Original Story found here on CNN and pasted below:

WASHINGTON (CNN) — On his final full day in office, President Bush issued commutations for two former border patrol agents convicted in 2006 of shooting an undocumented immigrant who was smuggling drugs at the time.
An artist’s sketch shows Ignacio Ramos, left, and Joe Compean.

An artist’s sketch shows Ignacio Ramos, left, and Joe Compean.

The prison sentences of Ignacio Ramos and Joe Compean will now end March 20.

Ramos had received an 11-year prison sentence; Compean had received a 12-year sentence.

“The president has reviewed the circumstances of this case as a whole and the conditions of confinement and believes the sentences they received are too harsh and that they, and their families, have suffered enough for their crimes,” a senior administration official said.

“Commuting their sentences does not diminish the seriousness of their crimes. Ramos and Compean are convicted felons who violated their oaths to uphold the law and have been severely punished,” the official stated.

“This commutation gives them an opportunity to return to their families and communities, but both men will have to carry the burden of being convicted felons and the shame of violating their oaths for the rest of their lives.”

The official noted that both Democratic and Republican members of Congress have supported a commutation, including President-elect Barack Obama’s incoming White House chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, and Texas GOP Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn.

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You the man, George!

Doctors

1. The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000.
2. Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year are 120,000.
3. Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171

Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services.

Now think about this:

Guns

1. The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000. (Yes, that’s 80 million)
2. The number of accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups is 1,500.
3. The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is .000188.

Statistics courtesy of FBI

So, statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners.

Remember, ‘Guns don’t kill people, doctors do.’

FACT: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN, BUT ALMOST EVERYONE HAS AT LEAST ONE DOCTOR.

Please alert your friends to this alarming threat. We must ban doctors before this gets completely out of hand!!!!!

Out of concern for the public at large, I have withheld the statistics on lawyers for fear the shock would cause people to panic and seek medical attention!

2. Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammo is cheap - life is expensive.

3. Only hits count. The only thing worse than a miss is a slow miss.

4. If your shooting stance is good, you’re probably not moving fast enough or using cover correctly.

5. Move away from your attacker. Distance is your friend. (Lateral and diagonal movement are preferred.)

6. If you can choose what to bring to a gunfight, bring a long gun and a friend with a long gun.

7. In ten years nobody will remember the details of caliber, stance, or tactics. They will only remember who lived.

8. If you are not shooting, you should be communicating, reloading, and running.

9. Accuracy is relative: most combat shooting standards will be more dependent on “pucker factor” than the inherent accuracy of the gun. Use a gun that works EVERY TIME. “All skill is in vain when an Angel blows the powder from the flintlock of your musket.”

10. Someday someone may kill you with your own gun, but they should have to beat you to death with it because it is empty.

11. Always cheat, always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.

12. Have a plan.

13. Have a back-up plan, because the first one won’t work.

14. Use cover or concealment as much as possible.

15. Flank your adversary when possible. Protect yours.

16. Don’t drop your guard.

17. Always tactical load and threat scan 360 degrees.

18. Watch their hands. Hands kill. (In God we trust. Everyone else, keep your hands where I can see them.)

19. Decide to be aggressive ENOUGH, quickly ENOUGH.

20. The faster you finish the fight, the less shot you will get.

21. Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet.

22. Be courteous to everyone, friendly to no one.

23. Your number one option for personal security is a lifelong commitment to avoidance, deterrence, and de-escalation.

24. Do not attend a gun fight with a handgun, the caliber of which does not start with anything smaller than “4″.

25. You can’t miss fast enough to win.

Shooting in Butte , Montana

Shotgun preteen vs. illegal alien Home Invaders; Butte Montana November 5th.

Two illegal aliens, Ralphel Resindez, 23, and Enrico Garza, 26, probably believed they would easily overpower home-alone 11 year old Patricia Harrington after her father had left their two-story home.

It seems these crooks never learned two things: they were in Montana and Patricia had been a clay shooting champion since she was nine.

Patricia was in her upstairs room when the two men broke through the front door of the house. She quickly ran to her father’s room and grabbed his 12 gauge Mossberg shotgun.

Resindez was the first to get up to the second floor only to be the first to catch a near point blank blast of buckshot from the 11 -year-old’s knee crouch aim. He suffered fatal wounds to his abdomen and genitals.

When Garza ran to the foot of the stairs, he took a blast to the left shoulder and staggered out into the street where he bled to death before medical help could arrive.

It was found out later that Resindez was armed with a stolen 45 caliber handgun he had taken from another home invasion robbery.That victim, 50-year-old David Burien of Pipestone, was not so lucky. He died from stab wounds to the chest.

The sheriff said there were no charges pending against Patrica Harrington. In fact in this area she is looked upon as a role model.

Ever wonder why good stuff never makes NBC, CBS,PBS, MSNBC, CNN, or ABC news….

Thought for the Day: Calling an illegal alien an “undocumented immigrant” is like calling a drug dealer an “unlicensed pharmacist”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g_ffroqhMc

When talking about gun safety, it is hard to accept anything less than your own personal rules for yourself. For example, my mom thinks that gun safety means turn your head and pretend they are not there, and if you absolutely HAD to touch it for the most extreme reasons and nobody is available to do it for you, then you are to handle it like it is a loaded mouse trap (a finger on each side and touching the least amount of metal as possible). That was a long description for a short point. Everyone has their own opinion of what is acceptable firearm safety.

I am ok that different people have different standards of what is acceptable. Some keep a loaded shotgun under their bed while others lock every weapon up for safety. I think it is extremely important to practice situational safety. I personally don’t see the point in having a home defense weapon if it is locked up and not readily accessible in a time of need, but at the same time if you have a little kid or even untrained friends for that matter, you are probably going to see things in a different light.

I bring this up because recently I had a wake up call, and it has stuck in my head like glue since it happen about a month and a half ago… (more…)

Hell no!

If I was a criminal I would TARGET these places. All these signs do are keep law abiding weapon carriers out of the store. You see, the only people would would actually think twice about disarming because of your sign are the people that you do not need to worry about. People like me with concealed carry permits. People like me legally able to own a gun and carry a gun and who have gone through criminal and psychological background checks to get their permit.

Think of it in terms of a car alarm. Why do people buy and install them? Deterrence. If a car thief had his or her choice of 2 identical cars with identical contents but one had an alarm and one didn’t, which would they choose to rob? If are a liberal pansy you said, “Neither, as they will see the sign in between the cars that says No Car Thieves Allowed and they will leave!” Anyone that believes this nonsense is delusional.

Ask yourself why you almost NEVER hear of a gun store, where you know there is not one of these signs posted, getting robbed? Because the workers and the customers are ARMED. It has happened before and the dumb ass had more holes in him than Barry Bond’s steroid stories!

Take down your signs people. Let the law abiding customers come back to your stores. I for one don’t shop anywhere that has one of these signs. I don’t want my money going towards raising the moron’s offspring that hung that sign. Hopefully the tape or glue used to hang it makes them sterile so the stupidity can stop there. I’ll take my business elsewhere.

Now read down the article and notice the quotes from the witnesses and neighbors. I will copy the meat and potatos for you.

“The boy didn’t have no gun, he had a brush on him,” said Andre Wildman, a neighbor.

Andre gives us a well thought out, grammar-filled account of what went down. Thank you Andre.

Wayne Holder, said police should be required to see a weapon before opening fire on a suspect. “At least see a gun before you start to discharge it,” Holder said. “Police don’t even have to see it, if they think you got one, you’re going to get shot.”

Wayne Holder gives us another key point. My guess is that Wayne doesn’t quite understand how guns work. If you have one pointed at you and you hear a bang, about .3 seconds after you hear it, you are going to feel a sharp pain like that of a truck hitting you going 60 miles/hour.

I don’t fault the cops here at all. Lets recap what we do know.

• Cops get 911 call (people in need and danger call 911).
• Cops hear man in background yelling, “I’ve got a Gun!”
• Cops show up to find man pacing in the house with his mother outside (who called 911).
• Man comes out of a window holding something black.
• Cops tell man to drop said item.
• Man raises hand towards police in a threatening motion.
• Cops shoot man A LOT.

Please tell me that if you were in the same situation you wouldn’t have shot. Anyone that says otherwise is a liar (liberal pansies not included). Cops aren’t in the business of getting shot. Waiting for this guy to shoot first, if he had a gun, could have gotten a police offer, or worse, an innocent bystander hurt or killed. That is unacceptable. He was giving a lawful order to drop that he had and chose to raise his hand. This guy wanted to die. Suicide by police. I am sorry for the pain his family is having to go through with the loss but I will not shed a tear for this jerk.