... how you became a gunnie.
That's a good question, for us all.
I really became a gunnie in the mid-80's, after I had been on my own for a while. My parents were both liberals, and though they had a handgun at one time, when I came along, they gave it back to my grandfather - they didn't think it was safe to be around a baby and all.
My grandfather had firearms, but the only one I ever shot was his pellet gun. A family friend let me and my brother shoot a .22 in his basement (I'm pretty sure it was loaded with shorts).
Then in the mid-80's, I got involved somewhat in centerfire silhouette shooting. I borrowed a Colt 1908 .380 from my boss to shoot my first match. A girl I worked withs' husband took me out to Chattanooga Rifle Club and let me shoot several weapons, including a sweet S&W .44 Mag.
I was hooked.
Started collecting a few things (no revolvers), up to about 12 guns of different kinds, including an Olympic Arms CAR-15 with A1 sights. I was even going to get it converted to full-auto after I got back from boot camp (this was right when FOPA and that bastard Hughes came along).
My collection dwindled down to nothing in the years after I got back from boot camp. Got an FFL right before I got sent to Desert Storm, but never really did anything with it.
When I got married, I owned no firearms, but I bought a Marlin .22 bolt gun for my son. Made a desperation purchase of an FAL when Obama got elected, and an FEG Hi-power clone shortly after - got my GA carry permit.
And here I am. I am a 2nd amendment absolutist - I believe that citizens should be able to own and carry whatever they want (and I mean whatever - you want to carry an M-60, be my guest). I believe that the 2nd amendment is very clear in its meaning. And I believe that if you use a weapon as a tool in the commission of a crime, it should have no bearing on your punishment as to what weapon you used - your punishment should be based on the crime.
I hope this helps!
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Friday, June 10, 2011
Thursday, June 9, 2011
We are well and truly ... (updated)
Above the post update - link fixed, since the first one got memory-holed.
... fucked:
They were looking for his estranged wife, because she had ... wait for it ...
... defaulted on a school loan.
She defaulted on a school loan.
A school loan ...
I'm going out on a limb today and say that if any of these thugs gets shot and killed while executing a dynamic entry for a defaulted school loan, they deserve it.
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... fucked:
Kenneth Wright does not have a criminal record and he had no reason to believe a S.W.A.T team would be breaking down his door at 6 a.m. on Tuesday.
They were looking for his estranged wife, because she had ... wait for it ...
... defaulted on a school loan.
She defaulted on a school loan.
A school loan ...
I'm going out on a limb today and say that if any of these thugs gets shot and killed while executing a dynamic entry for a defaulted school loan, they deserve it.
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Who'd'a thunk it?
Didn't see this coming:
Start calling your senators now ... before it's too late.
And just so you know, if a treaty is ratified, it can violate the constitution and stay in force. Not that SCOTUS would actually invalidate a treaty, since they don't have any real allegiance to the constitution anyway.
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It may not come as surprising news to many of you that the United Nations doesn’t approve of our Second Amendment. Not one bit. And they very much hope to do something about it with help from some powerful American friends. Under the guise of a proposed global “Small Arms Treaty” premised to fight “terrorism”, “insurgency” and “international crime syndicates” you can be quite certain that an even more insidious threat is being targeted – our Constitutional right for law-abiding citizens to own and bear arms.
Start calling your senators now ... before it's too late.
And just so you know, if a treaty is ratified, it can violate the constitution and stay in force. Not that SCOTUS would actually invalidate a treaty, since they don't have any real allegiance to the constitution anyway.
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Who needs a gun?
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
How to be ...
... that guy:
She asked this because the guy's being a colossal prick. Read the post and the comments too, then put this guy on your blacklist.
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I have asked that this blogger remove the post because I daresay he wouldn't blog a photo of his mother, his sister, his daughter or his wife under a similar title. Yet my (multiple) requests have been ignored. My husband Mike left a comment on the post expressing his displeasure, but it seems to have been deleted.
She asked this because the guy's being a colossal prick. Read the post and the comments too, then put this guy on your blacklist.
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You keep using that word ...
,,, I do not think it means what you think it means:
Srsly? It's kinda not cool to demand payment, then complain about how a bill is paid.
This kind of thing is one that literally begs to be taken to court, just to see how far the stupid goes. But the DA will most likely drop the charges, so we may never know.
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Police have charged Jason West, an aggrieved medical patient in Vernal, Utah, with disorderly conduct. His alleged crime? Attempting to pay a disputed medical bill of $25 entirely in pennies.
Srsly? It's kinda not cool to demand payment, then complain about how a bill is paid.
This kind of thing is one that literally begs to be taken to court, just to see how far the stupid goes. But the DA will most likely drop the charges, so we may never know.
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By the way ...
... where do I get one of these stickers?
Click the link to see the decal.
I guess it's par for the course that Baltimore cops need more excuses to clamp down on the citizens.
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On May 29, 2011, the Baltimore Police Criminal Intelligence Section issued an “Intelligence Bulletin” warning officers about persons displaying the 2nd Amendment decal pictured here. The bulletin contains the following caption in bold red letters:
Click the link to see the decal.
I guess it's par for the course that Baltimore cops need more excuses to clamp down on the citizens.
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This one has meaning ...
... to me:
Gee, I was just up that way, too.
I've been counseled on more than one occasion to have some documentation of my Affliction with me when I drive - either some sort of medical bracelet or paperwork to show. After reading this account, I really need to get on that.
But beyond that, I hope this guy wins his suit. He called the police, and tried to explain his disability to the popo. Instead of researching it, they arrested him, took him to the hospital and had his blood drawn. And after the blood work showed no alcohol, but instead showed cerebral palsy meds, they charged him anyway.
Now, I would guess that if he drives, he's probably got a handicapped tag on his truck. I don't know about TN, but to get my handicapped tag, I had to have my doctor fill out a form certifying that I had a debilitating disease that caused me problems getting around*- I can't imagine it's much different in TN. So the deputies could have called the county clerks office and checked out the tag (GA requires that the form be kept at the clerks' office); if they had, they would have found out that, yeah, the guy did have cerebral palsy.
But they didn't ... and that's the real shame. It was within law enforcements' power to get the truth about the incident, but they didn't. The fact that they arrested and used force to get a blood sample on an innocent man means nothing to them.
As I said before, I hope this guy wins his suit and Loudon Co is out big bucks. And that's one thing gun rights folks should look at. Suing for $10,000 and settling for a couple large ain't gonna convince anyone to change their ways. When a government systematically violates civil rights, we need to sue for a couple of million at least.
That will get their attention.
h/t Injustice News
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*My Affliction only really bothers me when it's hot (like, right now!) - I make a conscious effort to get the closest parking space to the handicapped spaces.
A Lenoir City man has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the Loudon County sheriff after he said he was mistakenly arrested when deputies mistook his cerebral palsy symptoms for drunkenness.
Gee, I was just up that way, too.
I've been counseled on more than one occasion to have some documentation of my Affliction with me when I drive - either some sort of medical bracelet or paperwork to show. After reading this account, I really need to get on that.
But beyond that, I hope this guy wins his suit. He called the police, and tried to explain his disability to the popo. Instead of researching it, they arrested him, took him to the hospital and had his blood drawn. And after the blood work showed no alcohol, but instead showed cerebral palsy meds, they charged him anyway.
Now, I would guess that if he drives, he's probably got a handicapped tag on his truck. I don't know about TN, but to get my handicapped tag, I had to have my doctor fill out a form certifying that I had a debilitating disease that caused me problems getting around*- I can't imagine it's much different in TN. So the deputies could have called the county clerks office and checked out the tag (GA requires that the form be kept at the clerks' office); if they had, they would have found out that, yeah, the guy did have cerebral palsy.
But they didn't ... and that's the real shame. It was within law enforcements' power to get the truth about the incident, but they didn't. The fact that they arrested and used force to get a blood sample on an innocent man means nothing to them.
As I said before, I hope this guy wins his suit and Loudon Co is out big bucks. And that's one thing gun rights folks should look at. Suing for $10,000 and settling for a couple large ain't gonna convince anyone to change their ways. When a government systematically violates civil rights, we need to sue for a couple of million at least.
That will get their attention.
h/t Injustice News
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*My Affliction only really bothers me when it's hot (like, right now!) - I make a conscious effort to get the closest parking space to the handicapped spaces.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
I, Outlaw
Visigoth:
I’m tired of listening to erstwhile liberals — who’ve since found a niche as conservative pundits — tell me who can and can’t win elections, or why I’m to take John Huntsman and Mitt Romney seriously, while dismissing Michele Bachmann or Sarah Palin or Herman Cain. I’m tired of taking advice from the same dickbags who gave me McCain and HW Bush and Bob Dole and “compassionate conservatism” — who told me the era of Reagan was over, and that “conservatives,” to remain anything other than a regional party, had best embrace big government and the social nanny welfare state: that is, to become the Democrats, while the Democrats veer toward socialism. I’m tired of taking counsel from the “major voices” on the right, the same people who just two years ago were smirking at the TEA Party movement and telling us how unhelpful was our willingness to identify Barack Obama for what he is.
The GOP simply wants to keep its power. It, as a national party with a national “message,” cares not a whit about legal constitutionalism, classical liberalism, or the foundational principles of this republic.
RTWT
Jeff normally writes way above my head (which is one of the reasons I read him ... makes me bear down), but this one is pretty straightforward. These aren't threats, they're warnings (predictions, even). And just as Paul Revere warned the British (and as Mike V does today), things are coming to a head if something isn't done.
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Cops these days ...
... just don't have enough to do.
This is interesting because I ride my mower over to my wifes' Grannies house to mow her fields about every two weeks (since I don't have a hitch for my van). I can't see how being a bit tipsy or having a shopping cart train would bother folks in the least.
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This is interesting because I ride my mower over to my wifes' Grannies house to mow her fields about every two weeks (since I don't have a hitch for my van). I can't see how being a bit tipsy or having a shopping cart train would bother folks in the least.
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Uncle notes ...
... there's no need for a high-capacity magazine:
Police say the teens were part of a mob of between 15 and 20 men and boys connected to four attacks in Streeterville and along the lakefront.
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