Gabriel Metcalf is out of jail, but with a GPS ankle monitor, for which he must pay $9.50 daily or nearly $300 monthly. [More]
You know, just like the Founders used to do if you had a gun on your own property.
[Via Jess]
Category: Gun-Free Zones
Fists of Fury
“The Dolphins fan walks over and clearly punches him in the face,” New Hampshire resident Joey Kilmartin said. “[He] gets knocked out, and you can tell right away he’s not OK.” [More]
The “Real Man” way…
So much for no deadly weapons in stadiums.
How come the media never use the term “fist violence” ?
We’re the Only Ones Very Pretty Enough
A sweeping bill has been signed into law by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) in the wake of the horrific Uvalde shooting, posting an armed security officer in every school in the state. [More]
Better than the one at Parkland?
A Pinkley quote comes to mind.
[Via bondmen]
Overly Sensitive
SAF VICTORY: CALIF. CITY SUSPENDS ‘SENSITIVE AREAS’ ENFORCEMENT [More]
I’ve been doing this a long time and still can’t wrap my head around the type of control freak that would presume to dictate or enforce such an edict.
An Inconvenient Truth
Outside of so-called gun-free zones, which bar the legal carrying of firearms, over 63% of active shooting cases were ended by an armed civilian, according to the center. [More]
Well then, there’s only one thing to do.
Attack John Lott without actually refuting his work.
[Via Michael G]
Lesson Learned — Again
WHEN SECONDS COUNT, SALVATION LIES IN A DISTANT PARKING LOT [More]
Grassroots North Carolina’s Paul Valone tells of one of his volunteers who could not have done anything because of the “law.”
Back to the Future
Checkpoint Charlie
Attorney General Knudsen Leads 19-State Effort Against Unconstitutional Firearm Carry Restrictions [More]
I wonder what the Founders would have thought about “buffer zones”…?
Related UPDATE
We’ve Spared No Expense to Make Him Feel Right at Home
North Carolina university shooting suspect Tailei Qi ‘shot dead member of staff’ – as the Wuhan-educated physics PhD student is seen in handcuffs after sparking manhunt on FIRST DAY back [More]
Made possible by a Chinese-style gun ban!
The Old Uber/Unter
Uber driver carjacked, held at gunpoint in north St. Louis [More]
Fortunately, the equity seeker was never in any danger.
Parasitic scumbags who prey on people working jobs at the lower end of the economic spectrum deserve a special place in hell.
[Via bondmen]
Not the Brightest Bulbs
Mother, son caught with guns at Cuyahoga County Justice Center claim they were for protection [More]
That’s not the way to do it.
And that said, my own experience shows how no means of doing this legally puts the “law-abiding” at risk.
[Via Sweet Babboo]
In the Zone
Billings Man Accused of Illegally Possessing Firearm in a School zone [More]
And now, the rest of the story:
He was on his own property. He never threatened anyone. ATF busted him on an unconstitutional federal charge.
There’s nothing to stop them from declaring the inside of the house within bounds, either.
[Via Jess]
Down the Garden State Path
CCRKBA SUBMITS AMICUS BRIEF IN CASE CHALLENGING N.J. ‘SENSITIVE PLACES’ [More]
If the grabbers had their way, they’d be Everyplace.
Meanwhile, Over at the ‘Gun-Free Zone’…
The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting at Josey High School. [More]
But we can’t tell you the little darling’s name because, while he may be old enough to get “progressive” approval for puberty blockers, he’s still too young for that.
I do wonder if he’s a known troublemaker or simply defending himself against someone who has been given continuous passes and felt he had no choice.
It also looks like these Democrats aren’t much for diversity…
[Via Steve T]
‘A’OHE PU’U KI’EKI’E KE HO’A’O ‘IA E PI’I
BIG 2A WIN IN HAWAII: Obama-appointed Federal Judge Knocks Out Much of Hawaii’s “Gun Free Zone” ban [Watch]
That makes two now from Hawaii that Adam’s got to wring his hands about.
Do you think he might be the one setting the fires?
[Via Jess]
This I’d Like to See
The Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God
Gun Free Zones Are Favorite Targets of Mass Shooters, Crime Research Group Says [More]
It’s called natural selection.
[Via Michael G].
An Inconvenient Truth
Michigan Court: University Firearms Ban ‘Consistent With the Second Amendment’ [More]
Maybe not with the Second Amendment, but inconveniently, consistent with Jefferson and Madison. Evidently, they wanted to minimize dueling.
What the crowing antis don’t tell us is that the rule was not a law with criminal penalties, but instead, violations could result in “minor punishments at the discretion of the Faculty, or of the board of Censors, approved by the Faculty.”
Still, if we’re talking historical context, I’m not seeing a way around this “Gotcha!” except to make a different argument entirely.
That said, if anyone does see a way around it, that’s why we have “Comments” here.
[Via Michael G]
A Double Win
SAN FRANCISCO BACKS DOWN ON GUN CONTROL AFTER SAF, CRPA VOW TO SUE [More]
Not having to expend precious, hard-won resources makes this one.
From Chicago to Cheyenne
“Uvalde? Small town. VA Tech? Small college town. Newtown? Small New England town. Parkland? Small town that had just been voted Florida’s safest town. Most mass shootings occur in small towns,” Packnett Cunningham wrote, tagging Aldean. “Your listeners are dying,” she criticized. [More]
All operated under big city predator empowerment zone edicts that ensured a defenseless victim pool where seconds counted and help was minutes away…
Despite Obama’s admission about Cheyenne.
And all anomalies where the final count was equivalent to one hot weekend in Chicago…