I"m proud to say ...

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... that Georgia was one of the first:

The legislature in the Show Me state has loaded up the agenda with a new proposal which, if passed, would give potential eveil-doers something to think about before they attempt an attack on a public school. If signed into law, the new bill would see some of the teachers in Missouri schools fully firearms trained and packing in the classroom.

I agree that teachers should have the option to be armed in their classrooms but I disagree with the requirement to have law enforcement-level training. The reason is that the public approves of arming teachers as a last ditch measure for the safety of school children; they don't envision teachers being called out to muster in a manhunt.

As I've said many times before, I would have no problem with any of my daughters' teachers carrying a firearm in school.

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This solution is a bit ...

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... more involved than I would like to see, but it's better than what's been floated:

Putting guns in schools has struck many as a radical suggestion since the Sandy Hook massacre. But in one rural Michigan township, the police chief has come up with a thoughtful, serious plan to do just that.

During his 33-year-career in law enforcement, Victor Pierce has seen the bodies of murdered children, and he’s struggled to reckon with it. After Sandy Hook, he felt compelled to do something, he says. So he decided to invite teachers and school administrators to participate in the reserve-officer-training program. After they’d completed the class, Pierce would swear them in as volunteer reserve officers, and if the school district gave its blessing, they could carry concealed weapons on campus.

I don't believe that teachers should have to be reserve officers (if you've got a state-issued permit, you should be allowed to carry - anywhere) but if that gets defensive firearms where they need to be, then do it.

And to hell with what the school district wants; if reserve officers are allowed to  carry in a school, it's none of their concern.

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Gunnies keep telling you ...

... take care of yourself - yourself:

A Williamson County woman fought off an intruder with a vacuum cleaner. She was desperate for help, waiting for almost 35 minutes for law enforcement to arrive.

Word. h/t Uncle

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This begs a question

Whether or not citizens can engage in pre-emptive deadly force:

As previously reported by WND, the former staff member testified in an affidavit that TiZA executive director Asad Zaman told her, "We could just kill you, yeah tell your husband we'll do his job for him." In his own affidavit, Zaman said he didn't remember making the statement.

This regarding lawsuits involving a muslim charter school and the allegations of witness intimidation.

Now, I read an article by Masaad Ayoob many years ago that had a bit on the levels of force, and one of the levels was pre-emptive. The example he gave was a hostage situation where one hostage has been killed, and another promised to be killed in 5 minutes if demands aren't met. That's when police are authorized to shoot if the opportunity presents itself.

But what about when someone threatens to kill you? Do you have to wait until they show ability and opportunity before you act, or can you take steps beforehand to squash the threat?

Just wondering ...

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Even Rep Cantor ...

... can feel which way the wind is blowing:

House Speaker John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) are against a new gun-control proposal put forth by a fellow GOPer in response to the Tucson shootings.

And this after saying he'd have to see the final bill before he passed judgment on it.

Uh, Rep Cantor ... exactly how could Rep Dipshit King have made his bill better?

I'll wait ...

And someone needs to ask Rep Dipshit King exactly how 'high-level' officials and federal judges deserve special treatment with regards to feeling being safe. I thought one of the defining principles of our country was that we all were to have equal treatment under the law.

King needs to resign, and Cantor can forget about any presidential aspirations ... at least, from classical liberals and libertarians.

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Good thing he didn't have a gun ...

... someone might have gotten hurt:

A man who claimed he was seeking the "portal to hell" repeatedly stabbed two women early Friday after they noticed misplaced items in their backyard and opened the door to a shed where he was staked out, law enforcement officials said.

Oh ... wait ...

Typical Tea-partier with his tin-foil hat radio receptor taking orders from Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck.

Or ... maybe, just maybe he was bug-fuck crazy.

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This is the correct response

... to needing to be more secure:

Several lawmakers are already changing their security arrangements in wake of the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), and at least two lawmakers say they’ll now be packing firearms in public when they’re in their home districts.

Take measures yourself, instead of relying on unreliable things.

Remember, when seconds count, the police are only minutes away.

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Seen on the 'tubez

And they say the terrorists won't win ...

I'd like to reiterate

Since there's been some talk on the boards about the Hughes amendment and such.

My most effective crime prevention measures:

• repeal the Hughes amendment
• Develop national carry ($500 for life, nation-wide concealed or open carry, concealed carry on all domestic transportation)
• Develop the NFA weapons permit ($1000 for life, includes national carry and concealed carry on domestic airline flights)

Getting rid of the Hughes amendment is a no-brainer; there have been no crimes stopped by it. I continually hear (and incorrectly so) about full-auto assault weapons being confiscated from criminals. It's obvious that no one who desires full-auto weaponry is deterred by the federal prohibition.

Having a national carry permit is the next logical step for firearms carry, given that most states are shall-issue anyway. The national carry permit would get around the current mish-mash of reciprocities floating around. Reasonable (and I mean, reasonable to firearms owners) training requirements can be put in place, with NRA offering classes and certification.

What would really set the hoplophobes on fire would be the trasnsportation benefits, namely, concealed-carry on domestic modes, including air travel (unless property owners prohibit*). It's my opinion that this one facet of the issue would do more to ensure air security than 10 times the yearly budget of the TSA.

Finally, just as the Israelis don't look for bad things (but rather look for bad people), we need to (if we can't repeal the NFA) start licensing people for NFA weapons, rather than the weapon itself. I believe that if we had the right heads working on this (Alan Gura, ya listening?!) we could make a very strong case that the taxation of an enumerated right is unconstitutional, but that we're willing to undergo the anal exam in exchange for a lifetime permit to purchase NFA weapons with no tax stamp, no further checks, nor a registry of any kind.

Ambitious? Yes, but otherwise unremarkable. We have the momentum. We need to keep pushing'

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*Since a lot of corporations are getting benefits by virtue of being incorporated, there's an argument that they should be required to follow carry laws as part of the bargain with the devil.

Put your clothes back on ...

... so we can pat you down?

A TSA supervisor and San Diego Harbor Police asked Wolynak to put his clothes back on "so he could be properly patted down," says his attorney.

Wolynak is also an open-carry activist.

I'm not sure he TSA realize just how foolish they look when they do stuff like this.

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Your friendly TSA

They just don't get it:

A retired special education teacher on his way to a wedding in Orlando, Fla., said he was left humiliated, crying and covered with his own urine after an enhanced pat-down by TSA officers recently at Detroit Metropolitan Airport.

“I was absolutely humiliated, I couldn’t even speak,” said Thomas D. “Tom” Sawyer, 61, of Lansing, Mich.

Sawyer is a bladder cancer survivor who now wears a urostomy bag, which collects his urine from a stoma, or opening in his stomach. “I have to wear special clothes and in order to mount the bag I have to seal a wafer to my stomach and then attach the bag. If the seal is broken, urine can leak all over my body and clothes.”

Yeah, they broke the seal while patting him down.

Just my opinion, until people start getting violent when TSA oversteps, they're not gonna change.

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This brings up an interesing question

Hot Air has a daily quotes post, and one of the quotes this morning made me think:

“Last Thursday I was flying to LA on the Midnight flight. I went through security my usual sour stuff. I beeped, of course, and was shuttled to the ‘toss-em’ line. A security guy came over. I assumed the position. I had a button up shirt on that was untucked. He reached around while he was behind me and grabbed around my front pocket. I guess he was going for my flashlight, but the area could have loosely been called ‘crotch.’ I said, ‘You have to ask me before you touch me or it’s assault.’

“He said, ‘Once you cross that line, I can do whatever I want.’…

“I tell the cop the story, in a very funny way. The cop, the voice of sanity says, ‘What’s wrong with you people? You can’t just grab a guy’s crank without his permission.’ I tell him that my genitals weren’t grabbed and the cop says, ‘I don’t care, you can’t do that to people. That’s assault and battery in my book.’”

So, what if you get one of those pesky TSA 'agents' who is so full of himself that the thinks he can do anything he wants. But instead of taking it, as soon as he starts into his 'authorized' sexual assault, you defend yourself? Violently?

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Oh, your naked pics are safe with me ...

Wonder how many college girls have heard that one before:

At the heart of the controversy over "body scanners" is a promise: The images of our naked bodies will never be public. U.S. Marshals in a Florida Federal courthouse saved 35,000 images on their scanner. These are those images.

Gizmodo has a video put together with some of those images. Yeah, they're not that clear (not sure if they've been pixelated or something) but that's not really the point, is it.

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That's one way to do it ...

Man threatens TSA!



He has a point about the difference in flying and walking down the street. One requires probable cause, the other apparently doesn't. So now certain activities are being treated differently (gun owners know this is hardly new!) than others, which is wrong, right? But you can't single people out unless you suspect them of terrorism, but if you do that, you're profiling. What's the government to do?

This, maybe?

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I've been thinking ...

... always dangerous!

Uncle has been thinking, too. How do we stop the TSA. Only 3 comments do far, and not many ideas on how to do it.

Allow me.

This will be a comprehensive approach, that will address quite a few issues that I think many of you can agree with.

Goal: To enhance air travel safety, while at the same time, allow more liberty regarding the 2nd Amendment.

1. Create a national carry permit. Currently, the FBI have one, and I can't see that they're that much more highly-trained than the average gun enthusiast. This permit should allow nation-wide concealed or open carry, and it should allow for concealed carry aboard domestic airline flights. It should not automatically allow carry while consuming alcohol, but should follow local or state laws. The permit can allow for some training requirements, but the training shouldn't require a trip to FLETC or Quantico (think NRA-sponsored). Cost - $500 for life.

2. Restructure NFA requirements. Change the per-transaction fee to an NFA permit. This permit, once issued, would allow the holder to own any NFA weapon, without paying a transfer fee. This permit should be shall-issue, with no reason for ownership needed. This permit should also not require a LEO sign-off. Cost - $1000 for life.

3. Concurrent with the above, the Hughes amendment should be repealed, as well as the importation restrictions on foreign weapons, as well as any reference to 'sporting purpose' in firearms regulations.

4. If you meet the training requirements for #1 while applying for #2, you will get the national carry permit with your NFA permit.

5. Holders of a national carry permit or NFA permit shall be exempt from 4473 requirements when purchasing non-NFA firearms.

That's just a start, but I think it'll do for now!

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I approve

Americans lining up to opt-out:

The Air Transport Association of America says it expects 24 million people to fly during the Thanksgiving holiday period, and an online campaign is urging everyone who flies the day before Thanksgiving – usually one of the busiest air travel days of the year – to opt out of the new full-body, nude-image scanners.

"The goal of National Opt-Out Day is to send a message to our lawmakers that we demand change," states the website. "No naked body scanners, no government-approved groping. We have a right to privacy and buying a plane ticket should not mean that we're guilty until proven innocent.

I say start letting citizens start carrying weapons on flights ... that'll keep the terrorists at bay.

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Security

After this little incident, some things have to change:

The audio message in Spanish is a bit garbled, but the text is clear.

It's offering $1 million for Sheriff Joe Arpaio's head and $10,000 for anyone who wants to join the Mexican cartel.

According to Wiki, the Pancho Villa expedition was largely a failure, but that was no fault of the military.

It's my opinion that if there is an attempt on Sheriff Arpaio's life, Cancun should be immediately off-limits to American visits, and Pres Present should have a come to Jesus meeting with Calderon and explain things to him.

Oh, wait .....

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hmmm ...

... I wonder of the TSA will be amused?

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Why is the Left so violent?

A pro-AZ immigration bill supporter was attacked by pro-illegal immigration supporters in Phoenix:

Witnesses say a group protesting against SB1070 began to fight with a man who was for the controversial immigration bill.

Police tried escorting that man away from the scene, fearing for his safety, when they too came under attack by people throwing items, including water bottles.

Police tried escorting that man away from the scene, fearing for his safety, when they too came under attack by people throwing items, including water bottles.

And they complain that the Right is hateful and racist and violent. Go figure.

I have my doubts about the law in AZ. But the federal government will have an accounting when it's challenged in court.

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