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The alternative post title is “In Which I Don’t Think Things Completely Through”. 

Saturday I went out with Joe and did some Boomerite testing to try and get to the root of a detonation problem.  Here’s the video from the testing.  I was slightly mistaken in that there was one other target that kind of popped, but it was still nothing like we normally see.

Yes, I do something not so bright, but not nearly a full Ry.  Joe and Ry did some work the other night and it in fact does appear there is a size difference.  It hasn’t been determined to be the cause.  It would explain half the targets from 2011 not working as well.

You, 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.

If someone brings a fight to my door by god I’m leaving with my boots on.   Myself as a person as well as preventing the grief of my family is worth it.  Robb asked today about plans for after action.  In it he pointed out some family members may not be supportive of your defensive gun use.  If this is the case, they may be family by blood, but that is it.  True family would be overwhelmingly happy that you fought to remain with them for longer.  If all else fails, you can seek solace in your non-blood family, that understands why you fought.  I want my fellow law abiding gunnies to remain around for a long time. -B]

The Minutewoman and I finally upgraded our phones yesterday. I found a post editor and figured is I’d give it a try.

Sadly I am not seeing an immediate way to upload pics from the phone app. 

Still this is a further push down the road.

Update: The app was a flop.  I can do some posting through the WYSIWYG editor and the mobile browser.  I think the problem is because I’m using WLW which has a special plugin.  So overall my phones a WiFi hotspot so if all else fails by god I’ll just use my phone with my laptop!

Perhaps most offensive, however, was a video
posted by pro-gun bloggers TMM of Washington and Joe Huffman
of North Central Idaho. The video shows pro-gun activists holding
candles, saying “candles don’t stop violence” and then drawing their
handguns and firing at paper targets that are supposed to “simulate the
January 8th 2011 shooting in Tucson.”

This was a post by CSGV regarding their Too Many Victims vigil.  The started off by hitting Weer’d, DoOT, Bitter, Miguel, Kurt Hoffman, and Lingoe.  Many of whom they “outed”.  The title of their post implies that we “found humor” in the vigil.  Really, I don’t know of anyone who finds the topic of violence funny.  I don’t know of anyone who really laughed about the subject.  What I did see though is a bunch of people get upset about others participating in the vigil in their own way.

At least two people in that video are “victims of violence” by the same rating as Joan, myself and Joe.  Neither one of us were laughing at the thoughts of the injuries that came to loved ones.  No instead we were focused on two things.  One, remembering what happened, that is done through the candle.  Two, illustrating the tool that can stop violence.  A gun is a tool and has the ability to stop a violent confrontation in its tracks without even a shot fired.  That’s why the gun is in the picture.  It is a statement that I refuse to be a victim and will triumph if someone brings violence to my door.

It’s difficult, if not impossible, to understand how pro-gun activists
believe such comments were appropriate on a day when gun violence
survivors and others were remembering those they have lost.

This coming from a group 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.

Here they are telling me my comments about how a firearm protected my mother and my father in two separate incidents was inappropriate.  While the blood hadn’t even cooled with a ranger lying on the side of the road and they were blaming the National Parks concealed carry legislation, which did not aid the shooter and would have done nothing to prevent it.  Here they are telling me to not think about those I could have lost.

The point of a vigil is to remember those lost and in this case, show how you will not be a victim. You don’t have to be a victim.  Being a victim is a choice, however CSGV and the Brady Campaign would prefer that being a victim becomes a requirement.

I’m being insensitive!?  What about all the victims who are dead or were violated because of gun control policies?  Just the same I light those candles for them.  I light a candle for those victims you would ignore because it wasn’t “gun violence.”  You’re calling for further disarmament when you’re misguided “common sense” has been racking up a notable victim count since the 90’s.  If you’re pissed off about it, good, because that means I’m doing my job.

I think the real reason you’re pissed is because without any serious organization we hijacked your whole campaign.  We have shown just how irrelevant you guys really are.  Your statement that it was offensive I will wear as a badge of honor consider the type of behavior and company you keep.

I 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]