FL: Rape Survivor Calls for Campus Carry

For those of you who don't know me, I am the on-campus rape survivor from FSU who supports the campus carry bill.

Unfortunately for Second Amendment rights, Sens. Miguel Diaz de la Portilla and Andy Gardiner, both took part in killing the bill.

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Followup MI: Domestic Shooting Justifiable

No criminal charges will be filed against a Belding woman who killed her boyfriend in October 2015.

Kylie Vincent, 21, fatally shot her boyfriend, Eric Harrington, 34, of Belding in the early morning hours of Oct. 21, 2015. According to Ionia County Prosecuting Attorney Kyle Butler, Vincent acted in justifiable self-defense.


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NC: 77-Year-Old Shoots at Tires, not Thieves

The 77-year-old said he wasn't trying to hit them. 

Instead, he said he wanted to shoot out their front tires to keep them from getting away.  

Channel 9’s Dave Faherty was there when deputies arrived, surrounding, the area and looking for the light grey SUV.

Jewelry, apparently dropped by the thieves as they fled, was in the driveway.

The homeowner, Jerry Townsend, said he told the suspects to stop; when they wouldn't, he began shooting the tires. 

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WI: Antigo - Good Guy with Gun Stops Rampage Shooter; 2 Wounded, Shooter Killed

One female victim was treated for a gunshot wound at the hospital and released. The other victim, a male student, was undergoing surgery as of 11 a.m. for non-life threatening injuries, according to police.

The gunman was armed with a rifle when he started shooting people as they left the school about 11 p.m. Saturday, before an officer already on the scene shot the gunman, authorities said.

"The officer’s immediate response prevented further injuries and possible casualties," the police department said in a statement posted on Facebook. "The initial investigation and officer response indicate this was a lone shooter and a search warrant is being executed at his residence seeking any additional information pertaining to this incident."

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CA: Law Firm Fights for Second Amendment Right to Rifles

Ehline Law Firm’s president, Michael Ehline, had the opportunity to attend oral augments in the case of Hollis v. Lynch, et al, Civil Action No.3:14-cv-03872-M in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

“As a victim’s rights advocate, gun rights are extremely important to our constituents in Los Angeles, California. This is partly because the US Supreme Court has ruled in Warren v. District of Columbia, 444 A.2d. 1, D.C. Ct. of Ap. 1981, that municipal police have zero duty to protect our wives and children. Therefore, it is down to the heads of households to select the most efficient and safest bearable arms to protect ourselves” said Ehline.

It is the birthright of all Americans to keep and bear arms.

The anti self-defense lobby is terrified that law abiding citizens will have their hands on select fire weapons like M16s. But in reality, many people own automatic firearms who are not the government. Legally owned machine guns have been used in a statistically insignificant amount of crimes. To be clear, there are many varieties of so called “machine guns.”

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NH: Governor Hassan Promises another Veto for Consitutional Carry

In New Hampshire, Democrat Governor Maggie Hassan has promised to veto a near identical bill to the "Constitutional" carry bill that she vetoed last year.  The measure  is proving popular this year, with three more states being added to "Constitutional" carry club. From unionleader.com:

CONCORD — Voting along party lines, the Senate Thursday repealed the requirement to obtain a concealed weapons permit, although the governor says she will veto the bill as she did last year.

House Bill 582 would allow anyone who can legally own a gun to conceal a loaded weapon.

Under current law, a person may carry a loaded weapon that is visible, but a permit is required to carry it concealed.

West Virginia, Maine and Idaho increased the number of "Constitutional" or permitless carry states to 10 this year.  Nine have restored the right to carry a concealed weapon to the status that existed when the Bill of Rights was ratified on 15 December, 1791.  Vermont has always had permitless carry, and has one of the lowest crime rates in the nation. 

New Hampshire is now surrounded by states that have restored the right.  New Hampshire's requirement for a carry permit was passed about a hundred years ago as "progressive" ideas swept the nation.  Those laws are being repealed as evidence accumulates that they did more harm than good.  Opponents say that they are an infringement on Second Amendment rights.  The New Hampshire Senate passed HB 582 14 to 10, along party lines.  The bill passed the House in January, 206 to 146.  Republicans voted for the bill, Democrats against.

With a promised veto, it seems unlikely that New Hampshire will reach "Constitutional" carry status this year.  A Republican governor may be required to accomplish that.  And that may be exactly what the legislature is pointing out.

There is no evidence that permitless carry leads to higher crime levels; there have been some studies that claim a statistically significant drop in violent crimes.  Overall, the change in crime rates is small.  "Progressives" appear to oppose the bill on the principle that government power should not be limited; conservatives, libertarians and constitutionalists approve of it because it shows that the Constitution can and should limit government power.

Those that trust the government are against the measure; those that trust the people are for it.


Trust in the people is on the rise; trust in the government is at record lows.

Vermont, plus the nine states that have restored "Constitutional" carry now make up 20% of all the states in the Union.  They are Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, West Virginia, and Wyoming.  They extend from the Pacific to the Atlantic, and from the Canadian border to the Mexican.   They outnumber the states that cling to the outdated notion of "may issue" concealed carry permits. 

A number of other states have "Constitutional" or permitless carry legislation in the works.  Their number could pass majority status in a few years.

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Followup WV: 80-Year-Old Shooter Justified in Felons During Home Invasion

When officers arrived on scene, they found a man dressed in dark clothes lying in the middle of the road with at least two apparent gunshot wounds to his head and neck area, according to Shine. He said another man was found shot in the lower torso across the street from the caller’s residence.

The man in the middle of the road was identified as 28-year-old Larry Austin Shaver of Fairmont, while the other male injured was 28-year-old John David Grossklaus Jr. of Fairmont.

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Followup SC; Stabbing was in Self Defense

SUMTER COUNTY, SC (WACH) - Investigators in Sumter County said no charges will be filed in a April 15 stabbing at Pilgrim's Pride chicken plant.

Authorities made the decision to file no charges as they deemed the stabbing to be in self-defense.
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Armed Witness Fires Shots at Thieves

A person with a concealed handgun license tried to help stop a trio of thieves by opening fire at their getaway car in a store parking lot near The Woodlands Mall Friday afternoon.

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WI: Win in the Culture War; Switchblade Knives

You are winning the culture war when the other side accepts your premises.  In the 1950's, legislatures across the country succumbed to the latest trendy weapons ban.  Switchblade knives.  The trend went so far as to pass a federal ban on the importation and interstate sale of of switchblades, because, at the time, it was widely understood the Constitution forbade the federal government from actually regulating the sale of an item inside of state boundaries.  Seven states, including Arizona, did not enact a switchblade ban.

The ban never had any facts or logic to back it up.  It was entirely emotion and media driven legislation, based on fear of the "other", in this case, street gangs armed with switchblade knives.  It was a precursor to the the "assault weapon" ban, another fear and emotion based ban with no data to back it up.  The icon of the switchblade ban was "Westside Story", of the "Assault Weapons" ban "Miami Vice".  Both bans were driven by politicians making a name for themselves and a "progressive" media revelling in emotion driven nonsense.  It took the rise of the Internet and 60 years, but Conservatives, Libertarians, and Constitutionalists are winning the culture war on switchblades and weapons in general.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has deep "progressive" roots.  Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has always been a center of "progressive" thought.   A few months ago, Wisconsin passed a repeal of the state ban on switchblades and other knives.  The repeal also placed knives in the state preemption law, so that the laws are uniform throughout the state. 

The repeal of a weapons ban is reliably heralded by "progressive" media with a flurry of articles about how there will be "blood in the streets".

Not this time.  The jsonline article is fact based and lacks emotional content, except for a little expressed by those celebrating this small step toward freedom.  From jsonline.com:

To the untrained eye, most switchblades look pretty much like other folding knives. But instead of using two hands, or pulling a blade with a practiced thumb roll, a user need only push a button and the blade either swings out the side or shoots out the front and locks into place.

Better models have safety switches that reduce the chances of the knife opening unintentionally.

Butterfly, or balisong, knives also were considered illegal to carry in many places. They do not have springs but can be opened with one hand, with practice and a little martial arts flourish.

Many state bans — and a federal law that prohibits switchblade sales in interstate commerce, except to law enforcement or military users — go back to the late 1950s and early 1960s. That's when Hollywood turned switchblades into an icon of malevolence.

The article goes on the quote a Milwaukee police officer as saying that the change in law is no big deal.  The major difference, it is noted, is that the police can no longer confiscate such knives when they are found, except if the person carrying them concealed is a felon. 

That is an admission that tens of thousands of Wisconsin citizens have been needlessly harassed, had their property confiscated, been fined and or jailed for the last 60 years.  Most of them were minorities.

Governor Walker accepted a fancy switchblade knife, suitably engraved, at the signing ceremony for the bill.  The knife was presented by Knife Rights, which lobbied for the legislation.  From the article:

Wattenberg is proud of the special work it took to engrave the Seal of Wisconsin onto the blade of the knife presented to Walker.

"We've never had a public official decline an automatic knife, ever," Ritter said. "Everyone wants to own a switchblade."

It is the perfect closing to the victory in the culture war.  From being an icon of evil invented by "progressive" politicians, which went so far as to prompt federal legislation, to "Everyone wants to own a switchblade".

It illustrates the death of a "progressive" article of faith:  There are "progressive" experts who know more than everyone else.  Those experts should decide for everyone else how they should live their lives.

Over and over again, we find that "experts" were self serving con men who sold their "expertise" for personal gain; and the policies they crafted did more harm than good. Transfats, Cholesterol, "Four Food Groups", and Ethanol subsidies come to mind.

Today, we see the same snake oil being peddled by "progressives" on everything from "assault weapons" to "climate change" to "Obamacare" to "Universal Background Checks".  They all claim that "experts" know what is better for us than the people do themselves.  They are all premised on the thought that the "elite" should tell everyone else how to live, that the media should "manufacture consent". And they are all just as false.

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Oklahoma Knife law Reform goes to Governor Fallin

The restoration of the right to keep and carry weapons continues in Oklahoma.  On 20 April, SB 1159 was sent to Governor Mary Fallin for consideration.

The infringement on the carry of weapons had been put into law not long after Oklahoma became a state in 1907, during the early "progressive" era.    There are several sections listed in the 1921 Oklahoma Criminal Code,  pages 523 to 525, published in 1921.  The sections covering the carry of weapons are sections 1798 through 1806.

1798 is the state constitutional guarantee of right to keep and bear arms, which then perversely grants the legislature the power to regulate the carry of arms.  1799 forbids the carry of concealed weapons; 1800 forbids the carry of weapons at all, which seems to make 1799 redundant.  Both statutes list several types of knives specifically.

1802 grants exception from the law to all public officials in the course of their duties, or while travelling from their homes to their place of duty, though it forbids them to do so while intoxicated. 1803 lists exceptions to the prohibition on the carry of weapons for people who are not public officials, for rifles and shotguns while hunting, travelling, and on their own property.

Section 1806 also seems redundant; it forbids the carry of deadly weapons or dangerous instruments openly or secretly whatsoever, with the intent or avowed purpose of  injuring his fellow man, reminiscent of Vermont code.

Oklahoma seems to have grabbed considerable code from other states shortly after statehood, and this may account for the seeming inconsistency and redundancy. 

Legislators of the last several years have done a great deal to make Oklahoma law more consistent while restoring Second Amendment rights. SB 1159 finishes the work done in 2015 when the legislature restored the right to keep and carry automatic knives.  The automated knife prohibition was likely added in the 1950s.

SB 1159 removes the complete prohibition on the carry of the types of knives named in the law. Line through indicates removal.  From SB 1159(pdf):

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to carry upon or about
his or her person, or in a purse or other container belonging to the
person, any pistol, revolver, shotgun or rifle whether loaded or
unloaded or any dagger, bowie knife, dirk knife, sword cane,
blackjack, loaded cane, billy, hand chain, metal knuckles, or any
other offensive weapon, whether such weapon be concealed or
unconcealed, except this section shall not prohibit:

Knife Rights deserves considerable credit for the passage of this bill.  From kniferights.org:

April 19, 2016: Knife Rights' Oklahoma Knife Law Reform bill, SB 1159, was passed by the House 76-5. It was previously passed unanimously by the Senate. The bill now goes to Governor Mary Fallin for signature. 

Oklahoma will join a number of other states that have removed unconstitutional infringements on the carry of knives and other common arms.  Wisconsin did so a few months ago.

In 2015, Governor Fallin signed the bill that restored the right to carry automatic knives.  It seems likely that she will sign SB 1159 as well.  By my count, she has until the 2nd of May, 2016, to sign, veto, or allow the bill to become law.

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More .22 at Dallas WalMart, 5 Cents a Round

I took my grandson to WalMart today to grab some groceries and to check the ammunition display.  They still had 50 round boxes of .22 ammunition, but this time it was 24 boxes of Federal Lightning, at a bit less than 5 cents a round.  That is better than we have generally been seeing for the last five years, but still well above historical levels.  For whatever reason, this particular WalMart has consistently had .22 ammunition available on the shelf for the past few months.

Five cents a round is below what is showing on the ammoseek.com website, which gives a good indication of what ammunition can be had for online.  The lowest that they are showing is .22 Remington at six cents a round.  The drift has been generally downward for a few months; but it has been slower than I anticipated. 

Maybe there is a pent-up demand for .22 ammunition at lower prices, that will stretch out and flatten the demand curve, keeping production at full capacity while the prices drop. 

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KY: Teenagers Break in, Kill Dog, are Shot

According to the woman who lives in the house where the shooting happened, the two boys tried to break in, not realizing her husband was there.

While inside, she says the teenagers killed the family dog, and at some point, her husband shot them.

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OK: "Constitutional" Permitless Open Carry Almost to Governor

The Oklahoma legislature has passed HB 3098, the bill to restore permitless open carry to Oklahoma.  The bill passed the House  73 to 15, and the Senate 37 to 9.  Unless it is stopped in conference committee, it will be sent to Governor Mary Fallin.  Two years ago, in 2014,Governor Fallin, (R) Oklahoma, vetoed a number of bills in what has been described as a "tantrum" on the 29th of April. The legislature overrode one of the bills.  It is unclear if Governor Fallin would veto HB 3098, which passed with veto proof majorities.  I have read the bill, and ethansission from opencarry.org sums it up pretty well:

Yes. This bill keeps the Self Defense Act (SDA) intact for concealed carry. The bill basically adds open carry as a general exception to the law against carrying weapons and removes all mention of open carry from the SDA. So the SDA license goes back to being relevant only for concealed carry again, like it was before open carry became legal in Oklahoma in 2012. So this bill, if passed, would mean:

• Open carry is legal without a license (except for under 21, felons, and people with certain mental conditions).
• Concealed carry is legal with an SDA license. Open carry is also legal for someone with an SDA license (i.e. you're not required to conceal just because you have an SDA license).
• Someone holding an SDA license will be permitted to carry concealed in states that reciprocate the Oklahoma SDA license, just like they can today.

The law is likely to pass the legislature with sufficient time so that the legislature will not have to worry about a "pocket veto". Here is the process for a veto by the governor.  From stand.org:

5. Action by the governor:

Within 10 days after passage by the House and Senate, the bill is signed by the presiding offices of each chamber, the chief clerk of the House, the secretary of the Senate and then given to the governor. If legislative adjournment “Sine Die” has not occurred, the governor has 10 days (excluding Sunday) to act on the bill. If the governor does nothing/does not veto it within 10 days (excluding Sunday), it automatically becomes law. It also becomes law if the governor formally acts on it by signing it into law, which is more typical.

6. The way the governor can veto a bill:

The Legislature can let a veto stand or attempt to override it. The governor can veto an entire bill or “line item” veto some parts of it and approve its other provisions. The Legislature may override either a straight or line-item veto by a two-thirds vote of both chambers, until sine die. After sine die, the governor may also “pocket veto” a bill by keeping it 15 days after the Legislature has adjourned without taking official action. With this approach, the Legislature does not have the opportunity to override.

 Governor Fallin has several options, and the legislature should have time to override a veto if she uses that option.

HB 3098 is essentially half of a "Constitutional" carry bill.  The other half would be to eliminate the requirement for a permit to carry a weapon concealed.  Oklahoma is a prime candidate to become a member of the Constitutional carry club, but probably not this year.   It is likely that a much improved amendment to protect the right to keep and bear arms will be on the ballot in November, which will giver further impetus to the "constitutional" carry movement.

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WI: Armed Citizen Holds Fleeing Carjack Suspect for Police

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Wisconsin State Patrol says a man who fled a trooper was later held at gunpoint by the owner of a vehicle he stole early Tuesday morning.

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CT: Lawsuit Against Gun Manufacturers has Trial date

It is insane that this suit is allowed to go forward under this bizarre theory.  The theory makes no sense on its face.

It looks like the gun lawsuit that Bernie Sanders has both condemned and cheered could actually go to trial. Yesterday a Connecticut judge set a trial date of April 3, 2018, for a lawsuit against the manufacturer, distributor, and dealer who supplied the Bushmaster XM15-E2S used in the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. In the meantime, the plaintiffs—who include the families of nine people murdered at the school, plus a survivor of the attack—can proceed with discovery. It's not exactly clear what they hope to find, since the case hinges not on facts but on the way they're spun. The plaintiffs argue that selling the Bushmaster XM15-E2S and other AR-15-style rifles to the general public qualifies as "negligent entrustment," because such "assault weapons" have "no legitimate civilian purpose."

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OH: No Charges for Neighbor who Shot Kidnap and Assault Suspect

Hearing screams, the neighbor, whom police said knew the male homeowner, got a gun and ran to the home at 311 Crescent Drive, where the neighbor saw Johnson and the male homeowner fighting on the ground.


Another male neighbor also ran to the scene and helped in trying to subdue Johnson.


- While waiting for police to arrive, the neighbor with the gun shot Johnson as Johnson was running away.


"Our officers were arriving as that whole shooting thing was taking place,'' Green said. "The patrolmen who were arriving pretty much saw that whole thing.''
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TN: Bill Grants Immmunity to those who Tolerate Exercise of the Second Amendment

In Tennessee, SB 1736(pdf)  has passed the House and the Senate. It is a bill that grants immunity for toleration of Second Amendment rights.  It has been enrolled and sent to Governor Bill Haslam.  Governor Haslam promised to sign "Constitutional" carry if it reached his desk, six years ago.  It seems likely that he will sign this bill.   The bill passed the Senate 26 to 4, the House 77 to 13.  The bill follows a trend started by Wisconsin and Kansas, where people who chose to allow others to exercise their Second Amendment rights are granted immunity from civil action for any harm that may stem from that decision.

The Tennessee bill starts with the other side of that position.  People who actively prevent permit holders from exercising their Second Amendment rights may be held liable for harm to the permit holders.  Essentially, if you disarm someone, you are responsible for their defense.  Here is the legislative summary of SB1736. From capitol.tn.gov:

Present law authorizes persons in control of property to post a notice that prohibits firearms on the premises. This bill imposes a duty of care on any person who posts their property to prohibit firearms whereby such person will be responsible for the safety of any handgun carry permit holder while the permit holder is on the posted premises and traversing any area to and from the premises and the location where the permit holder's firearm is stored. The duty of care created by this bill will extend to the conduct of other invitees, trespassers, employees of the person or entity, vicious animals, wild animals, and defensible man-made and natural hazards.

This bill creates a cause of action whereby any permit holder who is harmed while on posted premises or traversing any area to and from the premises and the location where the permit holder's firearm is stored may bring suit against the person who posted the property. The full text of this bill specifies the burden of proof that a plaintiff must meet in order to prevail in a suit brought under this bill. In addition to damages, a permit holder who brings a suit under this bill will be entitled to attorney fees and costs. The statute of limitations for actions brought under this bill will be two years.

This bill requires that any person who posts their property to prohibit firearms on the premises must use a sign that includes language citing this bill and the duty of care that such person owes to permit holders.

This bill requires that it be given a liberal construction.

ON MARCH 16, 2016, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1736, AS AMENDED.

AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to provide immunity from civil liability to a person, business, or other entity that owns, controls, or manages property and has the authority to prohibit weapons on that property by positing under present law, with respect to any claim based on the person's, business's, or other entity's failure to adopt such a policy. This amendment will not apply to a person, business, or other entity whose conduct or failure to act is the result of gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.

Property managers required to post properties by Federal or State law are exempted.

The legislature has given an incentive for property managers to tolerate the status quo.  It relieves property managers of legal problems and responsibilities if they do nothing.  Doing nothing gains them immunity from lawsuit.  If they take positive action to chill the exercise of Second Amendment rights, they incur liability when their actions result in damages. 

Governor Haslam has ten days, not counting Sundays, to sign, veto, or ignore the bill.  By my count, the 10th day will be the 3rd of May, 2016.

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CO: Homeowner Shoots Suspect Attempting Break-in

The article makes the mistake of calling the criminal "the victim".

According to Denver Police, the victim was shot during an attempted home burglary. The homeowner shot the suspect. The homeowner was not arrested.

The Denver District Attorney said they will not file charges against the homeowner based on self-defense, but not the "Make My Day" law because it appears the suspect never entered the home and was, instead, outside the home trying to enter through a window.

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TX: Running with a Gun in Dallas

Legal open carry of modern handguns was partially restored to Texans on January 1st, 2016.  I was visiting Texas at the time and open carried a bit, but the cool weather in January made concealed carry more practical.  I returned to Dallas in April, to visit family and a new grandchild. 

This morning, on my aerobic exercise run, I was running west on Rosemeade Parkway.  A black and white police SUV approached on the other side of the boulevard, but did not slow down, and continued on its way without any sign of interest in me.  It was very near the Dallas/Carrollton border, so it could have been one of a number of agencies.  A couple of days earlier, another black and white had driven by me on Marsh Lane without incident.  Both drive-bys occurred after careful scrutiny by a police SUV a week earlier.

On Saturday, the 9th of April, I was running on the same route, on Rosemeade Parkway.  At that point I had turned around and was running east, on the sidewalk, with the flow of traffic.  The police SUV approached me from behind, and clearly saw that I was openly carrying.  I was wearing the same outfit as in the picture.  The police unit immediately slowed; but they started to impede traffic, so the officer did the sensible thing and sped up, then made a right turn into a sided street.  As I approached the side street without varying my pace, the unit pulled up to Rosemeade.  This way they were able to obtain a good look at me without impeding traffic or detaining me.

The pistol is a Glock 17 in a Fobus retention holster.  I also had a Cold Steel Xl in  the strong side pocket with a pocket clip; and an  iphone 6+ in a holster in front.  The red Dan Baum "Gun Guy" cap emphasized that I was not hiding anything. 

I approached the SUV at about 11:39.  I looked directly at the driver's position, and nodded my head in acknowledgement.  I did not look back, but kept going on my run.

The SUV pulled out behind me and passed me for the second time that day.  They did not slow down, and went about their business, just as I did.

They had done proper police work.  The officer(s) saw something unusual; checked it out, did not find any probable cause of reasonable suspicion, and continued on without incident.  A couple a minutes later another SUV with "Constable" on it drove past, but I cannot say if it was connected or not.

I have a strong suspicion that the first look over is what resulted in the later lack of interest.  In my long association with police, my experience is that items out of the ordinary are passed around in the local peace officer community rather quickly.  It keeps officers informed and helps to break up the deadly monotony that is over 95% of police work.

I suspect that the word quickly traveled around the area about the old guy exercising with a Glock and red Gun Guy cap.  I became just another feature instead of a bug.

This is what commonly happens with the restoration of second Amendment rights in an area.  I experienced it in Arizona, and it is spreading over all the country.  First, there are horrific predictions of "blood in the streets" by the media that know nothing about guns, but know what they oppose.  Nothing happens, the expansion of rights does not result in "blood in the streets".  Then a few incidents occur where a "good guy with a gun" stops crime or saves an innocent victim.  Sometimes it is a cop.  The police chiefs start saying that the restoration of rights hasn't been a problem.

Nothing much happens, until the next step in restoring Second Amendment rights is up for a vote in the legislature.  Then the whole process is repeated.

It is so predictable, it become monotonous.

It is all a part of replacing emotional propaganda with facts and logic; restoring American values that were degraded during the ascendancy of the "progressive" media.  It isn't over yet, but it is happening all over the country.

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