Leave it to the media anti-gunners to find the silver lining in a terrorist attack . . . Zakaria’s ‘Silver Lining’: At Least London Terrorists Didn’t Have Guns! – “Zakaria opposes the Second Amendment’s codification of the right to keep and bear arms. Last October, he postured as a data-driven policy analyst by claiming that “data clearly proves” that household firearm possession “makes people less safe.” He will not, however, openly call for repealing the Second Amendment. Despite hosting a weekly flagship show ostensibly dedicated to in-depth analyses of global affairs and international relations, Zakaria did not inquire about the overlaps between Islamic terrorism and Islam as a religion and ideology. He similarly neglected to examine the overlaps between Islamic terrorism and Muslims, or the calibration of contemporary immigration and refugee admission policies pertaining to Muslims.”
But it looks like at least some coppers are having a change of heart . . . When I joined the police, I resolved never to carry a gun. But I’ve changed my mind – “There is no doubting the impressive eight-minute response to the London Bridge attacks but outside our large cities the response time would be significantly longer. For obvious reasons, I’m not going to reveal what the time would be to a market, seaside or rural town in my force, but it would shock you. There are simply insufficient officers carrying guns to turn out quickly to these places. But that is not the only problem. The first officers at London Bridge arrived within two minutes. These brave officers tackled the terrorists armed with only batons and chairs. It is amazing that they were not killed. But they were overpowered and the terrorists moved on and continued to stab other people.”
Good guy with a gun saves two infants . . . Oklahoma father tries to drown twin babies. Neighbor shoots him. – “Police in Oklahoma say a father held his estranged wife at knifepoint while he tried to drown their 3-month-old twins in a bathtub. A neighbor was alerted and killed the father. Leland Foster, 27 years old, of Ada, Okla. allegedly went to the home of his estranged wife, Michelle Forrells, and their twins. Foster pulled Forrells into a bathroom, threatened her at knifepoint and began trying to drown the children — a boy and a girl, according to Ada Public Information Officer Lisa Bratcher. A 12-year-girl inside the home at the time ran to a neighbor’s house for help. That neighbor, Cash Freeman (above), grabbed his revolver, entered the house and shot Foster in the back twice. He later died of his injuries.”
This won’t make the powers that be down under very happy . . . Going Viral: Female Australian Pro-Surfer Turns In Her Surfboard For A Rifle While In US – “Professional Australian surfer and model Ellie-Jean Coffey elected to spend time firing a semi-automatic rifle while in Texas, as opposed to spending time in the United States on the beaches. The 22-year-old posted a video on her Instagram account firing off a round from a LaRue Tactical Rifle equipped with a suppressor. The video has been seen more than 107,000 times as of Wednesday on her Instagram account, which has more than 775,000 followers. The caption for the post read, ‘We’re not in Australia anymore, Toto.’”
Impressive…Shannon drew almost two dozen people from the seven million who live in the Bay Area . . . Walkers cross Golden Gate Bridge in march against gun violence – “Shannon Watts, the founder of Moms Demand Action, an organization pushing for legislative action and gun reform, came to San Francisco Friday evening from Colorado to lead the march. She said similar marches and events were planned for cities across the nation. … Demonstrators carried signs that read ‘Gun violence is a public health issue’ and ‘Background checks save lives.’ California has the most stringent gun laws in the country, Watts said, but it’s not enough. Her work won’t be over until federal regulations are passed that require background checks and restrict sales of guns to people with mental health issues and those with a history of domestic violence.”
Advice from a former gang banger . . . ScHoolboy Q Thinks No One Should Own Guns — Not Even Police – “ScHoolboy Q, the former Hoover Crips gang member and Blank Face rapper, has some thoughts on guns — namely, that no one should own them, not even police. The rapper revealed those thoughts today (June 5) in an interview with artist interview channel Montreality, where he was asked which one evil he wishes to rid the world of. ‘Guns, man. That gun law s–t is real man, it will never stop,’ Q responded. “That’s one thing — probably the only thing I agree [with] about the law and all that political s–t that’s been going on…from officers, from everybody. It should be no guns.’”
Clearly, not everyone agrees with ScHoolboy Q . . . New record: America arms itself, ‘necessary steps to defend selves’ – “The spurt in terror attacks, including the recent two in England, are pushing gun sales into record territory just months after predictions that the election of a pro-gun president would end the rush. The FBI just reported that the number of gun sales background checks for May was the highest ever for that month, 1,942,677, a trend that will make 2017 the first or second highest year for gun sales.”