Warlike man hunting shotguns on sale in NJ!!!

"This individual came fully ready to go to war with us. This is not a normal shotgun. . .this is not a street weapon. . .this is one that's meant to hunt nothing other than man, and he decided to put these cops under fire."

Jersey City, NJ Police Chief Thomas Comey sure knows his shit!

Please tell me Chief, was the man hunting shotgun a "tactical" model? Was it painted black with airbrushed images of ninjas on the stock or something? Did he load it with 'twenty-ought' Manshot sprayed with Teflon?

What a jackass.

I've heard cops say the most ridiculous things in reference to firearms. Just because their job includes carrying a handgun does not mean that they are any more qualified than anyone else on firearms in general.

Now to look at the bright side, all five officers survived, and they managed to kill both scumbags. One of the officers even took not one, but TWO rounds of Manshot to the face. Yikes!

Update: The officer that was shot twice is not expected to live. Pray for his family.

Your daily dose of stupid

The study recommends requiring new officers and enlisted personnel to be tobacco-free, eliminating tobacco use on military installations, ships and aircraft, expanding treatment programs and eliminating the sale of tobacco on military property."

Any tobacco use while in uniform should be prohibited," the study said.

Now that's an all new level of brilliant! We have our nations youth volunteering to fight and kill people, and we arm them to that end with the most deadly things imaginable, and these retards think that it would be cool to stop smokers from relieving their stress in order to save health care costs.

Slow down there skippy. Think about what you're saying. Like, a third of the military smokes, and probably close to another third dips, and those numbers climb when they get shot at day in and day out, and now you douchebags who have never been shot at want to tell the Pentagon that they should take these things away from these men and women? During wartime? While they're driving jets, tanks, carrying machine guns, killing people every day?

As a former smoker who has been in a war zone, I can say that taking away cigarettes would cause an almost instant mutiny. That someone would actually suggest it is amazing.

Fortunately that idea got scrapped.

Welcome to your nation's capitol!

"There were so many gunshots being fired, my family got down," said Robert Drumm of Oklahoma, who was touring the nation's capital with his family.

Sounds like it was a pretty nasty firefight at the U.S. Capitol. I wonder if his weapon was properly registered.

Other tourists were taking cover as well. They're lucky they didn't go for a scenic tour of beautiful South East DC.

Negligence

On Sunday morning, the brother loaded a Remington 20-gauge shotgun with a round used for trap shooting, troopers said.

"When they got there they discovered that a 9-year-old had shot a 6-year-old with a shotgun," said Lt. Gib Morrissey.

A little bit of common sense would have gone a long ways. Fortunately the girl will live.

Passing some law about safety locks won't stop incidents like this, and would more than likely put many more people in danger than it would theoretically protect.

Black Bear crime

Again, in VA.

This begs the question of what to do if you're in a grocery store and you are attacked by a bear? Maybe I'll post a comment at Michael Bane's blog asking him if that's something he could cover on The Best Defense!!

Tazer crime

In Prince William County, VA.

Well, it is a safer way to get people to comply. Safer than just outright shooting them to death, anyways. But that's just me being the optimist.

A new piece in my life

Sometime in all of my traveling fury, I found time to pick up my new premier carry gun:


I have long been on the lookout for a railed 5" 1911, and had high hopes to catch either a Springfield Operator or Kimber TLE/RL II on a shelf somewhere. The Kimber won the day.

A week or so earlier, I had looked at a Springfield Mil-Spec at my local Ganderous Mountainous and offered up my Nuclear (SA Ultra Compact V-10) 1911 to offset the cost, but those crooks basically told me to just give them my gun in return for paying $50 above everyone else's price on the Mil-Spec. I loath Gander Mountain, so I not-so-tactfully declined their counter offer.

I've put an initial 150 rounds or so through the Kimber so far, and I am happy with my switch back to a 1911. My first carry gun was the Nuclear 1911, and I discovered that I shoot 1911s well. Later on I switched to Glocks for awhile; with my first Glock being a model 20 in 10mm. What a pistol. I regretfully had to sell that one when the company I worked for went Tango Uniform and left me without a couple months pay. Next I bought a Glock 17, and not too long after bought a model 26. I still have both. The 17 stays at home, and the 26 is currently TAD while protecting a family member from two and four legged predators, as well as no legged predators (Snakes. Don't ask).

I have now gone full circle and come back to the weapon that I shoot so well. Though I am a Glock advocate, I am not a fanboy, as I understand the pros and cons of any firearm. I tend to shoot Glocks a tad high from the draw; something that I correct with the 1911. This gun is definitely a shooter, and I need to start gearing up to reload so that I can afford to feed it. 45 ACP is hard to find these days.

When I get a day to do a full shoot with several types of ammo, I'll post a range report.

Stretching the truth

So police officer deaths are pretty much at the lowest point since 1965 - something to applaud - but Kevin Johnson of USA Today really tries his hardest to make it seem like the sky is falling.

When we get right down to it, there are way more cops on the street than at anytime in the last four decades, and less cops are getting killed while doing their jobs. That's good. Report that.

Stop manipulating people by telling them that more cops are getting shot to death when they're not. You might as well tell the public that there is an alarming amount of white, male, 10 year veteran cops that are 5' 11" getting killed with their own weapons. Just because it's true doesn't mean you need to wave it around in an effort to scare people.

Genius

A careful word to would be robbers: when using a toy gun to rob a store, at least take off the orange tip.

Maybe Mayor Bloomberg was on to something? (I kid, I kid)

Hi there!

I was off the grid last week; more than I had anticipated. In case you were wondering, I travel a lot. I'm gone more these days than I am home. On top of that, my tribe of little people is getting bigger, so they demand a lot of attention.

This week looks like it should be calm, so perhaps I can get in some blogging time.

Stand back citizen!!! Captain Security is here!!!

In a videotape obtained by CNN, a covert GAO inspector places a bag containing bomb components on an X-ray machine conveyor belt and then walks through a magnetometer at an unidentified federal building. Unlike some covert tests that use simulated explosives, the GAO used actual bomb components in the test and publicly available information "to identify a type of device that a terrorist could use" to damage a building.

Whooooohooooo! Aren't you glad that security is so friggin tight at federal buildings and airports?

In case you can't really grasp what is going on here: the thuggish fondling that you get by underpaid federal goons while at the security counter is all for show. The douchebags with badges but no authority that are busy scanning breast milk and confiscating hoop earrings and Medals of Honor at your airport? They're wasting your time. All of that metal detecting and frisking does nothing to "make you safe," so stop saying that it does when someone asks why you put up with it.

"We knew that the FPS was a troubled agency, but that GAO could penetrate security at these buildings and make bombs without detection is truly shocking," he said.

The security lapses "show a disturbing pattern by the Federal Protective Service of poor training, lapsed documentation, lax management, inconsistent enforcement of security standards and little rigor," added Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, the committee's ranking member.

They go on to rag on the security contractors, but the federal security isn't great either.

So let me ask my several readers an honest question: what is the point in disarming everyone that enters federal property if the .0001% of the population that actually wants to commit a murderous act will still be able to easily smuggle bombs, guns, knives, and other weapons inside?

How to stop violent crime

Put dangerous people in prison and keep them there. That's it. Simple, right?

Apparently, not so much.

Burris had a long rap sheet filled with charges such as larceny, forgery and breaking and entering from states across the Southeast, including Florida, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland. He had been paroled from a North Carolina prison in April after serving nearly eight years.

"Look at this," Lloyd said, waiving a stapled copy of Burris' criminal record. "This is like 25 pages. At some point the criminal justice system is going to need to explain why this suspect was out on the street.

And there you have it folks. He was a perpetual criminal who was locked up and released. Florida, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland all had there chance to stop him, but they all failed.

How did this killer get a gun? Who cares. There is no way that you can make a habit out of letting an animal like this guy out of prison and expect to stop him from getting a gun with some law. You will only manage to stop the wrong people.

For every violent criminal, there are thousands of good people. You will not stop the killers at the gun counter, but you will stop the good people.

My solution is simple: stop letting them out of prison. The average time served for a violent crime is 5 years, and the average time for murder is just over 12 years. Why is that? Why does a murderer get a second chance? Why is it when a murderer is paroled after serving little more than half of a pathetically short prison sentence that people are so shocked that they kill again?

Stop letting them out.

Some info on the F22 Raptor

You might have heard that the Obama administration won't sign off on any more F22s, and you may have read an article or two from some yahoo about how the F22 sucks.

Well, Ace has come across some insider information that sheds some light on how bad ass the F22 really is.

Nothing like having both perspectives.

M1A/M-14 Porn

Starting from the end and working back, ten pages of modified and old school M14 goodness for your viewing pleasure.

Courtesy of MilitaryPhotos.net.

A bloody Independence Day weekend in DC

Of course, from the headlines you would have no idea that seven people were shot in several incidents in DC this weekend; the news is too busy buzzing about Marion Barry's 875th arrest this year.

Perhaps if the DC police spent less time looking to arrest kids for fireworks violations they would have more time to look for the gang bangers who were using real fireworks.

"Kids are getting hurt, it's not just loud noises," Hernandez said.

No shit? Well, with a whopping two fireworks injuries this year I say it's awesome that DC police spent the weekend saving kids from 2nd degree burns, instead of scouring the city looking for killers. Time well spent!

But have no fear citizens, Councilman Jim Graham is going to completely stop rare incidents like these from ever occurring again with well thought out legislation that will ensure that even more precious police resources are out saving people from themselves:

D.C. Councilman Jim Graham again proposed legislation this year to ban anyone under the age of 16 from buying fireworks in the city. The bill has not yet been voted on.

Steve Hernandez, Graham's legislative director, said the councilman wanted to get a conversation going concerning youths and firework injuries.

Hernandez said Graham's office would continue to work with the D.C. fire department to create legislation curtailing firework use.

How pathetic.

I say that there is no hope in stopping America's decline until DC finally implodes from the weight of its own stupidity.

Independence Day!!

This country may no longer look like what the brave individuals who fought in that war envisioned, but it still lives on. I'd rather be here than anywhere else in the world right now.

Have a great weekend, and be safe out there.

DC officials celebrate their low homicides

As we approach the halfway point in 2009, there have been 66 homicides by D.C. Police's count. If the current pace continues, the city would finish the year with 134 homicides, which, according to the Washington Post, would be a 45-year low.

Fantastic! That means the murder rate in the district would only be over four times the national average, instead of over five times!

Great work.

Keep in mind that murders increase during the summer - and the short article mentions that. So what they're really trying to say is that if hell does in fact freeze over and murderers stay indoors this summer, than DC can expect their city to have only four and a half times as many murders as neighboring Virginia! Yaaay!

I think I'll pass on taking my family sight seeing in the district this summer.

Lawful shooting in Tulsa, OK

The man being chased began pounding on a neighbor's door for help. That's when police officers say the neighbor came out shooting.

"That man, who had the concealed carry permit, drew his 9-mm semi-automatic pistol, firing several shots, striking the man with the hatchet more than one time," said Tulsa Police Sgt. Clay Ballenger.

Officers say the shooter was hit in the head with the
hatchet, but is expected to be okay.

That he had a CHP is irrelevant if he was on his own property. Either way, it looks like the good guy with a gun made the difference.

CNN still flogging the Mexican Gun Farce

The agreement between Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives will result in a more effective fight against the flood of U.S. weapons that provide Mexican drug cartels with more than 90 percent of their firearms.

I thought the NINETY PERCENT OF GUNS garbage was widely known to be debunked.

That only leaves two reasons why CNN Justice Producer Terry Frieden - the author of this piece - would include it in his article: either he doesn't know, which makes him incompetent, or he is lying, which makes him a scumbag.

With the track record the news has nowadays, take your pick.

National Parks are not always safe

I found this article on CNN's website about two campers who were murdered four years ago in a National Forest.

The article interested me because I believe that National Parks are not as safe as people may think; and despite what critics say, I don't think that disarming the populace before they enter a public place is smart policy.

With this article, I point out that carrying a gun on this land was legal. The son of the victims opines that the killer could have been a hunter:

"Whoever did this to my mom and Steven knew these woods well," said Gary Bauman, Jeanette Bauman's son. "Obviously, there are people in the woods with guns, maybe hunters, but I believe my mom and Steven were just at the wrong place at the wrong time."

I think that's a stretch. There is always the small likelihood that a hunter could negligently shoot someone thinking that they're a critter, but a hunter wouldn't kill two people and their dog.

Here is more from the son:

He is not certain whether Bauman and Haugen were armed but said his mother does not own a gun.

"It's possible Steven may have a handgun, as often campers do for protection from bears," he noted.

If Steven owned a handgun, why would he leave it at home? I know there's a visceral reaction amongst those who have never shot a gun that would make them scratch their heads at my question, but I'm asking from the simple point of view that it makes no sense to have the ability to repel two and four legged creatures and leave that ability behind. Humans are at the top of the food chain because we're smarter than the beasts in the field. There is nothing malicious or evil about having the means to keep critters that would kill you at arms distance.

There could be other reasons, like that maybe he owned a .22 pistol and knew it wouldn't be of much help. Who knows for sure now. The take away from this is that vast lands are full of savage things that can kill or maim you, and being prepared is not a bad thing.