{"id":64927,"date":"2021-02-17T10:17:49","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T16:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=64927"},"modified":"2021-02-17T10:17:49","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T16:17:49","slug":"64927","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=64927","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BLUF:<br \/>\n<strong>That leads to some basic questions every \u201ctrue believer\u201d gun-grabber ought to be asked:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Since you demand what you call \u201csafe storage laws\u201d and since a child, in this case, was able to access and use a firearm, regardless of the outcome, why\u00a0<em>wouldn\u2019t<\/em>\u00a0you say the grandmother should be prosecuted?<\/li>\n<li>Would you rather see educated children watch their younger siblings get murdered with pitchforks than able to stop maniacs by using a gun?<\/li>\n<li>If you were being robbed, assaulted, and shot at by murderous home invaders, who would you rather have come to your defense, the armed 12-year-old in this story, or \u201cgrown-up man\u201d David Hogg?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoland.com\/2021\/02\/dgu-by-minor-raises-questions-for-phony-gun-safety-prohibitionists\/#axzz6mh6O2iQy\">DGU By Minor Raises Questions for Phony \u2018Gun Safety\u2019 Prohibitionists<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA North Carolina man died on Saturday after he broke into the home of a 73-year-old woman and was fatally shot by her 12-year-old grandson who was trying to defend her,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9259369\/North-Carolina-boy-12-shoots-kills-home-intruder-19-shot-73-year-old-grandmother.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-uri=\"dd55fde3ccd3700a5000d982b73ddc7d\">the Daily Mail reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cTwo masked robbers entered the home of Linda Ellis in Goldsboro at around 1am on Saturday, where they demanded money and shot the grandmother in the leg. Ellis\u2019 grandson fired back at the two intruders in self-defense and they fled.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Good for the boy. He was able to keep his head and act, and fortunately, he had something to act with. And by the home invaders initiating fire, they put to the lie the na\u00efve advice of all who counsel \u201cJust give them what they want.\u201d\u00a0By shooting the grandmother, they made that more than clear. Only one thing stood in the way of that happening.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-17\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3315364-1\" data-google-query-id=\"CO2JuYuo8e4CFQUaPwod7M0EDA\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/2116471\/ammoland_multisize_textad_0__container__\">This is hardly the first time a young hero has saved the day by using a firearm to ward off a lethal threat.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>20 years ago\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/waronguns.blogspot.com\/2007\/11\/easy-access.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-uri=\"505804f5b82e5df261b636fd5f1effa2\">I wrote about another 12-year-old<\/a>\u00a0who saved his grandmother from armed predators who were trying to rob her store and, according to news reports, holding a gun to her head. As I asked at the time:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Do you think the scenario may have played out differently had the wonks at Handgun Control, Inc., been heeded? What do you think the outcome would have been had the grandmother kept her gun unloaded, locked up, and separated from its ammunition, or if she had installed a trigger lock? What about if her firearm was a personalized \u201csmart gun\u201d that no one but herself could fire? And had these \u201csafety methods\u201d resulted in the death of this valiant boy and his grandmother, would HCI have exploited this to call for yet more gun control?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>More examples can be found \u2013 if one is inclined to look for them. These took me all of a minute to find:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wideopenspaces.com\/11-year-old-boy-saves-family-killing-charging-brown-bear-shotgun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-uri=\"f7dc4f46a178e6be3a58e641404ec6bb\">How an 11-year-old boy saved his family by killing charging brown bear with shotgun<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/video\/guns\/rifles\/kid-shoots-burglar-with-dads-ar-15\/2086401790001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-uri=\"45f9aaa79dfaf3d3eb4ced0b7c00261a\">Kid shoots burglar with dad\u2019s AR-15<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/south-carolina-boy-13-fatally-shoots-burglar-wounds-second-suspect-n462006\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-uri=\"2319204b2ae6bfe7b8fb71cbc9c38e98\">South Carolina boy, 13, fatally shoots burglar, scares off second suspect<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/G7OshCHsfJI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-uri=\"6f8e5f20a825f5df7e0a7041f9343675\">11-Year-Old Boy Shoots Intruder<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I could keep doing this but the point is made. Perhaps, in addition to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nraila.org\/gun-laws\/armed-citizen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-uri=\"0022e61856e0a28f604a71b5c3807a9d\">The Armed Citizen<\/a>,\u201d someone ought to put together a compilation for young armed citizens.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve also seen what can happen when parents heed gun-grabber advice and deny the means of defense to children who would otherwise be capable. Remember the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/2003\/11\/richard-poe\/the-merced-pitchfork-murders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-uri=\"bc4bfc051d8a7b9cb01c96695ac1038d\">Merced Pitchfork Murders<\/a>?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cFear stalks Merced, California \u2014 fear of the government. Because of that fear, two innocent children died needlessly, victims of California\u2019s \u2018safe storage\u2019 gun laws. The mass media never told Americans what really happened in Merced.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That\u2019s because DGUs (Defensive Gun Uses) don\u2019t advance the blood-dancing narrative the way stories of homicidal criminals using guns do. When the object is to disarm the citizenry, you don\u2019t want people thinking there might actually be good reasons to own a gun.<\/p>\n<p>There are also good reasons to teach children about guns, exactly the opposite of what those who call themselves \u201ccommonsense gun safety advocates\u201d do, pushing for ignorance and fear instead. They then use that deliberately-engineered ignorance for setting the scene to scare equally ignorant \u201cadults,\u201d if it\u2019s appropriate to use that term for the willfully and childishly hysterical. They make all gun owners out to pose the same risks as passed-out crackheads leaving guns within reach of three-year-olds.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, we who advocate for responsible firearms ownership have always emphasized the need for development-appropriate training (notice I did not say \u201cage-appropriate\u201d on purpose). And we practice what we preach.<\/p>\n<p>My own sons, now grown, accompanied me to the range from an early age, so they understood what guns do and the importance of safety. They watched me clean my guns, and were able to sit down, talk about what I was doing and why, and even help. They learned\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.donath.org\/Rants\/TheFourRules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-uri=\"a25c71b912529139faa771b1a80099b8\">Cooper\u2019s rules<\/a>\u00a0and learned to use safety equipment to protect their eyes and ears. They got BB guns and training when they were interested and ready. They soon got to shoot actual firearms under careful supervision. Each step along the way, they proved to me they were ready for the next one through careful observations of safety adherence, maturity levels, motor skills, and attitudes. They knew if they were ever curious, all they needed to do was ask. And all of that was done with an additional goal of anticipating what they\u2019d do if a friend had access to a gun and they saw any rules being broken.<\/p>\n<p>My wife and I managed to get them both to adulthood with zero \u201caccidents\u201d and incidents of misplaced trust regarding firearms. It\u2019s something those of us who practice real \u201ccommon-sense gun safety\u201d do all the time. And we didn\u2019t learn how by sticking our heads in the sand and trying to suppress information like the phony \u201cgun safety\u201d prohibitionist frauds do.<\/p>\n<p>Back to the North Carolina story, we see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fox8.com\/news\/12-year-old-shoots-and-kills-home-intruder-police-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-uri=\"1103f54f3ef5b683e097e163bdedc91a\">another happy potential outcome<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cCharges against the 12-year-old are not expected.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>That leads to some basic questions every \u201ctrue believer\u201d gun-grabber ought to be asked:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Since you demand what you call \u201csafe storage laws\u201d and since a child, in this case, was able to access and use a firearm, regardless of the outcome, why\u00a0<em>wouldn\u2019t<\/em>\u00a0you say the grandmother should be prosecuted?<\/li>\n<li>Would you rather see educated children watch their younger siblings get murdered with pitchforks than able to stop maniacs by using a gun?<\/li>\n<li>If you were being robbed, assaulted, and shot at by murderous home invaders, who would you rather have come to your defense, the armed 12-year-old in this story, or \u201cgrown-up man\u201d David Hogg?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BLUF: That leads to some basic questions every \u201ctrue believer\u201d gun-grabber ought to be asked: Since you demand what you call \u201csafe storage laws\u201d and since a child, in this case, was able to access and use a firearm, regardless of the outcome, why\u00a0wouldn\u2019t\u00a0you say the grandmother should be prosecuted? 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