We Like Shooting 654 – Meaty-Ater
We Like Shooting - Ep 654
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Gear Chat
[Mischief Machine] MP-20 Full-Size Backstraps Mischief Machine offers backstraps compatible with Smith & Wesson M&P 2.0 full-size frames. The product is listed as a pre-order item taking 2-3 weeks to ship per batch. It is constructed from 316 stainless steel as a grip panel.12
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[Derya Arms] EX1400 The Derya EX1400 is a 12-gauge side-by-side shotgun featuring a mono-block steel receiver, 24-inch barrels, tang safety, walnut stock, and black chrome finish. It measures 41 inches in overall length and weighs 6.61 pounds, shipping with Full, Modified, and Improved Cylinder chokes. This break-action shotgun is positioned as a value option with an MSRP of $699.0
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Bullet Points
Gun Fights
No one stepped into the arena this week.
The Agency Brief
Agency Update THE HOOK (COLD OPEN)
“Gary Plauché didn’t ‘take the law into his own hands’—he just put justice on a faster timeline.”
THE INTEL (THE STORY) The Play-by-Play
The Grooming (1983): Jeff Doucet, local karate instructor, manipulates the Plauché family in Baton Rouge. Classic predator playbook: isolation and trust-building.
The Kidnapping (Feb 1984): Doucet abducts 11-year-old Jody, fleeing to California. Repeatedly rapes and abuses the boy in an Anaheim motel.
The Rescue: Doucet allows Jody to call his mother; FBI tracks the call. Doucet arrested, Jody saved.
The Ambush (March 16, 1984): Doucet extradited to Baton Rouge Metro Airport. News crews tipped off for the “perp walk.” Gary Plauché waits by the payphones in a baseball cap and sunglasses.
The Shot: As Doucet passes, live on WBRZ-TV, Gary turns. One shot from a .38 snub-nose into Doucet’s head. “Why, Jeff?”
The Verdict: Zero prison time. 7-year suspended sentence, 5 years probation, 300 hours community service. The judge and DA knew no jury in Louisiana would convict a father for killing his son’s rapist.
The Reality Check (Hidden Incentives)
Fear of Jury Nullification: The state cut a plea deal because they were terrified of a “Not Guilty” verdict setting a legal precedent for vigilance.
Institutional CYA: The police failed to protect the kid, then paraded the predator like a celebrity. They needed the case to go away quietly to cover their own incompetence.
The “Unwritten Law”: Backroom signaling acknowledged that while the law says “murder,” the community standard says “justice.” The plea deal was the system bowing to the reality that some people just need killing.
THE 2A ANGLE (LEGAL & IMPACT) The Threat: Modern Disarmament
Red Flag Laws: In 2025, a father in Gary’s emotional state would be “Red Flagged” and stripped of his rights before he could protect his family.
“Mental Health” Trap: The state uses righteous anger as proof of “instability.” If you are angry your kid was hurt, you are now a “prohibited person.”
Bruen Test: Text, History, Tradition
Text: The 2A protects “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms.” It doesn’t cite an exception for “angry dads.”
History & Tradition: The U.S. has a long tradition of “defense of habitation” and defense of kin. While vigilante execution isn’t protected, the right to carry for family defense is absolute.
Analysis: Anti-gunners use Plauché as an “outlier” to justify broad restrictions. Under Bruen, you cannot restrict the rights of the law-abiding majority because one dad settled a score.
Regulatory Creep: Backdoor Control
Soli-Geography: Taking the “sensitive place” logic of an airport and expanding it to everywhere emotions run high (schools, parks, sidewalks).
The Narrative War: Media uses this clip to argue that gun owners are “ticking time bombs,” ignoring that Gary was calm, precise, and harmed no one else.
THE TALKING POINTS (ON-AIR READY)
“The system calls it vigilantism. I call it parenting. Gary Plauché did what the courts were too weak to do.”
“Gun control saves pedophiles. Disarming law-abiding fathers only makes the world safer for monsters like Jeff Doucet.”
“In 1984, a judge understood that a father’s love doesn’t wait for an appeals court. Today, that same dad gets Red Flagged.”
“Using Gary Plauché to argue against the Second Amendment is like banning seatbelts because someone used a car to leave a crime scene.”
“Gary proved that sometimes the state is too slow, too soft, and too stupid to handle the monsters. That’s why we carry.”
The Alley
Going Ballistic
Virginia S.B. 749: Senator Cites Handgun Attacks to Justify Assault Weapons Ban Virginia Senator Saddam Salim (D) sponsored S.B. 749, an assault weapons ban targeting AR-15s and semiautomatic rifles, which passed Democrat-controlled legislature on March 9, 2026, effective July 1, 2026. Salim justified the ban by referencing handgun attacks, including the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting and 2019 Virginia Beach shooting. The bill includes a grandfather clause for pre-effective date possession but prohibits sales, transfers, and new purchases.
The Gist: Virginians statewide; applies to possession, sale, and transfer of AR-15s and semiautomatic rifles.
Impact: Passed by Virginia Democrat lawmakers on March 9, 2026; effective July 1, 2026; grandfather clause allows retention if possessed prior but bans sale, transfer, or new purchases.
Bottom Line: Senator Saddam Salim cited handgun attacks (Virginia Tech 2007, Virginia Beach 2019) to justify banning AR-15s and semiautomatic rifles via S.B. 749.0
Washington HB 2521 & HB 5974: Background Check Fee Hike and Sheriff Silencing Bills Washington Democrats passed House Bill 2521, allowing the State Patrol to raise background check fees for firearm transactions from $18 potentially to $35 to cover costs, and House Bill 5974, empowering a state board to remove elected sheriffs refusing to enforce gun laws. Both bills advanced through the Democrat-controlled 2026 legislative session and await Gov. Bob Ferguson’s expected signature. HB 2521 takes effect May 1, 2027, if signed, amid opposition citing constitutional violations.
The Gist: Washington state: HB 2521 affects gun owners undergoing background checks for firearm transactions; HB 5974 targets elected county sheriffs, particularly those opposing gun control enforcement.
Impact: HB 2521 grants WSP authority to hike fees as a ‘blank check,’ viewed as a poll tax impairing constitutional right to bear arms (Article 1, Section 24); HB 5974 enables state board removal of non-compliant sheriffs, backed by Alliance for Gun Responsibility but opposed by sheriffs and 86% in a KOMO poll.
Bottom Line: Both bills passed legislature and sent to Gov. Ferguson for signature (expected); imposes higher costs on gun transactions and risks state override of elected sheriffs on gun law enforcement.
Old Dominion University Terror Attack (Virginia) Exposes Myth of Gun Tracing A terror attack at Old Dominion University in Virginia involved a stolen Glock 44 pistol used by Jalloh, a prohibited felon, highlighting the ineffectiveness of firearms tracing systems. The gun’s chain of custody was broken by theft, and its partially obliterated serial number rendered tracing futile; investigators identified the seller via phone records instead. The article argues that national tracing and registration efforts are obsolete, costly, and rarely solve crimes, citing examples like Canada’s handgun registry.
The Gist: Old Dominion University (Norfolk, Virginia); Newport News, Virginia (gun theft); United States broadly (hundreds of millions of firearms over 10 years old or stolen are untraceable).
Impact: Firearms tracing fails due to stolen guns breaking custody chains, obliterated serial numbers, and old firearms; registration systems like Canada’s handgun registry (since 1934) solved no crimes by 1995; promotes electronic surveillance over ineffective gun control measures.
Bottom Line: Firearms tracing and registration systems are obsolete, cost-ineffective myths that do not solve violent crimes, as proven by the Old Dominion case where phone records, not tracing, identified the gun seller.
