businesses who support the 2nd amendment

by Zee

It holds that businesses who are customer friendly tend to get more business. Concealed license holders know which businesses post signage, and they avoid those that they can not enter. Would you put up a sign that says NO MEN ALLOWED or one that says NO BRUNETTES ALLOWED? No, then why alienate the CHL demographic? CHLs account for 400,000 consumers, and that number is growing.

The better solution is to post one or both of these:

Note that the above signs ban the ILLEGAL / UNLICENSED possession and encourage the LEGAL / LICENSED possession respectively.

Businesses should understand that legal carry is not a threat to their employees or patrons. In fact, quite the opposite. Businesses that post no gun signs and effective notice signs are potential killing zones.

So business owners, before you post a "NO GUNS" sign, consider what you are really doing. Criminals won't obey the law or your sign. And prohibiting a trained, tested, background checked, and licensed honest citizen from protecting themselves (and you) by refusing them the ability to exercise their 2nd amendment rights is not going to win you any business, nor protect your business, employees or customers.

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Does OSHA prohibit Concealed Carry at Work? NO!

Does OSHA prohibit Concealed Carry at Work? NO!

Prominent business lobbyists in Ohio offered Senate testimony against HB12 in 2003, inferring that CCW at work would create an OSHA* (the Occupational Safety and Health Administration) concern. Perhaps they should have checked with OSHA, as we did!

Jeff Lewis, Safety and Occupational Health Manager, of Region 6 of OSHA, has told Ohioans For Concealed Carry that OSHA has no policy or the authority to regulate firearms in the workplace. Should an employer choose to allow firearms in the workplace, Lewis says, he would be under no violation of any OSHA regulation or guideline.

SOURCE BURRIED SOMWHERE IN THIS ARTICLE
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/What-Business-Owners-Need-to-Know-About-CCW

An open letter to all other gun-grabbing liberals

by Sheep1138

You are right, the "Banning Guns Issue" is a very important issue - Extremely important to stop in it's tracks. The nanny state would sure like to ban all the guns. But despite their rhetoric and demagoguery, that action is neither wise not constitutional.

The GENIE is out of the bottle on this one folks. You will never get all the guns back. And if you try, all you will do is make sure that the criminals are armed and the honest civilians are not.

The arms race is not just a cold-war era euphemism from the 80's - it is a fact of life. Criminals will often be armed or just plain bigger stronger faster than you are. As Sam Colt put it, the firearm is the great equalizer. God made man, but Sam Colt made them equal!

The supreme court has ruled that the 2nd amendment applies to individuals. "the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" means that we can own and carry, without any impedance, any form of arms. The forefathers specifically used this language - "Arms" rather than flintlock or musket, specifically to allow for future developments in technology. They used "shall not be infringed" because it was the strongest anti-government control language - that the government shall not encroach or trespass upon it.

Arms (noun) weapons, especially (but not limited to) firearms.

Infringe (verb) to encroach or trespass (usually followed by on or upon ): Don't infringe on his privacy.

encroach (verb) to trespass upon the property, domain, or rights of another, especially stealthily or by gradual advances.

The supreme court has also rules that police departments do NOT have hte obligation to protect you. And we all know that they don't have the power to do that anyway. Even the officers will tell you that despite their commendable efforts, they often are only able to clean up the corpses after the fact.

Having a firearm to defend yourself is not only a God given and constitutionally protected right, it is a necessity. Time and time again, statistics show that with more guns in the hands of law abiding citizens, the crime rate goes down. "An armed society is a polite society". Yet the Brady-bunch continues to lie to you, twist facts, and fear-monger you into believing that if they take YOUR guns away, they could also take criminals guns away. NONSENSE.

We do not need more gun laws to help reduce crime. It is already illegal to commit a crime. It is already illegal for an ex-con to obtain a firearm. It is already illegal to make a straw purchase. We need to enforce the laws that we have, and punish the criminals, not the honest citizens!

This logic is so simple that a 1st grader can easily grasp it. Yet it eludes the cranky lefty liberal gun-grabbers. Go figure.

Off Topic

Sorry this is off topic but I just had to comment on it.

VA accused of censoring religious speech at cemetery
Veterans allege volunteers are not allowed to say "God bless you" at the Houston National Cemetery.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7630537.html#ixzz1Qhf4LFyK


What these people are doing is the very definition of PURE EVIL. We were supposed to have "separation of church and state" specifically so that we COULD practice religion uninhibited. And so that the church would not have political control the government. That means separation of the POWERS of church and state (ie the authorities). Not separation of church FROM state or FROM the people. Anything that removed God from our lives is, by definition, EVIL.

Homeowner Stops Burglars With Shotgun

Homeowner Stops Burglars With Shotgun

An east Houston homeowner confronted burglars when they targeted his house Wednesday.

Ray Ridgeway said he heard glass breaking at his home in the 500 block of Woodhurst Street about 6:15 a.m. About 15 minutes later, three men with baseball bats tried to break his window and open his door, he said.

"I was standing there. I cocked my gun," Ridgeway said. "They heard that sound and took off running.

http://www.click2houston.com/news/28399128/detail.html

More anti-gun sillyness from "Those in authority"

The Garner police responded to a break-in in progress at a home on Nellane Drive. Whitaker told them one of the prowlers had fired a shot at him and he retuned fire with his shotgun.

Despite the fact that he was trying to protect himself, police cited Whitaker, 26, of Nellane Drive for violating the gun ordinance.



The use of a weapon for self defense is and always has been a exception to the "no shooin' guns in the city" law. Why Garner NC does not have such an exception in their law is beyond me. But the officers, sherrif, and DA should know better than to arrest him for it. What's that line that the DAs always use? "We ahve determined that it does not serve the interest of the people to prosecute"

http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/208446.php

Women 'On Target' at Salem Rifle and Pistol Range

By Susan Sullivan



Ladies, we all know we're capable of doing a lot of impressive things.

But how comfortable are you with shooting firearms?

Sandy Clark hasn't had a lot of experience with guns, but she sees her son and husband shoot, and would like to help other women get acquainted, too.

“I really feel that women have a desire to learn about guns, but they are intimidated by men, and then, instructors,” she said. “So what I'd like to do is learn all I can from the NRA and the Women on Target, and to be able to pass that onto girls up near my area"

This year, registration was full weeks in advance.

“More women are getting involved, they're loving it,” said Instructor Lorie Doll. “We're breaking the stereotype that guns are scary, and it's wonderful. We get more ladies out every year. This year we added a second clinic, and we're looking next year to have three.”

Those who attend are different women when they leave, Doll reveals.

“They are pretty timid,” she laughed. “They're, 'Oh, I'm not sure I wanna do that,' And as we work them down the line, you can see the confidence get bigger and bigger and bigger. We start out with something really small and easy, and work their way up, and by the time they leave here, they're outta sight!”

“I think that women are a target themselves, out in our society right now, and I believe that we need to know how to be safe in a normal situation,” Sandy shared. “But also, if we want to be safe carrying a firearm at some point in our life, that we need to have that instruction, so that we can carry it safely and we can feel confident with it.”

http://www.wboy.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=101318

Houston man robbed, fatally shot while watering lawn

By MIKE GLENN

A man was shot to death early this morning during a violent hold-up at his southwest Houston home, authorities said.

Clarence Vick, 61, was watering the lawn at his home in the 3800 block of Westhampton about 3 a.m. Monday when two men walked up to him and robbed him, Houston police said.

The robbers opened fire, striking Vick at least once. He was taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7629359.html

I don't know about you, but when I'm in my yard, I'm armed. This may surprise some people, but as indicated above, no-where is safe. As the old CHL saying goes "If you knew where trouble was going to be, you wouldn't need to carry, you just wouldn't go there."

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Gun totin' women teach firearm safety at church

By Steve Pokin

On nearby folding tables is an arsenal of shotguns, rifles, revolvers and pistols and books like "Armed and Female."

Welcome to First Baptist Church, in Wentzville.

The seminar at the church is for those who want to learn about guns and gun safety. The class began a year ago as an all-female gathering. It's part of the church's Practical Shooting Sport Ministry, which includes competitive shooting.

"Ann and I are here to talk about firearms and what a blessing they are and how much fun they can be if used correctly," McClelland says. She recommends a revolver for beginners.

"It is so simple," she says.

She likes revolvers for safety reasons, too. By disengaging the cylinder, which typically has six chambers, the gun owner can clearly see if it's loaded.

But whatever gun chosen, McClelland advises, don't carry it in your purse. First of all, attackers are likely to snatch your purse.

Also, she asks, "Have you ever tried to find something in your purse?"

Would-be rapists are likely to knock you down, making it difficult to get to your purse and gun, McClelland says.

Instead, carry the gun in a holster. McClelland slightly lifts her loose-fitting top to show her weapon, holstered belt-high. It suddenly occurs to her that she forgot to remove it and was packing while singing in the choir that morning.

There are other places for women to hide small guns, she says.

"Many a time I have carried one in a brassiere and nobody ever knew," McClelland says.

"We had women coming to us who have lived with fear of the firearms their husbands had in the home only because they did not know how to handle them safely and it was the 'man's thing,'" she says.

"You don't have to be scared of the gun if you know what you are doing," says Mom. "Safety first. And safety last."

http://www.stltoday.com/suburban-journals/stcharles/news/article_dabc17ff-ebdd-5566-8386-5ca820e29e14.html

The Day that Guns Came to Church in Louisville

By Cary G. Stemle

From 2009

At 4:55 p.m, five minutes before New Bethel Church's highly publicized "open-carry service" was set to begin Saturday evening, Lynne Smith walked into the sanctuary with her husband and two friends and took a seat in the front row. Asked what weapon she had with her, Smith had to stop and think about which gun she'd brought but finally said it was a Beretta .25 automatic. Her husband, Michael Houston, wore a Browning .380 in a holster. Their friends, Ted and Barbara Grant, were also carrying weapons. Barbara, wearing a NYPD baseball cap, had a Ruger .38 revolver, while Ted, who wore a ball cap with the National Rifle Association logo on the side and "Silver Bullet Brigade" on the front, had a Taurus .40 caliber automatic.

The congregating arsenal was all perfectly legal as well as perfectly acceptable to the leaders of New Bethel, an Assemblies of God church in Louisville, Kentucky.

"All arms are to be holstered," he said. "It's a cold-range carry as a show of support for the Second Amendment and First Amendment.

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1907588,00.html

The Meaning of 'Shall Not Be Infringed'

By David E Young

As a result of Second Amendment dispute, it has been suggested that to infringe relative to the fundamental right to keep and bear arms means only to completely destroy the right, and that extensive "reasonable" regulations are legitimate and do not infringe the right. As an example, it has been claimed that a complete ban on certain types of firearms is a “reasonable” regulation and would not violate the "shall not be infringed" restrictive language. A contrary understanding is that infringe means to encroach upon or narrow the right in any way and that the purpose for the "shall not be infringed" language was to prevent regulation of the right.

An excellent method for determining how extensive the Bill of Rights protection based on the verb "infringe" was intended to be in the Founders' view is to rely on historical examples. What can be gleaned from their own use of this term in relation to other Bill of Rights proposals? Here are some of them.

James Madison's Usage

The Second Amendment's "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" language is exactly what was proposed as the first clause of the amendment by James Madison on June 8, 1789. In addition to that "infringe" based language, Madison also included this freedom of religion related protection in his Bill of Rights proposals to Congress: “nor shall the full and equal rights of conscience be in any manner, or on any pretext, infringed.” [The Origin of the Second Amendment p.654] Assuming that Madison's intention in preventing religious liberty from being “infringed” was to allow for considerable "reasonable" regulation by the federal government is illogical. In fact, it is clear that the intent of such language was to prevent any interference whatsoever by the government in such matters. The later change to “Congress shall make no laws” language buttresses this period understanding of "infringe" based protection.

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Letting Criminals go Free

Just another reason that we need to be vigilant about maintaining the ability to defend ourselves. The Supreme Court of the US has already upheld that authorities do not have the obligation to protect us. Now the won't even arrest the criminals. What's next? Reeasign violent criminals who are already in prison? Wait... California already did that... http://articles.latimes.com/2011/may/26/local/la-me-prisons-20110526

Obama is forcing ICE agents to release illegals even if they are caught committing crimes.

Write your Congressman now and demand an investigation of ICE. Be polite, but firm. The lives of your family members may depend on it.

http://rightwingnews.com/democrats/ice-agents-warn-americans-to-brace-themselves-for-whats-coming-as-catch-and-release-of-illegals-caught-committing-other-crimes-begins/

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Pro Gun Laws Signed into Law in Texas

A Victory for Texas Employees

On June 17, 2011, Texas Governor Rick Perry signed into law SB 321 by Senator Glenn Hegar, Jr. (R-Katy) and Representative Tim Kleinschmidt (R-Lexington). SB 321 will protect the jobs of the vast majority of Texas employees wanting a firearm in their personal locked vehicle when parked on their employer's parking lot. SB 321 goes into effect on September 1st.

A victory for Gun Texas Ranges

Also yesterday, Governor Perry signed TSRA's Range Protection Bill. SB 766

Illegal Knives in Texas

Some people claim that as a CHL in Texas, you can carry an "illelga knife" (longer than 5.5"). Not true. Actually, for a CHL, the "illegal knife" still applies. The "non-aplicabliity" is only for carrying the handgun. See below.

Texas Penal Code Sec. 46.01. DEFINITIONS

(6) "Illegal knife" means a:
(A) knife with a blade over five and one-half inches;

(B) hand instrument designed to cut or stab another by being thrown;
(C) dagger, including but not limited to a dirk, stiletto, and poniard;
(D) bowie knife;
(E) sword; or
(F) spear.

Sec. 46.02. UNLAWFUL CARRYING WEAPONS.

(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries on or about his or her person a handgun, illegal knife, or club if the person is not:

(1) on the person's own premises or premises under the person's control; or
(2) inside of or directly en route to a motor vehicle that is owned by the person or under the person's control.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

Sec. 46.15. NONAPPLICABILITY.

(b) Section 46.02 does not apply to a person who:

(6) is carrying a concealed handgun and a valid license issued under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, to carry a concealed handgun of the same category as the handgun the person is carrying;

http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/docs/PE/htm/PE.46.htm

Flash Mob Robberies on the Rise

By Annie Vaughan

The same technologies that for years have brought together the mostly benign and goofy "flash mobs," is being used to plan and execute bold robberies.
Called “flash robs,” these crimes are being organized by young teenagers through various social media outlets, most notably Twitter.

Some of the most brazen robberies take place in the light of day and on busy streets despite all the security cameras and the watchful eyes of workers.

The pack mentality emboldens the thieves to strike fast

Last week, four violent assaults and robberies occurred in Chicago’s upscale area of Streeterville. One man was dragged into the street and beaten by a group of 15 to 20 teenage males

Another man was robbed of his cell phone and camera after being knocked off his bike and punched by a group of teenage males.

workers at a retail store in Dupont Circle were caught off guard as a group of about 20 teenagers swarmed the store, taking over $20,000 worth of merchandise and promptly exiting the building

St. Paul Stores Suffer ‘Mob Thefts’: MyFoxTWINCITIES.com

http://lifeasweknowitorsomethingsimilar.blogspot.com/2011/06/flash-mob-robberies-on-rise.html

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/06/18/top-five-most-brazen-flash-mob-robberies/

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Castle doctrine prevails: Two cleared in fatal shooting

"Castle doctrine" refers to a law that allows people to use deadly force to protect themselves against an intruder in their home.

Prosecutors have declined charges against two arrested in the shooting death of an intruder in April because they said the killing was justified under Missouri's "castle doctrine" law.

Texas has "Castle law" as well.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_e5733da4-9156-11e0-bec5-0019bb30f31a.html

Stayin' Alive: Armed and Female in an Unsafe World

By Paxton Quigley

Paxton Quigley is a nationally recognized authority on personal safety. She has taught thousands of women her strategies and now provides a guide on how females can arm themselves for self-defense.

At 160 pages, this guide is concise, easy to access, and packed with facts, advice, and survival strategies. Quigley emphasizes the importance of awareness, boundary setting, and resistance to attacks.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 27 percent of American women keep a gun in the house and 37.6 million females either own or have rapid access to guns.

This is the classic title that explains why.

Coming from a liberal, Midwestern, anti-gun background, Paxton Quigley turned around when her best friend was raped one morning in her home in Los Angeles. After witnessing the physical and psychological damage, Quigley vowed not to let it happen to her. She reviewed her options and decided to learn how to shoot a handgun for her own self-defense.

She went on to become a spokeswoman for Smith & Wesson and over the years has traveled the world teaching thousands of women how to safely handle and shoot handguns.

http://superstore.wnd.com/Stayin-Alive-Armed-and-Female-in-an-Unsafe-World


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Father is killed by the man his daughter said raped her

Father is killed by the man his daughter said raped her
By Doug Page

This extremely unfortunate event makes a clear statement on Crime and Vigilantism. The good guys don't always win, and they don't always do the right thing. Though I can sympathize with the father, this wasn't the right thing to do. As a CHL, you learn that "self defense" does NOT include aggressively chasing, following or hunting down the perp.

Let us pray for both families, and for justice to prevail.

A father who went to confront the alleged rapist of his teenage daughter was shot and killed Thursday when he kicked open the door of the man’s apartment.

Police took Anthony, his wife and witnesses into custody for questioning before arresting Anthony in connection with the alleged rape. The daughter was taken to an area hospital, where evidence was collected.

Lt. Mark Martin, head of the central investigations unit, said no one has yet been arrested in the shooting. He said Thursday that self-defense is one of the many possible motives in the shooting.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/crime/father-is-killed-by-the-man-his-daughter-said-raped-her-1180975.html?cxntlid=cmg_cntnt_rss

With the double dip recession and violent crime on the rise, don't expect criminals to fit the traditional stereotypes.

With the double dip recession and violent crime on the rise, don't expect criminals to fit the traditional stereotypes.

You might expect that "strong arm robberies" would be committed by big gruff ex-cons, or desperate strung out druggies, or criminal gangs.. You might be wrong. People and their actions dont always fit the stereotypes. Situational awareness is important. Don't let yourself get fooled by normalcy bias.

CHICAGO Police have issued a community alert on the Southwest Side warning residents of strong arm robberies committed by two 16-year-old girls.

The suspects are described as two girls, both 16 years old. One is between 4-foot-8 to 5-foot-2 and between 100 to 115 pounds. The other is between 5-foot-3 to 5-foot-6 and 115 to 150 pounds.

http://www.wlsam.com/Article.asp?id=2209357&spid=

Police: "They appear to be killing for fun"

Feral Pack of Dogs Terrorize Livestock - People next?

Remember the post a few days ago about self defense from animals?

A pack of dogs has killed about 100 animals in the past three months while eluding law enforcement and volunteers in northeastern Washington state. So far, no humans have been attacked. But authorities are warning residents to take whatever steps are necessary to protect their families and animals because the dogs appear to be killing for fun rather than food.

They're bloodthirsty," Davis said of the dogs. She related the experience to the 1980s Stephen King book and movie about a vicious killer dog, saying "It's like `Cujo."'

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/06/09/feral-pack-dogs-terrorizes-washington-state/#ixzz1OtMKrVOw

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Antigun Campaign Lies

Excerpt from article by Kevin D. Williamson

In his latest statement, Mr. Gadahn repeated the myth that machine-guns are widely available to American civilians, and he encouraged his fellow jihadis to hit the gun-show circuit and gear up for an intifada in the United States.

It must be repeated for the 10,000th time, there is no gun-show loophole. If you are not in the business of selling firearms for a living, you do not have to have a federal license permitting you to sell firearms for a living. If Uncle Bubba gives up hunting and wants to swap his deer rifle to Otis for $100 and a case of Bud, Uncle Bubba does not have to register with Washington, D.C., or perform a background check on Otis. That is true whether the transaction happens at a gun show or in Uncle Bubba’s back yard. If you are a gun dealer at a gun show, the usual rules apply. If you are not a gun dealer, they don’t. Similarly, you can sell your car without incorporating as a car dealership.

It is not easy for a U.S. civilian to legally possess a “fully automatic assault rifle,” or any fully automatic firearm at all. If that civilian is not a federally licensed firearms dealer, owning a fully automatic weapon manufactured after 1986 is categorically illegal; fully automatic weapons that were legally owned and registered with the federal government before 1986 may be transferred to a qualified buyer with the approval of federal and local law-enforcement authorities, a rigorous background check, and, of course, a sign-off from the U.S. Treasury Department: there’s a couple hundred bucks in fees and taxes involved. (You may examine the application here.) Selling a fully automatic weapon to an unlicensed party, at a gun show or anywhere else, is a very excellent way to land yourself in prison for a good long while. Mr. Gadahn, and the editors of the New York Daily News, are full of it.

Interesting thing about the machine-gun gang: They’re an awfully law-abiding lot. Legally owned machine-guns are practically never used in violent crimes. Of all the murders committed in the United States involving legally owned full-auto firearms, half were committed by police officers.

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/268827/al-qaeda-boosts-bloombergs-antigun-campaign-kevin-d-williamson

Concealed Carry isn't just for defense against criminals

Man attacked by pit bulls in Kirkland park, opens fire
By KOMO Staff

KIRKLAND, Wash. - A leisurely Saturday afternoon in the park quickly mutated into a real-life horror scene when three pit bulls attacked a man and his German shepherd without warning, police said.

Lewis, a legal gun owner who has a concealed weapon permit, pulled out his handgun and opened fire at that point, shooting one of the pit bulls and scaring away the two others.

"It was an instant decision. It's not something I wanted to do. I love animals."

Charles McLennan was nearby and watched in horror as pit bulls attacked.

"If he didn't have that gun, he would probably be dead," McLennan said of Lewis.


http://www.komonews.com/news/local/122396329.html

How effective are gun bans? Not effective at all...

The Bell Tolls for You
By Larry Bell

Just how effectively have gun bans worked to make citizens safer in other countries? Take the number of home break-ins while residents are present as an indication. In Canada and Britain, both with tough gun-control laws, nearly half of all burglaries occur when residents are present. But in the U.S. where many households are armed, only about 13% happen when someone is home.

Recognizing clear statistical benefit evidence, 41 states now allow competent, law-abiding adults to carry permitted or permit-exempt concealed handguns. As a result, crime rates in those states have typically fallen at least 10% in the year following enactment.

In fact law-abiding citizens in America used guns in self-defense 2.5 million times during 1993 (about 6,850 times per day), and actually shot and killed 2 1/2 times as many criminals as police did (1,527 to 606). Those civilian self-defense shootings resulted in less than 1/5th as many incidents as police where an innocent person was mistakenly identified as a criminal (2% versus 11%).

http://blogs.forbes.com/larrybell/2011/06/07/u-n-agreement-should-have-all-gun-owners-up-in-arms/

The Liberal Gun Nut

by LiberalDem

Who would have guessed that I, Mr. Liberal from "Up North," would have come to love handguns? I know, I know, it's shocking to me as well.

In any case, the journey started, I suppose, many years ago with boyish curiosity about the mysterious power that guns posses. Laying dormant for years under a patina of knee-jerk anti-gun sentiments (now known for the anti-violence sentiments that they truly were) my interest re-emerged late last year.

After our lessons, I took my first trip to the range. I felt as if I had moved to a country where I didn't speak the language. Men, women, kids -- all buying, shooting and admiring guns! We're not in Boston anymore, Toto.

Anyway, to make a long story short, I LOVE handguns! I've only shot a few times, but I'm hooked.

http://achlife.blogspot.com/2008/02/liberal-gun-nut.html

Safety Warning

By Bear S.

New in the news - Apparently “youths” (aka criminal gangs) have begun using internet social networking utilities (twitter , etc) to form “flash mobs” - only this time they are for committing crimes instead of "artistic" or other peaceful gatherings.

I hear that it started off as swarming convenience stores and just shoplifting , then quickly escalated to malls (store with more expensive items, such as clothing). Now in Chicago at least it’s to beat and rob random people. 20-30 of them show up and then apparently mug someone at random.

What is a Flash Mob?:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_mob

Flash mobs in Crime:

Chicago Flash Mobs Apparently Robbed, Attacked Four Men Over Weekend
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/06/chicago-flash-mobs-appare_n_871924.html

When Flash Mobs Become Crime Mobs
http://www.futurecrimes.com/musings-on-future-crimes/when-flash-mobs-become-crime-mobs/

Flash mobs ride CTA to commit crimes, mayhem on Near North Side
http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/cta-tattler/2011/06/flash-mobs-ride-cta-to-commit-crimes-mayhem-on-north-side.html

New Crime Trend - Flash Mob Thefts - Dozens of Kids Descend On Stores And Steal Everything In Sight!
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1369716/pg1

I'm Back

Sorry for the week hiatus folks, was on vacation - but I'm bank now.