Man armed with a high-powered assault rifle escapes from deputies

“High-Powered Assault Rifle” sightings are quite something, as the real-life assault rifles, not the civilian weapons based on them, are specifically medium-powered weapons. That’s why they exist.

The weapons in question was identified as “an AK-47-style assault rifle”. In other words, neither an “assault rifle” or “high powered”.

Nasty little journalist, isn’t he?

Sharp As A Marble fisks a John Mashek piece on DC v. Heller in which Mashek plays the part of clueless anti-gun boob with gusto.

I don’t even know what to say.

From Indymedia via War On Guns.

From Daily Pundit.

Granny got her gun: Woman thwarts burglary attempt

Carthage, MO:

A 39-year-old woman and a male juvenile remained in custody Monday in Jasper County after being foiled in an alleged burglary attempt by a grandmother with a gun.

The 63-year-old was eating lunch with her grandson when she saw the two suspects approach her back door with a crowbar. She got a handgun and waited while the male juvenile pried open her back door. Things went downhill for the robbers at that point.

The UPI says quotes a lieutenant with the local sheriff’s office: “We’re thinking of hiring her.”

Pickpocket whupped by Marine pleads guilty:

Jesse Daniel Rae, who was beaten up by a older Marine while he was trying to rob him, plead guilty to assault with intent to rob Wednesday.

Rae tried to rob Bill Barnes, 72, at a convenience store in Alpine Township in early summer. Barnes quickly got the upper hand on Rae, 27, and the incident was caught on surveillance cameras.

Rae will be sentenced January 28 and faces up to 15 years in prison.

Oorah

Wow:

See BoingBoing for more. Via Danger Room.

77 Police Officers Injured in Paris- Rioters Using Shotguns!

Pictures and more at Gateway Pundit. Follow the link.

This whole “youth” thing is basically out of hand. Let’s see how Sarkozy handles it.

Meryl Yourish:

I grew up in New Jersey, and was taught to hate handguns. Really. Shotguns and rifles were okay if you hunted (not that I ever had the desire to hunt), but handguns? Evil. Death machines. The only reason to have one is to use it to kill someone. People get killed all the time by handguns, mostly people who found one, played with it, and shot themselves or someone else by accident. At least, that’s the lore I grew up on.

But

I spent Sunday afternoon at the Blue Ridge Arsenal in northern Virginia learning to load, shoot, and unload four different kinds of handguns. Plus a rifle.

And get this:

I was also tickled to hear [my teacher] Stretch compliment me on holding my finger properly off the trigger of each weapon until actually firing it. Because believe it or not, I learned that from reading military bloggers. Their posts making fun of faux soldiers, terrorists, and fauxtography taught me how to hold a weapon properly.

Good on ya, Meryl. Via Instapundit.