Dean Weingarten has a good find at Ammoland.
Judge Eduardo Ramos, the U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, has issued an Opinion & Order that a ban on stun guns is constitutional. A New York State law prohibits the private possession of stun guns and tasers; a New York City law prohibits the possession and selling of stun guns. Judge Ramos has ruled these laws do not infringe on rights protected by the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution.
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“You make a lot of great points. Ask any hunter why you can no longer find deer in the Pisgah National Forrest. Here’s why. Mountain bikers protest to the state when anyone talks about burning it. The last time I hunted there there were no deer. The woods is so dense with dead fall, limbs and brush that you can’t walk into the woods you have to step through two feet deep of treacherous stuff that can break your ankles. What was once delivered wisdom from the old timers (let the woods burn from lightning strikes) became “fight the fires.” Until we came up with a solution, managed, or prescribed, or controlled burns. But unless it’s private property, the biologist don’t like that either. So we just drive the wildlife out instead. As for the wolves, I’m sure they like seeing cows give birth and when they’re at their weakest, the newborn (along with placenta) becomes a meal. The coyotes (Coydogs or Coywolves) do that here. They are invasive and will utterly destroy the deer herd if left unchecked. So there’s no limit on hunting them. Nor should there be. They – along with feral hogs – should be eradicated, at least here in the east. Y’all should never have put the wolf back into where it doesn’t belong. You need to do controlled burns. And you shouldn’t have “wildlife biologists” who aren’t hunters. Hunters are better at observing and cataloging wildlife behavior than they are. At one time in our past, it was understood that managing (and slowly and slightly increasing the herd size) was a balancing act that required burns, hunting, logging, and biologists who understood this sort of thing. Today the universities graduate earth-worshippers who accomplish the opposite of what they intend. The earth and what’s in it aren’t here for me to worship. I’m here to be a good steward of what God has granted us. Few college grads understand that today.”
This is really a bad look for the South Carolina DNR. I would think they would want to back out of this as quickly as possible.
First, the point of the law is not to shoot deer while spotlighting.
Second, for all the officers knew, Shane Huffman was attempting to figure out if that game standing in the field was a Coyote or Feral Hog, both of which are legal to shoot any time of the day with either thermal scopes or NV. What Shane intended by backing his truck up goes to state of mind, and it is impossible for the officers to prove that.
Third, if these officers have time to put human bait in fields and sit in cars waiting for people to stop and look at the bait, they have way to much time on their hands. I have often stopped when I saw a deer, or what I thought was a deer, in order to (a) keep from running over a deer (if it’s a doe there’s likely more around), and (b) to gauge the size and quality of the deer (who knows, maybe it’s somewhere I would want to hunt in the future).
As to (a) above, I have a guard on the front of my truck. I know a guy to hit a deer and totaled his vehicle, and another who did $26,000 worth of damage to his vehicle.
Fourth, officer Thomas should be fired for being corrupt, and officer Tatum should be fired for being so stupid.
Fifth, don’t ever talk to the police. Ever. Under any circumstances. The words are: “I invoke my fifth amendment rights and will not speak to law enforcement except in the presence of my attorney.”
Sixth, officer cameras should not have mute features.
Finally, I suspect that most state DNRs could get by with only 10% of the officers they currently have in their employ.
The Uvalde, Texas, gunman fired 117 rounds in two Robb Elementary School classrooms during a two-minute period before school police officer Adrian Gonzales entered the building, a Texas Ranger told jurors on Friday.
While prosecutors allege Gonzales did not follow his training, the defense contends that other officers arrived on scene at nearly the same time and had the opportunity to kill the gunman.
Ranger Nick Hill testified that Gonzales had a window of one minute and four seconds after he parked his car before gunman Salvador Ramos entered the school. Gonzales took three minutes and 53 seconds to enter Robb Elementary after parking his car, Hill said.
Hill said Gonzales parked at 11:31:55 a.m. and radioed in the active shooter report at 11:32:09 a.m.
Ramos entered the west side of Robb Elementary at 11:32:59 a.m., and, after firing 21 shots in a hallway, he entered the first of two classrooms at 11:33:45 a.m. Gonzales entered the south door of Robb Elementary at 11:35:48 a.m., Hill said.
In total, Ramos fired 173 shots during the massacre, while law enforcement discharged 25 rounds, Hill said. Ramos killed 19 students and two teachers.
After Hill said Gonzales had more than a minute to stop the gunman outside the school, defense lawyers pushed back, highlighting that other officers had similar — if not better — opportunities to stop the gunman.
Hill acknowledged during cross examination that three other officers arrived approximately 30 seconds after Gonzales and could more easily spot the gunman.
I’m sure they did, and I’m sure they could have. Every last officer involved that day should be stripped naked, marched to the city square, and put in stocks for the public to see.
And don’t forget that they didn’t just not do anything, they stopped brave fathers from entering the school to stop the shooting.
Make no mistake about it. This is why they hate him. Anything else is a lie and a gas-lighting fabrication to hide the truth.
They don’t want to stop the gravy train for ne’er-do-wells, criminals, morons, buffoons and the perfumed prince former generals who get on the BoD of these criminal outfits.
I’ve conveyed my puzzlement at folks who would sit on the couch rather than go vote, and then worry over whether what they have in their homes is illegal.
Anyway, I like his style. I just can’t stand the overly-emotion presentations elsewhere, but here he gives you the scoop without the drama.
I’m so thankful that my moral predilections don’t include defending the right of people like this to be here.
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