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Posts Tagged self-defense
The Second Amendement Get Its Due
From Reason Magazine’s October issue:
The invalidation of handgun bans throughout the country, accomplished in the space of two years, was sudden and surprising even to those who have spent decades laying the groundwork. Take Alan Gottlieb, founder and president of the Second Amendment Foundation, which began backing Gura’s various gun lawsuits after Heller. Since founding the SAF in 1974, Gottlieb has been hosting academic conferences, supporting legal scholars and historians, and filing carefully targeted lawsuits in defense of gun rights. Still, he says, “six years ago if you had said [the gun rights community would] see two cases get to the Supreme Court and two victories, I would have said, ‘Not in my lifetime. Maybe in someone else’s.’ â€
This demonstrates that liberty will remain as long as there are paladins who will defend it.
81-year-old man charged with attempted murder for shooting thief – an illegal immigrant thief
Posted by Jack Sinclair in Law, News on 13/Jul/2010 17:24
Robert Wallace on 9News.
“The Robert Wallace case has all the trademarks of a justice-gone-awry tale.
When Wallace, an 81-year-old Wheat Ridge resident, saw two men trying to steal his trailer this past February, he opened fire, hitting one of the men in the head.
But the person busted in the shooting’s immediate aftermath was Wallace, for attempted murder, while the two suspects in the theft attempt remained free until last week.
The contrast between an elderly man defending his property, Gran Torino-style, against the actions of an illegal alien — and then being prosecuted for his actions — could hardly be more stark.”
Alvaro Cordona-DeLoera - His mug shot clearly shows the impact the bullet had upon him
http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2010/07/robert_wallace_shooting_make_m.php
The Glock 36 As A Carry Gun
Posted by Brian in Glock, Handguns, Sights, Warrior Tools on 9/Feb/2010 17:02
A review of the Glock 36 including the pro’s and con’s of shooting and carrying a Glock.
Eaten are the Peace Makers
Posted by Jack Sinclair in Threat Watch on 20/Jan/2010 20:49
In 1835, a few hundred miles east of New Zealand, an island society with “a tradition of resolving disputes peacefully” met a brutal and bloody end because they decided not to fight back but “to offer peace, friendship, and a division of resources”.
The Moriori people preferred to negotiate and compromise. However, the Maori, armed with guns, clubs and axes, were not interested in diplomacy. Hundreds of Maori poured off their ships onto Moriori turf and attacked before any peace offering was given. Even though the Moriori far outnumbered their attackers, they chose not to resist, so they were slaughtered.
According to a survivor, “[The Maori] commenced to kill us like sheep. . . . [We] were terrified, fled to the bush, concealed ourselves in holes underground, and in any place to escape our enemies. It was of no avail; we were discovered and killed—men, women, and children indiscriminately.â€
Over the next few days, the Maori “killed hundreds of Moriori, cooked and ate many of the bodies”.
And what was the Maori perspective on this event?
“We took possession. . . in accordance with our customs and we caught all the people. Not one escaped. Some ran away from us, these we killed, and others we killed—but what of that? It was in accordance with our custom.â€
Question: What is the custom of our enemy? Have they decided to “take possession”? Are we foolish to think that an offer of peace, friendship, and a division of resources is going do any good?
True, fighting back is not the only answer, sometimes good things are accomplished through negotiation. But if you make a choice like the Moriori did, and you are facing an enemy like the Maori, your lack of resistance will only be seen as weakness and you will be killed like sheep – along with your women and children.
(quotes from the book, “Guns, Germs and Steel†by Jared Diamond)
I wonder how the story of the Moriori might have been different if they’d responded more like the Lumbee?
(The Lumbee were a small tribe of Indians in the United States that “…had always considered themselves indian, but were classified and treated as descendants of blacks.”)
In 1958, in Robeson County, South Carolina, the Lumbee rallied their men and resisted an attack by the KKK.
The end result when the fight was over?
“The Klan ceased to exist in Robeson County until 1984.”
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/1/17/124611/522