Nevada no Longer Recognizes Utah and Florida Carry Permits

Effect July 1, 2009 the state of Nevada will cease recognition of both Utah’s and Florida’s carry permits…

http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=5001

Nothing much to say about this besides Nevada’s government must be composed entirely of assholes. So what are their reasons? These are their reasons…

The Nevada DPS dropped Utah because it does not have a live fire requirement, which is a part of Nevada’s training requirements. When the Nevada DPS first began its state by state audit of Right-to-Carry laws in 2007, DPS admitted to NRA representatives that they overlooked the live fire training requirement. After further review, they determined that Utah wasn’t similar enough to keep it on the list of recognized states.

So they are whining because Utah doesn’t require you to demonstrate you can actually use a gun. Granted I guess that’s at least somewhat of an excuse but Florida…

Florida will no longer be recognized because its permits are now valid for seven years instead of five.

You’re kidding me they dumped it because the license is good for two more years than, I assume, Nevada’s? You can tell they are just digging for an excuse.

For the Minnesotans, A Page Tracking State Home Invasions

I came across a useful site today thanks to AJ187 on the Gun Rights Radio Network forums…

http://mnhomeinvasionwatch.com/

It’s a list of home invasions that have occurred in Minnesota. It’s very nicely setup and even includes a Google Maps application highlighting the location of each home invasion.

I bring this up mostly as proof that even here in Minnesota, where people think they are safe from the scary bad people, we have crime. This should motivate my fellow Minnesotans to at least draw up a plan on what to do should an invader come a knocking.

My Faith in Humanity is Dropping Quickly

First we have police officers charging citizens for resisting arrest and aggregated assault even though the officers hit the wrong house and now another bastardization of decency. Via John C. Dvorak’s blog we have this story…

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/6489658.html

A shitty strip joint called the Cheetah Club when and hired themselves a 14 year old girl. Why would a 14 year old girl apply for such a job? Well because she was forced to…

Police say Leslie Campbell, 48, kidnapped the teenager in San Antonio in March, took her to Corpus Christi, sexually assaulted her over the course of a week, gave her a false identification card and forced her to strip at the club.
Police say the girl, who has not been identified, escaped from Campbell’s home and has been reunited with her parents in San Antonio.

So she was kidnapped, sexually assaulted, and forced to work in a strip joint until she escaped. This is a tragic story but it gets worse. Fast forward to the immediate present…

RJL Entertainment Inc., — which is doing business as “Cheetah Club,” according to tax records — filed the lawsuit last week.
The suit seeks unspecified damages from Campbell, the girl and her parents, as well as a declaration from a judge that it did not intend to hire a minor.

“We’re the victims here,” Yaffe said.

Yes the strip joint which hired the girl is now suing the girl and her family. So after being kidnapped, sexually assaulted, and forced to take a job as a stripper she is also being sued on top of it.

I’m starting to give up home on the human race.

Source: http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/06/22/strip-club-sues-alleged-kidnapped-and-raped-14yo-girl-for-letting-them-hire-her/

Some Tennessee Police Define Superdickery

I saw this on Say Uncle and let me tell you it’s an infuriating story…

http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=9915358

The police show up at Justin Chilton’s apartment in response to a 911 call. Justin found out about this by being awakened by the police pounding on his door at 3 a.m. Of course he answered his door with gun in tow, as any sane person would at that hour. In response the police threw him and his son to the ground and roughed them up. They were then both charged with resisting arrest.

But the real kicker here is the police were at the wrong apartment. And after discovering this the police are not dropping charges of resisting arrest and aggravated assault. That is some grade A superdickery right there. These cops certainly deserve a spot on the wall of fame of assholes.

Source: http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/06/23/oops-wrong-house/

More Terrorist Watch List Bull Shit

Via Snowflakes in Hell we have another bullshit story on the terrorist watch list as it relates to people buying guns…

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_watch_list_guns

Apparently 800 people who are on the watch list have purchased firearms. Oh my God it’s time to start shitting your pants people that’s 800 people! Wait a minute there are 400,000 names on that list. So less than one percent (in fact .2 percent) of people on the list have been allowed to buy guns.

Further thinking led me to look up the population of the United States which, according to Google, is roughly 304,059,724 people. With 400,000 names on the terrorist watch list that means .1 percent of the entire population of the United States is on this list. That number doesn’t look like much but considering one tenth of one percent of the entire population of this country is suspected of being a terrorist that’s significant.

Anyways back to the bullshit here as pointed out on Snowflakes in Hell the FBI is supposed to destroy all NICS data. So this information shouldn’t even be attainable.

Furthermore I want to point out that this list is supposed to be secret for “national security” reasons. But apparently you can get the number of names and the number of people on that list who bought firearms. I wonder how much other information you can coax out of the government on their secret list. Given enough statistical information you can start to find out who is likely on that list.

Source: http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2009/06/23/800-gun-buyers-on-terror-list/

Smith and Wesson 22A Recall

Somebody let me know that there is a recall on some Smith and Wesson 22A pistols…

http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CustomContentDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&content=750501&sectionId=10506

Recall information as posted by Smith and Wesson…

Smith & Wesson has identified a condition that may exist in certain model 22-A pistols. Based on our ongoing product review, we have determined that the slides of certain pistols manufactured from August 1, 2008 to February 19, 2009, may not meet the design specification. This can create a situation where insufficient headspace exists creating a risk of unintended discharge.

And what pistols are being recalled…

This recall applies only to 22-A pistols manufactured from August 1, 2008 to February 19, 2009. Affected pistols fall within the following serial number range:

UBW0000 – UBW9999
UBY0000 – UBY4104

I’m rather glad that the 22A I recently purchased isn’t on that list.

Moorhead, Minnesota Resident Shoots Invader

I have mixed feeling about this self defense story brought to you by The Red Start…

http://www.startribune.com/local/48680082.html

Vernon Allen of Moorhead, Minnesota shoot and killed an intruder in his apartment on June 20, 2009. That’s the good part now for the part I’m rather concerned about…

Police say a Moorhead man shot and killed an intruder who walked into his unlocked apartment.

Yes he shot and killed an intruder who entered his unlocked apartment. Here in Minnesota a lot of people love to boast how friendly everybody is. They say this friendliness is so strong that there is no need to even lock your doors. Bullshit. You should always have your door locked whether you’re at home or away.

Locking the door offer cheap prevention against unknown individuals entering your domicile. And no matter what a locked door needs to be dealt with whether by kicking through the door or finding an alternative means to gain entry into the building. This gives you time. The next part of this story that bothers me is the following…

He says when he didn’t leave, a fight ensued. The resident then allegedly got his shotgun, which went off during a struggle.

From how the story is written I am to believe that the man entered the fight before retrieving his shotgun. If somebody you don’t know enters your home you should assume ill intent. Upon this assumption you should arm yourself then confront the intruder. Falling out of this order and confronting the intruder before arming yourself is putting you at a disadvantage. Now it could be such a thing where the man was unable to get to his shotgun without going through the intruder but in that case it sounds like his home defense plan needs some tweaking.

Update: Here is a link with more information…

http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/244383/

Mr. Allen was not charged with any crime which is good. Some people are making a stink that the intruder was only 17 but in my book if you’re old enough to enter a person’s home without permission and fight him you’re old enough to deal with the consequences.

More on Stripping the Right of People on the Terror Watch List

I mentioned earlier about the proposed bill which would prevent anybody who is on the secret “terrorist watch list” from buying firearms. Well Sharp as a Marble posted a good story where morons who don’t know what they are talking about try to spread hysteria through lies…

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/22/AR2009062201766.html?hpid=topnews

From the article…

People named on the government’s terrorist watch list have successfully purchased firearms hundreds of times since 2004, government investigators reported yesterday. In one case, a known or suspected terrorist was able to buy more than 50 pounds of explosives, the Government Accountability Office reported.

So people who are on a secret list that contains everybody from 70 year old ladies to politicians has no ability to stop people from buying guns and explosives? And this is surprising why?

If these idiots would critically think for just a few minutes they would realize a couple of things. First of all this is a secret list which means nobody outside of the higher echelons of government know who is on it. If you started preventing people who are on it from doing things they previously had no problem doing that might tip them off that they are on this secret list. I know if ended up passing and all of the sudden I got turned down by the NICS system I’d be pretty sure I was on that list.

The second idiotic thing about his list is that no court process has to be done to put somebody on the list. What the supporters of this bill are saying is they support stripping the rights of citizens without due process. Are people who are willing to strip your rights just because somebody put your name on a secret list really the kinds of representatives you want? Do they really represent you? I hope the answer to both questions is a resounding no.

Make no mistake this isn’t about saving guns or keeping guns out the hands of terrorists. This bill is about control and disarming the citizens of America. Remember just because somebody is on this list doesn’t mean they’ve actually done anything illegal. In fact we don’t even know if anybody on this list has done anything since it’s secret.

Finally although I’m not much for conspiracy theories who is to say that people won’t be placed on this list after they buy “too many” guns. After all it’s a list of “suspected” terrorists. And by suspected I mean there isn’t enough evidence to even get a search warrant on the person. Tie this with the recent paper describing right-wing extremist terrorists, which included proponents of the second amendment, and you have a recipe for government terrorism against its citizens. Who knows maybe if you buy two guns in a month you automatically get placed on this list, you just don’t know.

Source: http://blog.robballen.com/2009/06/22/p3524-secret-lists-cannot-stop-firearm-purchases.post