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Latest on Fast and Furious Scandal (ATF Gunrunning to Mexican Gangs)

Story here.

High-Powered Guns Missing from LAPD SWAT Facility

Story here.

NYPD Officers Charged in Million Dollar Gun Running Scheme

Story here.

Sheriff Hutchens Has Blood on Her Hands for Destroying the Training Ethic

Tragic multiple victim shootings like the one yesterday in Seal Beach, now the worst in Orange County history, are not stopped by police.  If they are stopped at all, they are stopped by armed private citizens.

Were Hutchens not so restrictive in issuing concealed carry permits, would there have been someone nearby carrying a pistol?  Possibly, though with the extreme heat we had yesterday, that person would likely be wearing a Hawaiian shirt, or carrying openly.

Many businesses have a gun on site for protection.  No permit is needed for business owners to protect themselves in this way.  There is a high probability that nearby shopkeepers would have been able to bring guns to this “fight” in time to save at least a life or two.    Able yes, but would they?

Having the gun is not the same as having the will to use it, especially in third party rescue.  That requires training, practice, advance visualization and reflection, and perhaps a little estate planning to remove deadly hesitation over concern you may leave your own family without a provider.

Before Hutchens took office, concealed carry classes were full, frequent, and there was great and widespread enthusiasm about firearms training.  Since she recalled/revoked most of the existing permits, training has been in sharp decline locally, despite a continued upward trend in the rest of the country.

Firearms skills are perishable.  Americans will again be a people trained to bearing arms, only if the Second Amendment is made personally relevant to them.  Hunting is history, so the only way back to this training ethic is for the 21^st century American to regain the right to carry a handgun regularly and in public.

Sheriff Hutchens has blood on her hands for destroying the training ethic in Orange County.

NYPD Advises Women to Avoid Wearing Skirts

Story here in the Wall Street Journal.  This ranks right up there with rape whistles and telling women to vomit to avoid rape.

Better idea--take a free concealed carry class: see http://gunlaw.pro

Cops 'n' Neighbors Challenge Set for July 22nd

The first monthly "Cops 'n' Neighbors Challenge" is to be held at my Laguna Hills office July 22nd, 4pm to 6pm. This is a shooting competition using the laser simulated range at my office. Armed citizens with NO prior law enforcement or military experience will be competing against armed citizens with SOME law enforcement or military experience (active or not). Prizes will be awarded.

In order to compete, you must first attend my FREE Family Protection Clinic.

Cops, invite your armed neighbors to come for some safety training, and to have a great time!

Neighbors, invite your cop friends to this fun event where they can get a different sort of practice that might save them while performing hero's work of defending those who can't (or won't) defend themselves!

Go to http://GUNLAW.PRO and sign up now for the Clinic.

 

Kids TRUST parents to keep them safe.

(photo courtesy http://olegvolk.net)

Kids trust parents to keep them safe.

At my free clinic you (and your whole family) can practice malfunction clearing and other drills, and have fun target shooting with a laser simulator, while getting a quick update on trust maintenance topics:

 

Sheriff F.A.R.T.'s

What next? NRA must abandon its rating system under which Giffords earned a D+? World Examiner hereby issues this FARTWA (First Amendment Repression Tactic Wakeupandsmellthecoffee Alert) against this most despicable sheriff.  Screenshot from Drudge, not crazy about either man's eyes:

 

This is America, where we rely on the First Amendment to clear the air.

Quit Blaming Loughner for the Carnage

Loughner was not responsible for the magnitude of this tragedy.  We should not blame him for that magnitude any more than we would blame a wild animal.  In a free society, we must expect lunatics like this and prepare for them.

You want to blame me for the carnage?  Okay, I accept.  I'm to blame because I stopped carrying when Sheriff Hutchens took away our permits.  Plus since then, I don't dry practice enough.

When I did carry, I once had to present my weapon in self-defense.  Because of my training, once the threat materialized it took me only one second to get my weapon out to the low ready.  (I measured the time on a recording of the incident.)

How many people can die in one second?  How many people can be saved after that first second?

I guarantee this tragedy was barely unfolding at that point and MUCH could have been done to stop it.

Worried about shooting in a crowd?  First of all, a supermarket is not so confined that a "crowd" would exist for this long with gunfire.  Whatever crowd existed would disperse pretty quick.  And if there was, so what?  Someone could have gotten close to the shooter and knelt or fallen to the ground where a head shot could be made at a safe angle in that critical second.  We know that one hero did run to the fire to help people.

Who to blame?  I blame everyone there that chose not to defend themselves.

Except that poor little girl.

Evil triumphs when good men walk out the door without a sidearm enabling them to "do something" if necessary.

12 Injured as Anti-Gun Congresswoman Shot in Head

It is one thing for an anti-gun Congresswoman to be shot in the head.  (Not justifying this obvious breach of just war doctrine, but perhaps AZ is not the ideal place to establish a beachhead for progressive gun control.)  In a free society, it is always a risk that an enraged lunatic will take the law into his own hands, attempting assassination--whether by gun or knife or bomb or bare hands.  Happens all the time with knives, in fact.

But for TWELVE (including a child) to be injured (not sure yet how many fatalities)--that is just inexcusable, and those attending are to be blamed for not defending themselves.  I doubt very much the carnage would be so great if this had happened at a Republican event attended by a people trained to bearing arms.  The idiot would have been lucky to get one shot off.

These people obviously had too much faith in the ability of law enforcement to protect them.

When you decide not to defend yourself, you put others at risk.  Possibly, you put a whole society at risk.

Story here.

Mistaken Release of Fugitive led to Mall Shooting; School Shooter Son of Police Detective

Mall shooting here.  School shooting here.  Neither shooter could have legally owned a gun.

Dial 911 and Die

Here, here.

Cop Protecting Obama Shoots Self in Leg

Remember the Mumbai terrorist attack and the photographer who wished he had a gun instead of the police, who lacked ammo in some cases?  Now we know why.

Here is another one for the Blue Helicopter Thinking Dept.  Or maybe the poor guard could no longer stand listening to the Great Telepromptorator.

Armed Citizens Subdue Suspect Shooting 2nd Grade Girls at Carlsbad School

Story here.  Most of the stories on this and statements by officials seem to be playing up the police role in "rendering the weapons safe" and playing down the role of the heroic construction workers who subdued the attacker, first by hitting him with a truck (a vehicle can be used as a weapon as it was in this case). If the construction workers are mentioned, most of the stories seem to merely state they "tackled" the attacker.

Also note the suspect shot from outside the school fence, where an armed citizen legally carrying openly (an impossibility because of the ban on open carry in school zone) would have almost certainly deterred such an attack from even happening.

 

Must a CCW Instructor Have Personal Experience with Defensive Gun Use?

In an interview by Daniel Shaw of Gunfighter Cast of firearms training legend Massad Ayoob, they both seemed to agree that direct self-defense gunfighting experience is not necessary for a ccw instructor.  Daniel had to shoot in combat but pointed out this differs from situation where civilian must quickly decide whether to shoot or even draw.  Massad said he had to draw six times but never had to shoot, though came close.  Massad said there are so many different scenarios that can occur, no instructor can be an expert based on personal experience and should be more like a funnel for the student, transmitting generally accepted principles.  In a statutorily required CCW class such as the one I teach, most of the instruction is on legal and ethical considerations in using lethal force.  Although introduced to the basics of weapons handling and tactics, students are expected to continue their training and practice regularly.  In my own course, I do relate and discuss my own personal experience in drawing my gun to defend myself against a threatened attack as it illustrates many of the issues involved with civilian defensive gun use, and how police may view these issues versus civilian firearms instructors, because of the different focus in training.

Latest Terror Alert: Sandra Hutchens needs to Issue CCW's

Well, Sandra? Still believe “this is not Mumbai” (as you stated awhile back at a chamber GAC meeting)? Or is there some other reason, color of skin perhaps, that you believe we are somehow superior to other nations that do not take personal responsibility for self-defense?

Risk of small-scale attacks by al-Qaeda and its allies is rising, officials say (Washington Post)

Taser played role in man's death, report states

Taser played role in man's death, report states | Inland News | PE.com | Southern California News | News for Inland Southern California.

Samer Habbas, the attorney representing Acevedo's relatives, said they have sued the Police Department, Chief Russ Leach, officers Daniel Koehler, Jeffrey Ratkovich and James Heiting, and others. The complaint alleges the officers violated Acevedo's civil rights, wrongfully caused his death and used excessive force -- with batons and the Taser -- among other accusations.

Police Hit Rates

Gun Training Report #51 If Cops Can’t Hit in a Gunfight, How Good Are You Going to Be?. excerpt: 

consider this Theodore Roosevelt quote from when he was the New York City Police Commissioner: "It is wonderful, in the event of a street fight, how few bullets seem to hit the men they are aimed at." How bad is it? Well, both NYPD and LAPD give hit-rates that hover around 30 percent. In the article, New York claimed a 34 percent hit rate, while LA listed a 31 percent hit rate last year. But, upon a closer read, you will find that even these low numbers misstate the real facts. You see, these 30 percent hit rates include shots fired at dogs, cars, and even police suicides, which tragically run about 100 percent hits. During 1999 in New York, only 13 percent of the bullets fired during police gunfights struck home.

Per Chief Oakland PD Will Not Respond to THESE Crimes

I just drove my family through Oakland (twice):

Suffer These Crimes in Oakland? Don't Call the Cops | NBC Bay Area:

Here's a partial list: burglary theft embezzlement grand theft grand theft:dog identity theft false information to peace officer required to register as sex or arson offender dump waste or offensive matter discard appliance with lock loud music possess forged notes pass fictitious check obtain money by false voucher fraudulent use of access cards stolen license plate embezzlement by an employee (over $ 400) extortion attempted extortion false personification of other injure telephone/ power line interfere with power line unauthorized cable tv connection vandalism administer/expose poison to another's

TREASON

NRA-ILA :: U.S. State Department Celebrates U.N. Gun Destruction Event.

Today, the U.S. State Department announced its support for the United Nations' “International Small Arms Destruction Day.” The State Department, under the leadership of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, calls this ridiculous event part of the United States’ ongoing efforts to support the “rule of law around the world”

First it was the Black Assault Dogs, then they came for Muffit

Today they take away the daggits, tomorrow they take away the ...

John Lott's Website: SF to criminalize the selling of most pets.

Here is question: what will happen to the number of guinea pigs or dogs or cats if it is illegal to buy them? The answer seems pretty obvious, there will be a lot fewer of them. Are the lives of pets so horrible that it is better that they just don't live to begin with? My guess is that the vast majority of pets are well cared for. Does that count for anything? Does it matter that people get pleasure from pets? Apparently not. SF is kind of a strange place.

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.

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.

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

ENGLAND SHOOTING PROVES FALLACY OF RESTRICTIVE GUN LAWS

Here in the US, about one-fourth of mass shootings are stopped by an armed citizen, before police arrive.

ENGLAND SHOOTING PROVES FALLACY OF RESTRICTIVE GUN LAWS, SAYS CCRKBA - Citizens Committee For The Right To Keep And Bear Arms.

Wire service and British news agency reports say 12 people are dead and 25 people are wounded, and suspected gunman Derrick Bird is among the fatalities. It appears he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

How to Contact Sacramento About the Latest Demonic Infringement of Your Right to Self-Defense

Of course, the only way to really get their attention is to stop contacting them completely and spend all your time training with firearms.  Imagine if everyone did that.  But if you think someone is still listening up there, go ahead:

Your Legislature.

Assembly Members' Home Pages Assembly Members' Addresses Senators' Home Pages Senators' Addresses Organization of the Legislature Assembly Committee Membership Senate Committee Membership Senate Calendar Assembly Calendar

Man stabs 28 children at kindergarten in China

If you check my archives i think there are several instances like this in China going back several years.

Man stabs 28 children at kindergarten in China - Yahoo! News.

TAIXING, China – The screams of the 4-year-olds inside the kindergarten could be heard out in the street. When people ran in to investigate, they found what one witness said was a scene "too horrible to imagine" — blood everywhere as a knife-wielding man slashed 28 children, two teachers and a security guard Thursday in the second such school attack in China in two days. Experts called it a copycat rampage triggered by similar incidents Wednesday and last month.

San Diego Voters Please Elect Jay La Suer NOT a "Shoot on Sight" Sheriff!

Jay La Suer for Sheriff Blog.

As a result, Vickie Weaver was shot and killed while standing behind the front door of the cabin. She was not holding a gun, she was holding her baby! News articles report that he (Gore) believed that “Any armed adult (who) emerged from the cabin… would be displaying clear disregard for the lawful demand to lay down arms and surrender.”

Judge warns: 'Arm yourselves!'

Judge warns: 'Arm yourselves!' due to budget cuts. Unfortunately, many think "arm" without thinking "train" and training does not happen overnight. Lots can happen overnight, but not training.

Why legal guns still cause arrests

WND

"I am not quite sure what the hysteria is about people carrying anything," Wallace said. "If police officers carry openly, is the general public scared? They shouldn't be. Nor should they be scared if their fellow citizens are doing the same thing. The problem is the irrational stigma, probably created by the media, about guns themselves," Wallace said.

How Reagan, Cops and Fudds Gave us Unloaded Open Carry in California

One of the few blackspots in Reagan's otherwise great public life (Calguns, post by cmth):

I know you hate open carry and take every opportunity to bash those who do it, but you need a history lesson.

The Black Panthers march on the Capitol did not cause the Mulford Act to be passed; the vote was already assured. The bill was being debated in committee when they performed their stunt. It was a tactical mistake from a publicity standpoint, but it had no effect on the outcome of the vote.

The Mulford Act was passed because many minority civil rights activists, the vast majority of whom were not members of the Black Panther Party, were lawfully arming themselves for protection against racist and violent police officers. The cops didn't like the citizens being able to lawfully defend themselves, so they requested assistance from the state legislature, and Governor Ronald Reagan had no problem signing the bill.

Much like today, it was very difficult for the politically-unconnected to obtain a CCW, and was all but impossible if you weren't white, so open carry was their only option. It was not until that right was on the very brink of being taken away did they "march on the Capitol" in protest.

Any time that you exercise a right in California that the state does not think you should have, they will do everything within their power to take that right away. Today is no different than it has ever been.

NRA-ILA :: Heavily-Armed Cartel Attacks Mexican Army - Weapons Used Show U.S. Gun Laws Not To Blame

NRA-ILA :: Heavily-Armed Cartel Attacks Mexican Army;<br> Weapons Used Show U.S. Gun Laws Not To Blame.

At the end of March, troops of a major drug cartel launched a series of attacks on military personnel and installations in a half dozen cities in the northern Mexican states of Nueva Leon and Tamaulipas. Fortunately, things did not work out as the narco-thugs had hoped. At least 18 of them are now taking the kind of siesta from which there is no awakening and, at last count, only one Mexican soldier was injured. Contrary to the notion that the cartels depend on semi-automatic rifles bought illegally in the United States, the cartel conducted its attacks with a variety of weapons that cannot be legally bought anywhere in our country. As the Los Angeles Times reported, "In coordinated attacks, gunmen in armored cars and equipped with grenade launchers fought army troops this week. . . . The army said it confiscated armored cars, grenade launchers, about 100 military-grade grenades, [and] explosive devices" in addition to a large quantity of ammunition.

GREEN = LIFE

Today we are tired of the left appropriating our language in its norm-changing attack on family power. Today, we are TAKING THE WORD GREEN BACK! Today, we wear green as a sign of solidarity among all REAGAN CONSERVATIVES.

New Sheriff Dept Plan to Protect Hikers Threatens Budget

After the mountain lion attack, she beat fear - Home - The Orange County Register.

"In an effort to get back to mountain biking after the attack," Hjelle stated, "my first step was to hike Cactus trail with armed Sheriff's deputies and wardens.

Lemmings: Jogger jumps off Calif. cliff to flee attacker

The Associated Press: Jogger jumps off Calif. cliff to flee attacker.

MALIBU, Calif. — Authorities say a man tried to sexually assault a Southern California jogger who escaped by jumping off a cliff and sliding about 100 feet down a steep hillside.

"Security"

Ignatius Piazza: She Did Everything Right Except….

Now for all you security guards out there, I realize that not EVERY security guard is as worthless a human being as the three guards caught on this video. The point I am making is that responsible citizens must be mentally and physically prepared to defend themselves at all times, because you just don’t know if the “security guards” near you are going to step up and help, or just sit back to “observe and report” you getting your face kicked in repeatedly.

Another shooting in a gun free zone at the University of Alabama at Huntsville

John Lott's Website: Another shooting in a gun free zone at the University of Alabama at Huntsville.

Several pieces of information indicate that students, faculty, and staff are banned from having guns on university property (here and here).

Kevin Thomason's "Oaklander": Local Cop Advocates Shooting Law Abiding Gun Owners In The Back (On Facebook)

Kevin Thomason's "Oaklander": Local Cop Advocates Shooting Law Abiding Gun Owners In The Back (On Facebook.

...didn't realize that actual PRO-GUN people also read Facebook.  Amazingly, he posted the following comment about law abiding gun owners on a friend's page.  Basically, he's saying "prone them out" (on the ground), and if anyone moves, kill them.  I don't make this crap up. This is worth a call to his boss. . .
 

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Another (Yawn) Island Nation Tries to Ban Guns

Will Cuba succeed where Australia, Britain, Ireland, and Jamaica met failure...all these island nations failed in their attempts to lower crime through gun bans. Crime went up, guns went up, or both.  The only island nation to succeed on this score is Japan (if you call giving up civil liberties success).

Cuba gives its citizens 2 months to register guns - World AP - MiamiHerald.com.

it is not unusual to find firearms in Cuban homes, though most are weapons improvised from household materials or guns that were smuggled into the country and bought on the black market. The call to register arms is for Cubans civilians, and the bulletin stated that "security and protection agents, detectives and bodyguards will be summoned by the Ministry of the Interior" for an independent licensing process.

Easier to Kill This Now: Army-sponsored report suggests new 'police force'

[For list of latest big quakes in CA, see www.gunlaw.pro]

Army-sponsored report suggests new 'police force'.

"Conditions have been intentionally created within the United States which make some kind of chaotic catastrophe very likely. This event could be anything the mind of man can dream up due to the overwhelming public debt and huge deficit which is budgeted to grow by trillions over the next few years," Castle said.

Farah: Let the Flyer Beware

Do you feel safe now?.

What is the purpose of the "no-fly list" if not to keep those with "significant terrorism connections" from getting on board?

California Remembers How CHP Participated in Mass Confiscation of Firearms

(photos courtesy www.olegvolk.net)  
 
Fellow Californians--while Congress enslaves our children with socialist environmental and health programs, remember California Highway Patrol's participation in New Orleans mass gun confiscation - body-slamming an elderly lady to take her revolver, as in this video:

Remember the occupation of churches, troops going door to door with M-16's (not at low ready but POINTED IN), troops ruefully contemplating the need to shoot fellow Americans, etc., as in this video:

NRANews.com recounts the injustice in this video:

A test run for the main event, perhaps to suppress opposition to global governance?  Before 2005, only a "right-wing nutjob" could be worried about mass gun confiscation.  Well, it actually happened and elite institutions have done a pretty good job of keeping you from finding out.

Who among us supports socialism in word and/or deed?  In revolutionary times, Americans came up with a humane (no permanent injury) way of punishing British loyalists - TAR AND FEATHERS.  Short of resorting to violence, how can WE (individually, locally) at least shun these socialists and deny them position and power to enslave our children?

Freeze! Cop Draws Pistol at Snowball Fight

Snowball Fight Takes Dark Turn|ABC 7 News.

"There were 200 people exchanging snowballs non-stop across 14th Street. And then, you know, when the gun came out, it changed the tone of the thing a little bit." The gun belonged to a uniformed officer who showed up with his pistol out of the holster -- he did not point it at anyone.

Texas Workplace Shooting - 13 Disarmed Employees Die, 30 Wounded, at Fort Hood Victim Disarmament Zone (Military Base)

Disarming soldiers makes about as much sense as disarming trained civilians.  Intelligence can prevent organized attacks but very little can be done to prevent lone lunatics, whether Muslim or not, who seek out Victim Disarmament Zones because they know they are likely to die anyway and want the most carnage.

Neighbor: Fort Hood suspect emptied his apartment - Yahoo! News.

Soldiers who witnessed the rampage reported that the gunman shouted "Allahu Akbar!" — an Arabic phrase for "God is great!" — before opening fire

Police: Cop Pulled Gun On Haunted House Character

allegedly pointed in...

Police: Cop Pulled Gun On Haunted House Character - Baltimore News Story - WBAL Baltimore.

He said he dropped the chain saw, which had no chain and was not dangerous.

Nightmare

I woke up early from a rather vivid nightmare--unusual for me, no doubt inspired by the pravda article i posted last night re American self-immolation: Firefighters arrived to my house, i could see neighborhood smoldering in a few places but no large fire visible, firefighters said they needed to act quickly to burn oulying buildings (not simply vegetation) in order to save main structure (in the dream my house had outlying buildings), but i noticed a lot of activity by firefighters inside the main house, carrying what might be cans of gasoline, lots of firefighters but no firetrucks to put out any "controlled" burns, i shouted to each one not to start any fire unless the Fire Marshall says it's necessary, i called my wife for her to try and reach the Fire Marshall.

I am not one for interpreting dreams, but "Fire Marshall" in this nightmare may represent the sheriff.  Apparently i woke up when i did upon the nightmarish realization that, at least until next year, our Sheriff in Orange County is the BOS-appointed, LA-derived, Sandra Hutchens, not someone with an electable value-set such as Bill Hunt.  Arizona sheriffs Mack and Arpaio, and soon-to-be-elected sheriff Bill Hunt, are all correct when they say that the county sheriff, directly elected by your neighbors, is the last and best line of defense against federal encoachment on liberty.  The people of Orange County will never vote for Sandra Hutchens values, which is why RINO's got her appointed by three Supervisors (Bates, Moorlach, Nguyen), and why her RINO pals Miller and Calvert (actually, their alternates on Central Committee) voted in the losing minority against GOP resolution critical of her CCW policy.

Tar n Feathers! Boy Scout, 6, Suspended for Fork

Boy Scout, 6, Suspended for Fork - CBS News.

A 6-year-old boy's excitement over joining the Cub Scouts may just land him in reform school for 45 days. Zachary Christie was suspended from his 1st grade class in Delaware's Christina School District after bringing a camping utensil - a combination knife/fork/spoon

Lawyer arrested on suspicion of stabbing process server

Lawyer arrested on suspicion of stabbing process server | police, santa, knife,  News - OCRegister.com.

SANTA ANA – A lawyer who was being served with civil court papers is behind bars after police said he tried to stab the process server with a "large hunting knife."

Extreme Blue Helicopter Thinking Plagues NAACP

WND: NAACP to governor: Declare martial law.

An NAACP official has demanded the governor of Pennsylvania call out the National Guard, suspend civil liberties and impose martial law to deal with a recent wave of shootings.