The Indiana doctor (shown in the video above) who pointed a gun at another driver while tooling down the interstate is back in Kentucky where the incident took place, facing charges of wanton endangerment. There’s no real obvious reason why he chose to threaten those in the neighboring car, so I’m going with the default position that he’s just stupid. How he thought he’d get away with it in this day and age, with a camera pointing straight at him, is beyond me. Of particular amusement is the verbal gymnastics that the reporter (incorrectly) engages in at 1:07 in the video above: “You can allegedly see Dobyns in the black sedan clearly pointing a pistol…” No, my dear J-school graduate, the adverb allegedly should go with “pointing a pistol,” not with “see.” Although to be honest, “clearly see … allegedly pointing a pistol” doesn’t sound any less inane.
Authorities who searched the Connecticut home of Miriam Carey, the woman who rammed the barricades at the White House and led police on a chase near the Capitol, found paperwork relating to a 2012 mental health evaluation that listed prescriptions for medications used to treat, among other things, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The medication may have been prescribed to treat postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter, who was in the car with her during the escapade. No actual medication was found, and Ms. Carey’s intake had apparently been tapered off to zero since the prescription. No firearms or ammunition were reported to be found in the home, much to the disappointment of the media machine, I’m sure.
Despite the screeching of the Civilian Disarmament Movement that gun ownership is down, the numbers continue prove them wrong (as they virtually always do). The Oregonian reports that statewide, 1 in 15 adults is now licensed to carry a handgun, up from 1 in 22 in 2010. The number of concealed handgun licenses statewide jumped by 22.7% just in the first six months of 2013. That number is even higher in the Portland area, with all three counties beating the state average: 22.9% in Clackamas County, 23.8% in Washington County, and 26.2% in Multnomah County. Sadly, like a four-year-old having a temper tantrum, all the rationality in the world isn’t going to stop the screeching.
A Fairfield, Connecticut man was arrested Monday and charged with 11 counts of illegal possession of explosives, six counts of first-degree reckless endangerment and one count of manufacturing bombs. Oh, and 274 firearms, and “tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition.” Police discovered the stuff when they entered the home while responding to a burglary call on October 1. Here’s the interesting part(s). First, the guy is the president of a chemical company. Second, he wasn’t charged with anything to do with the firearms, but the authorities took them away anyway. Despite the fact that he was arrested for the chemicals, charged for the chemicals, and the guns had nothing to do with anything, guess what the headline is… Gun Owner Arrested For Stockpiling 274 Guns, Ammunition, Chemicals. Because guns.
Richard Ryan’s Tech Assassin: CarniKCon Edition. ‘Nuff said.
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I am waiting for a flash mob to really be a group of robbers/murderers. Everyone would be so engrossed with the dancing they would come to take a look.
I live by the teachings of Jeff Cooper. These sheep were living in condition white: a big no-no.
White = Oblivious – POTENTIAL VICTIM
Yellow = Aware
Orange = Potential threat recognized
Red = Ready to fight
Black = Fighting threat
The more time you spend in white, the more likely you are let things slip. You don’t want to be the one to miss the guy following you in the dark just because you were replying to a text.
The operative part of the story is “No actual medication was found” not was prescribed…
building on what Cameron S said with the color code. What law makers seem to believe in California that you should live in code White, we will take care of your security. How many of us have commented that we are never below Yellow when we are carrying. When using a skill saw, I’m in Orange. A gun is another tool that demands a color above white. A coupling of carrying and awareness would not allow (most likely) a CCW to not see whats going on.
So um, yeah, whats the ‘illegal number’ of guns or rounds of ammo? “Gun Owner Arrested for Stockpiling 274 Guns, Ammunition, Chemicals (Video)”
So um, about that word “for” ….
Wait, he worked at Remington for 20 years and people are aghast that he has too many guns?
Employee discount, heck yes?
I am more vigilant of my surroundings now than before I carried every day. Is that because of the gun specifically, or just indicative of a mindset change that came about around when I started carrying? As the rhetorical question asked, does it matter?
I’m guilty of having my head down in my phone, too. Hell, right now I’m standing in my apartment parking lot at 1 am, draining the dog and typing on my phone. But though my head is down, my ears are on, and turned up to 11. At the moment all I hear is bats.
I really wish someone would manufacture that P90 style AR stock from the 3D printer site.
Jeezus HuffPo, are we so out of anti-gun pundits we had to go back to 1995? I’m sure that the cast of Ally McBeal is probably free, let’s get their opinion on gun control. The Jerry Maguire kid is probably old enough to buy a gun now, better get his opinion too.
What’s a ” high rate of fire” weapon according to California?
You can shoot a single action revolver or lever action rifle as fast as any semi auto, with enough practice.
Deliberately ambiguous wording that can be selectively enforced no doubt.
I do not understand all the hate for the H&K / Walther / “European” magazine release. It’s all a matter of training. I find on my P30 that I can reach down with my trigger finger and give the guy a bop to drop the magazine without shifting my grip at all (which is a feat that i have been unable to replicate on any handgun with a “normal” magazine release). Granted I have what some have called freekishly small hands, so YMMV.
…1136 Californians dead by firearms since Newtown?!?!
That sounds awfully high.