Muzzle Loading Handgun

Ever since the Blogger Kid Shoot at Nancy's I have been looking around for a new muzzle loader of some kind.

I think I will get one like this. A double barrel percussion cap handgun.

I am thinking .50 cal and some fancy finishes and maybe etching.

--Yes. I will let you talk like a pirate when you shoot it.

Names Matter

The proponents of Gun Control use several techniques to try and own the dialog. One of these techniques if pejorative names. Names like "Assault Rifle" for a sport utility rifle, "Sniper Rifle" for a bolt action rifle, "Street Sweeper" for a shotgun and "Saturday Night Special" for a small, easy to conceal handgun.

Calling AR15s "Assault Rifles" is like calling Sport Utility Vehicles "Assault Vehicles".

I like comparing guns to cars.

If there was attempts at "Car Control", like gun control, they would try to ban all cars that can go over 55mph in stead of setting the speed limit at 55. They would ban SUVs or any car that weighed over 2000 pounds because you could kill A lot of people with those things.

But the police and military could have fast cars and big powerful trucks.

All of this even though they can still build cars elsewhere in the world that can go fast.

--Because no one would dream of violating that law.

Quotes of the Week

"Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not."

--Thomas Jefferson

"Those who trade liberty for security have neither." ~

--Benjamin Franklin


"Once again, we see that “gun free zones” are hunting preserves for psychopaths who prey on humans."

 --Massad Ayoob


Bumper Stickers:

• Free men do not ask permission to bear arms.
• Gun control is not about guns; it's about control.
• You only have the rights you are willing to fight for.
• Know guns, know peace, know safety- No guns, no peace, no safety.
• Assault is a behavior, not a device.

Christian Bale

Christian Bale went above and beyond when he went to Colorado to visit the victims of the Aurora shooting.

There was no politics involved.

It wasn't about press conferences or image or about him at all.

I really respect the guy for it.

He even visited the spontaneous memorial.

--Good job Mr. Bale.

The Internet

One thing that is sort of new in the aftermath of the Aurora Colorado Movie Massacre is the focus on all the creative stuff you can buy on the Internet.

The Joker here apparently purchased a full set of SWAT armor and gear from tacticalgear.com. Who is now enjoying a huge spike in traffic and sales.

He also bought a lot of ammo from the web. They say it was around 6000 rounds. I call that a good start.

Talking heads are whining that these things are available on the web. They must live sheltered lives if they think this is the worse thing on the Internets. 

--I hope he gets death by firing squad.

Rubber Balls

Police in the Southern California city of Anaheim arrested 24 people overnight when store windows were smashed, fires set and people injured during a protest by more than 600 people over the police shooting of an apparently unarmed man.

Watching vids on TV of this riot I realized that the police were shooting into the crowd with paintball guns loaded with hard rubber balls to disburse the mob!

Those have got to hurt!

I have been shot with paint balls many times. They hurt. Bruising me big time.

I can imagine that if they were hard rubber you could crank up the pressure and really make them hurt! If you turn up the gas too high with paint balls they fly out as vapor. Rubber balls would not have that problem!

--Squirrels beware.

As Expected...

I saw on the national news tonight that, as expected, gun sales are way up in Colorado.

I also predicted correctly that applications for Concealed Carry Permits are way up as well.

I am not surprised by either of these facts.

Once again people are reminded that they are ultimately responsible for their own personal safety and the safety of their loved ones.

It's a tough lesson. I wonder how this would have played out if 10% of the crowd were carrying? Some say more people would have been killed. I do not believe that. Remember the 71 year old guy in the Internet Cafe? Or hundreds of other averted tragedies avoided and never made the national media.

--These assholes are cowards. The Shooters and the media.

Book: Zombie Fallout

I read a lot of crappy Zombie novels. Stories that make me want to scream, "Get a Gun!". To much whining and crying and not enough situational awareness.

Zombie Fallout by Mark Tufo is not one of those books.

The protagonist of this book is a lot like me. Just a regular guy that likes guns and has a big safe full of them. He has a beer fridge in the garage and loves his family. He has kids that know how to shoot and a wife that he knows still loves him even when she is royally pissed off.

This is also the first book of a series.  Book number 6 is in the works.

It is obvious that Tufo has experience with firearms. I will have to find a bio of that guy.

Miller Rating = 7 of 10

--Good stuff. Great summer fun reading.

Aurora Shootings Impact

I think there will be a flurry of talking heads dancing in the blood of the victims but public opinion will actually push even farther to the side of gun ownership.

Even the Washington Post, of all papers, agree.

I think it will be like the aftermath of the Gifford shooting. Lots of chest pounding followed by an increase in concealed carry permit applications and gun sales.

I don't think it will impact the election either. The topic is a hot potato that neither candidate wants to pick up. It only loses votes for people.

I wonder if Glock .40s, Remington 870 and S&W AR15s sales will skyrocket like after the Gifford shooting.

I bet there will be people that go to the Aurora 16, theater number 9 like a pilgrimage.

--The world is odd.

Quotes of the Week

"It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we can expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest." 

- Adam Smith

"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing."

- Abraham Lincoln

"Come to the edge, he said.
They said: We are afraid.
Come to the edge, he said.
They came. He pushed them,
And they flew..."

- Guillaume Apollinaire

Video of the Week

This video is bouncing around the Gun Blog Echo Chamber this week. An internet cafe suffer a robbery attempt that was thwarted by 71-Year-Old man.



--I want everyone to see this vid.

President Obama Quote

"You know, my daughters go to the movies. What if Malia and Sasha had been at the theater, as so many of our kids do every day?" 

I will tell you what would have happened Mr. President. The shooter would have gotten off about two shots and then armed men would have shot the bastard in his face! 

--I carry a gun because I can't afford body guards that would carry them for me!





 

Another Mass shooting

Ann Hathaway in The Dark Knight Rises

As of 6am, 12 people are dead, possibly including some kids and 50 others wounded after a gunman in a suburb outside Denver opened fire during a midnight showing of the Batman movie the "Dark Knight Rises," the police chief said at a press conference. The shooting began during a violent scene in the movie adding confusion.

The 24 year old suspect is in custody, Aurora police chief Daniel J. Oates told reporters. "This is a horrific event," Aurora police chief Daniel J. Oates said during a press conference carried live by local TV stations.

Oates said 10 people were found dead in the theater, and the others died at local hospitals.

My heart goes out to the victims and their families. This story will develop as the day goes by. Speculation details on the news are changing as the morning rolls by. At various times they said there were bombs and poison gas and smoke? Massive confusion.

I am preparing myself for being pissed off at the Brady Bunch rejoicing over the incident and dancing in the blood of the victims. 

--A rifle and a handgun were found at the scene.

Blogaversary

I saw several other bloggers celebrating their blog anniversary so I went and checked my first post date.

     June 11, 2008

So four years drifted by and I am still having fun.

I was wondering why so many bloggers started four or five years ago? Why did you?

I saw T-Bolt was having fun. That's why I started. That and I heard there would be delicious bacon.

--All turned out to be true!

Getting ready for college

Last night I spent the entire evening with my daughter cleaning out her bedroom in preparation for her going to college this fall.

You would not believe how many clothes for teenage girl can actually possess.

We sorted through toys and clothes and books and a Mountain of other things to sort out what was going to go to Goodwill.

Two thirds of all the things ended up going to Goodwill or to the trash.

I was proud to see that she still had all the flashlights pocket knives and even the binoculars I had given her in the past. All of which she's planning to take to college with her.

We even talked about going to the range one more time before she headed off to school.

--I'm proud of that girl.