State police fire officer after investigation into shooting near Taos – The Taos News: News

Elias Montoya was terminated following an internal investigation into the incident” — Tony Lynn, New Mexico State Police. – The Taos News: News.

Knew this was coming…As we said when this case first broke, it was rather hard to imagine Montoya staying on the job. And now, the official word is out according to Taos News. Montoya is done. We couldn’t find one cop who agreed with his decision based on the video of the incident. It is still somewhat surprising prosecutors declines to charge him but, it was almost a given that his career with the New Mexico State Police was over..

-GM

Colorado State Sen. Evie Hudak, faced with recall, tucks her tail and is set to resign…

“By resigning I am protecting these important new laws for the good of Colorado and ensuring that we can continue looking forward,” Hudak wrote in her resignation letter in regard to her gun votes, which led to the recall effort.

via State Sen. Evie Hudak, faced with recall, to resign – The Denver Post.

Hudak is just the latest Colorado legislator facing recall, largely as fallout from the recent gun control power grab in the wake of Sandy Hook.  But true to her rotten core and the nature of politicians in general, Hudak isn’t doing this out of the goodness of her heart. She very plainly states, “”By resigning I am protecting these important new laws for the good of Colorado and ensuring that we can continue looking forward…”

In other words, she knew the people of Colorado wanted her head and were going to get it.  But, to protect her party’s majority and keep the laws they’ve enacted against the people’s will, she’s resigning so Governor John Hickenlooper can appoint the Democrat of his (and likely Michael Bloomberg’s) choosing to hold onto the seat through the next election cycle. It is still a victory but, it is clear the writing is on the wall. Democrats and the Californian interlopers who occupy Colorado have pissed off the natives. Colorado had started turning purple of late but, it’s might just go red again.\

GM

How secure is your gun safe? Your 3-year-old might be able to crack it!

We don’t talk about securing our firearms nearly as much as we talk about buying, trading, selling, shooting them. But, I came across a July 2012 article from Forbes Magazine that is well worth a read. You can find the article here. In it, the author finds a disturbing number of well known, but cheap safes cannot thwart a three-year-old from gaining unauthorized access to a firearm.

Folks, you may or may not have heard us say this before but, don’t skimp on your gun safe. I won’t go so far as to dictate a brand/type but, I will suggest that you make sure the safe you buy is actually UL listed as a residential security container. This means the following timed tests were performed by professional safe crackers hired by United Laboratories who, prior to testing, are given the actual engineering drawings for the safe:

  • The first test is done by drilling the lock’s tumblers attempting to make the lock act as if the combination was dialed.
  • The second test is to pry the dial off and knock out the lock tumblers through the lock’s back plate permitting the locking bolt to retract.
  • The third test attempts to punch in the handle shaft to push out the cam/gear mechanism in order to bypass the lock.
  • And the fourth test is to cut a hole in the side of the safe body and attempt to side punch the locking bolts to break the lock or mechanism.

-GM

24 November 2013 Podcast

Two weeks late but, here it is, the November 24, 2013 podcast. And it seems the production booth is plotting against me because for the second time in a row, they only have me half a show!

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