Life in Rural Arizona:
When we bought our place in Arizona, I found out the local fire district and sheriff’s department didn’t have a 911 address for the ranch. So, I went to the county to fix the problem. They gave me a one-page form and told me to attach a picture of our driveway.
I said, “We don’t have a driveway. We have a jeep trail.”
The gal at the county said, “That’s OK, Mr. Persinger. We have over 800 miles of county roads—only 60 miles of them are paved.”
Here’s a picture of our “driveway.”
By the way, the “county road” that runs to the front gate of our property is actually on our land. So even the county N road is a private road. N stands for “Non-maintained,” which simply means the county doesn’t maintain it. We maintain the road, but it’s still listed on the county map. Rural life—definitely not like the burbs.
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)
