QOTD from Twitchy:

Funny how quickly Obama got the Marines there when he was getting wet. Our men in Benghazi waited 8 hours for Obama to call in the Marines.—

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The recent rush seems to have degraded QC a bit. Always inspect new items before going to the range.

Rob Pincus is Right, a Secured Gun in Your Kid’s Room may be a Good Idea

Rob Pincus is no stranger to controversy. We’ve even taken exception to some things he has said here. However, Mr. Pincus’ controversial statements do have one effect that demonstrates he is a good teacher, they make you think. Let’s take a look at his ‘controversial’ statements at the NRA convention:

Now let’s take a moment to objectively look at what he’s saying. Mr. Pincus is not saying you should keep a gun secured in a quick access safe in your kid’s room under all circumstances. I wholly agree with him that if you can’t trust your child with a safe in their room you have bigger issues than home defense. However, if your child is responsible enough to be entrusted not to tamper with a gun safe then it is something to consider. You might be surprised to know that Mr. Pincus is not the first one to advocate this and I doubt he will be the last.

Many years ago I recall reading either a book or an article by one of the most renowned firearm instructors in the U.S. about defense of the home in case of invasion. In that article he not only advocated keeping a gun in a child’s room, but also training them in its use and specifically how they should respond with it in the case of an intruder. The photo with the piece included a picture of the Author’s young (maybe even pre-teen) daughter barricaded behind her bed with a H&K 94 9mm Carbine trained at the bedroom door. An image I’m sure that if it had been displayed at the NRA convention this last week would have caused more than a few anti-civil rights extremists to go into vapor lock.

So is a gun in a kid’s room a good idea for everyone? No it is not. However, it is an idea that should be given consideration. I will say though that if you determine that it isn’t you need to seriously examine why you said no and act to correct that issue.

Mr. Pincus has been and will continue to be both praised and vilified for his words. However, I think that once again he has shown his wort as an instructor as his words are getting everyone but the knee-jerk ‘guns are bad’ crowd to think. Who knows, with a little luck we may even be able to capitalize on this moment and get some of the ‘guns are bad’ people to re-examine their own biases and begin to consider supporting if not joining those of us who believe in responsible armed self-defense.

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ETA:

Mr. Pincus was gracious enough to stop by and leave a link expanding on his comments in the video. Recommended reading: http://www.icetraining.info/staging-a-home-defense-gun-in-your-kids-room-might-be-a-great-idea/

A PSA everyone needs to watch

I’ll have more later…

Anti-Civil Rights Activists Begin Citizen Disarmament Push Part II

Proving themselves completely predictable as blood dancing opportunists, those who want to see the Bill of Rights dismantled intend to exploit dead children at an upcoming protest. The individual they intend to exploit; a 16 year old girl gunned down during an eight day feud/rampage over a fake diamond bracelet in Washington DC that resulted in five people dead.

Looking into those who committed the rampage reveals very little. Maybe it’s just that I don’t know how to manipulate the DC court search system to find previous convictions and arrests for those convicted of the murders. What I was able to find is that at least one of them was up on armed robbery charges and they found it amusing to steal money from a family member.

The Anti-Civil Rights Activists will be careful not to mention the criminal history of the murders. They won’t mention that in the commission of their 8 day murder spree that they violated the large number of DC firearms laws that they will claim can make everyone safer. To include bans on certain cosmetic features, magazine capacity, concealed carry and mandatory background checks. They most certainly will not disclose that according the the 1968 Haynes v. U.S. Supreme Court decision criminals are exempt from prosecution for failing to properly registering firearms and likely exempt for not submitting to a background check prior to taking possession of a firearm.

Finally we come to the Anti-Civil Rights Activists donning sheep’s clothing. They claim to be gun safety advocates, yet I doubt any one of them could quote Cooper’s four rules. Tell us if it is safe to shoot a +p+ .38 Special in a gun so chambered and manufactured at the end of the 19th Century or demonstrate the manual of arms of the firearms in common use today (the ones the Supreme Court says the Second Amendment applies to by the way). They know nothing of safety they just want to take away people’s civil rights so the people are under their control. The Republic means nothing to them, they want tyranny of the majority or worse a Feudal society where they get to make the rules on who can own what, say what, get married, have an abortion, what religion people can practice, what foods you can eat, what beverages you can drink and so on.

Don’t believe me? Ask yourself this; If they are willing to lie, exploit dead children and their parents in efforts they know not only abridge fundamental human rights, but also make them less safe, is there anything they won’t do if it helps them achieve their goal?

 

Boston Post Incident Analysis for Gunnies

With the immediate crisis over it’s time to take a look at how we responded and how we can prepare for the next attack.  How could you say another one is going to happen, you ask? Quite simply the kinds of individuals who attacked the world trade center twice, Times Square, the Boston marathon and many others successful and unsuccessful are still out there. They cannot be appeased they cannot be reasoned with their thirst for the blood of innocents is unending. We may stop some, but there is always the chance of others slipping by.

Nice imagery there isn’t it? Well, a lot of other countries are doing their best Bruce Willis imitation (again) and yelling “welcome to the party pal!” Right now we all have a choice; we can become the people who believe it won’t happen again here, the people who won’t expect it to happen to them (and they might be right, but they’re still wrong), or the people who expect it to happen again and plan accordingly.

Generally myself and those few who stop in to visit occasionally train to meet a threat with a weapon in our hand. While that is still an admirable pursuit to be encouraged, chances are in an incident like this we are either going to be an asset or a liability. To be an asset, get training in First Aid/CPR so you know the basics and then get Trauma training. Active Response Training (WARNING: Graphic Images) has some advise that can help as well as places to go for training. Yes, it costs money. However, people with trauma training will be an asset in mass casualty events no matter the cause.

While we’re at it, assess your personal health. Need to exercise more (I do) get out there and get to it. Being in good shape helps you deal with stress and can help you help others when the world has take a crap on your door step.

Things we should not do

Give up liberty for temporary safety. What happened in Boston was an over-reaction that handed the last living terrorist and those who supported him (either materially or otherwise) a win.  Locking down the entire city is not a proportional response and neither is forcing citizens out of their homes at gun point like prisoners. The police knew who they were looking for, people not matching the description should be calmly and politely approached by police and asked for their cooperation. I’m sure that under the circumstances they would have been able to clear just as many homes and fewer people would have been offended.

Fixing it

The unfortunate reality is that the lock-down of Boston occurred 238 years after  men bravely stood in Lexington and Concorde and said no such abuses of power by authorities. I hope there are citizens of Boston today who will at least stand up in court and do the same, but I doubt it. We need to change the relationship between the law-abiding citizenry and the police from the adversarial on it is today to one of mutual respect and cooperation. We need to return to the principles laid out by Sir Robert Peel among which are “…the police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full-time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence.”

Politicians need to be reminded that they are the servants and not the masters. Efforts to infringe on our liberties need to be spoken out against and remembered at the ballot box. Our liberties are not only our greatest strength they are also our greatest protector. The homeowner who noticed something amiss with their boat AFTER the police had cleared in and called the police typifies the principle quoted above. Denying them the right to protect themselves in such a situation, is a crime far worse than the despicable act the terrorist committed.

A battle won, but the war is far from over