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Do I Look Like a Maternal Copulating Opossum?
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 07:30It seems that particular parts of humanity wish to surrender their place on the top of the food chain and force that decision upon others. Every week there is a new article showing how bad this situation is getting. Lets start off at the beginning and work our way up to the idiocy which indicates how how we are ensuring our own destruction.
Starting off there is the wolf issue that has been created by a bunch of tree huggers that don’t have to live with the problem. The wolf is endangered I hear you cry. Well when you introduce a predator into an area with 0 other predators you end up with a serious problem. Doubly so when that predator is a non-native species. They start decimating herds of animals that aren’t used to the new predator, and nothing kills the new predator. They multiply like rabbits, meaning they need more food to survive, further destroying the local herds of elk and deer.
How bad can it really be though?
An Open Response to Joan Peterson
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 12:16Joan,
One must be very careful when writing a response. If you’re not careful you can come across as two possible things:
- A hypocrite
- Crazy
Your response (link warning) does both of those quite handedly. So I am not sure you will be able to understand any of this or comprehend the logical reasoning, but as one of the men who is responsible for what the CSGV considers the most offensive response I can’t sit back and ignore this. I cannot sit back and ignore it as you spread lies and attack those who are my friends. My comments will remain open as always, and the only thing to be deleted from this thread will be SPAM, personal attacks, and things that wouldn’t be allowed in a decent society.
So first let me apologize since I have no doubt this post is going to go Kevin Baker. So lets get the broad facts out of the way.
In Which Ladd Shows He’s a Sniveling Coward
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Fri, 01/13/2012 - 20:04Earlier this week I wrote a post on how I know I’m doing a good job. Well Ladd to make sure his responses were harder to notice updated his article. As always he twists words and moves things out of context.
On his blog, Barnett added that those who participated in the vigils "are faster on the draw than a personal injury lawyer to dance in blood."
This coming from a group [CSGV] of individuals who circle around like vultures and are faster on the draw than a personal injury lawyer to dance in blood. When ever there is a shooting the gun grabbers waste no time to attempt to levy the situation for their political gain. See Virginia Tech and the recent Mount Rainier shooting for examples. They do not care about the people, they care about their political ends. Don't believe me, look at the blood dancing they did in Tuscon while the family that lost their daughter was saying the exact opposite.
That comments was also a direct response to Ladd saying my comments were inappropriate, I added the italics to help illustrate who the subject was from the previous sentence. I never said anything about people participating in the vigils dancing in blood. I am saying that those doing it for political means as a heart string are dancing in blood. The organizations who organized it and are upset that the gun community expanded the effort to include all victims of violence. Not just the fixed metric of gun violence.
What I find most telling though is that there are no comments allowed on the CSGV blog website. Updates like the above are hidden and not mentioned. Basically the only way to discover changes like that is to reread the entire article. It’s his site, he can do whatever he wants. I would point out though that I have open comments, the only thing I delete is spam, personal threats, and things that just are noy acceptable in decent society. I’m more than willing to argue, I even have open comments and user ratings on my video. Lets look at those stats shall we?
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.
A Vigil for the Victims of Violence
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Sun, 01/08/2012 - 05:00The Brady Campaign announced an effort to hold a candle light vigil in honor of the victims of “gun violence” today. Weer’d came up with the idea of holding a vigil for all victims of violence. Weer’d suggested we do this by having us post pictures of a candle with our defensive arms.
First up is a friends S&W 5906. He didn’t have a good camera and lives down the street so he came over tonight and we just did all the arms at once.
A candle does nothing to stop violence. It does nothing to protect this mans family from harm. This pistol however provides him, as well as his wife, an effective means to fight off a stronger attacker. This provides them an effective means to ensure the safety of their children.
I followed that up with my standard open carry arm. A 5 inch Kimber Custom Classic.
For the lady in your life (or yourself)
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 21:54Know someone who’s interested in learning to shoot and defend themselves and family? Well A Girl and Her Gun are putting forth a generous offer to pay $300 towards the training of a lucky female shooter.
You’re still here? Go there now or send your friends that might be interested.
An Afternoon Pick Me Up
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 13:36Initially I wasn't sure I was going to do a post on this since Bitter already touched on it. Then the wife emailed it to me and I watched this video and busted out laughing at the end. If this is in your RSS, for some reason Google Reader won't embed the video.
You're killing me smalls! Let me get this straight, you helped your buddy break into the house of the girl he was stalking, he got shot, and you called 911!? If there's a dumb criminal of the year award, he's definitely a finalist.
Serious props to the young lady for defending herself and her child. I supposed that Joan Peterson would have preferred that she wait to shoot until the intent was perfectly known and the woman's body going to room temperature instead of the assailant. Maybe it was just a normal armed robber?
The bottom line is this is why I carry, even at home. When I get dressed in the morning, that includes putting on my firearm. Bad people exist in the world and they don't call ahead when they plan on doing bad things. If you don't want to listen to me telling you to leave with my mouth, individually dispensing 230 Grain packages of hot lead will convince you leaving is the better option. The bad news is at that point you're going to be leaving the corporeal world.
On Dancing In Blood
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 20:20While I was busy this weekend I heard about a shooting in Mount Rainier National Park. I didn’t have time to investigate, though this morning I heard details about it on the radio. I figured the blood dancers would be out, I just didn’t think how idiotic they would be.
Miguel this morning just how dumb and crazy they were. They wasted no time to blame the shooting on the NRA and the modification of the National Parks rules which said they had to follow state law regarding weapons and concealed carry.
There’s some serious problems with this logic though.
First and foremost is that the individual was a prohibited person under the Lautenberg Amendment.
In July, the mother of Barnes' young daughter said in court papers seeking a protection order that he "has possible PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) issues," NBC station KING of Seattle reported. In seeking sole custody of the girl, she said Barnes was suicidal and "gets easily irritated, angry, depressed and frustrated."
Second the park shooting was not the first shooting that day.
So this individual illegally had a firearm, engaged in a shoot out with other individuals, then fled. Yet somehow he was going to magically be stopped at an invisible border and turn around because you’re not allowed to carry a gun!? I’ve driven through Mount Rainier national park numerous times since my 21st birthday, I often had a loaded firearm with me. Why? Because unnecessary handling of a firearm is how accidental discharges happen. I was usually driving through on my way home to visit friends and family while on break. Did I shoot anyone? No, it stayed in it’s holster the whole time, where it’s safer for everyone. Yet these blood dancing savages criminalized that behavior and insist that it is horrible for public safety. The would prefer I unholster at each side of the park and unload and reload. Each of those instances provide for the chance of a accidental discharge.
You know what is really horrible for public safety. Running out and dancing in the blood of the innocent blaming tools and inanimate objects. The sole goal in doing so is to disarm the law abiding to ensure their victim status. They focus on attacking the right of self-defense instead of trying to actually get people the help they need. Why would you need to carry a firearm for self defense in a national park they’d ask.
The visitor center was locked down, with tourists finally being escorted out by armed guards after midnight. To warn one group of backcountry campers of the situation, authorities flew over by helicopter and dropped handwritten messages on paper coffee cups that a gunman was on the loose, according to postings and photographs on the nwhikers.net message board.
Looks like that question is self answering in this incident. Tell me, were the authorities going to be able to protect those hikers in the back country of the national park?
Overall I find the behavior of the Brady Campaign and CSGV down right despicable. Instead of trying to get people the help the need, which would help prevent incidents like this from ever happening, they insist of disarming the public and attacking inanimate objects. They insist on ignoring the individual. The individual is always responsible for their actions. That said, if you want to help prevent things like this from happening, you should be seeking help for them if you are in fear for your safety. Instead of actually trying to find out what was wrong, just like Jared Loughner, people ignored the signs. The innocent shouldn't be punished for the choices of others. The correct way to help with this problem is to make sure to help those who are disturbed before they break. Treat the individual in trouble, don't disarm the victims.
Guns, Not Just for 2 Legged Varmints
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Sat, 12/17/2011 - 13:57This is why you carry your guns, even if you're not worried about varmints of the 2 legged variety.
The Sierra Vista Police Department, assisting the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office, and a witness to the incident confirm that the woman was walking her dog in the area of Risner Boulevard and East Central Avenue when she was attacked by no fewer than three dogs.
This has a better ending than it could have otherwise. People were there attempting to help, but it took someone arriving with a firearm before the attack was stopped.
Gathered around the woman and her dog were several people attempting to fight off a brown boxer and white pit bull, as well as another unidentified brown dog, he said.
“There were like eight people there trying to get these dogs off her,” he said. “By the time I got there, (the dogs) were focused on the victim’s dog, which looked like a heeler.”
Corcoran said he aimed his 45-caliber handgun at the brown dog and fired, hitting the dog, which ran off along with another dog
It took a firearm to actually stop the attack. As Tam said , "If you don't have your own pistol, you may have to wait the rest of your life for the police to bring theirs." Thankfully for this woman she didn't have to wait for the police, she just had to wait for a neighbor down the street. So please, carry your guns people, you could just as easily save the life of someone else as well as your own. And that predatory varmint may be of the 4 legged variety, not always the 2 legged type.
Quote of the Day - A Girl and Her Gun (12/15/2011)
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 17:55This blog has very accurately chronicled my journey and with the help of my friends, family, my internal will and "these" gun people, I am no longer a terrified woman unable to function.
I am happy again. I am more secure in my own skin than I have been.
(Emphasis mine)
A Girl and Her Gun - Someone Doesn't Like Me
[Seriously go read the whole thing. What has the anti rights crowed ever offered a woman in the same position? What does the Brady Bunch, CSGV, and the rest of them offer this woman to allow her to gain her life back.
Gunnies reach out and help, many of us have seen that terror ourselves first hand or in the eyes of someone we know and care for. Even if we haven't, we have the empathy when we see it to know it could just as easily be someone we know. We thrive off of empowering people to be the masters of their own destiny. Empowering them to say no with with such conviction as to preserve their own lives as well that of any possible future victim.
Find me a single instance where any of the gun grabbers have produced a result like the above. The anti rights cultists aren't for stopping violence, they thrive on it. It's how they peddle their lies and push their legislation that would serve to disarm us and prevent us from living free but in fear. Their goals are to destroy the freedom and comfort that people like A Girl and Her Gun have found after being an actual victim of violence.
As I said in her comments, stories such as this fill me with joy. While I'm sad for her trauma, I'm glad that our community, as it so often does, provided her safety and comfort while training her how to live free after discovering a wolf in the pack. -B]
h/t Say Uncle
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