Category: Guns

From Fox News, the story of Nicole Goeser a concealed weapon permit holder who had to leave her handgun in her car as she went into a “gun free” restaurant with her husband;

I noticed my stalker (a former karaoke customer) in the crowd that night and I knew something was not right. This was a man that I had blocked from my social network account due to inappropriate messages he had sent me.

He had never threatened me or my husband but he was definitely creepy.

My husband Ben had asked him to leave me alone before he showed up at this venue where I had never seen him before.

I realized at that point I was being stalked.

I asked the management at the restaurant to remove him.When they approached him and asked him to leave, he pulled out a .45 semi-auto and shot Ben. He then stood over him and continued to fire five more rounds into my husband.

I guess the only people who obey those gun free zones are the potential victims. Funny how that works, ain’t it? Or, is it tragic?

The folks at NRA News sent us this video commentary from Dom Raso on “gun free zones” in businesses;

Since 1987, the state of Florida has issued 2.5 million concealed-carry permits. Of those, only 168 people have committed firearms crimes. That’s .0000672 percent of the total amount issued. .0000672 percent. Overwhelmingly, the people who will take a look at the gun-free sticker on your door and actually obey it are the law-abiding permit holders who are absolutely no threat to you, your business or your customers. In fact they are your customers. You put that sticker on your door in Florida, it’s only effect will be to eliminate 2.5 million potential crime-stoppers from your business.

The folks at NRA News send us their latest commentary from Natalie Foster who talks about the media’s “wrong heroes”;

There is a disturbing and tragically predictable trend that occurs like clockwork after every attack, mass murder or large-scale bloodshed in our country. Another face is burned into our memory, and another name is talked about around the world.

We become so focused on the person committing these acts of violence, that I’m afraid we’re losing sight of the big picture here. Sure, we see flashes of the victims and their families, but we can’t seem to get enough of the bad guy. It’s all we hear about. It’s all the media gives us. I can name five mass murderers off the top of my head but I couldn’t list five of the victims if I tried.

What is with this macabre obsession? Some talking heads in the media have even openly acknowledged this fact. But they’re so dependent on the ratings and keeping your eyes glued to the screen, that, well they’re not changing their news coverage any time soon.

So this guy in Oakland County, Michigan was showing his girlfriend how safe his guns are when he shot himself in the head. The only important part of the story is this;

Alcohol appears to have been a factor in the shooting, according to the sheriff’s office.

Thanks to PintoNag for the link.

The folks at NRA News send us their latest commentary from Dom Raso and his friend Jerry, a New Jersey SWAT officer who talk about scary black guns;

Jerry: That monster that sleeps under the bed, that evil AR-15, it really doesn’t exist in today’s criminal society.

Jerry: In the twenty-one years of law enforcement that I’ve been doing this, I’ve come across four or five. You know, rarely do we see an AK or an AR-15.

Jerry: We’re really talking about two, three percent of criminal activity. And that’s including these active killing situations that involve AR-15s and AK-47s. We don’t see them on a daily basis—I rarely see them and I work in a really progressive town.

There are stories flying around the internet that the gun manufacturer, Remington is taking several hundred jobs from it’s plant in Ilion, NY to Alabama. I’d like it if that was true, but according to the Syracuse Post-Standard, it’s not. What is true is that Remington is opening a new smaller plant in Alabama, but none of it’s jobs in New York are leaving;

Remington and its workers have been key voices in protests against the NY Safe Act, a series of stricter gun laws signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo 13 months ago. Last May, the company wrote on its Facebook pay that the military contract was not a sign that Remington had been paid off to stay in New York.

Still, the company made no promise to stay in Ilion.

“Remington will not run or abandon its loyal and hard working 1,300 employees without considerable thought and deliberation,” the company wrote last May.

The new plant in Huntsville would be about half the size as the one in Ilion. Production would not begin before 2015.

I wish that Remington would punish the legacy governor’s behavior, it doesn’t appear that will happen anytime soon.

Yes, we were all shocked yesterday when the news came out that 9th Circuit Court actually made a decision based on the Constitution instead of the West culture, when they decided that the Second Amendment was being violated in San Diego where the issuers of concealed permits there required a “good cause” for the issuance. Much like the law in Maryland. From our favorite 2d Amendment journalist, Emily Miller at the Washington Times;

The case of Edward Peruta, et al v. County of San Diego, et al dealt with a concealed carry permitting process that made it virtually impossible for the plaintiffs to get a license. (California already has a total ban on open carry.)

Writing for the majority, Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain concluded that “San Diego County’s ‘good cause’ permitting requirement impermissibly infringes on the Second Amendment right to bear arms in lawful self-defense.” The court reversed the district court’s decision.

The National Rifle Association (NRA) funded the plaintiffs’ legal battle. Paul Clement was the lead attorney in the case and argued it before the Ninth Circuit.

“One of reasons the NRA thought this was a good case to bring was precisely the combination of California state law banning open carry and San Diego policy on licensing for concealed carry made it quite definitive that an ordinary, lawful citizen with an interest in self defense couldn’t carry no matter what,” Mr. Clement told me in an interview late Thursday.

Of course, the ruling is probably headed to the US Supreme Court. But, I can’t think of another of the enumerated rights in the Constitution that a citizen has to prove a need to the government in order to have that right.

The folks at NRA News send us their latest commentary from Billy Johnson who takes apart the argument that government can restrict our right to own the weapons of our choice without a clear reason;

We are being asked to agree to legislation that restricts our Constitutionally protected rights. The burden of proving need doesn’t fall on us; it falls on the government to justify that restriction. Historically, Americans have enacted legislation that restricts their rights because of the perception it will make them safer or more secure. Now I’m not saying I think that’s okay, but if we use history as our guide, the data has to support the assertion that restricting this right in this way will make us significantly safer.

According to the recently released 2012 FBI crime stats, last year there were 12,765 murders. Of those, 322 used a rifle. The data doesn’t differentiate between semi-automatic and bolt action rifles. Still, rifles were used in only 2.5 percent of all murders last year. We are being asked to restrict access to semi-automatic rifles in order to prevent their use in less than 2.5 percent of all murders. That’s irrational and is a result of the media and our politicians engaging in inflammatory rhetoric that is meant to instill an overinflated fear of semi-automatic rifles in Americans. Restricting our access to semi-automatic rifles will not make a statistically significant impact on our safety and security.