Since dawn this morning:
- We attended church (great lesson comparing the B-attitudes with the 10 Commandments).
- I pruned and fertilized the garden (nice tomatoes).
- Mrs. P baked some muffins.
- I picked some avocados and gave some to my neighbor.
- I made a big bowl of guacamole, which is now in the fridge.
- My wife and daughter organized stuff for next weekend's yard sale.
- I cleaned up a mess in the backyard.
- I lifted for a while (today was chest and triceps day).
- I'm leaving now for a two mile walk along San Diego Bay.
- And tonight is dinner with our son and his family.
If we had spent all day on social media, we would have accomplished none of that. Life is meant to be lived, not just commented on.
In the first half, attorney Sean Maloney from Second Call Defense joins me to explain the lessons gun owners can learn from what happened to Kyle Rittenhouse.
In the second half, I discuss a home invasion case from Oceanside California in which the homeowner successfully defended himself.
Apparently, the shooter randomly shot nine people before a police officer gave him a much-needed lead injection. According to the news story, the suspect, who survived being shot by police (at least so far) has “a prior conviction for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.”
Three questions:
1. This joker has a violent criminal history. Why was he in possession of a firearm?
2. Why isn't Tucson Mayor Regina Romero (D) concerned about the answer to Question 1?
3. When will anti-gun politicians stop using tragedies like this to push for more gun control, which she did?
Actually, that last question answers itself.
At Lucille’s Bar & Grill, an armed citizen stopped a man who was allegedly threatening people with a knife. The attacker was shot and killed; no other injuries reported.
What I find most interest is the presence of an off-duty police officer who apparently did nothing. Thank God for the armed citizen.
"Skippy, you're not afraid of the outsider. You're afraid to hope. Giving in to fear is easy. You just accept there's nothing you can do, doom is inevitable, and there's no point in making any effort. If you dare to hope, then you risk your hopes getting crushed."
— Craig Alanson’s fictional character, Major General Joe Bishop (Expeditionary Force)
