Author: Doug McCaughan

Father of 5. Juggler. Ticked off at blogger.com.
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Saturday

I posed a question on Facebook today:

Oh my. Program? Cut the grass? Clean the house? Read a book? Run some new pipe? Build a wall? Upgrade the electrical wiring to 12-2? Install a panic button? Wash the wife’s car? Marinate some steaks? Repair the garage door? Clean the driveway? Finish hole 2 of the minigolf? Built a fort for Evan? Paint? Install flooring in the basement?

[Source, Facebook.com/djuggler]

Thus far, my day has been:

  • Wake at 5:30 to drive son to work.
  • Wake at 6:30 to drive son to scouting event.
  • 7-8am Help scouts pack van to Shining Rock
  • 8-9am Visit with a friend
  • 9-noon Internet. Some client work. Putz. Pick son up from work. Prepare garage for work on the garage door. And marinate steaks!
  • Noon – 12:40pm Repair garage door.
  • 2-4 errands with wife including Agrifeed for rats, pig ears, and cat toys, Target, and Sears.

Now to see about a garage door repair.
Update: 12:40pm Garage door repair complete.

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And no one pulled their guns out

A common argument I hear for concealed carry is that the armed citizenry will step up until the police can arrive. Walmart sells guns. Walmart has a clientele who love their guns and probably carry one or more guns with or without a concealed carry permit. But when a man walked into a South Carolina Walmart and killed his wife, no one intervened. Police only caught him after he wrecked his truck during the get-a-way.

Holiday shoppers at a South Carolina Walmart watched in horror as a man stabbed his wife to death in the store during a heated argument, authorities said.

[Source, NY Daily News, Cops: Man stabs wife to death at bank in South Carolina Walmart]

So these arguments for guns, are they invalid? No one tried to help despite the armory in sporting goods. And what about the concealed carry people? Where were they? I contend it is an invalid argument and that civilians will not take action. In this case, the murderer walked out of the store unopposed.