Funny how these keep happening:
A man armed with a knife has killed seven people at a hospital in north-eastern China, state media report.
…The 27-year-old suspect was believed to have been suffering from a mental illness and had been arrested, it added, giving no motive for the attack.
The incident comes as the latest in a series of fatal stabbing attacks across China.
Quick! BAN GUNS!!!!
This is making the rounds, but I thought I’d quote from the presser.
The point of the PSA is to debunk the perception, held by six in 10 Americans, that owning a firearm makes a home safer. In fact, according to studies, those who own a gun—and those around them—have an increased risk of injury and death.
There’s a sense here of preaching to the choir. These folks are awfully quick to backtrack from their desire to own a weapon, and the NYC setting might not do much to convince people in less liberal places to consider changing their views.
But it does, at least, suggest—indeed, demonstrate—that minds can be changed on the matter. And it’s chilling in the video to see the actual guns that were used in notorious crimes, and must have been that much more so in person.
Except here’s the video:
IT IS ALL FAKE!
The “Gun Shop” isn’t real, many of the guns (I suspect ALL of them) are fake, the “Shop Keeper” improperly describes many of the guns in caliber and feature (as well as claims they are real guns), as well as handles them in such a way that the camera can easily see them as fakes, which shows that not only is he not a proprietor of the gun shop, but he knows NOTHING of guns.
Even worse is the antis are the FIRST to remind us that the Sandy Hook shooter used a Bushmaster AR-15 as he holds up a replica of an AK-pattern rifle, Every news story mentions that Veronica Rutledge was shot with a .380 pistol, yet he holds up a 9mm GLOCK.
Also given the difficulty and the amount of hoops needed for a denizen of New York City to acquire a permit even to darken the door of a New York gun shop (which of course this was not one) I’m sure the “Customers” were in fact actors…it is New York, you can’t swing a dead cat without finding an actor desperate for work.
It’s probably one of the most blatant and dishonest straw man arguments EVER! It’s a mockumentary that CLAIMS it is documenting reality. It’s claiming to have changed minds of people who were anti-gun to start with, and paid to recite lines. It’s also continuing the lie that more guns means people being less safe at a time when America IS a safer place and gun ownership is at record highs.
They are claiming the sky is falling, and like the cult of Global Warming, they are going to great lengths to mislead people.
Good Job, Guys! Now let’s get the word out!
**UPDATE** They have a website! Looks like they probably cribbed photos of guns from manufacturer websites and used photoshop to to scrub any markings off the guns. Adorable how a Glock 17/22 is a “7-shot 9mm” and a S&W 686 (an ultra-rare left-hand model too!) is a .22 Revolver! Also if you click around you’ll find a bunch of “Studies” mostly Hemenway studies that cite himself in the reference section.
Again they can only “Support” their agenda when they buy their own science!
The father and stepmother accused of neglecting a physically disabled Ohio man who was malnourished when he died have pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
WTF??? His son was 33! He just decided he was done caring for him, and couldn’t be bothered even terminating his parental rights and giving his son over to the state??? I mean there are solutions to this that does not involve being a damn monster!
So sick! Why is it we give so much attention to “Gun Deaths” again?
So this was awesome! Got a text from Ryan asking “What podcast topic have you always wanted to do?”
I told him to give some time to think about it…then came up with the idea about 5 seconds later.
Yeah, .38 Wadcutter pistols, Pen Guns, AOW Shotguns and THE DESERT EAGLE! Seriously, Read the comments to this post, I know you Desert Eagle Fans are out there! You can’t POSSIBLY agree with me!
So yeah enjoy the show!
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If the truth doesn’t further your agenda, present a lie as the truth!
Of course violent crime is DROPPING, but better to create the illusion that the bullet is the national bird of The United States of America….
The last thing the antis want is to know that gun ownership is UP, and violent crime is DOWN, as well as Concealed Carry is both legal in all 50 states, and there are more Americans going armed then ever before.
All of those things add up to gun control being a crock of shit….and the fact that they stick with it shows that they only really care about gun control, not about public safety.
So as you know, I’m pro-gun, live in Massachusetts, and read lots of anti-gun blogs, and I’m outspoken about my beliefs. This might lead you to think that I get into a lot of debates on the gun control issue.
Not really. As a general rule the “debates” go two ways:
Interaction #1
Anti: We shouldn’t allow guns! Did you know that a gun in the house is 10 times more likely to kill a family member than an intruder?
Me: That’s not a correct statement. You’re citing Arthur Kellermann, and I believe he eventually amended his study to four times more likley, and he was never talking in terms of “Family Members” and “Intruder”, he was talking “Acquaintances” and “Strangers”, meaning the bulk of his homicides were rival gang members killing each other in turf wars, and he didn’t even care if the gun was in the house because the resident of the house owned it. Meaning a woman’s ex boyfriend whom she has a restraining order against could break into her house and shoot her in her bed, and that would count as a “Gun in the Home” and killing an “Acquaintance”.
Either way, gun ownership is currently on the rise, while violent crime is dropping, so the concern that more guns cause more violence simply can’t be true.
Anti: Well of course you’d say that you’re a gun nut! Why should I believe you?
Me: I don’t expect you to believe me, so please, if you care about this issue, go look up what I’m talking about.
Anti: Can you give me some sources to look at?
Me: I can, but since we both agree you shouldn’t simply believe me because I told you so, you will find the data much more powerful if you look it up yourself. I will say that the FBI, CDC, and simply Googling “Arthur Kellermann”.
Anti: OK
Now these interactions end one of three ways, either the anti-gun person goes out with a new-found skepticism and starts doing research and the talking points that sound so solid when they heard them, and they soon realize that the foundation of Gun Control is lies and invisible bugbears, and while maybe they won’t go out and buy a gun just yet, they really shouldn’t take issue with others owning guns.
Or They could decide that they have invested too much of their ego in gun control, and deep down they KNOW that I told them to find their own data because I KNEW they had never done any research on the subject, and knew what they would find if they did, and that they won’t give that asshole “rethuglancan” the satisfaction!
OR they will realize that the gun control debate is not as cut-and-dry as they had been lead to believe, and they will never venture into that arena ever again.
Of course the second scenario REALLY makes me sad, but it’s a reality, so many people will WILLFULLY choose ignorance over reality. I can’t grasp why, I just know it happens a lot.
Then there is Interaction #2
Anti: We shouldn’t allow guns! Did you know that a gun in the house is 10 times more likely to kill a family member than an intruder?
Me: That’s not a correct statement. You’re citing Arthur Kellermann, and I believe he eventually amended his study to four times more likley, and he was never talking in terms of “Family Members” and “Intruder”, he was talking “Acquaintances” and “Strangers”, meaning the bulk of his homicides were rival gang members killing each other in turf wars, and he didn’t even care if the gun was in the house because the resident of the house owned it. Meaning a woman’s ex boyfriend whom she has a restraining order against could break into her house and shoot her in her bed, and that would count as a “Gun in the Home” and killing an “Acquaintance”.
Either way, gun ownership is currently on the rise, while violent crime is dropping, so the concern that more guns cause more violence simply can’t be true.
Anti: But What about Terrorists buying Machine guns as gun shows without background checks???
This “Debate” goes on this way until one side becomes exhausted. You can see a real-world example of this over at Miguel’s:
This really strikes me as a variation of Schrödinger’s “Progressive”. In the overall view of this quantum theory is that if a person breaks off from a debate after a devastating rebuttal has been made, then was the rebuttal devastating at all? This is the same idea, since Miguel cleanly refuted the initial claim, the anti immediately changes subjects and immediately makes the appearance that the 2nd Subject was what was being discussed all along. If you try and steer the debate back on topic YOU will get accused of changing the subject, and slinking away from devastating rebuttal.
This will go on until one of you are exhausted. I have no idea what form of mental illness causes this, but boy does it happen with frightening regularity!
Police have charged a 16 year old with the beating death of a man found in a car at an apartment complex last month.
…Police say **DEPARTED** death does not appear to be a random incident, but they have not said how they think he and **Redacted** knew each other.
There was also a second teen arrested:
A second teen has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with the death of a Durham man who was beaten to death in October.
The 15-year-old was arrested Wednesday, but authorities did not release the suspect’s name.
I thought that North Carolina, being both a gun friendly state and part of the collective spoken in hushed voices by Yankee Elitists as “The South” murderous teens would just scoop up a gun before killing somebody. Beating somebody to death is liable to make your arms tired!!!
Maybe it’s the person, not the tool.
H/T Sean
Retention Holsters and Open Carry
I have to agree with this, despite the fact that I almost never open carry, but when I have open carried the holsters I’ve used had positive retention…as in this:
Not a widget like this:
OK that was intentionally biased, but he does have a good point. Something can go wrong with your holster, from an accidental finger on a trigger, or dust, dirt, or this time of year, snow getting into the works of your retention system turning your gun into an effective paperweight.
I generally thought of retention holsters as a good idea but not necessary, but this is giving me more to think about.
What are your thoughts?
man died early Sunday after being pushed in front of a New York subway train by a male suspect who fled the scene, police said.
…The initial investigation showed he was pushed in front of an incoming train at about 8:44 a.m. EST, police said.
A male suspect fled onto the street, and no arrests have been made, police said.
Boston has a Subway that is similar in age and design to New York, yet it seems that the only time I read about such events it’s New York, and I even remember watching an episode of the Taxicab Confessions where an emergency responder was being taken home after he had attended a similar crime. This guy even recounted several other similar crimes as if they are a somewhat regular occurrence in New York.
Either way they’ve indited somebody for it. Interesting that the alleged pusher is black, and the victims are east Asian, and both parties were not acquainted with each-other before the crime, and there is no mention of this being a hate crime.
Oh well, it isn’t a “Gun Death” either, so who cares!
So this is interesting, Sean suggested a theme to each of us to do this week’s show on…but didn’t mention that he suggested the same theme to all the other ‘casters.
I’m anxious to hear the results! Show notes here!
Enjoy!!
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