Notes from the Resistance
“When seconds count, police are minutes away” takes over, and the only rational and effective “Action Plan” is “Stop the Threat.” [More]
If you’re going to listen to bureaucrats on keeping safe from animal attacks, you might as well just put on a crash helmet and roller skates, and strap an Acme Rocket to your back.
A Clark County man was entitled to argue self-defense when he intentionally shot toward a person, and was not required to show he intended to kill or harm the man who threatened him, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled today. [More]
While I don’t recommend warning shots, there’s no one-size-fits-all, it worked, and no one was hurt or killed. If history, text, and tradition are the new standards, there’s gotta be a place for “shot across the bow.”
Inducing someone you don’t know to “back off” seems a perfectly legitimate reason for self defense, especially considering what could have happened.
It’s interesting that the three judges against the self-defense claim were Republicans, with three Democrats and one Republican ruling in the citizen’s favor.
[Via JG]
Four victims turn gun on suspect in Bourbon Street armed robbery [More]
In fairness, they probably hadn’t heard that they could have their own yet…
Then again, they were on Bourbon Street…
Lemme guess: They surrendered it to the “Only Ones.”
[Via bondmen]
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]
Maybe try to hit the gym or take a boxing class to gain some confidence so that a gun isn’t the only thing making you feel like a man. [More]
Some people just won’t learn until it’s too late.
As long as it’s too late for them and no one else, I’m OK with that.
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 of the activists speaking at the rally on Saturday was captured on video threatening to harass staffers at their homes and churches. [More]
Which one?
What does he eat for breakfast?
[Via bondmen]
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]
Starbucks fires heroic barista who subdued and protected a co-worker from robbers after getting pistol-whipped in the head. [More]
Ask me when’s the last time I’ve been to a Starbucks…
And what are the priorities of Americans who regularly shell out this kind of money for a cup, plus tip…?
[Via Michael G]
“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]
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]
