“The attackers forced the man to strip to his underwear and tied him to a chair, the police said. One of the teenage victims [who’d been sodomized with a toilet plunger] was still there. The ‘Goonies’ ordered him to attack the man. The teenager hit him in the face and burned him with a cigarette on his nipple and penis as the others jeered and shouted gay slurs, the police said. Then the attackers whipped the man with a chain and sodomized him with a small baseball bat.” That’s the nytimes.com‘s description of the kidnapping and assault on three men in the Bronx. Four years later a court’s sentenced the leader of the assault [Idelfonso Mendez, above] to 14-years in prison. As for his eight accomplices . . .
Also convicted in the attack was David Rivera, 24, who pleaded guilty to one count of burglary in the first degree after admitting that he took cash, credit cards and a television from the home of a victim. He was sentenced to 13 years in prison.
Nelson Falu, 20, pleaded guilty to one count of robbery in the first degree for threatening a victim with a baseball bat and taking personal property. He was sentenced to seven years in prison.
Elmer Confresi, 26, pleaded guilty to one count of attempted gang assault in the first degree and received four years in prison.
Jose Dominguez, 26, pleaded guilty to one count of attempted assault in the first degree and was sentenced to four and a half years in prison.
And Ruddy Vargas, 26, pleaded guilty to a count of robbery in the third degree and was sentenced to two to six years in prison.
The three victims all received life sentences, if you know what I mean. Which could well have been avoided if one of them had been exercising his natural, civil and Constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms, and shot one or more of his attackers. As he would have had every legal right to do. If he hadn’t been in New York City, that is.
Quite why members of the LGBT community don’t see it that way is beyond me. No matter how many hate crime laws are in effect, no matter how severe the penalties for violating them, no matter how effective the police are at arresting, prosecuting and jailing offenders; no matter how much sensitivity training is given to the general population, LGBTs will always be a target of violence.
Defend your gun rights, defend yourself. That is all.
You’re getting better at cutting through the bullshit there my friend.
The last line is the perfect one.
And the esso bee will be out in five and a half. Why was no one charged with SEX CRIMES? TORTURE? CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY?
The DA’s office should be hauled up on charges and thrown in the same prison.
The NYC PD and DA have always hated minorities, but not as much as they hate the LGBT community. All the way back to the riots in Hell’s Kitchen. This must have really made their collective head explode – what to charge the scary brown kid with, since they couldn’t rig something up against the victim. Couldn’t be a hate crime too – that would have made it a Federal beef that couldn’t be tied up in a neat little package and sent to Ossining for a few years.
Bravo Robert, bravo.
You never know…..and that’s the whole point of being aware and prepared.
Being a thug is one thing, being a scared old codger is another. Obviously, both are dangerous.
I’ve been to HQ DLA once, for a day. It was all I could stand. Ever. It was like being in a kindergarten, but instead of the little chairs they had cube farms to do the busy work in. I’m convinced that if they ever had an active shooter situation, the shooter would commit suicide out of frustration because the zombies wouldn’t realize they were shot until it was time to go home.
BTW, the silliness on the card was brought to you by DHS, the home of useless security theater. Good advice? Only if you like dying.
We have a run, hide, fight awareness thing at work… Basically run away, cower, or throw a coffee mug, or stapler, or whatever, at him.
It’s a huge joke amongst a few of us, give you three guesses why?
Nice and I’m sure it only cost the government $100,000,000 for these helpful little cards!
I will never understand why some people think it is ok to treat another human being in this manner.
It’s what happens when your moral compass is calibrated by the thugs you hang out with, while your mother is strung out on crack and your father is nowhere to be found.
I understand your confusion. There are people who are born to be assholes. They tend to act out in places they do not expect to be challenged by someone with the ability to kill them. Get armed. End of problem.
People still use pagers?
Well at least, unlike the seven round limit, there is a large number of ten round magazines for various handguns, since Ma and CA require them for handguns sold there.
Vacate bowels, lose control of bladder, wish you’d jumped onboard the CCW train when you had a chance.
I’ll say one thing about these fools…. They’ve mastered the art of doublespeak and spin. They say one thing and mean something entirely different.
The other upside if this had been a DGU would be that (in at least some states) if one of the thugs had been shot and killed all the others would be guilty of murder. Seems like a simple solution to me.
Budget cuts have hit the Iranian Army pretty hard
Budget cuts can’t be that bad. After all, they’re not invading Wal-Marts.
Yes, my out of state cheque is accepted here.
Due to an error in Translation, the Polish Army thought force reduction meant US Troops were now 40% off, and decided to stock up.
This court stuff is confusing. So can I open carry down Santa Monica Boulevard, or what?
someone with more knowledge than I please explain what this means. does it mean every county will be shall issue? if so how soon will that be implemented?
The Republican party is doomed.
I know it’s only a prototype, but still, we may have taken weight reduction a tad too far.
I’m assuming the article photo is stock however, it warrants the question… has any of the men in the photo spent time with those firearms enough to learn to not be a danger to bystanders in their live fire exchanges? Do they care?
I have taught four gay friends the way of the gun at my expense. Three men and one woman. Two have since bought a gun and carry every day.
Reach out to these people. They are our natural allies.
Glad I read this review.
The slide bite/soreness is interesting.
The issues remind me exactly of the Hungarian PA-63 in 9x18mm Mak… I used to own one. Basically a Walther PP clone with an extremely light aluminum alloy slide and too weak of a recoil spring. From what I understand though, strengthening the recoil spring does the trick in fixing the PA-63. Aftermarket grips help, too. I never found out with mine; offloaded it for about what I paid because Mak ammo is no cheaper anymore (and often more expensive) than 9mm Luger and tough to find in stores around here.
Maybe Remington put too much stock in making their gun easy to cock (heh); I’d like to see what Wolff springs comes up with here. An extra power recoil spring would do the trick I bet.
Remington is looking pretty naïve in believing that the R51 does not follow basic concepts of handgun recoil springs. My guess is that the old Model 51 was provisioned with legit strength springs.
People could go on arguing about the ineffectiveness of small calibers like .22lr,.22mag,.380acp all day long but ask them if they are willing to take one in the chest and you will most certainly put an end to their pointless argument.Get the point!Shot placement is everything regardless of bullet size!!!Just my two cents.
As long as we are not talking about .25 ACP, I’m with you.
All of them should have been shot.
The latest MRAP development is seen here, years late, billions overbudget, and not quite fulfilling the need. SOP for procurement….
Pink Pistols is an LGBT group dedicated to the notion of armed self defense, so some of them do get it. I am surprised, Mr. F, that you haven’t heard of them.
Defiantly not the strangest thing ever seen in a walmart.
What’s all the fuss. if you want a carry gun with a punch the poly .357 works great if you only are going to take 5 shots. If you plan to shoot a 50 count box through it use 38 specials.
Defensive flamethrower use is a more apt title…or it should’ve been.
I follow this site regulary,…for this reason.
Private Gump, who won the shopping spree sweepstakes at the PX, failed to realize that “grab anything you can in 60 seconds” did not include staff members, but they played along for press photographers.
NOTHING IS GOING TO CHANGE AND NO FLOOD OF PERMITS WILL HAPPEN…..and this is why.
Ca Penal Code Section 12050
12050. (a) (1) (A) The sheriff of a county, upon proof that the person applying is of good moral character, that good cause exists for the issuance, and that the person applying satisfies any one of the conditions specified in subparagraph (D) and has completed a course of training as described in subparagraph (E), may issue to that person a license to carry a pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person in either one of the following formats:
The Subsections to this article address other issues but
Paragraph A is the guiding directive. The KEY word in this
paragraph is the word “MAY”….the code says the chief LEO
“MAY” issue a permit. It does not say “SHALL”. All the
9th circus courts ruling did was to delete the phrase regarding “good cause” from this code. It does not change
the word “MAY” to “SHALL”. Only the legislature can make that change. Unless and until such a change IS made, and that is VERY unlikely California remains a “MAY ISSUE” state not a “SHALL ISSUE” state. That means that the decision to issue or not issue is at the SOLE discretion of
the chief LEO involved. The recent court decision ONLY means that said LEO may not use the phrase regarding “good
cause” as a reason to refuse to issue. He can still refuse
Just wanted to say “Thanks” for a very thorough (and sometimes humorous) review. While I love my ARs, my AKs are absolutely my favorites. Rugged and dependable. Looks like I’m going to have to add another to my collection.
Ok,you’re going to wave the bloody shirt of Sandy Hook,Ok,we are going to bring the Mom in Michigan ,protecting her children from three THUGS WEARING HOODIES( Trevon/ Holywood hello?..) who used a high capacity magazine to thwart those aholes even as one of them started back in the house a second time with a gun.He only retreated when she began firing AGAIN! ( thanks to a high capacity magazine.
Oh by the way..,Mom’s Demand Action? ,there ya go plenty of action.This Mom wasn’t singing Kumebya to her attackers as you would have her do Shannon Watts,you knuckle head!
Anybody know if the victims in this case are now gun owners, having gone through such a horrific ordeal?
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When I was a dealer in the late 80’s transfer from mfg. to dealer was about 30 days and transfer to individual was about 90 days. The current situation is not because of a paperwork back log.
Piers Morgan is simply an opportunist. He thought that he could get fame and fortune from pumping the Newtown and other shootings. I wish he would back to the UK and that Jeremy Clarkson would slug him again and this time around also kick him the nuts because that is pretty much what he deserves.
Anyone else notice the Crucifix around the Accused’s neck? What a sham. I guess the Jury didn’t fall for it. Thankfully.
” It would be pretty neat to own Russia’s home-grown counterpart to the H&K MP5, but we probably never will.”
SOMEBODY has never been to an AK build party…..
If you didn’t keep stock on hand for usage (or contingency stock) before the crunch, are you going to start accumulating such as availability/prices are now improving?