I came across something this morning saying that Census workers can enter your household in your absence with the permission of the landlord.

What many Americans don’t realize, is that census workers — from the head of the Bureau and the Secretary of Commerce (its parent agency) down to the lowliest and newest Census employee — are empowered under federal law to actually demand access to any apartment or any other type of home or room that is rented out, in order to count persons in the abode and for “the collection of statistics.” If the landlord of such apartment or other leased premises refuses to grant the government worker access to your living quarters, whether you are present or not, the landlord can be fined $500.00.

What I find interesting is there's a couple problems here. In Washington at least the Landlord Tenant act says the landlord may not enter the premises without 48 hours advanced notification. Further the census website says the following:

Note that the census taker will never ask to enter your home

What happened to self reliance and why in Zeus's butthole does the current administration want to take care of everyone else and ignore the issues in our own country?

The U.S. must shape a world order relying as much on the persuasiveness of its diplomacy as the might of its military, he said. All hands are required to solve the world's newest threats: terrorism, the spread of nuclear weapons, climate change and feeding and caring for a growing world population, he added.

As I continue reading Atlas Shrugged I frequently see similarities between the book and present day America.

I know, I know. You're sitting at home and you're scratching your head and you're saying why in this age of enlightenment is it still necessary to blast these beautiful creatures out of the sky and the answer is simple. Responsible hunting has always been a part of responsible conservation. Plus they taste really good. – Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs (Collection 5 Episode 2 Goose Down Plucker)

Hunters are the biggest contributors to conservation, yet the Liberals think hunting and the tools used are a bad thing.

As Barron put it, Mike Rowe actually got something out of his Eagle Scout unlike Michael Bloomberg.

Isn't it ironic? Obama wants to force spending cuts on lawmakers, yet he partakes in deficit spending to "help the economy".

Obama's National Dept Impact
Upon Inauguration:    $10,626,877,048,913
As of May 21, 2010:    $12,987,796,841,337
Increased by:        $2,360,919,792,424

Moka was a beautiful chocolate lab who has been part of the family since I was 13. Yesterday she was put down. She was 13 and she was suffering from arthritis, amongst other things, and could barely walk let alone stand. Below is a poem I wrote.

They had a police escort for this? If that doesn't show how corrupt the system is, you are obviously blinder than a bat! Anyone who thinks this is acceptable, proper, or legal behavior, I suggest a serious check of your moral values. The local police refused to help due to fear of inciting a riot, plus they had the backup of out of jurisdiction thugs in uniform. May the organizers start randomly disappearing. This is the definition of terrorism, they are using terror to intimidate and get their way.

My favorite thing though is that the victim was a lifelong democrat. There's a reason I'm using was, who would want to remain associated or supportive of the liberal thugs after doing that to your 14 year old son?

An officer was shot and killed during a robbery attempt today in Chicago. Mayor Daley is using this opportunity to say that a stricter handgun ban would have prevented the shooting.

The 30-year-old officer was shot as he left his father's house on the South Side early Thursday morning by would be robbers.

"If this person didn't have this, never happened," the mayor said, holding up a handgun on display for the news conference.

Dan: Abigail, are you the sh*t?
The Girl Child: (in baby voice) Yes

Son, don't go pointing guns at people unless you mean it!

Do you want fries with that gunshot wound to the leg?

That is what one Arkansas would-be robber may have been asked, as the Burger King worker he allegedly tried to holdup Monday grabbed the gun and fired it right back at him.

Good for the store clerk, may she get exactly what she wants for Christmas this year. A note to her boyfriend if she has one, she's a keeper!

There's no such thing as the intellect. A man's brain is a social product. A sum of influences that he's picked up from those around him. Nobody invents anything, he merely reflects what's floating in the social atmosphere. A genius is an intellectual scavenger and a greedy hoarder of the ideas which rightfully belong to society, from which he stole them. All thought is theft. If we do away with private fortunes, we'll have a fairer distribution of wealth. If we do away with the genius, we'll have a fairer distribution of ideas. ~ Dr. Ferris from Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

[All those in favor of socialism raise your right hand.

If this isn't an example of socialism, I don't know what is. Restrictions are being placed on the minds and abilities of people because it is supposedly fairer to the less fortunate and to the ones that don't pull their own weight. Those placing the restrictions are afraid of the people who can take care of themselves and don't need to be babysat by anyone. It's a loss of control for the simple minded who want all the power. If this doesn't sound familiar one should wake up and smell the roses. ~Janelle~]

Freedom has been given a chance and has failed. Therefore, more stringent controls are necessary. Since men are unable and unwilling to solve their problems voluntarily, they must be forced to do it. ~ Wesley Mouch from Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

[I see this as a future possibility, especially with the current administration and the appointed czars given the following:

That is only one example of force that is being put on the people of this country. ~Janelle~]

I heard an extremely inspiring story from Snowflakes in Hell indicating the proof that we're winning the war in the fight for self-defense and firearms.

The other reason we win is a story told to me by someone who works for NRA about an NRA member who donated 450 dollars. The guy had been out of work for a few years, had two disabled children, but he wanted to do something to help preserve the Second Amendment. So he and his wife collected cans from roadsides and public places, until they had saved up enough money. And they were apologizing for not being able to give more. Really makes you realize why we all keep doing this, and need to keep doing this.

I'm trying to think of something to add, but wow. To collect that many cans and to part with the result when he could have very well used the money himself says more than anyone else possibly could. It does remind me though that the most common personality trait I see in the gun community is very giving and helpful. The first year I went to Boomershoot, 100% of the proceeds from the raffle went to Soldiers Angels. The prize winners just gave the cash back to Joe. Obviously we have something to offer that the other side does not. This still hasn't gone above 20 bucks and I first saw it 2 weeks ago.

I find that having more women shooting is a good thing. I also find that referring to them as "fanatics" detrimental. While if someone called me one I would just shrug it off, many prospective shooters may not be that thick skinned. The article didn't really seem to be negative but the title sure is.

"Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires" – Bertrand Russell

[Currently there are many different obstacles to different desires in this country. The biggest of which currently is the theft of the compensation of my work to redistribute it to others to seek their own desires. This creates the illusion of freedom to some sheep, while revealing the bars to others. I am very annoyed at the amount of work I exerted to get where I am just to see it taken to be squandered by people who have no concept of work. –B]

So a week ago I stumbled across an article stating that the Tea Party is dead. The author's reasoning is as follows.

Take the recent series of storms and tornadoes that recently hit the South, causing so much death and destruction. When tornadoes swept across Mississippi and Alabama, and when severe flooding struck Nashville, the pattern was the same. Local officials, unable to cope alone, called for help. FEMA officials arrived on the scene. Soon thereafter, President Obama declared the most severely impacted areas of those states as federal disaster areas, making residents eligible for grants for temporary housing and home repairs and low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses.

That the said Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press or the rights of conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms... -- Samuel Adams, in "Phila. Independent Gazetteer", August 20, 1789

[Emphasis Mine. Many of the current politicians residing of that sweat stain of a swamp known as Washington D.C. has forgotten this. –B]

Just stumbled across this on Snarky Bytes. The core statement via federal court judge is below for your immediate viewing pleasure.

“No reasonable person would dispute that walking into a retail store openly carrying a firearm is highly disruptive conduct which is virtually certain to create a disturbance. This is so because when employees and shoppers in retail stores see a person carrying a lethal weapon, they are likely to be frightened and possibly even panicky. many employees and shoppers are likely to think that the person with the gun is either deranged or about to commit a felony or both. Further, it is almost certain that someone will call the police. And when police respond to a “man with a gun” call, they have no idea what the armed individual’s intentions are. The volatility in such a situation could easily lead to someone being seriously injured or killed.”

A couple thoughts immediately come to mind, one being, "Sir your stupidity is showing." Thankfully Hsoi in the comments on Snarky's blog did the bigoted translation.

Of course, we can just have some fun with some slight edits:

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“No reasonable person would dispute that a black man walking into a retail store is highly disruptive conduct which is virtually certain to create a disturbance. This is so because when employees and shoppers in retail stores see a black person, they are likely to be frightened and possibly even panicky. many employees and shoppers are likely to think that the black person is either deranged or about to commit a felony or both. Further, it is almost certain that someone will call the police. And when police respond to a “black man” call, they have no idea what the black individual’s intentions are. The volatility in such a situation could easily lead to someone being seriously injured or killed.”
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But you know, that sort of bigotry is different.

Thanks to Snarky for posting the info. Just because it is something you can visibly see makes it no less of a right. After hearing the story from Laurel at PGB about The Inconvenience at Rosaures I'm sure the judge and Moscow PD would get along great.

Senator Lautenberg feels that it is better to expand the areas of an airport so murderers can work unhindered law abiding citizens cannot protect themselves.

"In the post-9/11 world, it simply defies common sense that it would be legal to carry a gun into an airport," he said in a statement. "Our airports face threats every day and allowing someone to walk into a major airport with a loaded gun is a recipe for disaster. My legislation will ban guns in airports and make air travel more safe and secure."

Already you cannot carry a firearm on a plane legally. What is changing is that when your family comes to pick you up from the airport they cannot be armed. Your husband or wife will have to leave their self-defense tools in the vehicle, to possibly be stolen, instead of carrying them with. Your family is just meeting you at the baggage claim and then walking back to the car, they're not going anywhere near the "secured area". Why would you need a gun though, all those security guards inside make it perfectly safe. Sure you feel safe inside, but what about all those people outside. They know you're unarmed so instead the thug can wait to rob you in the garage where there are no security guards. Way to go genius!

Also, I love the use of the 9/11 crutch. I'm surprised I don't hear more Pearl Harbor crutches currently to support internment of the Japanese. But we can totally trust the government. I would also like to point out the Democrat hero FDR interred the Japanese. Still trust those democrats?

A friend just told me about this. I for one am hoping that the Galaxy 15 will at least get close enough to disrupt MTV for the East Coast. Taking it out would be down right AWESOME, but they are claiming there will be no collision! As I no longer have TV service and live off of streaming internet, I could care less which is why I'm cheering for the Galaxy 15. For once it's a zombie I wouldn't shoot on sight. It doesn't want my brain, it wants my MTV which I don't care about.

So the city of Harvey Illinois, a suburb of Chicago had 21 guns stolen. It is a suburb of the same Chicago that some politicians claimed recently the National Guard was needed to bring the murder rate under control.

Let me get this straight, the bigots claim that civilians are too irresponsible and are not capable of safely handling and storing a firearm, yet the bastion example of Law Enforcement for a single municipality looses 21 by themselves. Lest the fact that the ATF has lost firearms that were then later used to commit crimes. Though I am beginning to see a pattern emerge from behavior of those determined to be "duly qualified" to carry and handle firearms.

I figured I would slip this under its own domain now that I'm slowly updating it more regularly. I must say Drupal was awfully nice about switching to the new domain name. After digging through the SQL and some of the PHP, all I needed to do was just set the .htaccess to remap the domain for me. Due to the number of links coming into barronbarnett.com unless I find some way to snapshot all those links and forward them alone easily, it forever forward to the new domain.

B

    So I got an email yesterday morning asking if I was willing to be the blogger of the month for AmmoLand.com. I responded with a sure, why not. I'm not exactly sure why they chose me over so many other blogs out there, but it's not as if I'll refuse.

    I did the interview last night and here it is. Enjoy.

    So Janelle and I were sitting on the couch and she was rolling through the blogs and came across this from RNS. After she reaches the end and busts up laughing she tosses the laptop to me and says read.

    I had a couple different comments for different things. First was that the whole thing revolved around remaining in "condition yellow". Second was that when something unforeseen like this happens the first order of business is not to panic; no matter how much it hurts. Third that was the most awesome possible result when he finally got rid of the squirrel. I say the squirrel sailed into the cruiser because of Karma(we were watching My Name Is Earl). My last comment was, "People wonder why I prefer to shoot the bastards with as much distance between me and them, THAT'S WHY!" Not to mention the fact that hitting them when they're further away is considerably harder.

    I must say though, for the rider at least it wasn't a pack like this. Best way to deal with squirrels like that is to make clouds of pink mist. Maybe it is my philosophy on dealing with squirrels that has kept any from showing up around my house.

I had someone ask if I realized that was a story. The answer is yes, doesn't mean you can't glean anything from it. Besides, at Philmont those squirrels were down right freaking evil, wouldn't surprise me if a squirrel attacked someone. Also I'd probably let that squirrel live, any squirrel that freaked out two cops that much is OK in my book.

I just finished uploading the 2010 Boomershoot staff cleanup video. It provides a few chuckles with different quips.

I didn't get any video of the shoot down on the berm. We were in a rush because we did a special mini high-intensity event for Michael Bain and his film crew for The Shooting Gallery . I figured since they were filming it they'd probably get better footage anyway.