John Stossel can’t get a gun
Andy sends us this video of Fox News’ John Stossel who decided because he needs to protect himself from crazies who post death threats to him on the internet, he applies for a gun permit in New York City. yeah, well, we all know how that turns out;
Out here in real America, we got to the local shop and pick out a gun and walk out with it. Some states have waiting periods, but here in real America, that’s not a problem. Some states have a law which only allows you to buy one gun a month – that’s pretty stupid. Out here in real America you buy two guns in the same store at the same time and you only have to prove that you’re a resident of the state.
I get death threats, but no one has ever showed up here to fulfill their dream. You and I both know that Paul Wickre would have been here by now to bully me, except that he’s deterred by my fairly large collection of firearms. I have a Sig Sauer 1911 on my lap right now. He tried to get my guns when he filed a peace order against me. He told the authorities that I had “automatic Ar-15s and Glocks” – you know the scariest guns he could think of. The only reason that I can think that he’d want to take my guns is because he wanted to come to my house and beat me in front of my wife, like he threatened to do. Well, a Maryland judge can’t take the guns of a West Virginia resident, so I still have all of my guns. And another crime is deterred by gun ownership.
And oh, Wickre dropped his Peace Order, anyway, when TSO and I both showed up at the hearing despite his telephonic threats against us before the hearing. The big sissy. TSO is writing a post about our further exploits with Paul Wickre so look for that coming up.
Category: Guns
No shocker on the Stossel thing…
Jonn, I wish you could have had a camera in court to record the appearance. I am betting there were a few moments we would all be able to laugh over at Psuls expense. What is that old line about opening ones mouth and proving that you are an idiot? Betting he proved it to be true.
TSO tried to get a picture of Psul when he was frog marched out of the courtroom in cuffs but the bailiffs freaked out and blocked him.
Oh, poor poor Psul… LMAO!! That must have been a shocker to him, here he is the one who brought you two to court, and he is the one leaving the court room in cuffs.
By the way, I have noticed an awful lot of spammers showing up this morning.
Jonn,
AK-15, Glock Revolver, Mooseberg 500 Sawed Off Shot Gun, Anti Personal Shoulder Fired Demining Weapon and a Folding Naval Cutlass … That is what I have around the house.
Thought I would share.
On Stossel not surprized. Here in NYC you must first be a victim of a crime before you can check that box. If he stays with it he can get his permit. Although, it will take time.
On Psul not surprized!
‘he’s deterred by my fairly large collection of firearms’.
I think it’s more likely that psul the uncool is deterred by the fact that he can’t get his fat behind out of the chair it’s embedded in, and that he can barely make it through his own front door by turning sideways.
That, AND your guns. ‘Happiness is a warm gun, bang, bang.’
I for one have missed the mis-adventures of the Wickre beast. Looking forward with baited breath for TSO’s story!
Those of us stationed at Drum lament the weapons that all the other units deployed get to buy to commemorate their deployments. Sadly you put 8 bullets in a magazine and you commit a worse crime than negligent homicide in NY…
All we get is a bottle of whiskey with a little brass plaque chained on it…
For all of you still on active duty and stationed in Georgia, let me tell you about the ordeal I had to go through to get my concealed permit down there back in 2002. First I had to go to the local court house to the same office were they issue marriage licenses (should of seen the line of Joes waiting for one of those!)I presented a copy of my orders stationing my in GA, my ID and a current utility bill. She then pulled out a SINGLE page form and stuck it in a typewriter. She asked me basically “Are you crazy? Are you on drugs? Are you a criminal?” I paid her a small fee, it was less than $30 I think, then she gave me a finger print card and sent me off to the local jail to get fingerprinted. Had to pay for that at the jail with a money order. About 60 days later , my card showed up in the mail signed by a judge. That was it. I kinda miss living in the South.
If you really want to know what Stossel thinks, go look up the “Greed” special he did years ago. Seems it’s the most request news special he or anyone else from 20/20 ever did. The entire argument of the show would make a far left liberal college kid have a seizure.
TSO needs to hurry up. The suspense is killing me.
Stossel has two options. If he’s lucky, he can survive an attack, then beg NYC to reconsider their ban on firearms and give him a permit, or he can move. I’d recommend moving.
@6&9: Yeah, I would like to hear “the rest of the story”, also.
I can’t wait, when do we get to laugh at Paul “Pee Wee Herman” Wickre again?! As for Mr. Stossel’s ordeal, it only goes to prove that liberals want everyone to be an unarmed victim that’s dependent on Government!
I want Mr. Stossel to be able to get a gun if he wants one — but the fact that he wasn’t able to is what will make it an important news story. We are at the point that until the people who made the laws and make the news begin to suffer from those bad laws, they will not be changed.
@2.
Cool.
Yes John that Sig is a nice looking firearm. Been looking at them since my visit.
We’re waiting eagerly to hear from you, TSO! 🙂
The only one who loved the threats from Wickre as much as I was Quantico Arms.
New Jersey has similar stupidity. My cousin was a game warden there who volunteered as a retired state employee. Retired LEOs, to include Fish and Game, are allowed to own hollow point bullets in NJ. They’re illegal otherwise. Since he was never paid by Fish and Game, he’s not officially retired, so had to turn in all of his hollow points and lost his concealed carry. One of many reasons why I will never live in NJ.
If you could some how find a way to turn the Wickre Chronicles into a serialized, chapter-based book release and publish it on Amazon or Vook, I think you could retire to a standard of living that only Paul Wickre fantasizes about.
Or put it behind a pay wall and charge $1 to enter, just like the old freak shows at the county fairs. Proceeds could go to the Wounded Warrior Project or some such charity. That would blow what’s left of Wickre’s mind.
John S.’s “news” is not news to anyone who’s been paying attention: http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/guns/
@ 17: No, HP’s are NOT illegal in NJ, but they do have some really stupid restrictions on it.
http://www.njsp.org/about/fire_hollow.html
Andy,
the Georgia ordeal has only gotten worse. I had to go to my local Probate court and fill out a form that was closer to 1 1/2 pages. Then they fingerprinted me right there with an automated system that instantly transmitted my info and processed the background check. Then I had to wait in suspense for an entire day and a half before receiving a phone call asking whether I wanted to come pick up my permit in person, or receive it in the mail within the next 2-3 days.
You have an automatic Glock?
Yeah, the ordeals that I’ve had to endure in NH…fill out a single page form, get printed at the police station, send my application with $25 to the state, and two weeks later, get a call from the local PD to come pick up my license.
Repeat every four years.
Alabama is tough, too. Show ID, fill out one form, get my picture taken while background check runs, CCW handed to me while I waited. $20.
Horrible.
@2: I LMAO’d so hard, loud and long I scared the cats, alerted the dog (the large Catahoula/GSD mix who reposes in front of the Liberty Safe stuffed with guns), and actually lost focus in both eyes for about a minute. I need to get to the doctor and get that checked out. But if I die tonight, I will die happy. That is one giant piece of bacon-wrapped awesome.
@22: jonp, there actually is such a thing. The Glock 18 is the full-auto version of the 17, the full-size 9mm model. For LE sales only, sadly.