A thanks is deserved by the entire Huffman clan for putting this on every year.  It takes a lot of time and effort to organize this shin dig. 

Thanks Kim, Barb, Joe, and Xenia.

Anyone who says things like this don’t bring families together must be nuts.  Today is the first day of Boomershoot, if you’re not here, well it sucks to be you.

The chemistry set, without this nothing would go boom.  There’s actually two mixers running during full production.  This year I’m going to try and spend some time out there and help, if nothing else finally document the effort for everyone else to see.

The reason why Joe loves doing this is quite simple.

Don’t believe me, here’s the proof.

Note, these pictures were from a private Boomershoot event, doesn’t make it any less awesome though.

I just stumbled across this pic Oleg took with a bunch of the Boomershoot bloggers who regularly attend.

From left to right, David, Joe, Ry, The Minutewoman, Myself, and the last one’s Ryan, he’s not a blogger.

It’s been a while since I’ve talked about the TSA.  The reason for this is much along the same lines as Dave talked about here.  What I came across tonight though damn near caused me to crack a tooth my jaw clinched so tight. 

The DHS and the TSA has been constantly claiming the screenings are needed for our own safety, even the full search of a 6 year old girl.  They constantly use fear mongering tactics claiming that the terrorists will use any exploitable advantage given them.

To every complaint leveraged though they claim that their screeners are thoroughly trained and are thoroughly screened themselves.  So it must be completely unfathomable that a screener was busted today for distributing child pornography.

Federal agents also allege that Transportation Safety Administration Officer Thomas Gordon Jr. of Philadelphia, who routinely searched airline passengers, uploaded explicit pictures of young girls to an Internet site on which he also posted a photograph of himself in his TSA uniform.

Remember these are the people who are searching violating your wives and your children.  This individual, if he operated a body scanner, had at his disposal numerous images of people disrobed by the force of government.  The TSA is an out of control monster who has again and again abused the American people under the guise of protecting them.  It is reasonable to suspect at this point that the government itself is trying to empower these criminals, especially given the fact that the TSA has never stopped any terrorist attack.  The have however stopped US representatives on their way home, cause you know those congress critters are totally terrorists.  So here’s a list off the top of my head of things the TSA has done to different American’s under the force of government.

• Forced passengers to be felt up and viewed naked by a  child pornographer.
• Force passengers to be felt up and viewed naked by a convicted rapist.
• Stole from the luggage of passengers.
• Harass and humiliate a rape victim for refusing a pat down.
• Humiliate a woman over properly stored breast milk.
• Humiliate a cancer survivor covering him in urine.
• Humiliate a cancer survivor forcing her to expose her prosthetic breast.
• Humiliate a 4 year old with leg braces.
• Forcibly separate parents from children.  (Note they employ child pornographers, wonder why they separate parents from kids.  They claim it’s not policy but it’s happened enough.)

There are countless more incidents, I probably should start making my own counter called the TSA counter, cause you notice when dealing with the TSA how it always starts with, “The Stupid Asshole.”  I know of a couple ways that we could shut down the TSA, but none of them are really legal and well I’d rather avoid that route.  Something obviously needs to be done though.  The government is using the threat of force to hand ourselves and our children over to sexual predators.  Failure to comply will result in your ass heading to jail at worst, at best your walking home. 

The only thing I think we can do currently is to ostracize anyone who works for the TSA.  If you have a “friend” who works for the TSA, they’re no longer a friend.  Do not associate with anyone who works for the TSA, provide the bare minimum of interaction, and sure as hell tell them to leave you alone afterwards.  These are not your countrymen, these are not your friends, these are not patriots on the front line of the defense of liberty.  If anything they are the antithesis of the above.  A person who was any of those things would strive to defend your liberty, freedom, and safety from the government they are claiming to represent.

The bottom line is that the TSA is A Security Theater and all their claims about the strict professionalism of their employees is bull.  While some may remain professional, the bottom line is they still aren’t telling their bosses NO.  These searches are pointless, unnecessary and do nothing more than verify our subservience to the state.  To prove that point, if you voice your displeasure towards these practices you will receive special treatment.

Sometimes it’s necessary to lob heavy objects high into the air.

Many would freak out about a 75 lbs. anvil being tossed ~110 feet in the air.  What if it starts coming down where you’re standing?  The answer to that is quite simple, step out of the way.  It actually isn’t moving super fast, and as long as the base is level it’s coming down almost exactly where it left from.  This year there will be more shenanigans.

So now they are going after us through other meth­ods. Through our chil­dren, our work, any­thing they might do to cause us legal dif­fi­culty. They don’t even have to be cor­rect or hon­est. After all, how many peo­ple have gone bank­rupt after hav­ing to defend them­selves in court, only to be found inno­cent? [You can beat the rap, but not the ride] How will they attack us next?  -Patrick

[I previously talked about Antitango’s issue here.  Patrick makes a connection a bit further than I did in realizing the full potential of this type of attack, as it is a method to use to bankrupt us, destroy our families, and crash morale.  I know from personal experience there is no such thing as winning a lawsuit, especially one brought by the state.  The amount of damage that can be done by this type of slander and libel is serious and dangerous.  At a minimum you’re out of the fight while you get your kids back and your kid is forever scared.

Let me state something right here, right now, for everyone to know so we’re clear.  Anyone who attempts to take my kid away through libel, slander, use of force, or any other threat towards my child will unleash a horror upon them the likes of which they will have never seen.  The most dangerous man in the world is the man who has absolutely nothing to lose, and when you threaten his family or his children, that prospect becomes reality.

My wife says I’m mild mannered and easy to get along with, to a point.  That point is where you intend to bring harm to myself or my family and the type and method of harm is inconsequential.  –B]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ec0_1303444048

They fucking told the attackers to flee before the cops arrived and didn’t really help to alleviate the situation and then stepped back and continued to film while the poor girl had a seizure.  I can’t put into words how pissed off the video makes me.

Update (4.25.11)

Apparently the assault victim from the video is a transgender woman.  If this isn’t a hate crime, then nothing is.

Go to a drag strip and no one’s going to let you drive their car down the strip.  Come to Boomershoot and people will let you try out their rifles, and provide you the equivalent of a 3 gallons of gas and ask for nothing in return.  That’s why I LOVE this culture.

The only real thing that is asked remains unwritten, return the favor and be just as courteous. 

After reading the article by Eric Heyl I have come to the conclusion that he has never been in the company of a real woman.  His only exposure to women are from magazines with models airbrushed to perfection.

I am the proud owner of a snubbie revolver for my own personal protection.

The industry is unlikely to successfully tap that market until it conquers the pesky preconceived notions that likely turn off many females to the idea of gun ownership. Women likely won't consider packing pistols if they are concerned that:

Note: my revolver was a wedding gift, given to me by my husband.

-- Spending several hundred dollars on a serviceable handgun might leave them without enough money to get the full treatment at that next visit to the day spa.

I have no problem buying a pistol and I actually have my eye on a Sig P226.  Why would I go to a spa and pay a ridiculous amount of money for something I can do in the comfort of my own home for much less and I could host a “spa” party and just have a grand ol’ time with friends?

-- Carrying a gun in a small purse would leave less room for more important items, such as lipstick or compact.

I have a very cute backpack style purse that is specially designed to carry a pistol and allow room for anything else I need.  I find self defense much more important than items of vanity.

-- The baggy clothing required to successfully conceal most holsters would make them appear frumpy.

There are actually concealable holsters on the market for women so baggy clothing isn’t necessary.  That is also one of the points of carrying a conceal carry purse.

-- Gunpowder residue might stain the new Karen Scott blouse they just bought at Macy's.

When it comes to self defense, if I have to shoot my gun, I could care less what happens to the clothes I am wearing.  Besides, fabric is washable and replaceable, I cannot replace myself or wash away the after effects of an attack on myself if I am completely defenseless.

-- The gunpowder smell when the weapon is fired could totally overwhelm the Chanel they're wearing.

In my profession, wearing perfume is not recommended as you never know if a client/patient/resident is sensitive to fragrances.  I would rather be unscathed than to care a flying f*** about whether my perfume is being overwhelmed by gunpowder.  Besides, I like to go to CD’s Smokepit and I always have the smell of yummy BBQ lingering on my person by the time I leave.

Not only that but some men find the smell of burnt gun powder arousing and attractive. Certainly not a man of such “high caliber” as Mr. Heyl, only sad lonely depraved men like my husband. Sad lonely men who get to partake in Dr. Joe’s cure all which I’m sure Mr. Heyl has never experienced.

-- Most firearm accessories come only in one boring color: black.

Who cares?  As long as its functional.  I prefer black to the pink that is currently on the market for women anyway. But there’s also blue, red, green, and you can have it painted however you like.  It’s nail polish but for your gun.

-- Target practice earplugs simply aren't sexy.

Sexy is a relative term.  There are men that find women very sexy when seen in shooting gear.  Besides, some earplugs are not noticeable and as long as I still have hearing capabilities at the end of the day, I don’t care.

That’s also why god created suppressors.

Besides, if women can’t be sexy while carrying a firearm or holding one, explain this:

She so hawt, even I’d do her.

H/T Breda, Bitter and Joe

So it’s 10 days to the start of Boomershoot, for staff anyway, and hopefully this isn’t a sign of things to come.  Yes it can be a great wind indicator, I will shoot rain, shine, tidal wave, whatever.  I just do prefer to be comfortable at least one day of the shoot, mainly the day of.  I’ll take cold and wet Friday and Saturday.

Yes that is snow sticking to everything but the concrete, which it started to later.  I must say that’s a really neat HDR shot since it turned the snow above black and the snow below white.  Now for the proof that it is actually spring on the Palouse.

Staff Cleanup has become cleanup again.  At least now we don’t have to lug all the targets down the hill.  Instead we haul our ass up the hill and blow them up in place.

Dave, The Packing Rat, and Matt take pictures of Joe while he’s edumacating us about ammonium nitrate and the workings of Boomerite on Blogger Media day 2009.

After we all went and had dinner and swapped stories down at the Ponderosa.  I don’t know why Alan looks so pissed in this picture, I’m sure there’s some reason.

The youngest Boomershoot attendee, to my knowledge, taking a nap on her dad’s shoulder. 

She fell asleep while her mom was shooting Ry’s social 50.

She was much more lively the night before at the Boomershoot dinner, she tried to hit me with her mom’s keys.  Normally I’d be upset, but she was adorable as she did it, how could you be upset when she’s got a face like this?

This morning Sebastian posted a link to something the CSGV posted on their Facebook page bashing pro-gun bloggers including one who is a personal friend.  Upon reading it when I got home they had updated to have a response to Sebastian’s response.

The thought that Joan's "religion" might be acting to prevent others from experiencing the same tragedy she experienced apparently didn't cross his mind.

The Peterson-Syndrome is showing through.  If we are going to take her argument at face value we must then ask, what about the opinions of people like Suzanna Hupp who had the tools and skills to end the violence brought before them but were disarmed.

Every argument they make is premised with the belief that every permit carrier is going to snap and go on a shooting rampage.  They are often projecting their own feelings and emotions forgetting that a potentiality is not an actuality.  They seem to think our goal is to see people shot and injured while ignoring the fact we are merely supporting the inalienable right of self-defense.

Joan Peterson shot herself in the foot and proved her mental defect when she stated the equivalent of the following:

It is better to have a higher overall crime rate for fewer crimes committed with a gun.

Joan Peterson wants more victims at the hands of criminals as long as they aren’t committed with a gun.  On our side of the fence want people to not be forced by law to be victims. 

• We want women to be able to defend themselves from rapists who would violate them.
• We want the elderly to be able to defend themselves from young thugs who would beat them to death to impress a girl.
• We want people to be able to defend themselves from criminals who would take their lives.
• We want people to have access to the most effective tools of self-defense. 

Often this last point is portrayed as if we want to force everyone to carry a gun.  The fact is though that couldn’t be further from the truth.  We want people to be able to make the choice if they wish to be able to defend themselves.

If we allow Joan’s logic of being a victim of violence to be correct, like Sebastian I am a victim of cancer.  My father passed away from pancreatic cancer when I was 19. 

Just the same though I am also a victim of violence.  My mother stopped the abuse of an elderly couple and arrested the situation when the thugs tried to threaten and intimidate her.  How did she do this?  She used a firearm, not a single shot was fired.  The group of kids were arrested minutes later while trying to steal a car when the police arrived.  People like Joan and the CSGV would prefer my mom had left the couple at the mercy of those thugs and been at their mercy herself. 

My father and mother went to the movies when I was a baby.   A group of four proceeded to be extremely rude, intimidated the staff, and were generally discourteous.  My father went to talk to the manager about the men who were still causing problems after the movie was over.  The men noticing what my father was doing proceeded to start harassing him.  They were warned to move on and to leave.  They continued to harass and physically intimidate my father until they placed themselves between my father and mother.  At this time my dad withdrew his firearm holding it at his side, at no time was it pointed at anyone, he then directed the men to remove themselves from between him and my mother immediately.  They complied and the police, who had already been called, arrived shortly thereafter.  The city of Kent charged my father with “assault with a deadly weapon.”  The jury found him not guilty with less than thirty minutes deliberation.  As jurors were leaving, two jurors approached my father and his attorney and informed them that prior to this trial they disliked firearms and supported gun control.  They then expressed that had they been in my fathers position they would have wanted a firearm, and due to the trial they were expanding their horizons.  In this case the CSGV would prefer a father be outnumbered and possibly permanently injured to not return home to support and protect his children.

The bottom line is that ultimately each side of this debate supposedly wants the same thing, less violence.  The problem is the anti-gun lobby only cares about “gun violence”.  If rape, murder, and other violent crimes increased but a gun wasn’t used, they would still consider that a win.  In our book crime is crime, no matter the tool used.  It ends up that the firearm is the most effective tool for self-defense, anyone can learn to use a firearm and physical ability is not the deciding factor in use.  God created men, Samuel Colt made them equal.  People have even more right to make themselves NOT a victim than to be forced by law to be disarmed and become prey for predators. 

Each one of those little white squares is a box of magic smoke just waiting to be released.  This was the first magic box to go poof in 2010.  Congrats to whoever shot it.

This afternoon Governor Gregoire signed HB 1016, the suppressor bill into law. It passed the senate overwhelmingly as well as the house.

What this means:

• 90 days from now the end of session this law will go into effect. At that time you will be legally able to discharge any suppressor you legally own under the NFA. You're good as of July, 23rd.
• No longer must you go out of state to protect your ears and use a common safety device, we finally won this skirmish here in Washington.

Next on the docket from the people who did more of the leg work is a change to allow SBRs. As that moves forward I will keep you all up to date.

Thank you to everyone who wrote in and contacted their legislators to help make this happen.

Dave from RNS has the comfort and efficiency side figured out.

1. Load your ammunition into a cooler, reasonably sized of course, and it makes it much easier to carry in fewer trips.  Also with a handle on each side someone can help, instead I took a picture.

The wife informed me last night that steak was on the menu but neither of us were sure exactly what kind of steak we wanted.  To the freezer we went, where I promptly grabbed a package of T-Bones and I then began the process of cleaning the grill  from it’s winter slumber.

After some scrubbing, cleaning, and a new coat of seasoning onto the cast iron we were ready.  Here’s the result:

The steak was a wonderful medium rare, the asparagus and carrots were excellent.  It helps they were pan fried using bacon fat instead of butter along with a couple fresh cloves of garlic.  The dry rub combined with a mix BBQ sauce basting towards the end kept it juicy.  You can definitely tell the cow was grass fed instead of grain fed when you bite in.  The Spumante was great, sadly the sulfites started to get the wife at the end because she liked it as well.

It was a great way to kick off the beginning of the grilling season again.  Sadly the weather switched back to cold and overcast.  I’ve decided to risk it and am now taking the snow blower off the tractor and putting the mower deck back on.

Last October the wife, a friend, and I headed out to the Boomershoot site to help Joe with some work.  Joe previously covered it here.  As I was going through pictures today, I noticed I took about 1350 pictures while we were out there and I never did a post on it.  That just seems kind of wrong.  Though it does appear the wife just held down the shutter button while I was on the dozer.

As this was on 10/10/10 which evidently was some environmentalists wet dream of an idea for some such crap or another we felt like doing our part to help the environment.

Ford Earthfucker Jr. with a quite literally earth fucking dozer.  The actual goals for the day was to get some pre-winter work done to aid the berm so it will be more comfortable for the end positions come the end of the month.  Here’s a few of the pictures from the process.

So Robb posted something about government lists yesterday.  It is another example of the government discriminating and criminalizing those who might disagree with them.  Here is the list Bill Quick created:

So how does a person qualify as a potential domestic terrorist? Based on the training I have attended, here are characteristics that qualify:

• Expressions of libertarian philosophies (statements, bumper stickers)
• Second Amendment-oriented views (NRA or gun club membership, holding a CCW permit)
• Survivalist literature (fictional books such as “Patriots” and “One Second After” are mentioned by name)
• Self-sufficiency (stockpiling food, ammo, hand tools, medical supplies)
• Fear of economic collapse (buying gold and barter items)
• Religious views concerning the book of Revelation (apocalypse, anti-Christ)
• Expressed fears of Big Brother or big government
• Homeschooling
• Declarations of Constitutional rights and civil liberties
• Belief in a New World Order conspiracy

So like Robb most of that list for me is a big fat yes.  About the only real things on that list that I am not currently a part of and will not be in the future is the “New World Order” conspiracy.  Which makes sense since according to some people, the fact that I’m a Freemason makes me a part of the New World Order.  But that’s a completely different story, suffice it to say I fit every single one of those brackets, and I don’t doubt the fact I’m a Freemason probably counts against me when it comes to the government.

Previously we saw how the DHS was labeling different groups of individuals and how they were being classified as terrorists.  What is most disturbing though from that PDF that was released was how they described lawful acts as being grounds for being classified as extremists.

It is becoming apparent that the only way to stay off any list at this point is to be a blindly following sheep.  If you do not have blind faith for the government to protect you, provide for you, and that it is completely infallible and will not fail you are on a list.

Couple that with a license to handle and manufacture explosives, a blog for the world to see, and other lists many have had to volunteer information to remain law abiding, there is no longer a way to escape being on a list.  The best you can do is to be in the middle or towards the bottom.  If you’re at the top, you’re just the canary in the coal mine.

Apparently the State Department is looking at changing the application information requirements for a US Passport.

If you plan to apply for a passport and you don't have rock-solid proof of citizenship, you might soon be asked to fill out an insanely detailed passport application, form DS-5513, by the State Department before you can receive your papers.

Among the information that will be required to obtain your passport is the following:

• Birthplace and dates for parents, siblings, and spouse.
• Mothers address the year prior, year of, and year after your birth.
• Name of the natal doctor and dates of her appointments.
• Names of those who attended your birth.
• Addresses of all places in and out of the US you have lived since birth.
• Your entire employment history, with supervisors and contact information
• All the schools you attended with addresses and dates.

I could probably write up a nice spiel on how this rectal exam is pointless and only serves to harass honest citizens, instead I’m just going to point out the irony.

Mr. Obama, can you please provide the above documentation considering your proof of citizenship has been deemed questionable.

• Some are not fully sure of your moms location before, during and after your birth.
• No one knows the name of the doctor present at your birth, the certificate of live birth doesn’t contain the signature of the attending physician as a birth certificate does.
• Some are not sure which hospital in Hawaii saw your birth.
• Can you provide your entire employment history?
• Your school records are sealed.

If you are going to require it of any citizen, it shall be required of ALL public servants.  Just because they may only require this of some citizens doesn’t exempt them from having to do it themselves.  To require it of one, they should have to be willing to go through it themselves.

When I read the following all I could think was, that’s a good start. 

A Republican plan for the 2012 budget would cut more than $4 trillion over the next decade, more than even the president's debt commission proposed, with spending caps as well as changes in the Medicare and Medicaid health programs, its principal author said Sunday.

I wouldn’t shed a tear if any and every last entitlement program was dead ended tomorrow.  Even more than that, I would prefer to see every government investment program done in as well.  The way investments work is risk and reward system.  The government programs have absolutely no risk, yet they promise huge payouts.  The question becomes how do they afford this?  That is quite simple, the government covers it’s losses by the use of force collecting the funds required from the those who pay taxes.

Government is force, those who vote receive entitlements from government are merely asking the government to steal on their behalf.