A grandmother in Cary, North Carolina has found herself in the crosshairs of her homeowner’s association for posting the sign above in her front yard. Laurie Cherico moved into neighborhood back in November, and posted the sign a little over a month ago. Now the homeowner’s association notified her that the sign might violate community guidelines. Homeowner’s associations get a lot of flack, around here and in general, but the reality of the situation is that when you buy in their neighborhood, you’re buying into their system. So it would seem the HOA has the authority to limit things like this. The association spokeswoman said that the content of the sign isn’t an issue [except it is, to some folks; keep reading], it’s that Cherico didn’t apply for permission to post it. Cherico says that other homes in the neighborhood have security signs in their yards . . .
and this is her security sign. She said security signs don’t typically need prior approval, but the association spokeswoman said other residents have complained about the sign. So you see, the content of the sign actually is an issue, because someone else doesn’t like it. The dispute will end up before an association committee, and if they rule it’s not allowed, Cherico will have 15 days to remove it, after which she’ll be liable for fines of $100 per day. The association spokeswoman notes that no one in the 1,300 home community has ever been fined for a violation.
Your Lockdown of the Day™ comes from Denver, Colorado. Morey Middle School was placed on lockdown Monday morning after a threat was reported at the school. Officers responded to a report a little before 10 a.m., and there were reports of a tactical team seen in the area. The threat involved a student who had been in a fight last week and threatened to bring a gun to school. Officers interviewed those involved and determined there was no actual danger. No gun was found, no one was hurt, and no arrests were made. But hey, “at least the children were safe.”
Tom in Oregon writes to us about a raffle that’s taking place near him. It’s being held to support the local St. Helens Girls Softball league, and the prize is a Barrett M107A1 rifle topped with a Leupold Mark 4 L/RT scope, and 100 rounds of ammunition. Tickets are $50 each and are limited to 1000 total sold. The drawing will be held August 23, 2014, and is open to residents of all 50 states and the District of Columbia who are over 18 and can pass a background check. (Also, of course, assuming it’s legal for you to possess it in your state. Sorry, New Jersey and California.) You do not need to be present to win, but you must accept the prize in Oregon within one year of winning. If this sounds like the kind of thing you’re interested in, you can find more information here and the official rules can be found here. According to the Facespace page linked above, you can mail your entry request along with a check for the appropriate amount to SHGS, 2034 Columbia Blvd, PMB 220, St. Helens OR 97051 and they will mail your ticket(s) back to you.
Tell me again how universal background checks will fix this? Police are looking to talk to a teenager in New York City who they believe gave away a gun used by a 12-year-old boy to negligently shoot his 14-year-old sister on Friday. The gun that the boy used to shoot his sister in his South Jamaica, Queens home is believed to be the same gun that fired a fatal shot in what police are calling a botched robbery on Tuesday, in which a 48-year-old man was killed. The boy will not say where he got the gun, giving police conflicting stories of finding it on his way home from school and it being given to him by a teenage friend. The friend in that second story is the one with whom police would like to have a conversation. So a gun that was obtained from an unknown source, and then used to kill a man in a botched robbery on Tuesday, and then possibly given to another boy who used it to recklessly shoot his sister on Friday. But having to do a background check if I want to sell a a gun privately to my best friend (or a stranger, for that matter) is clearly going to make any difference.
This video is from a month or so ago, but due to its length I finally got around to reviewing it before putting it here. Jerry really wrings out an IWI Tavor with a 9mm conversion, with different targets, different ammunition, and different scenarios. It’s got quite a bit of technical info broken up by some signature Jerry Miculek shooting. Be a good one to watch while you’re cleaning your guns. You do clean your guns regularly, don’t you? If it’s been a while, here’s your excuse.
And finally, Colion Noir delivers one of his brief poetic reviews, this time of the FN FAL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F074TbV5kgM
Looks like a fun gun.
Raffling off a .50BMG for a girl’s softball league? More schools need to be like that. And it looks like the raffle will net them over $40k!
It’s pretty neat. Last year they raffled an AR.
Got a whole bunch of panties twisted up. The support was pretty neat.
FWIW, each raffle ticket is also worth one shot on the day of the giveaway.
I’ll always support groups like this.
New York City…Really .Like asking a virgin about SEX, what’ s the point?
I know with modern rifles gripping the side rather than supporting the barrel from underneath is safe, but growing up shooting hunting rifles and pump shot guns, it just looks weird.
It would be perfect for everyday commutes too, or set up as a party MRAP, kinda like a party bus, but better
Suddenly, every stupid, unsafe thing FPS Russia has ever posted seems really lame by comparison.
Would that HOA fine have any real weight behind it? We don’t have that kind of bullshit around here.
i will sleep better tonight knowing that they now know what we already knew.
None of their suggestions would do anything to make us any safer either.
What’s the point of giving up a freedom if it DOESN’T make anyone safer?
It’d be bad enough to do that if it did make you safer, but when it doesn’t, it’s sheer lunacy.
Especially a waiting period. I just passed an instant check last week. They’ve had that little technological advance available for at least 16 years. I know because that’s about when I started buying guns, and every single one of my background checks has been instant.
Why have a waiting period of any kind when they instantly know whether or not you’ve passed the background check? It’s just one more way to make it harder for a law-abiding citizen to exercise his or her Second Amendment rights.
Ok I’m not sure about all the details here in this case. I know there was an issue with an investigator being indicted ? Also I believe the defendant claimed some prior break in happened through that window? I could be mistaken.
That said I am generally reluctant to shoot where I can’t see. One it is often at best a waste of ammo and two it can be dangerouse. I certainly would have first called out to my wife and kids and did a roll call to place the people who are supposed to be in my house before I shot through a bathroom door or any door!
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As to shooting a legit intruder , without a doubt. In my state we have reasonable home defense laws. It is safe and legal to assume any one who forcibly breaks into your home is armed and ready to use
Deadly force on me and or my family
Since when have laws been applicable, much less enforced upon the law enforcement community? They routinely get away with:
Trampling our Rights defined in the 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th Amendments(to name a few)
Willful destruction of private property
False arrest
Fraud and larceny under the color of law
Perjury, false statements, and omission of contradictory evidence in courts of law
Assault, rape, manslaughter, even murder
All without consequence, or at worst – with paid vacation aka “administrative leave” – under the guise of “following procedures”
I’m glad to live in WV. Seeing the possibility of an anti gun state erupting into violence in this manner assures me that my state, where guns are ubiquitous, will never reach such a battle. That said, if it ever does, it would end up like the mine wars nearly a century ago, with the army being called in to end it.
ares has an obligation to post more info on proceedings real time on their site. they should be answering client questions too.
Ares made a clear decision: destroy records and deal with IRS later, and let NSA figure out who bought what.
OR leave customer info so that book keeping is easier and let atf continue to run rogue and do what they may with that info. Well, we may see poly 80 percent guns causing border crime in a fast and furious scenario now. or at least reported that way.
Texas has more alphabet agencies running around with badges than DC for crying out loud. You cant throw a rock without hitting a cop. I was sweated by Austin PD so I speak from experience. My “rights” meant nothing while they worried about a drug dealer who was lying there in a pile after trying to carjack me. They even called the tire iron in my back seat a “deadly weapon” and said I could be charged for “taking it too far” after stomping the scumbag in a parking lot. Texas is way overrated.
Oh look another Democrat proposing anti gun legislation.Hmmmm??
Pravda is probably the least reliable news source in the world. Using them for an article here is a disgrace to the American RKBA movement.
Executive order to atf mgt tighten the rules up
Would bury any handmade weapons just to be ssfe
The libs brought two cases of “Lock up your safety” devices to the PD…..In the trash they went.
Thats nothing, our group got “Rosie” cancelled.
The fact that MDA “claims a victory” getting a billboard down says a great deal. MDA is also hostile to the First Amendment and to freedom of speech unless its their own speech
A SWAT team? Pretty soon the police will have jets in addition to SWAT teams and armored cars, and they’ll just call in an air strike on every armed suspect.
Very nifty, thanks for sharing. Too bad the Batstiffs won’t let us have them here.
Cool. For everyone that buys MDA’s story…
I’ve declared myself high priest of the sun. My incantations this morning made the sun come up. I cannot continue this without funding. Please be generous in your donations.
[didn’t have time to read comments; sorry if this gag was present in some form above, as it probably was]
I posted this on their page, let’s see how long it lasts…
Slide Fire’s stating their lease expired, rather than pressure from MDA.
Do you have any written statement from Lamar confirming your post or refuting Slide Fire’s? If so I would love to share it!
I figured that the SWAT response was b/c the utility worker allaged that the guy pointed his gun at him. However, no mention of it in the article. I wonder what the 911 recording has on it. The utility has deep pockets to pay for a few more tats if the worker fabricated info. It may be time to lawyer up. Just saying…
Regardless of what the ATF did,
There’s still a Judge who approved the search warrant. Until judges are held accountable for their actions in signing search warrants or in sentencing or heck even parole boards releasing violent inmates, then nothing will change. Perhaps, this Judge didn’t have enough familiarity to understand what exactly is being done by Ares and what the ATF may have played him/her.
Judges make mistakes…..a lot of them. Its just the Police that take the lumps for them.
When they outlaw 20mm anti-tank weapons, only outlaws will have 20mm anti-tank weapons.
Seriously though, if you don’t have someone who likes guns in your life, you can leave your extra-legal toys to me when you kick it.
I have both the 1187 and the new versa max and I have to say the versa max is fare better to me, it will shoot any type of shell, lighter and is faster. I got t just for turkey huntinog so I went with a pattern master choke 665 and with 3.5 it number six shot and it shoots as good as any gun I have ever owned! I have had them hi dollar benellis and they didn’t shoot any better than the versa max. Don’t speed the extra money. Love my versamax!!!!