Tuesday, June 22nd, 2004

Time	Event
6:36a	Learning behavior, Part XXXII From the Pioneer Press: Gun rights advocate claims harassment ( Read more... ) No, it wasn't me.  As I've said, I'm generally against open carry, but I can see how a shop owner might want to be sure that the word gets out that he's not a good target.  (2 Comments | Comment on this)
7:05a	Learning behavior, Part XXXIII Washington State has something to learn from Minnesota: Despite new security meaures, guns still allowed in Capitol ( Read more... )</span></span> </span>Permit holders aren't a problem, and signs aren't a solution.   Susan Berkovitz, on September 29, 2003, walked past the great big NO GUNS signs at the Hennepin County Government Center to murder her cousin and wound her cousin's lawyer.  She didn't have a permit -- and wouldn't have gotten one if she'd applied, given her history -- and the signs didn't stop her.  She chose the HCGC, in fact, because of the signs, and the lack of metal detectors -- she knew that she'd be armed, and that her victims, law-abiding citizens that they were, wouldn't have flouted the judges' orders that put up those signs, even if they did have carry permits.  (She had previously sued her cousin in Ramsey County, where the courthouse does have metal detectors; she filed this lawsuit in Hennepin, as bait for her trap.)  Metal detectors, like they have at the Washington State Capitol, are another matter.  Those won't stop permit holders, because Washington law is sensible on such things, and the permit holders will just have to show their permits.  But maybe they've got a Susan Berkovitz or two out there, too.  (Comment on this)
7:43a	How many defensive gun uses are there? Clayton Cramer does a pretty good analysis. And gives some good advice -- some of the DGUs that he's documented on his weblog weren't exactly brilliant decisions. But many worked out quite well, including this one, from Minnesota ( Read more... ) Like all of the rest of the DGUs in Minnesota that I know about -- and, of course, those that I haven't heard about -- you didn't read about it in the Star Tribune.  (No, I don't advocate holding burglars at gunpoint.  Or shooting them, for that matter.  I'd much rather that they flee.) (1 Comment | Comment on this)
8:58p	"The name of the suspect has not been released." See if you can spot what's missing from this story: Teen suspect caught in deadly Pine County shooting Updated: 06/22/2004 02:28:24 PM ASKOV - After hours of searching, authorities have arrested a 15-year-old suspect in a deadly shooting near the town of Askov in Pine County. The teen was taken into cutsody (sic) at around 1 p.m. Tuesday. He was apprehended near a collision center not far from Interstate 35 after he emerged from a wooded area. Pine County Chief Sheriff's Deputy Steve Ovick identified the victim as Norman Rudolph Wright Jr., 48. The shooting happened around 8:30 a.m. at Wright's home Jefferson Rd. about five miles northwest of Askov. Ovick said Wright and his family recently moved there from the Twin Cities. The cause of the shooting was under investigation. "We have no idea what prompted it," Ovick said. Ovick said the presumed weapon, a handgun, had been recovered. The name of the suspect was not released. Nope. Not that the "teen suspect" isn't a permit holder. ( Read more... ) (3 Comments | Comment on this)

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