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Larry Correia (Utah carry permit instructor and author of the excellent MHI series) has taken it upon himself to write a response to the recent media ignorance. Read it here.

I expect the media ignorance to get worse still, before they will be forced to let go of the issue again. Why a crazy man doing crazy things should have dire consequences for the ability of sane people to do sane things, is still quite beyond me.

From the UK’s Daily Mail:

Glenn faces a first-degree murder charge and one count of robbery. The local station KHQ reported that he will be tried as an adult.

The teen has an extensive juvenile criminal history, which includes malicious mischief, fourth-degree assault, driving without a license and riot with a deadly weapon charges.

Adams-Kinard also has had a few run-ins with the law, The Spokesman Review reported. He was convicted of third-degree theft and fourth-degree assault in June.

Why am I not surprised? I guess Spokane, WA also has its Felon’s Friend judges.

For someone to survive fighting the Japanese on the beaches of Okinawa, and then to be beaten to death by to young thugs in some American parking lot does not seem right at all. Sadly, neither thug will face the death penalty.

Here’s a nugget from the Charleston Post & Courier in an article trying to defend Judge Thomas “Felon’s Friend” Hughston:

So, in most cases, Hughston offers advice to criminals, as he did recently with a man who pleaded guilty to having a gun during a traffic stop.

“What I keep telling people like you is if you think you’re going to go somewhere where you think you may need a pistol, don’t go,” Hughston said, shaking his head. “Stay home. Go to the picture show. Go play basketball or baseball.”

And with that, he let the man go free.

Nice! There is nothing illegal about having a gun in your car during a traffic stop, as long as it is in one of the legally approved locations in your car. The fact that “pleaded guilty to having a gun during a traffic stop” leads me to believe this was probably a felon with a gun. And this judge just let him go?????? No wonder Charleston Thug life has given him the Felon’s Friend moniker.

But wait! There’s more:

Hughston, 70, placed more than twice as many offenders on probation than he sent to prison, nearly half of all his cases.

So if you plead guilty, and Judge Felon’s Friend is in charge of sentencing you, you have a better chance of remaining a free man than of going to prison for your crimes. Too bad this has NO positive influence on crime rates or law-abiding citizens at all.

With each case, Hughston said, he tries to learn as much as he can about the players involved, the lives they have led and what led them to his courtroom so he can impose a sentence that he considers meaningful and fair.

“The most important thing that a decision-maker can do, a judge can do, is to ask the right question,” he said. “Through those questions you create the scene of the crime.”

So if you have a sob story, your chances are even better that you’ll be let off. Again: Too bad this has NO positive influence on crime rates or law-abiding citizens at all.

Read Charleston Thuglife to get a feel for the people Jude Felon’s Friend is letting off so easily.

Smith & Wesson has identified a condition where the trigger bar pin could damage the lower trigger in certain M&P Shields in a way that may affect the functionality of the drop safety feature of the firearm, potentially allowing the pistol to discharge if it is dropped.

Any unintended discharge of a firearm has the potential to cause injury, and we ask that you STOP USING YOUR PISTOL IMMEDIATELY UNTIL IT HAS BEEN INSPECTED AND, IF THE CONDITION IS FOUND, REPAIRED.

More info here.