Wayne LaPierre responds to Nevada shooting

Wayne LaPierre has responded to the attempted Mass Shooting in a bar in Winnemucca Nevada that was stopped by a CCW permit holder in his latest entry to his NRA News what they didn't tell you today blog.

Student Suspended Over Empty Shell Casing

Brady Gelsak, a 4th grade elementary student, was suspended from school 5 DAYS for brining an empty shell casing to school that was given to him as a souvenir by a Veteran on Memorial Day. Yet more Zero Tolerance=Zero Thought idiocy from some school idiotrators, I mean some out of control school administrators:

. . . After the piece of brass was confiscated, Ms. Geslak was called at work and told to come and pick up her son; he was being suspended for the next five days.

Her son was in tears when she got there. “I was totally shocked. I couldn’t believe this was happening,” she said.

“Ordinarily, I try to think ahead about things, but to me, this was something good, not bad. It was just an empty shell, not even from a real bullet. A sharpened pencil would be more dangerous than this piece of metal.” . . .

H/T to Cam on NRA News.

Funny Videos from Glenn Beck

A couple of funny videos from Glenn Beck. You can find more here.

What healthcare could look like if we Socialize it:



History of DNC Super Delegates:

Glenn Beck's NRA Keynote Speech

If you have not yet gone to watch ALL of the archived videos from the 2008 NRA Convention you are missing out big time (there are more available now since I first made the above post).

If you have not yet seen Glenn Beck's keynote speech you simply MUST watch it (also available in the NRA video archive). Give up sleeping tonight if you must to make the time - you will not regret it:

Fidel Castro Endorses Obama

Yet more Proof Obama would be BAD for our Country - Cuba's Fidel Castro has cast his endorsement for Obama:

. . . after hearing the speech Obama delivered on the afternoon of May 23 at the Cuban American National Foundation created by Ronald Reagan. I listened to his speech, as I did McCain’s and Bush’s. I feel no resentment towards him, for he is not responsible for the crimes perpetrated against Cuba and humanity. Were I to defend him, I would do his adversaries an enormous favor . . . this man who is doubtless, from the social and human points of view, the most progressive candidate to the U.S. presidency . . .

H/T to Glenn Beck

Defense Rifle used for Self Defense

A couple of thugs tried to rob the wrong coffee shop when they picked one owned by an armed citizen prepared to defend herself with a self defense rifle:

Bouaphan Chanthunom, 51, opened fire with an assault rifle, instantly killing Joseph Murphy McRae, 36, of Mount Gilead.

H/T to SayUncle, Gunpundit, & Clayton.

Bullet Counters

Great article on mainstream media editorialists writing sensational headlines & counting the bullets fired to stop an aggressor armed with a knife or a car.

H/T to Sebastian & Sharpshooters.

Canadian Gun Owners Fire Back!

Canadian gun owners fire back at the anti-gun Toronto Mayor David Miller:

Canadian Institute for Legislative Action (CILA) Executive Director Tony Bernardo stated, “If war is what David Miller wants, war is what he’ll get. But he needs to remember, there is one of him and two million of us” . . .

“Having Miller equate these upstanding Canadians with drug dealing hoodlums is degrading and insulting. Firearms owners intend to hit the City of Toronto where it hurts, right in the wallet”, Bernardo said. He added, “We have sent this website to our international partners and combined, they represent almost 200 million people. We have taken ads in U.S. firearms related publications to inform 80 million American gun owners that they are NOT WELCOME in Toronto and to encourage them not to come here.” “Vancouver is a much nicer option for the Pan-American Games”, he concluded . . .

Update 1: More details available at Torontothebad.com

The War on Guns: Illinois Makes it Illegal to Commit Illegal Gun Transfer Illegally to Minors Who Can't Legally Have Them Because it's Illegal

From David Codrea: The War on Guns: Illinois Makes it Illegal to Commit Illegal Gun Transfer Illegally to Minors Who Can't Legally Have Them Because it's Illegal

Reminds me of the law in Seattle Washington that requires criminals entering the city with intent to commit an illegal crime to notify the Mayor of the crimes they intend to commit.

NV: Mass Shooting Stopped by CCW Permit Holder

In the small town of Winnemucca Nevada a man bent on performing a mass shooting at a bar was stopped by an armed CCW permit holder who happened to be in the right place at the right time. The alleged mass murderer had already killed two victims & had injured two others with gunshot wounds, but after reloading to resume his shooting spree he was shot & killed by an armed CCW permit holder who was also at the bar. The alleged mass murderer & his two dead victims were already dead by the time Police arrived on the scene once again proving that when seconds count, only the immediate responders are already on the scene, while first responders (Police) are only minutes away. This is further proof that gun free zones are a travesty that must be ended.

. . .The officers on scene discovered three adult males who had died from obvious gunshot wounds. Two additional gunshot victims were also located. One of these victims, a 34 year old male, was transported to Humboldt General Hospital via private vehicle. The other victim, a 22 year old female, was transported via Humboldt County Ambulance . . .

. . . The subsequent investigation lead detectives to believe that Villagomez entered the bar and at some point began firing multiple rounds. At least two of these rounds struck and killed the other two decedents, Jose Torres age, 20 and his brother Margarito Torres, age 19 both of Winnemucca. At some point during this shooting spree Villagomez allegedly stopped and according to witnesses reloaded his . . . handgun and began shooting again. It was at this point that the second shooter, the Reno resident, produced a concealed handgun and proceeded to fire upon Villagomez who succumbed to his wounds. The Reno resident was in possession of a valid Concealed Carry Permit issued through the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office . . .

Luckily Nevada does not turn places that happen to serve alcohol for on premises consumption into a so-called "Gun Free Zone" or who knows how high the victim count could have been before Police could have arrived to end it. In Arizona & many other States citizens are not currently allowed to carry a defensive weapon into places that serve alcohol. It is long past time that we get rid of gun free zones, places where only the Police & the criminals are armed.



Update 1: Links to video of this story courtesy of Joe Carpenter:

I (live) in Reno, and this happened in Winnemucca, about an hour or two out of Reno.

KTVN ch2 CBS

KRNV ch4 NBC

KOLO ch8 ABC

Interesting how they all call it a "triple homicide"

Name of the CCW carrier is not being broadcast, prob due to fear of reprisal for putting the shooter down . . .

Update 2: Wayne LaPierre's response in his NRA News what they didn't tell you today blog.

Michael Bane's NFA Rant

Michael Bane explains why the National Firearms Act is ridiculous. I could not have said it better myself.

H/T to Sebastian.

Canada: Anti-gun Toronto Mayor David Miller

Unbelievable: Anti-gun Toronto Canada Mayor David Miller wants to close down gun ranges:

Toronto Mayor David Miller says he’s in favor of a report calling for recreational shooting ranges in the city to be shut down. He says nobody can deny that hobby directly results in people being shot and killed on the streets. Miller also wants to see his city have the power to block gun manufacturers and wholesalers from opening new plants or warehouses. He added that recreational shooting is a hobby that creates danger to others because guns are stolen routinely from so-called legal owners.

So-called legal owners? Nobody can deny that hobby directly results in people being shot? You bet I can deny it. Thugs don't practice at the range, they practice in the hood. I'd call his statements a load of hogwash, but even the hogs wouldn't eat that garbage for breakfast so I'll leave the hogs out of this one.

Update 1: Canadians gun owners fire back!

Canadian Institute for Legislative Action (CILA) Executive Director Tony Bernardo stated, “If war is what David Miller wants, war is what he’ll get. But he needs to remember, there is one of him and two million of us”.

Update 2: More details available at TorontoTheBad.com.

AZ: Governor Napolitano Vetoes More Gun Bills

Arizona Governor Napolitano pulled out her veto stamp yet again yesterday. She uses her veto stamp so often that she didn't even need to blow the dust off collected since her last veto. This time she vetoed SB 1106 (the option for the lifetime CCW permit), and HB 2629 (the bill that would have allowed the defensive display of a weapon in self defense if someone is using or attempting to use illegal physical force or deadly physical force). Feel free to take a look at her SB 1106 veto letter, and her HB 2629 veto letter.

Not surprisingly she lied in her HB 2629 veto letter - she falsely claimed that HB 2629 would have allowed someone to display a weapon when it was only a fight of words. The law actually would have required the attacker to be using or attempting to use deadly or unlawful physical force (such as whacking a victim with a baseball bat which certainly is unlawful physical force). She is either a liar or she didn't read the legislation, and since it is such an easy read even for her I'm leaning towards liar.

Lucky for us Arizona Governors are limited to two 4 year terms in office, so we can replace her with an honest to goodness pro-gun Governor when her final term runs out in 2010, as opposed to Napolitano who despite her campaign promises to be pro-gun now has a long record of using her veto against most of the good pro gun legislation that has reached her desk. Unfortunately 2010 seems so far away when suffering with an anti-gun Governor who loves to veto good pro-gun bills, and then use the excuse that she vetoed them because a group of Chiefs of Police took stands against them even though they are nothing more than political puppets controlled by the City Mayors & University Presidents that they work for & are appointed by. If you really want to know how the Police feel about any given bill, you need to talk to the officers who walk the streets, not the political puppets currently sitting in the Chief of Police office.

Update 1: Listen to Dave Copp & Michael Anthony describe why HB 2629 was so imporant in the Senate Judiciary Hearing. Also listen to bill Sponsor, Representative Pierce in the same hearing. You can also watch the video archive.

CA: Woman cited for carrying a shotgun

I guess in Longview California Police get a bit upset when you bear arms while walking down the street. At least that's the idea I get from the fact that they held a woman carrying her shotgun while walking to a Pawn Shop at gunpoint & demanded that she drop her weapon. After all that they added injury to insult by slapping her with a $250 fine for so-called "disorderly conduct."

I don't know about you, but I'd think an apology & a nice box of flowers would have been more appropriate than a $250 fine.

AZ: Dave Copp AZCDL President Interview

Dave Copp, President, co-founder, and chief lobbyist of AZCDL was interviewed on The Right Report this past Sunday. If you missed the interview, you can listen to a recorded version of it online in mp3 format. They touched on many important topics during the interview including the SB 1214 Campus Carry bill, & the Ammunition Encoding bill, just to name two.

1st Amendment Violation to protect 2nd Amendment Violation

In Fort Worth Texas, Tarrant County College denied approval to allow their students who were also members of Students For Concealed Carry on Campus (SCCC) to wear empty holsters in protest of the school gun ban. The existing gun free zone disarms 21 & older adults who have CCW permits allowing them to carry concealed weapons everywhere else, making them easy defenseless targets while at school for any thug looking for a target rich easy victim zone, such as muggers, rapists, and mass murderers. I guess Tarrant County College has as much disregard for the 1st Amendment in the Bill of Rights as they do for the 2nd Amendment.

Update 1: More here.

Especially for Memorial Day: Footnote.com

I just found out about footnote.com yesterday while watching Glenn Beck. It has a digitized version of the Vietnam Wall which allows friends & family members of those who gave their lives in the service of our Country to add information and comments. Footnote.com also has historical military records from many wars, even photos from Vietnam & World War II. I was even able to find a Civil War record of someone with my same last name, could be a distant relative since he also has the same first name as my great great great grandfather. Check it out, it's an excellent way to remember those who have served.

More info about the footnote.com digitized Vietnam Wall:

At full size, The Wall image on Footnote is about 460 feet wide (400,000 pixels wide by 12,500 pixels tall).
We found 58,320 names inscribed on The Wall.
There are about 70 names which are duplicates or misspellings. 26 names are listed as "not KIA".
8 names are women.
2,056 are listed as "body not recovered."
Average age is 22.8 years old.
6,301 images were photographed by Peter Krogh
Darren Higgins used six computers to stitch 1,494 images into a single 5 gigapixel image of The Wall.

Alan Korwin Responds to Media Bias

Alan Korwin responded to evidence of media bias via this letter to the editor in response to this Arizona Republic article from Tuesday.

. . . With news coverage that perpetually casts self-defense, personal-safety and civil-rights-protection bills as students-with-guns laws, it should come as little surprise that people don't trust or rely on the media the way they used to. That coverage also perpetuates hoplophobia, a debilitating, irrational fear of weapons.

Will you change? Everyone hopes so, but doubts run high.

Don't watch this if you love your Prius!

If you love your Toyota Prius please do NOT watch this video. For everyone else there are some nice guns toward the end of this video that provide indisputable evidence that the Toyota Prius is in fact, not bullet proof:



H/T to Tactical Cactus.

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