Category: Guns

You probably remember when Emily Miller went through the DC system to get a gun for her own protection in her home. That was when she wrote at the Washington Times, now she’s at WTTG Fox5 in DC. The court’s new ruling that DC must have a law that allows residents to carry weapons outside their homes is her next challenge. So she’s begun the process for applying for this permit. Emily says that 47 people have applied so far, but only two permits have been issued;

In the first part of the series, I went to the firearms registration office at the police department to get the application. But I could not submit the application at that time because the police had not yet certified any trainers to teach the 18 hours of mandatory classes.

But I kept calling the office, and one day they told me that I could apply if I checked a box to promise to take the classes within 45 days of being approved.

So I got to work on completing the application.

So here’s her report of the nutroll that she’s engaged in;

DC News FOX 5 DC WTTG

12-year-old Alyssa Caldwell was being stalked earlier this month while she was hunting in New Mexico, according to CBS7. She dispatched her stalker with a single shot and eliminated the threat;

“I already had a feeling that something was watching me or something, but I didn’t see the cat until it was close,” said Alyssa.

Without giving it a second thought, Alyssa knew exactly what she needed to do. “I just raised up my gun and shot it point blank long ways through the body because it was facing me when I shot.”

It only took one shot and the mountain lion was on the ground. “The cat instantly flopped over right there, of course I kept my gun on it just in case it got up or something like that.”

Immediately her dad ran back to where he left Alyssa, expecting an elk. “He said ‘where did they go,’ and I said I had shot a cat, and he came and saw the cat that close and fell to his knees and got emotional,” she said. “I definitely could have died, it was probably like seconds away from the cat pouncing on me.”

Game wardens did do a full investigation – and found out that her kill was done in self-defense, however she wasn’t able to keep the mountain lion.

Thanks to AW1Ed for the link. Like AW1Ed said, maybe ISIS might want to rethink their planned attacks on us when they discover that even a 12-year-old American girl can kill to defend herself.

The other day, there was a story going around about a museum IN Washington State that, because of new gun laws going into effect in the state on December 4th, they were going to have to return guns of a World war II presentation because even the transfer of guns to museum were subject to a background check and a $40 fee. So the Lynden Pioneer Museum, in Lynden made preparations to close the display, but a local gun shop stepped up to help, according to Fox News;

“It’s a financial hardship for them to pay for the fees to register the guns,” said Melissa Denny, owner of Pistol Annie’s Jewelry and Pawn in nearby Bonney Lake, told FoxNews.com. “So we decided to step up and help. It’s normally a $40 fee for each weapon. We just waived it for them.

“I like to champion for the underdog because we are one of them,” added Denny, who opened up her shop two years ago.

Folks say that the law was never intended to affect museums, but the problems is that law abiding gun owners are not going to take a chance that laws don’t affect them, that’s why they’re law abiding citizens.

“[The law] is about making sure people buying guns go through a background check to ensure they’re not convicted felons, domestic abusers, or the seriously mentally ill,” Geoff Potter, spokesperson for Washington Alliance for Gun responsibility, a sponsor of the initiative, told FoxNews.com. “Our view is this situation has nothing to do with 594 and the museum should feel confident in continuing to display the exhibit as scheduled without issue. “

State law enforcement officials told FoxNews.com that they were never planning to go after museums to enforce the new law.

“Initiative 594 is a very new situation due to take effect in December,” Sgt. Will Knudson, spokesman for the Washington State Patrol, said in a statement to FoxNews.com. “The Washington State Patrol has no intent on proactively entering museums to determine if the display of a museum is in compliance.”

Yeah, well, then write your laws so that there is no confusion instead of ramming incoherent garble through your legislatures so that Americans who want to comply with the laws have to make guesses as to your intent.

In reaction to yesterday’s synagogue attack in Jerusalem which claimed five victims, three Americans, the Times of Israel reports that the government will relax gun laws for personal protection;

It was not clear exactly what new measures would be put in place, but it was reported that the move would apply to anyone licensed to carry a gun, such as private security guards and off-duty army officers.

Aharonovitch added that “we have instructed synagogues to place security guards at their entrances.”

Army Radio reported that four Border Police reserve units have been called up.

Imagine that – a government that thinks society is safer when there are more armed folks on the street.

Paul sends us a link to the Marine Corps Times article about a 1911 designed for Akai Custom Guns by Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyers. At $3500, it’s a little out of my price range, well, that it would be hard to justify to Household Six since I already have six 1911s.

Meyer, who was awarded the nation’s top valor award for heroism during a 2009 battle in Afghanistan, was consulted on the design. He told Akai he wanted something that belonged on the modern battlefield.

The end product was a no-nonsense-looking pistol that — unlike its predecessors — would look at home on the hip of a fighter carrying a black M16. More traditional 1911s are a better match for rifles with wood stocks, like the M1 Garand or M14.

On one side of the sleek new pistol’s slide, it reads: “For Those Who Gave All.” On the other side, it reads: “Dakota Meyer, Medal of Honor Recipient.”

If it cushions the price any for you, Akai says that part of the purchase price goes to charity and it comes with a Dakota Meyer challenge coin.

KPTV reports that a fellow in Gresham, Oregon was openly carrying his handgun while talking to his cousin on a street corner. I’m sure that he was feeling pretty secure with his gun outside his pants for all the honest world to see;

They said a man approached them and asked for a cigarette. Talk eventually turned to the victim’s new purchase, before the robber pulled his own gun from his waistband and said, “I like your gun, give it to me,” according to police.

The victim handed over his gun and the suspect ran away.

The suspect is described as a light-skinned black man, 19 to 23 years old, 6’1″ with a skinny build. He had black, wavy hair and was clean cut, except for a small patch of facial hair on his chin. The man was wearing gray sweatpants, a white T-shirt and flip-flops.

Apparently, both guns were .22 long rifle. I wonder how safe Mr. Open Carry is feeling today.

James sends us a link to a Fiscal Times article by Maureen Mackey from a few months ago. She’s worried that the Army’s hunt for a new handgun to replace the M9 will result in more powerful handguns on the market;

At issue, though, is that “the last time the military challenged the industry to make a better handgun, all the innovations intended for the battlefield also ended up in the consumer market, and the severity of civilian shootings soared,” writes Matt Valentine in The Atlantic. He explains:

Studying gunshot injuries in the D.C. area in the 1980s, Daniel Webster of Johns Hopkins University noticed an alarming trend – as time went on, more and more patients were arriving at the emergency room with multiple bullet wounds. In 1983, at the beginning of the study period, only about a quarter of gunshot patients had multiple injuries, but in the last two years of the study, that proportion had risen to 43 percent.

Over the same period, semiautomatic pistols with a capacity of 15-rounds (or more) were replacing six-shot revolvers as the most popular firearms in the country. It’s not difficult to see the correlation – more bullets in the guns, more bullets in the victims.

So, because the Army bought the larger capacity M9 and scrapped the venerable M1911, criminals went out and bought larger capacity 9mm handguns. The Marine Corps just bought a 1911 from Colt for their special operations troops. That Colt 1911 sells for about $3000 to civilians – any of you want to spend 3 bills on a 1911? Yes, I’d like to own one, even though I have six other 1911s in my gun safe, but I don’t want it so much that I’ll lay out what most people make in a month for one.

The M9 had been around for years, there were always higher capacity 9mm handguns before the Army made one of their biggest mistakes and bought it. How many criminals were even aware that the Army bought the M9? Besides, 9mm is only good for killing Europeans – that’s probably why there more victims with multiple wounds. Are the criminals keeping up on the progress of the Army’s testing of handguns by reading Army Times? Their subscription numbers indicate otherwise.

If the Army buys a new handgun, it will probably be a 1911 which has been around since, well 1911. Like I said, I own six because I like it and the Army likes it, too. It will probably fire basically the same 230-grain full metal jacket bullet that it fired in 1911, it will probably be the eight-round magazine version instead of the 7-round model. But there won’t be any trend that will effect the types of guns found on the street at crime scenes.

Apparently, Ms. Mackey thinks that gun owners are sheep who can’t think for ourselves. Even if the Army buys a gun that is not a .45 caliber 1911, I’m not going to sell off my 1911s to buy the newer, sexier, Army-approved handgun at $3000/pop. The Army’s cchoice of handgun will probably be a political decision more than a performance issue. After all, they’re replacing the M9 which they thought was a good idea 30 years ago.

And, I’ve owned the shotgun I got when I was 14 for 45 years and never once have I been accused or convicted of a gun crime. So take a breath Ms. Mackey. Even if the Army’s choice was an influence on gun owners, what, exactly does she suggest? That the Army stop shopping for guns?