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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.

Free Concealed Carry Class Scheduled for 9/24/11 in Laguna Hills

I have scheduled a concealed carry class to take place at my office in Laguna Hills on Saturday, September 24, 2011.  There are still a few seats available.  See http://GUNTRUST.ORG for details.

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.

 

Renewal of Concealed Firearm Instructor License

Late last week, I flew to Utah on a quick trip to take the renewal course for my license to teach the course Utah requires for its Concealed Firearm Permit, issued to nonresidents (even Californians) and the closest thing we have to a national ccw as it is recognized in 30 states (for us Californians). Instructors must renew every three years. Aside from renewing the license, there are a few other changes to the free concealed carry class I offer:

(1) My law office has moved to a new, larger suite, with space dedicated especially to firearm training;

(2) My laser simulated shooting range has been upgraded with the latest technology and works fantastically well;

(3) I also offer the Handgun Safety Certificate (HSC card) required to purchase a handgun in California.

Check out the FREE Family Protection Clinic at http://GUNLAW.PRO

 

 

Six Months of License Renewal Hell

I’m entering the final stretch of a six month ordeal at renewing various licenses. Seven months, if you include December’s last minute CLE to maintain my Washington bar ticket. (California CLE was due the prior year.) In addition to preparing for tax season(!) as a tax preparer and digesting changes affecting trust attorneys, early this year I had to renew my notary commission; in May I’ll renew my CA real estate broker license; and in June I’ll fly to Utah to renew my Concealed Firearm Instructor license.  As a firearms instructor, I also obtained certification by CA DOJ to issue the Handgun Safety Certificate (HSC) required to purchase a handgun in CA.

Pro-life congressman repels assassins with concealed pistol

Story here.

The 49-State CCW Permit?

Will the nonresident Utah CCW (free class available here) become a 49-state CCW for Californians (rather than the current 30 states), under HR822?  Check the Minuteman show notes at http://LawNews.TV for the latest.

Minuteman 20110304

 

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:

 

Video: Emergency Reload

Here is a demonstration of Emergency Reload, among other things:

 

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.

Choice of Gun

This brief post is not to advise on what type of gun to buy, but to urge you to get training before buying so you will not waste money and time training with something that is not right for you.  This post was prompted by a twitter follower tweeting that her husband bought a .357 that is too heavy for her.  For some reason, Hollywood I guess, people without training tend to buy .357 and 9mm handguns.  I get the sense people think these are powerful calibers, yet the stopping power is lower with these than with the calibers you typically see where I train.  Where I train, you see mainly 1911's (.45ACP) and glocks (or glock derivatives), usually chambered in .40 or greater.  Yes, many train with 9mm because it's cheaper, but generally you want to train with what you use for defense.  Proper grip and stance have a lot to do with "how much gun" you can handle so please, get trained before you buy (rent or borrow in the meantime).

Citizens Business Bank Gets F in Second Amendment Civics

Citizens Business Bank gets an "F" for citizenship. A people trained to arms and bearing daily would recognize the evil in restricting invitees from lawful carry. Such a business would never defend its customers from violence, and more than that, the restriction frustrates daily carry and possibly results in unsafe weapon handling in the parking lot as customers unload and lock up their weapons. Rights do not exist in a vacuum and property rights of the business do not trump the right to life and other liberty and property rights of the invitee.

I have to walk by this offensive sign every day as I pass through the lobby of my office building in Laguna Hills.  The sign is misleading in that the entire "building" is not controlled, only the bank's portion of the first floor, and from my observation they are probably not even very effective at that.

Armless and Dangerous

Old news story, but useful reminder that Ability, Opportunity and Intent may be present despite the lack of any weapon: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/bizarre/5148029.html

California Election Proves Concealed Carry Doesn’t Work

Conservatives won huge around the rest of the country - by running as conservatives.  In California, the conservative message was carried concealed, where carried at all.  The idea is that in a state this liberal, you have to run to the center if you don’t want to be completely shut out.  Well, we did and we are.

One of the advantages of open carry is EDUCATION.  During elections, candidates inform (and misinform) voters with their words and actions, taking positions on various issues, and by silence.  Silence on an issue has the effect of teaching it is not important.  Silence about a fundamental right is not good in the long run.  Silence about a fundamental right is not good tactically either, when candidates throughout the country are mobilizing supporters and winning with that issue.

Another advantage of open carry is DETERRENCE.  As every schoolchild knows, the only weapon effective against moonbats is LIGHT.  Try any other weapon on them, and they will only get stronger.  Conservatives win by appealing to reason, principle, moral responsibility, truth planted in the good soil of freedom.  Socialist moonbats seek control, and to get it they weaken with immorality, first with envy, then greed, then looting, then murder of unborn babies, murder of defenseless victims, murder of the burdensome useless, and ultimately civil war.

Not long ago there was a self-defense story (typical of many) where a concealed carry permit holder used his gun to stop a criminal attack.  Though successful in defending his life, the permit holder got shot in both legs.  I gave the story a different headline: “Concealed Carry Fails to Prevent Criminal Attack” – open carry of a firearm would almost certainly have deterred this attack.

Aposematic insects (for example, bumblebees) wear bright colors to deter predators.  A few are eaten during the education process, but it works and in a free society we must be aposematic citizens.

The aposematic candidate will force debate, provide a meaningful choice to the electorate, and most of all educate and deter the lies and even bad policy that can take root in elections.  Even if the candidate loses, we are better off.

Of course, there are times when the neighborhood is so bad that you must opt only for the obvious tactical superiority of concealed carry.  Has California truly fallen so far as a neighborhood, where education is no longer an option?  If so, then why are we still here?

California is not really that liberal.  We are just too large, and party apparatchiks are out of touch with the grassroots who want them to fight the good fight.

Concealing our conservative opinions only made the moonbats stronger.  Only light kills moonbats, and our only defense is to educate and deter by wearing truth on our sleeves (or belt holsters).  Small, lightweight, concealed opinions, even when deployed, rarely have enough stopping power.  The result is the paralyzed, impotent, braindead, disarmed and opinionless California of today.

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.

The "Chivalry is Dead" Clip and the Color Code of Mental Awareness

A good CCW class (e.g., http://worldexaminer.com) will include discussion of the Color Code of Mental Awareness, a way to increase awareness and ramp up to an appropriate level of defensive or evasive action in response to a perceived threat, aided by advance visualization of likely scenarios.

It is very unlikely you will get hit by a foul ball when you go to a baseball game.  However, it is quite possible that someone will get hit by a foul ball when you go to a baseball game, and that someone could be you, your family member, or the girlfriend of this unchivalrous or at least unprepared dude in need of a ramp.

Hot Air » Confirmed: Chivalry is dead.

Granted, it’s been dead for a long time, but rarely do we get this good of a look at the corpse. The clip prompts a question

Next Concealed Carry Class Scheduled for Saturday 10/16/2010

Shooters at all levels should attend this class in safe gun handling.  Take it even if you have no plans to travel or carry concealed.

Concealed Firearm (CCW) Class - South Orange County, CA (World Examiner).

CARRY CONCEALED IN APPROX 30 STATES Next Class (Step Two, below): 10/16/2010 Even Californians can carry concealed in approximately 30 states with Utah's Concealed Firearm Permit, available to nonresidents.

» Gun Control Advocates Make up Facts about Concealed Handgun Laws - Big Government

» Gun Control Advocates Make up Facts about Concealed Handgun Laws - Big Government. (John Lott) excerpt: 

Over the past three years, the number of active permit holders in the United States has gone from about 5 million to more than 6.2 million today. The numbers issued by the state regulatory agencies show time after time that these permit holders abide by the law.

Front Sight Dry Practice Manual

Front Sight's dry practice manual helps me stay in form between visits to Front Sight.  While I am not a Front Sight instructor, in the firearms training I provide I introduce students to these techniques and encourage students to pursue regular training at schools like Front Sight, or local schools with the same emphasis on training private citizens, not just lethal force professionals.

Gun Training Report #50 Courage Under Fire.

Dry Practice 15 minutes EVERY DAY presenting your unloaded weapon from the holster, focusing on the front sight, and pressing the trigger without disrupting the sight alignment. By doing this every day you will build the neuromuscular pathways from the mind to the muscles (muscle memory) needed to deliver fight-ending hits when the bullets are flying about you in a gunfight. Order your Dry Practice Manual Today.

SAF Press Release :: SAF SUES IN NEW YORK TO VOID 'GOOD CAUSE' CARRY PERMIT REQUIREMENT

SAF Press Release :: SAF SUES IN NEW YORK TO VOID 'GOOD CAUSE' CARRY PERMIT REQUIREMENT. Excerpt:

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit against Westchester County, New York and its handgun permit licensing officers, seeking a permanent injunction against enforcement of a state law that allows carry licenses to be denied because applicants cannot show “good cause.”

SAF is joined in the lawsuit by Alan Kachalsky and Christina Nikolov, both Westchester County residents whose permit applications were denied. Kachalsky’s denial was because he could not “demonstrate a need for self protection distinguishable from that of the general public.” Nikolov’s was denied because she could not demonstrate that there was “any type of threat to her own safety anywhere.” 

DYNASTIC FAMILY PROTECTION

The mission of GUNTRUST.ORG, Professional Law Corporation, is to provide planning options for DYNASTIC FAMILY PROTECTION with values-based incentives for multi-generational firearms training, in addition to conventional tax planning, estate planning and asset protection planning.  Read the full article - Our Mission: Dynastic Family Protection (LawNews.TV)

The First Amendment Right to Carry a Gun - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine

The First Amendment Right to Carry a Gun - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine.

In a vivid demonstration that such policies can have First as well as Second Amendment implications, a federal judge this week ruled that Osceola County Sheriff Douglas Weber violated a man's right to freedom of speech by denying him a carry permit based on his political activism. Paul Dorr, well known locally for demonstrating at abortion clinics and agitating against government spending, applied for a permit because he carries large amounts of cash as part of a balloon-selling business. Weber decided Dorr was too "weird" to carry a gun, although he had held a permit without any problems from the late 1990s until 2006. The sheriff put this notation on Dorr's rejected application: "Concern from Public. Don't trust him."

Comply with robber’s demands?

Ignatius Piazza: Police Detective is Dead Wrong… - Self Defense & Firearms Training.

Comply with robber’s demands? To what level? Give him your wallet? Give him your wife? Give him your life? WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE WITH A CRIMINAL? There are thousands of dead victims who have complied with criminals’ requests (and were slaughtered like farm animals) instead of answering the request with immediate, overwhelming and incapacitating violence against their attackers.

Sheriff Stuns Public with Common Sense Admission: Concealed Carry is Needed for Public Safety

Only flaw in his statement: "traditional expectations" were never all that high.  Most people understand "When seconds count, the sheriff is minutes away."

More Concealed Weapon Permits Possible - Sacramento News Story - KCRA Sacramento.

"With the anticipated decrement in patrol staffing, and the resultant potential for inadequate patrol officer staffing, I will have to reconsider the criteria for issuance of CCWs [concealed weapons permits]. Nothing is etched in stone, but as circumstances change, we need to address public safety in an environment with too few patrol officer positions to meet traditional expectations," McGinness said in a statement.

John Lott Tackles NYT and Brady Bias On Utah Permits

(You can take the Utah class for free at www.worldexaminer.com)

» New York Times Swallows Brady Campaign’s Anti-Gun Rhetoric Whole - Big Journalism.

Reporters obviously have only limited time to check claims by those they interview. And it is all to easy for interest groups, such as the Brady Campaign, to play on people’s fears. But this is the Brady Campaign and other gun control groups that have been getting a free-ride for too long in grossly exaggerating the risks of concealed handgun permit holders.

McDonald Affecting CCW Already

Of Arms and the Law: Reaction to McDonald v. Chicago.

As with the other fundamental rights, such as the freedom of speech, of religion, of association, or of security in our homes, persons, and effects, government limitations on fundamental rights are lawful only in the rare case that the state can show a compelling governmental need that can be accomplished only by enacting a narrowly-tailored restriction, in terms of time, place and manner. Clearly, a blanket prohibition against carrying your loaded firearm in your personal vehicle does not pass that test."

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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!

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.

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.

California Sheriff Thinks Self-Protection is More of a Concern in Rural Areas

Nonsense, of course.

More people per capita in foothills given weapon permits - Local - Modbee.com.

"My feeling, especially being a rural community, is that people have concerns in regards to self-protection," he said.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Claim that Concealed Carry Permit Was Unconstitutionally Denied Based on Defendant’s Political Activity

Volokh Conspiracy

Dorr v. Weber (N.D. Iowa May 18, 2010) allows the claim to proceed, under the Equal Protection Clause and the First Amendment. Of course, that’s not a finding that the permit was indeed denied because of Paul Dorr’s “community activism activities and association with the Osceola County Taxpayer Association,” as opposed to (according to the sheriff) “because of safety concerns raised by members of the public regarding Paul [Dorr]‘s demeanor.” It just means that a jury will decide this at trial, unless the case is settled.

71st AD: Vote for David R Duringer for OC Republican Central Committee

Please vote for me, David R. Duringer, for Republican Central Committee, 71st District, Orange County (Ladera Ranch, Coto de Caza, Rancho Santa Margarita, most of Mission Viejo, other nearby hamlets).

I am a constitutional conservative. (Check right column for archives of my blog posts.) You can vote for up to six, and I'd like to be one of them!

Fred Schnaubelt Endorses Dave Duringer for Orange County Central Committee

I have not actively sought endorsements for my candidacy for Central Committee in the 71st District, South Orange County, but I am happy to have received this endorsement from Fred Schnaubelt, former San Diego City Councilman, talk radio host, and longtime conservative/libertarian figure in San Diego politics.

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

Audio of Sheriff Arpaio Endorsing Bill Hunt for Sheriff (Forward This!)

Listen to Sheriff Arpaio's message sent to 108,000 likely pure Republican absentee voters, then forward this page to everyone you know in Orange County: 

Download Brough_Arpaio_1

Appendix Carry

WARRIOR TALK NEWS.

When we tried Appendix carry in our force on force drills we also found that it is very fast to draw from. And mind you, we judge this speed of draw from dynamically moving positions not from the “gunfighter’s ready to go position” often seen in traditional "stand and deliver" range work.

My Speech on Open Carry

I spoke briefly this evening at the Casta del Sol Republican Club (quite a group!).  My delivery might have been better if i'd had more than three hours of sleep and less than three pots of coffee, but i did my best.  Here is text of the short speech:

GUNS ARE GOOD. Self-defense is the other side of the Right to Life coin.  There can be no prosperity, without the rule of law it guarantees.

As A gun trust attorney, and concealed firearms instructor, I help families protect life, fortune, sacred honor.  As an Econ major I like efficiency, but efficiency will not get us out of this mess.  We need to change who we are, and become Americans again.

The Supreme Court recently acknowledged: ‘..'a well-regulated militia’ .. cannot exist unless the people are trained to bearing arms."  Jefferson wrote we have a “DUTY to be AT ALL TIMES armed.."  Ben Franklin warned we only have a republic if we can keep it.  We now have the government we deserve.  Does Washington listen?  How do you say “no” to Washington?  How do you form a state militia without a people trained to bearing arms?  The Second Amendment is meaningless unless we live it every day.

Concealed carry has tactical value.  But while an INDIVIDUAL may be safer when criminals don’t know who is armed, there is a better way to warn criminals and tyrants.  SOCIETY is SAFEST when NEIGHBORS know who is properly armed, and who FAILS “to be at all times armed.”  Only open carry provides accountability, and educates the next generation of patriots.  THE HOLSTER IS A GREAT TEACHER.  A nation that does not respect and protect concealed babies will not respect and protect concealed firearms.  Out of sight, is out of mind.  Concealed carry is Concealed Speech.  Open carry is Ultrasound for the Second Amendment.  Open carry is the surest path to a people trained to bearing arms.

Things will not change unless WE change.  We must embrace AMERICAN culture, unique in all the world, in all HISTORY.  If we don’t, our children will lose their birthright, and the world will lose hope.

While we press for more open carry, we must expand Concealed Carry, and deliver a fight-stopping, center-of-mass hit against socialism in Orange County by Electing Bill Hunt as Sheriff!

Then hold that trigger to the rear, release it just enough to reset the action, and put me on Central Committee.  My name is last on the June 8 ballot: Duringer—like the pocket pistol—David R. Duringer, Gun Trust Attorney.  Sign up for my FREE concealed carry class at WORLDEXAMINER.COM ~ Thank you

Get Ready for Bill Hunt's Election Now

Once Bill Hunt is elected Sheriff this June, he is widely expected to issue CCW's based upon a good cause standard of mere personal protection (which was good enough for the Founders!), as long as the applicant is otherwise qualified.  However, the application form will likely be similar to the current form, and it may still help to be able to state that you have a ccw issued by another state (see picture of current question on this).

Taking my free class (www.worldexaminer.com) now for the 30-state nonresident Utah permit will get you started on the process, which takes several months.  You also learn basic gun safety and will probably be able to argue more knowledgeably for electing Bill Hunt as the sheriff candidate most friendly to our constitutional rights.

The all-day class is free to the public, and twice as long as some that cost several hundred dollars.  Mainly geared toward novices but broad in scope, even experienced shooters will pick up something useful.  The class is conducted entirely at my law office in Laguna Hills, and there is no need for any equipment (no live shooting, just a laser simulator).

Bill Hunt has a message for Feds, Fuds, and other Foes

The Second Amendment guarantees our freedom ONLY if we live it every day, and that means carrying a weapon EVERY DAY.  Too many politicians miss the mark when asked about the Second Amendment, referring to their hunting or military experience, and we must instead elect candidates who, alongside fellow citizens, regularly TRAIN for armed self-defense.  We are very fortunate to have Bill Hunt as a candidate who obviously agrees that ‘..'a well-regulated militia’ .. cannot exist unless the people are trained to bearing arms" [SCOTUS 6/26/2008] and "..it is their right AND DUTY TO BE AT ALL TIMES ARMED.." [Thomas Jefferson, 1824].

Washington Times.

"The Second Amendment should be the litmus test for anybody seeking election," said Bill Hunt, a candidate for sheriff in Orange County, Calif.

Concealed Carry Without Permit to be Allowed in Essentially Four States

New AZ law signed today (not eff'v until late summer) brings the number of states officially allowing concealed carry without a permit to THREE (AK, VT, AZ); however, the number is FOUR if you count the 99% of Montana (outside cities) which allows such carry. A similar measure in Wyoming recently failed.

Arizona to allow concealed weapons without permit - Yahoo! News.

Favoring the constitutional right to bear arms over others' concerns about gun safety, Gov. Jan Brewer on Friday signed into law a bill making Arizona the third state allowing people to carry a concealed weapon without requiring a permit.

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.

Armed Citizen Stops Bank Robbery Suspect

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Good Samaritan Stops Bank Robbery Suspect (Fox Detroit): 

Farrow's two sons, who were with their father at the time, also helped out. "They recovered the money blowing down the street. So, that was there job," Farrow said. "I'm showing them how to be true Detroiters, true citizens despite if they're in Detroit or outside Detroit. It's if you see something wrong and somebody's doing something wrong, don't look the other way. You know, help out."

Bill Hunt's Remarkable Rise

Bill Hunt's Remarkable Rise - Page 1 - News - Orange County - OC Weekly.

My most memorable image is of a white-haired woman who expressed her support for Hunt by repeatedly banging her wood cane on the floor and yelling something inaudible. While Hutchens and Hunter looked on this scene uncomfortably, Hunt nodded in appreciation. To him, the noise must have sounded like . . . victory.