Two Armed Citizens Stop Kidnapping

A domestic violence kidnapping was foiled by concealed carry. Suspects face attempted kidnapping, attempted murder and arson charges in Port St. Lucie

This also points up a big problem with the Left's desire to create gun-free zones.

According to the police report, Jose Tsu Zamora, 64, of North Miami, ambushed a former long-term girlfriend as she arrived for Sunday services. The victim had previously secured a domestic violence injunction against Zamora in March, and he was already wanted on an active warrant for violating that court order.

When the woman exited her vehicle, Zamora blocked her path, grabbed her, held a handgun against her body, and began dragging her toward his vehicle.

The woman dropped to the ground to resist. That is when 2 bystanders decided to take a hand.

Had it not been for these courageous citizens who stepped in and intervened, this kidnapping would have been successful. We do believe that the suspect's intent was to harm her,” said [Port St. Lucie Police Department Chief Leo] Niemczyk.

Port St. Lucie is on the Atlantic coast of Florida. It is about a 50 mile drive north of Palm Beach, or about a 90 mile drive north of Fort Lauderdale.

The problem of Gun Free Zones: New York is one of the Blue States that has made it illegal to be armed in a house of worship, as if no one has ever attacked a synagogue, or a church.

People with stalkers, like this woman who had an order of protection, are most vulnerable when they are on a known schedule at a known location: picking up and dropping off kids at school or daycare, going to and from work, and arriving at or leaving religious services. These are some of the places where liberals want to disarm everyone.

Gun Free Zones are really Defenseless Victim Zones, because the bad guys are not following your laws. This guy was willing to commit armed kidnapping, while violating a court order of protection. Exactly what law does the Left believe he will follow?

And the court order was only a piece of paper. It didn't stop this guy from trying to commit a crime. The two guys with guns did that.

The would-be, bad guy ran when confronted, but police caught up with him, and arrested him.

There is surveillance video from WPTV News - FL Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast: Surveillance video captures attempted kidnapping in Port St. Lucie

Hat tip to Gun Watch: Armed Samaritans Stop Attempted Kidnapping in Florida

Before 1987, it would have been unlikely two people in a church parking lot in Florida would have been armed and able to respond to a kidnapping by an armed man.

The Lack of Data Around EV and Battery Fires

There is NO reliable data around battery fires. If you dig into the data, it is all collected from newspaper headlines. So when EV enthusiasts tell you that the fire are rare, they really don't know that.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) looked into that problem. Understanding the Risk of Lithium-Ion Battery Fires. This report is from March of this year.

Lithium ion battery (LIB) fires are a growing problem that extends across the supply chain, including mining, production, warehousing, shipping, and waste disposal, as well as the consumer side. But data on such fires is fragmented and mostly incomplete. Many are secondary data sources, and for the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) and the Consumer Product Safety Commission data sets identification of LIB fires is difficult.

Now the NIST report is a PDF of government-produced bureaucratic speak. That said, it is remarkably readable. It is mostly a statement of the problem. We don't have the data. It is hard or impossible for firefighters to collect some of the data. etc. In short, the data we do have is questionable.

The easiest way to come to an understanding of the problem is to watch the 7 minute video below.

This is the StacheD Training video EV Fire Data Is Just News Headlines: NIST Proved It!

Violent Crime Drops as Concealed Carry Spreads

More Guns, Less Crime. Gun Safety: Violent Crime Drops as More Americans Pack Heat | RealClearInvestigations

A new survey of 1,000 general election voters conducted last month by McLaughlin & Associates found that almost 30% of respondents said they carry a firearm. More specifically, the survey found that 13.2% respondents said they carry a firearm all or most of the time, while an additional 16.6% said they carry one sometimes or rarely. These results show a 5.5% increase in the number of respondents who said they carry firearms since a similar poll was conducted in December 2024.

These surveys are needed since a lot of states now allow the carrying of concealed weapons without the need to get a license from the state.

The detailed statistics are interesting to me. Those details include demographic data. I will share one bit.

Blacks and Hispanics also carry at disproportionately high rates.

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Wednesday Link Roundup - 10 June

William Teach at Pirate's Cove is up first with Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

11. neo-neocon: TDS of the disabling variety
12. Moonbattery: Mamdani Meets With Fellow Anticapitalists

Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 06.09.26 (Morning Edition)

Weird Catholic: St. Norbert – Scourge of Spiders and Demons
Upstream Reviews: Out Law

EBL - Scott Pelley remains a pompous blowhard

Instapundit: Scott Pelley is such a tool
NY Post: How Bari Weiss reached the decision to fire Scott Pelley

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 8 June 2026: Apocryphal Anomalies Edition

ASML is now Europe's most valuable company at around $650 billion. (Tom's Hardware)
That's actually respectable, though it would only rank 15th on the US stock market - between AMD and Exxon Mobil.

Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog - California Election Fraud Update For June 9, 2026

“US attorney accuses California of blocking voter roll audit. Federal prosecutors have sued California to release voter registration records, saying universal vote-by-mail and no voter ID system creates conditions for fraud.”

The Glibertarians - Sunday Morning Visibly Jewish Links

If they’ll pay cash, sell ’em all they want.
It’s a clown show, but face it, the other guys are just clowns in different makeup.

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - "Thank You Darling, Have a Good Time"

At Althouse, "In the White House, there is a system for dealing with a president who rarely sleeps. The staff take it in shifts so they get a nap..." Writes Katie Balls, in "Donald Trump at 80: is refusing to act his age his secret weapon?/The president is still known to work 12-hour days

Small Dead Animals - Monday On Turtle Island

The Democratic Party’s America: Muslims in Kansas. A melting pot.
Stories You Won’t Find At Carney’s CBC: Two tier policing. The no borders Pope.

Political Hat - News of the Week (June 7th, 2026)

Assuaging the Graham Platner Guilt Complex
It wasn’t just the existence of the Waffen SS tattoo on Graham Platner’s chest that raised questions about his judgment. It was the way we learned about it.

Don Surber - HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NEWS

ITEM 8: NPR reported, “DOJ is investigating former congressman George Santos for insider trading on Kalshi.”
If he stayed in Congress, he would be safe.

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 6/6/2026

UK police forces have descended into ideological enforcement squads. Street interviews captured on video show officers openly stating that if someone simply feels offended or claims racial abuse, arrest follows — no proof required, no clear legal threshold, just the allegation.

Cafe Hayek - Some Links

“Gordon Wood on what the Declaration meant for America.”
Here at Cafe Hayek, I featured many passages from Gordon Wood’s books as “Quotations of the Day.”

Bacon Time!!!! - Sunday Linkange

The Midwest Chick Saturday Meme Drop………….
Pirates Cove Bummer: France Cuts Climate (scam) Fund Days After Heatwave

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 6/ 8 /26

Judith Miller: Two Israeli journalists conduct an unsparing analysis of the failures that led to Hamas’s atrocities.
How Israel Can Prevent the Next October 7

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: First We Take Tehran, Then We Take New York

• The Case for a ‘Choice Election’ in 2026 - Stu Cvrk
• California’s Pyrrhic Victory: Why Spencer Pratt Had to Go Down NOW Capt. - Seth Keshel [$]

Anonymous Conservative - News Briefs – 06/08/2026

People noticed a figure dressed in Orange was climbing the stairs to Epstein’s cell right around the time he died, and now a corrections officer has testified it was not her, and she finds it baffling.

I leave you with Saturday’s Welcome to the Weekend Meme Drop 6-6-26 from Midwest Chick's Place, Sunday Funnies from Flopping Aces, Sunday Funnies For 06-07-26 from Stately McDaniel Manor, Memes that made me laugh 315 from Bayou Renaissance Man, and Memes and Things from The Feral Irishman.

Some Predators Have 4 Legs

This is not a story of self-defense, but it explains why firearms for self-defense are required. Florida woman mauled to death by neighbor's pit bulls, dog owner arrested | Fox News

Jodi Cowan had lived on Blue Bonnet Drive for only two weeks before the midnight attack by dogs named Max and Mako

The dogs, and their owner, had apparently terrorized the neighborhood for a long time, but nothing was done.

A Florida woman was mauled to death by two dogs that neighbors say had terrorized the community — and now the animals' owner is in jail.

The dogs are being held by the county’s animal services unit and will be euthanized, authorities said.

Click thru for those details. It sounds to me like those dogs should have been euthanized long ago.

The hat tip goes to Miguel Gonzalez: Why We Carry. K9 Version.

We are going to ignore why previously warned authorities because the answer will probably be obvious and less than complimentary. But why were these dogs a terror to the neighbors is somewhat troubling to me: It is Florida, dear people. Carry your effing gun because you know they are present and constant danger. And if they come near you, use deadly force to remain alive and unhurt as much as possible.

Pride Is Destroying Everything

The current Identity Cult focuses on oppression, so everyone needs to have some mode of being oppressed. The Oppression Olympics are real.

Ariella Scarcella is a YouTube creator I really like. She is a lesbian who is tired of the insanity of the current state of our community. I don't agree with her on everything, but I do like her style.

This is Ariella Scarcella's video The Dark Side of Pride : Trauma Is Now Their Whole Personality

The comments on the video are also interesting.

Mercy

This is either a sad story, or an inspirational story about recovery. From Pitchfork we get the details. Duffy Announces First Live Show in 15 Years

This is something I had not known. I liked this song, and I wondered why she didn't produce more. Now I know.

Duffy, the Welsh singer behind the 2008 smash “Mercy,” will make a surprise return to the stage next month for the first time in nearly 15 years. She revealed on Friday (June 5) via Instagram Stories that she’ll play a “secret intimate gig” in London on July 5—a venue has yet to be announced.

The show is the latest step in Duffy’s return to the public eye after stepping away for over a decade in the wake of a traumatic attack. In a pair of statements published in 2020, Duffy shared that she had been abducted, raped, and held captive for six weeks, an ordeal that led her to retreat from the spotlight. In March, she announced that she’ll recount her story for the first time in a Hulu Original documentary for Disney+. Per a press release, the film will include extensive interviews with Duffy, as well as archival footage and conversations with her family, friends, and colleagues in the industry.

I hope this means that she is truly healing.

This song is "Mercy" by Duffy. It was on her 2008 debut album Rockferry.

Karmelo Anthony Found Guilty of First Degree Murder

The Other McCain has the details. GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY!

Nothing about Karmelo Anthony’s behavior makes sense, in a rational or objective way, and until we have some further information, we can only speculate about his motive. Similarly inexplicable is why the killer decided to go to trial, rather than trying to get a plea bargain. His self-defense claim was implausible, and even the defense witnesses couldn’t justify such a claim.

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Since Anthony was under 18 at the time of the murder, he is not eligible for the death penalty.

The sentence will be between 5 and 99 years, with the option of parole.

Collin County, Texas, is just north of Dallas.

Tuesday Links - 9 June

William Teach at Pirate's Cove starts us off with Wacko Federal Judge Thinks He Has Power To Strike Down Limits On Asylum And Immigration

Place you bets on this unhinged Democrats ruling, which, based on a SCOTUS decision wouldn’t apply outside the judge’s district, and is in the realm of international policy

The Other McCain - The Unexpected Heroine Lyndsey Fifield

When the story broke Thursday, I was stunned. The ex-girlfriend of Graham Platner featured in the lengthy New York Times story was someone I’ve known since 2010. I spent most of the afternoon calling and texting friends who also knew her, and they were similarly surprised.

Tom Knighton at Bearing Arms - Yeah, That California Gun Control Is Working Just Great...

Now, let's keep in mind that not only are schools gun-free zones almost everywhere, especially for non-staff or police, but that didn't stop this shooter from opening fire on a school campus on the day of a graduation ceremony.

The Silicon Graybeard - OK Hams, you've got a week to get ready

I write about this every year because the best VHF contest of the year is pretty much always the June VHF contest put on by the American Radio Relay League or ARRL. As always, the contest starts on the second Saturday of the month, with the peculiarity that it doesn't start at midnight UTC - as the vast majority of contests do.

Again from William Teach - Guy Who Treated Women Badly, Had Nazi Tattoo He Was Proud Of For Decades, Says His Past Is Being “Weaponized”

Well, gee wiz, Sparky, maybe you should ask some of your Democratic comrades about how they went after Mitt Romney for things he did as a high schooler, George W. Bush, multiple Republican Supreme Court justices, and so many more

Wombat-socho - FMJRA 2.0: To The Winter Meetings

In a splendid example of how anything can happen in baseball, The Atlanta Bravos bested the NY Giants in the 1974 World Series of Pete’s Dynasty Baseball league, despite the Jints having racked up over 120 wins during the regular season.

The Price of Liberty - An interesting thought about RINOs

That last sentence? Right on, brother, right on. GOP “values” are pretty much the same as those of Democrats (or Socialists) or many other political groups: win elections, rake in the dollars, enjoy the power over others. Republicans are nearly as much a threat to liberty as Democrats.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 6 June 2026: Sleb Edition

SpaceX just launched 50 more Starlink satellites into orbit in a single day, using a pair of its trusty Falcon 9 boosters from facilities at Cape Canaveral and Vandenburg. (Space)

And recovered both boosters, with them landing autonomously on the company's two purpose-built drone ships.

I was curious as to how long it took mankind to launch its first 50 satellites into orbit, and the answer surprised me: Within four years of Sputnik there were over a hundred satellite launches. "Space race" is no misnomer.

Meep at STUMP - Motorcycles: Death Trends in the U.S., 1999-2024

It's a risky proposition, with or without a helmet

Colion Noir on a Self-Defense Incident in Tulsa

This is a story out of Tulsa that I posted about a few days back. I'm not revisiting it, so much as highlighting Colion Noir's coverage of the incident.

This is the Colion Noir's video Armed Homeowner Shoots Intruder After Door Gets Kicked In

The original post is at this link.

The Disturbing Reality of Human Trafficking

Nic McKinley is an ex CIA operative, and Air Force Pararescue Jumper. He is now active in DeliverFund, which is an organization fighting human trafficking. He was recently a guest on The Unsubscribe Podcast. That discussion was long, and covered several things.

The video embedded below is the section of that podcast that covers the current state of human trafficking, and what DeliverFund is doing about it.

This is the Unsubscribe Clips video The Disturbing Reality Of Roblox Predators

DeliverFund describes itself as a nonprofit intelligence agency.

We combat human trafficking with counterterrorism expertise

DeliverFund disrupts global human trafficking markets by combining uniquely qualified personnel with the best technologies and then leveraging them in new ways to reach and rescue victims of human trafficking.

Our team leverages its counterterrorism experience to transform the human trafficking fight. We deploy the same tactics used to track terrorists to take down human traffickers.

They do that by supporting law enforcement in the US.

College Students Can't Do Middle School Math

I'm not surprised. The "system" they use to teach math is insane, and needs to be dropped. 1,000 University of Calif Professors Revolt: Students Can't Do Middle School Math, Demand Return of SATs - Geller Report

Over a thousand University of California professors signed an open letter to the Board of Regents demanding they bring back standardized testing after it was removed during covid for equity.

They reveal that many STEM students are below Middle School level in Math. The poison fruit of leftwing policies. Dumb students, an obvious consequence of avoiding reality.

When the Liberals have lost university professors in California, this shows that they are so far around the bend, that they can't see it in the rear-view mirror.

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Into Oblivion

Lamb of God is a Metalcore band from Richmond, Virginia. They have a new album which was released in March, and they released a few singles. Maybe not that new.

And yes, that means that there are harsh vocals, that are usually associated with Death Metal. If you don't like those...

This is "Into Oblivion" by Lamb of God. It was released as a single on January 15th ahead of their March 2026 album of the same name.

Metalcore isn't really my thing. It is a blending of Hard Core Punk, and Heavy Metal. There are few songs by Lamb of God that I like. They tend to remind me too much of Thrash. The verdict on the new album is still in doubt. I need to listen to a bit more of it.

Man Protects His Sister from Attack

What should he have done? Man shot by girlfriend’s brother during fight in southwest Las Vegas, police say

When officers arrived, Price said the brother immediately identified himself as the shooter and was detained. Inside the home, officers found a male suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. They gave the man aid until medical first responders arrived and pronounced him dead at the scene, Price said.

The brother and sister said that the boyfriend was beating the sister.

After attempting to get the woman’s boyfriend to stop hitting her, Price says the brother “produced a firearm and shot” the boyfriend.

I don't know what the laws in Nevada are, but this sure sounds like a justifiable defense of self, or other.

Tommy Robinson at the Henry Nowak Rally

Ben Kew at The Gateway Pundit has an update on the ongoing Henry Nowak kerfuffle. MASSIVE RALLY Held Outside Police Station After Henry Nowak's Murder - Tommy Robinson Addresses Crowd - FURIOUS BRITS Clash With Cops (VIDEO)

In case you haven't heard the details...

Nowak, an 18-year-old white British teenager, was killed last December by Vickrum Digwa, a Sikh man who falsely claimed he had been racially abused before the attack.

He may have survived had officers not handcuffed him while he lay bleeding from stab wounds inflicted with by Digwa’s Sikh ceremonial sword.

So there was a protest outside the police station in question.

The “Justice for Henry Nowak” demonstration began outside Southampton Central Police Station.

Crowds waved Union flags and held signs reading “Henry’s blood is on your hands,” “Save our kids,” and “Prison 4 police on scene.”

Click thru for X posts, video, and the reaction of the powers-that-be.

An Electric Fire Truck Uses Too Much Diesel

Canberra, Australia, has an electric fire truck. It is actually a hybrid, but they don't advertise that. To be fair, you don't want your electric fire truck to fail on the way to the fire.

It is apparently using too much diesel. And you could purchase 2 regular firetrucks, for the same price. That is before the reliability issues.

This is the quote that I love.

The Canberra Liberals' emergency services spokeswoman, Deborah Morris, who requested the documents, said everything about the electric firetruck had been a failure.

"It was never properly tested in Australian conditions. It has spent more time off the road than on it. It has serious safety flaws that put firefighters and their lifesaving work at risk. And it burns more fuel than promised," she said.

That quote is from the Canberra Times. Electric firetruck's fuel consumption was expected to be 'significantly lower': report

Canberra, is the capital of Australia. Like our federal capital, it is located in a district that is not part of any of the other states, in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Australia, which is about 280 kilometer drive south of Sydney, and it is about 100 kilometers west of the east coast.

This is the MGUY Australia video WTF?!! ELECTRIC fire truck "uses too much DIESEL" 🤣

I mean, it's hilarious, isn't it? A battery electric vehicle that's using too much diesel. Only in the mad world of net zero insanity could such a sentence be written.

The video is 14 minutes long.

The Painful Financials of Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu

We are on the third weekend of the latest Disney Star Wars movie. And things are worse than expected, and they were expected to be low.

The movie had a 70% drop in the 2nd weekend from the first weekend. Friday, the 3rd Friday of its theatrical run, was down 62% over the second weekend.

On Friday the box office for a Star Wars movie fell behind The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act, which is basically the finale of an Australian animated web series, which I had never heard of.

Valliant Renegade is financial analyst and YouTube creator who follows the financial and business side of Hollywood. He is one of a few people who are dillegent about covering the real business side of show business. "It's not show friends," used to be a saying in Hollywood; today it doesn't seem like they want to make money.

This is Valliant Renegade's video Disney Star Wars Faces HUGE $125M Mando & Grogu LOSS

I don't even know at this point if Mandalorian and Grou can even get to 330 or 340 million. That's how dire this is. The international box office for this film hasn't been particularly overwhelming. In fact, it's been more underwhelming even than the domestic box office. And that's going to put this movie on pace to lose about $125 million, if not more.

That number is based on the stated production budget for the movie, but Disney is known for lying about production budgets. If they do major production in England, they have to file tax documents that will eventually reveal all of the financial details. I have no idea where this film was produced.

The video is 12 minutes.

The Left Is Pissed the DOJ is Defending the Second Amendment

They don't like the second amendment, but that isn't news. From Tom Knighton at Bearing Arms we get the following: The Trace and Mother Jones Big Mad That Civil Rights Division Defending Civil Right They Hate

The Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division has a long and storied history of standing up for, well, civil rights. They've taken on a ton of cases over the years, and they've got an impressive record in court cases. However, throughout all that storied history, there was always one civil right they ignored.

Before the Trump administration, they never took on a Second Amendment case.

You can imagine how that is being received.

Click thru for the wailing and gnashing of the teeth.

Electrical Vehicle Fire in a Service Center

The tl;dr message: A fire extinguisher is NOT going to put out an electric vehicle battery fire when the battery is in Thermal Runaway.

This is the StacheD Training video EV Fire in an Auto Shop: Wrong Tool. Wrong Fire

A couple of additional stories are covered by MGUY Australia: 🔥 Oops! 33 BRAND NEW Jaecoo Hybrid SUVs DESTROYED by fire 🔥. This video is 13 minutes. Aside from the 33 SUVs, it also covers a car fire in Worksop, a town in England, and