Justin Buist

SayUncle is taking a bit of heat for coming down on those that rally around the phrase “shall not be infringed.”

Count in in Uncle’s camp on this one. I got into this whole gun rights issue because of “shall not be infringed” type talk, and I have no problem stating that the battle won’t be over, in my mind, until machine guns are sold right next to the hammers at the local hardware store, cash and carry. The argument has it’s place. It’s why I’m here.

The disturbing thing about the “SNBI” mindset is that people try and play that card in the courts. That’s not going to work. I remember back in 2003, when Rick Stanley was in court, him sending out emails expressing his disgust that the judge wouldn’t hear a 2nd amendment argument in his case. At the time this seemed absurd to me. You know, “shall not be infringed” is simple enough for a 2nd grader to understand.

Well, five years later I have a little more understanding of how the courts work and realize just how damned absurd it is to bring up a US Constitutional issue in a State court when you’re still in the criminal prosecution phase. Criminal courts don’t whack down laws. Appellate courts do that. In a case like that you might as well put down the “shall not be infringed” sign and hold up the “I shopped around for a lawyer until I found a fucking retard!” sign.

You know what we need more than 45 year old men rallying behind the SNBI mantra? Youngsters. Kids that are 17 or 18 years old and getting ready for college. We need to point kids that are young, bright, and understand of our rights, to the study of law. We need lawyers.

Fostering another Alan Gura will do us a lot more than rallying behind Rick Stanley, Wayne Fincher, or David Olofson in the long run.

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Argh. Okay, so I lost my old draft on this, so we’re just going to cut to the chase. Sorry about the lack of links.

SayUncle posts a story about a .380 not penetrating a skull. Xavier pipes up with “Yep, .380 aint’ the best” and Tamara rings in with “Hell, even a magnum can fuck up.” Somewhere in the mix KdT pens a piece toting the virtues of the .45ACP and its Nazi killing capabilities.

I’m over in Tam’s camp on this one. Handgun rounds suck, but that doesn’t really matter much.

Who here has been taught to shoot somebody in the forehead in a self defense situation? If you’re raising your hand then head back to that instructor and demand a partial refund. Shooting somebody in the forehead isn’t a very good way to win a gunfight for a number of reasons. Number one being that the head will move around more than the body (center of mass) will. Number two, it’s a smaller target. Number three, it’s a rather robust region, with anecdotal evidence that handgun bullets will bounce right off the damned thing, which is why I’m writing this. And finally, reason number 4, there’s nothing important behind that forehead anyway.

The important bits of the brain, with regards to somebody’s ability to continue the attack, are to the rear and lower in the skull. That stuff in the front is “extra” in terms of survival. If your goal in a gunfight is to remove your attacker’s ability to form short term memories or solve complex math problems then by all means, shoot for that forehead. If your goal is to stop the attack, then start shooting center of mass. If you happen to rise above center of mass a bit and strike them in the region between their mouth and nose, and your cartridge is capable of 12″ or so penetration then you might actually blow out the reptilian portion of the brain. Kudos, you just won the fight.

Aim COM. Leave the head shots to somebody with a rifle.

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