Posted on 04/18/2023 4:04:17 PM PDT by CFW
[Erika D. Smith]
[O]ne would think supporting policies that let Americans carry any type of gun, anywhere, at anytime would be a losing proposition for any politician, much less one who wants to be president.
And yet as I listened to Trump — and the parade of equally craven Oval Office hopefuls who preceded him onstage — I began to realize that he just might be right in his political calculation. Because, far from losing, the NRA seems to be winning. In fact, it might already have won, polls be damned.
Why would I believe such a thing?
It’s not because of the nonsense I heard longtime NRA Chief Executive Wayne LaPierre spout last week, including that the Founding Fathers created the 2nd Amendment so that, from “the day you’re born,” Americans have the “God-given right” to carry a gun for self-defense that cannot be infringed upon.
Nor is it because, as former Vice President Mike Pence told the NRA faithful, “freedom is under attack,” and Americans are determined to not let the government take their guns. I’ll spare you the stories of people I know who think this so fervently that they’ve buried boxes of semiautomatic rifles and ammunition in their backyards.
(Excerpt) Read more at thetruthaboutguns.com ...
Ditto for North Idaho. Except, a couple weeks ago, a creep from Priest River came down to Coeur d’Alene and was breaking into cars in a shopping center parking lot. A 74 year old guy came out of the Michael’s store and found him in his car. The guy pulled his gun on the robber but the robber went to his own car and got in. The old guy holstered his weapon and then commanded the robber to stop and get out. But the culprit tried to run the old guy over with his car. The old guy got bounced up on the hood of the culprit’s car, then re-drew his sidearm and opened fire on him in his car. He was transported to the hospital but died there.
These types of events are extremely rare in North Idaho.
The truck owner was thrown from the hood of the burglar's car and was injured but survived. He was taken to the hospital for treatment. There was no report of the severity of his injuries.
Correct. Thanks for the amplification and clarification if my write-up was not clear.
Bottom line — the good guy won, the bad guy is dead. I haven’t read if the good guy is going to be charged. On our local NextDoor, it’s running about 99 to 1 hoping he his not charged.
“An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.” ― Robert A. Heinlein, Beyond This Horizon.
Yep.
That qualifier is there because, while typing I suddenly realized I don’t have any long range weapons.
What?! No long range weapons= not enough weapons!
Seriously though, my preference is to be able to “reach out and touch someone” from 50-100 yards or more if possible, rather than let them get too close.
If I’m pulling my 9mm or 45acp, it means someone’s too close for my comfort and at that point I’m just making damn sure I take them out before I die myself.
I’m ornery AF that way I suppose.
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