Today is a very meaningful day for me. I haven't served in the military, nor is there a tradition of military service in my family. It gives me an extra appreciation for men and women in uniform.
They fight so I don't have to. They bleed and die so my family is safe from foreign threats. Although I wish my state would respect my 2nd Amendment rights, our military makes sure I don't have to exercise them against invaders from other nations.
They have bought my freedom to write this blog through their service. They've permitted me to become who I am without fear.
On this Veterans Day, I'd like to express my gratitude, and my family's gratitude for that extraordinary dedication and sacrifice. Happy Veterans Day!
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
The Islamist Head Fake
I've decided to post this article in the main body of the blog, moving it from the links on the right. It's older, so the original post has expired at Investor's Business Daily. However, part of the article was preserved at FreeRepublic.com. It was also posted in full on blog sites, and I think it's important enough to save the article by reposting. This has direct relation to recent events and no doubt will also be significant in the future, so for reference I'm providing it here.
The Islamist Head FakeThe message from this article isn't that no Muslim is trustworthy, or that there are no moderates. The message is that just as the Taliban, Al-Qaeda and Hezbollah are willing to hide in schools and mosques in the Middle East, the Islamic Fundamentalists in America are happy to hide behind those who are more moderate and modern, who practice Islam as a personal faith instead of a political structure.
INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY
Posted 9/28/2007
Homeland Security: When dealing with Muslim leaders, Washington should borrow a page from Ronald Reagan's Soviet playbook: Trust, but verify. Many aim to deceive us, court evidence shows.
It's now believed that several leaders of the Muslim establishment in America last decade conspired to infiltrate the U.S. political system, change Middle East policy and gradually Islamize America. At the same time, they hatched a plot to fund overseas terrorists.
Of course, they couldn't do this out in the open. So they set up benign-sounding nonprofits and charities to "camouflage" their traitorous activities, say U.S. prosecutors who cite wiretap transcripts and other documents uncovered in a criminal probe of the Holy Land Foundation, the largest Muslim charity in America.
During a secret meeting at a Philadelphia hotel, the charity's president and other prominent Muslim leaders were recorded allegedly plotting ways to disguise payments to Hamas terrorists as charity.
"I swear by Allah that war is deception," said Shukri Abu-Baker, now on trial in the federal terror-funding case. "We are fighting our enemy with a kind heart. . . . Deceive, camouflage, pretend that you're leaving while you're walking that way. Deceive your enemy."
Another participant at the Hamas summit was the founder of the Council on American Islamic-Relations, or CAIR, the largest Muslim civil-rights group in the country and an un-indicted co-conspirator in the terror-funding case.
Adding to Abu-Baker's point, Omar Ahmad compared the deception needed to fool the infidels with the head fake in basketball. "He makes a player believe that he is doing this while he does something else," Ahmad said. "I agree with you. . . . Politics is a completion of war."
The Islamist head fake has worked all too well over the past decade. Blind acceptance and validation of Muslim leaders with questionable loyalties hardly missed a beat in Washington even after 9/11.
Many were invited to the White House and Congress. The head of the FBI spoke at their conferences, calling them "mainstream" and "moderate." Many naive officials still confer legitimacy on them.
But what Muslim leaders tell us and what they tell Muslim audiences are often two entirely different things. The deception is astonishing. They've really played us for suckers.
Here are just a few examples:
Sami Al-Arian: The popular and respected Muslim activist was a White House guest of both presidents Clinton and Bush. He assured his hosts he was both peace-loving and patriotic. "I am a very moderate Muslim person," he said. "I also condemn violence in all its forms."
All the while, Al-Arian was secretly running a U.S. beachhead for Palestinian terrorists. In a speech at a Cleveland mosque, he once thundered: "Let's damn America, let's damn Israel, let's damn their allies until death."
He's now a convicted terrorist.
Abdurahman Alamoudi: This pillar of the Muslim community also went from the White House to the Big House. But not before developing the Pentagon's Muslim chaplain corps, and acting as a goodwill ambassador for the State Department.
He, too, strongly denounced terror. "We are against all forms of terrorism," he claimed. "Our religion is against terrorism."
Privately, however, he raised major funds for al-Qaida and was caught on tape grumbling that Osama bin Laden hadn't killed enough Americans in the U.S. embassy bombings.
Also, at a Muslim conference, he was recorded saying the following:
"Muslims sooner or later will be the moral leadership of America. It depends on me and you. Either we do it now or we do it after a hundred years, but this country will become a Muslim country. And I think if we are outside this country, we can say, 'Oh, Allah, destroy America.' But once we are here, our mission in this country is to change it."
Ali Al-Timimi: A noted imam and native Washingtonian, he also put on a moderate face in public while secretly plotting against us. The internationally known Muslim scholar had government clearance — even worked with a former White House chief of staff — and was invited to speak on Islam to the U.S. military.
Publicly, the imam denounced Islamic violence. "My position against terrorism and Muslim-inspired violence against innocent people is well known by Muslims," he said.
But privately, a darker picture emerged. Five days after the 9/11 attacks, he called them "legitimate" and rallied young Muslim men at his mosque to carry out more "holy war" and "violent jihad."
Al-Timimi even cheered the Columbia space shuttle disaster, calling it a "good omen" for Muslims because it was a blow to their "greatest enemy." He also said the U.S. "should be destroyed."
This high-profile moderate is also now behind bars, for soliciting terror and treason.
What other Muslim leaders are betraying our trust? Who else is "camouflaging" their radical beliefs and agenda with smiles and soft rhetoric?
To reach out to the Muslim community, we must deal with its leaders. But based on their proven track record of dissembling, we can no longer go on blindly trusting them.
Copyright 2000-2007 Investor's Business Daily, Inc.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Milton Friedman on socialized healthcare 30 years ago
It's amazing how he clearly explained the problems we face today based on simple principles. Principles that remain to be true 30 years after he enumerated them.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Health Care Theater and more from George Washington
The passage of health care "reform" is a blow to conservatism and libertarianism. I can't help but wonder how much of this "close" passage was theater. When the California legislature passed our joke of a budget this last time, they carefully orchestrated it, including a faux opposition from the California Republican party that turned out to be arranged in advance between Republicans and Democrats. After the details of that betrayal by the so-called conservative party in California, I have a hard time believing the house passage of Pelosi's Socialized Medicine bill is anything different. It expands government power, and the one thing both parties seem to agree on is that increasing the government's power is a good thing, no matter what the expense to the citizenry, our children, and our grandchildren.
The passage of this bill brought to mind a reflection by the British actor John Bernard, who happened to meet George Washington in 1798. They both helped a couple who overturned their chaise, and General Washington invited Bernard back to his home to recover from their exertions, where they chatted. Bernard wrote down their conversation:
"[George Washington] regarded the happiness of America but as the first link in a series of universal victories; for his full faith in the power of those results of civil liberty which he saw all around him led him to foresee that it would, ere long, prevail in other countries, and that the social millennium of Europe would usher in the political...
"When I remarked that his observations were flattering to my country, he replied, with great good humor, 'Yes, yes, Mr. Bernard, but I consider your country the cradle of free principles, not their arm chair. Liberty in England is a sort of idol; people are bred up in the belief and love of it, but see little of its doings. they walk about freely, but then it is between high walls; and the error of its government was in supposing that after a portion of their subjects had crossed the sea to live upon a common, they would permit their friends at home to build up those walls about them.'" (The Real George Washington, Page 623)
I can not help but think that the walls are now chain link fencing with razor wire on top, yet within them we're given the illusion of freedom. It will take hard work to return America to the "arm chair" of liberty, but it is worth it.
What's going on now is the realization of the urgency expressed last year: "Never let a serious crisis go to waste. What I mean by that is it's an opportunity to do things you couldn't do before." --White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, November 2008
This is precisely the sort of change George Washington warned against in his farewell address (which I've quoted before):
"Toward the preservation of your government and the permanency of your present happy state, it is requisite, not only that you steadily discountenance irregular oppositions to its acknowledged authority, but also that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles, however specious the pretexts. One method of assault may be to effect in the forms of the Constitution alterations which will impair the energy of the system, and thus to undermine what cannot be directly overthrown."
That is not to say he didn't feel the Constitution should be amended. He counseled with regard to change, "let it be by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this, in one instance, may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed." (The Real George Washington, pages 586-587)
Remember, any government that has the ability to give you everything you want is sufficiently powerful to take away everything you have.
The passage of this bill brought to mind a reflection by the British actor John Bernard, who happened to meet George Washington in 1798. They both helped a couple who overturned their chaise, and General Washington invited Bernard back to his home to recover from their exertions, where they chatted. Bernard wrote down their conversation:
"[George Washington] regarded the happiness of America but as the first link in a series of universal victories; for his full faith in the power of those results of civil liberty which he saw all around him led him to foresee that it would, ere long, prevail in other countries, and that the social millennium of Europe would usher in the political...
"When I remarked that his observations were flattering to my country, he replied, with great good humor, 'Yes, yes, Mr. Bernard, but I consider your country the cradle of free principles, not their arm chair. Liberty in England is a sort of idol; people are bred up in the belief and love of it, but see little of its doings. they walk about freely, but then it is between high walls; and the error of its government was in supposing that after a portion of their subjects had crossed the sea to live upon a common, they would permit their friends at home to build up those walls about them.'" (The Real George Washington, Page 623)
I can not help but think that the walls are now chain link fencing with razor wire on top, yet within them we're given the illusion of freedom. It will take hard work to return America to the "arm chair" of liberty, but it is worth it.
What's going on now is the realization of the urgency expressed last year: "Never let a serious crisis go to waste. What I mean by that is it's an opportunity to do things you couldn't do before." --White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, November 2008
This is precisely the sort of change George Washington warned against in his farewell address (which I've quoted before):
"Toward the preservation of your government and the permanency of your present happy state, it is requisite, not only that you steadily discountenance irregular oppositions to its acknowledged authority, but also that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles, however specious the pretexts. One method of assault may be to effect in the forms of the Constitution alterations which will impair the energy of the system, and thus to undermine what cannot be directly overthrown."
That is not to say he didn't feel the Constitution should be amended. He counseled with regard to change, "let it be by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this, in one instance, may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed." (The Real George Washington, pages 586-587)
Remember, any government that has the ability to give you everything you want is sufficiently powerful to take away everything you have.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
The Armed Citizen
Panicked residents reported a man running through their yards as police chased a county jail escapee through several neighborhoods in Manteca, Calif. That is, until the suspect jumped a fence and entered the yard of a citizen armed with more than a telephone. The citizen -- NRA member Richard Soares -- heard his dog barking and retrieved a firearm to investigate. He encountered the suspect, who claimed to be jumping fences for a school project. Soares ordered the suspect to the ground where he was apprehended without further incident. (Manteca Bulletin, Manteca, Calif., 06/11/2007)
According to authorities, a home-owner in a gated community was awakened by noises and, to his horror, found an intruder choking his wife. The homeowner quickly ran for his gun and returned to discover two additional intruders. The men, at least one of them armed with a gun, held the homeowner's wife hostage and demanded cash and jewelry. Fearing his wife would be killed, the homeowner opened fire and at least one of the intruders shot back. The suspects fled. Two were sought by police; one died in the backyard. (The Las Vegas Review-Journal, Las Vegas, Nev., 08/15/2007)
Nathaniel Evans was leaving for work when two men confronted him with a gun and ordered him back inside. The men threatened Evans and another occupant, Evans' girlfriend. "[The suspects] kept yelling `Where is it?'" said Sheriff Greg Champagne. "When they couldn't find what they were looking for, they shot [Evans]." That's when Evans' girlfriend, who'd been ordered into a bedroom and forced to the floor with her 5-year-old child, came out firing a .40-cal. pistol. One suspect died at the scene. The other was found nearby and will be charged after his release from the hospital. Evans is expected to recover. (The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, La., 08/23/2007)
Edward Franklin was unloading his vehicle when a young man accosted him with a gun and demanded money. Franklin instinctively knocked the gun's muzzle away and ran into his house, where he retrieved a firearm. Franklin's assailant followed him inside. "He told [Franklin] he wasn't afraid to die," Columbus, Ga., Police Lt. Mark D. Starling said. "He pointed his weapon at ML. Franklin, at which point Mr. Franklin shot him." The suspect will face charges after his release from the hospital. (The Ledger-Enquirer, Columbus, Ga., 08/24/2007)
Having had his home burglarized three times in a week, 85-year-old Alton Tillman was tired of being victimized. So, the next morning he left home at his normal time, but quietly returned. Once inside, he found signs of a burglary in progress. Even more disturbing, according to police, two feet were sticking out from below his bed. Tillman ordered the intruder to come out and called 9-1-1. He kept a handgun trained on the burglar until police arrived. Several of Tillman's missing items were found at the suspect's home a block away. (The Associated Press (NM), 08/10/2007)
A concealed-carry permit holder left a restaurant and stopped for a red light. According to police, that's when an attempted carjacker stuck a knife through the window and demanded the car. "The victim pulled out his handgun and he last saw the suspect running;" said Warren police detective Sgt. Michael Torey. (The Macomb Daily, Mount Clemens, Mich., 08/21/2007)
"Check this out, fool!" announced a masked intruder as he burst through the door of Allen Van Arsdale's antique shop. But police say Van Arsdale, a 46-year-old rock collector, was not about to comply. He dropped to a knee, drew a .45 Colt revolver and fired a shot, missing the bandit by inches but causing him to flee. "Whatever drugs he's doing altered his brain chemistry and he did something he probably didn't want to do," Van Arsdale said. "When somebody points a gun at me, it alters my brain chemistry and makes me do things I don't normally do." (The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah, 08/08/2007)
Want even more stories? Visit the Civilian Gun Self-Defense Blog.
Other accounts of self-defense collected on this blog:
Shopkeeper Defends Himself and Employees,
2nd Amendment Saves a Pregnant Woman,
Armed Student Saves 10 People,
2nd Amendment vs. a Serial Rapist,
Crime Spree Stopped with the Simple Presentation of a Firearm.
Failures of Gun Control:
UK Government under reports gun violence to pretend their policies work,
Scotland holds a Summit on their Failed Gun Policies, Chicago's gun ban continues to fail,
Real Women's Rights (This one includes one of my favorite personal accounts),
Opposition to CA AB 2062,
Knife Control?!,
Protecting Children through Gun Control?,
Futility of the Gun Banning Philosophy,
A Contrast to VA Tech.
Thoughts just prior to the release of DC v. Heller, with one of the best appellate court quotations ever.
Thoughts on publicized shootings: Shootings early in 2009, Alabama Shootings, Finland School Shooting. Remember: The only proven method to mitigate the disaster of a rogue criminal shooter is to have more first responders, e.g. CCW permit holders lawfully armed and on scene. These criminals do not respect "gun free" zones, but simply view them as target-rich opposition-free areas in which to slaughter innocents.
Why no one should support gun control.
Carrying a Firearm is an Inherently Civilized Act.
Right to Carry Statistics.
Does Violence Beget Violence?
According to authorities, a home-owner in a gated community was awakened by noises and, to his horror, found an intruder choking his wife. The homeowner quickly ran for his gun and returned to discover two additional intruders. The men, at least one of them armed with a gun, held the homeowner's wife hostage and demanded cash and jewelry. Fearing his wife would be killed, the homeowner opened fire and at least one of the intruders shot back. The suspects fled. Two were sought by police; one died in the backyard. (The Las Vegas Review-Journal, Las Vegas, Nev., 08/15/2007)
Nathaniel Evans was leaving for work when two men confronted him with a gun and ordered him back inside. The men threatened Evans and another occupant, Evans' girlfriend. "[The suspects] kept yelling `Where is it?'" said Sheriff Greg Champagne. "When they couldn't find what they were looking for, they shot [Evans]." That's when Evans' girlfriend, who'd been ordered into a bedroom and forced to the floor with her 5-year-old child, came out firing a .40-cal. pistol. One suspect died at the scene. The other was found nearby and will be charged after his release from the hospital. Evans is expected to recover. (The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, La., 08/23/2007)
Edward Franklin was unloading his vehicle when a young man accosted him with a gun and demanded money. Franklin instinctively knocked the gun's muzzle away and ran into his house, where he retrieved a firearm. Franklin's assailant followed him inside. "He told [Franklin] he wasn't afraid to die," Columbus, Ga., Police Lt. Mark D. Starling said. "He pointed his weapon at ML. Franklin, at which point Mr. Franklin shot him." The suspect will face charges after his release from the hospital. (The Ledger-Enquirer, Columbus, Ga., 08/24/2007)
Having had his home burglarized three times in a week, 85-year-old Alton Tillman was tired of being victimized. So, the next morning he left home at his normal time, but quietly returned. Once inside, he found signs of a burglary in progress. Even more disturbing, according to police, two feet were sticking out from below his bed. Tillman ordered the intruder to come out and called 9-1-1. He kept a handgun trained on the burglar until police arrived. Several of Tillman's missing items were found at the suspect's home a block away. (The Associated Press (NM), 08/10/2007)
A concealed-carry permit holder left a restaurant and stopped for a red light. According to police, that's when an attempted carjacker stuck a knife through the window and demanded the car. "The victim pulled out his handgun and he last saw the suspect running;" said Warren police detective Sgt. Michael Torey. (The Macomb Daily, Mount Clemens, Mich., 08/21/2007)
"Check this out, fool!" announced a masked intruder as he burst through the door of Allen Van Arsdale's antique shop. But police say Van Arsdale, a 46-year-old rock collector, was not about to comply. He dropped to a knee, drew a .45 Colt revolver and fired a shot, missing the bandit by inches but causing him to flee. "Whatever drugs he's doing altered his brain chemistry and he did something he probably didn't want to do," Van Arsdale said. "When somebody points a gun at me, it alters my brain chemistry and makes me do things I don't normally do." (The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah, 08/08/2007)
Want even more stories? Visit the Civilian Gun Self-Defense Blog.
Other accounts of self-defense collected on this blog:
Shopkeeper Defends Himself and Employees,
2nd Amendment Saves a Pregnant Woman,
Armed Student Saves 10 People,
2nd Amendment vs. a Serial Rapist,
Crime Spree Stopped with the Simple Presentation of a Firearm.
Failures of Gun Control:
UK Government under reports gun violence to pretend their policies work,
Scotland holds a Summit on their Failed Gun Policies, Chicago's gun ban continues to fail,
Real Women's Rights (This one includes one of my favorite personal accounts),
Opposition to CA AB 2062,
Knife Control?!,
Protecting Children through Gun Control?,
Futility of the Gun Banning Philosophy,
A Contrast to VA Tech.
Thoughts just prior to the release of DC v. Heller, with one of the best appellate court quotations ever.
Thoughts on publicized shootings: Shootings early in 2009, Alabama Shootings, Finland School Shooting. Remember: The only proven method to mitigate the disaster of a rogue criminal shooter is to have more first responders, e.g. CCW permit holders lawfully armed and on scene. These criminals do not respect "gun free" zones, but simply view them as target-rich opposition-free areas in which to slaughter innocents.
Why no one should support gun control.
Carrying a Firearm is an Inherently Civilized Act.
Right to Carry Statistics.
Does Violence Beget Violence?
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Patriots rally in DC today
Only a few days ago, Representative Michelle Bachmann called for people to rally in DC today and confront their representatives on the 1990-page health care bill.
Gateway Pundit has photos up from the people there. Here's one:
This is one of the most heartening things I've seen in the last few years. I believe this kind of outpouring is the last line of defense in protecting our Republic. If the health care bill passes, I think our freedoms will permanently gone and won't be returned to us without armed uprising--something I'd like to avoid.
A sincere thanks from me to these patriots.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
The Four Ways to Spend Money
This simply rings true. I can think of exceptions, especially in which the custodians of other people's money consider it a sacred trust. That's clearly not the case in government today. This video was about education, but naturally the concept applies in any spending.
This relates directly to the recent 60 Minutes report on Medicare fraud and the very frightening audio of adults (apparently voters!) in Detroit that have no idea where government money comes from.
This relates directly to the recent 60 Minutes report on Medicare fraud and the very frightening audio of adults (apparently voters!) in Detroit that have no idea where government money comes from.
Monday, November 2, 2009
U.K. Gun Ban so Ineffective, Teletubbies are Armed
While the title is tongue-in-cheek, the story is real. From The London Free Press:
Halloween took a bizarre and frightening turn in London this weekend when a man dressed as a purple Teletubby robbed a woman at gunpoint near the city's core.What's that quotation about "If you outlaw guns..."? That's right. Only outlaw Teletubbies will have them. Yeah, I couldn't resist.
London police say a gun-toting man wearing a costume of the pudgy purple television character, named Tinky Winky, confronted the woman near Talbot and Mill streets just after midnight and demanded cash.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Read This Article by Dr. Doom
Here is a link to an article by Nouriel Roubini - otherwise known as Dr. Doom.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9a5b3216-c70b-11de-bb6f-00144feab49a.html
Remember several months ago I wrote a post advising all our loyal readers to short the US Dollar? If you had gotten into the Euro versus the Dollar, or the Australian Dollar you would be up 900+pips. That isn't bad.
Dr. Doom noticed that a lot of people are making trades like the one I advised, thanks to the Federal Reserve Printing press. - Read the article. Food for thought.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9a5b3216-c70b-11de-bb6f-00144feab49a.html
Remember several months ago I wrote a post advising all our loyal readers to short the US Dollar? If you had gotten into the Euro versus the Dollar, or the Australian Dollar you would be up 900+pips. That isn't bad.
Dr. Doom noticed that a lot of people are making trades like the one I advised, thanks to the Federal Reserve Printing press. - Read the article. Food for thought.
The Armed Citizen
WILLIE LEE HILL says he returned home and "butted into" a robbery in progress. Police say the suspect struck Hill several times with an unopened soda can, rendering him unconscious. He awoke minutes later. Bleeding profusely and half-blind without his glasses, he managed to reach a pistol in his bedroom as the robber returned. "He lunged toward me," Hill said. "There was only the bed between us, and I shot him and he fell face first on the bed. He didn't move." Hill says the gun saved his life. "I can handle a pistol; he said. "I know that he was going to kill me if I hadn't got him first' When police arrived, the suspect told them, "I cant feel my legs and I got what I deserved." (El Dorado News-Times, El Dorado, Ark, 07/28/2007)
A man was sitting in his vehicle while his wife shopped for groceries. To his horror, three men burst into the store with a gun, appeared to fire and began robbing customers. The man called 9-1-1, then received a call from his wife. "I just heard her saying, `There is nothing in my purse,'" he recollects. "And there was a `pow.' The phone went dead." The man, a concealed-handgun license holder, sprang from his vehicle and entered the store with his .45-caliber pistol. He hoped to avoid confronting the bandits, but police say that was not to be. One of the robbers pointed a gun at the man, and he responded by firing two shots at the suspect, injuring him as his accomplices fled. Neither the man's wife nor any others were harmed. "I was just worried about my wife," the man said, noting he took no satisfaction in shooting the suspect. "I just wanted to get her out of there." (The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas, 07/05/2007)
As Carrie Carter watched in horror, one burglar began ransacking her daughter's home next door while an accomplice walked across her yard and through her front door with a club. But the 64-year-old Cleveland, Tex., woman was ready, leveling her gun and wounding the man. Both burglars were later arrested. (The Advocate, Cleveland, TX, 02/04/1986)
Tim Welby was putting tools away when he noticed his back door was suspiciously ajar. According to authorities, he found several signs of burglary and was missing a firearm. "As far as I know, there's an armed person inside my house, so I go and grab my .357 out of my nightstand," Welby explained. That's when he heard noises coming from the garage apartment where his stepson, Tristan Pierce, resides. In the apartment, he encountered a man wearing a motorcycle helmet. Thinking it might be his stepson, he called out, "Tristan?" Silence followed, until the helmeted man said, "Please, sir." When Welby knew the man wasn't Tristan, he pointed the gun at him and said, "You move, I've got a biohazard on my hands." Hearing the commotion, several neighbors came out of their homes with guns ready to help. One of them called 9-1-1 and the intruder was arrested without incident. (The Gabber, Gulfport, Fla., 07/12/2007)
Johnny Johnson awoke to the sound of a gunshot and his front door being kicked in. A security system alerted the sheriff's office while Johnson phoned his mother. She told him to avoid heroics and "stay lob" but Johnson had other plans. He snuck down the hallway with a 9 mm pistol, surprising one of the intruders and shooting him multiple times. Police nabbed the alleged burglars and their getaway driver at a hospital. "I'm in the right, because it's either me or them," Johnson said. Police agreed. (The Times-Union, Jacksonville, Fla., 07/12/2007)
Responding to a knock at the door, 22-year-old Carri Humphrey thought she saw another resident of the apartment building through the peephole. Police say that when she opened the door, however, two strangers forced their way in, one of them toting a .22-caliber rifle. Humphrey's roommate, 24-year-old Michelle Reeder, heard Humphrey's screams and ran to the bedroom where she retrieved a handgun. Reeder returned to the front room, where she found Humphrey being held at gunpoint. The intruder then trained the rifle on Reeder and threatened to kill her. In response, she fired several shots, striking her assailant once. The other suspect fled, but the injured intruder continued to struggle, forcing Reeder to stab him. He succumbed to his wounds at the scene as the young women fled to safety. (The Record Herald, Waynesboro, Pa., 07/02/2007)
Want even more stories? Visit the Civilian Gun Self-Defense Blog.
Other accounts of self-defense collected on this blog:
Shopkeeper Defends Himself and Employees,
2nd Amendment Saves a Pregnant Woman,
Armed Student Saves 10 People,
2nd Amendment vs. a Serial Rapist,
Crime Spree Stopped with the Simple Presentation of a Firearm.
Failures of Gun Control:
UK Government under reports gun violence to pretend their policies work,
Scotland holds a Summit on their Failed Gun Policies, Chicago's gun ban continues to fail,
Real Women's Rights (This one includes one of my favorite personal accounts),
Opposition to CA AB 2062,
Knife Control?!,
Protecting Children through Gun Control?,
Futility of the Gun Banning Philosophy,
A Contrast to VA Tech.
Thoughts just prior to the release of DC v. Heller, with one of the best appellate court quotations ever.
Thoughts on publicized shootings: Shootings early in 2009, Alabama Shootings, Finland School Shooting. Remember: The only proven method to mitigate the disaster of a rogue criminal shooter is to have more first responders, e.g. CCW permit holders lawfully armed and on scene. These criminals do not respect "gun free" zones, but simply view them as target-rich opposition-free areas in which to slaughter innocents.
Why no one should support gun control.
Carrying a Firearm is an Inherently Civilized Act.
Right to Carry Statistics.
Does Violence Beget Violence?
A man was sitting in his vehicle while his wife shopped for groceries. To his horror, three men burst into the store with a gun, appeared to fire and began robbing customers. The man called 9-1-1, then received a call from his wife. "I just heard her saying, `There is nothing in my purse,'" he recollects. "And there was a `pow.' The phone went dead." The man, a concealed-handgun license holder, sprang from his vehicle and entered the store with his .45-caliber pistol. He hoped to avoid confronting the bandits, but police say that was not to be. One of the robbers pointed a gun at the man, and he responded by firing two shots at the suspect, injuring him as his accomplices fled. Neither the man's wife nor any others were harmed. "I was just worried about my wife," the man said, noting he took no satisfaction in shooting the suspect. "I just wanted to get her out of there." (The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas, 07/05/2007)
As Carrie Carter watched in horror, one burglar began ransacking her daughter's home next door while an accomplice walked across her yard and through her front door with a club. But the 64-year-old Cleveland, Tex., woman was ready, leveling her gun and wounding the man. Both burglars were later arrested. (The Advocate, Cleveland, TX, 02/04/1986)
Tim Welby was putting tools away when he noticed his back door was suspiciously ajar. According to authorities, he found several signs of burglary and was missing a firearm. "As far as I know, there's an armed person inside my house, so I go and grab my .357 out of my nightstand," Welby explained. That's when he heard noises coming from the garage apartment where his stepson, Tristan Pierce, resides. In the apartment, he encountered a man wearing a motorcycle helmet. Thinking it might be his stepson, he called out, "Tristan?" Silence followed, until the helmeted man said, "Please, sir." When Welby knew the man wasn't Tristan, he pointed the gun at him and said, "You move, I've got a biohazard on my hands." Hearing the commotion, several neighbors came out of their homes with guns ready to help. One of them called 9-1-1 and the intruder was arrested without incident. (The Gabber, Gulfport, Fla., 07/12/2007)
Johnny Johnson awoke to the sound of a gunshot and his front door being kicked in. A security system alerted the sheriff's office while Johnson phoned his mother. She told him to avoid heroics and "stay lob" but Johnson had other plans. He snuck down the hallway with a 9 mm pistol, surprising one of the intruders and shooting him multiple times. Police nabbed the alleged burglars and their getaway driver at a hospital. "I'm in the right, because it's either me or them," Johnson said. Police agreed. (The Times-Union, Jacksonville, Fla., 07/12/2007)
Responding to a knock at the door, 22-year-old Carri Humphrey thought she saw another resident of the apartment building through the peephole. Police say that when she opened the door, however, two strangers forced their way in, one of them toting a .22-caliber rifle. Humphrey's roommate, 24-year-old Michelle Reeder, heard Humphrey's screams and ran to the bedroom where she retrieved a handgun. Reeder returned to the front room, where she found Humphrey being held at gunpoint. The intruder then trained the rifle on Reeder and threatened to kill her. In response, she fired several shots, striking her assailant once. The other suspect fled, but the injured intruder continued to struggle, forcing Reeder to stab him. He succumbed to his wounds at the scene as the young women fled to safety. (The Record Herald, Waynesboro, Pa., 07/02/2007)
Want even more stories? Visit the Civilian Gun Self-Defense Blog.
Other accounts of self-defense collected on this blog:
Shopkeeper Defends Himself and Employees,
2nd Amendment Saves a Pregnant Woman,
Armed Student Saves 10 People,
2nd Amendment vs. a Serial Rapist,
Crime Spree Stopped with the Simple Presentation of a Firearm.
Failures of Gun Control:
UK Government under reports gun violence to pretend their policies work,
Scotland holds a Summit on their Failed Gun Policies, Chicago's gun ban continues to fail,
Real Women's Rights (This one includes one of my favorite personal accounts),
Opposition to CA AB 2062,
Knife Control?!,
Protecting Children through Gun Control?,
Futility of the Gun Banning Philosophy,
A Contrast to VA Tech.
Thoughts just prior to the release of DC v. Heller, with one of the best appellate court quotations ever.
Thoughts on publicized shootings: Shootings early in 2009, Alabama Shootings, Finland School Shooting. Remember: The only proven method to mitigate the disaster of a rogue criminal shooter is to have more first responders, e.g. CCW permit holders lawfully armed and on scene. These criminals do not respect "gun free" zones, but simply view them as target-rich opposition-free areas in which to slaughter innocents.
Why no one should support gun control.
Carrying a Firearm is an Inherently Civilized Act.
Right to Carry Statistics.
Does Violence Beget Violence?
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