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15 year old uses gun to protect himself and his 12 year old sister

John Lott's Website:

This story should be longer than just 161 words. Given that the media perceives these stories as incredibly rare, doesn't this meet the criteria of newsworthiness?

America’s Destiny Must Be Freedom - The Acton Institute

Ray, for starters we need to get our priests to celebrate our Catholic heritage and teach openly about the proper scope of self-defense as a necessary corollary to the right to life:

America’s Destiny Must Be Freedom - The Acton Institute.

As American citizens pontificate about the future of America this July 4th, they should ask themselves what they can do to curb the contraction of liberty and promote its expansion. It is the citizens, thankfully, who will decide America’s destiny.

Police look for bogus cops in home-invasion robbery

The Orange County Register.

GARDEN GROVE – Investigators are looking for two men who they said passed themselves off as police and held a woman and 11-year-old boy against their will Tuesday night before taking off with jewelry and cash, Garden Grove Sgt. Jim Fischer said.

Concealed Carry Fails to Prevent Criminal Attack

At least the victim was able to fight back and stop the robbery, despite getting shot in both legs.  Open carry would have been a greater deterrent, obviously:

Rally's shooting: Robbery victim speaks out | ksdk.com | St. Louis, MO.

Two would-be robbers picked the wrong victim yesterday, quickly finding out that he was armed too. The shootout that followed happened in the parking lot of a St. Louis Rally's Restaurant.

Is NRA squelching dissent on Kagan?

Is NRA squelching dissent on Kagan?.

What rationale could they possibly have for not opposing the Kagan nomination, especially in light of yesterday's 5-4 narrow "victory"? Does anyone seriously think she will do anything but rule for "gun control" if given the chance? If they won't "expend political capital" on this, when will they?

Abortion 'could triple risk of breast cancer' | Mail Online

Mail Online: While concluding that breastfeeding offered significant protection from cancer, they also noted that the highest reported risk factor in developing the disease was abortion

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1288955/Abortion-triple-risk-breast-cancer.html#ixzz0sHXwnJrX
 

CHRISTIAN LEGAL SOC. CHAPTER OF UNIV. OF CAL.,HASTINGS COLLEGE OF LAW v. MARTINEZ

Many years ago, as President of the Hastings Dive Club, I drew the line at admitting abalone-loving, free-diving snorkelers. Alito's dissent:

CHRISTIAN LEGAL SOC. CHAPTER OF UNIV. OF CAL.,HASTINGS COLLEGE OF LAW v. MARTINEZ.

I do not think it is an exaggeration to say that today’s decision is a serious setback for freedom of expression in this country. Our First Amendment reflects a “profound national commitment to the principle that debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust, and wide-open.” New York Times Co. v. Sullivan , 376 U. S. 254, 270 (1964) . Even if the United States is the only Nation that shares this commitment to the same extent, I would not change our law to conform to the international norm. I fear that the Court’s decision marks a turn in that direction. Even those who find CLS’s views objectionable should be concerned about the way the group has been treated—by Hastings, the Court of Appeals, and now this Court. I can only hope that this decision will turn out to be an aberration.

Alito Opinion Excerpts Available at GUNLAW.PRO

GUNLAW.PRO

McDonald v. Chicago (excerpts from Alito opinion)

McDonald v Chicago Opinion Posted at http://GUNLAW.PRO

Family Protection Clinic | GUNTRUST.ORG, Professional Law Corporation, Laguna Hills, CA.

MORNING IN AMERICA!!! Click "PDF" Icon below for Supreme Court's decision in McDonald v. Chicago extending Second Amendment to all Americans!!!

McDonald Court Holds the Mao: Serves Up a Double for the Second Amendment - California Gun & Trust Lawyer

California Gun & Trust Lawyer.

This just in: The Supreme Court has just held, 5-4: THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS INCORPORATED AGAINST THE STATES UNDER THE 14th AMENDMENT! Thomas says under "Privileges or Immunities" clause, other justices say under Due Process clause. Decision is located here: http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-1521.pdf (The Heller decision two years ago held the Second Amendment guaranteed a fundamental individual right of self-defense, but until now this applied only against the federal government.) More analysis to follow later here at http://sacredhonor.us

McDonald v Chicago 645am Pacific: SCOTUSblog » Live Blog

SCOTUSblog » Live Blog: Orders and opinions | 6.28.10.

This morning, beginning at 10 a.m. Eastern, the Court will issue orders from last Thursday’s conference and then the final opinions of the Term. We will relay both in the Live Blog below, with the assistance of our reporter at the Court, Lyle Denniston.

John Lott's Website: Something to remember when the Supreme Court releases its decision on the Chicago Handgun ban case on Monday

John Lott's Website: Something to remember when the Supreme Court releases its decision on the Chicago Handgun ban case on Monday.

Here are the latest numbers on Chicago's crime rates over time. DC's crime rates are available here. Mayor Daley's reaction to the Supreme Court striking down the DC handgun ban in Heller. From the Chicago Tribune June 28, 2008):

John Lott: Gun grabbers treat criminals as victims

Washington Times

More people are killed every year by falling vending machines than by holders of a concealed-weapon permit.

For gun prohibitionists, the clock is ticking, but state of denial remains

Dave Workman

Those who watched John Stossel’s program on the Fox Business channel Thursday evening, which focused on the impact of gun ownership on crime rates – a fact that Dennis Henigan, vice president at the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence disputes – saw the mindset of gun prohibitionists at work.

John Lott's Website: Sarah Palin libertarian?

John Lott's Website: Sarah Palin libertarian?.

She has always struck me as libertarian on many issues from taxes to energy to the right to keep and bear arms. Palin on Marijuana

Dustin's Gun Blog: John Stossel: Your Gun Rights

Dustin's Gun Blog: John Stossel: Your Gun Rights.

John Stossel segment on your right to keep and bear arms. Part 2: Students for Concealed Carry on Campus Part 3: More Guns, Less Crime Part 4: Does Gun Control work? Part 5: Concealed Carry Reduces Crime

Gun Training Report #46 1.5 Seconds to Live or Die

Gun Training Report #46 1.5 Seconds to Live or Die.

Had the victim of this murder been more aware, had he recognized that three men were following him, or seen the three men walking up to the store with AK rifles just 1.5 seconds before they entered the shop and started shooting, he would have had a fighting chance.

Dignitas founder Ludwig Minelli 'now a multi-millionaire' | Mail Online

Mail Online.

'He’s like the mythical ferryman of the Styx, taking people over to the other side. And what was the ferryman paid: a single coin?'

America's pro-homosexual giants: 2010

America's pro-homosexual giants: 2010.

the list, in alphabetical order, of companies scoring a perfect 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign's 2010 Corporate Equality Index, with policies beneficial toward homosexuals:

Chief Justice Announces McDonald will be Realeased Monday

The Chief Justice has announced term will be closed on Monday, so McDonald v. Chicago will be released on Monday, which happens to also be my birthday and Ukrainian Constitution Day.  Lots to celebrate around our house, I think, although if the Supreme Court starts buying up shotguns the way the IRS and Department of Education have been buying up shotguns, that may be an indication things will not go as we expect.

Visit http://www.scotusblog.com/ at 10am, Monday, June 28, for live coverage.

NO McDONALD OPINION YET

Likely to be released Monday as only four remaining cases for this term: http://www.scotusblog.com/

Abortions linked to breast cancer again

Torts 101: Doctors are guilty of battery if they do not obtain INFORMED consent:

Abortions linked to breast cancer again.

"Actually women have the right to be told this particular research and the biology supports what we know about female biology during pregnancy," she said. "Women should be told – especially before the birth of a first child – abortions are highly, highly, carcinogenic."

Anti-Genocide Doc ‘Screamers’ Contradicts Itself, Calls For End of Private Gun Ownership

Big Hollywood » Blog Archive » REVIEW: Anti-Genocide Doc ‘Screamers’ Contradicts Itself, Calls For End of Private Gun Ownership#idc-container.

Genocide is an ugly subject that needs to be shoved into every generation’s face because the deliberate extermination of some targeted group by their own government occurs somewhere in the world during every generation. What does not need to be pushed in conjunction with that awareness is the propaganda of pacifist victimhood and the exoneration by omission of the most prolific mass murderers because of an affinity for their ideologies. One spreads the false perception that resistance is futile, that none of those marked for death can or have saved themselves by fighting back. The other avoids all mention of the political dogma solely responsible for most mass murder. Screamers is a documentary that does all of the above.

A Disarmed Society is a Death Race 2000 Society

Without question, open carry provides a greater deterrence than concealed carry. Widespread deterrence from widespread open carry would keep this kind of thing off our streets and confine it to the silver screen:

Police Chase Leads To Death Of Nun, 83 - wcbstv.com.

There was horror in Harlem on Tuesday when an 83-year-old nun was killed and four others were injured in police chase that turned into a mangled mess on Lenox Avenue. It was a horrendous, near head-on collision that happened around 9:30 a.m and killed Sister Mary Celine Graham. Police, investigating an armed robbery

AB 1934 passes out of senate public safety committee - California - OpenCarry.org

Calguns.net just sent me an Action Alert to call on this bill, but opencarry.org reports it passed out of committee much earlier today:

AB 1934 passes out of senate public safety committee - California - Stories From The States - OpenCarry.org - Discussion Forum.

Senator Wright and Senator Huff (?) opposed, three statist scum voted for it. Wright had a very well thought out speech that he gave that dismissed another Senator's concerns about gang bangers carrying openly (since it is illegal), and he spoke to the issue of just because something is uncomfortable for some, doesn't allow for violating the rights of others.

Importance of Dry Practice

Biggest Secret in the Firearms Training Industry Allows You to Train Faster, Better, and FREE!--Ignatius Piazza, Founder of Front Sight: 

Dry Practice is a training technique— using an unloaded weapon— that gives you three, very important results: Repetitive Dry Practice engrains the proper gross neuromuscular pathways so you become smoother and faster in your gun handling skills such as Presentation from the Holster, Malfunction Clearances, Reloading etc. Repetitive Dry Practice engrains the proper fine neuromuscular pathways needed for perfect Sight Alignment, Sight Picture, and Trigger Control. Repetitive Dry Practice replaces the natural reflex to anticipate muzzle blast and recoil when the weapon fires, with a perfect surprise trigger break, thus preventing Pre-ignition Push, Heeling, Trigger Mash, Flinch, etc. and helps you develop the consistency and precision of a well oiled, shooting machine! In other words, every time you present your weapon and press the trigger with a live round in the chamber, there is a big bang and a push. Reflexively you will naturally begin to anticipate and prepare yourself for the bang and push, creating numerous bad habits that affect your marksmanship. The More You Shoot (as in hundreds of rounds in a single day) The More You Engrain These Bad Habits and the longer it takes to remove them. Perfect and repeated Dry Practice makes for a perfectly smooth and fast presentation, perfect sight alignment, and perfect trigger control—and that creates the ability to deliver a live shot with the speed and precision you only see in action adventure movies—but with you it will be real!

Sowell: American Democracy Being Dismantled

Is U.S. Now On Slippery Slope To Tyranny? - IBD - Investors.com.

"Useful idiots" was the term supposedly coined by V.I. Lenin to describe similarly unthinking supporters of his dictatorship in the Soviet Union. Put differently, a democracy needs informed citizens if it is to thrive, or ultimately even survive. In our times, American democracy is being dismantled, piece by piece, before our very eyes by the current administration in Washington, and few people seem to be concerned about it.

52 Shot on Chicago Weekend While Supremes Weigh Allowing Chicago to Remain Gun-Free

8 dead among 52 shot across city over weekend :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State.

Eight people were killed and at least 44 others were shot across the city Friday night into early Monday, including a baby girl who suffered a graze wound to the neck when gunfire erupted at a Near West Side barbecue.

Escondido Open Carry Group

Open Carry Home.

“A Right not used is a Right Lost”

Great Father's Day Homily at OLHC

Another great homily at Mass today. I discovered this parish due to the curious statistical anomaly of so many of its parishioners attending my ccw classes. We also like going to Serra Chapel at Mission--homilies by Norbertines are great there too--but there is something special about OLHC that makes so many pro-gun Catholics drive long distances to attend Mass there. The Russians have a saying "Riba portitsya c golovi" (A fish rots from the head.) So many parishes are rotting from priests who are not men; families rot from fathers who are not men; and our nation is suffering this fate generally. When your priest owns an AK, those values are going to be reflected in the teaching and i certainly saw that today. We'll be back for more.

OLHC.US

Our Lady Help of Christians 9621 Bixby, Garden Grove CA 92841

Is this "Catholic Index Fund" Truly Catholic, or Marxist?

I met with one of the high-ups of a "catholic index fund" advisor and was told that the below exclusion would apply to any manufacturer of firearms, even of small arms for personal and family defense.  Since self-defense is a right and even grave duty under our Catechism, and the Second Amendment derives from Catholic teaching on tyrannicide, and even war can be justified under Catholic Just War Doctrine, this blanket prohibition didn't seem very Catholic to me.  I mentioned that many of my Catholic clients are pro-gun and would strongly disagree with this prohibition, and the reply I got was that the fund deals mainly with institutional investors, so it seemed the concerns of individual Catholics were not too relevant.

If you google the "Ecclesial Advisor" for the fund, Fr. Seamus P. Finn, you will find he is a "social justice" advocate ("Director of Justice/Peace and Integrity of Creation"), a proponent of IMF governance reform, and linked with Soros-type marxists and leftists (see for example here, here, here, here, and apparently if you have a password you can chat with Seamus about IMF Governance Reform on a ning page here.)

This is the offending investment prohibition:

InvestingForCatholics.com • a division of Index Funds Advisors.

Companies that earn at least 20% of their total business revenue through the production and/or sale of military weapons and/or weapons of mass destruction

Man Returns Fire After Shooting | NBC 4i

Man Returns Fire After Shooting | NBC 4i.

drew his own handgun and returned fire in the direction of the suspects, who fled the scene.

Restrictions on Carry Create Special Hazard for Public

Yet another gripe i have against concealed carry (vs open carry) is that you don't know whether someone is carrying safely or what kind of training they have. One of the comments to the linked post points out a concern i've often had, especially during the five years i had a ccw here in OC, about the repetitive arming and disarming in public required due to situs restrictions on carry. The safest place for a handgun is in its holster, where it should stay as long as you are awake (on second thought--hearkening back to my eviction days--it can be difficult at times to stay awake in court).

Of Arms and the Law: Attorney shoots self in foot in court.

Safest place for a gun is in a proper holster. This is what happens when we require properly licensed/permitted persons to arm and disarm throughout the day.

Inside Gun-Free School Zone: Nails found at bottom of school playground slide in Mission Viejo

Nails found at bottom of playground's slide | nails, playground, bottom - News - The Orange County Register.

Kids playing at a school playground discovered 15 nails at the bottom of a slide Wednesday morning, apparently placed there with the express intent to hurt someone, authorities said. The 1-inch nails were found in a playground on the grounds of Glen Yermo Elementary, a school located at 26400 Trabuco Road, said Jim Amormino, spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department. Jim Amormino, of the Orange County Sheriff's Department, holds the roofing nails that were found on the playground at Glen Yermo Elementary School on Trabuco Road in Mission Viejo, Wednesday morning. "This is a serious crime...

NRA and the Limits of Organization

NRA is right to focus on a single issue, yet fails to recognize the issue to focus on is Life (a/k/a Liberty). Read Bastiat's "The Law" and you'll realize you cannot separate the two. The Second Amendment simply guarantees an aspect of the right to life. The NRA at times erodes the right to life because when it comes to the Second Amendment, it has barrel vision.  Worse, it is now running from battle in an effort to save itself while others carry the flag of freedom into the breech.  The time is now for individuals to exercise their right to OPEN CARRY.  Don't expect a pat on the back by the NRA.

NRA-ILA :: STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION ON H.R. 5175, THE DISCLOSE ACT.

The NRA must preserve its ability to speak. It cannot risk a strategy that would deny its rights, for the Second Amendment cannot be defended without them.

CCW Holder Halts Violence at Party

Gunman, Victim Killed at Mesquite Party, Police Say.

MESQUITE - Police say a gunman who allegedly tried to rob people at a party in the Dallas area killed one person who tried to stop him before being fatally shot by someone else.

Senate Committee Hears Open Carry Ban June 22

NRA-ILA :: California: Two Anti-Gun Bills Scheduled for Hearings in Sacramento.

Assembly Bill 1934 is scheduled to be considered by the Senate Public Safety Committee on Tuesday, June 22. Simply put, AB1934 would outlaw the open carrying of a handgun for self-defense. This bill is a blatant attack on the self-defense rights of law-abiding Californians.

PayPal F.A.R.T.'s in Public

World Examiner issues this FARTWA (First Amendment Repression Tactic Wakeupandsmellthecoffee Alert) against PayPal, which may still suppress smaller blogs though Atlas Shrugs appears to be safe for now.

WND

Nonetheless, Gellar says, that's "not good enough." "What recourse do smaller websites have?" Geller writes. "My soapbox is pretty big, but what about small blogs? … If a site is designated a 'hate site,' who decides?"

Self defender downs cop-killer

Of Arms and the Law

Phoenix PD officer Marc Atkinson was tailing a stolen vehicle and waiting for backup when he went around a corner and found its three occupants waiting in ambush; he had no chance, and they killed him. A fellow named Rory Vertigan was in a car right behind the officer. He drew his Glock and emptied the magazine, wounding one killer and disabling their car. He then tackled the wounded killer as he tried to flee. Police quickly nabbed all three.

Time to Keep Stats on What We've all been Ignoring

To this add McCain, Reid, DeVore (AB668 vote restricting open carry), etc:

Yet Again the NRA Sells Out Freedom to the Democrats | RedState.

Remember, the NRA had to be cajoled into opposing Sotomayor. The NRA refused to oppose the most anti-gun Attorney General nomination in American history. The NRA supported Dede Scozzafava and it attacked Marco Rubio. Now the NRA is endorsing the Democrat in Ohio against John Kasich while collaborating with the Democrats on restricting the freedom of speech. Remember, the NRA also opposed taking the Heller case to the Supreme Court because it was too scared of what might happen.

Why does the NRA support Harry Reid?

The men and women of life had better figure out fast that the right of self-defense and the right to be born are two sides of the same right to life coin:

examiner.com

Over the past few years the National Rifle Association has made some highly questionable decisions regarding legislation in Washington and the politicians with whom it associates itself. One of the most glaring of those questionable decisions leads to this crucial question--why does the NRA support Harry Reid?

What'$ an Endorsement Worth?

Can you rely on an endorsement from CRA? T.E.A.? 912? All i can say is the insiders won, and ONLY ONE GROUP contacted me during my campaign:

lifepriority.net

Life Priority Network is dedicated to restoring legal protection for the preborn child; maintaining legal protection for the elderly, infirmed, and disabled; and proclaiming mankind's God-given unalienable right to life.

Video of Tustin Whole Foods Open Carry Event

OC Register:

 

Gun Control and Mass Murders

John R. Lott Jr. - National Review Online.

all the multiple-victim public shootings in Western Europe have occurred in places where civilians are not permitted to carry guns. The same is true in the United States: All the public shootings in which more than three people have been killed have occurred in places where civilians may not legally bring guns.

'Bush hater' punches GOP official at tea party

Over three years ago I wrote a review of Nathan's book (see "Books" category at right), which opened my eyes to a lot of what the UN is up to. WND story linked below has video of Nathan getting hit while defending his wife:

WND

A local GOP chairman and author of "The Beast on the East River" received an unexpected blow to the face during a June 8 tea party by a man who blamed former President George W. Bush "for the mess we're in."

Gun advocates claim police violated rights

Worth listening to entire audio--ID demanded, then open carriers told they could not come back carrying weapons even if ID produced showing not felons--talk about "mumbo jumbo"!

The Times Herald

At one point, the men ask Buckmaster what Michigan law they are breaking. Buckmaster responds by saying, "you know what, you can take your mumbo jumbo ..." "Mumbo jumbo," Webb says. "That's your rule book?" Buckmaster at several points threatens arrest if Harris and Webb do not leave.
....
"If I give you my ID and prove that I'm not a felon, can I carry here?" Harris asks.
"No," Buckmaster says.

The Gun is the Instrument of No

Using a gun as NO can save your life. Use it as YES, or forcible mandate, and you do so at your peril (live by the sword, die by the sword).

Constitution of No - Jim DeMint - National Review Online.

The Constitution is full of no’s. It is by telling the government what it cannot do that the Constitution protects our freedoms. The Founders loathed tyranny and sought to erect a government ruled by law, not people.

ROFL Retort

My liberal friend's “thoughts” on gun ownership - Calguns.net.

I wish I could say I don't have liberal friends, but I do. One lady called me a potential killer. I called her a potential prostitute. Just because I own guns doesn't mean I'm out to kill anyone, anymore than just because she has the equipment doesn't mean she is going to sell it. The last time I saw her she asked me if I killed anyone lately, I just smiled and asked, How much for a quickie.

Mosey on down today to costa mesa gun show

Stop and say hello

Another DGU: Gun-Free Chicago Looks More Like the Old West than the Old West

SAF Press Release :: ANOTHER SELF-DEFENSE GUN USE VALIDATES SAF CHICAGO LAWSUIT.

“This is the second time in a week that an armed private citizen has fired in self-defense against a criminal who was storming into his residence,” Gottlieb noted. “Today’s incident only amplifies our justification for our lawsuit to strike down Chicago’s insidious handgun ban.”