My Pit to Hiss In

As it has been quite some time to my own thoughts rattling around in my head - my wife's tired of them - I have decided to blog about a thing or two. For this first one, blame Mark; he got me all riled up with the story of the deranged Colorado pervert that stormed a class room to hand pick his sex slaves and ended up murdering one of them before taking his own life. From my understanding of this tragedy, he was shot "multiple" times - just how multiple remains to be seen, though I want to say that I've heard somewhere in the neighborhood of 6 times.

A couple of intemperate thoughts on this:

• As Mark pointed out, there was a four hour wait before this guy was ventilated. Now I don't wish to sharpshoot this poor sheriff any more than he already has been, but what happened in those four hours that made him think this was going to turn out well? For those that believe more negotiating should have taken place, Al-Qaeda has an opening for you in their PR department.
• I remember a story from a few years ago where a man in my home town had done some terrible things to his stepdaughter and when the police came to talk to him about it, he shot one of them and ran. When the police finally caught up with him, he was hiding in a closet and shot one time through the closet door in an attempt to scare the police. It worked so well, that the 4 officers in the room emptied the mags in their weapon - for those of you scoring at home (or even if you're alone), that's 4 x 15 = 60. So just why was our Colorado man shot only 6? Last I heard, revolvers were only used for backup...

My next set of musings I blame on Cam Edwards, a talk show host for NRAnews.com. He brought to my attention a story out of Wisconsin - a robber fell through the ceiling of a doctor's home in what appeared to be a robbery attempt. The good doctor called out to his wife to dial 911; he then went to his bedroom and retrieved his weapon, released the trigger lock*, came back to the hallway and told the dumb bad guy to leave several times. The bad guy didn't, so the doc shot our gravity challenged DuMasse, critically injuring him. Said burglar is now suing the doctor claiming...

"[Dr.] Rainiero negligently fired a shot and accidentally hit the plaintiff in the back, severing the plaintiff's spinal cord."

The lawsuit alleges Rainiero's negligent use of excessive force "in dealing with the intruder/plaintiff" harmed [the burglar] Prochaska by causing "severe and permanent injuries, severe and relentless pain" and medical expenses, loss of earning ability and diminished quality of life.

Someone tell Kurt "the sky is falling" Prochaska that if he wasn't breaking and entering with intent to rob, "Doc Holliday" Rainiero wouldn't have felt the need to perform spinal surgery. The only thing Rainiero "accidentally" did was allow this menace to society to continue breathing on the taxpayer's dime. Get thee to a range at once!

*This whole trigger lock thing just chaps my furry hide. Look, if you're that worried about a negligent discharge of your firearm, then unload it; if you're worried about little hands getting on it, get a safe (there are several quick release models available that can put your weapon in your hand in less than a few seconds). A trigger lock was a device sold by the firearm industry to keep there fat out of the frier with the lawyers of the sheeple industry. Think about it this way - in this scenario, had the robber been armed with even just a knife, do you think he would have waited patiently for the homeowner to unlock his gun? A locked/unloaded gun can kill you.

Hat tips: Cam and Mark