Civilian guard accidentally fires weapon outside Lancaster recruiting center | The Columbus Dispatch

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“LANCASTER, Ohio — An armed volunteer guarding an Army recruiting station in the River Valley Mall area has been charged with a misdemeanor after he accidentally fired his AR-15 rifle this afternoon.

One shot was fired, and no one was injured, Lt. Shane Wilson said.

Someone from the recruiting station at 1530 River Valley Blvd. flagged down an officer at 12:01 p.m. to report the incident, Wilson said.

Christopher A. Reed, 28, of Lancaster, was charged with discharging a firearm in the city limits, and was issued a summons to appear in Fairfield County Municipal Court on Tuesday, according to the police incident report. “

Source: Civilian guard accidentally fires weapon outside Lancaster recruiting center | The Columbus Dispatch

 

Sadly, this was predictable. But it’s not a knock against civilians. Few will admit it but, their own ineptitude at times is one of the big reasons there’s such aversion to allowing military personnel to carry guns in their own defense. There is an assumption by many that being in the military or police makes one an “expert” in carrying arms. That assumption is false.

I have lost count of the number of times I have attended training with people who were supposedly high speed low drag only to see some of the biggest egos get  pulled aside by the instructor and taken back to day one, hour one…”This is a gun. It is a dangerous tool. Don’t point it at yourself, at me, or anyone/anything you don’t intend to shoot. Keep your booger-hook off the freaking bang-switch!” The eye opening moment for me came when I attended the Concealed Handgun License instructor course for the first time in Texas. I had veteran cops in my class who were scared they couldn’t meet the 90% accuracy standard on a test that I’ve seen a blind man pass! Let’s not even discuss the safe handling and storage of a firearm.

-GM

Obama seeks to deny 2nd Amendment Rights of Social Security recipients

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If Social Security, which has never participated in the background check system, uses the same standard as the VA, millions of its beneficiaries would be affected. About 4.2 million adults receive monthly benefits that are managed by “representative payees.”

Source: Obama pushes to extend gun background checks to Social Security – LA Times

As you may have heard, the President and his minions are making the best of recent tragedies. They are attempting to go around Congress by enacting additional restrictions on gun ownership through Social Security. Specifically, they are exploiting the the definition of “prohibited persons,” in much the same way the Veterans Administration has been barring disabled veterans from owning guns in recent years.

The VA reports disabled veterans to the National Instant Check System as, “adjudicated as a mental defective.” Only problem is, the only criterion to make the determination that one is a mental defective is that someone has been appointed a fiduciary. While that certainly includes a bunch of 80-year-old-plus guys with dementia, it also includes a bunch of folks who are no danger to themselves, anyone else, and still quite capable of living productive lives. The VA rules already lead to veterans choosing not to seek help out of fear the VA will strip them of their rights to manage their own affairs, let alone own a gun. Expanding such rules to the Social Security Administration will simply expand the pool of people who avoid seeking help with mental illness.

None of that matters to Obama’s administration. It seems they would rather see people spiral into psychosis for fear of losing their rights to the government. All that matters is at least 4.2 million people could lose the right to own a gun under these rules. That’s at least 4.2 million fewer guns on the street. And if that saves just one life, trampling the civil rights of those millions is well worth it. Actions like this clearly indicate the Obama administration and their political allies will continue to seek every opportunity to eliminate the rights protected (not granted) by the Second Amendment.

-GM

GOTR20150719 Podcast

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Yes, it’s late. VERY late. And unfortunately, I’ll have to say that listener discretion is advised. Just can’t take Jeff anywhere…Without a seven second delay. At any rate, the 19 July 2015 Podcast is finally up. Jeff and the rest of us were, to say the least, quite fired up about the shooting of murder of four Marines in Tennessee.


http://gunsovertexasradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/GOTR20150719.mp3
-GM

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Sometimes I think trainers in other countries live on an entirely different planet…

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Hoje os relógios de todo o mundo ganharão um segundo a mais para compensar a desaceleração na rotação do planeta. Neste vídeo eu mostro como aproveitar esse segundo a mais do tempo em benefício da segurança em casos de assalto a mão armada! P.s: Não recomendo a reação, somente em casos extremos e por pessoas treinadas.

***Translated: Today the clocks all over the world will gain a second more in order to compensate for the slowdown in the rotation of the planet. In this video I show how to take advantage of this according to the most of the time for the benefit of security in cases of a hold-up! P. S: I do not recommend the reaction, only in extreme cases and trained by people.***

Posted by Marcos Do Val on Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Yup. Different planet. Different universe. A universe called, “Nope!” Don’t get me wrong. I’ve seen variations of this disarm technique before. And yes, the gun is not “loaded” at the start of the drill. But the disarm itself can be practiced and demonstrated without using a live firearm. And apparently this guy doesn’t shoot a lot of steel. I do. There is a reason we don’t recommend doing it at anything less than 10 yards.

-GM

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Two suspects shot during attempted robbery in southwest Houston | abc13.com

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“Another guy, holding the door, hold a gun to me so I shoot them,” – Dien Tu

Source: abc13.com

 

Mr. Tu…Your attorney would tell you that making the statement publicly is a bad idea. Still, we’re glad you, your family, and your co-workers came out on top because of your actions.

As it turns out, this store had been robbed before. As recently as July 1st. The 9000 block of Beechnut in Houston (where this robbery/shooting occurred) isn’t the best part of town. And while the Houston Police Department has an admirable response time, they are rarely around when things like this happen. The shop owner and his brother knew that so they came to work prepared.

Dien Tu apparently saw the robbery happening while he was eating dinner near the cooler in the back of the store. One suspect was apparently supposed to be watching/holding the door while his accomplices beat the store’s clerk. That suspect failed to see Tu approaching until it was too late. When the suspect turned to point his gun at Tu, Tu shot him. In the resulting excitement, Tu apparently shot a second suspect and all three of them ran outside to a waiting get-away car with a fourth suspect inside.

The two wounded suspects were dumped at an apartment complex across the street from Memorial Herman Hospital Southwest. Word is, both of them died. Good guys 2, bad guys 0. No word on whether the surviving suspects have been identified or are close to be arrested.

The only bad part about all of this is that these two suspects will be reported as “victims” of “gun violence” by the likes of Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety, the Violence Policy Center and the Brady Campaign. Never mind the fact they were beating an innocent man bloody. Never mind the fact they were committing armed robbery. Never mind the threat the brought against innocent people who were trying to make an honest living. These guys may have been human beings but, they were also violent criminals threatening the lives of others and for that, they deserve no quarter or sympathy.

-GM