Notes from the Resistance
A homeowner tipped off authorities Saturday morning on the whereabouts of an infant and the man who had taken the child [More]
I’m sure there’s a reason WSMV left out the part where the homeowner told reporters, “I did hold him at gunpoint, just to kind of be threatening and take control of the situation.”
[Via Wirecutter/HT Liberty Doll]
Massive errors in FBI’s Active Shooting Reports from 2014-2023 regarding cases where civilians stop attacks: Instead of 4%, the correct number is at least 35%. Excluding gun-free zones, it averaged over 51.5%. [More]
Check out the video at the end.
Wanna read that line again, self-righteous, propaganda-parroting stage prop pretending to be a heroic FBI “Only One” with a gun?
There’s a universal law of nature that no amount of prohibitionist gaslighting can deny, at least to people capable of recognizing truth: Predators prefer easy prey. [More]
Oh, thank Heaven?
Just give them what they want? What if, after you bare your throat and cede all decision-making to remorseless reptiles, you find out what they want is you? [More]
Assume any POS evil, desperate, and deranged enough to threaten your life over a wallet is ready to kill you for no reason at all.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released the results Thursday of its investigation into the massacre at Kibbutz Be’eri by Hamas on October 7, finding that the military had failed to defend citizens and that armed civilians had stepped in. [More]
There’s a lesson to be learned here. But what…?
[Via bondmen]
It’s good that Sotomayor’s security was able to defend themselves and repel a predator. It’s inexcusable that she won’t admit she has been wrong about our right to do the same. [More]
It’s a big club and you ain’t in it.
For the crime of running a huge survey on defensive gun use in the U.S. that was not forced into the narrative structure of today’s gun-control activism, William English, an assistant professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, has been subpoenaed, attacked in The New York Times and by many other “mainstream” outlets and, basically, pilloried in order to, as he put it in The Wall Street Journal, “warn off other academics thinking of doing similar research, and to influence courts where states are losing on the merits.” [More]
Or as the Keeper always said:
[Via Jess]
Arizona rancher George Alan Kelly has charges dismissed in migrant shooting case [More]
It says “the judge described the jury as rational and diverse.”
Any bets the one vote against “diverse”?
Sonia Sotomayor saved from danger: Supreme Court Justice’s bodyguard shoots gun-wielding suspect who tried to steal his car outside her DC home [More]
Not that she wants you to be able to do that:
“In sum, the Framers did not write the Second Amendment in order to protect a private right of armed self defense.” — Sotomayor, with the dissent in McDonald
[Via Tacticool Memes]
‘I don’t understand why he was shot because there were two men and just him. Why not hold him at gunpoint? Or why not beat him up?’ [More]
Those are all concerns someone with more than a split second to make an unplanned decision where adrenalin is surging might consider afterward.
There’s a better choice that could have been made in the first place.
[Via bondmen]
Seattle Uber driver charged with rape and kidnapping after attack on female passenger… Investigators said family members assaulted Ali and took the woman out of the car. At some point during the confrontation, the victim’s father fired a gun twice, but the bullets did not strike anyone, according to the report. [More]
Damn policy violater…
So… tell us more about Ali…
[Via Jess]
An attempted robbery at a highway rest area in eastern Nebraska left a 72-year-old man dead and a 71-year-old woman critically injured in a knife attack Wednesday, authorities said. [More]
And the @$$hole who did this to them is a 22-year-old male?
Too bad they didn’t avail themselves of an equalizer.
[Via bondmen]
A homeowner in Oakland was arrested after shooting and killing a robbery suspect. The 77-year-old homeowner was arrested on suspicion of murder. He remained behind bars on Tuesday while the district attorney considered whether to file charges. [More]
If he listens to his lawyer and keeps his mouth shut, he ought to be able to claim self-defense, but using a stolen gun doesn’t help and they may at least get him on that– assuming he’s not a “prohibited person” and “eligibile” for more, and that this wasn’t a dispute between associates…
[Via 1Gat]
Should You Use NFA Weapons for Self Defense? A Practical Perspective [More]
Use whatever you can get to in time, and don’t let distractions impede swift action. There’ll be no trumped up charges to face later if you don’t survive.
Opinion: I study school shootings. Here’s what AI can — and can’t — do to stop them [More]
Fact: It can’t shoot back. (Yet.)
They all have expensive fire control systems, don’t they, even big ones are so rare as to be statistically insignificant?
You see where I’m going with this.
[Via Jess]
UPDATE: The Story of a Chechen Shot by a Special Ops Colonel Is Getting Weirder [More]
Sorry, I’m still not convinced it was a good shoot as opposed to “Only Ones” favoritism. Would I have had justification to use lethal force here, or would I be facing charges? Just not enough is known to pick up this banner and start waving it.
As for how the dead man’s family would know stuff that hasn’t been reported yet, I assume they have a lawyer and access to autopsy results and police communications not made public.
[Via Jess]
The Colonel confronted Daraev, an altercation ensued, and Daraev was shot multiple times. [More]
Good thing it was outside Fort Br… uh…Liberty.
Now describe the what an “altercation” justifying lethal force looks like, because the accounts I’ve seen have been light on the details.
[Via bondmen]
Related UPDATE
Tinfoil Haturday: Special Ops Soldier Shoots Illegal Chechen Photographing His Kid, Then it Gets Weird [More]
The plot thickens…
[Via Michael G]
That’s when store owner Valerio appears in the video and can be seen trying to pistol-whip Pullatasi, who then drops to the ground having been shot. [More]
Regardless, it sure looks like he’d have been justified if the shot had been intentional. Basically, he got in trouble for trying to be merciful.
Received via email from WarOnGuns Correspondent Scott J:
Nearly every time the “news” tells you about a car wreck fatality, they tell you “they were not wearing a seat belt”.
Why don’t they tell you every time a person is attacked and killed, “they were not carrying a gun”?
That presumes it’s “news.”
Former US Army sergeant released from prison after Gov. Abbott pardons him for 2020 fatal Black Lives Matter protest shooting [More]
I’m not so sure we should be celebrating…
[Via bondmen]
“I’ve played law enforcement for 30 years. It’s just so different.” [More]
So assuming celebrities possess the wisdom, authority and virtues of the characters they play, and forming political opinions accordingly, is a mistake?
As for the dog-shooting incident, that clear violation of Instacart policy may open the door to another, more lucrative career.
[Via Sweet Babboo]
