Summer gun wars: Jesse Jackson leads the way Update: Texas Democrat who opposed armed self-defense defends himself with…his gun; Update OSHA vs. the NRA
Update 7/10 8:00am: OSHA vs. the NRA. Now’s the time to have your say.
Update 7/10 7:30am: Anti-gun Democrat lawmaker practices “Do as I say, not as I do:”
A state lawmaker who opposed a bill giving Texans stronger right to defend themselves with deadly force pulled a gun and shot a man he says was trying to steal copper wiring from a construction site, police said Monday.
Rep. Borris Miles told police he was fixing a leak on the second floor of the Houston house he’s building Sunday night when he heard a noise downstairs and saw two men trying to steal the copper. After Miles confronted the pair, one of the men threw a pocketknife at him, Houston Police spokesman Victor Senties.
Miles, a former law enforcement officer, shot the man in the left leg, police said. The wounded suspect was being treated at a Houston hospital…
Police said Miles, who is in his freshman term, is licensed to carry a concealed weapon. No charges have been filed against Miles, Senties said. Miles, a Democrat, voted against a bill that gives Texans stronger legal right to defend themselves with deadly force in their homes, vehicles, and workplaces. The so-called “castle doctrine,” passed by the Legislature this year, states that a person has no duty to retreat from an intruder before using deadly force. The law goes into effect Sept. 1.
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The deputy mayor for education in Washington, D.C., was held up recently in broad daylight by two armed robbers:
The man in charge of fixing the District’s ailing schools might be more focused this week on another troubled aspect of the city — public safety — after he was robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight while walking home from the Metro.
Victor Reinoso, the deputy mayor for education, was walking in the 6800 block of Fifth Street NW at 7:25 p.m. Monday when he was held up by two men, police said. One man, wearing a pink shirt, pointed a black and silver handgun at Reinoso and demanded that he drop his briefcase, police said.
The second assailant picked up the briefcase and ordered, “Give me your cellphone,” which Reinoso did, according to a police report. The men then told Reinoso to hand over his wallet, and he complied.
Reinoso, 38, was not hurt.
“He was pretty lucky,” police Cmdr. Hilton Burton said, noting robberies can end in violence.
NRA head Wayne LaPierre sees a perfect illustration of Washington’s handgun ban folly:
Just how worthless is Washington, D.C.’s gun ban? It’s so bad in our nation’s capitol that a deputy mayor was recently robbed at gunpoint.
Victor Reinoso is lucky to be alive today, but do you think he’ll be speaking out about the pointlessness of D.C.’s gun ban? Not if he wants to keep his job, he won’t.
Criminals don’t care about gun laws … anymore than they care about D.C.’s complete gun ban
Ultimately, Victor Reinoso’s robbery probably won’t mean much when it comes to public policy in Washington, D.C. After all, they’ve already stuck with the ban for 30 years- what’s one more innocent victim?
You’ll recall that the city’s handgun ban was struck down by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit earlier this year. The Harvard Law Bulletin has a new overview of the looming Supreme Court showdown.
Continuing his war on gun owners, the Rev. Jesse Jackson has announced a 25-city, anti-gun protest on August 25. The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is calling on Second Amendment supporters to counter-protest. Mark it on your calendars:
While Rev. Jesse Jackson is feverishly organizing a 25-city anti-gun protest on Tuesday, Aug. 28, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) wants gun owners to visit gun shops and shooting ranges, and contact their state and federal lawmakers on that date to demand that they support our Second Amendment rights.
Jackson’s day of national protest is timed on the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s 1963 March on Washington, D.C.
“The great hypocrisy here,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan M. Gottlieb, “is that Dr. King’s historic march was to promote and defend civil rights. What Jesse Jackson is planning is designed to crush America’s most important civil right. A right that Dr. King exercised by owning a handgun.”
Jackson wants to limit the number of firearms a person may purchase in a calendar year, place new restrictions on who is allowed to legally own a handgun, and mandate longer waiting periods.
“While Jackson and his gun-grabbing cronies want to make it more difficult, if not impossible, for average Americans to keep and bear arms,” Gottlieb said, “gun owners can exercise their Constitutional rights, and tell their lawmakers to defend the Second Amendment. They can visit a gun shop, buy a gun or ammunition, or visit a range and exercise their rights.
“Being from Chicago,” Gottlieb said, “it is astonishing that Jackson has failed to see the correlation between that city’s Draconian handgun ban and Chicago’s violent crime rate, yet he wants to lead a nationwide protest against a constitutionally-protected civil right. Rev. Jackson evidently has forgotten the question raised in Luke, Chapter 6: ‘Can the blind lead the blind’?”
“Holding law-abiding gun owners responsible for crimes they did not commit, which is what restrictive gun laws do, is like bearing false witness against thy neighbor,” Gottlieb said. “I might suggest that anybody joining in this protest remember the words of Matthew, who said ‘Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.”
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A Glock in the hand is worth two in the safe.
I was walking through the park today. I passed two guns that gave me a menacing look and began approaching me from the rear. I picked up my pace and blended in with a crowd of folk watching a softball game. Bought a Sno-cone and breathed a huge sigh of relief. I never know what those guns would have done if I didnt react the way I did.
Go Jesse. True story.
Thats the true essence of this whole thing.
News Flash: That already exists!
Simply brilliant!
Just think, Jesse and the Klan have the same views: Blacks are not to be able to keep and bear arms.
The original gun control laws in the south were to disarm newly freed slaves. Nice to know Jesse approves….
BTW: NRA vs The “Reverend” Jessie Jackson ….. The NRA has far more money and political pull then Jackson has ever had. This whole thing will be over before you can blink.
I also think that if you were to look into the hypocrisy of this even further you would find that its Rosie O’Donnell all over again…….. I guarantee you that the “Reverend” Jessie Jackson’s body guards are packing heat!
Gun control:
Mine is bigger than yours!
Why don’t I find it surprising that one of the most racist and corrupt individuals in America wants to eliminate the second amendment. As long as the citizens of this great republic have the legal right to own firearms, there will be no Hugo Chavez style take-over in Washington.
On July 9th, 2007 at 5:05 pm, The Raging Republican said:
BTW: NRA vs The “Reverend” Jessie Jackson ….. The NRA has far more money and political pull then Jackson has ever had. This whole thing will be over before you can blink.
Yes, but the NRA will not stoop to blackmail so, we will see.
While Rev. Jesse Jackson is feverishly organizing a 25-city anti-gun protest…
If these idiots would stop being part of these “organizings” and go to school and follow the law and work hard and…oh wait. That would put Jesse out of work. Sorry. As you were…
Do you remember those cartoons where the road runner puts up a stop sign to stop the coyote? After the coyote stops the roadrunner hits him with a hammer. Criminals are not as law abiding as the coyote. Just because lawmakers pass a law that says “You can’t own a handgun in city limits” doesn’t mean criminals will stop carrying them. Criminals BREAK the law, not follow it!!!!!!
The average cost per student in the US is just over $7 per student per day. The cost per Student per day in DC is over $13, the highest in the country and the poorest schools as well.
Suggestion Mr. Victor Reinoso:
1. Whatever you are doing in the DC district now – do the exact opposite.
2. Get Jesse Jackson’s opinion and do the exact opposite.
That is a good start. I do not want to get you into task overload too quickly. I have more suggestions, just let me know when you are ready.
AL and Jesse are like having a flippin pebble in you’re shoe all day…..They need to just stfu.
Who, in their right mind, cares what Jesse Jackson says? He is nothing but an agitating wind bag.
If Jackson, etal address the actual problems they are out of a job. Better to protest an inanimate object rather than stand up, be a man and say things like Bill Cosby said in recent years. We have well seen in England and Australia with their first handgun bans, then long guns, then knives, then swords and even England’s law against being a certain age to purchase cutlery that the criminals will use a rock on the street if that is what is available to commit their crime. The problem isn’t the weapon but the mentality and morality of the criminals. Reducing law-abiding citizen’s rights and ability to protect themselves creates a lot of knew future victims. I think much of America understands this as shown by the concealed carry laws and “castle doctrine” laws passed in the last several years. The only eventual question is whether we shepherds are going to be willing to one day travel to the northeast and west coast to rescue the sheep from their own folly.
With Jackson, it’s not about the issue. It’s always about keeping his name in the press and his picture on the front page. Nothing more.
Edit: Wow, I can’t spell or punctuate today. Please ignore the misspellings and poor punctuation of my last post. Really, I got “A’s” in English comp., not that you can tell by that last post.
Does not exist here in Mississippi.
Where do you live Raging Republican?
Teddy Kennedy has killed more people with his car than I have with my guns.
I hope for his sake he doesn’t try to bring his crusade against guns to Idaho. He will not be well received. I find most Idahoans to be very polite (we have very reasonable CCW laws and most people are staunch 2nd Amendment supporters), because they understand that an armed society is a polite society. Then again most people here believe in Christian values and the rule of law.
We all know this is how jackson and sharpton make a living .It amazes me that the people following them do not see that they are just being used.
Let’s pass more laws to make law-abiding citizens into criminals overnight . The prisons are bursting at the seams but there is always room for middle class America.
I will never give up my guns . Pass any law you like. ” I would rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6 ” . ” God created men , but Sam Colt made them equal “
There is a ban on handguns here in NYC and two police officers were shot by 3 guys with handguns last night. One was shot in the face twice and now has two bullets lodged in the back of his head.
I’m not sure that the handgun ban is that effective for stopping criminals on the street. However, it probably prevents a lot of domestic homicides that aren’t premeditated.
Flawed logic. If someone is determined to kill another, they will find a way to do it. The same logic you use here could be used to try and remove cutlery from homes. Responsible gun owners cannot be held accountable for those who would use firearms in a domestic situation. Yes, it happens, but that is not a valid reason to ban me from owning firearms.
Jackson is an empty suit. Rational people stopped listening to him back in the late 80’s.
Maybe August 28th is the day to finally spring for that handgun…only for the sake of the Constitution, mind you.
Just for the record…
Jackson should just retire while he’s ahead. His image is tarnished and will never recover.
And like most here, I will never give up my right to bear arms.
How about we ban all alcohol sales in inner cities. How about we ban all people on welfare or public assistant from procreating. How about we ban all people of the Democrat persuasion from being able to govern over inner cities. How about we put a 2 yr limit on welfare.
These are just a few suggestions I could give Mr. Jackson that are just as outrageous as his, but would actually have positive results if they were implemented.
For the libs who might read this it’s called SARCASM.
Liberalism is a disease, and the only cure is death.
It’s impossible for him to have been robbed at gunpoint. Firearms are not allowed in DC. He obviously made up this attack to try and bolster the gun opponents campaign to take away our second amendment rights.
Firearms are NOT allowed in DC, therefore, he cannot have been robbed at gunpoint.
Charges should be brought immediately against the deputy mayor for filing a false police report
We have the right to self defense. In our state recently, a woman foiled a car-jacking and attempted robbery by shooting the attacker. Correctly, our local newspaper called her a hero. Full story here:
http://magyartruth.blogspot.com/2007/01/right-of-self-defense.html
This is one of the stories where you just have to shake your head and laugh.
The deputy mayor is robbed at gunpoint, in a city that has had a gun ban since 1975.
Perhaps they will realize the gun ban is not working, (wishful thinking I know).
After all it is Virginia’s fault. /sarcasm
BTW deputy mayor Reinoso, if it really was VA’s fault how many VA mayors have been robbed at gunpoint?
The citizens of VA have to worry about our legislators having a negligent discharge in their office. Not some thug in the street.
The communists were able to suck Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, along with much of Europe,into the Soviet Union by disarming the populace. My parents saw friends and realtives dragged from their homes and either hauled off, never to be seen again, or they were shot in the streets for the smallest infraction. My parents were lucky enough to have escaped that hell and make a life in the US.
Too quick on the “submit” button….. Jesse Jackson is ill-informed to make any kind of judgement regarding guns and gun control. He is absolutely clueless on this.
Just for the record, the negligent discharge in question has no relationship to those occurring in the Oval Office during the previous Administration.
By making D.C. a gun free zone they have placed the entire population at risk of being a target. When there is the possibility that the “potential victim” may be armed and may defend themselves, the criminals may very well hesitate or end up on the receiving end.
Jessie is dead wrong on this, I bet he won’t walk the streets of DC without armed guards. (legally or not)
What about hammers? Hammers are always killing people, or breaking their fingers. I want hammers outlawed too Jesse!
Jeeps driven by Muslim students kill too. What about Jeeps?
EdDantes: “I’m not sure that the handgun ban is that effective for stopping criminals on the street. However, it probably prevents a lot of domestic homicides that aren’t premeditated.”
I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a domestic disturbance that escalated to a physically violent level where the perp suddenly called the fight off because he didn’t have a gun. The average kitchen is full of weapons that can do somebody in.
The handgun ban kills people. It stops people in imminent danger from getting the gun they need to defend themselves right now. For example, the woman whose ex calls to tell her he’s coming to kill her.
“There are those in America today who have come to depend absolutely on government for their security. And when government fails they seek to rectify that failure in the form of granting government more power. So, as government has failed to control crime and violence with the means given it by the Constitution, they seek to give it more power at the expense of the Constitution. But in doing so, in their willingness to give up their arms in the name of safety, they are really giving up their protection from what has always been the chief source of despotism—government. Lord Acton said power corrupts. Surely then, if this is true, the more power we give the government the more corrupt it will become. And if we give it the power to confiscate our arms we also give up the ultimate means to combat that corrupt power. In doing so we can only assure that we will eventually be totally subject to it.” —Ronald Reagan
I can’t speak for Raging Republican but in VA the one handgun a month law is alive and kicking.
LOL… However I would not classify the discharge you are talking about as negligent.
I would say it was more accidental seeing how “that damn blue dress got in the way.”
This thread will die faster than a fart in a wind storm. A has been race baiter trying to extort money. The man is now a target for any attorney who wants to make a name for himself. He would have to resurrect the OJ jury to save himself.
If I was a criminal, I would advise my fellow criminals to go on a mass robbery spree on August 25th. How will the victims fight back? Will they have plastic sporks on them from their vegetarian brown bag lunches?
Besides, once many of these liberals get mugged, as the cliche goes, they will become conservatives.
Then again, like most left wing protests, nobody of consequence will show up, and nobody of consequence will report it as a success. It will be treated as a peace rally, until some of the protesters start fighting with each other over who has the most environmentally friendly sign.
The police will then tear gas the rioters to separate them from themselves, and it will be a protest about police brutality.
Diane Feinstein and Chuck Shumer will then try to ban tear gas and rubber bullets.
I wish we could transfer the bulls from Pamplona to the streets of America. Then the protesters would get what every left wing protester gets when they believe utter nonsense…they would get “Gored.”
eric aka http://www.blacktygrrrr.wordpress.com
How’s this for irony:
a Texas lawmaker (D-Houston), who opposed the recently enacted “Castle Doctrine” law removing a citizen’s obligation to retreat from an intruder, even in one’s home, shot a man after confronting a pair of men attempting to steal copper wiring from the constuction site where the lawmaker is building a new home. Of course, the man threw a knife at him before the lawmaker fired on him…
No rocket science; it’s far far easier to berate a third party like the gun industry for the sins of its misused product than chiding black parents and the black community for the renegade and callous behavior of its neglected youth. It’s kind of like how the War Against Drugs has largely morphed into the War Against Smoking; I guess it’s a harder target to hit a moving drug pusher.
James Greenidge
Queens NY
The Second may be irrevelant if the new proposed OSHA rules get passed. They effectivley will make small arms ammunition and componets
impossible to purchase. NRA link
http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Federal/Read.aspx?id=3145
Farmer
MrFreeman07, thank you for telling The Truth about what the communists did to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. They forced their evil government on innocent civilians. Where was the condemnation? Absent. We must learn from history or the same could happen here in the USA.
I’d bet dollars to donuts that the individuals attempting to steal the copper had questionable immigration status……
Thanks, Michelle. Could you please write about this again in August to remind us to take action on the Jesse Jackson event on the 28th?
I’d contact my elected officials, but that would be Jesse Jackson Jr. Doubt I’d get much help there. Maybe Dick Durbin. Nope, maybe Barak Obama will listen to me. Okay, what about former Black Panther, now US Rep Bobby Rush. He spent time in jail on a weapons charge - no? He’s for gun control too???
So prior to the Castle Doctrine, Texans had to retreat from an intruder in their own home before defending themselves??? How far would one need to retreat?? Seems completely whacky!
Thanks so much for getting this info on your bandwidth..,
http://95theses.wordpress.com/2007/07/07/osha-is-stealing-your-ammo/
and it gets WORSE:
http://95theses.wordpress.com/2007/07/10/its-osha-and-the-corrupt-congress-combined/
The “Reverend” Jackson, besides being a cheater on his wife and the father of at least 1 child outside of wedlock, is a known extortionist, trading “racial peace” for a “piece of the economic pie.” The gun dealers in the Chicago suburbs have pretty much told him to bug off, and even had him arrested in Riverdale, IL for trespass.
His “partner in crime,” Father Michael Pfleger (a “rogue” Catholic priest) who was also arrested, has made death threats against the owners of one of these gun dealers. Francis Cardnel George, Archbiship of the Chicago Diocese has stated:
The best way to deal with Jackson and Pfleger is to push back as hard if not harder than they are. Gun dealers can fight back by suing both of them. Gun owners can fight back by showing up in counter protests. Both can put their local politicans on notice that the days of Jackson “extorting” concessions from legitimate businesses are over and if they don’t protect the businesses from such blatant extortion attempts, they could find their political careers shortened.
Messy has been extorting money from big business for years.So! Where is RICO when it is needed,Mr.Gonzales?
I’ll give up my gun when they pry it from my cold dead fingers.
I’ve posted comments in opposition to the proposed ruling at the OSHA site. EVERYONE who cares about 2nd amendment rights should do this NOW.
I am thinking about training with guns. I am not an NRA fan. The Gun Owners of America seems a lot better. I am anti-gun law. I am a Christian and don’t want to live by the gun. I do like swords though…
I fought a house fire where ammo was stored inside. It popped and was unnerving, but there was no danger. Without the pressure of the gun chamber, there is not enough force to propell the bullet or explode where someone may be harmed.
After the event, I asked instructors and other firefighters and no one had any information to contradict my observations.
Let me see……..I must have missed something! Three black college students were shot in the back of the head…slaughtered……one was severely injured….by illegal border jumpers…….Jesse Jackson nor Al Sharpton had time or reason to form a protest march……but does have same for a protest that would allow legal law abiding citizens to protect themselves. Could it be that they don’t give a rats patoot about the blacks right to be alive? Like I said I must have missed something.