Monday, October 05, 2020
FL: Domestice Defense, Man Shoots Woman who Attacked him with Knife
TAMPA, Fla — Deputies are investigating after a woman was shot and killed Wednesday night in Plant City. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said it was called to a home around 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday because there were reports of a disturbance. When investigators got there they found a man who told them a woman he knew came after him with a knife during an argument.
TX: Disarm, Texas man Takes gun from Robbery Suspects, Kills One, Wounds Other
A Texas man allegedly took a gun away and fired at two accused teenage robbers on Wednesday after he said they tried to steal from him, according to a report.
One of the teens was struck in the head and chest and was pronounced dead at a local area hospital, officials said. The other suspect ran into a nearby apartment building after being injured. He was found and rushed to the same hospital in an unknown condition.
Lin Wood Demands Retraction from Biden Campaign for Smearing Kyle as White Supremacist
From washingtontimes.com, cropped and scaled by Dean Weigarten
Lin Wood is the world class lawyer who is part of the defense team of
Kyle Rittenhouse. Kyle was charged by a Democrat prosecutor in Kenosha
for defending himself from multiple attackers who attacked him and
attempted to disarm him. Wood won large settlements for his clients
against slander in the media.
In spite of the efforts of enormous numbers of social justice warriors on the Internet, none of them have been able to make any connection between Kyle and white supremacists or an organized militia. The clear case for self defense is made in an eleven minute video.
If the attackers who Kyle shot did not wish to be harmed, all they had to do was to stop pursuing and attacking him. Kyle Rittenhouse was fleeing pursuit both times he was attacked.
In the Presidential debate on 29 September, both Chris Wallace, the moderator and former vice president Joe Biden implied that Kyle Rittenhouse was a white supremacist and a militia member. After the debate, if the Washington Times article is correct, candidate the Biden/Harris campaign used Kyle's image with the words "white supremacist" above and "as we saw in Kenosha" below.
Lin has tweeted he is preparing a formal demand for Biden/Harris to retract the claim that Kyle Rittenhouse is a white supremacist & militia member.
I have not seen any evidence there were any white supremacists in Kenosha. There may have been a hasty creation of a near spontaneous militia to protect local businesses and homes from being burned down. There is no evidence Kyle Rittenhouse was a member of a militia, any more than anyone who showed up at the Kenosha riots to prevent destruction of property.
There was no evidence that any militia which showed up was white supremacist or violent.
There is no evidence shown that Kyle, a minor, was or is a white supremacist. Kyle is not a public figure. Vice President Biden cannot claim that as a public figure, he can smear Kyle without any consequence.
It is nearly as hard to see how Chris Wallace can claim there was "White Supremacist" violence in Kenosha. Wallace can claim he was not referring to Kyle Rittenhouse's self defense shootings. If he was not referring to them, what was he referring to? The attacks against Kyle?
I believe Lin Wood can force Wallace to, at minimum, clarify that.
The account Lin Wood has set up, Fightback.law, makes sense. From Fightback.law:
We fight back for forgotten America. We stand ready to protect and defend the constitutional rights, livelihoods and property of people and businesses that are being targeted and destroyed.
Chris Wallace has an out. He can say he did not mean or mention Kyle Rittenhouse. What he did mean then becomes problematical. If he disavows he meant Kyle, he loses some credibility on the left.
It is much harder for Candidate Joe Biden and the Harris campaign.
Joe Biden attacked Kyle Rittenhouse earlier, but not by name. From wispolitics.com:
Tonight, the President declined to rebuke violence. He wouldn’t even repudiate one of his supporters who is charged with murder because of his attacks on others. He is too weak, too scared of the hatred he has stirred to put an end to it.
So once again, I urge the President to join me in saying that while peaceful protest is a right — a necessity — violence is wrong, period. No matter who does it, no matter what political affiliation they have. Period.
Biden says Rittenhouse (was there another Trump supporter charged with murder, mentioned by the President?) attacked others. One only needs to look at the video to see that claim is false.
Rittenhouse did not attack anyone. Rittenhouse defended himself when others attacked him. In both situations, he was retreating, attempting to leave the situation, when he was attacked.
Former Vice President Biden says violence is wrong, period. But he does not condemn the violence by Antifa or BLM.
Violence is neutral, like gravity. It can be used for good or evil. In American law, violence used in self defense is not evil, but a tool to prevent evil.
Vice President Biden is in a trap. His far left supporters believe anyone who does not immediately submit to them, can be violently attacked. They define these attacks as "self defense". It is an Orwellian inversion of the words which is part of their philosophy. Antifa rejects western law and logic as a matter of course. They explicitly reject first amendment rights.
If Biden does not retract his statement that Kyle Rittenhouse is a white supremacist, he is subject to lawsuit. If he retracts it, he will be seen by his far left supporters as weak.
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MN: Evidence does not Support Story of Man who Shot Person in Head and Back
Travis Leonard, 23, is charged with intentional second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter in connection to the death of Dylan Lattery, 23, of Owatonna.
According to the criminal complaint,
at 10:54 p.m. on Sept. 24, police responded to a report of a shooting
at 1127 Irving Ave. N. in Minneapolis. Leonard had called police,
telling them he shot someone who had broken into his house.
MI: Property Owner Shoots man who Drove at Him
According to the St. Clair County Sheriff's Office, the 50-year-old homeowner was armed when he confronted the alleged intruder.
While the suspect was trying to get away, it's alleged that he drove at the property owner who fired multiple shots with a handgun, hitting the suspect in the face.
The wounded man, identified a 27-year-old Kimball Township resident, went to a local hospital where he was found by deputies.
Saturday, October 03, 2020
TX: Car Burglary Suspect shot, Wounded Flags down Deputy for Help
The owner allegedly grabbed his gun and shot at the suspect.
The suspect was grazed in the side of the head with a bullet and then drove away. He then went down the street and saw a Constable Deputy and told him that he had been shot.
Followup CO: Defensive Shooting of Fredrick Price Ruled Justified in Mesa County
In a letter sent to the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office on Sept. 28, 21st Judicial District Chief Deputy District Attorney Bo Zeerip cited Colorado’s “Make My Day” law to explain why no charges were filed in the case.
The statute states that a person is justified in using deadly force against another person when that person has made an unlawful entry into their home and it is reasonable to believe the intruder has committed a crime or intends to physically harm the occupant or their property. The statute shields the home’s occupant from criminal prosecution when deadly force is used against an intruder.
“In this case, the evidence is uncontroverted that Price unlawfully broke into (the shooter’s home),” he ruled.
Followup FL: Man Spends 2 Years in Jail, Judge Throws out Charges in Stand Your Ground Case
FORT PIERCE — Two years after Jason Dames was jailed for fatally shooting a man at a Fort Pierce restaurant, a judge threw out his case after ruling the killing was justified under the state’s “stand your ground” law.
Dames, 33, was charged with second-degree murder with a firearm in connection with the Sept. 1, 2018 homicide of Jackie McMiller, 38, of Fort Pierce, which records show occurred at a restaurant at the southwest corner of North 25th Street and Avenue D in Fort Pierce.
MO: Gunfight, Woman Killed, Neighbor returns Fire at Suspect
Whalen threatened McBee's relatives with an assault rifle, and when McBee "attempted to de-escalate the situation before finally pushing the defendant," charges say, Whalen fired a shot at McBee's head "at point-blank range."
Charges against Moore say he was with Whalen during the shooting, then fired a handgun at a neighbor standing on his front porch when McBee was killed. The man on his porch wasn't hit and returned fire at Moore.
FL: Gunfight, Apartment Resident Drives off Home Invasion Suspects
On September 30, 2020, at approximately 1:21 AM, GPD officers responded to the 4900 block of NW 20thStreet (Sorrento) in response to calls of shots fired and a report of 2 suspects attempting to break into an apartment. The victims in the apartment were not hurt during the incident. One bullet struck one of the victim’s room window. Another victim returned fire at the suspects during the incident. It is unknown if either suspect was injured. Detectives located multiple shell casings and bullet fragments in the roadway in front of the residence, in the driveway, near the front door, and also inside the residence. GPD detectives are following up on several leads concerning the suspects. The suspects have not been located at this time.
Thursday, October 01, 2020
Semi-auto "Assault" Rifle Defense in Waukegan, Illinois: two killed in Home Invasion
Image from Google maps, cropped and scaled by Dean Weingarten
On the morning of 22 September, about 10 a.m., two home invaders disguised as utility workers, displayed a handgun as they forced their way into a home on the 100 block of Frolic Avenue. A woman in her 30's had a toddler in her arms as she answered the door.
As the two men, 34 and 36, forced there way inside, the woman turned and screamed. The house is very modest, only about 650 square feet. It has a full basement. The home invaders were later identified at brothers Jimmy and Christian Tenorio.
Two roomers were renting space in the house. One of them had rented the basement. The other was not home.
The basement roommate heard the screams, grabbed a semi-automatic pistol, and came up the basement stairs. He engaged and shot Christian Tenorio, who had the revolver. He then ducked back into the basement.
Jimmy Tenorio retrieved the revolver, and started dragging his brother toward the door. The basement roomate re-engaged with a "assault rifle" of unknown make and caliber. A gunfight ensued.
Both Tenorio brothers ended up on the small front lawn. Both were found there by police. Both were deceased.
Waukegan is a few miles south of Kenosha, Wisconsin, across the Illinois border. It is less than 20 miles from Kyle Rittenhouse's home in Antioch. From the Waukegan Police Department facebook page:
CID believes that Christian and Jimmy arrived at the home and knocked on the door. The door was answered by a female victim, in her 30s, who rents the home. Christian and Jimmy then forced their way into the home. Christian, at this point, displayed a loaded revolver handgun.The female victim began to yell for help. A male victim, in his 30s, who rents the basement, heard the commotion and went upstairs with a loaded semi-automatic pistol. The male victim then confronts the Tenorio brothers and shoots Christian.At this point, Jimmy retrieved the loaded revolver handgun and began to drag Christian out of the home. The male victim retreated and then returned with a loaded assault style rifle. The male victim and Jimmy exchange gunfire.
Both brothers were pronounced dead on the scene, by apparent gunfire, in the front yard of the home.
The female victim and male victim both have valid FOID cards. Neither Tenorio possessed a valid FOID.During the incident, the female victim was babysitting a small toddler. The toddler was not injured. The female victim was also dog sitting a small 3-pound dog. The dog ran out during the incident, but has been returned unharmed. Neither victims were injured. There is a third roommate at the home, however that roommate was not home during the incident.CID has determined that the single-family home was the intended target of the incident. However, both victims and the third roommate, from the home, do not know why the brothers would target the home.
In the facebook comments section, Rubin Cantu has started a gofundme account to help the victims of the home invasion with living expenses. The defender left his job because of numerous death threats. It is alleged the Tenorio brothers were gang members. From gofundme.com:
The 2 residents are heroes. They did what was necessary to protect the baby. The 2 armed men were gang members and sadly, since the home invasion, the male resident has continuously received death threats. He had to quit his job and is unsure how he will be able to live a normal, quiet life while receiving so many threats. The female resident has also lost her babysitting job and is experiencing severe mental anguish.
We appreciate your support in helping cover some of their daily expenses, mortgage and grief counseling while attempting to regain some normalization in their life.
We also ask for prayers for all parties involved as the loss of life is always unfortunate, regardless of the circumstances.
This is another incident which shows the value of semi-automatic rifles in defense of self and others. The police characterize the number of shots fired as "multiple". It reinforces the utility of of checking and validating the credentials of individuals who claim to be utility workers.
Two earlier homicides happened at a Motel 6, a block away from the Frolic Avenue home invasion, in late August and on 8 September, according to fox6now.com.
American citizens are becoming more armed. Waukegan is about 18 miles South of Kenosha, in Illinois, between Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Chicago, Illinois. The defenders in this case both had Illinois Firearm Owners ID, (FOID) currently required for legal ownership of firearms in Illinois. That requirement is being challenged in the courts.
The Tenorio brothers did not have Illinois FOID.
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MI: Man Shoots Burglary Suspect who Drove Vehicle at him in Port Huron Township
The suspect, a 23-year-old Port Huron Township man, did eventually come back to the property; the owner was armed with a pistol and called dispatch.
Police say the suspect jumped into his car and drove at him. The owner said he shot his pistol at the vehicle in self-defense.
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Gun-Control Group Dodges Guns in Swing State Attack Ads by Stephen Gutowski
The nation's largest gun-control group dodged guns entirely in a new swing state ad campaign that abandons the group's core issue to focus on health care.
Documents obtained by the Washington Free Beacon show Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund, supported in large part by donations from billionaire Michael Bloomberg, is funding ads that assail Republicans on health care rather than gun control. The ads target state-level politicians in Pennsylvania, Iowa, North Carolina, Arizona, and Minnesota. The postcard-style ads, copies of which are posted to the back end of the group's website, have nearly identical wording.
In an ad against state representative Andrew Lewis (R.), the group accused him of helping to "take health care away from Pennsylvanians" but makes no mention of guns.
Everytown has largely avoided Second Amendment issues when trying to woo voters in swing states. The group minimized gun control in attack ads aimed at Republican senators running for reelection in Iowa and North Carolina earlier this month. The decision indicates Everytown has determined issues like health care and energy production are more persuasive to swing-state voters—many of whom may have recently become gun owners—according to J. Miles Coleman, associate editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia's Center for Politics.
TX Followup: Grand Jury has No Bill for Jack Wilson, who Stopped Church Shooting, as expected
FORT WORTH, Texas (KETK/AP) – A Texas grand jury took no action against a man who shot and killed an armed man that murdered two people in a Fort Worth-area church last December.
Jack Wilson, a firearms instructor who also trained a volunteer security team, fatally shot Keith Kinnunen back on December 29 in White Settlement. The attack happened during a service at the West Freeway Church of Christ.
Comments have been Neglected on Gun Watch. My Apologies
A few weeks ago, Google changed the format of blogs on blogger.
It took a while to learn the new system.
It has been a bit busy.
A number of commenters generously took their time to comment on the blog. They were not posted quickly, as the comment section was in a bit different position, so it ended up being ignored for weeks.
My apoligies to those who took time to comment, but were ignored for many days!
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Tuesday, September 29, 2020
KY: More Information on the Breonna Taylor/Kenneth Walker Case in Louisville
More information has surfaced in the Breonna Taylor/Kenneth Walker no-knock warrant service in Louisville, Kentucky, which occurred on 13 March of this year.
On the night of the shooting, the officer who was shot and wounded, Sgt. Mattingly, who was doing the banging on the door, was recorded in a friendly interview by police.
He said he repeatedly banged on the door and yelled "Police, Come to the Door, Search Warrant". He said this was done about 6 or 7 times. Sgt. Mattingly said it took about 45 seconds to a minute of banging and announcing before the police Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team broke down the door.
Mattingly said it seemed like an eternity, during the knocking. From his interview (on audio at wlky.com), the police did not announce their presence the first couple of banging sequences:
We did not announce the first couple, because our intent was to give her plenty of time to come to the door because he said she was probably there alone. So we determined, pre-determined to give her plenty of time to come to the door,
Some people would interpret that as a dubious excuse for not announcing they were police. Many people believe announcing police were at the door would result in greater speed in answering the door, not less.
Mattingly says they arrived at the location 45 minutes early. They spent time surveilling the scene and checking out a vehicle near the apartment.
His account raises questions about the urgency of the warrant service. Why not wait another minute to break down the door in an apartment in which they did not expect any resistance? Why do you need a SWAT team, if you do not expect resistance?
Cynics might say they rushed to break down the door before someone might answer it.
Mattingly was very likely in an adrenaline rush preparatory to breaking down the door with the SWAT team. More from the audio interview:
6 or 7 different times, what seems like an eternity when you are at the doorway. It probably lasted between 45 seconds and a minute, banging on the door.
Adrenaline often distorts the sense of time. Time seems to stretch out when you are high on adrenaline.
One can conduct an experiment where you knock three times and say, "Police, Search Warrant, Come to the door".
I did this six times in moderately rapid succession, with a sense of urgency to the voice and the knocking. I timed it. It took 20 seconds. Try it yourself. It is an easy experiment to do.
We do not know exactly how much time it took, because the police were not wearing body cameras. No digital files have been released with audio or surveillance files, which might give us precise timing. We do not know how much overlap there was between the banging and the yelling about police, search warrant, come to the door, which would make communications harder to understand.
Giving the benefit of the doubt to Sgt. Mattingly, even 1 minute is far from a reasonable time for someone to be woken from a sound sleep, figure out someone is banging on the door, decide to respond, get dressed, and get to the door. Try it sometime and time it. One to two minutes is a minimal time to be reasonable. The warrant service was after midnight.
Kenneth Walker, testifying in an audio recording at the same link, says Breonna was yelling, at the top of her lungs "Who is it?" repeatedly, but they did not hear a response, just the banging.
Sgt. Mattingly says an officer thought he heard something, about in the middle of the banging sequence, but no one came to the door right away, so they continued on with the banging and forced entry. That would only leave 30 seconds, at most, from the time the officer heard something until the officers broke down the door.
People on both sides of the door say they were yelling, yet both sides say they could not understand any words the other side was saying. That seems to validate both accounts.
In a society with a robust right to arms, police breaking down doors will result in preventable tragedies.
Immediately after the shooting, Kenneth Walker called 911. From cbsnews.com:
"I don't know what happened ... somebody kicked in the door and shot my girlfriend," Walker told the dispatcher. When asked where Taylor had been shot, Walker replied, "I don't know, she is on the ground right now. I don't know, I don't know."
There was confusion about who shot Sgt. Mattingly, in early reports. Now we know why.
Kenneth Walker lied to the police, immediately after being taken into custody. When asked who shot at police, Walker said Breonna did.
In the audio testimony, Walker is asked why he lied. He says he was scared. A jury may find that plausible. Put yourself in their shoes to determine if Walker might have reasonably lied in that situation, out of fear.
Consider the long standing hype about the chances of anyone shooting an officer and surviving the arrest.
A defense attorney told me the chance of a suspect, who wounded a police officer, surviving an arrest, is nil. He said he was amazed that Walker survived the arrest.
I have not found at what point the lie was detected or Walker admitted to it.
Kenneth Walker said he thought the home invasion might be by Breonna's former boyfriend, who is accused of drug dealing, and who was arrested the same night, a little before the warrant service at Breonna's apartment resulted in the killing and wounding.
Home invasions by former boyfriends are a fairly common occurrence. They often involve a lot of banging on doors and yelling. Here is one from Oklahoma:
The woman told detectives she was at the home with her current boyfriend when they heard loud banging on the back door.
She grabbed a pistol and shot the intruder after he forced his way inside the residence, Butterfield said.
While some shots were fired from outside the apartment to the inside, with shots going through the door and window, all the shots which hit Breonna were fired from just inside the apartment, according to the police. From wave3.com:
Sources told WAVE 3 News Troubleshooters that one of the officers, Brett Hankison, had fired multiple shots into the apartment blindly from the outside. Those statements corroborate that claim from Taylor’s attorneys.
LMPD confirmed three officers -- Jon Mattingly, Myles Cosgrove and Hankison -- fired their weapons that night. Mattingly was struck in the leg and returned fire. He has recovered. Cosgrove fired his weapon inside the apartment. All three officers were placed on adminstrative reassignment.
The sources said they do not believe Taylor was struck by any of the bullets fired by Hankison from outside.
The link at wave3.com has good pictures of the bullet holes through the door and window of the apartment.
There are recorded conversations from jail phone calls (they are routinely recorded) between Breonna and her former boyfriend, in January of 2020, where they discuss her bailing him out, and some transactions, likely involving illegal drugs. This shows the legitimacy of a warrant to search her house. It is far from a legitimate reason for a no-knock warrant.
It appears the no-knock warrant was part of several no-knock warrants designed to hit several places the same night. The warrants do not appear to be have been closely coordinated. If the purpose was to prevent one location from warning other locations, communications between various warrant serving teams have not surfaced.
Serving warrants in the dead of night is a bad idea, in general. A defense attorney told me it has become, essentially, a terror tactic.
Consider the early morning raids used to intimidate President Trump supporters, by the Muller investigation.
To sum up points of fact recently revealed, over which early reporting was ambivalent or wrong:
- The warrant for Breonna's apartment was legitimately issued, according to the policies in effect, at the time.
- The police had evidence of Breonna's involvement with her accused drug dealer former boyfriend (two months before the raid) than only the information about her accepting parcels at her residence, for him.
- The shots which killed Breonna were not fired through the door or window.
- The shot fired by Kenneth Walker, which wounded Sgt. Mattingly, was not fired through the door.
- Breonna was in the hallway with Walker, when the shots inside were exchanged. She was not in her bed.
- Kenneth Walker initially lied to police about who fired at police, immediately after the shooting, when he was in police custody.
- The police's claim they announced themselves is likely true. It does not mean anyone in the apartment understood they were police when they broke down the door.
These clarifications tend to exonerate the police officers, because they followed existing policy, and they had a legal warrant.
They show the wisdom of reforms limiting no-knock warrants, requiring body cameras, holding police accountable for firing shots promiscuously, and for more effective announcement of police presence.
They show allowing "announce and knock" warrants, without stipulating meaningful time to allow residents to respond, just changes the name of no-knock raids.
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CT: Son Shoots Man who Attacked his Father and Stepmother
However, the man followed the couple into the car park and began punching Rodriguez and grabbing his wife, reported ABC13.
When the 21-year-old son, who has not been named, walked out of the venue and saw what was happening to his father and stepmother, he grabbed his gun and shot and killed the man, said police.
Monday, September 28, 2020
Senate Races Critical to Restore Second Amendment: Arizona in Play
With the Supreme Court and circuit courts on the line, the make up of
the Senate has become critical to the restoration of Second Amendment
rights in the 2020 election.
In Arizona, Senator Martha McSally is running against Gabby Giffords husband, Mark Kelly. Kelly is ahead of McSally in many polls. The polls may not catch all voters, but they are worrisome. The left sees the McSally senate seat as vulnerable.
Kelly was instrumental in founding Americans for Responsible Solutions (ARS), a far left gun control organization, after his wife, representative Giffords, was severely disabled in a mass shooting by mentally disturbed, left-leaning gunman.
It is difficult to have pushed more for more restrictions on gun ownership than Mark Kelly has. He has been the brains behind ARS, because his wife is disabled.
The ARS merged with the former Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence (LCPVG). The LCPVG has been in the forefront of pushing for the extreme restrictions on Second Amendment rights which now exist in California.
Organizations focused against Second Amendment rights frequently change their names to better fool people about their intentions.
The new organization is called the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
Restrictions on Second Amendment rights are not popular in Arizona.
The job of the old media has morphed into fooling enough of the people enough of the time to regain power. That translates into defeating Martha McSally and pushing Mark Kelly across the finish line in Arizona.
Ads by Kelly focus on his military service and time as an astronaut. They never mention his radical gun control efforts. He hides behind the familiar "I own lots of guns" tactic. Owing lots of guns and supporting lots of infringements on the Second Amendment only shows a person is a hypocrite. Kelly, believing himself ahead, has not been out on the campaign trail.
Many leftists who want to restrict and remove our rights own guns. They simply want the government to be able to restrict your rights and take your guns. They expect to be in the powerful elite.
McSally was appointed to the Senate by Governor Ducey. She has been characterized as being in favor of red flag laws. The truth is more subtle. She has been part of the movement to undercut draconian red flag laws by insisting they include due process of law, are narrowly focused, and includes the ability to be removed from the National Instant background Check System (NICS), as reported by the NRA. Insistence on those inclusions helped kill those bills.
She has been roundly opposed by the anti-Second Amendment groups. She says she is fighting for freedom and against a radical left takeover. From foxnews.com:
“Now, I’m standing on the wall to make sure the radical left does not take over our country and I am standing there to make sure that Chuck Schumer is not in charge in the Senate, and people want a fighter. We care about our freedoms in Arizona, so it is very much resonating.”
The gun control groups such as Bloomberg's Everytown for Gun Safety and others are pouring in millions of dollars into Arizona. They think blanketing the state with ads promoting Mark Kelly, while not mentioning his radical anti-Second Amendment record, can get him elected, and flip the state and Senate against the Second Amendment and Constitutional government.
There is no doubt Mark Kelly would support ideologues on the Supreme Court who would vote to overturn Heller, and make the Second Amendment into a toothless legal footnote.
It is hard to believe the Arizona I know would elect him. I was unpleasantly surprised to have Kyrsten Sinema take a Senate seat in Arizona in 2018. In 2018, the power of the progressive media was triumphant. They had help. Kyrsten Sinema is a strong campaigner.
McSally has become a strong supporter of President Trump. She can be counted on to support his judicial nominees.
The judiciary has become the prize with which our freedoms can be won without war. The judiciary was not supposed to be political, but a hundred years of progressive-ism have made it the center of the fight.
If we can keep the Senate, and re-elect Donald Trump, we can keep the Second Amendment and build on the Heller and McDonald decisions.
Senator McSally has supported a vote for President Trump's nomination to the Supreme Court to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg, before the election.
Mark Kelly worked for years and raised millions of dollars to infringe on Second Amendment rights.
For Second Amendment supporters, it is an easy and important choice.
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AZ: Mesa Woman Shoots, Wounds Home Invasion Suspect
Authorities with the Mesa Police Department say a woman was at home alone when the man made his way inside. She was able to fire a weapon at the intruder, striking him.
Review: Kyle Rittenhouse - The Truth in 11 Minutes (video)
On 22 September, 2020, a powerful video put out by #FightBack, was published on Youtube, with a mirror site on Bitchute.
This is a review of the 11 minute video. I give it 4.5 stars. #FightBack is collecting funds for Kyle Rittenhouse's defense. From Fightback.law:
Fightback.law is a Texas 501(c)(4) not-for-profit organization established to promote social welfare through advocacy and just treatment of people and organizations with respect to their civil and constitutional rights.
In case the youtube video is taken down (social media is reported as saying Kyle is a "mass killer"), here is a mirrored bitchute link .
The video is extremely well done. It uses phone video clips from the riots in Kenosha to show Kyle Rittenhouse's actions and place them in context at the time they occurred. There is a good clip of an interview with reporter Richard McGinnis. McGinnes is the witness who was closest to Kyle Rittenhouse and Joseph Rosenbaum, when Rosenbaum, a convicted child molester, attacked Rittenhouse and attempted to disarm him.
Many clips which have not seen much distribution are in the video, such that recorded by Gaige Grosskreutz, the last person who Kyle Rittenhouse shot, as Grosskreutz lunged at Rittenhouse with a semi-automatic pistol in his hand
Grosskreutz is pursuing Rittenhouse, live streaming on his phone.
He asks Kyle: "Did you shoot someone?"
Rittenhouse says, while running, "I am going to the police."
Only a few seconds later, Kyle trips and goes down.
There are timely reminders of what was going on with the riots around the country before the Rittenhouse was attacked.
There is a plausible explanation of why the first person who attacked Kyle may have picked him as a victim.
The graphics are very well done. The voiceover is excellent. Information is presented, which has not been revealed before.
Who fired the first shot when Kyle is being chased? This video identifies the man with the handgun.
I especially like the split screen identification of the people who attacked Kyle.
There is excellent video of Kyle attempting to surrender to police at the scene.
If you want to understand what happened in Kenosha that night, watch this video.
The video does a good job of showing the charges against Kyle.
No charges have been made against the people who attacked Kyle.
See the video. It is one of the best synopsis of what happened. Don't expect a detailed legal analysis.
Some of that has been done elsewhere.
We will get more later, I am sure.
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