Only One Packing in the Park

To hit on David Codrea's theme of the Only Ones*, it would seem this county park ranger was known by two separate police officers, one his brother, to be unstable. He was known to have failed multiple background checks, yet these police officers and the county park authority still let him carry a gun... the same gun he used to kill his wife and her two children.


Keep this story in mind the next time you hear somebody argue that citizens should not be able to carry guns in parks. We citizens may very well need them to protect us from the park rangers known to the authorities to be dangerous.

*The Only Ones theme is a way of mocking anti-rights activists who wish to take away individual self-defense rights on the grounds that the police are infallible and always on the side of the righteous.

Another Great One Passes

Admittedly, I did not know Uncle Breezy as well as I should have... and such a shame that is. A WWII vet and into hunting and trap shooting, that would count for a missed opportunity for me.

Buford Foster, rest in peace.

We should all remember that everyday is a blessing. And for me, I understand more and more the things I could not comprehend as a young man.

Oracle's Grubby Hands

Regarding my earlier posts on HSMs (here and here), some colleagues from a sister institution pointed out to me today new information on the Sun Crypto Accelerator 6000s. These Sun cards are actually quite popular with people in need of SSL/TLS acceleration, but they are also coming into their own as FIPS-3 compliant HSMs for use with DNSSEC primarily because OpenDNSSEC works with them... and their historical cost has been in the $1,500 range.

That was until Oracle figured out that their product was popular, and the new price on the "Oracle" branded Sun Crypto Accelerator 6000s is $9,950. That would make them more expensive than the FIPS-4 compliant IBM 4764s. I, btw, have used these cards and don't believe they are worth what Oracle is charging.

"AJAX is the new NAT"

For an organization with a lot of self-identified atheists, the IETF seems full of a lot of religion.

A Tale of Two "Criminals"

Contrast and compare the justice of it all.

Criminal 1. A man serving his country in the national guard, gets targetted by the FBI in a terrorism investigation. The FBI can't actually find anything on him, so they call in the ATF to do the dirty work. The ATF arrests and puts him trial, but they fail to convict him even after specious legal arguments and tampering with evidence. He was never convicted, but his businesses are now ruined and he owes $400,000 in attorney fees.

Criminal 2. He is a convicted violent felon, with a record of other misdemeanors that show he is not a nice guy. By law, he is not allowed to own guns. Yet, he not only owns guns, he owns not one, not two, but three gun manufacturing companies. Yet the ATF knows all about him and he is not in jail.

The Feel Safe Campus

Campus carry is in the news lately because many states are in the process of legislating carry on college campuses. This article from a New Jersey lawyer of all people nails it. The money quote is from Larry Hincker, a Vice President at Virginia Tech, on the 2006 failure to pass campus carry in Virginia:

I’m sure the university community is appreciative of the General Assembly’s actions because this will help parents, students, faculty and visitors feel safe on our campus.

Yes, it is all about feeling safe. Don't worry about actually being safe. One year after Hincker's quote, Cho Seung-Hui had much different feelings and killed 32 students at Virginia Tech. For Hincker, it was much more important for students to feel safe than to actually be safe.

Here's an older article on the subject with a lot of good quotes.

The Safe Hamlet

Is there anything to worry about with Falls Church City police quitting their jobs due to low pay, little chance for advancement, and city financial mismanagement? Its not like anything ever happens in Falls Church, especially if you don't count the guy who got shot downtown last year or the lady who was burned alive.

Which brings us to this weeks crime report:

Discharging Weapon at an Occupied Dwelling and Destruction of Property, 100 block Haycock Rd.  On Mar. 16, 4:28 p.m., the resident reported hearing a loud pop while in his residence and found his window with a hole about the size of a BB pellet.  No injuries were reported.

Probably a .22 if it made a bang noise. Just think, the police haven't actually quit yet. Imagine what will happen when they do.

And this one left me scratching my head:

Assault, 200 block W. Broad St.  On Mar 16, 6:04 p.m., officers responded to a report of a 3 year-old being slapped in the face by an unknown female.  Witnesses described the suspect as a White female, approximately 35-45 years old and medium build.  She had blonde hair, wore glasses and was wearing a tan coat and yellow pajama pants at the time of the incident.

Was it her own 3 year-old she was slapping, or somebody else's kid? All I know is that if some stranger every strikes my kids, they had better run. But given this is Falls Church, I bet this a case of a busy-body reporting a parent for punishing their own child.

Progressive Fights Zero Tolerance

From WTOP: Task force to look into Va.'s 'zero tolerance' policy

As you can see, not all progressives are bad. This one is fighting to have stupid zero tolerance policies reformed. Of course, she was blocked by her fellow progressives in the Virginia Senate, but hopefully Delegate Kory can make some progress on this next year.

Who's in charge? Libya Edition

The bullet points on this article at the Mail Online in the UK are a must read:

Who's in charge? Germans pull forces out of NATO as Libyan coalition falls apart:

• Tensions with Britain as Gates rebukes UK government over suggestion Gaddafi could be assassinated
• French propose a new political 'committee' to oversee operations
• Germany pulls equipment out of NATO coalition over disagreement over campaign's direction
• Italians accuse French of backing NATO in exchange for oil contracts
• No-fly zone called into question after first wave of strikes 'neutralises' Libyan military machine
• U.K. ministers say war could last '30 years'
• Italy to 'take back control' of bases used by allies unless NATO leadership put in charge of the mission
• Russians tell U.S. to stop bombing in order to protect civilians - calls bombing a 'crusade'

It sounds like a royal screw up, and proves out why the United States tends to be the policeman of the world -- the Europeans find it too easy to squabble amongst themselves.

And I found this passage from the article funny:

In the U.S., Obama has made it clear he wants no part of any leadership role in Libya.

I think they got a bit too wordy. Let me fix it for them:

In the U.S., Obama has made it clear he wants no part of any leadership.

There we go. Much better.

Common Sense Gun Laws

The NRA is wrong! There is a need for common sense gun laws, and gun owners should support them. Michael Bane points out three common sense gun laws that the gun rights community could most certainly get behind. I've enumerated them here with some more verbiage:

1. National Reciprocity. It is only common sense that a person who passes background checks and is licensed or permitted to carry a concealed weapon in one state be able to do that in all states of the union. If a person with a drivers license can be trusted not to careen into a school bus full of screaming children just because they cross a state line, it should follow that a concealed carrier will not go berserk and shoot up a playground full of screaming children just because they step into another jurisdiction.

2. Make It Illegal For Law Enforcement To Provide Firearms To Criminal Organizations. With the recent news that the ATF, the federal agency with the oversight for firearms crimes, entered into a number of conspiracies to put firearms into the hands of Mexican drug cartels, I think most everyone can agree that such a thing should be outlawed.

3. Penalties For Violations of the Firearms Owners Protection Act. For years, the cities of Chicago, New York, and Newark have arrested gun owners transiting their airports with firearms lawfully under the federal Firearm Owners Protection Act. The cities eventually have to drop the charges and sometimes return any confiscated firearms, but not until hundreds of thousands of dollars are spent by the victims of these overzealous authorities. Municipalities should be fined $1 million per firearm confiscated and $5 million per person arrested in violation of this long-standing federal law. It is only common sense that municipalities be fined for conducting witch hunts that violate federal law.

Those are the items Michael Bane mentioned. Here are some more ideas for common sense gun laws.

4. Shooting Sports Are More Than Just Clay Pigeon Shooting. For reasons only known to anti-gunners, the ATF is allowed to restrict the importation of firearms to sporting uses. And for reasons only known to the ATF, the definition of a shooting sport is restricted to shooting clay pigeons, despite many shooting clubs and matches that occur every week with firearms that do not involve clay pigeons. Common sense would dictate that organized leagues with competitions, rankings, and amateur and professional athletes would constitute a sport. But the ATF does not see it that way. Since they cannot accurately determine what is and isn't a shooting sport, the restriction of the importation of firearms for only sporting purposes should be removed.

5. Adding Plastic Or Wood Components to A Firearm Should Not Be A Felony. There are a bevy of technicalities against making a firearm more controllable so it shoots more accurately, and violations of these technicalities are felonies. It is only common sense that we want a gun owner to shoot as accurately as possible, especially in a self defense situation. A gun owner should not be made a criminal just because they affix a piece of plastic or wood to stabilize a gun against their shoulder or make it easier to hold with two hands.

6. Laws Should Encourage, Not Discourage Firearms Sound Suppression Equipment. Though sound suppression equipment for firearms will not obviate the need for shooters to wear hearing protection, suppressing the loud sounds from firearms is good for shooters and the neighbors of shooting ranges. However, federal law discourages the purchase of sound suppression equipment with onerous taxes and paperwork. Noise reduction makes common sense. There should be no special taxes for sound suppressors and the checks for purchasing this equipment should be no different than the checks necessary to purchase firearms.

7. The Post Office Is Not A Sacred Temple. Despite being a federal entity with public facilities, it is unlawful for lawful gun owners to conceal carry a defensive firearm when picking up their mail at a U.S. Post Office. It defies common sense that a person lawfully permitted to conceal carry a firearm in everyday life, such as at the grocery store or just walking down the street, would suddenly go insane just because they step into the public spaces of a post office.

8. Being Unable To Pay Your Bills Does Not Constitute A Mental Illness. For years, the Veterans Administration has labelled veterans who cannot pay their bills or who have trouble meeting fiscal obligations as mentally ill. Once labelled as mentally ill, these veterans are robbed of certain rights, among them the legal ability to posses any firearm (i.e. any firearms they own are confiscated). If the Veterans Administration wants to take away the rights of our veterans, due process of law should be required... meaning the loss of rights should require a judicial order. Not being able to pay your bills does not constitute mental illness. That's only common sense.

That's at least 8 common sense gun laws we should all get behind. I'm sure there are probably more, but this is a good start. And if you hear somebody talking about common sense gun laws, be sure to point these out to them. After all, it is only common sense.

It Isn't Just Americans Who Hate The MSM

Apparently the Japanese think they are jerks too.

A Brutal World

Reading through the list of "gun deaths" over at Weerd Beard's blog, I found this story of a 10 year old girl tortured and killed by her parents. This is unbelievably horrible.

Overreact Much?

In Roanoke, Virginia, a man with an umbrella gets mistaken for a man with an assault rifle. A SWAT team is called, a region's largest mall is evacuated for 9 hours, and they still didn't catch the guy.

(h/t Say Uncle)

Senator Feinstein Burried ATF Scandal

With the news that 25 ATF agents have come forward in the ATF gunwalker scandal, it would appear that staunchly anti-gun Senator Feinstein had this letter in her hands TWO YEARS AGO and decided to bury it.

So the Senator that said she would pick the time and place to ban all guns has no problem with the ATF purposefully letting the guns she calls "assault weapons" into the hands of violent criminal organisations.

Can somebody ask the Brady Campaign if they plan to denounce Feinstein for putting the public at risk for ignoring this problem?

Virginia man charged with reckless handling of a gun after shooting his friend :: The Republic

Virginia man charged with reckless handling of a gun after shooting his friend :: The Republic

So the guy is drinking, shoots his female "friend", and they let him out of jail. Why?

Tight Lines: Black powder blast

Tight Lines: Black powder blast: "If you’ve never shot black powder guns before, you ought to give it a try."

Yes, I've been thinking about black powder firearms too. A purchase for one at significant discount is in the works. Unfortunately, these are generally disallowed at indoor ranges because of the smoke they generate and the exposed lead hitting the backstop. If you are interested in black powder, I suggest also having access to an outdoor range.

High Bridge Arms

In between running between San Francisco and San Jose this week, I decided to stop by High Bridge Arms, the last remaining gun shop in the city of San Francisco. Last year, the owner decided to convert the store to office space but was denied a permit by the city, so he went back to selling firearms. And in so doing, a big ruckus was raised.

Unfortunately for me, the shop is still being renovated and looked far from being ready to reopen.

Looking through the windows, the interior was still under construction and there was no merchandise of any kind to be seen.

Based on the nature of the comments from the neighborhood opponents, I got the impression that High Bridge Arms was in some upscale part of the city. That's not the case. Given the neighborhood where this store is located, one would be advised to be armed.

Apparently some of the store opponents claimed that the store would bring more crime to the area. My response to that is "Too Late!" And the activists who insisted the store be converted to a wine and cheese shop are just freakin' delusional if they think such a thing would bring up the stature of the neighborhood, much less actually survive as a business.

And if you haven't clicked through to High Bridge Arm's website, do so. It looks like it was very nice business. Reviews on Yelp were very good. And even the SFPD officer in charge of the panel granting High Bridge the renewal of their firearms selling permit said, "High Bridge appears to be a reasonably well-run business."

Vigilante Accountants

The Illinois AG insists that releasing the names in the Illinois registry of gun owners is in the public interest because this obvious violation of privacy is necessary for vigilante anti-gunners to verify that no prohibitted persons are on the list (obviously, anti-gunners don't trust the police who maintain the list).

Using this logic, wouldn't it be necessary for all stock and securities transactions to be made public. After all, insider trading has caused much public harm. And shouldn't everybody's mortgage and financial disposition be made public given that it was the over extension of mortgages by people who couldn't afford houses that has caused our current financial crisis? Its in the public interest for the vigilante accountants to know all this information. Doesn't that logic follow?

The North Koreans Are Coming!

Reader Kueblekhan emails me a link to this article at Big Hollywood about the remaking of Red Dawn. I did not realize MGM was remaking Red Dawn, but my first reaction was that just the general idea is a big mistake. There's so much stupid here to go around that it is hard to imagine.

First, Red Dawn is very much an era period movie of the 80's and the Cold War. Trying to update it to current events simply won't work.

Second, making China the aggressor in the remake is also completely silly. Not only is there no historical context for China being a major aggressor nation, but the relationship America has with China at this time is nearly the opposite of the relationship the United States had with the Soviet Union in the 80's. China is a major trading partner with the US, and the American people having a passing familiarity with Chinese culture (there is a China town in nearly every major city of the US). Contrast that with the Soviets, with whom we did not trade nor had much insight into their culture (which continues to this day).

Third, changing the aggressor from China to North Korea is almost too stupid for words. It moves the movie into the realm of fantasy and they would have been better off creating a fictional zombie nation as the invaders... that would be more realistic... and entertaining.

In German Style

In an email conversation with a European friend living in Germany, he says:

P.S. Keep on writing good entries in your blog. I am even starting to get interested about guns, which was an absolute non-thema for me before.

And that makes me want to post this YouTube video of the coolest indoor shooting range in the world, which is in Germany.

I realize Germany is a big country, but if I lived there I think a trip to this range would be arranged no matter what.

If you want to be a gun enthusiast and shooter in Europe, you can do a good bit worse than Germany.

Picture for the Day

Since I'm likely on a plane or something...

Falls Church Police Threaten to Quit

Northern Virginia's most progressive hamlet, Falls Church City, may find itself short on police officers, as some of them are threatening to quit. And that would be a bitch slap to the progressives of Falls Church City, because this virulently anti-gun community would be more susceptible to crime, especially from the poorer but more diverse sections of Fairfax County bordering their city to the south, sections of the county that were deliberately zoned out of the city so that the progressive whites of Falls Church could feel proud without actually feeling dirty.

And who can blame the police officers. There is little mobility in such a small police department. And at a time when the city grossly overpaid thousands of dollars for its new slogan, "The Little City", their pay has been frozen and remains so today. While the progressives of Falls Church -- a good, good many of whom are federal employees -- were shaking their fists in the air in solidarity with the Wisconsin public workers, they simultaneously didn't want their own taxes raised to pay their own civil servants a living wage. Perhaps  being good totalitarian liberals, they thought they could speed-trap their government out of its fiscal mess, but that seems to be having issues.

Buchanan County Deputies Killed and Wounded

Two Sheriff's deputies were killed and two wounded in a shootout in Vansant, Virginia. The shooter was eventually cornered and committed suicide-by-cop. Terrible! My condolences to the officers and their families.

The Monkey Didn't Have A Gun

And that's only a quote from the article. The title is even better: Woman smuggles monkey hidden in bra into Virginia courthouse.

A Whole Mess o' Fun

Come on now... doesn't that look like fun?

Hey JB, I can scratch one from the Want List

Sooo... I set out yesterday to buy some quick detach scope rings for my AR-15, and ended up at Virginia Arms in Manassas. Holy crap is that a dangerous place for a gun enthusiast to go! I was actually trying to get the attention of one of the staff when I looked up on the consignment wall and saw a Henry. This Henry.

So you can pretty much guess that it now has a new home.

Oh, by the by... I did get those scope rings.

Does this make us Preppers?

I spent the morning helping my wife put up two more garden boxes for some raised bed vegetable gardens. My eyeball tells me this will triple the area of land for growing vegetables. If things are like last year, we'll have a very plentiful summer.

Zoom Xoom

Exactly how is the Motorola Xoom suppose to be the iPad 2 killer when Motorola is going to cut production of the Xoom? Didn't it just hit shelves less than a month ago? I predict that in 6 months the Xoom will be a forgotten product, meeting much the same fate as the Samsung Galaxy Tab -- the worlds best hope of killing the iPad the last time around.

When it comes to the high-end of the smart phone and tablet markets, Apple cannot be surpassed with regards to hardware nor software. It's gonna take more than just globbing components together to beat Apple.

Run! It's a Doped Up Ninja!

Virginia man uses samurai sword to rob pharmacy, say cops

Though, at the end of the article it says the man was charged with "attempted robbery." Seeing as he did make off with the drugs, it's probably "armed robbery."

I wonder if my sensei teaches this in his sword class?

Quote of the Day

"It must suck to have a pair of middle-aged white guys with blogs just thoroughly beat you at your own job." -- John Richardson of the incredibly good blog No Lawyers - Only Guns and Money talking about the Washington Post's reaction to the ATF's Gunwalker scandal. And Richardson is absolutely right. With all the investigative prowess of the Washington Post, by now they should be able to out report David Codrea and Mike Vanderboegh on this scandal, but their ideological blinders have them providing cover for corrupt cops and slandering the bloggers who have brought this issue to light.

It's bad enough that the ATF managed to get a US Border Patrol agent killed along with unknown scores of innocent Mexicans while arming the drug cartels, but the Washington Post could at least get its head out of its ass long enough to reprint the story from other sources without slanting it.

Picture for the Day

House boats on the canals of Amsterdam.

I took this last summer during my visit to the Netherlands for IETF 78 (which was actually in Maastricht). Over the years, I've been to Amsterdam so many times that I've lost track. Like Paris, it is a great city that would be twice as great if the petty property crimes were brought under control.

Virginia AG Says There Is No Obligation to Protect College Students

The Virginia Citizens Defense League points out that there is no obligation by any government to protect college students. Which is pretty much true and shouldn't be a surprize to anyone paying attention because the US Supreme Court has upheld on many occasions that government has no obligation to protect ANYBODY. College students may want to consider this before throwing in support with college administrators about disallowing concealed carry on college campuses by permit holders.

If you are a college student, you should ask your school's administration to accept all liability for harm that may come to you in exchange for giving up your rights to self defense. You'll find that they won't take that deal, and that should tell you something about whose interests they are protecting... and it ain't yours.

Idiots and Their Rules

You may know them by their more common name, politicians. Seems some idiot in Florida is trying to make taking pictures or even drawing pictures of farms a FELONY. It's almost as if they are trying to trick you into being a felon. I wonder if there is a book about that.

Optic

So now that I've got the accuracy issue figured out, the finance committee has approved the purchase of some high-end glass to sit atop my AR-15. Because my eyes suck, I am in need of magnification for any decent distances, so the question falls as to what to get.

For about half a day I was all hot about getting the Eotech MPO system (holographic site + magnifier) until I realized it would add almost 2 pounds to the weight of my carbine. It seems to me the added weight cancels out any added benefit with aiming, as keeping the business end of the bore steady gets increasingly difficult with each ounce.

So now I'm looking at Trijicon ACOGs, but the thing I can't get through my thick skull is why the seemingly less versatile Trijicon ACOG is better than the more versatile and considerably less expensive Trijicon Accupoint 1-4 or 1.5-4 scopes. The Accupoint scopes have much bigger eye pieces, seemingly better eye relief, and can be adjusted in power. ACOGs are fixed power, have small eye pieces and have eye relief that seems to require a personal relationship with the optic. Both have dual illumination sources and support the Bindon aiming concept. The only advantage I can attribute to an ACOG over an Accupoint is the Bullet Drop Compensator... which is not that big of deal because my carbine works best with 75gr bullets and not the 62gr bullets those BDC markings have been calibrated for.

What to do? What to do?

Charl van Wyk to Speak at VCDL Meeting

Charl van Wyk will be speaking at the March 29th meeting of the Virginia Citizens Defense League in Annandale. For those who don't know who he is, van Wyk repelled a terrorist attach on the St. James Church in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa in 1993, armed only with a snub-nosed .38 special revolver. Eleven people died and 58 were wounded in the attack, but the attackers fled after taking fire. Had nobody fought back, the terrorists had planned to burn the church to the ground to kill everybody.

Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it to the VCDL meeting as I will be away on business. But it should certainly be an interesting talk.

Speaking of which...

8 out of 9 People Shot in Luzerne, PA

Because the other ninth of the population of that county are packing, and therefore the blood is running in the streets as people use their firearms to settle every petty disagreement... or so says Max Nacheman of CeasefirePA.

And of course life is like that. We all remember that famous episode of Hells Kitchen where that Italian restaurant owner buried a steak knife in Gordon Ramsay's skull. I mean, who wouldn't ram the closest sharp instrument through the temple of smarmy Brit who got in your face while calling you a "fucking idiot". Man, that was a great episode! In case you want to watch it again, here it is.

Rep. Jim Moran (VA-8) Supports Your Rights

... to die at the hands of criminals so long as you continue paying your taxes. Being my representative, his dedication makes me well up with such emotion that I can't help but vote for him.

UN Prevents Slaughter of Unarmed Women

Oh wait! I got that wrong. They just stood by and let it happen.

IDPA adds new Distinquished Master Class

That hill I'm climbing, it just got taller.

Registry Stuff

Gun registries, that is!

In Illinois, the Associated Press has been trying to get hold of the names and firearm models in the state firearms registry. The Illinois State Police have been holding up the request, and now the Attorney General has said that the police must release the names, addresses, and guns owned to the press.

Greg Gutfeld says that this lets criminals know which houses can be broken into without fear of being shot. Others have posited that it helps criminals know where guns can had for the taking. Both might be true, but we all know that the AP intends to use this information to intimidate gun owners, as has happened in the past when newspapers have published the names of CCW permit holders alongside the names of sex offenders.

Now it seems the Illinois State Police are refusing to give up the list. My first assumption was that retired policemen who wish to have guns must be on the list. I was wrong but not wrong enough. Apparently, it isn't just retired policemen on the list but active duty policemen, any politician, judge, and anybody in the state.

The legal reasoning for releasing the information:

"Therefore, even if disclosure of the names and expiration of the (Firearm Owner's Identification Card) card owners did constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, this fact is outweighed by the public interest that exists in ensuring the integrity of the (police) database."

Even if you don't buy the argument that criminals do not have a healthy respect for the well-being of the general public.... they certainly might have a score or two to settle with police officers. Wouldn't it be in the public interest to protect the public from criminals showing up on their doorstep? Just curious.

As was stated at Say Uncle, if the information in the gun registries is not to be treated with reasonable care, the need for having gun registries is not reasonable.

Say It Ain't So, ScarJo!

Just when I thought my opinion of Scarlett Johansson couldn't get any lower, she defies the impossible. At least Bill Murray was cool.

One More Reason to Hate Business Travel

It's bad enough that when you travel these days you have to watch out for bedbugs in the hotel, but now you have to watch for them on the airplanes too. British Airways had to take two 747s out of service to fumigate them for bedbugs.

One of my co-workers got his luggage infested with bedbugs on a business trip once. After he told me about that, I no longer let my luggage or any clothing touch the floor of hotel rooms. And I always check under the covers of the bed before going night-night. And the environment be damned, I never opt for having my towels or linens go unwashed for a day... if they are dirty, I want them washed.

Oh, and read this comment from the article above.

Collin Goddard and the VA Tech Massacre

Collin Goddard, one of the victims of the Virginia Tech massacre, has been on an anti-gun campaign for sometime now and is a paid staff member of the Brady Campaign. With the latest pushes to make concealed carry on college campuses legal in some states, Goddard has been using his victim status to refute any notion that had a student or professor been armed that day, there would have been nothing they could have done because of the fog of the moment.

But... that doesn't appear to be the case. Sebastian of Snow Flakes In Hell takes Goddard to task on the tactics that could have been employed that day using the Goddard's own witness statement and the final report of the Virginia Tech massacre. Essentially, had somebody in Goddard's classroom had a gun, there would have been plenty of time and warning to bring it bear.

UPDATE: It would appear Collin Goddard claims to have been in the Army, but was actually only in the ROTC. Given that he has used his victimhood as a VA Tech massacre survivor in the past to claim that the "gun-show loophole" should be closed even though the weapons used in that event weren't purchased at a gun-show, I'd say young Mr. Goddard is being dishonest by knowingly omitting information.

Constitutional Carry now the law in Wyoming

The Republic - Wyoming becomes fourth state to allow concealed guns without permits

Man Runs Over 20 Cyclists In "Self Defense"

Info here. Warning, the video is disturbing.

Picture for the Day

A statue in the Forbidden City