If you are seriously ever in a 360° battle zone, id suggest finding cover ASAP. Spinning around on the ground only works in movies.
Hat Tip: Raph84 for finding the videos
Clicked Submit and…
Makes you wonder if there any checks and balances in place to ultimately discard my signature? What’s to stop some Brady goons from signing their own petition with made up names, or even more cleverly using address information out of the phone book or readily available online. With minimal web programming skills a program could easily scrape the internet for valid addresses and automatically submit them to their little web application. At the very minimum I find it surprising there was no zip code validation in the form; 55555 isn’t even an Arkansas zip.
UPDATE: CREDO action, the company that is handling the Starbucks petition actually has zip code validation on their own site where people can sign the petition ( http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/starbucks_guns/ ). There still isn’t any other validation.
James from HellInAHandBasket points out an awesome article in the Associated Press about today’s challenge to Chicago’s 28 year old handgun ban:
CHICAGO – A couple worries that burglars who tried to break in when the wife was home alone will return. A retiree fears the drug dealers and junkies just outside his window will attempt — again — to steal what he spent a lifetime earning. And a businessman wants to protect himself as he could when he was a police officer.
On Tuesday, the four will take their seats inside the U.S. Supreme Court as their attorneys argue a lawsuit that bears their names: David and Colleen Lawson, Otis McDonald and Adam Orlov.
The four plaintiffs are not stereotypical gun rights advocates. They don’t represent the agenda of any national group or organize rallies. Instead they represent average Chicagoans — the kind of people that opponents of the city’s ban say should be allowed to protect themselves from gun violence.
Full Story – HERE
Full CNN article – HERE
I applaud the kindness of Diane Latiker with her “Kids off the Block” program, I think that is great that those kids have a place to go to escape gun violence. She supports the handgun ban because she “would rather something be in place then nothing be in place”. I’d be willing to bet that all those 200+ people that are represented in her memorial did not did at the hands of law abiding citizens. This is one of those criminals do not care about the law type things, where it’s easy to see that banning handguns in Chicago does not make them any harder for criminals to get. It is the regular person that needs to protect themselves from the criminals.
Although I don’t live in Chicago, I anxiously await the outcome of McDonald v. Chicago (08-1521).
A repeal of the ban would be a huge Second Amendment victory.
FRANKFORT, Kentucky –Northern Kentucky University has been awarded $10,660 from the state Law Enforcement Protection Program (LEPP) to purchase patrol rifles, Gov. Steve Beshear announced Thursday.
Hmmm… Coincidentally the ATF had $10000 worth of “easily convertible” airsoft m4′s fall into their lap. Agency to agency transfer anyone?
Also, awesome use of “Patrol Rifles”…. It’s refreshing to not see them demonized as “Assault rifle” killing machines. I guess it has always been this way though; In the hands of police they are “tools”, but in the hands of citizens the same view largely isn’t held by the general public.
Under the LEPP, administered by the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security (KOHS), appropriate agencies can seek financial help for certain defensive items essential in the course of their duties.
“These funds will help ensure that our law enforcement will not be out-gunned and increase security on campus,” state Sen. Katie Kratz Stine, of Southgate, said.
Damn, I’ve only been out of University a couple of years now, but it must be getting pretty rough. All jokes aside, if this keeps the students safe from psychos then I’m all for it. I still think allowing students to carry on campus would be a zero cost better alternative though. $10660 isn’t going to buy that many patrol rifles, especially since they will all likely be fitted with some fairly pricey optics. I say this because I can’t see open sights being a good choice for a possible shootout around hoards of innocent students running in every direction.
In conjunction with the Kentucky State Police (KSP), KOHS derives income from sales of confiscated weapons.
Oh that’s nice! *sarcasm* 
I thought confiscated weapons were either destroyed or else given back to the original owner (if they were found to be stolen). Or does this policy vary by state and department? My first thought is that confiscating weapons to fund department purchases doesn’t seem very ethical.
Source: KYPost – HERE
Hat Tip: SayUncle
Sometimes you have to go deep undercover. How do you think the queen of all homemakers Martha Stewart got caught?
Location: Texas
This off duty Texas police officer is rocking what appears to be the full set of Bianchi basket weave Leather. I am making the assumption she is an off duty police officer because as some of you may or may not know, open carry of handguns is highly restricted in Texas, meaning that unless you are are law enforcement, no dice.
What’s Awesome:
What could use work:
It’s nice to see the comments on PeopleOfWalmart are actually quite positive towards open carry. Most of the other comments on this picture are just down right hilarious!
Here are some of my favorite funny comments:
Source: People of Walmart – HERE
or email:
jpcmt: Wow, I was thinking that was a wig but that's his real do. Friggen Murica!! Love the fla...
1911GUY: THE 1911 AT 2:20 IS AN STI. IF YOU LOOK AT THE COCKING SERRATIONS ON THE REAR OF THE SLIDE...
032125: And yes, I'd hit it. As long as it didn't look like a canoe full o' moose meat....032125: Yeah, she's making sure she gets her money's worth out of that boob job. I come across the...
Phil: Hot grandma...
PhoenixNFA: 10 isn't bad for those of us willing to give up a little bit of freedom for a little bit o...
