I Am TJIC

Exercising one's 1st Amendment Right should never negate one's 2nd Amendment Right (or any other Right, for that matter). Apparently, in the People's Republic of Massachusetts, that's what they're doing to people who happen to redress the government for their grievances.

You can read about it here and here.

Shootings In NYC #10

A late-night laundromat attendant is shot and killed by criminals with guns. How many more people have to die at the hands of criminals before they get rid of "home rule" for NYC and start allowing Shall-Issue concealed-carry permits for law-abiding citizens to protect themselves?

Not Without A Mean To Protect Myself

Good luck to the man who came forward, despite the death threats. Sad to say, but I think I'm reading about a dead man right now. Great that he came forward, but how's he supposed to defend himself if he can't purchase a gun to himself and his family with, due to NJ's insane and draconian gun laws. Criminals don't obey these gun laws.

Idiots In Government

New York City's draconian gun laws that only help to disarm the law-abiding citizen - how's that working out for you?

The World Has Gone Mad

When you've got a mob on your property threatening to kill you and your family, should you be the one to get arrested for trying to defend yourself and your family with your legally owned firearm? Apparently, in NY, you will be. Who's going to defend your family from the gang when you're in jail? Who's going to defend you from the MS-13 gang members who share the jail with you? It's a sad day when a law-abiding citizen is the one being jailed, rather than those and threatened him and his family with death.

Letter To Carl Paladino

Carl Paladino claims he's not a politician, but he wants to get on the ballot to run for Governor of New York State. On his website, there are issues he hasn't addressed sufficiently and there are issues that he hasn't addressed at all. So I wrote him a letter:

"...I'd like to know where you stand on gun rights for law-abiding New York gun owners. Seems to me that there's a patchwork of different gun laws in different cities and counties that are aimed at hurting us and does nothing to stop the criminals.

We also need Castle Doctrine laws so we know we can protect ourselves in our own homes with no requirement to retreat. After all, if we retreat from our home with our guns, that instantly makes us criminals. If we stay in the home and use deadly force, now we're breaking the law again by not retreating.

We also need CCW provisions so we can protect ourselves no matter where we go. States that trust their citizens to conceal-carry have significantly lower crime rates than states that don't. We also need statewide preemption to make gun laws uniform across the state, along with reciprocity with other gun-friendly states.

The Second Amendment isn't just for hunting, as most hoplophobes would have you believe.

Also, where do you stand on illegal aliens? I don't want to hear that you're going to give them benefits after they've lived here for a year. A parasite is still a parasite no matter how long its lived in one place. I want you to follow Arizona's example and get rid of these drains on taxpaying New Yorkers. This would save billions of dollars a year for New York and also free up jobs for her resident citizens."

I await a reply.

So, before I sign your petition to run for governor, I'd like to know where you stand. Will you fight for New Yorkers' rights or will it be the same old politics as usual once you get into office?

*Edit: After a thorough perusing of Carl Paladino's website, I found this: "I support an individual's right to bear arms as recognized by the Second Amendment and I believe it is now time to enshrine this vision of our Founding Fathers in the New York State Constitution. It is disgraceful that New York is one of the few states that leaves state gun owners' rights up to the whim of state legislators.

And not only will I defend against further assaults by Sheldon Silver and the gang against existing gun owner rights, but I will look for opportunities to roll back any existing state law that infringes upon the right to bear arms."

Looks like I'm on board for Carl Paladino.

SCOTUS Affirms The RKBA

Time to bring the fight to NYC next.

For too long now, New York City residents and those of us who live in its shadow, have suffered from being denied the Right to Keep and Bear Arms for self-defense. This is tragically, why there are so many shootings in NYC, esp. in Brooklyn.

The old adage: "When you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns" is never truer in cases where people have been denied this basic human right, using the best tool in existence to do just that.