How Can This Be?

A mass shooting in a mall in gun free Chicago? But, but, but, crime goes down when law abiding citizens are denied their rights under the 2nd Amendment. If we take away the guns, there's no murders. Illinois is a shit hole and Chicago is the source of the shit. I say let's just wall off the People's Republik of Illinois and call it a wash.

Holy Crap!

I saw this over at Tam's and I had to repost it here. This is cool.

I love it

I just love seeing reports like this in the news. I found this while reading over at KABA and it's one of those sites you should check out on a regular basis.

I love any news report that spits in the eye of the Brady Bunch and dispels all their lies. Crime went DOWN 12% in Detroit in 2007. And Michigan has right to carry.

Here's a lovely excerpt from the article:

It’s time to acknowledge that society is more free — and more safe — when criminals are not the only private citizens who might be carrying a firearm.

And SWAT fucks up AGAIN

This time in Minneapolis, MN. I'm so shocked this doesn't happen a lot more often. I don't know why it's so god dammed hard to actually verify an address before your ninja wannabes kick a door in. I don't know why the flying blue fuck anyone would even think about filing a charge against the homeowner. The only charges filed here should be against the head clown of the circus. They violated the property rights of an innocent man.

They're cops goddam it all, they are supposed to be held to a higher standard. And they're failing miserably.

WTF????

I have had just about enough of this kind of bullshit. Since when has common sense left the building? A 10 year old girl brings a piece of steak to school and a small knife to cut it with and gets fucking arrested? What the hell is that? Is she supposed to eat it caveman style? Everyone admits that the girl did nothing wrong, just wanted to cut her steak to eat. Where's the threat? Where's the danger? Where's the Brady Bunch calling for some common sense steak control?

You do not have a right to feel safe. You do have a right to actually be safe. This is, however, an unsafe world thanks to the laws that prevent mass chlorination of the gene pool. If there's no immediate threat to anyone or anything other than the steak, then in no way shape or form should law enforcement be involved in this. You should be able to cut a birthday cake, or a steak. As long as you don't threaten anyone.

I think there should be a loud outcry of protest over this kind of bullshit.

Perspectives

I want to share with you a story that I found. Part one is over at the LawDog and parts 2 and 3 link from there. As a former paramedic, this choked me up pretty good. I worked in Detroit quite a lot but I did work an awful lot of small town stuff too. You should read this, have a hanky handy/

A New Milestone

I just now spotted my little counter at 3,000 hits. That is pretty good for this little blog. I hope all of those that visited enjoyed their stay and will come back and enjoy some more.

Thank You All!!

Don't Forget ALL the Heroes

I was cruising around the web as I am prone to do on off days and I was thinking. You know what? We are losing a precious resource of heroism and common sense. It's being ignored but old age is what's taking it away.

Who takes the time to remember and honor the veterans of WW2 anymore? We all should because if they hadn't done their duty, then the west half of this country could be speaking Japanese while the east half spoke German.

As you're out and about and you remember to approach a Vet and thank him or her, don't forget the WW2 era vets. Take the time to talk with them and benefit from their wisdom and memories. It will be time well spent and their efforts kept us free from the tyranny that was Japan and Germany of the day.

If you are or know a WW2 vet, know that I salute you. Thank You for what you gave to keep this free country free. Know also that I honor your dead. I am proud of each and every one of you.

I want to hit on this again

A couple of weeks ago, I posted on an article that I found at Front Sight, Press about tactics. I thought it was a dandy article but since then, I've been looking around the web a bit and I have noticed that most of the articles on defensive shooting are talking about what to do when you get confronted by a goblin. I'm not saying that is a bad thing, but you're not always alone are you bucky? I'm not. I have my own thing I want to bring out here.

What do you do when you're with your loved one(s) when you're confronted by a goblin?

If you're me, then my first priority is to get my girlfriend to safety. In my own mind, if I have to sacrifice my life to do this, I will. Her safety comes first. Now when I'm alone, the only one dying is the goblin, no doubt about that, but I put my girlfriend above me on the must survive list. I'm a sheepdog that way.

So, let me ask a question or 2 here. When was the last time you took your girlfriend or wife or whatever, to the range with you? What? She's never heard your gun fire? Bad, bad shooter, bad, no bone. Take your significant other (S/O) to the range with you. Even if said S/O doesn't shoot, they should watch you shoot and most importantly, they should experience your gun firing. Why, you ask? Simple. What was your first reaction to hearing a gun fired? Think about it. Now admit it, you froze. You did didn't you? You bet you did, and you don't want your S/O to freeze when the black flag goes up. So take your S/O with you and have her nearby while you shoot so that he/she is used to the sound of your gun.

Next, now that she's familiar with gunfire and doesn't freeze when a gun goes off in close proximity, you have to teach her about the tactics that you intend to employ. She needs to know where you're going to go. You don't want to move and run over her, tripping yourself up, nor do you want her to just stand there while you're putting distance between you and the goblin. You need to teach her how you're going to move so that she can either...move with you or move in an opposite direction possibly distracting the goblin for you. Whatever you decide to do, you need to do it in advance so that you have some kind of a plan before the stuff hits the fan. If you have kids, the whole picture changes, she needs to get those kids the hell out of there and fast. You become the delaying action that keeps the scum off your family so they can escape to safety.

Eventually, you may want to teach her to shoot and get her her own CPL so that she can also engage the goblin. That may be down the road some, but it would be nice if eventually, if she's the "I won't leave your side" type, she can handle your gun if you go down. I'd rather that mine just ran and kept running until the shooting stops then call 911 but your mileage may vary.

Any way you choose to go, your S/O must know to stay calm. What to do and where to go. Most importantly, don't freeze on the first shot, just do what you need to do to be safe. We carry to protect ourselves and our families. While you're training to protect you, you need to train to protect them as well.

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.