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Commentary on registration and confiscation by John Farnam

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Defacto results:

In NY yesterday the NYSP seized privately-owned guns and the state pistol
permit, all legally owned, of a law-abiding state resident. He was not
charged with anything.

The NYSP, shortly afterward, sheepishly admitted it was all a “mistake!”
They had foolishly acted on little more that an unsubstantiated rumor.

Now, at great personal expense, the owner is trying to get his property and
rights reinstated.

The poorly-written state law (“SAFE Act,” hurriedly passed in the middle
of the night) states that anyone “… likely to engage in conduct that would
result in serious harm to self or others” loses his rights. “Likely,”
according to whom? What does that mean? Of course, no one read any of it
before they voted!

In our Country, “due diligence” is supposed to be applied before one loses
his rights, liberty, or property to the state. Some are apparently
interpreting this new law to mean that no species of due diligence need be
applied at all!

Lessons:

1) Registration of privately-owned guns, always touted as “harmless,”
never helps the law-abiding citizen, in any way.

2) Once your legally-owned guns are unlawfully impounded, they will never
be voluntarily returned to you, even when it is pointed out that the “mistake
” was entirely the state’s. No bureaucrat will ever be charged, nor even
disciplined, for the error. You’ll have to get a court order, at your
expense. Even then, the process may take months, even years, and you’ll be
defenseless in the interim.

3) Leftist/liberal politicians are looking for any excuse to forcibly
confiscate privately-owned guns, while simultaneously making the process of
legally obtaining guns so onerous that most will be discouraged from even
trying. Their goal is to make gun-owners such a minuscule minority, that the
rest of our rights can then be trampled with scant political risk.

4) The goal of leftists is universal confiscation of privately-owned guns.
It always has been! “Registration” is just a necessary intermediate
step. “Enforced-helplessness” is difficult to impose on armed citizens!

“When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you
distrust them, either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of
these opinions generate hatred.”

Niccolo Machiavelli, From “The Art of War,” 1520

Biden just won’t shut up!

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http://www.ijreview.com/2013/02/38973-biden-at-it-again-just-fire-your-shotgun-through-the-door/

 

A prostitute teaching abstinence in Sunday school would be a more sincere, knowledgeable, and honest source of advice than Joe Biden on guns. In recent weeks; Biden, on at least three separate occasions, has publicly offered wholly inaccurate, ignorant, and even illegal advice on these subjects while simultaneously suggesting that no one should own a modern firearm such as an AR15.  Each time, the White House has stood behind him and supported said advice saying he was absolutely right.

For just a second, let’s try to ignore the stupid/dangerous tactic of having a gun that can only fire two shots.  Let’s also ignore his and the White House opposition to private ownership of anything other than a double-barrel shotgun.  The fact is; you will be hard pressed to find an honest prosecutor, police officer, or defense tactics instructor who would stand behind the suggestion that you fire shotgun rounds into the air off your balcony (We all have one of those, right?) to or blindly fire a shotgun through your front door to scare off a would be intruder.

In case you didn’t know; this is called deadly conduct in Texas (disorderly conduct at a minimum) and can be readily elevated to a felony.  If Texas will arrest you and charge you with a crime for this kind of stuff, what do you think they’ll do in places like New York City where it is now illegal for a restaurant or other establishment to offer a soft drink larger than sixteen ounces? It’s a damned shame that 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, one might consider Texas a free state compared to New York but, there it is. The only dumb thing Biden hasn’t said (yet) is drag the body back into your house after you shoot through the door. If this was Dick Cheney (especially after the infamous hunting incident), we’d all be calling Bush or anyone else a moron for following any advice Cheney offered with regard to guns.  Knowing this, how does anyone take Biden’s opinions or advice seriously.

-Gary

Update on the Lone Star College shooting

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Charges against first suspect in Lone Star College shooting dropped | News – Home.

In another case of early reports not necessarily being correct, charges against Carlton Berry, the original suspect in the Lone Star College shooting have been dropped.  The prosecutors say they have determined there is insufficient evidence to charge him or proceed to trial.  Further statements seem to indicate that his charges are a result of guilt by association and identification  First, one of the shooting victims identified Berry as the shooter initially but, later said he was wrong and that Foster was the shooter.  Second, Berry was seen on video walking next to (not necessarily with) Trey Foster.  Foster was also charged with 2 counts of aggravated assault and has apparently admitted to being the shooter.

Now, what bothers me is Quanell Evans (aka Quanell X) is out still defending Foster.  Foster bought the gun legally at Gander Mountain and originally claimed he had a CHL. Well on further review, it appears Foster only took “courses to legally carry a gun, but did not finish them.”  Um, would that be because Foster had a criminal history for resisting arrest (a felony) and possession of a prohibited weapon (Class A misdemeanors) that should have permanently disqualified him for both concealed handgun license, let alone buying a handgun!

I’m sorry but, this case still reeks of turd like behavior by what appears to be a habitual turd!  The left jumped all over this case calling for more gun control laws.  But once again, we have a case of existing laws being broken and/or not enforced.  What’s the point of having background checks if Foster, with a criminal history that includes resisting arrest (again, a felony!), is “passing” said background checks?

Quanell Evans says Foster carried a gun because he’d been shot before.  Foster’s family says he snapped because he’d been getting threatening messages. Folks, none of these things are excuses for all the laws Foster apparently violated let alone shooting someone in this situation.  CHL or not, it is ILLEGAL to carry on a college campus at this time.   Deadly force is NOT AUTHORIZED as a response to unlawful force…Unlawful deadly force is another story but, by his own admission, that’s not what we were dealing with. What grown ass man gets into a fight over someone bumping into you?!?!  This is an issue of maturity or more specifically, a lack there of.

-Gary

Correction: Need to correct something here folks. Earlier I said carry on campus wasn’t legal even with a concealed handgun license…That’s wrong. Hold your horses!  Fact is, the campus itself does not constitute the “premises” of the school as defined in Texas Penal Code, Chapter 46.035.  More specifically, premises is defined as the structures contained there in so one would have to enter a school building (not just the parking lot or walkways) to violate the law with respect to being the holder of a CHL.  However, that doesn’t change the fact that Foster was illegally carrying a handgun on or about his person which again, is violation of the law.

Annie, get your gun!

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Wis. sheriff urges citizens to get gun training – Yahoo! News.

Honestly, I’m quite impressed this sheriff had the huevos to say it publicly.  The only shame here should be Roy Felber’s.  He’s the president of the Milwaukee Deputy Sheriff’s Association and says it sounds like vigilantism.  So it seems Roy is the kind of cop we all hate…The guy who says, be a good victim until I get there to save you.  Just relax and try to enjoy whatever befalls you until the police get around to answering your call.

Folks, the sheriff made the right call. He recognizes that between budget cuts and that cold hard one known as reality, neither he nor his deputies can be everywhere at all times. If someone is trying to do you harm right now, that problem is yours to solve until the police get there and even then, the police may not be able to help you.  But, most people don’t know this and will have to learn this lesson the hard way. Unfortunately, most don’t survive the class and amazingly, some come out of it having failed to learn the lesson!

– Gary

Call it profiling if you want…

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2nd suspect arrested in college shooting – Houston Chronicle.

Somehow, I find it hard to believe this guy is a concealed handgun license holder. I’ll be honest, I hope he’s not.  If he is, he obviously wasn’t paying attention to the NON-VIOLENT DISPUTE RESOLUTION portion of the class.  You know, the part where we tell you it’s better to respond rather than react and to remain in an adult ego state versus the obvious child ego state you’d have to be in for things to go this far over someone bumping into you.

-Gary