Encouraging Sign, But...

#1 Blogdaughter sends in this link:

Fatal D.C. stabbing makes a case for handguns

Robert Leroy Wright, 37, was walking his dog Sunday morning in Southeast Washington when police say he was confronted by a knife-wielding neighbor about “allowing the dog near his yard.” A dispute ensued, and the neighbor, Ellsworth Colbert, 56, stabbed Wright to death, according to D.C. police.

Overall, it's a decent article - odd to see a pro-CCW article in the WA Post, of all places. I think Nancy was curious about my take on it, so here it is. I've seen this kicking around, and while it's heartening to see support coming from unexpected places, the article itself just doesn't ring right with me.

The author is projecting - he's just not projecting in the normal matters of the antis. He's proposing using the firearm to scare off potential attackers - which is a big problem in my book. He states:

According to police reports, Colbert comes out of his house with a knife in one hand and a stick in the other. Being alert to the approaching threat, an armed Wright would now have several options. He could pull his gun, say, a .40-caliber Glock semiautomatic, which speaks volumes without firing a shot: “Never bring a knife to a gunfight, pal.”

No. The option to employ in that scenario is to turn and walk away quickly without losing sight of the goblin. Call 911 IMMEDIATELY. If you have to, run like a frightened rabbit. The author recognizes this, but thinks that pulling out a gun would have been better?

He also says:

Say what you will about the perils of gun ownership, but nobody can doubt that Wright would be alive today if he’d had one.

First of all, what "perils of gun ownership"? The only peril I am in because I own firearms is that I will spend too much on a gun and the Mrs. gets upset. They are inanimate objects. They cannot hurt you on their own. There are no "perils" to owning a firearm as long as you obey the four rules and take basic precautions to secure your arms from theft or other unauthorized access.

And secondly, Wright died because he was stupid - even after being slashed, he went back and confronted the guy with the knife. He should have called 911 at the get-go, so police would have been on their way already, and he would have been on the line with 911 when he was slashed, so the ambulance would also be on the way. Had he gone back to confront the guy and shot him dead, he'd be arrested for and tried for murder charges.

It's interesting to see the tide turning, but disinformation and ignorance that's marginally on our side is still disinformation and ignorance...

That is all.