New American Dark Ages
I recommend you read this column.
» My Gun Experience: Up Close and Personal | ABQ Journal by Leslie Linthicum / Of the Journal on Sun, Jan 13, 2013
My closest view of a firearm came on a dark street in Houston when I made the mistake of turning to look at the man who had been holding a 9 mm pistol to my temple and threatening to blow my head off. …
Taft School Shooting: Teen Gunman Told Teacher Ryan Heber ‘I Don’t Want to Shoot You’ – ABC News
By RUSSELL GOLDMAN (@GoldmanRussell)
Jan. 11, 2013
A California teacher’sbrave conversation with a 16-year-old gunman who had opened fire on his classmates allowed 28 other students to quickly escape what could have been a massacre.
Science teacher Ryan Heber calmly confronted the teenager after he shot and critically wounded a classmate, whom he claimed to authorities had bullied him for more than year at Taft Union High School.
Taft School Shooting: Teen Gunman Told Teacher Ryan Heber ‘I Don’t Want to Shoot You’ – ABC News
Worth reading.
» Common Sense Gun Reforms | ABQ Journal By Patrick Davis / ProgressNow New Mexico on Fri, Jan 11, 2013
Fortunately for New Mexico, our Legislature is about to convene and the issue of public safety and responsible gun ownership must be front and center. The public is demanding action and while we wait on Congress to debate, our Legislature can act.
I call on the governor and legislators to enact these and other simple common sense reforms in the first days of the session, pass them with an emergency clause so that they may be immediately implemented, and give our children a safer and brighter future in this new year.
The 2nd amendment places its worshippers above all others. They have no obligations to anyone. Their rights and their power are absolute. Absolute rights obviate the need for compromise or consideration or empathy. That power must be exhilarating, like shooting a tin can or slaughtering a living being. What a rush, right there in your pocket. To hell with anyone else.
But the security of a gun comes with at a price: Constant vigilance. You cannot let your guard down lest someone else get the draw sooner. You cannot trust someone without a gun because, surely, they want to take yours. You cannot trust your government for the same reason. Everyone thinks you’re paranoid. All you can trust is your only friend in the world: your gun.
A guy with an ongoing feud shoots in the heart of Santa Fe. Separately, he hears noise at night and shoots out his bedroom window. This man is a dangerous idiot and should not be allowed to own a gun. mjh
Santa Fe police probe downtown shooting incident – The Santa Fe New Mexican by Nico Roesler
Santa Fe police said no one was hurt Monday night when an “ongoing feud” between two business owners on West San Francisco Street apparently led to an exchange of gunshots about a block from the Plaza.
Santa Fe police probe downtown shooting incident – The Santa Fe New Mexican
» Man: Shooting Was Self-Defense | ABQ Journal By Bill Rodgers / Journal Staff Writer on Wed, Jan 9, 2013
SANTA FE — A man who fired a gun near the city’s Plaza on Monday evening told police he was defending himself from someone in a vehicle who pointed a gun at him around 7 p.m.
Police didn’t cite 30-year-old Musa Nassar, owner of Santa Fe West Gallery, for that shooting near the intersection of Galisteo and West San Francisco streets because he said there had been a threat on his life, Santa Fe Police Capt. Aric Wheeler said. …
A witness on the scene Monday night described a scary scene of a man in the street firing five or so shots at a car. West San Francisco was blocked off in front of the Lensic Performing Arts Center while the shooting was investigated.
Later Monday night, Nassar was cited for a second shooting with another gun that occurred around midnight at his Sunset Ridge home, Wheeler said. Nassar told police that he believed there was someone outside, because he heard noises and a motion light turned on. He fired shots out of his bedroom window.
Police cited him with misdemeanor negligent use of a firearm, Wheeler said. The captain said police cannot allow people to fire at noises they hear outside.
“We’re not condoning people firing shots out of their bedroom window,” Wheeler said.
Wheeler said Nassar was fearful for his and his family’s safety based on threats, but Wheeler did not go into detail on them.
According to gun groups who feel threatened by the Obama administration’s newfound push for gun-control legislation, January 19 has now been designated "Gun Appreciation Day," which somehow will be somehow different from all the other days gun owners appreciate their firearms.
Once again, we hear from a Republican who couldn’t win a primary today. Of course, Eisenhower was speaking of federal troops being needed to protect black students from their countrymen. peace, mjh
Dwight D. Eisenhower: Statement by the President Regarding Occurrences at Central High School in Little Rock. September 1957
It will be a sad day for this country–both at home and abroad–if school children can safely attend their classes only under the protection of armed guards.
