“We can either live in a paranoid politically correct world frantically trying not to offend the Hitlers and Mohammeds, and blaming their victims when they kill, or we can be free men and women who have chosen to take the power to defend our rights into our own hands.

While a thousand organizations use the Holocaust as a platform for speeches about tolerance, Children Of Jewish Holocaust Survivors [Jews Can Shoot] is conducting firearms training… Freedom is not defended with empty idealism easily perverted into appeasement of evil, but with the force of arms.”

Daniel Greenfield / Sultan Knish blog

All too many of the other great tragedies of history - Stalin's atrocities, the killing fields of Cambodia, the Holocaust, to name but a few - were perpetrated by armed troops against unarmed populations. Many could well have been avoided mitigated, had the perpetrators known their intended victims were equipped with a rifle and twenty bullets apiece... If a few hundred Jewish fighter in the Warsaw Ghetto could hold off the Wehrmacht for almost a month with only a handful weapons, six million Jews armed with rifles could not so easily have been herded into cattle cars.

Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Silveira v. Lockyer, 2003

Habah l'hargecha hashkem l'hargo -- "If someone is coming to kill you, rise against him and kill him first."

Second Amendment

Justified Death Of A 71-Year-Old Man Reminds Us to Review Local Self-Defense Laws

by Doris Wise Montrose on May 18, 2024

This case is a stark reminder of the importance of understanding and respecting the laws governing self-defense.

On a recent weekend in Yakima, Washington, a confrontation involving firearms resulted in the tragic death of a 71-year-old man who threatened a family with his gun and highlighted the critical role of self-defense laws in America. This incident serves as a poignant example of the complexities involved in such cases, where self-defense is claimed by the individuals involved.

The events unfolded when a 27-year-old man encountered an older man threatening his family with a gun on their own property. According to the Yakima Police Department, the younger man, fearing for the safety of his family, took decisive action, which unfortunately resulted in the elder man’s death.

The police found a small pistol on the deceased, corroborating the shooter’s claims.

Witnesses at the scene supported the young man’s version of events through both video evidence and statements, leading to his release by the authorities after a consultation with the Yakima County Prosecuting office.

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"All too many of the other great tragedies of history—Stalin’s atrocities, the killing fields of Cambodia, the Holocaust, to name but a few—were perpetrated by armed troops against unarmed populations. Many could well have been avoided or mitigated, had the perpetrators known their intended victims were equipped with a rifle and twenty bullets apiece, as the Militia Act required here. ... If a few hundred Jewish fighters in the Warsaw Ghetto could hold off the Wehrmacht for almost a month with only a handful of weapons, six million Jews armed with rifles could not so easily have been herded into cattle cars." — Silveira v Lockyer, (9th Cir. 2003) (Kozinski, J. dissenting.)