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Quote of the Day–Terry Sanford (02/04/2012)
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Sat, 02/04/2012 - 10:35As one of the thirteen original colonies, North Carolina maintains the moral and legal concept that the right to keep and bear sporting arms is one of the fundamental privileges granted by our American Democracy.
This privilege should be infringed upon only when deemed necessary, through the will of the people in a democratic nation, to insure public safety or to prescribe the manner of taking game. We do not anticipate any legislation abrogating these premises.
Terry Sanford, Governor of North Carolina – Guns Magazine, February Issue 1962, Page 4
[Oh that whole statement is full of so many different individual falsehoods it’s not even funny. First this is “history” as this article is out of 1962, however it’s recent history. Doubly so since this statement was given just prior to the GCA of 1968. This whole statement remains relevant because this is how many of our opponents view the Second Amendment.
Lets start off with the fact he considers the right to arms a privilege. It isn’t a privilege, it’s a fundamental right that is specifically enumerated by the bill of rights for protection from the state. Second we don’t live in a Democracy, we live in a Constitutional Republic where the law serves to protect everyone equally, not just the mob.
If you’re confused by the difference, watch this, I’ll even embed it below just to make it even easier. Seriously, it is worth the 10 minutes.
Our constitution exists to protect the rights from the people. With the fact he considers the right a privilege his disrespect dissolves further into the classic claim used to infringe upon a right. That claim is necessity. He uses necessity as the validation for infringing on a right. Necessity however does not allow or expunge the fact that inalienable rights are not for the government to take or a mob of people to take. Even when the people are tricked into thinking that it is better for them to surrender that right for the greater good, that right cannot be surrendered.
These two complaints are also independent of the fact that his being elected governor of one of the original thirteen colonies makes him think that some how his argument carries further weight in establishing it as a privilege not a right.
Remember, even now there are those who believe that the enumerated right to “Keep and Bear Arms” as affirmed by Heller and McDonald is still just a privilege. Not only is it just a privilege, but one that could be revoked if they could just get rid of that pesky Second Amendment. -B
h/t David Codrea]
Quote of the Day–John Doe ( 01/29/2012)
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 21:47I see a kiosk at the mall. Right next to the blood pressure machine.
John Doe – Conversation at work last week
[This was said by one of our mechanical engineers at work after I described the work being done by Sebastian and company with CNC machines and home built firearms.
I have to agree, it would be nice to walk into the mall, push a button, and have it build me a nice stripped lower for an AR-15. All the while members of the Brady Campaign promptly start checking their blood pressure in the machines right next door.
The work done by Sebastian and crew proves that gun control is impossible, no matter how hard the anti rights cultists try the cat is out of the bag. When it is possible that someone with out any serious mechanical ability and push a button and create a weapon, prohibition is a hopelessly lost cause. –B]
Quotes of the Day–Joe Huffman and Jennifer (01/17/2012)
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Tue, 01/17/2012 - 18:34There is very little to be gained by engaging them. Point out the absurdities of their claims on our own and public turf then let them fade away into the dustbin of history.
Joe Huffman – Quote of the Day – Sebastian
January 17, 2012
[This is a twofer for a reason since it’s all closely related. I did exactly what Joe says above right here for the rest of the world to see. Some have implied I wasted my time* and that there is no point arguing with Joan. They’re right, and as I said here there is no point arguing with Joan. So was it a waste of time?]
No, Joan's comments didn't have any adverse effect on me, but they might have on someone that's had similar experiences to mine. I put my experiences out there for those who have not yet gotten to a place where they can. You didn't just cover my six; you showed them you've got theirs too.
Jennifer – Reply to Well That Was Unexpected
January 17, 2012
[As I said yesterday,
I did not waste time arguing with Joan on her own site. I did not waste time trying to jump through her hoops for approval. I walked out in to the middle of the street and called her out for all to see, I did it here on my own site. I exposed her hypocrisy, attitudes, and her actions that prove how horrible her and her position is. I did it where the comments were open for anyone to participate. While doing so I was also stepping up and to help some friends. It helped one more than I realized it would at the time I wrote it.
I often say I do this for me. Well I do, if I don’t give out free ice cream well so what. I don’t get paid, I pay hosting fees out of pocket, so why would I waste my time arguing with the likes of Joan Peterson? I wouldn’t and never have. What I have done is step up to tell my friends I have their back and help expose to the world the evil that she is.
Honestly I don’t know if anyone like Jennifer talks about has been or will be helped by my post. I have to to yield to Jennifer’s experience which is far beyond my own in this realm. I would like to think it would and I can certainly see how. Ultimately though Jennifer’s point is irrelevant. It’s irrelevant because it did help a friend, and it helped her through the healing process of her own story.
Waste of time? I think not, it was absolutely worth every second spent. –B]
*He actually hated both the post and the video so much he closed the thread.
Quote of the Day–Robb Allen (01/13/2012)
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Fri, 01/13/2012 - 17:45Numbers don’t mean as much as the blogger’s personal reputation with his or her readers.
Robb Allan – That’s a Nice Grouping You Have There
[I saw it when Uncle posted it earlier today. My immediate thought was of the recent Ocean Marketing fiasco. WizardPC pulls some numbers on the person complaining. Ultimately the blogosphere is now proceeding to nail his ass to a wall. Since it’s already in process, why would I bother to comment?
Well that quote above is just too damn good to let slip by. There are some folks, as Robb said, who have done some pretty nasty things to the community. Just because you have a limited readership doesn’t mean you don’t have influence. I have a small readership, and those of you who read, thank you. Even though it’s small, I do know that many of those who read also listen.
I try to remain in my comfort area where I’m knowledgeable and I strive to avoid ruffling feathers or “stomping on peoples junk” as I like to call it. The bottom line is I subscribe to a few philosophies that make me listened to.
First, Integrity once lost cannot be regained. No matter how hard I try, once I’ve done the damage I can never completely undo it.
Second: I try to make sure that when I speak I have something to say. If people are spending the time to read what I write, by god I better give them something for their time.
So just because you have 1000 readers doesn’t make you the be all end all. Just the same just because you have 50 readers a day doesn’t mean that you’re a nobody with 0 impact. Fact is if those 50 readers carry significant weight you’re single placed marking round will land an artillery barrage right on target. –B]
Quote of the Day–A Girl and Her Gun (1/11/2012)
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 18:06You, all by yourself matter. You don't need a single person to validate your worth, but if you are still working your way to that truth, think about someone, anyone, in your life who would miss you if you decided not to fight.
A Girl and Her Gun – Just In Case
[It is yet another nugget of gold out of this wonderful woman. As I said before she has a point of view that not all of us do have. She went through the transformation from one side to the other.
Personally I cannot fathom or even begin to comprehend how someone would not be willing to fight for their life. To not fight for the most precious gift of all, the gift, that once it’s gone you don’t get another one; just does not compute.
There is no question I would fight, I cannot and will not strand my wife or my mother. My mother most importantly does not in anyway shape or form deserve to have to bear that grief because a criminal decided they were going to try and make me a victim. She has already lost my father and damn near lost my sister and I both, all within 2 years.
Quote of the Day - Newbie Shooter (1/10/2012)
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Tue, 01/10/2012 - 14:30I am a gunnie. I’m your friend, your neighbor, your teacher, your pastor, your doctor, your mechanic, your customer. Look to your left and to your right. I’m one of you.
Newbie Shooter - I am a Gunnie
[This was in response to a stereotypical quote from an anti-gunner which was also covered elsewhere. I discussed it last night as well.
That sentence above says it perfectly. They continue to attempt to dehumanize us because they can not bear the thought that we are just like them. The can no comprehend that someone would want to defend themselves. The do not understand there are those of us who refuse to be a victim. There are those of us who feel our self worth is more than that of a criminal that would do us harm.
These people have to live in a fantasy world because the truth destroys that which they believe. The cannot believe that someone could go about their daily business while carrying a weapon and not shoot someone. They project their self-control issues on everyone. Ignoring the fact that their projections are not necessarily true.
I am a law abiding citizen. I am an engineer, a wood worker, a blogger, a web designer, ham radio operator, ARES member, husband and I am a gunnie. -B]
Quote of the Day–Joan Peterson (01/09/2012)
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Mon, 01/09/2012 - 23:32OMG
Joan Peterson – A response to this video.
[My immediate thought was, “Staying up finishing that last night and all the murphy problems were totally worth it.” Overall the thread where this quote is found is filled with some of the idiocy that is the anti-rights movement.
Let’s go through these shall we!? First up is the two comments from Heidy Waddell.
You’re calling us dumb when you don’t even seem to be able to understand the statement. Let me break it down so that even a 5 year old could understand it. A vigil remembers the victims, nothing more. A vigil does nothing to stop violence. A candle will not stop violence. However the Brady Campaign and CSGV are using the remembrance of the victims as a political tool to disarm the law abiding that they would be rendered defenseless.
As for extremely low or non existent defensive gun uses by citizens, you don’t search for the same things on the net as I do. See here in the real world we see defensive gun uses regularly, JayG even has a running count. My parents both had defensive gun uses, but since a single shot wasn’t fired you probably won’t count those. The instances such as the woman who defended herself from two thugs looking for drugs after her husband died. There are also plenty of instances of how depending on the police doesn’t work. Just because you’re willing to die while waiting for someone else to arrive with their gun doesn’t mean the rest of us are as willing. You have no right to tell someone to be a victim. I cannot force you to carry, however you have no business forcing someone to be disarmed.
Next Up, Jami Regs.
Really, uneducated hillbillies? Joe, the last shooter has a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering. I have a BS in Electrical Engineering. The man in the still frame has at least a BS in Mechanical Engineering. There was absolutely no alcohol on the range. I rarely drink and when I do it’s on a special occasion and even then in a very limited amount. As for the 2nd Amendment being ridiculous, obviously you don’t think that any of those above should have been able to defend themselves. Again, being a victim is your choice, a choice you do not have the right to force upon others. I don’t care if everyone else in the country went nuts tomorrow with their guns and shot up different places. I didn’t so stop trying to tell me I can’t carry or defend myself.
CSGV’s first comment.
How does what we’re doing not relate to the 2nd Amendment? We were partaking in a nationally recognized shooting sport. What part of the language of the 2nd Amendment do you not understand? We have the right to keep and bear arms. We were using those arms lawfully and safely. No one was shot, no one was injured, but according to the CSGV that must mean our arms are defective.
Jane Thorne-Gutierrez, first comment.
Militia has not taken on a new meaning. See US Code, Title 10, Subtitle A, Part 1, Chapter 13, Section 311.
(a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard.
(b) The classes of the militia are—
(1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and
(2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia.
Now that we have that little statement out of the way lets nail your high violent crime rate comment to the wall. Oh wait, you wanted just the straight crime rate, so in other words you’re inflating your statistics to argue against guns by including crimes where guns weren’t involved? I have a better idea. Lets look at the murder rate internationally. What’s that, the US has a murder rate less than the world average? Less than Mexico which has very strict gun control. Including “crimes” in which there is no victim to boost your statistics doesn’t really count. Besides, correlation does not equal causation. I’ve proven the Brady scores have 0 correlation with violent crime and Linoge has shown that crime rates are not affected by gun ownership either. Please provide me solid facts on how law abiding gun owners increase violent crime, because all I see is feelings and “if you have a toaster you’re more likely to be attacked by a toaster” arguments.
CSGV’s second comment.
Thank you for admitting the truth. CSGV doesn’t care about violent crime, they just care about “gun deaths.” If all gun deaths were destroyed but the overall crime rate increased, CSGV would be pleased with the outcome. Joan even admitted that she would prefer a higher crime rate for 0 gun deaths. In this world 20 murders per 100k is ok if they’re done with a knife, but 5 murders per 100k is bad if one involves a gun. The dumb is strong with this one. Besides, the “gun death” statistic is stupid and pointless as it pretends that other forms of death and murder are some how less relevant.
Jane Thorne second comment.
So gun control would have stopped all of these deaths and murders? Gun control would have protected the woman who shot her attacker who had a knife? Gun control would have protected the woman who attempted to strangle her? That comment is 100% fail.
CSGV Round Three.
Guns in the civilian market are extremely efficient at armed defense. The arms available are quite efficient and provide a force multiplier that allows a small petite woman to defend herself from a line backer.
John Donnaruma
See the response to CSGV’s second comment. Gun Violence is a BULL SHIT metric. Why is someone who’s raped at knife point different from someone who was raped at gun point?
Jamie Gronko
Quick Draw Match. WTF!? Also I went through the video and pulled the stats and scores. Incase you missed the stage description:
An explanation of the stage design is important. The brown target in the distance represents a "bad guy". The white targets represent innocent people. When scored only hits on the bad guy counted and hits on the innocent were heavily penalized. When the scores have been reported I'll make anther post. I think I might have won this stage. I had a good time with five A-zone hits, one C-zone hit and no hits on the no-shoot targets.
The instructions to the shooter were:
Start position: Facing up-range holding a candle with both hands. Gun is in a concealed carry state.
Course of fire: Upon signal drop candle, turn, draw, and engage T1 with six rounds. Comstock scoring.This stage design was to simulate the January 8th 2011 shooting in Tucson. It was this event which the Brady Campaign wanted to bring attention to. This was to stimulate political interest in more gun laws.
Credit for the stage design goes to Bob N. (shown in the video preview above).
So we had a single “bad guy” surrounded by “good guys”. We had to turn 180 degrees, draw, engage with 6 shots, and not hit any of the friendly targets. No shooter took beyond 10 seconds from the buzzer to the last shot. Every shooter scored at least 1 hit in a critical zone.
Joe engaged the whole stage in 4.18 seconds, scoring 5 A hits (critical zone), and 1 Charlie hit to the minor zone. Joe practices regularly and competes regularly. He qualifies under your “trained” statement.
I have not been able to shoot pistol however as often as I would like. The last time I was really able to practice was over a year ago. I am not proud of that statement, but it is what my finances have allowed. I had never shot USPSA before and overall my formal defensive pistol training is minimal. My score for that stage was 6.44 seconds from buzzer to last shot fired. I put five rounds through the A zone (critical hit) and one shot through the D zone (minor hit). Where I struck the D ring I glanced the edge of a no shoot, when I say glanced we’re talking less than an 1/8th went in the white. It still counted as me hitting a no shoot, however that person would live to see another day had it been real. All of those no shoots were potential victims had that been a mass shooter. To put it in further perspective there is a LEO that shot that stage. He shot it in 7.57 seconds, scored 1 A, 1 C, and 2 to the D zone, there were some unhappy victims too. I don’t know what you were judging our performances next to, but no one in that stage was really pathetic. The bottom line is, it shows we have the means and capability of stopping a mass shooter.
Extra perspective, the Tuscon shooter fired 33 rounds in approximately 15 seconds. Add 2 seconds to our times for being completely flat footed. I have 6 shots on target just after he's half way through. Would you rather he continue his murder spree unabated? Even with an injured civilian, injured is better than dead. Well in you're book that's not true, but frankly I'd rather survive to see my wife again.
The thing about firearms training is it doesn’t take a lot to be good with a firearm, extra practice doesn’t hurt and you'll improve, but anyone can do it. You call it pathetic because you are envious of our independence and freedom.
Lastly we have Joan:
I’m glad I could contribute to your pants shitting hysteria. Again totally worth it!
Also if the video is so horrible, why have 87 people liked it, but only 5 disliked it?
-B]
Quote of the Day - Brigid (1/4/2012)
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 15:31For I have learned that survival is the individuals responsibility, all I ask of my government is the freedom to think, to defend, to act, while being free of the interference of those who don't. Freedom based on a Bill of Rights, which includes the right to fail.
Brigid - Small Things, Too Easily Lost
[Go read the whole thing. I cannot add anything to that other than I wish the majority could understand and comprehend the lesson. -B]
Quote of the Day - Larry Correia (12/20/2011)
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 06:30Both sides agree that the body politic is unhealthy. The Tea Party solution is to replace the defective parts and put the body on a diet. The OWS solution is to transplant its brain with a cabbage. Then set it on fire.
Larry Correia
- More reasons why the Occupy movement sucks and is lame
[I've written a few things on the Occupy bums already. It erupted into a large post, laying out many of the same issues brought up by Larry.
If you can't understand the above, it's obvious you're a generic product of the educational system that lacks the ability to think critically. -B]
Quote of the Day - Tam (12/19/2011)
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 19:03And you know what? When the world started treating me like an adult, I found out I liked spinach just fine. As long as nobody was standing over me making me eat the stuff, because you still ain't the boss of me.
[And that's the truth right there. Seriously, there was a pile of stuff that as hard as my parents tried, I refused to eat it. I refused so hard that even to this day my mom thinks I am as picky as I was as a kid.
You tell me what to do, I will do the exact opposite.
I'm reminded of a story my buddy told me from the navy. Out going CO of the boat had a fantastic crew with very little in the way of discipline problems. A new CO came in and restructured liberty and the overall way he was treating his men. In the ends the new CO was treating his new men as children. His discipline problems went through the roof. The moral of the story, if you treat people like children they will behave as such.
No one has any business telling me what is best for me, doubly so if they have the ability to steal from and kill me at gun point and get away with it. -B]
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