Echoed from Robb Allen

Robb Allen @ItsRobbAllen
 
#GunControl is the belief that declawing the cat will protect it against other animals.
 
Let’s say you have a cat that likes to go outside and enjoy the weather. You notice that your cat is getting in fights with the wild cats roaming your ‘hood, so you do your part to reduce feline violence by realizing that if all cats were declawed, this wouldn’t be a problem.

So you declaw your cat. You can’t declaw the ones roaming the neighborhood because they’re wild, and thus not constrained to the rules you’ve laid out. Instead, you simply control the one thing you can, and that is your cat. Your cat is now at a disadvantage since the other cats aren’t going to declaw themselves nor are they going to see that your kitty is defenseless and thus will keep their weapons sheathed during a conflict.

This is how gun control works.

If the goal is to remove guns from the streets, it doesn’t because criminals aren’t going to turn theirs in, and there are already too many of them out there to get rid of (the other cats will keep their claws). If the goal is to punish criminals for having guns, that doesn’t stop them either since they’re already assuming the risk that plying their trade entails. The feral cats aren’t going to be dissuaded from fighting just because you tell them you’ll punish them more for having claws.

All in all, that’s a pretty damned good turn of phrase that holds up pretty well for an analogy (all analogies eventually fail because an apple isn’t an orange).

--I will use this analogy.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving Humans!

I baked my first pie! I have a house full of family and friends. And Pie.

Now I am eating it.

--With Coffee and Ice Cream...

While you are shopping this week...

Looking for gift ideas?

Worried that buying your wife a new Ruger SP101 would be a straw purchase in some states?

Rest easy, we have a solution.

Buy this book: Emily Gets Her Gun

This book details the adventures of our hero Emily Miller as she dodges, weaves and jumps through flaming hoops to get her gun in the wake of the SCOTUS DC vs Heller decision.

She does a great job on showing a light on the anti-gun tactics of the gun grabbers.

--Thanks, Emily for all your work. You look great too!

Holiday Travel Cautions

Lots of people I know are starting to travel today! If you are planning on heading over the river and through the woods for Thanksgiving here are a few pieces of advice:
  • Keep an eye on the weather forecast. It might suck where you are.
  • If you plan on carrying a gun in another state, please check for rule changes in that jurisdiction. A lot of rules have changed since this time last year.
  • Secure your firearms carefully as you travel through trap states.
  • If you are hunting, good luck! Too many damn deer out there.
  • Speaking of deer, careful driving! Too many damn deer out there.
  • Eat pie. Lots of pie.
--Have a great week!

Another Not Quite Full Auto

There is now another trigger system that seems like and NFA machine gun but the ATF says it doesn't quack like a duck...

This one is from Tactical Fire Control Inc.



--I wonder what the ATF really says.

Quietly Shooting Ads are Back on Groupon

I saw this ad come up for Groupon this week.

The heat is off so shooting sports are back on the Groupon menu!

BTW, the simulator at Hatfields is big fun.

--Big Ass Video Game!!

More SWAT and less Mayberry


http://reason.com/blog/2013/11/18/police-in-columbia-south-carolina-and-49

Another big step toward the fascist police that the Liberals wntry.ant has been taken.

500 Armored Assault Vehicles have been delivered to 500 cities all over the country.

33 million dollars worth of tanks passed to police departments from DHS.

--Andy Griffith is spinning in his grave.

New Project Gun

I bought a Mossberg Model 152 from a friend. The action is locked up, the original scope is so dorked it doesn't even have cross hairs any longer, he said it would sometimes mag dup on him and it only has one 8 round mag. But it has a cool drop down hand thing stock!


Mossberg Model 152

--It should be fun to get this thing shooting again.

Want: Iver Johnson M1 Carbine Pistol

Once again with the short firearms! What's up with that?

This beauty is an Iver Johnson M1 Carbine Pistol in .30 cal. I think it is real pretty and would be a lot of fun to shoot. It is classified as a pistol so there is no need to pay for the SBR tax stamp.

Iver Johnson M1 Carbine Pistol

--The biggest problem is finding one!

Accessories

I love it when a story begins with, "Well, you see I'm getting married..."  Don't me wrong. I love marriage. I get married a lot!

A guy I know from work was thinning out his toys and I bought his 37mm grenade/flare launcher! Just when I thought this rifle could not possibly get any heavier I find yet another attachment to get it closer to boat anchor weight!


This is the 37mm version, not the 40mm version. This one can be used with excellent flares, smoke grenades and a selection of gas grenades. I was talking to a friend that is a Class III dealer and he says that real grenades can be purchased but they are VERY expensive and require the $200 tax stamp for each one.

It also has adapters so it can use 26.5mm rounds as well as 12ga shotgun rounds. They make 12ga flares but don't use 12ga shotgun rounds unless you register the device as a short shotgun AOW with the ATF. I might do that for the hell of it because it's only $5.

--I have flares.  Should be fun on July 4th!


This is My Shocked Face

This stat is flying all around the web this week.

Another number I heard on the news this morning is that almost 7 million people have lost their health care because of Obamacare. All while less than 50,000 have signed up.

The news also said villains have already discovered how to game the system for cash with the help of corrupt Obamacare navigators.

I have never seen corruption and incompetence met with so much apathy.

-- Apathy Kills... who cares...

WANT: Yet Another Short Shotgun

I may have posted this one before.

Very cool and could even live on my mantle on the middle shelf!

--Fun, Short, Over-Under!