Dean Weingarten
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Crooked Zimmerman Prosecutor, Angela Corey, Loses Primary, 26% to 64%
When both the NRA and the local president of the NAACP want you out of office, you are in trouble. Angela Corey found herself in that position after ham-handling a number of cases that she chose to prosecute, including George Zimmerman in the Trayvon Martin self defense case. From USAToday.com: Melissa Nelson, a corporate lawyer…
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#FERGUSON: Where Open Carry Leads
One of the primary purposes of the second amendment is the ability to form militias to enforce public order. The formation of informal militias during times of disorder, such as during natural disasters and riots is a completely natural and expected act. Productive people have invested their lives in their property; when that property and…
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A Punch to the Head is Potential Deadly Force
If you watch television and the movies, you might get the impression that a punch to the head is no big deal. That is not true. A punch to the head is a very serious attack. It can disable. It can maim. It can kill. The head is a vulnerable target, which is why an…
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Thugs Attempt To Rob Bakery, Owner Exercises No Restraint, Shoots Robber 7 Times
I teach students to make a decision about being put under restraint before they get into a deadly force situation. By restraint, I mean that the aggressor/attacker is attempting something, or commanding you to do something, that significantly reduces your options for resistance. One of the simplest of these is for someone to aim a…
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Thugs Pistol Whip, Tie Up Man And Wife But You Won’t Believe What Happened Next
If you cannot effectively fight back immediately, escaping and fighting back may be the next best thing. The best chance to fight back and prevail is usually before you are put under restraint. That does not mean that you have no chance after that point. Your assailants may be sloppy or overconfident. You many be…
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How does Banning Legal Guns in Kroeger’s Stop Armed Robbery?
On freerepublic.com, a discussion about the Moms Demand Action push for a gun ban following an armed robbery of a bank inside of a Kroeger’s, brought this commonly expressed question. This one was from rktman: “Uh, how would this have stopped the robbery again? Please ‘splain that to us.” I will explain it. MDA is…
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When May You Protect Your Life From The Government?
On CNN, “progressive” operative Paul Begala reiterates a question asked by leftist Ed. Kilgore: The Washington Monthly blogger Ed Kilgore has asked the right question — the one any Iowa voter should be putting to Ms. Ernst: “Since you brought it up, exactly what circumstances would justify you shooting a police officer or a soldier…
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Homicide rates in English Speaking New World Countries
Many comparisons have been made between the homicide rates of the the United States and various European countries. They have been made between members of the G-8, or among “developed” or “advanced” countries, or “economically developed” countries, though all of these comparisons suffer from various unstated assumptions, typically that “economic” development is the prime predictor…
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Would You Provide Security To A Disarmenter Who Mocked You?
A poster at opencarry.org, Southern Covenanter, recounts an ironic experience in Charlotte, North Carolina. From opencarry.org: I made it a point to stop and meet my parents for lunch in Pineville while I was passing through town, and after I left, I stopped at the QT on Woodlawn Road (right off I-77 where Woodlawn…
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Homicides per 100,000 in G-8 Countries
You can see from the chart below that Russia has about twice as many homicides per hundred thousand as the United States, even though Russia has very restrictive laws on possession and carrying of firearms. If you look at the chart below created by ABC, the United States seems to be an outlier. No data…
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Defensive Gun Use and Ebola
The possibility of infection during and after a defensive gun use has long been a matter of concern. On the positive side, guns give you some “stand off” distance; they are effective without coming into direct contact with the attacker. On the negative side, if you have to shoot someone, there will be lots of…
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Are Black People Carrying Guns Public Enemy No. 1?
So claims Charles Gallagher, a sociologist at La Salle University. From CNN: “Whites walking down Main Street with an AK-47 are defenders of American values; a black man doing the same thing is Public Enemy No. 1,” says Gallagher, a professor at La Salle University in Pennsylvania. Fortunately, we know that Charles Gallagher is wrong.…
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Police Officer Robbed of his Gun and Badge
In the United States, armed citizens are seldom robbed. When they are, it is usually because the robber does not know that they are armed, and simply makes a mistake in victim selection. That may be what happened with an Illinois police officer. It happened on 7 September, 2014. From wgntv.com: An off-duty Harvey…
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Would You Sell A Car To Someone You Do Not Know?
Alan Gottlieb, at the Gun Rights Policy Conference, asked a very scary question. It is a question loaded with bad premises, freighted with unintended consequences. It was terrifying when you consider where it leads us, as a society. It was: Would you sell a gun to someone you do not know? The premise that underlies…
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Anti-Gun Democrat Loses in Deep Blue Open Seat Primary
Mary Rose Wilcox is a career politician from Phoenix’ South side who runs a Democrat political machine that has been compared to Daley’s in Chicago. She was running in the Democrat primary for a congressional seat in the deep blue safe seventh district of Arizona, one of the few Arizona districts that is safe for…
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Louisiana Ban on Guns Ruled Unconstitutional, Monentary Damages Pending
The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana has struck down the City of Baton Rouge’s ban (pdf) on the possession of firearms or other weapons in places that sell alcohol, and their parking lots. The lawsuit was filed under Section 1983. The court granted default judgment to the plaintiff. A permanent injunction was ordered…
