Click here for the org’s homepage. Click here for a surprisingly balanced article on their efforts via the UK’s Independent newspaper.
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TWHN BS: Non-Policeman Know Thyself Edition
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Florida Launches Reptile Hunting Season
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is offering a “special chance” for hunters to capture and remove “reptiles of concern” from the Everglades. From March 8 to April 17, residents with a hunting license and a $26 permit may bag as many Indian pythons, reticulated pythons, northern or southern African rock pythons, amethystine or scrub pythons, green anacondas and Nile monitor lizards as they can kill. The permit applies to any firearm save a centerfire rifle, as long as it’s deployed in the Everglades and Francis S. Taylor, Holey Land and Rotenberger wildlife management areas. “We are once again engaging our stakeholders, in this case, the hunting community, to help us reduce the number of reptiles of concern in the Everglades,” FWC Chairman Rodney Barreto asserted (ignoring the potential contribution of Sunshine State snake handlers). On this very day, the FWC gave hunters training on how to identify, stalk, capture and remove reptiles of concern. Did I say safety? I meant to say safely.
UK Taxi Driver: 6 Years for Stashing Shotgun, Machine Pistol
The Yorkshire Evening Post reports that taxi driver Anthony Scott was sent down for six years for “keeping machine gun under bed.” Scott was caught stashing a loaded shotgun with two (count ’em two) shells and an M3 machine pistol (last produced in 1992, with a further brace of bullets). Scott claimed he’d found the weapons in a skip off Spen Lane and put them in a drawer under his bed. “I just thought they were interesting and took them with me.” Judge Hoffman wasn’t buying it. ‘The shotgun is nothing other than a criminal’s weapon. The stock has been shortened, the barrel has been shortened and the stock has been bound with tape to prevent fingerprints adhering to it.’ Scott, pleaded guilty to all three charges: two count of possessing firearms and three years for possession of live ammunition. I suppose the words “home defense” don’t translate well from American to English. Sorry, British.
Supreme Court Set to Widen 2nd Amendment Rights. Or Not.
There are two amendments to the Constitution that rarely, if ever, appear on the Supreme Court’s docket. One is the Third Amendment, which prohibits the quartering of troops in private homes. Since the end of the Civil War, this one’s been pretty quiet. The Second Amendment—“A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed—is the other constitutional protection we don’t often see in Supreme Court cases. Before 2008’s District of Colombia v. Heller, the last true Second Amendment appeal was heard in 1939, Prior to that, 1886. And now: McDonald v. Chicago. You wait all your life for a Supreme Court gun case, and then BOOM! Two in a row.
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WI Open Carry Advocates Turn Up The Heat
And here’s a bit that somehow didn’t make the final version of the video report, from the todaystmj4.com website. “[Open Carry supporter Joseph] Schneider also says Waukesha County Sheriff’s Deputies later questioned him at his home after the incident. He says they were investigating whether he was trying to impersonate an officer, because he was carrying a holstered weapon and his car was full of police scanners. They did not arrest him.” This is the second high profile Open Carry advocate with something a little screwy going on. Just sayin’ . . .
Choosing a Handgun, Part I: Revolver vs. Semi-Auto
So you’ve decided to join the millions of Americans who own a handgun. You’ve received some instruction, gone to the range to practice with someone else’s weapons, and signed up for your concealed handgun license tests. Yes? Now, choosing which handgun to buy is a personal decision. If anybody tells you something along the lines of “a revolver is the only handgun you’ll ever need” or “you’d be an idiot to buy anything other than a semi-auto,” ignore their advice. Manufacturers sell handguns designed for a wide variety of needs and uses and, let’s face it, fashion. And yes, there is such a thing as a bad gun. Handguns that are too powerful or underpowered or complicated or bulky for their owner. You need to choose your weapon wisely, lest you end up with a firearm that you A) don’t like and/or B) can’t control when you’re faced with a life or death decision. Let’s start with the basics. There are two main types of handguns: revolvers (a.k.a., “wheelguns”) and semi-automatic pistols.
NRA Safety Instructor Shoots Student in the Foot. In Church.
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ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 21 (UPI) — A gun safety class attendee in Orlando, Fla., was accidentally shot in the foot by his instructor, police reported.
Robert Frauman Jr., 50, was one of three students at a concealed weapons certification class at Summit Church Saturday, when he was struck by the stray bullet, a church spokeswoman told the Orlando Sentinel, adding he was “doing well” and the bullet did not hit any bones.
Instructor Michael Phillips could not be reached for comment, the Sentinel said, but another National Rifle Association instructor told the newspaper it is forbidden to take ammunition to classes.
The event was not sponsored by the church, which offered one of its meeting rooms to the group after some of its members made a request, the spokeswoman said.
“We won’t be having anything like that in our church in the future,” she added.
Peter Farago RIP
My father was born in Romania. As a Jew, he grew up in a climate of viscous antisemitism. During World War II, the authorities sent him and his two brothers to the labor camps. He was starved and beaten. Both his parents died in internment camps. As a holocaust survivor, my father had one goal: to become an American. Two weeks ago, he directed my brother to send me what turned out to his final communication. It was an excerpt from a written interview with a high school student. “On January 15, 2008, XXXX asked Peter Farago if he would answer some questions for a project for her social studies class about ‘someone who came to the United States from a different country a long time ago.’ His answers arrived in an email a few days later.
What was life in America like? How was it different from life in the previous country you lived in?
Life in America differs from my previous country in ways that would take volumes to tell. Read the Constitution of the United States of America and The Declaration of Independence. Then imagine exactly the opposite of every concept found in those documents. You will have an idea what the difference between living in preWW2 Romania vs. the good old USA is—for me . . . Lastly, if you wish, join me in thanking the Lord for being lucky enough to live in the ‘land of the free and the home of the brave.'”
My father was a gun owner and a proud American. May he rest in peace.