News on Dad

He's been in the hospital for a few days.  He'd spent the last few days before on his couch, just slowly fading away.  It took some doing to convince him to go to the hospital, but when we finally did get him there, the news really wasn't all that good.

He's got sepsis (a blood infection,) pneumonia, and he may have had another heart attack (the other complications make it difficult to really tell, so they say down there.) When I visited him yesterday, he basically told us kids to live our lives, don't worry about him, he wouldn't be around for much longer.

They say one knows when their time is coming up, and from the looks and sounds of it, his time is coming soon.  It's not really a surprise for me, for over a year he's been on a big downward spiral.  But I still don't have to like it.

The first step...

...in Colorado taking a nosedive has been taken.

The antigun bullshit bill passes the house

Good job, you dumb fuckers.  Hope you don't miss the tax monies you'll lose when Magpull pulls out. 

I'm sure the citizens of LA feel so protected...

...what with the LAPD getting so damned triggerhappy.

Seriously, guys?  Just because a truck slightly resembles the suspects vehicle, it's a good idea to LIGHT IT UP?

And people like Diane Feinstein want to say only police should have guns.  Yeah, there's good thinking there.

It's obvious to me that this Dorner idiot is going to die.  The LAPD isn't known for being gentle even in the best of times, and now they've got a bunch of trigger happy fucktards running around with automatic weapons.

This'll go over real well.

Anyone got a fiddle?

.....It *is* the appropriate instrument for the burning of Rome, is it not?

Ok, maybe that's a bit negative, but given recent events it does kind of feel like our great nation is in deep trouble.

There is a certain smug satisfaction in knowing I was right.  When Bush first started using executive orders to do blatantly unconstitutional things, I said this whole thing would get ugly.  I was shouted down by Republicans who believed that Bush's use of said EOs were perfectly ok and would in no way ever be abused.  I wonder what they're thinking now?

I never thought I'd say this....

...but this russian guy slaps this right outta the park.

Americans: Never give up your guns

Wow.  The comments have the usual shitbag full of gun grabbing fuckwits, but you can't swing a stick without hitting one of those idiots. 

It's definitely good food for thought, but I doubt it'll sway the hardcore Feinstein lover, after all, they don't live in reality.

"I fired more shots than needed...."

Minn. man says he 'fired more shots than I needed'

By AMY FORLITI | Associated Press – Mon, Nov 26, 2012

  

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LITTLE FALLS, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota homeowner who shot two unarmed teenagers in the midst of an apparent Thanksgiving Day break-in told authorities he feared they had a weapon, but acknowledged firing "more shots than I needed to" and appeared to take pride in "a good clean finishing shot" for one teen, according to investigators.

Byron David Smith, 64, was charged Monday with two counts of second-degree murder in a criminal complaint that was chilling for the clinical way investigators said he described the shootings.

Smith told investigators he shot 18-year-old Haile Kifer several times as she descended a stairway into his basement, and his Mini 14 rifle jammed as he tried to shoot her again after she had tumbled down the steps.

Though Kifer was "already hurting," she let out a short laugh, Smith told investigators. He then pulled out his .22-caliber revolver and shot her several times in the chest, according to the complaint.
"If you're trying to shoot somebody and they laugh at you, you go again," Smith told investigators, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday.

Smith was also charged in the death of Kifer's cousin, 17-year-old Nicholas Brady.

Minnesota law allows a homeowner to use deadly force on an intruder if a reasonable person would fear they're in danger of harm, and Smith told investigators he was afraid the intruders might have a weapon. However, Smith's actions weren't justified, Morrison County Sheriff Michel Wetzel said.
"The law doesn't permit you to execute somebody once a threat is gone," he said.

Smith told investigators he was fearful after several break-ins at his remote home in Little Falls, a central Minnesota town of 8,000 people. The sheriff's office had only one report of a break-in, on Oct. 27. Smith reported losing thousands of dollars in cash, gold coins, two guns, photo equipment and jewelry.

Wetzel said that while the shootings happened on Thursday, Smith waited until Friday to report the deaths, explaining that "he didn't want to trouble us on a holiday."

In the complaint, Smith said he was in his basement when he heard a window breaking upstairs, followed by footsteps that eventually approached the basement stairwell. Smith said he fired when Brady came into view from the waist down.

After the teen fell down the stairs, Smith said he shot him in the face as he lay on the floor.

"I want him dead," the complaint quoted Smith telling an investigator.

Smith said he dragged Brady's body into his basement workshop, then sat down on his chair. After a few minutes, Kifer began coming down the stairs and he shot her as soon as her hips appeared, he said.

After shooting her with both the Mini 14 and the .22-caliber revolver, he dragged her next to Brady. With her still gasping for air, he fired a shot under her chin "up into the cranium," the complaint says.
"Smith described it as 'a good clean finishing shot,'" according to the complaint.
The next day he asked a neighbor to recommend a good lawyer, according to the complaint. He later asked his neighbor to call the police.
A prosecutor called Smith's reaction "appalling."
"Mr. Smith intentionally killed two teenagers in his home in a manner that goes well beyond self-defense," Morrison County Attorney Brian Middendorf said after Smith appeared in court Monday morning. Bail was set at $2 million.
Defense attorney Gregory Larson declined comment.
John Lange, who described himself as Smith's best friend, said Smith shouldn't be in jail.
"You have a right to defend your home," Lange said. "He's been through hell."

But Liberty Nunn, a Little Falls resident who said she knew Nicholas Brady's older sister, said Smith could have simply shouted at them to stop. She said she hopes Smith goes to prison "for a very, very long time."

"Those are two young lives that were taken," she said. "It's just not right."

Minnesota sentencing guidelines call for a range of roughly 21 to 30 years in prison for a person convicted of a single second-degree murder count.

Smith's brother, Bruce Smith, told the Minneapolis Star Tribune his brother had retired after a career as a security officer with the U.S. State Department.

Bruce Smith declined to talk to an Associated Press reporter Monday outside his brother's home. A makeshift barricade blocked the driveway and a board leaning against it bore the spray-painted words "Keep Out."

Brady's sister, Crystal Schaeffel, told the Star Tribune that Kifer had stolen prescription drugs from her home before. Little Falls police records show Crystal Schaeffel reported a theft Aug. 28, but the department said the report was not public because that investigation was continuing and because it named juveniles.

Schools in Little Falls, about 100 miles northwest of Minneapolis, made counselors available, though classes weren't in session Monday. In nearby Pillager, where classes were in session, a few students sought help from school counselors and local clergy members available at the school Monday morning, said Superintendent Chuck Arns.

http://news.yahoo.com/minn-man-says-fired-more-shots-needed-183741818.html 

Fucking wow.

THIS is the face of someone the antis just love to rant about.  This worthless douchebag motherfucker is one of the biggest threats to our 2nd amendment rights, bar none.  Why, you might ask? Simply because he's completely not someone you can sympathize with.

Ok, shooting someone who's home invaded you, I have no problem with.  Those that really know me might even say I'm rather in favor of it.... But once they're down and NOT PHYSICALLY A THREAT, you're supposed to stop shooting.  Walking up to someone and FIRING A FINISHING ROUND INTO THEIR HEADS is NOT self defense, I don't give a flying fuck what anyone says.

 

Just when you think you've facepalmed all you can facepalm....

Greenbrae shooting defendant sues 90-year-old man who was shot

By Gary Klien
Marin Independent Journal

Posted:   10/23/2012 02:26:10 PM PDT

Greenbrae resident Jay Leone, 90, waits outside court earlier this year before testifying against his alleged shooter, Samuel Cutrufelli. At right is one of his tenants, Sara Navon, who was in the house when the shooting occurred. (IJ photo/Gary Klien)

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Samuel Cutrufelli, right, confers with his lawyer Sanford Troy as they... (IJ photo/Frankie Frost )

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A 90-year-old Greenbrae man who was shot in the head during an alleged burglary has been sued by the alleged burglar.

Samuel Cutrufelli, who was also shot during the incident, claims Jay Leone "negligently shot" him during the confrontation inside Leone's home.
Cutrufelli, 31, claims Leone caused him "great bodily injury, and other financial damage, including loss of Mr. Cutrufelli's home, and also the dissolution of Mr. Cutrufelli's marriage."
Cutrufelli shot Leone once in the face during the alleged burglary, and Leone returned fire, hitting Cutrufelli several times. Both men were hospitalized for an extended period after the gun battle.
Cutrufelli, whose charges include two counts of attempted

Samuel Cutrufelli appears in court on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, in San Rafael, Calif. He is accused of attempted murder and burglary after allegedly exchanging gunfire with Greenbrae resident Jay Leone. (IJ photo/Frankie Frost )

murder against Leone, is near the end of his criminal trial. The negligence lawsuit was filed on his behalf by his father and his criminal defense attorney.Leone, reached at home Tuesday, said he was unaware of the lawsuit.
"He's the one who busted my door in," he said. "I'll just countersue him then. That's what I'll need to do."
The incident occurred at about 10:45 a.m. Jan. 3 at Leone's home on Via La Cumbre. Authorities said Cutrufelli entered the home, put a gun to Leone's head, tied his hands with a belt and rummaged through his bedroom for valuables.
Leone said he was able to wriggle his hands free, then convinced the burglar to let him use the bathroom. Then he got one of the five handguns stashed in his
bathroom, sneaked back to the bedroom and spotted Cutrufelli in his closet.Cutrufelli allegedly fired his gun, hitting Leone in the jaw area, and Leone fired back. Cutrufelli then wrestled his gun away, put it to Leone's head and pulled the trigger, but no bullets were left in the gun.
When police found Cutrufelli bleeding in his car a short distance from Leone's home, he said he had shot himself and needed medical attention, Twin Cities police said.
Cutrufelli could face life in prison if convicted of the charges. His lawyer, Sanford Troy, said Cutrufelli is a methamphetamine user, that the incident was a drug deal gone sideways, and that Leone shot him in the back when he was trying to flee.
Cutrufelli, a father of two, is a Petaluma resident with Novato roots.


News story from here.



This is yet another example of why laws like magazine limits are worse than merely insane.   The tweaker in question decided to home-invade this gentleman's house, threatened to murder him, tied him up, and then when the old man tried to resist (somewhat successfully, ) shot him and fled.

Now, the robber is SUING the old man.  Now, I DIDN'T have a blood pressure problem, but I think I'm rapidly developing one.