This one’s out of my back yard.
He was placed on administrative leave after the charges were filed and is looking at a three to six-year suspended sentence under the recommendation of the prosecutor. Nice huh?
State Sponsored Criminal #499: Daniel L. Funderberg
Because cops are some how worthy of more lenient sentences for despicable crimes.
*Worthy of note, Idaho county was where I had this “wonderful” experience!
So last Friday I made a post regarding an incident of an unpossible nature. Well today the plot thickened!
For those who aren’t aware, here is the beginning of RCW 9.41.040:
(1)(a) A person, whether an adult or juvenile, is guilty of the crime of unlawful possession of a firearm in the first degree, if the person owns, has in his or her possession, or has in his or her control any firearm after having previously been convicted or found not guilty by reason of insanity in this state or elsewhere of any serious offense as defined in this chapter.
It continues on this way throughout the entire law. This is basically the state equivalent of “felon in possession” and would be listed as prohibited by the state of Washington.
So it begs the question where did he get the weapon? Not that it really matters because it is yet another nail in the coffin of “laws controlling criminals.” The fact is criminals don’t care about the law, it is only the law abiding that actually pay attention.
So here’s the skinny, we have a college bar, next to a college campus that forbids concealed carry. When I say next to, we’re talking a block from the WSU Presidents house, 2 blocks from the WSU Campus Police station and the main bust stop for campus, 2 blocks from numerous on campus dorms, and centered smack dab in the middle of Greek housing. The state forbids carrying firearms into bars, as well as being intoxicated while carrying a weapon. Lastly this individual was a prohibited person under Washington State law.
Tell me, what in the name of god would another law have actually done in this instance? All those laws have effectively done is ensure that any responsible person that would be in that area would be disarmed and lacking the most effective tools when criminals don’t bother to play by the rules.
That’s right, not a damn thing.
(Misc Rant/Story/Joke)
As an FYI, that area on campus is by no means my favorite. I had friends that went to many of the bars in the area but for the most part I just went to friends places when they had parties. The reason being is because one should avoid dangerous situations and those bars are exactly that. When I spent some time with Pullman PD and did a couple ride-alongs I found out how bad that little part of campus really is. There are numerous people who hang around the area to prey upon people leaving the bars. Now I’m going to leave the user to apply the term prey how they would like because it applies to both genders. Assault is the main issue, but other incidents abound as well.
About the only way I’d go in those dives is with a bunch of buddies from back in the unit, mainly two particular Sergeants come to mind. One of whom is the only man that has ever really intimidated me. That man made our Gunny look like a baby and that’s just not right! The other one got kicked out of Burma while he was a Embassy Guard. Yeah, I had some awesome friends going through my college career.
Though me and some other friends did think it would be funny to come out of some of the college hill bars acting drunk and kick their ass. We just realized it would be pretty hard to explain it all away after.
Cop: So why were you all at the bar?
Us: Because the food is that awesome!
Cop: This is a campus bar, wanna try that again?
Because: We were studying human physiology?
Cop: You’re all stone sober yet everyone said it looked as if you were drunk as you all left? They also said you left one by one headed in the same direction with regular spacing, why?
Us: Well we wanted to blend in!
Cop: Why?
Us: Umm, would you believe us if we said so you’d follow us instead of our drunk buddies driving away?
Cop:Wanna try again? Besides, you were all armed in different manners as to remain legal, why?
Us: Because we were playing a game!
Cop: And what game is that?
Us: Induced Victim Selection Failure
Cop: What the hell is that?
Us: It’s where you try and get a wolf to go after a sheep-dog thinking it’s a sheep.
Cop: What happens to the wolf when he bites?
Us: Well that’s his own damn fault, should have just stayed his ass out of the kitchen if he can’t take the heat! All he had to do was let us walk on by!
Yeah, I don’t think I would have been able to stay out of a jail cell if we tried that. I have a feeling it would be treated as hunting over bait. Not to say it wouldn’t have been worth it.*
*As an extra note, these assaults were done predominately by 3 to 4 individuals with one person leading the attack. As one group leaves Pullman another one usually fills its place. Seriously the group could be considered along the misfits from A Clockwork Orange and for that reason if we did it, I wouldn’t have shed a tear. Again, that wouldn’t have been good for my court appearance.
Recently there have been a couple posts regarding higher education and student loans on a blog I frequent. The wife and I having both recently graduated from a four year university thought we would provide some extra input about our observations.
I graduated from Washington State University with a BS in Electrical Engineering. Starting salary for a BS averages about $60K, MS $71K, and a Ph.D. $88k nationally. The 5 years it took me to earn my degree cost approximately $90K total. I could have taken a job as a CCNA immediately out of high school and made about $30K per year. So, for 5 years in school, I spent approximately $90,000 and also lost an additional $30,000 plus raises for gained experience, figure at the end it would have been about $34,500. So combining the opportunity cost, and the actual cost of my degree I’m in the hole approximately $250,000 dollars for my engineering degree. Though I also am a little bit further off than most since I also had my CCNA, we could use a lower salary in the $18,000 range and it still comes in at $185,000. Using the average BSEE salary, it would take me 14 years before I broke even with my earning power as a CCNA because of the debt. This approximation does not take into account full promotions, it just assumes an annual 3.5% pay increase per year.
Comparing the MSEE and the BSEE, the advantage of the MSEE is not very apparent. It takes 18 years for the MSEE to equal the total income from the BSEE. 
This doesn’t even include some very basic things a BSEE could do to have a great advantage over a MSEE such as passing his EIT. If the MSEE wanted to get his professional engineering license, he would be at minimum 2 years behind the BSEE. This is because a 4 year apprenticeship is required. But so far only a professional science degree has been covered, what about other science degrees.
The above would still hold true except now you have a new problem. Finding a job to go with your degree. Engineering jobs are usually in demand, before graduation I had multiple offers on the table, while jobs for Animal Science or a Biological Sciences degree not so much. The wife got two Bachelors degrees from WSU, one in each of those fields. She got the second degree hoping it would provide more job opportunities and didn’t require a lot in extra classes.
She spent an extra year in school getting the second degree, another $18,000. In the end becoming a certified nursing assistant landed her a job, approximately $500 in a certification. She has two degrees that she is unable to use. She still has all that debt from her schooling though that is not actually working to increase her earning power.
I had another friend that went to school for a degree in business. I know she aced her way through, but again no demand for a job. Business majors are a dime a dozen, and what can they actually produce? I know that overcoming the opportunity cost curve in her present state will be difficult.
I have another friend who got a degree in Oceanography. He knew going in it would be difficult to find a job, however at the time the future employer was “The Department of the Navy.” CNET though threw a wrench in that, he finished the degree anyway. He’s now enlisted in the Coast Guard, hoping to use the degree but doesn’t look likely currently.
From the above a couple lessons can be learned.
Do not take this as I am anti education. I am anything but, to me education and learning is a life long process. However I think the role of college in learning and education has been warped and twisted beyond something useful. I did learn a lot in the process of getting my degree, however over half of my time was spent on things that were truthfully useless and did not contribute to my goals. They certainly aided in keeping me in the school for longer, with me paying tuition.
Which leads me to my final rant.
I graduated with 152 credits, minimum is 120 to graduate, minimum for a BSEE is 145. Why so many? Because the college’s extra requirements, (classes that do not pertain to the subject), and then still meeting accreditation requirements for engineering. Engineering fields have hard technical accreditations, that’s why the degrees are valuable. However to meet that accreditation, many different classes are required. The school then to “round” the student says we want you to take these classes as well. Most of those rounding classes are politically correct garbage. The bare minimum for the EE degree can barely be squeezed into a 4 year program. You usually average about 18-19 credits a semester. All engineering fields are extremely high, while other programs are about 15 credits a semester. To put that in perspective, an engineering student takes one or two classes a semester more than a non-engineering student. It is on the verge of becoming a 5 year program, but if that happens the school will loose funding. WSU then adds another required general class. To make the program remain 4 years, they will trim the value of credits for EE specific classes, but the altered class will still require the same amount of time. A good example was my power lab, 2 credits, 6 hours a week in lab. As a lab it’s weighted differently, but by hours it should have been 3 credits. They did the same to other classes. Overall my college experience was late nights, long hours cramming, doing homework and labs. Remember those extra classes a semester, remember the professional degrees have real classes, not basket weaving. They took lots of time and effort.
It’s obvious college is nothing more than about making money, and the student is the one who’s pocket is being picked. If you want to keep your money and come out a head, you need to have a plan and understand the game.
Update: If you are a veteran using your GI bill, to get the most out of it, try and major in something related to your MOS. For example a buddy of mine was an Ex-Nuke and had worked in the WSU steam plant after he left the Navy. He went back to school and graduated at about 36. His major was computer engineering, however he also took a lot of classes pertaining to power and controls systems. He will make up the total cost after about 8 to 9 years. The degree allowed him job opportunities he wouldn’t have had otherwise, and the prior experience was still included. His degree choice also didn’t make him have to start over. Maximize on your experience, again look at the professional degrees and find a field that will let you use your military experience and training, it can actually put you at a higher pay grade than just having the bachelors.
This incident has so many different abuses by the police that it is difficult to accurately list them all. Every last argument used against the owner of the property was full of ignorance. What shines a light on this whole scenario is the following statement:
The “salt in the wound” that the situation had become was the fact that the sheriff’s office officials were accompanied by volunteers from the local branch of the House Rabbit Society — a nationwide group comprised of people who, according to Bell, think rabbits need to be raised like small children.
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Umm, the civilians had absolutely no authority to be on the property, and the property owner had every right to request their removal, warrant or not. Here’s a quick list of issues, most of which were created by the actions of law enforcement or law enforcement was ignorant of the actual law.
The last two actions by law enforcement provided the grounds for the abuse charge, of which I believe the warrant was based. While waiting for the warrant police continued to attempt to trick her and extort her into surrendering her animals. What was most telling was the abuse the animals received at the hands of the “professionals”.
In response, the sheriff’s office employee said, “That’s their mom. Why would she do that?”
The mother in a confined space wont be able to tell that those are her babies, instinct for survival is going to take over. This also ignores the fact that the rabbits were relocated to a non air conditioned area, and left to live in their own feces and urine.
Sadly this is not the first story I have heard of animal rights activists lying and manipulating law enforcement for their own political game. I had to fight to help a non-profit horse rescue fight charges of neglect, made by the owner of an animal whose horse was seized. Seriously, the owner didn’t take care of her horse, had neither the facilities or money, and someone saw that it was extremely malnourished, lack of facilities, and called the police. Charges were filed against her and the horse was seized. She was found guilty and lost the horse permanently, she was even banned from ever owning horses again, however the hell that works.
The rescue while working to rehabilitate the horse, had a visit from the state vet regarding complaints of abuse and malnourishment. She had spread a rumor online that the owner had killed the horse. They seized all of his computers, cameras, and other office equipment he needed for day to day operations. This was done because they could not find any physical evidence of abuse and the claim was made that he was hiding it. Some of the claims also included mass graves for horses and the like. Much of the complaints was that the malnourished horses weren’t gaining their weight back overnight. Instead of just getting them fat, he was properly rebuilding their muscle, fat, and digestive system as you would a human. I have helped rescue a couple horses beginning to end, it takes time but the results are outstanding. Not only that but the horse knows what you’ve done believe it or not and they love you for it.
The whole issue damn near put him under and resulted in expenses that went to a bull crap legal fight than actually helping the horses. It was private donations that kept him afloat since they took his computers in the middle of the grant filing season. The individuals also damaged farm equipment and were vandalizing property, including the horses to make it appear to be his fault. Two men were caught trying to sneak into the barn in the middle of the night. One of the horses had been injured the previous night and required treatment every 4 hours so the owner was staying in the barn. He surprised both of them and they ran off*. He reported it and stated them as the probable cause of injury to the horse as well. Thankfully in the case of this rescue, most of the officers knew the owner, it was very civil, the state vet was on hand during the whole event, and after it was over they told the complaining party to shut up.
The bottom line is groups like PETA, House Rabbit Society, and others file false claims that do nothing more than ruin law abiding citizens. The use law enforcement to strip the law abiding of the rights. The only harm that came to those animals were from the House Rabbit Society and law enforcement. These laws are there to protect animals, but are too easily abused against the law abiding. As I have had to explain lately, that guilty people sometimes going free isn’t a bug, it’s a feature to protect the law abiding.
State Sponsored Criminal Count: 19
Because the job of the police is to violate the rights of citizens based on their ignorance and then commit the very crimes they were supposedly ending.
H/T Alan.
*I found out about this just after the case was finally dismissed. After which they stopped coming around. When he first told me about it my response was, “I’ll bring my cot, AR, NVGs and stand watch in the barn till this is over.” Then he told me they had since stopped, I was kind of disappointed and happy at the same time. I kind of wanted to cause one of those little pricks to piss their pants for totaling the engine in the deuce and a half, by adding a seize agent to the oil.
When I was mugged I blamed only 2 people. My attacker and myself. I can’t control him, so I looked at myself to figure out what I could do to put myself in a better position for survival should the element I couldn’t control decided to come after me again. I took responsibility. I didn’t blame the cops or the grocery store parking lot or even my parents. They had some influence as did society, but it was me who stood there and did nothing. It was me. I did not come after you or anyone else. I didn’t go to congress and ask for new laws to protect my lack of action. I took action. Law abiding, legal action and I took responsibility for my part in that day. I can tell you none of it felt good. I didn’t feel good after I picked myself up off the ground, I didn’t feel good as I hid in the bathroom and took care of my scraped up arms and back. I didn’t feel good when my so called friends turned their backs on me. I didn’t feel good when my daughter looked me in the eye and told me she didn’t feel safe because I didn’t stop the and guy. It didn’t feel good when I showed up in the park to learn how to defend myself. I felt anything but good. I felt sad and lonely. I felt lost and broken. I felt ashamed and confused. I felt scared and and hopeless. And I fought all of that everyday for over a year in order to take responsibility. In order to feel good again.
A Girl – Feeling Good
December 18, 2012
[First, go read the whole thing, it’s worth it and there were a few other quotes I almost put up first till I hit that one.
Now when I read that my immediate thought was, “No one ever said doing the right thing was the easiest route.” I did a previous rant in the immediate wake and honestly her post and mine are intertwined together.
Feelings are driving the conversation for a lot of people right now, they want to do something, anything. As I said before:
They want to be able to look at a physical object and blame it for what as happened. They want to destroy the physical object and blame it for their grief.
They don’t want to admit that ultimately there was a person behind the gun. They don’t want to admit no matter how hard they tried, they wouldn’t be able to control him. They don’t want to admit all the efforts they took in advance to feel good in the wake of things like Columbine and other mass shootings in the end did nothing. Not only did they do nothing, but the may have made it worse.
To them though that last thought is an impossibility It is impossible that the actions they took to satisfy their feelings could have been counter productive. How could they? Their responses felt right to them in a previous time of emotional tragedy.
People currently forget that 11 years ago a group of men brought this country to its knees with a set of box cutters. The tool is a tool and nothing more. It’s use for good and evil rests entirely with the person holding the tool.
The principal, Dawn Hochsprung, gave her life ultimately trying to protect her students. She was forced, by law, to be unarmed in that encounter. The aggressor however broke numerous laws and had to actually steal the firearms to carry out his crime. Think about that for a second, objectively. We, as a community, trusted that woman, as well as the staff with the care and protection of our children. We trusted that they would do what is necessary to keep them safe and educate them for the future. We trust them enough to send our children there for a decent part of their young lives. Yet we refuse to allow them the choice of carrying a firearm to defend our children should evil come before them.
We refused to allow the people immediately on the scene to respond to the threat posed against the children. Instead the shooter was given 20 minutes to perpetrate his crimes. He was given 20 minutes with defenseless victims. Victims who were in the charge of responsible adults. Those responsible adults, responsible for the children in their charge, were forcibly disarmed under the law.
The law in this case guaranteed the outcome. We will never know what the outcome would have been had just one teacher been able to choose to be armed. We can hypothesize given previous events, such as the Pearl High School incident in 1997. But we can never actually know, all we can do is wonder.
It’s time to stop passing laws based on irrational emotion and examine a very simple and harsh fact. When evil finally shows up, how can we react. We focus too much on stopping evil out right and preventing it from ever happening. While definitely a worthy goal, it is almost impossible to achieve since you cannot actually control the aggressor. All you can do is react as quickly as possible and try to minimize damage. What you can control to achieve that goal is yourself and your response, except in many cases the law has neutered that ability from the victims. -B]
So back over near my old stomping ground the Renton police have as always continue their tradition of being up to no good. It seems that some cartoonist decided to make fun of the situation, except the department didn’t find it too funny.
Here’s the cartoon’s in question, all nine actually that are being used as evidence in the “cyber stalking” case against the creator.
So for grins I went and looked up RCW (9.61.260) which states:
(1) A person is guilty of cyberstalking if he or she, with intent to harass, intimidate, torment, or embarrass any other person, and under circumstances not constituting telephone harassment, makes an electronic communication to such other person or a third party:
(a) Using any lewd, lascivious, indecent, or obscene words, images, or language, or suggesting the commission of any lewd or lascivious act;
(b) Anonymously or repeatedly whether or not conversation occurs; or
(c) Threatening to inflict injury on the person or property of the person called or any member of his or her family or household.
(2) Cyberstalking is a gross misdemeanor, except as provided in subsection (3) of this section.
(3) Cyberstalking is a class C felony if either of the following applies:
(a) The perpetrator has previously been convicted of the crime of harassment, as defined in RCW 9A.46.060, with the same victim or a member of the victim’s family or household or any person specifically named in a no-contact order or no-harassment order in this or any other state; or
(b) The perpetrator engages in the behavior prohibited under subsection (1)(c) of this section by threatening to kill the person threatened or any other person.
(4) Any offense committed under this section may be deemed to have been committed either at the place from which the communication was made or at the place where the communication was received.
(5) For purposes of this section, "electronic communication" means the transmission of information by wire, radio, optical cable, electromagnetic, or other similar means. "Electronic communication" includes, but is not limited to, electronic mail, internet-based communications, pager service, and electronic text messaging.
The department is claiming that the cartoons were posted by someone within the department for the express purpose of harassing the individuals. From watching that video I can’t help but think this is nothing more than standard banter towards the police department.
Frankly I think some people need to get some thicker skin, especially if you work for the public. If you do stupid shit and someone points it out, even in a cartoon online, deal with it. If you don’t like it, stop doing stupid shit! It’s a fairly simple concept.
I was going to just give this an honorable mention but it wore and me more and more throughout the day. The harassment charge is quite thin, especially since they still have to prove that author intended to harass the specific individuals. So now we get to see yet another municipality in the Peoples Republik of Puget Sound waste tax payer money. Given they ultimately are attempting to intimidate others who would do the same it gains my seal of approval.
State Sponsored Criminal Count: 15
Because someone pointing out your idiocy shouldn’t be allowed if your work for the state.
via Phil.
There were a couple incidents at Boomershoot this year. Three to be exact.
The first event had the immediate potential forever to end Boomershoot if we hadn’t been so lucky. It was partially our fault, however one would think that the people who come to this event wouldn’t be so stupid. Well, wish in one hand, crap in the other, see which one fills up first.
While putting up targets on the hill side we had missed a full crate of 7 inch targets that did not get put up. The crate was off to the side, not very far from the actual targets. For those who don’t know, a 7 inch target is about 2lbs to 2.5lbs of explosive, and there’s 12 targets to a crate.
8lbs of explosive has blown out windows in the house near the event.
8lbs has knocked stuff off the walls.
8lbs has cost Joe money in having to repair damage.
We don’t blow that much anymore except in areas where it will not be a problem and safe. 24lbs however I don’t think there is enough distance or hills to prevent damage. Immediately after discovering the crate we called a cease fire. Joe went and retrieved the crate and tossed it behind a berm. It wasn’t until lunch time I discovered that Boomershoot almost ended early and for good. In the picture above you can see a box was wounded. That wasn’t even the worst hit.
You can see an exit wound in the box towards the middle there. Sorry for the bad angle, I could barely see the screen and was shooting blind.
You can see an exit wound there as well. One of the bullets actually came in between two 7 inch targets and then exited out the center on the opposite side. We escaped quite literally by the hair on our chinny chin chin.
So please, if you come to Boomershoot, limit yourself to the single targets and steel. Do not shoot at anything crate shaped, if we catch you, you will not be coming back. Also on that note, don’t shoot at things like the wind flags or the stakes used for the caution tape. The caution tape stakes weren’t up this year but people just love to shoot at anything on the hill side, even stuff that isn’t actually a target. Hence why Joe has to tell people to not shoot at the trees. This isn’t tree shoot, it’s Boomershoot. If you didn’t bring enough gun for the boomers, go after the steel, unless you brought a 50. Then you just need to get better because you don’t have an excuse.
The easiest way to think about it is this, does shooting X actually seem like a good idea? If you’re not sure, ask. Seriously I am very happy that guy asked about the targets in front of Ry’s position. Yes I was a bit curt stating if you do, we will not allow you back. Then explaining that you’d be shooting towards the road which is bad, very bad.
There were a few that started to try and justify the people shooting at the crates saying they may not have been able to tell. I saw it with my 8 power scope and could tell it was a crate. Not to mention the following:
Did we leave it up there, yes. Should we have left it up there, no. Should people have shot at it, no. Could they figure it out, yes. If you want Boomershoot to continue, you can’t try and justify stupidity.
Now we get into why this post is title the way it is.
For those who are unfamiliar or have never been to Boomershoot, cease fires are a regular occurrence. There is a road that runs next to the firing range and we have to call a cease fire for traffic. We have a spotter car on the road letting us know when traffic is traveling on the road. As previously mentioned we also have ceasefires for range issues
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We have had a parachutist come down in the middle of the range. We have also had the field start on fire after blowing up a toilet. It is important that everyone listen to the range commands, issued by air horn. It only takes one incident to end it all and I know it. I used to laugh about this post from Joe, I don’t laugh anymore and thoroughly understand it from the other side. Not to mention the fact that I am now in a position that during a cease fire I could be very well headed down range. People I know could be very likely headed down range. It takes on a very high level of seriousness.
This is something I really enjoy and love. I love it so much that I take extra time off and volunteer to help Joe with manufacture, setup, clean up, and any other tasks that come up. As an FYI last year other than Joe I know we were the last to leave. This year we weren’t quite dead last but everyone else was heading to their vehicles at the same time. The staff invest a lot of time and effort in making this event fun, enjoyable, and safe.
That’s why when I hear a gun shot during a cease fire everyone for about 20 positions around me hears me promptly yelling. As to further prove what we heard they smacked a boomer too.
This wasn’t just minorly after the cease fire. The cease fire is called. I sit up in my position turn around and start conversing with my Father In Law who is acting as my spotter. After about 15 seconds of silence we hear, *bang*……*booom!*. It was immediately followed by my wife tearing off in that direction down the line and me yelling the following while getting up and starting to walk down the line.
Cease FIRE Cease FIRE!!!!
Who Fired That Shot!!!
*silence while I get out of my position*
*silence still as I start walking the line*
Who the FUCK fired that shot!!!!
Silence as I walk down the line, people are pointing to their right. I yell again, this time peeved because TMW has already hit the end of the line and no one has bothered to fess up. Seriously, fess up to her that way you can salvage yourself as being honest.
I continue asking positions, most just point as I arrive. I had a couple positions give me direction information that conflicted. Multiple positions does not help me narrow down the culprit. Like I have one position pointing left while the one on each side says go right. Some pointed to the very end of the line, that would have been the RNS guys but there’s a problem. They have a radio. They know about a ceasefire before the air horns. I have a suspicion on who it was but that’s not enough for me to come down on someone.
At this point there’s not much that can be done and we don’t even know why it happened. I know it was in-between Bill Waites and the RNS crew. Needless to say dumping a round down range during a cease fire is a great way to make me into someone most people wouldn’t want to associate with.
Would they have been done shooting for the day, yeah. I didn’t pull that trigger, they did. It’s like a DQ at a USPSA match. Honesty might have caused me to call up Joe and let him make the final call, but making me hunt you down I can guarantee that would have been the end of your day. The fact the hill and the line fell silent should have been clue. With 76 positions it is a rare event that the whole line is quite for more than a few seconds, much less 15.
Seriously, most people love me. I’m actually very nice and get along with most anyone. However that said, I can become scary in the crack of a rifle. Please, leave the beast in his cage and don’t taunt him.
You would think as word got around of the first discharge during a ceasefire people would be more careful. I guess since it was towards the end of the day someone was careless. A cease fire was called, there was a car half way down the road when a shot goes off. There was no excuse, the Horn blow should have been obvious from their position in the low lands.
At the time 3 of us (as pictured above) are talking as the shot occurs and Ben just say’s “I got it.” He start’s going from tent to tent and people point. Eventually he arrives at a position and he’s there for the next 15 minutes. I think he found them. They didn’t shoot anymore.
So just prior to Incident the Third, I went ahead and walked down to talk to Ry while taking a break. Evidently he did have someone on his end of the line he was having to keep his eye on all day. Issues involving being unfamiliar with the rifle they were using and general lackadaisicalness regarding safety. The shining example I sadly didn’t get a picture of.
But imagine if you will, you needed to adjust the muzzle break on your detachable magazine fed H&K. What would be the first thing you would do before adjusting said weapon?
Remove the magazine, unload and show clear right?
This individual just tilts it up, and starts cranking down on his muzzle break. That’s step one for him. By the time Ry sees it and tells me he’s done. Ry at this point was getting tired of talking with the individual.
Which begs the question. Why are some people safety conscious while other’s just throw caution to the wind. How dumb are some people? ESS was at the shoot, demoing product. Their booth was set up behind Shelly Rae and 30 Cal Gal. One of the positions to the left of them one of the shooters didn’t want to wear safety glasses. I repeat, there was a shooter that refused to wear eye protection, and he was next to the ESS booth who offered to let him try a set. He was setting off controlled explosions next to his face and didn’t want eye protection.
I’ve seen kabooms, I don’t shoot without eye protection*. I only have one set of eyes and as of right now they’re priceless.
If you want to hang out with me, go shooting with me, or otherwise retain me in my mild manner and easy to get along with state, please don’t do any of the above. I’m at Boomershoot to have fun. Incidents like the above do not equal fun to me. They’re stressful and sap the fun right out of the event. Safety is a culture and ultimately everyone is responsible for it. As we tell everyone, anyone can call a cease fire.
*Normally and not intentionally. I forgot once and it’s on video. See if you can find it.
So I’m sure our opponents will go into PSH over the following:
That’s right folks, a Sheriff’s department is offering free firearms training to kids. But it gets better, to cover the costs of the training some different sources have stepped up to the plate.
I’m sure our opponents are screaming how Walmart and other businesses should be buying back the guns from the kids. How that if we keep them hidden and out of sight children will never find them or be curious about them. At the same time though these individuals are more than happy to have them go through sex education, because you “know kids are curious and not talking about it won’t do anything to solve the problem.”
I’m sure someone else will scream how it’s insensitive given the recent school shootings, blah de blah blah blah. At which point their hood and veil come off. We see right through their lies into the bell of the beast. This isn’t about making kids safer, this isn’t about stopping criminals, it is about banning firearms and control. Period. They use the tragedy merely as an emotional crutch to support their agenda because they cannot support it with facts and logic.
Don’t believe me? Let’s look at a conversation that happened over at Sebastian’s place. I’m going to post it here because honestly, I don’t want it lost down in some thread in the comments, I want it front and center. Especially with how it ended. This is pretty long so I’m shoving it below the fold. Here is a link to skip to the conclusion below the fold.
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