www.local12.com/content/breaking_news/story.aspx?content_id=30bd2ea9-53e7-4549-af42-a21d9108950d

"Police said the man began to wave a gun in the air."
http://www.wcpo.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=1aeed3ff-15d0-473e-9efd-77b3969023ea

Well Jails are usually posted "NO GUNS", perhaps he thought the officers were unarmed?, or perhps he just didn't think.....

Wonder if the details will come out

As the officers approached, police said, the tiger jumped back on top of the man and resumed its attack. The animal then became distracted by the four officers, who were yelling, and advanced toward the officers. All four fired their .40-caliber handguns, hitting the tiger an unknown number of times.
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/12/27/Worldandnation/Victims_may_have_had_.shtml

hattip to D Zendo http://wheelgun.blogspot.com/2007/12/so-did-they-do-something-or-not.html
http://haloscan.com/tb/zendodeb/6943688511718974399

This could turn really nasty

"The surgeons confirmed that she has been martyred."
http://www.local12.com/content/breaking_news/story.aspx?content_id=c6093dd9-3420-4134-9474-f37e821533ab

Today's Quote


"congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale,
and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled or
hanged!!!"

President Abraham Lincoln

NRA SUES

Some detective work pays off for the NRA
http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2007/12/some-detective-work-pays-off-for-nra.html

From Marko:
Next time you're at the zoo and a large predatory cat escapes, follow these steps:
http://munchkinwrangler.blogspot.com/2007/12/tiger-does-not-relish-peach.html

Very good comparison

Well he should, those are "Gun Free" zones


HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) -- After more than a decade in counterterrorism, Jim McGee can no longer relax and enjoy watching a sports event.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/more/12/25/bc.stadiumsecurity.ap/index.html?eref=ib_topstories

Todays Quote:


When you disarm your subjects, you offend them by showing that either from cowardliness or lack of faith, you distrust them; and either conclusion will induce them to hate you. — NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI

S&W JM 625 45 ACP

Very cool, I've wanted a 45 ACP Revolver for a longtime, nearly bought a Smith 1917 years ago. Glad I waited

Merry Christmas to All!






see ya after the holiday

Gotta like him

Asked about the Second Amendment, Thompson said: "I consider good gun control as a real steady aim."
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071219/NEWS09/712190365/1010/NEWS08

Free Money For the NRA

Use this search engine:http://www.goodsearch.com/Default.aspx
Just type in NRA Foundation for the charity of your choice, & a few cents goes to the NRA everytime you use the Good Search search engine

And we get Nailed for Water Boarding??


The AP:BAGHDAD (AP) - U.S. soldiers found mass graves north of Baghdad next to a torture center where chains were attached to blood-spattered walls and a metal bed frame was still connected to an electrical shock system, the military said Thursday.
http://apnews.myway.com//article/20071220/D8TL58U00.html

Bad Behavior

"From 2001-2005, about 54 people were killed daily in crashes involving drunken driving in the days surrounding New Year's while about 45 people died a day in alcohol-impaired crashes around Christmas. That compares with an average of about 36 fatalities a day because of drunken driving."
http://www.officer.com/online/article.jsp?siteSection=1&id=39410

So why aren't the Bradys calling for congress to act on this? The could be asking for donations of $45 now & up it next week to $54, then just level out at a $36 donation & have more money than the $32 they are asking for the VT victims

What is so hard about the safety rules?


Always Keep the gun Pointed in a safe Direction*
Always keep your finger off the trigger until ready to fire*
Always keep the gun unloaded until ready to use*
Dry Fire is Always done with an empty gun, that has been* checked 3 times

Decorated war veteran accidentally kills wife with pistol
http://www.komotv.com/news/local/12603436.html

*always
One entry found.
always
Main Entry:
al·ways
Pronunciation:
\ˈȯl-wēz, -wəz, -(ˌ)wāz also ˈȯ-\
Function:
adverb
Etymology:
Middle English alwayes, from alwey
Date:
14th century
1 : at all times : invariably 2 : forever, perpetually 3 : at any rate : in any event
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/always

It does not mean most of the time!
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/always More here!

Interesting Comment

IvanSanchez Dec 18, 2007 I am an ex drug-dealing, gang-banging animal who was accused of being involved in running guns from Virginia to the Bronx back in the 90’s. Once I became a father at 19 and saw all my friends being murdered with guns I realized I was the problem
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2007/12/18/2007-12-18_regret_for_one_more_life_lost_to_guns.html

Pick Ax Attack
A man accused of attacking another man with a pick ax
http://www.wcpo.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=04918a56-5174-48c3-8658-7ee41220a7f0

“The second amendment gives the individual citizen a means of protection against the despotism of the state.

click the link:http://capnbob.us/blog/2007/12/14/sage-advice/

Hattip to Captain Bob & Damsel

Gun-Free-Zone Liability


Well if you are gonna make it gun free, you gotta protect everyone that enters, simple as that
http://www.gunlaws.com/GFZ/GFZ-BillReview.htm

BEATEN TO DEATH
2nd time in less than two weeks!

Man Charged After Beating Victim Dies
http://www.wlwt.com/news/14879093/detail.html

Week before last a man was beaten to death in Cincinnati for a text message on a cell phone, perhaps hands should be banned?

Teen Sought In Home Invasion Beating Death
http://www.wlwt.com/news/14777094/detail.html

Really some people are just bad, & passing laws will not make them be good people, good people should be prepared to deal with evil, as the police are only minutes away.

You can't make this up!

But Romney said he "would look at weapons that pose extraordinary lethality."
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200712/POL20071217e.html

So what are the weapons that pose extraordinary lethality??

I'm sure he is not referring to battle tanks, jet fighters, or even full auto weapons........

But I guess they think they can......

Update Dec 20th:" He was armed with a Bushmaster XM-15 assault rifle, the kind used by military and law-enforcement personnel, during his killing spree in Colorado Springs. He also had handguns. The AK-47 assault rifle was found in the trunk of his car.Such extraordinary firepower is not meant for hunting animals or target shooting."
http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_7716133

SO IT'S NOTHING NEW, JUST FINDING A NEW SPIN ON THE TERM ASSAULT RIFLE

This is really cool


For her remarkable display of heroism and courage under fire, the Second Amendment Foundation announced today that it will recognize Jeanne Assam, who confronted a gunman on Dec. 9 at the New Life Church shooting in Colorado Springs, with the Eleanor Roosevelt Award.
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/946

Sore

Being smacked by an airbag, while bouncing off a power pole is really not even a moment of fun, moving slow......watch those drifts my friends

Assault Shovel?

Next thing we'll have to ban these too...
http://www.thedailytimes.com/article/20071214/NEWS/71214019

Hattip to Tam:
https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15907727&postID=1958470738719112887

Perhaps it is not the tool that people use, perhaps it's just the nature of man

If he had a Gun it would have stayed in the headlines!

the 2nd floor of Happy Land: “The scene was paralyzing. We stood there numbed. No one spoke. There were 69 bodies spread about this 24x50 foot area.
http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/mass/happyland/index_1.html

Happy Land Fire was an arson fire which killed 87
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Land_Fire

Men who have dark souls & evil in their hearts will find a way, with about a about 1 gal. of gas this guy killed over 80 people, because his girl friend jilted him. All the laws in the world can not stop such acts, for man is inventive, & he will find a way.
Of course in England they might pass laws requiring serial numbers on gas cans, background checks on those purchasing gas, but regulation will not stop evil.

Paul & Sarah ought to get on this!

A year earlier, Eden Strang had seriously wounded 11 people when he went on the rampage with a samurai sword.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Britain_to_ban_sale_of_samurai_swords/articleshow/2618117.cms

Juan Gonzalez, who killed two people and wounded nine others with sword in 1986 attack on Staten Island ferry
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/s/swords/index.html?query=STATEN%20ISLAND%20FERRY&field=des&match=exact

Three dead, three wounded in sword attack:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/06/30/supermarket.killings.ap/index.html

Stuttgart - A man wielding a samurai sword killed a 43-year-old woman and seriously injured three others during a church service in the German city of Stuttgart on Sunday, police said.
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=qw1112596740180B265


1996: Seven slashed in school machete attack Three young children and four adults have been attacked by a man with a machete
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/8/newsid_2496000/2496685.stm

TOTOWA, N.J. -- A man wanted in a four-state crime spree including the killing of a gas station attendant with a machete was arrested by police who found him asleep in his car.
http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2001/02/13/WorldNation/Man-Arrested.For.Machete.Attacks-698511.shtml

Machete attack survivor working on rehab, high school girl was only victim left alive in ambush
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52070

"unidentified attackers, armed with machetes, killed or wounded more than 100 people overnight,"
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=14458&Cr=ivoire&Cr1=

Good thing England decided to ban cheap saturday night special swords..........

LSU Shooting

BATON ROUGE, La. — Two students were found shot to death in an apparent home invasion at a Louisiana State University apartment, and officials decided to keep the campus open Friday while police searched for three suspects.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,316820,00.html

Of course they were not allowed to have guns if they lived on campus, guess the BG's didn't see the sign.........................

Bad Guys will be Bad Guys
LAKE WALES - While robbing an insurance business Thursday afternoon, a man set fire to two female employees, one of whom was five months' pregnant, according to police.
Maybe a "Match and Gasoline Free Zone" sign was needed
Hattip to Rob Allen
http://blog.robballen.com/archive/2007/12/14/Maybe-a-quotMatch-and-Gasoline-Free-Zonequot-sign-was-needed.aspx

"two female employees and then splashed gasoline on them when he was not satisfied what he got, police said.
Both women, with burns over 90 percent of their bodies,"
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2007/dec/13/two-women-set-fire-man-who-tried-help-shot-lake-wa/?news-breaking

Yes he had a gun, but setting people on fire?, because they didn't give them enough money?

Japan has gun control

TOKYO - A gunman opened fire Friday at a sports club in southwestern Japan, killing one employee and wounding seven other people before escaping.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2007/12/14/4724670-ap.html
A man was critically wounded in the attack in Sasebo city, in Nagasaki prefecture about 980 km (610 miles) southwest of Tokyo, and police were searching for the gunmen, NHK said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071214/wl_nm/japan_shooting_dc_1
Update 2 reported killed now
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071214/wl_nm/japan_shooting_dc_2

In Japan you have to be a member of a club, & pass a background check to even own airsoft pistols & the pistols remain at the club, but even in a country with strict gun control the bad guys find a way. If they can't control it on a small island, how can they ever think they could control it in the US of A?

Hattip to Snowflakes in Hell

Kind of amazing, in doing a bit of surfing, for a country with total gun, they have their share

Kochi man arrested for fatally shooting neighbor, wounding son Dec 10th 2007
http://www.japantoday.com/jp/news/422705

By June, 28 shooting incidents had occurred, which was twice the number at the same period last year.
http://www.janes.com/news/lawenforcement/jir/jir070920_1_n.shtml

Handguns are strictly banned for ordinary citizens in Japan, and only police officers and others _ such as shooting instructors _ with job-related reasons can own them. Hunting rifles are also strictly licensed and regulated.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/18/AR2007041800300.html

NAGAKUTE, Japan — A former gangster surrendered Friday night after a shooting rampage at his home that left one policeman dead and three other people — including his son and daughter — injured,
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,273555,00.html

Under the revision, possessing more than one gun would become a crime, and would carry a prison term of between one and 15 years.
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUST262994

On this day in History

1799
George Washington, the American revolutionary leader and first president of the United States, dies of acute laryngitis at his estate in Mount Vernon, Virginia. He was 67 years old.

Since the AWB Expired

I have heard that a lot of late, usually after some shooting, law enforcement, a reporter, or an anti will pipe up since the AWB expired this happen.

http://www.atf.gov/firearms/newsletter/0205fflnewsletter.pdf

The SAW ban was enacted on September 13 1994 by PL 103-32, Title IX, Subtitle A, section 110105. The ban made it unlawful to manufacture, transfer, or possess SAWs. The Law defines SAWs as 19 named firearms as well as semiautomatic rifles, pistols, & shotguns that have certain named features. (Named features being flash hiders pistol grips, bayonet lugs to name a few)The ban was codified at 18 U.S.C. #922(v). Saws lawfully possessed on September 13 1994 were not covered by the ban. There also were certain exceptions, such as possession by law enforcement. (SAW's owned or made before before the enactment of the ban were not affected, guns were sold as ether pre-ban or as post ban guns. So a semi-auto version of the AK-47 with a flash hider, bayonet lug, & pistol grip was a pre-ban gun, A semi-auto version of an AK-47 without a flash hider, bayonet lug, & a thumb hole stock was a post-ban gun, see examples below.)

The Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device (LCAFD) ban was enacted along with SAW ban on September 13, 1994. The ban made it unlawful to transfer or possess LCAFD.s. The law generally defined A LCAFD as a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar device manufactured after September 13 1994 that has the capacity of, or can be readily restored or converted to accept, more than 10 rounds of ammunition. The ban was codified at 18 U.S.C. #922(w) (Note: "manufactured after September 13, 1994", so all those 30 round magazines that had been made for the past 30 plus years were legal, although they did become more expensive, they were easy to purchase.)

Pre-Ban (Before Sept. 13th, 1994)

Post-Ban (Sept 13th 1994-Sept 13th 2004)

So in closing if someone had a pre- ban gun (before Sept. 13, 94) and wanted to sell it he could, but the same gun with some cosmetic changes could also be purchased usually at a much lower price, as the Pre-Bans were considered collectibles. So the guns have not just been un banned( just some of the cosmetic features, and there haven't been any bayonet mounted attacks, as I recall all the public shooting have been in the daytime, so a flash hider, or lack of one has not been a factor, & well without a pistol grip you simply hold the gun in a different matter), & the 1994 AWB has nothing to do with the crimes we are seeing today. The AWB did not prevent a single crime, even the authors of the ban have admitted that.

Inner city crime

"There is a strong desire in some circles to see gun control as the solution to the problems of inner city violence. This has never worked, and this article points out that the cultural problems that have developed in Oakland are so severe that:
Gun laws can't reach places like East and West Oakland. Rarely do boys go get a gun and kill - the gun is already there. Guns are as common as cell phones. Friends give their friends guns for protection after losing a fistfight. Every day, drug addicts trade guns for a fix. Groups of boys share guns, keeping them hidden in abandoned homes, in empty lots, in the rain gutters and under their beds."
http://www.claytoncramer.com/weblog/2007_12_09_archive.html#4743652351411808084

Today's Quote


Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
John F. Kennedy, In a speech at the White House, 196235th president of US 1961-1963 (1917 - 1963)

He didn't have an Assault Rifle?

died of a self-inflicted shotgun wound, police said Tuesday.
http://apnews.myway.com//article/20071211/D8TFEJO00.html

"The death of Matthew Murray has been ruled a suicide. It should be noted that he was struck multiple times by the security officer, which put him down. He then fired a single round killing himself," the statement said
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/11/colorado.shootings/index.html


It does not surprise me, pistol bullets are known to fail even with good hits, look at Jennifer Fulford's story she took 7 direct hits & fully recovered. Michael Platt had an unsurvivable wound, but he did a lot of damage before it killed him. 80% of the people that get shot fully recover. But the important part is she stopped his attack on innocent people.

Lady Warriors

Jeanne Assam delivered when it counted at the New Life Church
"She just started walking toward the gunman firing the whole way," said Bourbonnais, who was shot in the arm. "She was just yelling 'Surrender,' walking and shooting the whole time."
http://www.denverpost.com/outdoors/ci_7683781

a couple of others:
Stacy Lim
"From a distance of about 5 feet, the young gunman, without warning, responded to Officer Lim’s unselfish act by firing his weapon directly into her chest. The bullet struck her with an impact equal to being hit by an 18-wheeled truck doing 60 miles-an-hour. The bullet ravaged her upper body when it nicked the lower portion of her heart, damaged her liver, destroyed her spleen, and exited through the center of her back, still with enough energy to penetrate her vehicle door, where it was later found. Critically wounded, the officer brought up her weapon and fired one round which struck her assailant."
http://www.lapdonline.org/inside_the_lapd/content_basic_view/27327

Jennifer Fulford Salvano
Fla. officer takes 10 rounds to save children, her own life.
"We're all taught that you have to believe you are going to win, not die," Fulford-Salvano said. "But it is one thing to have someone telling you that, another to hear from someone who had been through it. I remember thinking, 'This garage is not the last thing I am going to see.'
http://www.policeone.com/police-heroes/articles/120351/
The gun battle lasted less than a minute, during which time Deputy Fulford was struck by 10 rounds; seven causing severe wounds and three striking various pieces of her duty equipment.
http://www.nleomf.com/TheFund/programs/OOM/fulfordmartin_jan06.htm

Drunk driving is no accident.

There were 16,885 alcohol-related fatalities in 2005 – 39 percent of the total traffic fatalities for the year.
http://www.alcoholalert.com/drunk-driving-statistics.html

Wow, beer, wine, & whiskey kill more people in this country every year than guns do!
Why don't we see the do gooders ranting for bans on these deadly products!
Why aren't they calling for more controls on the makers of such dangerous products?

Marko, via Tam:

"I've said it before, but it bears repeating: the only thing that will stop an armed attacker on the spot is a person with a gun of their own. Gun haters realize this as well, which is why they rarely ever suggest disarming the police. They, too, rely on the gun to protect themselves from harm--they just feel all high and mighty because they outsource the task."
http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2007/12/quote-of-day_11.html

& Attractive to Boot


Tammy Bruce has the details on Jeanne Assam, the lady that stopped the church shooter.
http://tammybruce.com/2007/12/the_woman_with_a_gun_who_saved.php

It appears she was a police officer, sometime in the 90's, but Sunday she was a civilan with a ccw license & a gun. She saw "the beast", & prevailed.

Her male counterparts, had first contact, but froze up:

Near an entryway in the church, Bourbonnais came upon the gunman and an armed male church security guard who was there with his gun drawn but not firing, he said.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_7683781

Pastor: Guard, plan saved 'hundreds of lives' at church

"She probably saved over a hundred lives," Boyd said of the guard, whom he said is not a law enforcement officer and used her personal weapon. (turns out she was not a rent a cop)

"Hundreds of lives were saved yesterday because of the plan that was put in place," said Boyd, who put the number of people on the church campus at the time as 7,000.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/10/colorado.shootings/index.html

Hattip to Thirdpower, & AHAB http://www.nrahab.com/?p=844

John Lott has it too.
http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2007/12/colorado-church-hero-security-guard-was.html

Guns in Church

http://www.claytoncramer.com/PraiseTheLordAndPassTheAmmunition.PDF

What would you do if armed terrorists broke into your church and starting attacking your friends with automatic weapons in the middle of a worship service?
http://shop.wnd.com/store/item.asp?ITEM_ID=1960

http://www.defenseissues.com/Got%20Guns.html

Banning guns in churches, will not stop the wolves, no more than banning sin will shut down Las Vegas

What happen in Omaha

First person account:
http://joemerchant24.blogspot.com/2007/12/firsthand-account-of-von-maur-shooting.html

"Honestly, and as God as my witness, when I saw him shooting and as watched for a few seconds trying to figure out what he was going to do and what I should do, the thought that when through my mind was, “If I had a gun, I have a perfect shot.”

Hmmmmmmm

“It bears repeating that the Chicago Police Department has determined that 88% of murderers have previous criminal records as do 76% of murder victims. Federally-licensed firearm dealers are not the problem - career criminals are.”

It can be hard to compare apples to oranges

"Legal historian Richard Maxwell Brown has argued that Americans have more homicides because English law insists an individual should retreat when attacked, whereas Americans believe they have the right to stand their ground and kill in self-defense. Americans do have more latitude to protect themselves, in keeping with traditional common law standards, but that would have had less significance before England’s more restrictive policy was established in 1967."
http://www.wmsa.net/pubs/reason/reason_nov02_crime_in_uk.htm

"The failure of this general disarmament to stem, or even slow, armed and violent crime could not be more blatant. According to a recent UN study, England and Wales have the highest crime rate and worst record for "very serious" offences of the 18 industrial countries surveyed."

But despite, or because, of this, violent crime in America has been plummeting for 10 consecutive years, even as British violence has been rising. By 1995 English rates of violent crime were already far higher than America's for every major violent crime except murder and rape.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2656875.stm

The difference


Police arrived to find that the gunman had been killed by a member of the church's armed security staff, Myers said.
"There was a courageous staff member who probably saved many lives here today,"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071210/ap_on_re_us/church_shootings

And a lady to boot:
The gunman was shot and killed by a female member of the church’s armed security staff, the source said.
http://michellemalkin.com/2007/12/09/sunday-horror-church-shootings-in-colorado-gunman-reportedly-killed-by-armed-female-church-security-staffer/

Hattip to David Hardy


Unlike the mall in Omaha, the church had armed security, many churches are putting together sercurity teams with members who are off duty police officers, those members that have ccw licenses, they are not fools.
Even Jesus told Luke to sell his robe & buy a sword.

Like her more everyday:
http://tammybruce.com/2007/12/oorah.php

New Blog on self defense shootings

GUN WATCH

Of course Clayton Cramer has been maintaining one for years:
http://www.claytoncramer.com/gundefenseblog/blogger.html

Yes today is Pearl Harbor Day!

But the date is also important because we got official about the United States that day:

December 7, 1787
The First State
"In Dover, Delaware, the U.S. Constitution is unanimously ratified by all 30 delegates to the Delaware Constitutional Convention, making Delaware the first state of the modern United States. "

21st Century oxymoron:

"Unarmed Security"

I've mentioned this before, & in Omaha the store security saw the shooter but could no nothing to intervene, as they were, well unarmed.

Tam Nails it

not that, that is unusual:
http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2007/12/no-comment.html

no hand wringing here ether

Longenecker gets it!

1. Lethal force without having to wait, obtain permission, or find the time to break away and notify others (and wait some more!). Already on the books. Don't make malls an exception to this: Include them.
2. Authority is already in place within the citizen. It's time to stop obfuscating it for the privilege of shopping there. One can act with lethal force when facing grave danger. One can come to the aid of another. This is nationwide but for a small few silly and unfriendly jurisdictions. Check your state for silly, unfriendly laws that say you have to run or something. How many of these nine ran?
3. Concealed weapon keeps the aggressors uncertain as to who will respond immediately. The idea is not entirely to dissuade a killer from shooting a mall's patrons – the idea is to stop him immediately. Citizens have that authority. Why hide or discourage it?
http://www.goodforthecountry.com/

ARMED AMERICA
by Clayton Cramer

Mentioned this book the other day, Clayton has some autographed copies, that you can purchase directly from him
http://www.claytoncramer.com/weblog/2007_12_02_archive.html#6563132490221960652

Gun Shops


Bitter makes a very good point:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7727

Gunshops can't just be for the good ole boys, anymore.

Yes it's Called Denial

TFS Magnum has it:
http://wheelgun.blogspot.com/2007/12/another-multiple-shooting-in-gun-free.html
Syd has a good discussion on it:
http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/concealed-carry/things-i-heard/


And it will kill you

Stupid Stupid People

Just when you thought you had heard it all:

MONROE, La. (AP) - A man was sentenced to more than four years in prison for bilking friends and family out of more than $800,000 by convincing them that his wife was a government agent who could arrange to have their medical problems diagnosed by satellite imaging.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071206/D8TBMA080.html

Plot Twist in Texas?

Tammy Bruce has it:
The two men Joe Horn shot and killed as they emerged after robbing his neighbor's home, may be linked to an illegal alien gun-running Colombian gang.
http://tammybruce.com/2007/12/burglars_shot_by_neighbor_may.php

Why they go to the Mall

"It's a soft target, a prime target," says Bridgeman. "Malls by their very nature are wide open, they are inviting, easy access."
When you combine that with malls having thousands of people –all potential targets under one roof – and the fact that most security guards are unarmed, malls can be a downright dangerous place. "
http://www.wcpo.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=996ee0e4-4a5d-4c7f-a68b-4e4e04f2016a

And most prohibt CCW license holders

Man Apparently Beaten To Death Over Text Message

http://www.local12.com/content/crimestoppers/story.aspx?content_id=9c3c2b30-4ed0-429b-9617-45230f54dd47

More on Omaha


"She told the Omaha World-Herald that the night before the shooting, Hawkins and her sons showed her an SKS semiautomatic Russian military rifle — the same type used in the shooting. She said she thought the gun belonged to a member of Hawkins' family. She said she didn't think much of it — the gun looked too old to work.
Records in Sarpy and Washington counties showed Hawkins had a felony drug conviction and several misdemeanor cases filed against him, including an arrest 11 days before the shooting for having alcohol as a minor. He was due in court in two weeks."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071206/ap_on_re_us/mall_shooting

Well he didn't acquire the gun legally, as he had a record. The SKS , (may have been a semi auto AK, seeing articles listing both) was not part of the 94 assault ban, The Russian SKS's were all 10 shot rifles, & would have to be altered to hold more than 10 shots. This guy had no respect for the law, alcohol & drug use, several misdemeanors, & acquiring a gun under disability. Since he was hellbent on suicide, I really can't see how stricter laws could have prevented it. You know; "Well you'll really be in BIG trouble if you take that gun to the mall"
But the anti's will cry foul, & the mall will tell everyone they can "Feel" safe, as the have unarmed security guards, & cameras, perhaps they could get TSA to install metal detectors.

Another Gun Free Zone?

OMAHA, Neb. - At least one person was shot Wednesday at a busy Omaha mall, and police locked down the shopping center while they searched for a gunman.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071205/ap_on_re_us/mall_shooting

Yep, another "Gun Free Zone"
http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/12163196.html
John Lott, has more at Fox News
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,315563,00.html

8 dead (9 if you count the shooter) several wounded, took police 6 minutes to respond,
When you put sheep in a pen unprotected, & the wolf comes, the sheep are going to die, it is as simple as that. Allow a Sheepdog to be around the sheep he may just save some, but the sheep are frightened by the Sheepdog, as much as they are frightened by the wolf.
The Sheepdog may nip you, but the wolf is just going to kill you.

Assault Rates

All the anti's like to cry wolf due to the number of homicides in the US, from firearms. A recent UN report posted that the US had 270 million firearms, more than any other country, & more per capita than any other country. So it would stand to reason that since we have more guns than anybody else we would indeed have more homicides with firearms.
But really the homicide rate has stayed fairly steady since 1959, at about 6.5 per 100,000.
But in the last 50 years medical care has vastly improved, better hospitals, better treatment, better medicines, trauma units.
Even if you are badly wounded, if you are transported quick enough your chances of survival are really pretty good.

So if we really want to see where crime is going, look at the assault rates, & not the homicide rates for example:
USA 7.569/1000 assault rate
England 7.459/1000 assault rate
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_ass_percap-crime-assaults-per-capita

Here is another example:
Minnesota
Homicide Rates Aggravated Assault Rates (per 100,000)
1960..1.2....................... 10.6
1970..2.0....................... 51.2
1980..2.6...................... 102.9
1990..2.7 ..................... 176.7
2000..3.1..................... 156.7
2001..2.4..................... 141.1
2002 .. 2.2................... 141.4
2003..2.5..................... 142.0
2004..2.2..................... 146.1
2005..2.2..................... 158.9
2006..2.4..................... 172.6
http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/mncrime.htm

Minnesota has a fairly low crime rate but you will find the same types of increases in most of the states. The Homicide rate has increased, but not at nearly the same rate as Assaults, if we had the same Hospitals, skilled doctors, etc as we had in 1960 the Homicide rate would be much higher.

So although many say England has lower "Gun" crime, chances of assault are about the same as the USA, so anytype of gun ban is not going to lower the crime rate, it's only going to change the method.

Toad Venom?


"Toad smoking," which is a substitute for "toad licking," is done by extracting venom from the Sonoran Desert toad of the Colorado River. The toad's venom - which is secreted when the toad gets angry or scared - contains a hallucinogen called bufotenine that can be dried and smoked to produce a buzz.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071204/D8TATFV02.html

Well they didn't make their goal

But that does not mean they have given up
http://www.bradybusters.com/dnn/Portals/0/data/pages/brady%205%20yr%20plan%20from%201993.htm

hattip to the Armed Canadian: http://armedcanadian.blogspot.com/2007/12/five-year-plan.html

Of course it was the Guns fault

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/04/kaye.murdersuicide/index.html?iref=topnews
By Randi Kaye CNN
NEW YORK (CNN) -- The suicide of a young man and the murder he committed before he killed himself are being blamed on a cult led by his mother.
Story Highlights
Ricky Rodriguez's mother is the leader of "The Family International"
Rodriguez said on tape that he planned to kill his mother
Rodriguez ended up killing his nanny, then killed himself
Witnesses say they saw Rodriguez having sex with his mother

"But the Gun made him do it"

Maps of change:

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/844

By Dr Tim Ball
" Derek Bok said, “If you think education is expensive - try ignorance.” Ignorance allows presentation of natural events as unnatural or normal events as abnormal. "

The maps were very interesting

Interesting Insights:

http://ohioccwforums.org/viewtopic.php?t=15448
"These guys are absolute animals; the very narcissistic behavior that landed them in jail is the same behavior they must keep to survive in jail. Out of the 1200 inmates in my yard, I bet I have 5 that are decent rehabilitatable men. They are not only animals, but predators. They observe and remember everything. "

The Ghost of Jefferson

http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/12/ghost-of-thomas-jefferson-on-dc-v.html

7/26/30

In the year 2000 Ohio had an estimated population of 11,353,140 which ranked the state as having the 7th in population. For that year the State of Ohio had a total Crime Index of 4,041.8 reported incidents per 100,000 people. This ranked the state as having the 26th highest total Crime Index. For Violent Crime Ohio had a reported incident rate of 334.1 per 100,000 people. This ranked the state as having the 30th highest occurrence for Violent Crime among the states.
http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/ohcrime.htm

UNprepared

"I don't care what they did to me. But because they had the audacity to point a gun and attack the children, these people need to be put away. As far as I'm concerned, they should be dead," Hancock said.
http://www.wlwt.com/news/14768018/detail.html

The bad guys don't care! the don't care if you are young or old, male or female. They simpley are going to do whatever they have to, to get what they want.
The victim is right, they should be dead, but since they chose the role of victim, these guys will continue to do what they do.

Rampage

Alaska Man Charged in Violent Rampage
By JEANNETTE J. LEE

"ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A car chase through downtown Anchorage ended in the arrest of a man who killed two people and seriously injured three others in a series of machete and gun attacks, police said."
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071204/D8TAKBOO0.html

It appears one killed with the machete, two of the gunshot victims are expected to recover.
(From FBI reports you have an 80% survival rate if shot, but it drops to 30% when edged weapons come into play.)

Really Not that Unusual

Five Hour Standoff..............sort of
http://sailorcurt.blogspot.com/2007/11/norfolk-swat-team-successfully-assaults.html

Just odd


But agency officials said she can't keep the bear's body for burial because it's a protected species that belongs to the state.
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071011/NEWS02/710110356/0/PROGRESS04

Why Moonbat Radio switched off


Tam has it:
http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2007/12/quote-of-day_03.html

Does He scare them that bad?

Fred Thompson must be scaring the bejibbers out of the liberal leftwing media.
Covering several articles they seem to not want to mention him as even still in the race!

http://www.fred08.com/ according to his website he is still in the race.

If he scares them this much, it means he could really be the best choice in 08

"Armed America"

Written by Clayton Cramer

Finally got around to reading this book, & while a bit dry, Cramer does keep it fairly light & moving. Gun owners do owe the author some gratitude, for the number of endless hours he spent just in the research. Although he would likely settle on you purchasing a copy.
I'll have to say for years I pretty much "assumed" what is in the book, but now I "know".
In the years preceding the birth of our new nation, the country was pretty much awash in firearms, as it remained for many years. Being Armed is the American way, & Mr Cramer has provided excellent material to strength the debate on the Right to be armed. Recommended reading.

http://www.amazon.com/Armed-America-Remarkable-Became-American/dp/1595550690/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1196696555&sr=8-2

Oh, he also invented the internet

From, Judi Mcleod at the Canada Free Press:

Al Gore's self-touted, mouse size carbon footprint has just developed elephantitis.
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/830

Shame on TSA

Although a bit dated, it is now coming to light, it seems.

"But as the Marines went through the initial screener in their dress blues, they were stopped by several TSA agents. Each was told to remove their dress uniform blouse, belt and black dress shoes, which were scanned by the detector, as the agents scanned them with hand-held detecting wands. "
http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=140449
Copy of offical report here:
http://www.sftt.org/cgi-bin/csNews/csNews.cgi?command=viewone&id=71&database=DefenseWatch%202006%2edb

Of course there was the bad treatment of an 86 year old CMH holder:
http://www.snopes.com/military/medal.asp

TSA seems about a effective as the ATF

The Founders knew of multi-shot firearms!

and they came in fifty caliber
http://www.dave-cushman.net/shot/ducksfoot.html

Those who could afford it, could also own field guns:
http://www.americanrevolution.org/artillery.html

The founders also knew of rapid fire rifles
http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/hh/22/hh22m.htm

Although after the Bill of Rights had been signed, President Thomas Jefferson had knowledge of arms that fired up to 22 rounds per minute!:

Air guns appear throughout other periods of history. The celebrated expedition headed by Lewis and Clark (1804) reportedly carried a .42" (10 mm) reservoir air gun, believed to be produced by Girandoni. It held 22 round balls in a tubular magazine mounted on the side of the barrel. The butt stock served as the air reservoir and had a working pressure of 800 PSI. The rifle was said to be capable of 22 aimed shots in one minute.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_rifle

Being men of vision, being able to forge a new country, they surely had the vision of technical advances (if not the know how) in all walks of life.

Simple Math

USA 1.4 Million violent crimes, population 300 million
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2006/offenses/violent_crime/index.html
Britain 2.6 million violent crimes, population 62 million
http://www.crimestatistics.org.uk/output/page6.asp
http://www.geoffmetcalf.com/guncontrol_20010302.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1446260.stm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=YPF0J4HVN2MKLQFIQMGSFF4AVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2007/11/11/npolice111.xml

England has strict gun controls
USA has the Right to Keep & Bear Arms

USA .0046 crime rate Britain .419 crime rate

So if we install millions of cameras, enact strict gun control laws we could be just like Britain.