My first self defense item offering !

 The last post talked of a stun gun or "Tazer" of which I offer here in the right column but I like the "Mace" Pepper Spray Gun a little better.

The pepper spray gun is really effective out to about 20 feet and has 15 to 18 bursts so it can be as effective as a gun without being deadly. In my mind it makes better sense to carry.

                                                         

                                                       

There are a bunch of videos about this, just google, "Pepper Spray Gun"

The price is just 59.00 and you can order the accessories [ holster, extra cartridges] to go with it by going to the right and clicking the Paypal button.

Unfortunately these have been on backorder for quite a while, the manufacturer can't seem to keep up with demand,  WONDER WHY !

Are tasers affective ?

 I just found this again after deleting it from my computer so I thought I would share it and let everyone know that I will be offering them and other self  protection items here soon.  ENJOY !

Pocket Taser Gun, A
Great Gift For The Wife?

 

Anonymous

 

This was submitted by a guy who purchased his lovely wife a "pocket Taser" for their anniversary.   Last weekend I saw something at Larry's Pistol & Pawn Shop that sparked my interest. The occasion was our 22nd anniversary and I was looking for a little something extra for my wife, Toni. What I came across was a 100,000-volt, pocket/purse-sized taser. The effects of the taser were suppose to be short lived, with no long-term adverse affect on your assailant, allowing her adequate time to retreat to safety.... WAY TOO COOL!   Long story short, I bought the device and brought it home. I loaded two triple-a batteries in the darn thing and pushed the button. Nothing! I was disappointed. I learned, however, that if I pushed the button AND pressed it against a metal surface at the same time; I'd get the blue arch of electricity darting back and forth between the prongs.   Awesome!!!   Unfortunately, I have yet to explain to Toni what that burn spot is on the face of her microwave.   Okay, so I was home alone with this new toy, thinking to myself that it couldn't be all that bad with only two triple-a batteries,... right?     There I sat in my recliner, my cat Gracie looking on intently (trusting little soul) while I was reading the directions and thinking that I really needed to try this thing out on a flesh & blood moving target. I must admit I thought about zapping Gracie (for a fraction of a second) and thought better of it. She is such a sweet cat. But, if I was going to give this thing to my wife to protect herself against a mugger, I did want some assurance that it would work as advertised. Am I wrong?   So, there I sat in a pair of shorts and a tank top with my reading glasses perched delicately on the bridge of my nose, directions in one hand, taser in another.   The directions said that a one-second burst would shock and disorient your assailant; a two-second burst was supposed to cause muscle spasms and a major loss of bodily control; a three-second burst would purportedly make your assailant flop on the ground like a fish out of water. Any burst longer than three seconds would be wasting the batteries.   All the while I'm looking at this little device measuring about 5" long, less than 3/4 inch in circumference; pretty cute really and loaded with two itsy, bitsy triple-a batteries) thinking to myself, "no possible way!"   What happened next is almost beyond description, but I'll do my best.....   I'm sitting there alone, Gracie looking on with her head cocked to one side as to say, "don't do it master," reasoning that a one-second burst from such a tiny little ole thing couldn't hurt all that bad.... I decided to give myself a one-second burst just for the heck of it.   I touched the prongs to my naked thigh, pushed the button, and HOLY MOTHER, WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION@!@$$!% !@*!!!   I'm pretty sure Jessie Ventura ran in through the side door, picked me up in the recliner, then body slammed us both on the carpet, over and over and over again. I vaguely recall waking up on my side in the fetal position, with tears in my eyes, body soaking wet, both nipples on fire, testicles nowhere to be found, with my left arm tucked under my body in the oddest position, and tingling in my legs. The cat was standing over me making meowing sounds I had never heard before, licking my face, undoubtedly thinking to herself, "do it again, do it again!"   Note: If you ever feel compelled to "mug" yourself with a taser, one note of caution: there is no such thing as a one-second burst when you zap yourself. You will not let go of that thing until it is dislodged from your hand by a violent thrashing about on the floor. A three second burst would be considered conservative.   SON-OF-A- ... that hurt like hell!!!   A minute or so later (I can't be sure, as time was a relative thing at that point), collected my wits (what little I had left), sat up and surveyed the landscape. My bent reading glasses were on the mantle of the fireplace. How did they get up there??? My triceps, right thigh and both nipples were still twitching. My face felt like it had been shot up with Novacaine, and my bottom lip weighed 88 lbs. I'm still looking for my testicles. I'm offering a significant reward for their safe return.   Still in shock...

It will continue.

Confrontations between police and suspects will continue. 

That is a given because police have the duty to arrest persons they feel are breaking the law and those persons don't want to be arrested. So get used to it.

I don't condone police brutality in any way and I have spoken out about it right here but what's been alluded to this year has been wrong as has most that have happened recently.

The woman who was shot in her apartment due to a "no knock" warrant was wrong, although I understand that the male person they were seeking opened fire on them first, that's just what I heard, which puts another light on it.. The man shot and killed in Atlanta was wrong but was brought on by him "resisting arrest" although the officer didn't have to shoot him, in my opinion.

Which brings me to this. The Atlanta shooting, the shooting in Minneapolis, the most recent in Milwaukie are all a signs of lack of respect for the law. I've stated here in earlier posts about the amount of force that an officer can use to effect an arrest and is a necessary tool or their wood be many suspects resisting and doing real damage to officers and the public.

Most people who have comments about this situation have never had to face someone that was bigger and stronger than they are and likely on some drug, mad and ready to fight, and have to force them to do anything. Yet they already know what is right or wrong about a situation before they know all of the facts.

In all of my posts I have waited until I had adequate information to form "my opinion" of what happened and based on my knowledge could see where the officer was right or wrong. There has been a couple of times the officer appeared to use excessive force but 99% of the time the officer was within his lawful rights to do what he did. As stated above, some times the officer could have over stepped the need for as much force as he used but I myself understand why he did.

Keep in mind that all of the officers in law enforcement are just like you or I, they have just decided to go out everyday and protect you from the criminals that would hurt or kill you if they were given the chance.

The people in law enforcement are just human beings and as such are fallible and under pressure of violence, could make a bad judgement call in the split second they have to evaluate a situation, leaving them and others at risk, and mitigating that sometimes doesn't turn out the way it was planed.

All in all, they deserve our respect not vile hatred, their lives matter too!

I'm an Independent but I'm voting this way

 

no good deed goes unpunished

                                           A policeman was rushed to the

A policeman was rushed to the hospital with an inflamed appendix.

 The doctors operated and advised him that all was well. However, the policeman kept feeling something pulling at his pubic hairs.

Worried that it might be a second surgery and the doctors hadn't told him about it, he finally got enough energy to pull his hospital gown up enough so he could look at what was making him so uncomfortable.

 Taped firmly across his pubic hair and private parts were three wide strips of adhesive tape, the kind that doesn't come off easily --- if at all.

Written on the tape in large black letters was the sentence,

 "Get well soon, From the nurse in the Land rover you booked for speeding last week."

Just a little levity

I read this in a book the other day and got a chuckle, so I'm passing it along ! 

Do you know the difference between a pregnant girlfriend and a light bulb ?

You can unscrew the light bulb !   Just a thought

                                 

                                              

Will it ever STOP !

Another black person shot while resisting arrest

 When are they going to wake up ?  It's simple, do as the officer tells you and all you get is arrested---- NOT SHOT !!!

This all started before Rodney King but that incident brought it to light. Mr. King was repeatedly told to lie down and place his hands behind his head, standard procedure when dealing with a large aggravated person, but Mr. King would not listen, even after being struck several times by the officers. All he had to do is what he was told and he would have not received the beat down.

This same thing has happened in Ferguson, Baltimore, Atlanta and many other cities, some you haven't heard about, others you have, and recently Minneapolis and now Wisconsin. The faction in the black community that believes they don't have to respect the law and people that are charged with enforcing those laws, are going to have to get a new mind set or this will go on forever because society won't let the rioting continue. As much as they and the blind followers of Antifa or BLM think that they will be able to effect defunding all police forces is absurd.

This may sound like I'm against the black community but I'm not. I wish they all had the opportunity to earn a respectable living and be a productive part of society, but it's not here yet.

I do think our current President is trying very hard to head in that direction and if he had just a little help from the DEMs he could get a lot more done. I guess we'll see later this year.

I'll close with this wish, that all who interact with law enforcement please, OBEY the officers commands, except the fact you got caught, fight it out in court not in the street where the officer might have to shoot you, your possibly dead, your family greaves for you and he has to live with that on his mind for the rest of his life. For what, possibly just a minor charge on your record. What a waste.

Distracted Driving

 

More riots next year ?

Could we be in for more rioting next year ?

The apparent murder of George Floyd by Officer Chauvin of the Minneapolis police department may still be causing problems in several communities in America next year.

The video that was released at first depicted a blatant suffocation of a cuffed suspect in custody by an officer who appeared to have no regard for the suspects life. I like most everyone who viewed the video was outraged at the officers who did this and the ones who allowed it to happen.   BUT!!!

Recent release of body cam videos and testimony of an officer on the scene paints a different picture.

 Let me paint a picture based on what I saw and heard, that answers some questions I had from the beginning. Some of this is conjecture as I was not privy to radio traffic nor discussions between the officers on the scene except what the videos picked up.

As stated at the beginning, officer Chauvin and his partner took a call [ probably a BOLO} about Mr. Floyd trying to pass a bogus bill on a shop owner and since officer Chauvin knew Mr. Floyd from working security with him at a local club, he had an idea where he might be hanging out and headed in the general area. They did in fact encounter Mr. Floyd and pulled him over for an interview about the call.

At this time according to officer Chauvin's partner they determined that Mr. Floyd acted as though he may have been high on something and the video shows he was reluctant to get out of the car when asked. At that time he was arrested, cuffed and removed to stand beside the building while the officers searched his car. This is where the original video picks up. Mr. Floyd was squatting next to the building when an officer helps him up and starts to escort him to the unit. The next scene Mr. Floyd is on the pavement beside the unit with officer Chauvin's knee on the back of his neck for 8 minutes.

To the best of my knowledge this hold, if you will, has never caused death when used and only restricts air and blood so that the person will be calmer and can be controlled easier. Looking at the new video it's plan to see that Mr. Floyd is larger and heavier than any of the officers present plus he has a record [ of which they would have known when they called dispatch for wants and warrants check ] and Mr. Floyd resisted being placed into the unit which caused him to be wrestled to the ground in the first place.

Ad to that the autopsy states that he did not die from lack of oxygen but from complications from ingestion of drugs and you can see that as bad as it looked to begin with, after more evidence has been presented and that information will all come out at the trial in March of next year, that it will be very difficult to bring back a guilty verdict against officer Chauvin. Mr. Floyd died because he resisted arrest and even though the medical cause was drug overdose he may still be alive had he not resisted.

Unfortunately, this scenario plays out in most cases of officer /suspect altercations and the sad thing is that less than 1 % of resistance ends up  with the suspect getting away and most of those get arrested again. does not seem like it's worth it to me, Just say'in      

Based on what we have seen this year that tells me next year is going to be a mess in the more liberal states and cities in the country.  I pray that calmer heads will prevail.    Dutch

UPDATE !!!

              WOW !   I didn't realize it had been so long since my last post, shame on me.

         Our world is falling apart !   The "Socialists" are at the gates !   I fear for our country !

Radical professors in our collages have brain washed our young to the point they don't have the ability to see that what the radicle left is promoting has been tried in other venues and failed and just enslaved the people with a finale collapse of the economy.

And now they actually want to defund the police, INSANE ! The police are the only shield the average person has from those that would do harm just because they could.

For those that think that a few cops that have stepped over the line are the norm, stop and think. Look around at the situations they deal with almost daily and in fact some do live with it daily.

It takes a special person to be able to deal with the dregs of society day in and day out, the same characters every time they answer a domestic call, the same ones dealing drugs on the corner, the same ones breaking in to the liquor store, the same ones throwing things at them while they are trying to protect someone else.

Statistics show that white suspects are injured or killed more often than blacks yet all you hear about are how bad police are with black persons. The truth is that in almost every incident the suspect resisted arrest causing his own demise. If they would not have resisted they would still be here and the worst part is that most times they were stopped for a miner charge that escalated to a felony when they resisted.

The officer is charged with the responsibility to effect an arrest when he witnesses a felony crime and is given the authority to use as much force as necessary to accomplish that task, up to and including deadly force. That is their job and with very few exceptions, can they ignore it.

Take in the effect of an officer of smaller stature confronting a person that stands maybe 6 inches taller and outweighs him by 100 lbs and is obviously in good physical shape, and you can see that the officer could be concerned with his ability to safely arrest this individual. Remember also that he is carrying a gun, taser, night stick and mace that could all be used against him or other individuals in the area.

This situation is faced by good men and women every day in this country and are extremely lucky if they have a family to go home to that understands the stress that they're under and are able to help them deal with it so they can go back out there the next day.

Now we have the very people that need the protection of law enforcement being denied this basic service that is supposed to be supplied by the city, state, and government by some grossly misguided elected individuals in power in some states that are taking money away from, or closing these departments that are a necessity for a safe environment to raise a family.

Most people don't know what it's like to do this job and have no desire to find out but anyone that is truthful with themselves will admit they are glad that someone else is out there and they can call on them to come to the rescue when they are having problems.