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BIASED Much?

This is prime anti-gun media bias on full display. What exactly are “Shoot First Laws”? What makes “authorized journalist” Fanny Carrier think that it’s a good idea to allow a burglar to sue his victims if they shoot him in the commission of a crime? Seriously, where does she get off? Defending yourself against a bad guy is somehow wrong?

She goes on to portray the criminals in the most flattering light possible and portraying the true victims of these criminals as murdering, trigger happy thugs.

Tellingly, the sole source of information quoted in the article is a spokesman for The Freedom States Alliance, a virulently anti-gun organization, founded by the Joyce Foundation. One has to wonder if they wrote this article for the “authorized journalist”?

My favorite bit of bias is on the original web page where they illustrate the story with a picture of a soldier and a .50 caliber machine gun.

Thanks to www.sondrak.com for the tip.

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‘Shoot first’ laws make it tougher for burglars in the United States

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Burglars in the United States could once sue homeowners if they were shot, but now a growing number of states have made it legal to shoot to kill when somebody breaks into a house.

John Woodson, 46, found that out last week when he ambled into Dennis Baker’s open garage in a Dallas suburb. A surveillance video showed the robber strolling inside, hands in his pockets.

From the shadows, Baker opened fire and killed Woodson.

“I just had to protect myself and that was it,” Baker told reporters despite the fact Woodson had not tried to enter the bedroom near the garage where Baker had been sleeping.

The incident made national headlines since it was Baker’s parrot that gave the alarm when it innocently squawked “good morning” at the intruder.

But Woodson’s death seemed anecdotal compared to another Dallas resident who a few days earlier had killed his second robber in three weeks inside his home.

Police are investigating both cases, but it is unlikely charges will be filed. Texas recently passed a law branding anybody breaking into a home or car as a real threat of injury or death to its occupants.

In contrast with traditional self-defense laws, this measure does not require that a person who opens fire on a burglar be able to prove that he or she was physically threatened, that force was used only as a last resort and that the victim had first tried to hide.

Florida was the first state to adopt in 2005 a law that was dubbed “Stand your ground” or “Shoot first.”

But now they have proliferated largely under pressure from the powerful National Rifle Association (NRA), the main weapons lobby in the United States.

Today 19 out of 50 US states, mostly in the south and the central regions of the country, have this kind of laws, and similar legislation is pending in about a dozen others.

“This law will bring common-sense self-defense protections to law-abiding citizens,” said Rachel Parsons, a spokesperson for the NRA.

“If someone is breaking into your home, it’s obvious that they are not there to have dinner with you,” she continued. “You do have a right to protect your belongings, your family and yourself.

“The law needs to be put on the side of the victim, and not on the side of the criminal, who is attacking the victim.”

But for the Freedom States Alliance that fights against the proliferation of firearms in the United States, these new laws attach more value to threatened belongings than to the life of the thief and only serve to increase the number of people killed by firearms each year, which currently is estimated to stand at nearly 30,000.

“It’s that whole Wild West mentality that is leading the country down a very dangerous path,” said Sally Slovenski, executive director of the alliance.

“In any other country, something like the castle doctrine or stand-your-ground laws look like just absolute lunacy,” she continued.

“And yet in this country, somehow it’s been justified, and people just sort of have come to live with this, and they just don’t see the outrage in this.”

According to Federal Bureau of Investigation, there were 2.18 million burglaries to the United States in 2006, up 1.3 percent compared to the year before.

But the number is still well below the 3.24 million burglaries a year committed 20 years ago.

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The Top Ten Manliest Firearms

I just found a link to a list of the Top Ten Manliest Firearms. Though it looks like I’m lacking in the manly firearm department (I have 3 out of the 10), it’s still a good list. Here’s what the author says about Ronnie Barrett:

“After securing military contracts for anti-materiel sniping (Generators, vehicles, radars, etc), and facing the wrath of Sarah Brady and her Gun-Grabbing Sideshow (which wrath he snickered at, it having all the intimidation of an angry kitten and Ronnie, as we noted, being a Viking), he gave the ultimate middle finger gesture and redesigned the weapon into 25 mm, or TWICE as big. This is a man so cool even his sperm smoke unfiltered Camels.”

LMAO! Good stuff! Go here to check out the complete list!

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More on the Empty Holster Protest

This time a completely positive article in the East Tennessean. How school officials thought it would cause a panic is bizarre, but apparently they let it proceed. -Yuri

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Aiming to protect

Marksmanship Club participates in National Empty Holster Day

Adrienne Cline

Last Monday the ETSU marksmanship club participated in National Empty Holster Day. In this demonstration, students who are members of the club wore empty gun holsters to class as part of their efforts to get a state gun law changed.

Right now, those who are licensed to carry a handgun are prohibited from carrying one on a university or college campus. Organizations like this one want the law amended so that those who have a permit can carry on campuses as well as everywhere else.

A few weeks ago, some of those participating went to the administration to inform them of the activity the club would be taking part in. At first the university officials were against to demonstration.

“They were afraid that wearing holsters might cause a panic,” said Jay Adkins, one of the marksmanship club’s vice presidents. Since the club was not breaking any rules or laws, they were allowed to follow through with the demonstration on the allotted day. They also advertised their upcoming plans so students knew what was going on.

Adkins said about 15 to 20 students in the club wore holsters last Monday. The marksmanship club set up a booth in participation also with the homecoming charity fair and sold tickets to an “Open Range Day” at the mini dome’s rifle range. Students who bought tickets were given proper safety gear and one-on-one training time with experienced shooters. There were also range safety officers patrolling during the activity to ensure well-being of all those present.
Thirty-seven people showed up to shoot. Adkins says that most of them were new shooters, too.

It is not yet known if the law has a chance to be changed to suit its supporters.

As long as a person has a permit, he or she is allowed to carry a concealed handgun wherever they please - the grocery store, a party, the street, etc. These students fear that in a crisis situation there may not be adequate protection available in crucial moments needed by the few officers who patrol the university. By not allowing licensed individuals to carry on campus, the club feels that college-age students are not being treated as adults when they are treated so under most other circumstances.

To obtain a permit, an individual undergoes an FBI background check, takes an eight-hour training course, pays a training fee of $50 to $60, and pays a fee of $115 to the state for the permit. They must also be 21 years of age or older.

“I would feel a whole lot safer if someone had a license to carry and stop someone from going on a rampage,” said Jordan Taylor, marksmanship club member.

It is for their and other students’ safety that they are fighting to change the law.

“Awareness is key,” said Stephanie Adkins, club member. Knowing that there are others in the vicinity who could take action in the event of such happenings like a shooting could provide more reassurance, she feels. “Campus safety can’t always be there immediately,” she said.

In continued efforts to promote the change in state law, the marksmanship club is also wearing and selling T-shirts that read, “What you can’t see can save your life.”

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Overreact much?

Apparently two school kids stole some rifle cartridges from a shed a few blocks away and brought them to school. When they were found, the school went into lock down and Police from at least six surrounding towns were called in.

NO GUN WAS EVER FOUND!

Man, those students sure look terrified that they got to go home early!

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2 boys charged after shells found in Alsip school

Two students at Prairie Junior High School were arrested Friday after ammunition was found in a school bathroom, prompting a lengthy lockdown at the Alsip school.

The two 13-year-old boys brought rifle cartridges into the school from a storage shed they broke into a few blocks away, Police Chief Robert Troy said. Additional rounds were found outside the school. No firearms were brought into the school,

The boys were each charged late Friday with one count of burglary and one count of possession of ammunition, police said. They were released to their parents.

Police received a call about the ammunition about 9:45 a.m.

Friday was supposed to be a half day of school today at Prairie Junior High but the last students didn’t leave until after 2 p.m.

The school was locked down and students were told to stay in their classrooms, then all were taken to the gymnasium. Students’ lockers were searched, and they were not allowed to take home their bookbags, seventh-grader Dan Lesko said.

Sandy Lesko, Dan’s mom, said parents received two alerts from the school.

Later, parents who showed up were allowed, one by one, to take their children home.

Students who ride the bus were released next, then students who normally walk home were dismissed about 2:15 p.m.

Police from at least six surrounding towns were at the school.

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"The NRA wants to arm even blind people and…"

I can just hear the anti’s heads exploding over this…

Good on him! Some idiot crook decides that he’s an easy mark because of his disability and gets more than he bargained for. I like the Police’s response to this too. I just hope they give him his gun back soon, seeing as how CNN announced to the world that he’s unarmed now.

How much do you want to bet he had the same bullets in the gun since he got it? I’m also betting it was probably a revolver.

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Oops! Plate Match Pics from today!

As Jeffersonian promised…

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Plate Match Round-up

Well, I didn’t win…my suckage was on full display this morning up at the range.

A mis-feed with my 22/45 popped me into the losers bracket, from which I never recovered. My sights were mis-adjusted on my GP100, causing me to shoot low. I managed to raise the rear sight 5 or 6 clicks and I was back on target, but my confidence was blown. Plus, the new load I am trying kicks harder than I’m used to, add to that the fact that the LRN bullets I loaded have a small ledge between the body and the nose part which hangs on the chamber edges in my cylinder. This makes it hard to do a fast reload from my speedloaders. I also tried shooting my Kahr CW9 today for the first time in competition and had trouble with pulling the muzzle down slightly as I pulled the trigger. As the match went on though I managed to work out of that to a large extent. Once I stopped doing that I managed to hit a lot of the plates just fine. I wasn’t good enough though to hang with the other autoloader shooters. This being the first time I’ve shot it in competition though I’m sure I’ll improve over time.

So, not a great day at the range, but winning is secondary for me. I go to the plate match just for the fun of it and the fellowship of the other shooters. I’ll keep working at my accuracy and shooting technique and improve.

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Plate Match Today!

Well, it’s that time of the month again. Wish me luck, or not…

Today after the match, in true holiday style, we get to shoot pumpkins off the plate stands! Sounds like a blast (pun intended)!

The reason I’m up this early is I’m helping Jeffersonian get the pumpkins before the match and he doesn’t have the room in his car for them all.

Oh, and NRA, if you’re reading this…I still haven’t received my wheelbarrow full of cash yet…

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Gun Love!

Oh my, where to begin?

Tex Slim (not his real name I’m sure), a free-lance journalist from Lubbock, TX opened forth his mouth and did spew out this bit of tripe. Go ahead and read it (and comment) if you want to, but I’ll hit the highpoints here and give my thoughts. Gotta love the anti’s though, they’re nothing if not predictable.

The first thing this idiot did is smear one of my favorite music groups, big time gun guys (so I’ve been told) ZZ Top. Don’t mess with the Top! The spew is entitled “ZZ Top’s GUN LOVE all the rage on college campuses.” Click here for the lyrics to “Gun Love“, and here to watch a video of a guy loading and shooting a BP revolver with the song playing.

Hold your nose, we’re diving in!

“Just when everybody thought college campuses were a peace loving bunch a new idea has surfaced that could bring back the “ugly” american past known as “gunslinger era”.This is “Guns On Campus” week and of course Texas Tech students(fringe group,hopefully)will be wearing empty holsters protesting rules and maybe even state law that prohibits concealed weapons on any school campus.This “empty holster” protest will last from Oct 22-Oct 26 and is thought to have 110 college campuses effected. (Shouldn’t that be ‘affected’? -Yuri)“

First this guy seems to have deluded himself into thinking that college campuses are some magical bastion of peace and tranquility, a Utopian island amid the wild and uncivilized outside world. Last time I checked, schools were still a part of the community and all of the same problems that exist outside don’t magically stop at the property line. Every crime that occurs off campus, robbery, rape and murder, to name just a few, occur on campus as well. What makes this guy think that the students are any safer on campus than off? I got it, he “feels” that it is so, and therefore it is…at least in the fantasy world he has made for himself in his own head.

And then he brings up another anti talking point, that concealed carry will lead to wild west shootouts. I have news for him, concealed carry is the law in the majority of states now and the data is in, the nightmare scenario of blood running in the streets has never happened. Why should students who have their CCW permit have to sacrifice their own security for the unfounded “feelings” of hoplophobes? Shouldn’t laws be based in facts and logic and not feelings and emotion? That is what this protest is all about. For taking part in this protest he libels decent, law-abiding young people as “gun nuts” (in the next paragraph) a “fringe group” and rounds it up by likening the protest to a disease that “effects” other schools.

“I,being a former Tech student and staff,have never been comfortable with the “Andy Taylor/Barney Fife” types calling themselves campus cops with that “heater” on their hip.I remember a plump elderly fella at Tech med school named “Todd” who proudly carried his “heater” on hip and when I ask him about safety being on he replied,”They don’t give me NO BULLETS”.I guess he was gonna use his “heater” to pistol whip criminals since he had no ammo.Some years ago Tech med school had a Levelland boxer(Robin Blake) on campus cop roster and we all know about boxers and guns(deadly mix).

My best advice to those characters carrying empty holsters is put a LARGE water pistol in that holster(NO ALCOHOL-PROHIBITED ON CAMPUS) and “Wash away those criminals”.For the more adventuresome protesters I could recommend the local US military induction center since personel are in demand for this thing called “IRAQ WAR”.”

Way to smear people with broad brush generalizations there “Tex”. I’ve seen my share of overweight security personnel and “mall ninjas” but now you’re just trying to be mean. And what’s the deal with boxers and guns anyway? Apparently we don’t all know about them, so clue us in here. I could generalize about hopolophobic, free-lance journalists from Lubbock, TX as bed wetting pussies but that wouldn’t be right, even if it may be correct.

Listen closely dip-shit, it’s not about shooting guns and killing people that these students are protesting for, it’s about being able to protect themselves if the need arises. Saying that they should join the army if they want to carry guns is disingenuous. Oh, and you misspelled ‘personnel‘.

“Some Texas colleges such as UT and Texas A&M will probably be involved since guns were allowed on campus in the 60’s when Charles Whitman shot up UT campus and fellow students were seen “firing back” at Whitman with their “hunting” rifles.More than likely some “gung-ho” military cadets and instructors at A&M will wear service revolver holsters empty as a show of support for “Guns On Campus” movement.

TEXAS IS “GUN COUNTRY”!!

The learning impaired community(college students,faculty&staff) want to carry concealed handguns on campus??

SAVE US FROM THE GUN-NUTS ON COLLEGE CAMPUS!!!”

“Tex” continues his streak by associating the protesters with the likes of Charles Whitman and then basically calls them “retarded.” Again, I could make disparaging comments about the size of his genitals and the like, but that wouldn’t be right…

Texas is “Gun Country“? Cool!

Um, exactly who are you praying to there at the end “Tex“, Sarah Brady…Nancy Pelosi perhaps…or Hillary Clinton? Who cares…

This little screed demonstrates the difference between the pro-rights and the anti-rights sides. They are losing and they know it, and when faced with a lack of facts and logic on their side, they resort to grade school insults and name calling.

Goodbye Tex, don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

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