She shot Pierce, repeatedly, sending a clear and unambiguous message; ‘Leave my daughter alone!’ It’s interesting how commands have much greater urgency for recipients when they’re accompanied by hot lead projectiles.
A sign on the property warned that, “This house is protected by God and a gun. Screw around and you’ll meet both,” should have offered the young scholars a clue to pick another house. But to be fair, they probably couldn’t read.
Real life isn’t like Hollywood. In meatspace, the good guy doesn’t walk off into the sunset with the pretty woman to live happily ever after. Far from it.
A few short weeks ago, during a simple traffic stop, a snarling Wali spouted whole lot of vile hatred for America before pulling his gun on Fairfax County Police officers.
We’ve all heard the common refrain: concealed means concealed. Indeed. That works well. But what happens in other venues that have trained security to watch for people who fit certain profiles in an effort to keep guns off the property? Or venues that employ metal detectors?
You can see it on display—or, rather, you can’t—when you visit Crown Heights: Every store, more or less, has a little notice in the window informing you that if you’ve got a piece and a permit, you’re very welcome to walk right in.
“One day it just hit me — I’m a young woman out running at 4 a.m. with nothing to protect myself,” she says. “It’s a less lethal option and it will give you a chance to get away if need be.”
Remember, though…correlation doesn’t equal causation. Far be it from us to claim that the removal of artificial barriers to armed self-defense in Ohio resulted in significantly safer urban streets and fewer violent crime victims.
The main problem with using any caliber other than 12 gauge for a defensive shotgun is the lack of modern
For all of the moralizing by gun control advocates who decry violent crime at the same time they press to curtail the rights of responsible gun owners, the law enforcement environment today means citizens have to be their own first responders.
