Posts in 'Real tales of self defense'

Old and Bad-Ass

Old and Bad-Ass

I was having a conversation with Mike Furrer (father of Olympic Rifle Shooter Amanda Furrer) recently about a mutual hero of ours, Samuel Whittemore.  Sam was an ornery, grizzled, tough as nails American Patriot during the Revolutionary War. The short story of Sam Whittemore is that he single handedly engaged an entire regiment of Redcoats as they marched back to headquarters after the battle of Lexington and Concord.  At 80 years of age, Whittemore hid behind a stone wall armed to the teeth and laid an ambush on the British.  He attacked with his musket, then dual pistols killing 3 and fighting off the rest with sword in hand.  Eventually the numbers overtook him and he was shot in the face, bayoneted 13 times, beaten and left for dead. Two absolutely amazing things happened next.  First, not only was he found alive when the British moved on but he was...
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When Shooting at a Minivan Full of Kids is Justified

When Shooting at a Minivan Full of Kids is Justified

I heard this story out of New Mexico where some cops are in hot water over shooting at a minivan with 5 children in it. At first, I thought this was going to be one of those situations where under-trained cops got trigger happy and recklessly put innocent lives in danger much like the New York City cops that shot up the street near the Empire State Building killing their target in a hail of ill aimed bullets that struck NINE innocent bystanders. Or some thug cop who felt that they needed to put someone in their place by shooting them like the Houston Texas cop who shot a double amputee at a care home who had waved a pen at him menacingly. I mention these to show that I am no thin blue line cheerleader and am willing to cast some light on those who would try to...
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Good news for the Gonazaga Seniors who defended themselves against home invader: No expulsion

Good news for the Gonazaga Seniors who defended themselves against home invader: No expulsion

As you may have read earlier here, a pair of Gonzaga seniors were facing expulsion after they used a firearm to repel a home invader who was a 6 time convicted felon. You can read the about the details here:  Gonzaga moves to expel students who stopped felon from murdering them – despite living off campus Good news has finally come to Fagan and McIntosh as the school has decided (no doubt from the onslaught of bad press they were receiving) not to expel them. Though the pair did not get off Scot free either. The duo will be allowed to finish their final year at Gonzaga under probation. Nor did Gonzaga get away unscathed in their asinine ruling in the matter.  Namely what Fagan and McIntosh were actually found in violation of the following policies: possessing weapons on school grounds (questionable since the building was off campus and...
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Gonzaga moves to expel students who stopped felon from murdering them – despite living off campus

Gonzaga moves to expel students who stopped felon from murdering them – despite living off campus

    From Patriot News Update: Two Gonzaga students are facing possible expulsion from the University after they pulled a weapon in self defense as a six time felon attempted to get into their on campus apartment. According to the student handbook, students may not possess handguns on campus or university owned property. On Friday a university discipline board decided to move forward with sanctions, including possible expulsion, for using the weapons. Read more at http://patriotoutdoornews.com/8065/gonzaga-students-face-possible-expulsion-pulling-gun-home-intruder#jkI6kdZg2vXVKkZ3.99 Let me first say that the two students, Erik Fagan and Dan McIntosh, in my mind did everything right. The University on the other hand is really crapping the bed on this matter. And you may be surprised to know that the reason I believe so isn’t for the reason you may think. An anti gun, private University has the right to ban guns from their campus and their property.  It’s an idiotic and dangerous...
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A man’s home is his castle, except in Maryland. Man shoots intruder at 2am, gets charged with murder

A man’s home is his castle, except in Maryland. Man shoots intruder at 2am, gets charged with murder

US Air Force Tech Sgt. Matt Pinkerton shot an intruder in his home on September 13th just before 2am. That is not in question. Yet somehow, in Maryland, where Castle Doctrine does not exist by statute but rather only by case law, Sgt. Pinkerton is being charged with 2nd degree murder. The intruder, Kendall Green, had reportedly been harassing Matt’s wife, Jessica.  Green had been a friend who helped Jessica when her brother was in a coma after being involved in a accident while Matt was overseas. All evidence points to Jessica only maintaining a friendship with Green yet when he pushed for more she ended the friendship completely. Jessica has stated: Green had texted me sometime in July or August saying that he missed the kids, and Matt didn’t deserve us and that he deserved a chance. He wanted more.” Which brings us to an early Sunday morning...
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R.A.G.E – The best way to deal with bullying

R.A.G.E – The best way to deal with bullying

          I read an article at Clashdaily.com  that dealt with an issue that has been in the news a lot recently, bullying.  Here is an excerpt: Here is what I’ve learned over the years about handling bullies from my brothers, my father, John Frycek and the bullies. And I’m grateful to them all and dad was right, I even made friends with some of them after we “settled” things. The best anti-bullying campaign is R-A-G-E! And it stands for: Readiness – You must be prepared to the best of your ability to defend yourself. This is half the deterrent already because bullies prey on the weak and the vulnerable. They look for an easy mark so don’t become one. Relying on a teacher, a principal or a parent to talk sense into a bully or his parents, will rarely work. There’s a reason that he’s a bully and,...
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St. Gabriel Possenti – Patron Saint of Gun Owners

St. Gabriel Possenti – Patron Saint of Gun Owners

There seems to be patron saints of nearly everything.  Last year I discovered a Saint that surprised even me. Today, being All Saint’s Day, I thought I would take a moment to bring to light the story of that particular Saint;  Saint Gabriel Possenti, the Patron Saint of Handgunners. In 1860, Saint Possenti was attending seminary in the mountain village of Isola.  He was also dying of tuberculosis which would eventually take his life less than two years later. When a group of 20 armed marauding bandits, from Garibaldi’s army, came to the village to pillage and rape, the villagers hid the best they could and hoped that the terror would pass them by. Think of them as your standard gun control advocates who prefer to hide and hope that someone else will protect them. And so they hid, everyone except for Gabriel Possenti.  With the permission of the Seminary...
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And he who has no sword, let him sell his coat and buy one – Luke 22:36

And he who has no sword, let him sell his coat and buy one – Luke 22:36

  It makes for a rather fantastical tale — Indiana Pastor Carl Sanders walked into a Dollar General store to purchase Gatorade and found himself in the middle of a heist. The store seemed unusually quiet Friday night, Sanders told NBC local news affiliate WFIE. The Covenant Life Ministries preacher entered to witness a man in a bandana ordering the store clerk to hand over cash. The robber, later identified as 25-year-old Jermaine Dewayne Marshall, turned to Sanders with his hand wrapped in plastic. The concealed object was found to be only a spoon, however at the time, it was impossible to judge. – See more at: http://patriotoutdoornews.com/ At that point the pastor pulled out his concealed firearm and ordered the would be robber to the ground where he remained until police arrived. The image of a gun slinging pastor may foster for some images of spaghetti westerns and Clint Eastwood but...
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Not Gun Free and Proud Of It, Texas School Puts Up Best Sign Ever

Not Gun Free and Proud Of It, Texas School Puts Up Best Sign Ever

  This is a great sign and it will definitely be more effective at eliminating threats than the false flag of “Gun Free” Zone signs. On top of the faculty actually having the tools in which to deal with an active shooter (who in other schools is welcomed to kill at will) the Shamrock Independent School District has also installed 30 new security cameras, an intercom system, and bulletproof windows. This is one school that actually has taken serious and effective steps to prevent tragedies.  While ghouls such as Bloomberg and Giffords push their gun control agenda in order to disarm the law abiding by exploiting dead children, Shamrock has learned a real lesson from Sandy Hook. That lesson is that imaginary force fields (gun free zones) and “feeling” safe doesn’t actually do a lick of good in stopping an armed person with evil intent.  After all, if wishes were...
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Sending heat rounds downrange with a bun in the oven

Sending heat rounds downrange with a bun in the oven

Got wind of a story from our friend at GirlsJustWannaHaveGuns.com, Regis Giles, about a young pregnant woman who used a handgun to shoot at and scare off two home invaders who busted down her door. “Alex” (named changed for safety) didn’t like the idea of her husband buying a gun and having one around the house.  Fortunately for her, her husband would not be swayed about protecting his family and he properly instructed her on how to use the sidearm. In her own words: [youtube=http://youtu.be/4pgwpYWPUEY?t=40s] A few funny things I take away from that, not funny haha mind you but funny hmmmm.  These burglars were in her home and 911 was on the phone.  Without that gun that she was so against when her husband bought it 7 months earlier this scenario ends differently.  As they say, when seconds count the police are minutes away.  I’m glad “Alex” came around...
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The Gun Controllers’ Nightmare…Real Tales of Self Defense with a Firearm

The Gun Controllers’ Nightmare…Real Tales of Self Defense with a Firearm

Gun Controllers say that law abiding gun owners NEVER stop crime.  They talk in hyperboles that reduce a law abiding person with a gun during a violent encounter to either a catatonic drooling simpleton who will freeze or a trigger happy cowboy who will shoot everyone in site. And of course the liberal gun hating press goosesteps right along with that notion.  Maybe it’s solely for ideological reasons, maybe it has to do with sensationalizing death for ratings but the truth is there are THOUSANDS of massacres that are stopped every year because someone has a gun. The gun grabbing zealots like to deny this truth simply because the absence of dead bodies somehow doesn’t convince them that gun owners save lives.  Lets say a teacher at Sandy Hook elementary was armed and killed the intruder before he killed anyone, say he only managed to wound a few kids....
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Obama only cares if you get shot BEFORE you can beat a man to death.

Obama only cares if you get shot BEFORE you can beat a man to death.

While some of the circumstances are different in regards to the Trayvon Martin attempted murder of George Zimmerman and the actual murder of Delbert Belton at the hands of Demitrius Glenn and Kenan Kenard, I find some things rather telling in their respective fallouts. Most notably, the deafening silence by those who were so outraged by Trayvon Martin being stopped before he killed Zimmerman.  If it wasn’t for the internet reporting on the death of Delbert Belton I doubt many would ever have heard about it.  It’s not like the “mainstream” media is covering it with circus-like aplomb. And heaven forbid if anyone even hinted at the idea that two black street thugs killed an 88 year old white man based in part because of racism. Also, did you even know the names of Demitrius Glenn and Kenan Kinard before you read this?  I recall Martin and Zimmerman being...
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Spokane Police Chief Straub prefers you just roll over and take it

Spokane Police Chief Straub prefers you just roll over and take it

In a story that enraged me so much I took a night to calm down so this article wouldn’t be laced with f-bombs and other expletives, Spokane Police Chief Frank Straub blames 88 year old WWII vet Delbert Belton for his own death. How did this octogenarian cause his own death?  Did he hurl racist comments at two black teens?  Did he follow them around and make them uncomfortable?  Did he start the fight and/or threaten the thugs? No.  According to Chief Straub, Delbert Belton caused his own death because he had the audacity to fight back when he was being robbed.  Straub basically is letting the two killers off the hook because they really just wanted to do a quick robbery but that uppity old guy just had to make trouble. No…seriously.  In Straub’s own words: “Our information is that the individual (Belton) fought back and that may...
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Insurance for having to use your gun? Ludicrous…but maybe not ridiculous

Insurance for having to use your gun? Ludicrous…but maybe not ridiculous

The idea that law abiding gun owners would need insurance to cover the costs of legally using their firearms is ludicrous. Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean it is unnecessary. What do I mean?  One need look no further than the George Zimmerman self defense trial.  Zimmerman gets jumped by a gay-bashing homophobe and pummeled into the sidewalk.  He shoots his attacker to save his own life in a clear case of self defense, yet due to political pressure and the complete absconding of fairness is charged with both a crime AND $500,000 (before lawyer fees) in order to defend himself. I wish that were the only case in which a gun owner, acting responsibly in defense of their own life was being railroaded by malicious prosecution due to anti gun sentiment or political pressure, but it’s not. In case you haven’t read here about Sung-Ho Hwang, the President-elect of the...
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Gay man defends life by shooting attacker who was beating him to death

Gay man defends life by shooting attacker who was beating him to death

In a tranquil town in Florida a homosexual man was taking a walk at night when he passed within sight of a black teenager on the phone. That teenager believing the the man was a homosexual then proceeded to loop back around to confront him.  That confrontation consisted of the black man using bigoted terminology while knocking the gay man to the ground and beating his face in and smashing his head upon the concrete. The gay man, instead of being beaten to death in this obvious hate crime, pulls out his pistol and shoots his bigoted attacker once in the chest.  The shot is fatal.  The gay man calls the police and they rule the shooting was justified. Does this story sound familiar?  It is the scenario that played out between George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin but through Martin’s perspective. You see, the media in all their race...
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15 lbs per sq inch. The Mendoza line of armed self defense?

15 lbs per sq inch. The Mendoza line of armed self defense?

15 pounds per square inch.  That is the force required to crack open the human skull.  Doesn’t sound like much does it?  That’s because it isn’t.  But is it enough of a reason to defend yourself with a gun?  Does it cross the Mendoza line? That is the question now being argued in the George Zimmerman case since the prosecution’s main witnesses basically blew up in his face.  The first, Rachel Jeantel, alluded that Martin was spoiling for a fight since he noticed a “creepy ass cracker” was following him.  The second, John Good, described the scene he witnessed with Trayvon Martin atop Zimmerman raining blows down upon him, “ground and pound style”. So we find ourselves with a neighborhood watch captain, investigating a stranger in the neighborhood and then calling the police to report it, on his back being bludgeoned by a  middleweight. This is the moment.  This...
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A tale of two cities, one with victims, one with citizens

A tale of two cities, one with victims, one with citizens

This past weekend has once again replayed both the triumph of gun rights and the tragedy of gun control as it relates to the average citizen. Two men, nearly 1000 miles apart, facing two strikingly similar situations, find the outcome drastically different thanks to the city in which they live. The first man, Giovanni Donancricchia was a pizzeria owner in Chicago.  The second man was just a guy waiting in line for a store to open in order to buy a pair of sneakers. On Friday morning, after closing up shop from a busy Thursday night, Giovanni faced a life or death situation as a armed robber broke in through the back door and went to the cash register where Giovanni’s wife, Angela was working.  Giovanni, physically confronted the man and bought Angela enough time to run out the back.  Giovanni rushed after his wife, when he turned to see...
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The Pointlessness of Gun Control and Necessity of Gun Rights Illustrated

The Pointlessness of Gun Control and Necessity of Gun Rights Illustrated

In my internet cruising I have come across a great many interesting people and artists from around the world.  One of my favorites is a bi-weekly webcomic written in Germany but which takes place in the US. The title of the comic is Sandra and Woo.  Its a Calvin and Hobbes type story about a girl and her talking raccoon.  Hi-jinks occur.  The reason I’m bringing this up today is that the author, Oliver Knorzer, has been on a bit of a pro gun rights kick as of late.  I’m not sure if it is by accident or not  but I wanted to share nonetheless. The first illustrates the futility of gun free zones in an interesting way: How simple is that?  Any item, in the hands of someone willing to use it can be turned into a weapon.  Should we have pencil control?  Go back to using safety...
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