Advice for someone involved in a defensive shooting…

Emily Yoffe, aka Dear Prudence, offers up advice to a reader who had an in-law dig up old bones and has turned it into a bit of a family joke.  Unfortunately, the sharing of this information has lead to other issues with his family.

Dear Prudence: I killed an armed intruder in self-defense. Is it OK if I don’t want to talk about it? – Slate Magazine.

“Q. A History of Violence:” Some three decades ago, I killed a man. He had broken into my home, armed; we struggled, he died. It was clearly self-defense and, frankly, I have no regrets or remorse…

“A. Apparently these friends and family would prefer that you had been killed by the intruder, so they could then honor your memory as a tragic victim…

Personally, I think she knocked it out of the park.  Your thoughts?

-Gary

Kelly Dwyer’s liberal bias shines through in what should be a simple report of a crime

A shooter kills a would-be robber in self-defense while waiting in line to buy LeBron James’ signature shoes

The headline almost says it all.  Unfortunately; the author, Kelly Dwyer, couldn’t leave it at that and exemplifies everything that is wrong with the mainstream media and a clear push to drive an agenda other than simply relaying the facts.  Dwyer opens his article with the following statement, “Greedy shoe companies making select sneakers needlessly exclusive paired together with consumer exuberance, desperation, and American gun culture on Saturday long enough to cost one would-be alleged robber his life.

According to witnesses, the decedent was more than just a pick-pocket.  He was actually trying to rob several store patrons as they waited in line.  It is not mentioned in any of the articles I’ve found relating to this story but, it appears the shooter in this case was among those the decedent tried to rob. The shooter in turn, shot the decedent.  How that turns into an indictment of guns and corporate greed as the primary factors leading to the decedent being shot is beyond me and should be beyond the realm of logic of any reasonable person…Unless you’re Kelly Dwyer or some other “journalist” with a bone to pick against any company earning an honest profit on the goods they sell or of course, the current great evil of the world, guns.

-Gary

Bloomberg pressures donors over gun control votes – Yahoo! News

Bloomberg pressures donors over gun control votes – Yahoo! News.

Just in case you were silly enough to think Bloomberg’s organization was only against “illegal” guns, his latest push is against Democrats who actually read and upheld the US Constitution.  He’s “pressuring” donors to withhold funds from the Democrats who aren’t walking in lock-step with Obama and Biden’s attempt the gut the 2nd Amendment. So basically, Bloomberg is saying that these folks need to bow to HIS lobby instead.

-Gary

Bloomberg: I feel perfectly safe…

NYC’s Bloomberg: ‘I feel perfectly safe’ – Yahoo! News.

So would I if I had a minimum of 18 people around me all day, every day whose job is was to provide personal protection to me and me alone you pompous ass! Of course Michael Bloomberg feels perfectly safe.  He never goes anywhere without his protection detail. They all but shake his schmeckle and wipe his butt for him.  Try sitting next to Bloomberg on the subway without a specific invitation to do so or him commandeering the seat next to you first and see how that works out for you.

At any given moment, there are no less than a half-dozen dedicated NYPD officers shadowing Bloomberg’s every move.  They carry arms and armor on his behalf and are paid to take a bullet for him if necessary.  Few regular citizens will ever enjoy such perks and even when his time as mayor is done, he will likely seek another public office that offers similar protection or, he’ll simply pay for it out of his own pocket.

While it saddens me that someone purported to be on “our side” is alleged to have sent ricin-laced letters to Bloomberg and POTUS, I wouldn’t put this past some extremist liberal either.  There are liberals so committed to their cause that they would send such messages just to stir the pot.  Heck, for all we know, the current “person of interest” has simply been setup by a jilted wife who, rather than going through the trouble of a normal divorce, simply decided to screw her husband royally. It wouldn’t be the first time a guy was fingered for threatening a public figure only to find out it that suspect was being setup by a third party.

-Gary

Britain wants its guns back!

Britain wants its guns back – The Commentator.

How interesting. With over 11,000 respondents to a poll on the The Telegraph’s website, over 80% have said they want to REPEAL the ban on handguns enacted after the Dunblane Massacre of 1996. I don’t suppose that should be much of a shock.  With people being hacked to death in the street with meat cleavers, I’d want a gun too. Glad I already live in a country that still recognizes my right to go armed in spite of the current administration’s proclivity to deny that right to anyone other than it’s own political allies.

– Gary