Saturday 12-31-11

Before You Carry

By Shelley RaeThere are a lot of people shopping for a conceal carry sidearm. There is a lot more to conceal carry than having a permit and a gun though, and a few things everybody should do (and consider) before they start strapping a gun on every day.

Know The Law

Being familiar with the law as it pertains to carrying a handgun is extremely important. Having a permit doesn’t mean you can go everywhere with a handgun. It’s also important to know where your state has reciprocity and stay up-to-date on this information prior to travel. Many handgun courses are designed for conceal carry permit holders and will cover this information. Beyond this it’s also important to know the policies of your work place, some places don’t allow guns and it could result in termination.

Caleb and I have beat the “get trained to shoot” thing into the ground. If you’re planning to carry there’s more to it than just knowing how to shoot. Yes, being able to hit a target is extremely important, shooting action events like IDPA to understand shooting understress is also extremely important, but there’s also the element of gun handling that is key for conceal carry permit holders. Carrying a gun means handling it on a daily basis, taking holsters off, drawing, loading, unloading and doing so in your home. Being extremely competent and comfortable with the handling of a firearm and the four safety rules is essential for anyone who wishes to carry.

Be Prepared for a Lifestyle Change

Choosing to carry a gun is a lifestyle choice. It’s something you will think about constantly once to the conscious decision has been made. When shopping for clothes, choosing outfits for the day, going about day to day business – your gun is with you all the time, or should be, and so all the time you have to be prepared to have a way to conceal it, to be comfortable that it’s concealed, to know that it could change a traffic stop (we don’t have to like this, but there it is), there may be people close to you who may ask why you carry a gun or tell you that it’s wrong. Being prepared to integrate this knew “thing” into your way of life is important.

I believe it’s important for us to carry firearms, and I would never discourage someone from getting the proper training and buying a gun. It’s important when people are shopping, however, that they sufficiently prepare themselves to carry a firearm every day. It’s a big decision.

http://gunnuts.net/2011/12/29/before-you-carry/

It never stop amazing me

Caught In Act, TSA Bomb Screener Declares Child Porn "Not Right In A Legal And Moral Sense"

As cops raided his Maryland home, a Transportation Security Administration screener confessed to downloading child pornography, acknowledged that it was “not right in a legal and moral sense,” and stated that he has a “problem.”

The admissions by Scott Wilson, 41, came as Baltimore investigators recently searched his home after an undercover agent downloaded child porn from his computer via a file sharing program.

Wilson, pictured in the mug shot at right, told detectives that he worked for the TSA at the Baltimore-Washington International Airport, where his responsibilities included “screening cargo on commercial flights for explosives,” according to a federal court filing. Wilson was charged last month in Maryland circuit court with two felony child porn counts.

After waiving his Miranda rights, Wilson--who has been suspended by the TSA--told investigators that he used his laptop to download illicit images of children, and that he “sometimes masturbates to the images of child pornography.” Wilson added that he “usually deletes the child pornography” after viewing movies and images “because he knows that it is not right in a legal and moral sense. Wilson stated that he knows that he has a problem.”

A “forensic preview” of Wilson’s two computers (as well as various storage devices found in a locked safe) revealed a variety of videos and photos “depicting prepubescent females engaged in sexually explicit conduct with adults.”

Free on $250,000 bail in the state case, Wilson could still face federal child porn charges. Department of Homeland Security agents last month received permission from a federal judge to search Wilson’s laptop, three hard drives, and 31 other digital storage devices that were seized from his residence.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/tsa/tsa-child-porn-arrest-759031