Time to Lift a Glass

I just spotted this and it made me sad. I always liked Quiet Riot too. R.I.P. Kevin, I'll miss you.

Advance Apology

I just have to get this out of my system...

I followed all of the given directions for joining the People of the Gun and even sent 3 different e mails to 2 different given e mail addresses and I never got added. I'm either too ugly or too uncool I guess as that was 2 weeks ago and nothing. So I guess I'll just get out a crying towel and sit over in the corner and cry a while.

Or, I'll just keep doing what I do and if they don't want me then :P

Something New

Because I love you all so much....and because I saw it at Front Sight, Press. Syd has posted about a new site called carryconcealed.net. I went and checked it out and they have some really interesting info over there including a concealed carry trip planner! I think you should go and check it out.

I Just HAVE to do This

I just saw an article over at KABA which I feel compelled to comment on just because there is one particular part of it that screams for me to say this, but I'll get to that in just a second. The subject of the article is an off duty cop that got drunk, drove and killed some people in the process.

I like law enforcement officers generally. During my 12 year EMS career, I hid behind a bunch of them. Most are professional enough but still quite human. Some, like the idiot in this article seem to have forgotten that their job requires them to behave to a higher standard. As a law enforcement officer, you need to set the standard for behavior for the community. Act the way you would prefer the community to act. I would bet you'd never catch the LawDog being stupid like this, he helps set the standard.

OK, here we go:

Police said Thursday an off-duty Chicago police officer has been charged in connection with a crash that killed two men in their early 20s. According to a Chicago police department statement, John Ardelean, 33, was charged with one count of DUI and driving left of center stemming from the crash that occurred in the 2900 block of North Damen Avenue at approximately 3 a.m.

Wait, wait, wait....he got charged with driving left of center? Shit...you could charge the whole state with that.

To My Faithful Readers

I wish you all a safe and happy Thanksgiving.

I also wish the same to our troops serving, your sacrifices make this day one to give special thanks.

Blogroll Addition

I just found out that I have been added to the blog roll at Red's Trading Post. I am very honored by this because he does a lot to help educate the KABA world about what's going on. I recommend that you visit him often and support him in his ongoing struggles with the stormtroopers of the BATFU.

I think it should go without saying that a reciprocal add has already been taken care of. Welcome to the blog roll Red's.

Now That's Supporting the Troops

I just saw this posted over at Blackfive and it made my heart swell with pride. A group of artists have gotten together and made a CD for the troops over in the sandbox. What makes this extra cool is that if you're over there and you have a valid military ID card, the CD is free for you.

That just rocks! And just in time for Christmas, glorious.

Oh, here's something to think about

Again from Syd over at Front Sight, Press is a nice article on a recent shooting at a highway rest stop. These are places where you really need to crank up your situational awareness. You just never know when some scumbag is going to corner you. There's all kinds of crazies out there and you do not want to be caught unarmed or unaware.

There's lots of great tips in this little missive and you should take all of them to heart. Try to remember some of the most important little rules when traveling our nation's highways.

1. Route yourself around GFW states like Illinois and Wisconsin. If they won't let you carry, don't go there.

2. Keep your head on a swivel. There is no excuse for someone sneaking up on you.

3. Practice, Practice, Practice. Have someone behind you screaming in your ear. Shoot on the move. Practice rapid reloads. The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in combat. Ratchet up the stress on your practice time.

4. Take the time to sit with your loved ones and explain to them precisely what you want them to do if the black flag goes up. In all of the writings I have seen on defensive shootings, I very rarely see any that address this. Your loved ones have to know what to do if you get encountered by a bad situation. You need to know where they're going to go and they need to know where you want them to go. That is for everyone's safety. Your and theirs. In that situation, you're drawing your weapon to protect your loved ones, make sure they know what to do also.

Just Too Cool NOT to Copy and Paste

I saw this over at Front Sight, Press and it's just too good not to share. Great post Syd, this is why I think you rock.

I don’t carry a gun…

November 13th, 2007 by Syd

… to kill people. I carry a gun to keep from being killed.

I don’t carry a gun to scare people. I carry a gun because sometimes this world can be a scary place.

I don’t carry a gun because I’m paranoid. I carry a gun because there are real threats in the world.

I don’t carry a gun because I’m evil. I carry a gun because I have lived long enough to see the evil in the world.

I don’t carry a gun because I hate the government. I carry a gun because I understand the limitations of government.

I don’t carry a gun because I’m angry. I carry a gun so that I don’t have to spend the rest of my life hating myself for failing to be prepared.

I don’t carry a gun because my sex organs are too small. I carry a gun because I want to continue to use those sex organs for the purpose for which they were intended for a good long time to come.

I don’t carry a gun because I want to shoot someone. I carry a gun because I want to die at a ripe old age in my bed, and not on a sidewalk somewhere tomorrow afternoon.

I don’t carry a gun because I’m a cowboy. I carry a gun because, when I die and go to heaven, I want to be a cowboy.

I don’t carry a gun to make me feel like a man. I carry a gun because men know how to take care of themselves and the ones they love.

I don’t carry a gun because I feel inadequate. I carry a gun because unarmed and facing three armed thugs, I am inadequate.

I don’t carry a gun because I love it. I carry a gun because I love life and the people who make it meaningful to me.

I Am Honored

I was reading through the links like I usually do and I noticed that over at KABA, I have been linked. Red's Trading post supplied a link to my rant about the new head stormtrooper at BATFE.

I'm pretty honored to be linked over there.

Test Post

I'm going to make this a test post to check a theory that I came up with yesterday concerning a 4 post minimum before you can get your stuff to appear on the aggregator at the Anti PC League. If you'll notice, I made my first post of the day about 2 hours ago and it still hasn't popped up over there so I'm thinking you have to have 4 up on the day to appear.

It didn't use to be that way. I may re-think this association.

BATFE's new Stormtrooper

Apparently the BATFE has a new leader and since Ted (Chappaquiddick Killer) Kennedy likes him, I must come forth to despise him. The US Attorney for the District of Massachusetts and a lifelong resident of that same state huh? Wonderful. So, when is he going to resign his position as US Attorney so he can take over the SS,,,I mean BATFE? You surely don't think it's right for him to do both do you? Wouldn't there be some potential conflict of interest there?

So Teddy has a press release all pretty and flowery already released, the link to that is here. I think I may go through this with you.

In his book, Private Guns, Public Health, David Hemenway from the Harvard Injury Control Research Center observed that, “Each day guns were used in the commission of about three thousand crimes. The U.S. rates of death an injury due to firearms and the rate of crimes committed with firearms are far higher than those of any other industrialized country.”

I must have missed that, where did you get those statistics again? I believe you'll find them not quite true. By the way, how many violent crimes were stopped by the presence of an armed citizen?

Just last week, the International Association of Chiefs of Police – IACP – took a dramatic stand against the escalating gun violence in our communities – releasing a comprehensive report with 39 key recommendations to reduce gun violence. The Chiefs’ compelling report and specific recommendations are a clear call to action. Without further delay, Congress and the Administration need to do our part by enacting concrete reforms that will reduce crime and protect the safety of police officers and all Americans. We all know what needs to be done and it’s a scandal that we have done so little for so long.

We could do something to prosecute drunk drivers that kill people too. I don't think there's a statute of limitations on murder Mr. Kennedy. Let's take a look at these reforms shall we? Let's take a close look at the BS the leftards are spouting.


We need to close the gun show loophole once and for all.

What loophole is this? Licensed dealer to citizen is already taken care of.

We need to renew the assault weapons ban.

To do what? The last one did nothing more than ban cosmetics. It did nothing to reduce crime. Why do you idiots always need another law when the ones we already have aren't enforced?

We need to pass Senator Feinstein’s bill for stricter requirements on the sale of extremely dangerous fifty-caliber sniper rifles.

Yeah, so much more dangerous than anything else that you can see them being used in most of the really major crimes already because every criminal wants to try to lug a 40+ pound almost 5 foot long weapon stealthily into a spot with which to rob Mr and Mrs Jones.

We need to amend federal law to ensure that all cop killer bullets are banned.

Could we possibly get a few more buzz words into this article? Exactly which bullets are you referring to? A FMJ 30.06 round will kill a cop, or anyone else it hits. So will my .45 with a head shot. Which bullets are you trying to ban? Oh wait, you're a Democrat, the answer is all of them.

We need to do more to see that law enforcement has access to the newest and most effective crime-solving technologies – like microstamping.

Which I believe has already been shown to be of little use, horrendously expensive and unreliable.

The IACP’s impressive work in producing this ground-breaking report should not go ignored. I’m hopeful that we can work together, across party lines, to reduce gun violence, solve gun crimes, protect our police officers and do all that we can to make our communities safer. Perhaps our dialogue today will be one positive step forward in that direction.

The dialoge that will make our police officers and communities safer has already been written. In case you forgot it says....

THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED!