Frustrated Sheriff Tells Citizens to Get Conealed Weapons

We already have more people in prison than any country besides China, or so I am led to believe, and we have more things that are illegal than anywhere, probably including China.
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The US has more prison inmates than Russia and China combined. Prisons in the US employ more people than the entire US auto industry.
 
We have more people in prison because we are supposed to be a nation of laws.

Wonder what they do with criminals in other countries?

(Just a few countries I have been to)
South Korea: You can either pay your victim or go to jail.
North Korea: The entire country is a prison
Singapore: Public punishment, very little jail time.
Vietnam: They have re-education camps.
Saudi Arabia/Kuwait/U.A.E./Oman: Theft, you lose a hand. Murder or rape: Lose your head.
Cuba: They have no prisons. (Official numbers do not exist)
Mexico: Lets see if you can provide the judge with enough money.
Panama: ^^^, also, local towns usually take care of the offenses.
Philippines: How much money do you have? Pay off everyone and stay out of jail.
Japan: Apologize to your victim, pay any actual damages and promise not to do it again.
Iraq: Wait until no one is looking and shot him/her.
Afghanistan: The tribal leaders prescribe punishment. Not very many jails in the country.

The American people are getting tired of crime and criminals.
 
@ Count:
I also find his advice to get a Judge a little disconcerting. Is that really the best carry option? I think he should have said "I advise people to get educated on what firearms would be best for your situation, get training, get the proper equipment, get a carry permit, and I do advise people to carry."
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You haven't watched the Taurus Judge commercial with the poor woman being accosted and the exploding mellon heads? I need to find a copy online somewhere.
 
Unfortunately it is more than likely just a ploy. There are funding cuts going on at all levels of state and town governments. The police and fire departments all over the country have been using these kinds of ploys to scare the "citizens" into forcing their elected officials to continue funding to set levels. We have been hearing barrages of "sorry, but your house will probably burn down because our response time has tripled"; or the police saying "sorry, better arm yourself because we cannot get to your house in under 30 minutes".
 
Skadoosh, I'm going to guess you don't live in the South... (and don't count Florida east of Lake City or south of Alachua - the city, not the county including Gainesville).

We have a lot of sheriffs who actually are pro-gun.

I used to live in Kennesaw, GA, the city with the famous ordinance that mandated gun ownership in each law-abiding household.
 
I've said time and time again that the punishment for that crime is too lenient. I think the NRA should get behind laws that put convicted felons away for 10 years if they are in possesion of a friearm - no plea bargaining, no early release - a straight 10 years, period.
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LOL, I had to laugh at the irony of this statement given all the people here who think felons should be given back their right to possess and own firearms.

Saudi Arabia/Kuwait/U.A.E./Oman: Theft, you lose a hand. Murder or rape: Lose your head.
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The problem with capital punishment for non-lethal crimes is that it motivates the bad guys to just go ahead and to kill the victims that they otherwise might not kill.
 
mleake wrote:
Skadoosh, I'm going to guess you don't live in the South... (and don't count Florida east of Lake City or south of Alachua - the city, not the county including Gainesville).

We have a lot of sheriffs who actually are pro-gun.
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Well then you would be very wrong. I have lived in the south my whole life. Born in Alabama, raised in the Florida panhandle and went to school...in guess where?...South Carolina. I now live in Virginia.

I am southern as they come, son. And I aint stupid. Its a ploy for funding.
 
" ...They got one called The Judge that shoots a .45 or a .410 shell. You ain't got to be accurate; you just have to get close…."

I took him to mean: With "The Judge" you don't have to be a good enough marksman to hit him in the heart, just get close to the heart.
 
They busted a drug ring in Chicago a month ago. Some of the members were charged with Possession of Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute, punishable by 6-30 years. However, some other members didn't have drugs on them at the time of the bust, but they did have firearms. They were charged with Unlawful Use of a Weapon by a Felon, punishable only by 2 to 4 years.

These are career criminals actively involved in a drug dealing enterprise on a day to day basis. Two to four years is WAY too lenient a sentence for this kind of thing.

I've also said that possession or use of a firearm by a felon should not be served concurrently - it's a sentence that should be served in addition to any other sentencing.

Walter Lance was convicted of possession of a firearm by a felon, but evidently he didn't serve much time for it.
 
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Video: Dumbest self-defense question ever?

posted at 10:05 am on November 2, 2011 by Ed Morrissey

Give MSNBC some credit for covering the story of Sheriff Chuck Wright and his call for law-abiding citizens to arm themselves as a measure of self-defense. However, deduct credit for a complete lack of research and common sense in preparing their interview of Wright. Substitute host Craig Melvin treats his guest respectfully but obviously doesn’t have a clue about the laws regarding self-defense, nor the actual application of “presumption of innocence”:

CRAIG MELVIN, NewsNation guest host: If women are shooting potential attackers, aren’t they presuming guilt before innocence? What if a woman kills an attacker? Isn’t that opening another whole legal can of worms?
Sheriff CHUCK WRIGHT, Spartanburg, S.C.: Well, it’s easy to fix that. Just don’t attack a woman…. I know that this is controversial, but I do believe that people who believe in the Second Amendment and believe that they should arm themselves have a right to do so, as long as they’re trained properly.

First, no one can shoot “potential attackers” in self-defense. Anyone who gets a permit to carry a firearm has to learn the laws of self-defense with lethal force (in most states; see update), which don’t change with the issuance of a permit. Lethal force can only be used if in reasonable fear of losing life (your own or someone nearby) or “grave” bodily harm (i.e., losing a limb or an eye, not broken bones) while outside one’s home. Inside one’s home, laws vary more, but they all require some sort of actual crime in progress, such as breaking and entering the house itself; in Minnesota, there has to be a felony occurring, not just the B&E, which is a misdemeanor, and at the moment the law still requires some retreat inside the home, which legislators are trying to change with a “castle doctrine” change to the law.

http://hotair.com/archives/2011/11/02/video-dumbest-self-defense-question-ever/
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The more I read about this sheriff the smarter he looks and the dumber journalists who aren't gun people look.

What in the dickens ever happened to the who, what, when, where, why? Or as I learned it in Journalism 101: Journalism of verification: Journalists who abide by the motto: “If your mother says she loves you, check it out.” Digging deep for some context to make the meaning more complete is always nice but personal agendas and speed to get on air or in print seems to have completely obliterated that philosophy or style of reporting.

That's why I subscribe to Dave Workman's column, it might be brief but I know it's going to be straight scoop from a man who knows his subject.
 
I had to laugh at the irony of this statement given all the people here who think felons
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IMO, depends on the felony. Ex: "Possesion of Marijuana" from 1969 shouldn't really count, and yes that is a felony in many states.
 
yeah in some states a seed is a felony and in some states a whole bunch on multiple, seperate occaisions are misdemeanors and sometimes just a fine with no arrest depending on the amount.
 
Journalism isn't what it used to be. Newspaper staffs have been cut to the bone. No one does real investigative reporting anymore.
 
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