The victims of these due process-free confiscation orders in Michigan, which can and do get issued on the thinnest of accusations, now include three police officers, an 8-year-old and a 6-year-old. And all of their family members, too
Gun control activists, lobbyists, and other were already traumatized by the firing of ATF chief counsel Pamela Hicks. Patel in charge of the federal firearms regulator could well touch off a complete meltdown.
What makes this case extraordinary was the fact she carried her five-month-old baby on her hip as she successfully navigated a gunfight against three armed intruders as they were shooting at her.
While many in the gun community celebrated the feds indicting Michael Madigan, we should have been careful what we wished for, because in politics, the alternative can always be far worse.
Illinois Gov. Pritzker’s big mouth has earned him a spot at the head of the crackdown line for the incoming border czar Tom Homan. Media reports indicate that starting Tuesday, ICE is coming to Pritzker’s hometown of Chicago.
Given how thinly the police are spread in the midst of this massive regional disaster, armed Americans may be the only thing standing between civilization and anarchy.
Even after losing in the state’s highest court, Cook County has made it clear that they have no intention of ending its illegal collection of taxes on every gun sold in the county along with the ammo to feed them.
The unfortunate truth is that even if your local prosecutor celebrates the righteous use of force in self-defense situations, good guys can and do still screw things up in the aftermath of defending their lives. Don’t be that guy.
Keep potential threats outside of your reactionary gap, allowing you time to react to an attack and defend yourself. Distance gives you time in a critical incident and time gives you options. Options mean a greater likelihood of survival.
CNN is hyperventilating over a Florida case in which prosecutors cleared a 79-year-old man of charges using the state’s stand your ground laws after he shot and killed his neighbor’s son who threatened him with a chainsaw.
