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Category: Guns

  • Wet diapers in Indy

    Apparently a customer at an Indianapolis auto parts store ventilated an armed robber who demanded cash from the counter crew. Some of the remaining customers are more upset that someone was legally carrying a gun in their midst than they were that criminals were carrying guns in their midst;

    “I think it’s terrible, I really do. I don’t think people should be allowed to carry guns,” one customer said.

    “(Perry) should have called the police. I don’t think it’s right for people to carry all these guns. It’s a crazy world,” Mabreeward said.

    The pop-up-running-screaming target in this case has been arrested for robbery in the past.

    Thanks to Old Trooper for the link.

  • Congress to subpoena Holder in “Fast & Furious”

    Fox News reports that they’re expecting subpoenas to be delivered to Attorney General Eric Holder today in regards to his knowledge of the Fast and Furious project.

    The subpoena is expected to ask for correspondence that Justice Department officials had with the White House about the gun trafficking operation, as well as what information was shared by Justice officials in Mexico.

    Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/10/11/congressional-investigators-to-subpoena-holder-in-fast-and-furious-probe/#ixzz1aUpjjXxF

    I guess that firing off a letter to Congress like he did last week accusing them of “irresponsible and inflammatory rhetoric” isn’t helping the little drama queen Holder.

  • Customer saves clerk in GA

    Ray sends us a link to an article from Athens, GA about a customer who was buying gas and noticed that inside the store, a man was acting strangely with the clerk, so the customer, gun in hand, entered the store and stated that he was about to call the police. the strangely acting man dashed from the store with the customer near behind;

    When the customer announced he was going to call the police, the man fled from the store, but the customer chased him and ordered him to the ground at gunpoint, police said.

    The man got up and ran to some nearby apartments while the customer looked around to see if officers were arriving, according to police.

    The clerk told an officer he felt “something would have happened” if the customer hadn’t intervened, police said.

    Someone send this article to that ditz in Philly from yesterday. We don’t carry guns to protect just ourselves, ya know.

  • Congress considers CCW interstate law

    Fox News reports that the House is considering a law that would allow Concealed Carry Weapons (CCW) permit holders to carry their weapons across state lines. Currently, the States have reciprocity agreements with each other, usually based on the requirements of being issued a permit in the other State.

    For example, my permit allows me to carry a weapon concealed in 32 States because of the extensive background check and the eight hours of training required by West Virginia. However, 12 miles from my house, in Maryland, I have no such authority to carry a weapon, concealed or otherwise.

    Some States, understandably, are opposed to the action by Congress claiming that it violates their right to regulate firearms;

    But opponents say the bill tramples on each state’s autonomy to set the standards legislators believe are necessary to confront local problems. Foes also said that the law could allow violent offenders to hold on to their weapons.

    Testifying before Congress on Tuesday, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey told the story of Marqus Hill, a man whose Pennsylvania gun permit was revoked after he was charged with attempted murder.

    “Despite his record, he then used his Florida permit to carry a loaded gun in Philadelphia,” Ramsey said. “He eventually shot a teenager thirteen times in the chest killing him on the street.”

    The solution seems simple to me – a uniform standard for issuance to which the States can all agree. Of course, the States no longer have any representation in Congress (thank you, Seventeenth Amendment) so it might be difficult for them to have input.

  • More Fast and Furious shenanigans

    Fox News reports that yet another gun was found at the crime scene of the murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, and there’s evidence that the FBI attempted to cover up the involvement of their informant. Fox’ exclusive investigation reports;

    Sources say emails support their contention that the FBI concealed evidence to protect a confidential informant. Sources close to the Terry case say the FBI informant works inside a major Mexican cartel and provided the money to obtain the weapons used to kill Terry.

    Unlike the two AK-style assault weapons found at the scene, the third weapon could more easily be linked to the informant. To prevent that from happening, sources say, the third gun “disappeared.”

    In addition to the emails obtained by Fox News, an audio recording from a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent investigating the Terry case seems to confirm the existence of a third weapon.

    It’s nice to see that someone is doing their homework on this case, even if it’s not law enforcement.

  • Sometimes You Get the Bear… Update

    There’s been some movement in a story I posted about here.

    From Michell Malkin:

    Here’s the good news: The eco-zealous feds have backed off and dropped the charges.

    Here’s the bad news: They made Hill pay a $1,000 fine.

    Sad really.

  • More F&F guns discovered at Mexican crime scenes

    Fox News reports that 21 more crime scenes in Mexico were found to have involved guns that the BATFE allowed across the border;

    “The Justice Department has been less than forthcoming since day one, so the revisions here are hardly surprising, and the numbers will likely rise until the more than 1,000 guns that were allowed to fall into the hands of bad guys are recovered — most likely years down the road,” Grassley said in a statement released Thursday.

    “What we’re still waiting for are the answers to the other questions the Attorney General failed to answer per our agreement. The cooperation of the Attorney General and his staff is needed if we’re ever going to get to the bottom of this disastrous policy and help the ATF and the department move forward.”

    Meanwhile some dunce named James Verini at Foreign Policy magazine is trying to tell us that we should be grateful for the failed operation;

    Whatever its flaws, the program marked a major and welcome shift in the federal government’s attempts to combat border gun-trafficking — a fact not even its creators are willing to admit to now.

    Really? Whatever it’s flaws? Flaws like the death of one American law enforcement officer and countless innocent Mexicans? Flaws like thousands of weapons in the hands of criminals with an assist from the US Federal government? Flaws like the erosion of our rights to protect ourselves from those same criminals that the BATFE helped to arm?

    Thanks to ROS for FP link.

  • Feds arrest NM gunshop owner and family

    After the firing of acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Kenneth Melson, and the resignation of U.S. Attorney for Arizona Dennis Burke, Feds announced that they arrested a family of gun smugglers in New Mexico according to a Fox news article mailed to us from VTWoody;

    “Those who sell firearms knowing that they will be illegally smuggled into Mexico to arm Mexican Cartels share responsibility for the violence that has been devastating Mexico,” U.S. Attorney Ken Gonzales said in statement.

    Does this mean the Obama Administration is ordering it’s own arrest?