Category: Guns

Ex-PH2 sends a link from the Huffington Post in regards to the city of Nelson, Georgia which is considering a law which would make gun ownership mandatory for it’s residents. Not that there’s any punishment to force families to own a gun, felons are exempted as well as households that object to a gun;

Councilman Duane Cronic, who sponsored the measure, said he knows the ordinance won’t be enforced but he still believes it will make the town safer.

“I likened it to a security sign that people put up in their front yards. Some people have security systems, some people don’t, but they put those signs up,” he said. “I really felt like this ordinance was a security sign for our city. Basically it was a deterrent ordinance to tell potential criminals they might want to go on down the road a little bit.”

The city council’s agenda says another purpose of the measure is “opposition of any future attempt by the federal government to confiscate personal firearms.”

Well, it might make local criminals think twice before they commit a property crime.

Hondo sends us a link about a home invasion on Easter morning in Philadelphia which ended in the best way possible;

Police say 63-year-old Lee Heng told officers he had no choice but to open fire on two men who broke into his second story bathroom window around 1 a.m. Easter morning.

Heng was sleeping inside with his two children when the suspects broke in.

After a struggle with the two men, police say Heng got his gun and fired several shots, killing one of the suspects.

Surveillance video obtained by FOX 29 News shows the second suspect running away from the scene.

You can watch the lucky, if somewhat dimwitted, fellow scurrying away in this video;

Philadelphia News, Weather and Sports from WTXF FOX 29

So, while we sit out here in our mountainside tarpaper shacks watching the rest of the country scramble to constrict the rights of their citizens, tomorrow in the West Virginia legislature they’re considering expanding the rights of gun owners;

Tomorrow, the West Virginia House Judiciary Committee will consider House Bill 2431, sponsored by Delegate Rupie Phillips (D-24). HB 2431 would amend the application process for a Concealed Pistol/Revolver Permit, making West Virginia permit holders eligible for exemption from the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Such carry permit holders have already cleared a background check. HB 2431 would further conform state law to federal law and lead to greater reciprocity for permit holders throughout the United States.

Also in West Virginia, SB369 passed out of Committee in the WV Senate – so your Senator needs to know how you feel about expanding our eligibility to carry concealed weapons outside of West Virginia.

There is other legislation pending in Arizona, North Dakota, Alabama, Arkansas, Maryland, and Kansas which might require your attention.

So, an upside to the increased gun and ammunition sales seems to be that millions of dollars are being pumped into programs that protect pheasants deer and other wildlife, according to a link to us by Ex-PH2;

Now, at a time of major belt-tightening for state environmental programs, the surge in gun sales across the U.S., spurred by fears of a legislative crackdown on some firearms, represents one bright spot for wildlife officials.

The excise tax on pistols and revolvers is set at 10 percent, while other firearms, shells or cartridges are taxed at 11 percent. Total collections in 2012 were more than $555 million, up from $388 million during the previous year, following two years of declining revenue, according to a recent Congressional Research Service report. This year, amid the recent surge in gun sales after the Connecticut school shootings, officials expect that number to spike even higher.

So, see, folks who love wildlife should be happy as the rest of sink into paranoia about our rights as gun owners. Maybe even some rock climbers will be pleased at the news.

The folks at the NRA send us their latest video featuring Colion Noir, Natalie Foster: Editor of ‘A Girl’s Guide to Guns‘ and Dom Raso: Former U.S. Navy SEAL.

And Episode 2 of Colion Noir’s discussion of guns in this country;

SJ sends us a link from Carteret County, NC where road rage influenced the driver of a Toyota to punch an innocent Chevy truck driver (all Chevy truck drivers are innocent of everything). the Toyota driver then got angry because he had his ass whooped and pulls a gun;

Once the Chevy pulled into a residence in the Newport area, a man got out of the Toyota and started fighting with a man from the Chevy, deputies said. Then, the man got back into the Toyota SUV, and drove off. The Toyota returned minutes later, and the man started shooting at the Chevy truck, deputies said.

The shooting happened at approximately 1 p.m. Sunday, deputies said. The people who were in the Chevy had left the vehicle and were not hurt, deputies said.

The video at the link shows a different story, but…clearly the Toyota driver is at fault here. I think all Toyotas should be outlawed for obvious reasons. And not so obvious reasons.