Guns Save Life

by Kent Jepsen

This kinds of stuff really annoys me.   I initially thought this was a classic case of “irony,” but many would probably call it poetic justice.

GUN STUN: Gun control activist swears he forgot he was carrying gun while visiting school

(Daily Caller) - A Buffalo, N.Y. community activist who is well known locally for pushing for a highly restrictive 2013 gun control law has been arrested for — wait for it — carrying a gun illegally at a public elementary school.

The arrested gun-control advocate, Dwayne Ferguson, caused quite a scene at Harvey Austin Elementary School, reports local CBS affiliate WIVB.

At about 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, police acted on a pair of anonymous 911 tips. A battalion of cops quickly swarmed the school. The brigade included over a dozen

Pepsi sent this to Robert Farago of The Truth About Guns after one of their eagle-eyed fans sent them a tip about Pepsico sponsoring Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly’s anti-gun gab-fest at the Aspen Ideas Festival.

It seems, taking their note on its face as valid and accurate, that Pepsico’s sponsorship of Giffords and Kelly’s Americans for Responsible Solutions was a great deal more limited than we initially believed.

For this we are grateful and cheerfully extend our apologies for being wrong on Pepsi’s level of support.

While we aren’t pleased that Pepsico supported AGS in any fashion, they clearly aren’t the money source behind AGS.

We think we’ll open a Gatorade to celebrate.

Freedom marches on in the USA as the number of Americans living in “May Issue” states has dropped dramatically with the Peruta decision.

And thanks to Illinois last year, the “red” citizens – those living on non-issuing states – dropped to zero.

From the Volokh Conspiracy, now at the Washington Post:

The chart [above] shows how Shall Issue laws for the licensed carrying of firearms for self-defense have become the American norm.

As of 1986, slightly less than 10% of the U.S. population lived in states where there were objective and fair procedures for the issuance of concealed handgun carry permits. About a third of the population lived in states where there was not even a process to apply for a permit. The majority of the population lived in states where issuance in permits was highly discretionary, and many issuing authoriti

Our old buddy Mel Reynolds have found a way to get himself back in the news and to make us all proud to be from his home state.

What’s he been up to since he was indicted for sexual assault and criminal sexual abuse of a 16-year-old girl who was a campaign volunteer?  And a did we mention he was also seeking out kiddie porn, too?

In the end, he was convicted of sexual assault and solicitation of kiddie porn and resigned.  Then he went to prison for a while.

While the Rhodes Scholar pervert was in prison for those sex charges, he was convicted of additional fraud and corruption charges.

His sentences were commuted by another sexual predator and anti-gunner – Bill Clinton – in 2001.

He got himself arrested in Zimbabwe for not paying his hotel bill and for having porn in the hotel room.

What was Mel Reynolds doing in Zimbabwe?

Well, given his penchant for pubescent girls, we’re guessing he was there game hunting.

Of th

Sniper’s Hide, the online forum for true rifleman, is the subject of a lawsuit from custom riflemaker Tactical Rifles.net over a critical review by a forum member.

In short, a gent from Georgia bought an $8,602 M-40 rifle in 6.5 Creedmor.

You read that right.  $8,602.

And here’s what he got.

That’s at 100 yards.  1.06″ roughly.

Now, before you say it wasn’t the gun, but the shooter.

With the passage of the new Firearm Concealed Carry Act, Illinois “Qualified Examiners”, physicians, clinical psychologists, school administrators and law enforcement official are required to report those who they believe pose a “clear and present danger” to themselves or others.

This does not have to involve firearms!

Under the FCCA, these mandated reporters are to report anyone within 24 hours who communicates a serious threat of physical violence against a reasonably identifiable victim – or who poses a clear and imminent risk of serious physical injury to himself, herself or another person.   (For mor

Moms Demand Action.

Thank you John Lott.  Via FoxNews.

They claimed that 44 shootings occurred in schools and colleges nationwide since the Newtown, Conn. massacre on Dec. 14, 2012 and Feb. 10 of this year. Out of the 44 shootings, a total of 28 died. To dramatize their numbers, Bloomberg’s groups emphasized that one of these attacks occurred every 10 days.

But their statistics are not what they seem. Included in the numbers are suicides. Also included are late night shootings taking place in school parking lots, on their grounds or even off school property, often involving gangs. As “shootings,” they also include any incident where shots were fired, even when nobody was injured.

Look at some of the cases included in their misleadi

Help! I shot my acorns off!

From the “How did we miss this one!?” category (thank you Tom W!), we bring you the story of a thug in Portland, OR who robbed a man and then shot his victim in the leg before running off.

While running, he employed the “appendix inside the waistband carry” style of carrying – only Mexican style (sans holster) – at which time he had a holstering malfunction and blew some of his man-parts off.

And probably scorched whatever was left.  That’s good though.  Cauterizing slows the bleeding.

Oh yes, dear reader, it’s okay to chuckle.  We’re chuckling quietly here.

Joseph Johnson, 40, faces charges for felon in possession of a firearm and armed robbery to add insult to his new castrato status.  (Yes, technic

The Illinois State Journal-Register had a big Sunday article about legislators not wanting to “wait and see” with the new concealed carry law.

Frankly, the article could have been titled, “Legislators posturing on new concealed carry law” and frankly, would have been more accurate.

Here’s a couple of bits from the story.

Illinois lawmakers are wasting no time in attempting to make changes to the state’s barely 7-month-old concealed-carry law, weeks before even the first batch of permits are sent out to approved applicants.

Pawn King in Urbana, IL has graciously donated a Ruger LCRx (“x” for exposed hammer) as Guns Save Life’s April drawing gun at our Rantoul meeting.

The gun, in .38 Special caliber, is a nice carry piece for pockets or purse carry.

I’ve checked out the gun myself and for a factory Ruger, this specimen has a very nice trigger.

I confess.  My name is John and I’m a trigger snob.

Life is too short for a lousy trigger and the vast majority of my self-defense pistols have had trigger jobs.  You won’t need to have an action job done on this Ruger LCRx from Pawn King if you win it and you’re a trigger snob like me.

“Whoa!  John!  Wh

Barack H. Obama has gutted the Air Force’s budget to the point where they can’t offer an honor flight for certain burial details at Arlington National Cemetery.

Allen West found this, and wrote, “For those of you who think Big Government has all the answers, just take a few minutes to watch this video. ”

He said it well.

Basically, two crewmen of a A-26 were shot down in a combat mission over Laos almost a half-century ago.  The recently found the crash site and excavated it, and identified the bodies.

Recently they were given a burial at Arlington with full honors.  Including a flyover performed by civilians.

Watch for the rest…

(For The Win) – T.J. Oshie was quickly labeled as one of the American heroes of the Sochi Olympics with his clutch performance against Russia on Saturday. In an interview with Pittsburgh Tribune-Review columnist Dejan Kovacevic, he said he believed otherwise. Heroes, he reportedly said (via Kovacevic’s Twitter), is a term that should be reserved for someone other than a hockey player.

Well said, young man.

Kudos, of course, to the American athletes at Sochi.