Jarrod Martin (R-OH) is the NRA

Jarrod Martin is a favorite of the NRA in the Buckeye State.  He's a state representative in Ohio whose two major political statces are gunloonery and the sanctity of life.

Seems Jarrod likes to have few as well.

About a week ago, NRA lifemember Jarrod Martin was stopped and cited for an OVI:

On the side of the roadway, Martin refused to submit to field sobriety tests and a “chemical” test of his blood, breath or urine, Ralston said. As a result, he will automatically lose his driver’s license for one year. He was released at the scene with one of the adult passengers behind the wheel.

As two children were passengers in the vehicle, Martin also earned a child endangerment charge.

Of course, this isn't NRA lifemember Martin's first dance with the bottle:

State Rep. Jerrod Martin was passed out drunk on then-GOP Minority Leader's William G. Batchelder's Chevy Suburban when Martin was discovered by Riffe Center security last year.

Update: There's more:
On May 16, 2010, the night manager at the Residence Inn in Beavercreek called police about guests yelling and fighting on the fifth floor at 4:30 a.m. Officers found Martin and six other men “highly intoxicated” at a bachelor party. The men said they weren’t fighting; just having a “friendly wrestling match in their hotel room,” a Beavercreek police report said.

Tucson FFL Gun Dealer Arrested

The Tucson Sentinal reports

A federally licensed firearms dealer was indicted Wednesday on nine counts relating to making fully automatic weapons and straw purchases, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

The indictment mentioned another thing besides the making of machine guns and the allowing of straw purchases by "losing" the paperwork.  Mr. Gesty also made a false statement on his FFL licence application that he does not use marijuana. It turns out he's an habitual user, at least according to the police.

Now, even though I fully support the legalization of marijuana, and strongly oppose the incarceration of pot users, I believe smoking dope should be a disqualifier to gun ownership and even more so to obtaining a Federal Firearms License.

I feel the same way about habitual alcohol use, even moderate daily drinking.

What's your opinion?  Is it possible for people to enjoy mood-altering substances and still be responsible gun owners?  Is anything wrong with requiring folks who claim to be responsible gun owners to maintain total abstinence from drugs including alcohol?

If we did that, do you think there's be fewer gun mishaps?

Please leave a comment.

CCW Permit Holder from Georgia Arrested at Airport in California

The Sacramento Bee reports

A Georgia man has been arrested after security officers say they found a loaded handgun in his luggage at Sacramento International Airport.

Sheriff's Deputy Jason Ramos says there is no indication Deon Turner intended to harm anyone. The 22-year-old was attempting to fly home to Waycross, Ga., when the weapon was discovered in his checked luggage shortly before 6 a.m. Thursday.

Weapons must be declared, unloaded and kept in a locked container before they can be transported on airlines, and then only in checked luggage.

Turner is being held in Sacramento County Jail on $10,000 bail while he awaits a Monday hearing. He was arrested on suspicion of carrying a loaded, concealed firearm and carrying a weapon in public.

Turner is licensed to carry a concealed weapon in Georgia.

What does that sound like to you? I figure it's one of two things. 1. He was an arrogant S.O.B. who felt the little pain-in-the-ass rules don't apply to him, or 2. his training and firearm's education had been so lacking that he honestly didn't know there was anything wrong with what he did.

What's your opinion? Is there another possible explanation?

Please leave a comment.

Gun Store Reports Suspicious Purchase

What do you think about that?  What if the suspicions had been unfounded?  Would it still be a good thing?

What percentage of gun shops report their suspicions to the police, do you think? 

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Guns and Kiddie Porn Figure in Recent Gun-Related Arrest

Thank goodness the staff of the store where the purchases were made wised up, after the last Fort Hood shooter (alleged) did his shopping there too.  I usually find that the local media tends to provide the best coverage of these stories.

from the Austin Texas Statesman:



By Jeremy Schwartz, Tony Plohetski and Miguel Liscano Updated: 6:33 a.m. Friday, July 29, 2011
Published: 10:08 p.m. Thursday, July 28, 2011

KILLEEN — An AWOL soldier fleeing child pornography charges was planning a potentially deadly attack on Fort Hood soldiers before he was arrested, investigators and officials said Thursday.
Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo, who was most recently posted at Fort Campbell in Kentucky, was expected to face federal explosives charges after Killeen police found explosive materials and other weapons inside his room at a budget motel just blocks from Fort Hood, according to federal and local authorities.
Abdo planned to detonate bombs at a popular downtown Killeen restaurant and then shoot survivors, according to law enforcement documents first reported by ABC News and confirmed by a military official with knowledge of the investigation.
Abdo was arrested Wednesday on the pornography charge and for being AWOL after a tip from a suspicious clerk at the Guns Galore firearms shop. The clerk alerted police after Abdo on Tuesday bought six one-pound containers of smokeless gunpowder, three boxes of 12-gauge shotgun shells and a spare magazine for a semi-automatic handgun.
"His questions suggested he really didn't know what he was buying," said clerk Greg Ebert, a former police officer.
Guns Galore is the same store where Maj. Nidal Hasan purchased the gun, ammunition and laser sights that witnesses testified he used during the Nov. 5, 2009, shooting massacre at Fort Hood that left 13 dead.
After Abdo paid in cash and left in a taxi, Ebert said he called Killeen police and gave them a description of Abdo, who did not need to provide identification for the items he bought.
Officials said Abdo planned to use the items to kill military personnel. An article on "how to make a bomb in your kitchen" from the English-language al Qaeda magazine Inspire was among the items found in Abdo's motel room, a law enforcement official told The New York Times.
"I would classify it as a terror plot," Killeen Police Chief Dennis Baldwin said. "We would probably be here today giving you a different briefing if he had not been stopped."

More Norway vs. the U.S.

via Democratic Underground, absolutely fascinating stats.

Wild West Show With Real Bullets

via my Daily Kos friend, senilebiker

The Daily Mail reports

A gunman who injured three tourists when he fired live ammunition instead of blanks during a mock Wild West shoot-out show was a convicted criminal, it has emerged.

Paul Doering, 49, is now facing a federal weapons charge because he should not have been carrying a gun.

Enacters are pretty weird to begin with. But when you combine that weirdness with a criminal past and reckless stupidity, you have a formula for disaster.

What do you think? Please leave a comment.