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A scout is trustworthy, so I guess I must be.  Someone else agrees too!

So It’s a meme!

The rules are : “I will write down five things that indicate to me that a gun owner or shooter maybe is an honest one.  Then I will tag five other gun owners who are also bloggers and I hope will participate.”

Ok, I will weigh in, some of the people I link may or may not continue but they’re being listed because they’re worth listening to.

1. If they don’t know the answer to a question they will say so and go find out the answer not just for you but themselves as well.
2. If something was lucky, they’ll even say so while laughing about it.  We all know that often luck as a lot to do with it.  I think luck played a huge factor two weeks ago, but I also tried to understand what was going on.
3. Seeks knowledge of those who’ve been doing this longer and doesn’t just dismiss comments.  Adam and Joe have both given me comments during the matches.  When they talk, I shut the hell up and listen.
4. Doesn’t interrupt others to chime in with their opinion or just talk for the sake of talking.  When they start talking you have an urge to just be quite and listen to what they have to say.
5. They aren’t out to prove anything to anyone but themselves.  When you’re only goal is improving yourself you have a very unique even perspective.

So who matches that bill:

First up is Joe at The View From North Central Idaho.  He matches all of those point above and even more.

Second is Linoge at Walls of the City.

Third is Weer’d at Weer’d World.

Fourth is Law Dog at The Law Dog Files.

Fifth is Kevin Baker from The Smallest Minority.

If you’re listed and want to participate, awesome, if not no worries.  I will say that if those above aren’t in your regular reading, they probably should be.

I’m working on some other projects right now along with getting some other stuff done on my “honey do list”.  So instead enjoy this video.

Don’t play with explosives unless you know what you’re doing and understand how dangerous it is.

[sarcasm]Yeah that’s a winning plan in my book.[/sarcasm]

A Cobb Community Transit driver, stabbed while trying to break up a fight on his bus, has been suspended pending further investigation because he didn’t follow “protocol,” a county spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday.

Evidently the crime in question centered around a cell phone she borrowed and then refused to return.  One, don’t let people borrow your cell phone.  Second, while it is dangerous to get into a physical altercation with anyone, it is also useless to sit around an do nothing letting the criminal work with impunity.

If the driver is willing to take the risk that is his choice.

How many times do we have to see doing nothing absolutely fail before people will understand waiting does nothing to solve the problem?  All waiting does is allow it the problem to grow.

h/t Uncle

Can you imagine the outcry if the government demanded you fill out
the equivalent of a 4473 and undergo a NICS check before purchasing a
printer for your computer, start a blog, or write a letter to the
editor?

The Second Amendment deserves as much or more respect than the First Amendment and we need to get that point across.

Joe Huffman – Random Thought of the Day

February 22, 2012

[Yup, though there is someone right now that is quite upset with me.  I’m sure they wouldn’t mind making me fill out paperwork before every blog post.  They feel I’m a detriment to the RKBA community, and overall shouldn’t be blogging.  Where have I heard that before? 

It is very easy to spot bigotry in the attitudes of people like that.  They want freedom for them, but not for anyone else.  Also as usual they provide a list of insults and problems and don’t actually cite any of it.  -B]