Routine Week in the "Gun Free" Garden State

Imagine your wife or girlfriend is being brutally attacked by a thug. You come to her defense and subdue her attacker. Anywhere else they might call you a hero. In New Jersey, they call you Defendant. Your new cell mate? The slug who was beating her.

The catchy slogan “Do A.C.” recently débuted on the a tourism website that boasts, “You’ll never run out of things to do in Atlantic City,” where an 80-year-old Canadian tourist and her daughter were stabbed to death in broad daylight with a 12 inch butcher knife. As the two women lie on the sidewalk bleeding to death, their female attacker busied herself rummaging through the women’s purses for spare change. The killings mark the third and fourth homicides involving visitors to Atlantic City in recent months—not to be confused, of course, with regular, routine killings of local area residents. The accused murderer’s mother defended her daughter’s actions: “she was just trying to get money to… buy cigarettes.”

In response to a Canadian television reporter’s accusation that the city might not be the safest place on earth, Prosecutor Housel…responded with something like, Yeah… well, we’re rubber, you’re glue… There’s crime in Canada, too.

Across the state, in Salem City NJ, two men, 19 and 24, have been charged with beating 44-year-old, Robert Hand, in the head with a baseball bat— just outside his home. A police cruiser found him lying unconscious on the sidewalk.

Bridgeton police are searching for three masked men in connection with shooting and robbery there… Armed, violent home invasions in Central Jersey are getting hard of keep track of—but this one sticks out… Armed thugs robbed Toms River resident, Patricia Donahue, of cash and valuables after invading her home. But the homeowner was caught short on cash, so to make the trip worthwhile the thieves also stole her dog. Police in that town already had their hands full, hunting down 4 prisoners who escaped from county jail while awaiting trial for various violent crimes.

A few miles to the north, in the formerly quiet town of West Long Branch, four armed, masked men kicked in the front door and robbed homeowners … no arrests have been made. And just so those folks in the northern part of the Garden State shouldn’t feel left out: An 18 year old Belleville woman is fighting for her life after having a 7 inch kitchen knife plunged into her chest— her 27-year-old attacker apparently just out looking for someone to kill.

More killings in Newark—two men shot in the head. One dead, one in critical condition after a robbery gone bad. Crime, Schmime, says Police Director Sam DeMaio, pointing out that there were two whole days in May where Newark saw no homicides at all! Not a town to be out done… Parsippany Police are dealing with a rash of home invasions—three in one night. And this weekend marks the beginning of summer at the Jersey Shore. Let the games begin!!

That was the opening for Sunday’s Gun For Hire Radio podcast broadcast every week. New Jersey is the most densely populated state in the country and one of the most dangerous for law abiding citizens. Only criminals and cops have guns and even worse, law abiding citizens are routinely arrested for DEFENDING THEMSELVES from violent felons.

If you or your loved ones is brutally attacked, as soon as the perpetrator stops, you are forbidden from pursuing the felon! Believe me, this is what Obama wants for the entire country. It’s already like this in the major cities of New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington DC.

I spent hundreds of days in all four of those cities over 35 years. But because I was a federal law enforcement officer or LEOSA retired officer, I was armed 24/7 when in these violent hell holes. Believe me, I would not have been there if I couldn’t be legally armed. Yet the good citizens who I was hired to serve are not allowed the same right to bear arms or defend themselves! You as a civilian taxpayer should be outraged and taking to the streets to protest the most egregious violation of your civil rights.

Citizens have the God given right to keep and bear arms. This right is clearly granted in the Bill of Rights, which is part of the Supreme Law of the Land, the United States Constitution. Yet, there are states like New Jersey, New York, Illinois, California, Massachusetts, Maryland, Hawaii and others that not only make it a crime to for law abiding citizens to arm themselves, it’s also a crime to apprehend fleeing citizens in many of these states.

Stand Your Ground laws allow you to defend yourself and other victims of violent crime. If you lose your state Stand By Ground laws, you are subject to the laws of New Jersey and Illinois, two of the most mucked up, liberal fascist states in our land. Your guns and your civil rights will both be taken from you.

Don’t take my word for it, listen to the one hour Gun For Hire podcast broadcast every week from the Garden State.  Get it directly from the New Jersey residents who live there. You will be shocked that any state in America could be as mucked up as New Jersey.  But the Garden State is not even the worst! Illinois and D.C. share the dubious distinction as the most egregious civil rights violators in America.

Citizens work hard and pay the taxes that pay for politicians to be protected by armed agents. Yet, these same politicians deny your constitutionally guaranteed civil rights. What is our response? We not only take it, we continue to elect liberal fascists. Wake up America.

Remembering Captain Joseph Michael Fahey USAF

Joseph Michael Fahey Jr - 33

Captain Houston, Tennessee

I honor your service, your sacrifice and your family. You will never be forgotten.

CAPT - O3 - Air Force -

Length of service 12 years
Casualty was on Feb 11, 1962
In MILITARY REGION 2, SOUTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - NONCREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was recovered. Rest in Peace.

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A tribute to a father I never really knew but never stopped missing. Even though my dad has been gone for 50 years and I never really knew him, I still tear up when I think of him/talk about him. I know he was a fine person who sacrificed everything for his country and I am proud of him - though his death has left a hole in my heart. I wish my now adult children knew him. Thank-you to his friends who continue to honor him with their remembrances.- Liz Fahey-Sibley

Michael, was my first, flight commander, at the 13th, FIS., at Sioux City, AB., Iowa. I had reported in, as a new pilot, right out, of training and he took me, under his wing. In the short time, we had together, he taught me, all the important things, not only about flying, the F-86, but about the important priorities, in life. I followed those teachings, for the rest, of my AF., career.-Franklin Fite, Friend, Husband, Father, and Retired Air Force Professional

These things I do, that others may live - USAF PJs

Pararescuemen (AFSC 1T2X1) are United States Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) and Air Combat Command (ACC) operatives tasked with recovery and medical treatment of personnel in humanitarian and combat environments.

They are the only members of the Department of Defense specifically organized, trained and equipped to conduct personnel recovery operations in hostile or denied areas as a primary mission. Also known as “PJs” (Pararescue Jumpers), these special operations units are used to support NASA missions and have been used to recover astronauts after water landings.

They are attached to other SOF teams from all branches to conduct other operations as appropriate. Of the 22 enlisted Air Force Cross recipients, 12 are Pararescuemen. PJs wear the maroon beret as a symbol of their elite status, and to symbolize the blood shed by past PJs, as well as the blood current members are willing to shed to save lives.

It is my duty as a Pararescueman to save lives and to aid the injured. I will be prepared at all times to perform my assigned duties quickly and efficiently, placing these duties before personal desires and comforts. These things I do, that others may live.

 Remembering USAF Captain Joseph Michael Fahey Killed in Action 2/11/1962

Honoring the PJs on Memorial Day Weekend

You know about the SEALS, the Green Berets and even the Delta Force special ops units but have you heard of the USAF PJs? There’s a good chance you have not.

They’re some of the U.S. military’s most elite and highly trained operatives, dedicated to saving lives in rugged, hostile terrain.

The Air Force’s pararescue special forces, also known as parajumpers or “PJs,” are the ultimate warriors: Trained in both emergency rescue and medical care, these specialists are the men behind high-risk rescues, with a mission to recover fallen warriors, treat their injuries and get them out alive.

It’s a mandate that puts these operatives’ lives on the line: Just last month, three pararescuemen were among 30 American casualties in the single bloodiest episode for U.S. forces in the Afghanistan war when their helicopter was downed by Taliban insurgents.  “When everything goes wrong, they call us,” Lt. Col. Jeremy Turner, director of operations for the 41st Rescue Squadron at Georgia’s Moody Air Force Base, a pararescue training hub, told The Daily, “You don’t have time to think about being scared. ”With the motto “These things we do, that others may live,” these men go where nobody else can — up mountains, through jungles or into heavy fire — as the only unit mandated by the Department of Defense to recover personnel stranded behind enemy lines.

Most often, PJs are called on to save U.S. or allied military crews whose planes or helicopters have crashed or been shot down. But they also conduct civilian rescues and have participated in NASA missions for decades. Much like special operatives in other military branches, including Army Green Berets and Navy SEALs, pararescuemen are selected after a grueling process that weeds out anyone who can’t perform each of the required 250 core skills.

A two-year program, informally dubbed “Superman School,” graduates a mere 10 percent of enlistees, all of whom must be male. The Navy SEALS graduate 30 percent of those who are accepted in the program. 

Wannabe PJs learn to swim, rock-climb and treat gunshot wounds, and need to pass a fitness exam far more difficult than what’s expected of other military personnel, including a 1½-mile run in under 10:30, a 500-meter swim in less than 16 minutes, a 20-meter underwater swim and 50 sit-ups in under two minutes.The program’s training days often start at 4:30 a.m. with a combination of running, strength training, swimming, drills and classroom work.

Sometimes, in a rite of passage known as an “extended training day,” PJ trainees are rushed into helicopters to perform simulated rescues — overnight. Passing the training program is only the beginning: Once they’re vetted for the unit, operatives train every single day, often conducting simulated rescues that include scuba diving, parachuting and static line-jumping from a helicopter. “We train like we fight and we fight like we train,” said Staff Sgt. Mark Bedell, a PJ who estimates he’s executed more than 300 rescue missions during three deployments to Afghanistan. “Skills can fade very fast.  The ones we have are so highly technical that we need to … keep them honed to perfection.”The Air Force officially launched its pararescue program in 1944, with the first organized rescue performed in a hostile region of Japanese-occupied Burma during World War II:

Twenty people, including military personnel and CBS reporter Eric Sevareid, were evacuated by parachuting operatives. Since then, the PJ program has been refined to perfection, and crews have successfully completed thousands of missions. During the Korean War, they were credited with saving 1,000 military personnel from behind enemy lines, and in Vietnam, pararescuemen dropped into jungles, swamps and mountains to evacuate some 4,100 people.“When the history of this war is finally written, I feel that the story of Air Rescue may well become one of the outstanding human dramas in the entire history of the Air Force,” Harold Brown, a former defense secretary in the Carter administration and secretary of the Air Force during the Vietnam War, said of the pararescue forces. “The dedication shown on an everyday basis … makes these rescue operations something unique in our military history.

”The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan also have called heavily on the unique skills of the pararescuemen. Since 9/11, they are credited with saving at least 1,000 lives in combat zones overseas.But the teams have also faced added dangers: Insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan have specifically targeted rescue crews, using ambushes and IEDs that make pararescue missions even more hazardous.

Before they hit the ground, PJs rely on fully loaded planes and helicopters to help them reach their destination and then unleash a torrent of gunfire from the air to clear the area of enemy combatants. The HH-60, a modified Black Hawk helicopter, is the perfect combination of speed and maneuverability to navigate challenging terrain. PJs refer to the helicopters as “our ride to work,” because the HH-60s are the top choice for taking crews to a mission location.And the A-10 Warthog, a jet aircraft introduced by the Air Force in 1977 for close air support, is still one of the deadliest, most resilient aircraft in the military’s arsenal: Armed with a 30-millimeter Gatling gun that fires 4,000 rounds a minute, an A-10 attack can tear through a tank’s armor.“Those A10s, when you hear them coming in, it’s the sweetest sound that you can hear,” Bedell said. “You can hear the sound of them firing, you see the rounds impacting exactly where you told them to and you know those bad guys are not having a good day.”Along with helicopters and fighter jets circling above, a host of specialized equipment accompanies each team on every mission.

Because they don’t know what they’ll face upon arrival, pararescue crews travel with everything from scuba gear and snowmobiles to off-road motorcycles and oxygen masks. They’re also armed to the teeth: Machine guns and sniper rifles are critical for these small teams, which often face off against larger groups of combatants.“Whenever you go on a mission, you never know what problem is going to come up,” Turner said. “You always have to have something in your bag of tricks to solve it.

”The elite operatives also perform civilian rescues, from natural disasters to downed commercial airplanes. After Hurricane Katrina, PJs from the Air Force’s 943rd Rescue Group were credited with saving 1,043 lives even while struggling with extreme weather conditions that kept other rescuers at bay.“In the case of Katrina, it was here at home and we tried to deliver as much as we could,” said Turner, who piloted rescue helicopters.Whether in combat zones or civilian environs, these men risk it all for one reason: to keep Americans, at home and abroad, safe. And throughout their grueling training and deployments, they depend on the unbreakable bonds forged within their close-knit cadres.“Pararescuemen is a deep brotherhood,” Bedell said. “We train constantly together. We deploy together … So we trust each other with our lives.”

RIP USAF Captain Joseph Michael Fahey DOD 2/11/1962 Vietnam

The Truth About Guns

Ordinary American citizens use guns competently. Every 48 seconds, someone uses a handgun to defend himself against a crime (according to Florida State University’s Gary Kleck, using data collected by liberal pollster Peter Hart in a poll paid for by the anti-gun lobby).

Regular American citizens do not shoot each other in moments of passion; the vast majority of such shootings are perpetrated by thugs with a record of violence and substance abuse.

And contrary to the claims of the anti-gun lobby, Americans are not so careless that they cannot be trusted with potentially dangerous objects like guns. Gun accidents account for less than 2% of the nation’s 92,000 accidental deaths annually.

Suicides have little to do with gun availability. Japan has no guns, while Switzerland is deluged with every gun in the book, and both nations have the same suicide rate.

Of course the more that U.S. governments can do to make gun use in America even more responsible, the better. Switzerland shows how successful governments can be in promoting responsible gun use.

Elementary schools in America should have gun safety classes which teach children never to touch a gun unless a parent is present, and they should be taught to tell an adult if they see an unattended gun. The NRA actively promotes this idea, and the National Association of Chiefs of Police endorses it. But Handgun Control opposes this reasonable, sensible safety measure.

High schools and colleges wishing to offer target shooting as a sport should be allowed to do so. Unlike football or swimming, scholastic target shooting has never resulted in a fatality. The anti-gun groups oppose the sensible step of allowing the schools to offer students the safest sport ever invented.

Finally, local governments should enact reasonable zoning laws, which allow the construction of indoor shooting ranges (properly ventilated and sound insulated) in urban areas. In some cases, governments should subsidise the building of ranges. At target ranges, Americans can take lessons in gun responsibility, and practice safe gun handling skills.  As you might expect, the anti-gunners oppose this simple safety measure too.

What have we learned from Switzerland where there is a gun in every household?’ Guns in themselves are not a cause of gun crime; if they were, everyone in Switzerland would long ago have been shot in a domestic quarrel.

Cultural conditions, not gun laws, are the most important factors in a nation’s crime rate. Young adults in Washington, D.C., are subject to strict gun control, but no social control, and they commit a staggering amount of armed crime. Young adults in Zurich are subject to minimal gun control, but strict social control, and they commit almost no crime.

Guns are safer than football and football has never saved a life or stopped a crime from being committed.

Wake up America. We the people are electing statists and freedom haters to national office.  They are destroying liberty and freedom, the foundation of America.