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Let the Anti-Open Carry people rejoice (4)

Thu, Dec 31 2009 09:31:30 +0000

They finally have a good story to pin on everyone why OC is such a terrible idea.

Security guard today just tried to physically dis-arm me. Grabbed my right arm with his left hand and attempted to grab my pistol grip with his right. Elbow to the face and a back step rear kick/shin scrape to his right knee/shin...turned and hit him with a full body roundhouse punch. Knocked his a$$ out cold. Because the cops were called I can't give full details until everything is settled but it was at a big box store.

Talking past each other (3)

Fri, Jan 01 2010 03:00:08 +0000

A few days ago there was was a pretty big discussion on some blogs about the "Godwin-y" comparison of publication of concealed weapons permit holders to Jews (etc.). The relevant posts are below in chronological order. There was one post prior to this where the Jews in the Attic Test came up in private email but I'm not including it since it was not public.

I can't disagree with anything substantive here... (3)

Wed, Dec 30 2009 12:32:00 +0000

Normally, I'm not that big a fan of Newt Gingrich as a politician.

I think he's briliant as a political writer, and political commentator (which is fitting, because his background is as a history professor), but as a politican, he and I are probably below 50% in agreement on major policy issues.

But we're above 75% on major issues of principle; and that's what this speech is about. Taking principles, and making them into politics.... Something it seems most politicians are too cowardly to do.

I think Newt is right.

Detroit has Been the Perfect Laboratory . . . (2)

Sat, Jan 02 2010 10:45:26 +0000

"Detroit has Been the Perfect Laboratory . . .

. . . for Leftist policies at work for nearly half a century. It's the perfect vision of the Left's Utopia that this administration sees."

Sweet bleeding jeebus. Detroit looks like a goddamned war zone.

Registries are considered punishment (2)

Sat, Jan 02 2010 01:30:08 +0000

I find it very telling that sex registries are considered punishment for the people on those lists. And because of that some registries have been declared unconstitutional.

But advocates of registries for gun owners and guns don't see the problem.

But we shouldn't be surprised. Advocates of restrictions on guns don't respect the Bill of Rights or even the Constitution in general.

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Suppressed RFB in the dark (2)

Fri, Jan 01 2010 06:01:35 +0000

Ammo: 1977 milsurp ball. Flash from an un-suppressed FAL was rather more dramatic. One of my range buddies finally found a way to stop up an RFB -- by jamming a magazine in backwards. No damage to the rifle or the mag, but I had to push out the rear pins to drop the receiver back and push out the mag.

An account (2)

Thu, Dec 31 2009 08:30:53 +0000

Big box store security guard tries to disarm law-abiding permit holder.

Another reason why Open Carry is not something I do.

Insanity (2)

Mon, Dec 28 2009 08:00:50 +0000

The sheep bleat:

But as a progressive, I would sooner lay my child to rest than succumb to the belief that the use of a gun for self-defense is somehow not in itself a gun crime.

Wow.

UN Troops Involved in More East Congo Slaughter (2)

Mon, Dec 14 2009 02:48:21 +0000

December 14, 2009 Report Cites Vast Civilian Killings in East Congo By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN

NAIROBI — More than 1,400 civilians were deliberately killed this year in eastern Congo during two successive military operations, and the United Nations urgently needs “a new approach to protect civilians,” according to a Human Rights Watch report to be released Monday.

The report, based on months of research and more than 600 interviews, paints a bleak and brutal picture of eastern Congo, which has been ravaged by civil war for more than a decade.

Philippine Journalists Murdered In Campaign Massacre (2)

Tue, Dec 01 2009 12:15:55 +0000

Suspect in Philippine massacre charged with murder By JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press Writer Jim Gomez, Associated Press Writer

MANILA, Philippines – Philippine prosecutors charged the heir of a powerful clan with murder Tuesday in the massacre of 57 people, more than half of them journalists or their staff who were accompanying the family and supporters of an election candidate.

At least 10 witnesses will testify they saw Andal Ampatuan Jr. leading the gunmen, including police officers, who blocked his rival's election caravan moments before the Nov. 23 massacre, prosecutor Al Calica told The Associated Press.