The “Captain†is Herschel Smith, who hails from Charlotte, NC. Smith offers news and commentary on warfare, policy and counterterrorism.
6 years, 3 months ago
I guess I’ve never understood the love for 300 Blackout or why people think it’s a better option than virtually anything else, especially at long range, but to each his own. I know this round has its believers.
6 years, 3 months ago
With Chris Costa. I would only find this position comfortable with knee pads.
6 years, 3 months ago
A teenager was hit by ricocheting shrapnel when a North Georgia sheriff’s gun discharged inside a Walmart.
Pickens County Sheriff Donnie Craig was wearing the gun in his waistband when it went off inside the Jasper store Tuesday night, according to the sheriff’s office. The round hit the floor.
Craig and several deputies were attending a “Shop with the Sheriff” holiday event and were standing near the front of the store during the “accidental discharge,” sheriff’s spokesman Capt. Kris Stancil told AJC.com. A 15-year-old boy in a nearby checkout line reported a minor injury, he said.
At the time, the teen told deputies he had not been hit and was OK. It wasn’t until later that he noticed a “small cut” that was barely recognizable as a wound from shrapnel, Stancil said.
The shrapnel that ricocheted was about the size of a pencil eraser, he said. The teen reported the injury to the sheriff’s office and went to a hospital for an X-ray.
“At the time of the discharge, the weapon was not being handled and the weapon was secured in the waistband,” the sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post. “Sheriff Craig has stated how thankful he is that no one was seriously injured in the incident. All policy protocols will be followed during the investigation into the incident.”
The gun was a “backup weapon,” the agency said. It is not clear what caused the weapon to fire.
Sorry, but I don’t believe this. I also don’t believe in gremlins, goblins (except in the halls of congress), the tooth fairy, or the Easter bunny.
Something mechanically interacted with the firearm to cause the discharge.
6 years, 3 months ago
Via David Codrea, courtesy of Len Savage, the ATF is involved in more creative rulemaking.
No mechanism currently exists for ATF to authorize a request from an FFL to transfer a GCA/SBS, such as the Reformation, to a non-licensee. Therefore, until ATF is able to promulgate a procedure for processing and appr.oving such requests, an FFL may not lawfully transfer a Reformation configured as a GCA/SBS to a non-licensee.
I don’t personally care since I don’t want one. But I do care because if someone else wants one, they should be able to have one. Fudds are not honorable men.
Because. Liberty. I don’t have a bump stock either, but if I wanted one I should be able to have one. Because. Liberty.
Because. Shall not be infringed. All gun control is wickedness.
6 years, 3 months ago
I found this to be a useful video. I enjoy and benefit from videos like this where an operation that could be complex is taken apart into its parts and explained thoroughly, with tricks of the trade explained.
6 years, 3 months ago
At least 20 cops in Baltimore, Maryland were arrested, sentenced, or suspended in 2019 for their behavior, a Baltimore Sun report found.
The outlet noted that this was an “ugly” year for the city’s cops, some of whom committed crimes themselves and terrorized residents. In addition to the 20 or so who were punished for their actions, Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby in October presented a list of 305 Baltimore police officers with possible credibility issues.
“We have 305 officers with integrity issues and/or allegations of integrity issues that would in essence put them in jeopardy from testifying,” Mosby said when she presented her list.
Beating a Man “Without Justification”
Former officer Arthur Williams was found guilty of second-degree assault in June based on body cam footage of him beating a man multiple times. The victim received a broken jaw and ribs and spent three days in the hospital. Baltimore Circuit Judge Yolanda Tanner said the attack was “without justification.” Williams was sentenced to 9 months in prison.
Sergeant Charged after Chasing and Arresting Man For Exercising Free Speech Rights
A sergeant was charged with “assault, false imprisonment and misconduct,” the Sun reported, after he chased a bystander who was complaining about how officers were treating a suspect. The bystander committed no crimes, yet the police sergeant arrested him, according to body cam footage. When the bystander asked why he was being arrested, the police sergeant told him: “Just go to jail and take your charge like a man.”
Road Rage
Former officer Michael Gentil was sentenced to five years in prison after he nearly ran over a pedestrian and then pulled a gun on the man after he spilled tea on Gentil’s car. Gentil, according to prosecutors, didn’t yield when the pedestrian was crossing the street. The pedestrian was carrying tea and spilled some on Gentil’s car. Gentil then pulled a gun on him and ordered him to get down on the ground.
Drunk Driving
Former officer Aaron Heilman was found with a blood alcohol level of 0.22 and slumped over in his car in the early afternoon last year. He entered a plea agreement this year. Another officer, detective Kevin Brown, was suspended and charged with driving under the influence.
Perjury
Michael O’Sullivan was sentenced to 15 months in prison – but is still part of the police force, though he has been suspended – for lying in court regarding a criminal case. O’Sullivan claimed he saw a suspect throwing away a handgun while fleeing from cops. It was determined he could not have witnessed the event.
Planting a Toy Gun on Someone to Justify Police Chasing Him
A man was chased by police in 2014 and eventually “run down by an officer’s vehicle,” the Sun reported. To justify police actions, retired police Sgt. Keith Gladstone planted a toy gun on the man. He pleaded guilty and faces up to 10 years in federal prison, according to the Sun.
Gun Task Force Corruption
Eight city officers were “convicted of racketeering offenses for robbing people using their badge,” the Sun reported.
Tasing and Beating a Teenager
Former officer Carlos Rivera-Martinez was dismissed and convicted of second-degree assault and misconduct after beating a 16-year-old in the head and using his taser on the boy after chasing him.
When the state no longer even cares about what Mike Vanderboegh called the mandate from heaven. And doesn’t care if you know they no longer care. And no longer makes pretensions about any of it. And doesn’t care what God thinks about it all.
6 years, 3 months ago
Via David Codrea, this reddit link updates us.
The following six localities became sanctuaries tonight, making the total 101!:
Franklin County – Unanimous, 400+ in middle of the work day Mathews County – Unanimous, 500+ in middle of the work day Prince Edward County – 4 to 3, 550+, voted down a weaker resolution and passed a stronger one! Stafford County – Unanimous, 3,000+ Town of Vinton – 4 to 1, 60+ York County – 4 to 1, 800+
500+ gun owners showed up in Clarke County to urge the Board of Supervisors to put a 2A Sanctuary resolution on their agenda. The Board of Supervisors is considering having a special meeting to do so.
News Coverage:
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Virginia local government is divided into 95 counties and 38 independent cities (govt and population separate from counties). So after tonight:
2A Resolutions: 2 cities and 7 counties
Sanctuary: 7 cities and 76 counties and 15 towns (overlaps with counties)
Pending: 4 cities and 7 counties
Rejected: 5 cities and 3 counties
No Action: 20 cities and 2 counties
This equates to 46% of the population and 85% of the area under sanctuary or 2A resolution status.
One good thing all of this does is flush the collectivists out of hiding. Now Virginians will know who to go after in the next election cycle. In the mean time, if Governor Ralphie “Kill babies give me all your guns” Northam and his minions are serious about starting CWII before then, patriots have both a moral and legal basis for resistance.
6 years, 3 months ago
Two of the victims who were injured during a mass shooting in Toronto’s Danforth neighbourhood in 2018 are looking to proceed with a $150-million class-action lawsuit against United States gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson Corp.
Lawyers for Samantha Price and Skye McLeod, along with their family members, filed a statement of claim with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on Monday.
“The handgun is an ‘ultra-hazardous product specifically designed to injure or kill people. The handgun was negligently designed and manufactured in that Smith & Wesson failed to incorporate ‘authorized user’ (or ‘smart gun’) technology into the weapon,” the claim said, noting “smart gun” technology “prevents unauthorized users … from firing the weapon.”
I don’t have a feel for whether a judgment in Canada would actually affect S&W here in America, but when the supreme tyrants decided to let the Remington lawsuit go forward, they doomed the legal process to ridiculous claims like this.
Congratulations to the tyrants. I guess you won this round. And S&W will doubtless have to look for ways to cut costs because of the legal fees coming their way. I’m sure this won’t affect the customer.
6 years, 3 months ago
I was watching this video and they got a bit long winded, so I bailed out. But not before learning about a bill to require registration of so-called “assault weapons” in North Carolina.
You see, we get a routine influx of New Yorkers, Californians and others into N.C. that tilts our politics left, and this sort of thing comes up often.
But this might be a bit different given the proclivities of the current person who lives in the governor’s mansion. I think I’ve located it here. It does exactly that as I read it. But if some other reader knows something else please let me know. Also, I assume that GRNC knows more about this than I do, so I’ll try to check with them on this.
So there’s a fight right in my own yard to deal with. It’s not just happening in Virginia.
