Author: Grumpy
I heard that Hitler was absolutely furious about them defending his holdout. I just hope that most of these evil folks were taken care of by The NKVD. (Another set of “tender” folks that did Stalins dirty work)
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Jamie Horst shooting a 20mm rifle.
A 1903 Springfield, bayonet, a helping of the manly caliber of 30-06. Plus a ton of guts behind it all!
Because I will always hold that WWI was the ass pit of hell for the Troops who fought in it. (Gas Warfare, obsolete tactics, poor gear that the Allies gave us, shitty food and so so leadership for the most part)
But the Doughboys did pull it off & so all Glory and Honor to them for having the right stuff. Thanks Guys! Grumpy
A North Carolina dad took action on Father’s Day when he fatally shot an intruder who had threatened his young daughter, according to local Police.
After receiving report of a breaking and entering in progress and shots fired, Wilson Mills police officers and Johnston County sheriff’s deputies arrived at the scene shortly after 9 p.m.
Joco reports talked to Police Chief A.Z. Williams, who stated preliminary investigations have occurred.
It appears the suspect had entered the backyard of the residence. He encountered three children playing outside and he targeted the 11-year-old daughter.
The other two children rushed indoors to alert their parents.
Shots Fired
The suspect followed the children and attempted to force himself into the house, violently shaking the door handle. In response, the homeowner took action and shot the intruder.
The identity of the 23-year-old suspect has not yet been disclosed.
The suspect was attended to by emergency personnel, but NRA reports indicate he died. Williams emphasized that the family had no prior knowledge of the attacker.
The homeowner fully cooperated with the investigating detectives and was not taken into custody, the sheriff’s office confirmed. Fox News informs us that this case is being viewed as a self-defense situation.
According to ABC11, Williams noted that this incident is one of the rare violent occurrences during his five-year tenure at the Wilson’s Mills Police Department.
Be Prepared – Even on Father’s Day
An article from Hager & Schwartz tells us that violent crimes are most likely to happen during the summer. This statement cites multiple reasons, including heat and increased drinking.
Next, another statistic from the US Department of Justice informs us that “3 out of 4 people will become victims of a completed or attempted assault.” In other words, citizens need to always be ready and capable of defending themselves.
This father was put in a position to defend his children. He had prepared himself by knowing how to use his firearm, and he definitely put it to use that day.
This Father’s Day incident serves as a reminder of how important the fathers – and the guns – in our lives are.
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Broomhandle Mauser anyone?
And the amazing thing is that it has only one screw! All the rest is friction based parts to hold it together. WOW!!! Grumpy
How likely is an American to die in a mass shooting? It really depends on which measure you use.
According to Gun Violence Archive (GVA), across 646 mass shootings in 2022, 642 people were killed. That fact alone should already give you some indication of how they count these things – GVA defines mass shootings as any incident where 4 or more are shot, not including the shooter. As a result, their list is mostly gang violence incidents, many of which involved no one being killed, just injuries. According to Excel, the average is .993808 deaths per GVA “mass shooting.”
Anyway, even taking that 642 figure, that means the average American had a 0.19 in 100,000 chance of dying in a mass shooting in 2022. In other words, about 1 in 500,000.
But let’s say you aren’t a gang member, and are more concerned with what people actually mean when they say “mass shooting”. I.e., some lunatic walks into your grocery store, school, movie theater, etc. and begins a rampage. How likely are you to be killed in an incident like that?
The Mother Jones database is an excellent tool for that question. It limits it to incidents (1) where three or more are killed, (2) involved a lone shooter (with some obvious exceptions, like San Bernardino), (3) were carried out in a public place, and (4) gang-related crime is excluded. To be sure, Mother Jones’s measure still isn’t perfect. I do think some incidents where less than three are killed are still mass shootings by the common understanding of such incidents. But Mother Jones’s definition comes close to what most people mean when they say “mass shooting.”
By the Mother Jones definition, 74 people died in mass shootings in 2022. That’s about 0.02 per 100,000. Or roughly one for every five million people.
Mass shootings are tragedies that get massive media attention. But they are a very unlikely way to die, especially if you aren’t involved in criminal activity.
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