Notes from the Resistance
A violent altercation overnight at a south St. Louis QuikTrip ends with a security guard shooting and killing a suspect after police say the suspect shot the guard. [More]
It feels like there’s more to this story, and the question of a retention holder seems like one corporate risk management should want to look into. I’m sure homicide is looking over the security footage to see how it all went down.
[Via bondmen]
Man killed trying to defend home during alleged invasion: North Carolina authorities [More]
It sounds like they all could have died, plus he took down one of the invaders who will give up the other two.
No one claims gun defenses totally succeed all the time. They do, however, allow for a choice and a chance, which the alternative does not.
[Via bondmen]
“Mental health is already downhill,” said student Loran Jackson. “Why would you even try to put a gun in their hands when they’re mentally not thinking all right?” [More]
The only one in this story mentally not thinking all right appears to be you, Loran.
And the “goal would not be to take another human life,” Virginia, and if you decide to carry, take that language out of your vocabulary lest it come back to haunt you. The goal is to stop an attack, to live.
[Via Jess]
WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT MASS SHOOTINGS [More]
It boils down to when your life is on the line, you can listen to Ed Monk or you can listen to David Hogg.
[Via Jesse J]
Get rid of the guns. In Kansas, Missouri, everywhere. Amend the Constitution and protect our kids. [More]
But no one’s talking about… uh…
Still, I wonder what Clay Wirestone would be able to do to protect his husband and son if needed. I’d never forgive myself if my loved ones were in danger and all I could do was watch.
[Via Jess]
Before deputies could arrive, the offender kicked in the homeowner’s door and entered the residence unlawfully, where he was met with gunfire from the homeowner. [More]
I’ll not intrude on his survivors with a link to the funeral home, but his obituary says he “never wavered with his relationship with God.”
[Via bondmen]
A bill that would allow armed teachers in Nebraska schools prompts emotional testimony [More]
From anti-gun male Tim Royers, who neglects to mention he’s a lefty politician.
[Via bondmen]
75-year-old Vermont homeowner opens fire with muzzleloader after he says 3 armed men tried breaking in [More]
In other words, he used a “weapon of war.”
That bit about looking for his 40-year-old son makes me think there’s more to this to come.
[Via bondmen]
This piece came out while I was away. [Read]
Len Savage was arrested after defending himself, and while the charges against him were dropped, he’s demanding an investigation into LE motives for why his attacker isn’t being prosecuted.
One witness told the station the disabled man was getting “chunks” ripped from him while neighbors also threw items at the dogs in an attempt to stop them. [More]
They’re in FLORIDA, fer cryin’ out loud…
What the hell is wrong with people?
The mother prayed and her children recited scripture even as they heard Goss kicking in the doors inside their home. He eventually found them hiding in the closet that was designated as the family’s safe room. The mother shot him as he entered the closet still holding the knife. Goss then fled the scene. [More]
Heeding God’s Call to End Gun Violence would rather they had been butchered than armed.
[Via bondmen]
My wife and I play these scenarios over in our head all the time. We’ve practiced going out through the back seat to get our kids out of our car if we are carjacked. [More]
And if the people who don’t obey the citizen disarmament edicts you demand decide not to let you…?
What kind of non-man admits to the world he leaves the safety of his wife and children, to the mercies of predators?
And what about Fang Fang?
[Via Jess]
“I’m afraid a homeowner may think someone is trying to burglarize their residence and some innocent kid can get shot or killed.” [More]
If he’s banging on a door at 1 a.m. he’s hardly “innocent.”
You could give somebody a heart attack doing that.
And we all know what the gun safety expert in chief advised.
The robbery victim who fired a shot was a legal gun owner in another state and had a license to carry the weapon from one state to another. He was released without any charges. [More]
What was his first clue?
Good rule of thumb: Highly trafficked public area or “No thanks.”
[Via bondmen]
Data posted at the Gun Violence Archive website shows 2023 produced fewer homicides, suicides, and gun-related injuries than in 2022, which indicates expansion of permitless carry laws, allowing more people to carry firearms for personal protection, did not result in more bloodshed as anti-gunners predicted. [More]
Someone ought to write a book with that title…
Armed cartel guys showed up on an Arizona ranchers land. He was 75 years old with a sick wife. They shot at him. He returned fire. Cartels cleaned up the scene. Removed the guns. Now the media narrative is he killed a “migrant.” Rancher is facing 23 years in prison. [More]
Seems we’ve been over this before…
[Via WiscoDave]
Houston grand jury declines to charge man who shot and killed robber inside taqueria [More]
Why’d they cut off the video just when it got to the good part?
[Via Sweet Babboo]
In This House We Believe in Keeping People Safe [More]
I wouldn’t put that sign up.
My audit background tells me information — in this case, intel — volunteered can be used against you.
I feel the same way about racking slides.
[Via Michael G]
Witnesses told police a male suspect robbed the restaurant at gunpoint, firing shots at an employee. Police say the 21-year-old employee returned fire, striking the robber. [More]
For those who say violence is not the answer…
Sometimes it’s the only one.
Especially considering the problem that needs solving.
[Via Sweet Babboo]
A 16-year-old was shot and critically injured during a home invasion, Mascotte police say. Police say the teen who was shot may have tried to break into at least two homes. [More]
That’ll help the grabbers with their “gun violence/children statistics, especially if he dies.
[Via Edmund M]
The gunshots killed 14-year-old Devin Baker, who was at the bedroom window of Wallace’s 8-year-old daughter early morning on Dec. 14. “It’s bothering me that he was a kid,” she said. [More]
So is her daughter. Sounds like the apartment managers were rooting for the creeper to get the girl.
As an aside, my spider-sense is telling me there’s more to this story.
[Via Steven H]
Why “RUN HIDE FIGHT” is all wrong… [More]
We used to feature Ed Monk’s stuff on our old GunTruths.com website.
“Over the course of their investigation, which included interviews with both Lindlers and witnesses, detectives determined the elder Lindler told his son to shoot the victim,” Lexington Sheriff Jay Koon said in a statement. “The shooting happened after the elder Lindler had taken a machete away from the victim, who was unarmed when he was shot and lived near the Lindlers on Seleta Circle.” [More]
So who talked to whom?
And if that’s the case, it’s no longer about property rights or self-defense and they deserve what they’re getting.
[Via Jess]
Prosecutors Agree He Shot a Man in Self-Defense. They’re Still Trying To Put Him in Prison. LaShawn Craig may spend years behind bars—because the gun he used to justifiably shoot someone was unlicensed. [More]
You know who agrees with that?
Every goddam gun owner and “gun rights leader” who says “Enforce existing gun laws.”
[Via Michael G]
