Category: self-defense

Right Neighborly of Them

Armed neighbors detain man after break-in at St. Charles home with kids, sheriff’s officials say [More]

Funny… their guns didn’t kill, either…

The grabbers would rather he’d succeeded. And murdered the mom and kids with a gun so they’d have something new to scream about.

Maybe they can still salvage something by smearing the neighbors as “vigilantes.”

[Via Jess]

To Keep from Getting Beaten to Death is No Excuse to SHOOT Someone

“Indisputable” video evidence shows Barry Washington “assaulted Ian Cranston without provocation, resulting in head injuries that required the police to take [him] to the hospital where a brain scan and other procedures had to be performed,” Cranston’s attorney reports. [More]

Disregard reality.

We’ve established that’s racist.

Who’s Responsible?

‘Publix denies any liability’ for grandmother, toddler’s murders in Florida grocery store [More]

Ordinarily, I’d agree unless deliberate indifference to known dangers could be demonstrated. We are generally responsible for our own defense. Still, statements against customers being armed don’t help discourage predators, although, in Florida, open carry outside of specifically defined limited circumstances still isn’t an option.

As for companies that disallow any kind of carry, I’d like to see more gun owners hand the manager this card and spread the word about his refusal to sign it:

[Via Remarks]

Laying the Foundation

Why Former Slave States Became the Foundation of American Gun Culture [More]

Because white people are racist, of course!

Who couldn’t see that coming?

And did you know that “It’s only relatively recently that Americans have come to believe that guns keep a person safe and secure”? (Forget “security of a free State”– the old slave owners were obviously talking about a collective right!)

Pencil-necked academic and critic of “meritocracy [and] the Protestant Work Ethic” Nick Buttrick said it, I believe it, and that settles it!

What Kind of Question is THAT?

Was the defendant entitled to a jury charge on self-defense based on his own testimony that he believed his use of force was necessary to protect himself? [More]

Only if courts are meant to determine the truth of guilt or innocence.

That the State argued “No” hardly seems a Blessings of Liberty” move…

[Via Michael G]

Speaking of Shoddy Conclusions…

The Shoddy Conclusions of the Man Shaping the Gun-Rights Debate – John Lott is the most influential pro-gun researcher in the country. But his methods and findings have been repeatedly debunked. [More]

I see a lot of smears, a lot of ad hominem, and a lot of denials by those with vested monetary grant interests, but what I’m not seeing is actual data to refute him. Forgive me if I suspect a partnership with the Bloomberg-“seeded” The Trace might play a factor in this obvious hit piece.

Incidentally, I had to open this in an “incognito” window because I’ve used up my “free” reads. Forgive me again if I don’t see anything offered by these smug effete elites worth paying for.

Plenty of truth to this cover, wouldn’t you say?

[Via Dan Gifford]

Armed Marine Vet Learns that in Anti-Gun Maryland No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

“The victim can be seen on police body-worn cameras telling the police that Mr. Muldrow probably saved his life,” the informational alert concluded. “Many other witnesses on the scene spoke up for Mr. Muldrow’s heroic actions. None of that mattered.” [More]

I interviewed Muldrow for Firearms News to get what happened straight from him.

They’re Always After Me Lucky Charms

A young man who stabbed and killed an intruder who had attacked him in his home in the middle of the night has been jailed for three-and-a-half years by the Central Criminal Court. Mr Justice Paul McDermott said Dean Kerrie, 21, was entitled to use force in defence of himself, his family and his home, but the force he used was “grossly” excessive given that the victim, Jack Power, was unarmed. [More]

Kinda makes you want to see someone break into Mr Justice Paul McDermott’s house at night and introduce him to some facts of life.

Let’s ask Michaleen Flynn what he thinks of all this:

[Via WiscoDave]

We’re the Only Ones Underreporting Enough

Massive errors in FBI’s Active Shooting Reports regarding cases where civilians stop attacks: Instead of 4.4%, the correct number is at least 34.4%. In 2021, it is at least 49.1%. Excluding gun-free zones, it averaged over 50%. [More]

I’m sure that’s just an honest oversight and there’s nothing intentional, right?

Right…?

[Via Jess]

There’s a Lesson in Here Somewhere

Video: Felon’s Girlfriend Takes The Gun And Kills An Off-Duty Firefighter Who Protects A Female Cashier From Getting Attacked By The Perp – No Charges Filed [More]

If the firefighter been armed things could have turned out much differently, especially if the deterrent effect resolved things without a shot being fired.

Alternatively, if he’d emerged victorious, who thinks he’d just be allowed to walk?

[Via Dan Gifford]

Not So Tough Customers

Two suspects were shot and killed in a jewelry store robbery Friday after the owner of the jewelry store opened fire, according to Orlando police. [More]

I never get tired of hearing about someone else giving the old Lance Thomas response! It sure beats going to Jared or Kays.

I wonder how soon until a sympathy-oozing reporterette interviews outraged family members complaining that the jeweler had no cause to have a gun and should have let the police they want to defund handle it.

I do wonder about the mall’s weapons policy and have not been able to find it.

[Via Jess]

Look for the Bear Necessities

After Mr Butler and the boy got back inside safely, the animal returned, walking up a wheelchair ramp and peering at them through their screen door. “We thought he was coming through the screen. No doubt he was a big threat,” he said. [More]

Someone hoping the Only Ones show up to save him and his grandson doesn’t strike me as a man with a plan. Not having the sense to improve the odds by closing the main door doesn’t strike me as a man with a clue.

[Via Remarks]

We’re the Only Ones Hunting in Packs Enough

Swampscott Resident Surrounded by 9 Coyotes, Rescued by Police… Police suggest bringing homemade noisemakers, a small air horn, squirt guns or pepper spray while walking your dog. They also stressed that it is important not to run away from a coyote. [More]

That’s because thanks to Massachusetts Democrats, you need special police permission to carry something that will actually work, and Bruen notwithstanding, don’t expect that to change overnight.

[Via Remarks]

Walking the Cat Back

‘Good thing I was packin!’ Utah man is stalked by a MOUNTAIN LION during hunting trip to Idaho before shooting at it twice to scare it off [More]

I’m not real big on warning shots. The clearly unafraid stalking predator was 20 feet away and a human in Tuellar drills can cover that distance in a second and a half. I think leaving it alive will come back to haunt someone else.

All I can figure is he didn’t have his elk-hunting rifle ready yet and wasn’t sure if the handgun had the requisite stopping power to take down a p!$$ed-off puma.

[Via bondmen]

Mansplaining Your Options, Gals

As an alternative to carrying a gun, Hemenway suggests women who feel threatened choose a different route or run during the day, in groups. If a woman feels she needs protection, “bear spray is much safer to use and just as effective as a gun would be,” he says. [More]

Sometimes, all you need to do is present… and he doesn’t seem to factor in multiple assailants.

I wonder how he’d fare…

Who’d pay good money to watch?

[Via Jess]

Bringing a Gun to a Gunfight

I’m not a security guard, so if I feel compelled to draw, I’m not chasing and I’m not taking any chances. (Not that I could, as we’ve already publicly established that I don’t own any guns and never have. Nasty things, always going around killing people…)

It will be interesting to see when they catch the guy if he’ll claim self-defense. Breaking a credit union window hardly seems like legal cause for a private actor to escalate things to lethal force.

[Via WiscoDave]

We’re the Only Ones Cheesy Enough

“I would highly suggest that if a looter breaks into your home, comes into your home while you’re there to steal stuff, that you take your gun and you shoot him. You shoot him so that he looks like grated cheese,” Judd added. [More]

It sounds cute, and I’m seeing no shortage of this sentiment (NSFW), but I have to ask: What instructions has he given his deputies if that’s what they find when they show up?

I ask because with DGU trainers advising “Shoot to stop” and ambitious prosecutors ready to bring anything that looks like deliberate overkill in front of a grand jury to make an example, I’m thinking this is about as advisable as Joe Biden telling us to shoot off the balcony and through the door.

Only the “Only Ones” get to “empty the clip,” and that’s mostly so that one or two rounds might hit the intended target.

[Via Robert J]

RELATED UPDATE

Assuming they even do that:

Round that killed Polk deputy came from fellow deputies, sheriff says

[Via WiscoDave]

1-Punch Homicide Highlights Why You Need a Gun Against ‘Unarmed’ Assailants

And even for men who pride themselves on their ability to handle themselves, fights aren’t like in the movies. You could get killed, crippled, maimed, or otherwise seriously injured. [More]

So is “Real Man” here bragging about his “toxic masculinity” and offering to duke it out with any and all attackers? Leave it to the side that gets triggered over pronouns to declare themselves the arbiters of what a real man is.

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