Comforting is it not. Yet another piece of technology and it’s application that I have no doubt goes back to the Patriot Act.
I’m sure no one will be held accountable for this violation of the rights of citizens, as usual.
State Sponsored Criminal #509: The Entire LAPD
Because by all means violate the rights of law abiding citizens because a criminal has decided to live somewhere near by. Though that is better than what they did to Jose Guerena for being related to a criminal.
San Diego Police Chief William Lansdowne is fully supportive of the Obama/Feinstein gun grab, and says if lawmakers play it right Americans can be completely disarmed within “a generation.”
Awr Hawkins – San Diego Police Cheif: We Can Disarm Americans Within a Generation
January 28, 2013
[Still have friends who think they don’t have skin in this fight? Show them this and tell them to think again. That is their end goal and they now have no problems making it known.
A citizen denied arms isn’t free, they’re nothing more than a slave. -B]
h/t Uncle
Lately people have been throwing around the need argument. It is an argument that honestly doesn’t really matter. Drunk driving kills how many people every year and does anyone need to drive? Why not just use public transportation? Why does anyone need to drive themselves from point A to B? But again, the argument doesn’t matter, it’s pointless. Does law enforcement limit themselves to 10 rounds? What about the military? But they’re different I hear you cry? Are they? Do they really need 30 round magazines that turns their guns into mass killing machines? They should just reload like the rest of us!
Image by Oleg Volk.
As I am writing this I am coming down off a serious adrenaline dump. I had wrapped my knee for the night and was dressed in such a manner as not to rapidly exit my door grabbing my weapon and having nothing more than was on the belt of my pants.
Let me start at the beginning. My local neighborhood gun shop is a block away. The owner is quite literally my neighbor. I wave hi to him and his wife on my way to work every morning, we are literally on the same street. I am merely an additional 100 yards from his business than he is from his house. Due to my proximity, my willingness, and the fact I hang out and help because one of his sons is my age and he’s a cool guy I’m basically on the business roster.
Early this month they had to attend their buy show in Vegas along with SHOT show. The shop owner closed up and he and the regular employees headed down for a “business vacation”. While gone I was put on the alarm system call list, still am actually. If any of the sensors goes off, they called the shop followed by my phone.
Tonight the alarm went off. I missed the call and rolled out after my voicemail buzzed. The shop owner was ahead of me and I texted his son immediately I heard the voice mail and head out. They were finishing up clearing the building as I walked in the front door. I had my side arm and a few other tools but I was brining up the rear so bad I wasn’t too worried. We met up, did some debugging, notice that some of the sensors use batteries and we replaced all of them. We reactivated the system and went home.
After the first adventure, I figured my night was over, went to a Robb life style of “Pants Free” and wrapped up my left knee. Two hours later, my phone rang again. I was out of the house in under 2 minutes, with my pants on, rifle, side arm, and knife. I merely had the immediate possessions I was able to grab. I went flying out of the house and flew down my road at about 60 mph flew into the parking lot and slid to a stop just before the front door. I slipped past the front door, unlocked it, and proceeded to clear the building carefully and methodically. Nothing was out-of-place, nothing was wrong other than the alarm had gone off again.
Image by Oleg Volk.
I bring all this up because I want to emphasize a point. I left the house with merely the equipment I could grab. I wasn’t tossing on magazine carriers. I wasn’t tossing on multiple weapons. I grabbed one weapon that total gave me 61 rounds to put on target. I grabbed one weapon that could I could accurately and easily manipulate in the variety of conditions seen within the shop. I had my side arm on my belt which gave me an extra 13+1 should my primary weapon fail. If I had not left my firearm clipped to my belt, it would have been left at home.
Now some would say, I didn’t need to go down there, or go inside. Police response where I live is 30-45 minutes if we’re lucky. Further the cost of a false alarm is expensive and best dealt with. Yes it could be considered a high risk maneuver, so is letting the criminals inside steal firearms and ammunition. I’m comfortable entering that environment, I’m familiar with it, I know the layout, I know where I can find cover and concealment, and I know the better ways to get around to avoid kill zones.
Even more than that some would say, it isn’t my business so it isn’t my problem. To them I would say, stay in suburbia, stay in the city, and leave those of us who like rural life to live among our like-minded neighbors in peace. I would help my neighbor as he would help me. Our community as a whole would be shamed by an event like this, and I will be damned if I will let the, “Let someone else deal with it” and “Not my problem” attitude take over. The owner felt bad it interrupted my night, but in the end I told him I don’t care, doubly so because if anything was happening I don’t care if he’s on site first or I’m on site, the bottom line is the security of the business and the weapons inside. I would rather them call me so I can give immediate support than have him out numbered in a worse situation waiting for the eventual police arrival.
The whole point of this though is I was limited to what I could grab and head out the door with. In this case my AR-15 and my side arm. In the middle of the night someone is limited to what they can easily grab by their nightstand. Be it a XDm 9 with a 20 round capacity or an AR-15 with a 30 round magazine. The point is any citizen deserves to be able to take as much fight with them as they possibly can at the drop of a hat. Criminals do not call ahead or provide advanced notice and they will not give you a chance to go get more ammo. Why do people like normal capacity magazines, because it’s less you have to worry about when something goes bump in the middle of the night. It’s less you have to fiddle with. No one has ever come back from a gun fight and said, “Damn, I wish I hadn’t brought so much ammo.”
*I have two 30 round magazines attached together like this in my rifle. It was this that allowed me to quickly deploy with 61 rounds in hand. I have a second set that will be taped up in the near future and relocated to quickly grab.
There is one thing and one thing only that has proven time and time again to stop someone bent on violence. A gun. And I promise you that no amount of gun control legislation will ever eliminate them, it will just change who has access to them. The thing you need in that moment where the law has already failed you, will only be accessible to criminals and representatives of the government (some overlap). Or do you really believe the criminals will just turn them in? Even if they did, that doesn’t really offer me a whole lot of comfort if I am staring down a 266lb criminal (the observant among you have already noticed that is twice my weight; a big guy, but not freakishly so). My husband is nowhere near that size, but he could easily overpower me physically.
Jennifer – In Is Not Gun Control; It Is Citizen Disarmament
January 24, 2013
[And that folks is the meat and potatoes of this debate. Criminals don’t obey the laws, and in a just world we wouldn’t even need laws. But we live in reality. The reality is that the laws work to constrain those who are good, while benefiting criminals who don’t care about the law as it is.
Anyone who cannot seem to understand this basic fact is disregarding how the law works. They wish to do nothing more than criminalize those with opinions they disagree with. They wish to criminalize those who would willingly defend themselves as others would wish to criminalize gay marriage or criminalize interracial couples.
Criminalizing those who have no ill intent towards society serves no purpose other than to quell dissent and remove those from society that you would disagree with.
And that my friends is their end game, even if it means sending us to camps in box cars, those who would take our arms have no problem doing that if that’s what it takes. -B]
“It has become very clear to us after speaking with our customers that the event could not be held because the atmosphere of this year’s show would not be conducive to an event that is designed to provide family enjoyment. It is unfortunate that in the current emotionally charged atmosphere this celebratory event has become overshadowed by a decision that directly affected a small percentage of more than 1,000 exhibits showcasing products and services for those interested in hunting and fishing.”
“ESS has long been proud to participate in the preservation and promotion of hunting and fishing traditions, and we hope that as the national debate clarifies, we will have an opportunity to consider rescheduling the event when the time is right to focus on the themes it celebrates.”
President of Reed Exhibitions – Announcement Postponing ESOS
January 24th, 2013
[Let me translate for you.
It has become very clear to us after our customers have responded with such unity and clarity that our actions have destroyed this event. Our taking a political stance obviously destroyed the family atmosphere and our goal to drive a wedge in between different parts of the sporting community has failed spectacularly.
We failed to understand or realize that gun owners and sportsman alike understand that they must hang together or must most assuredly hang separate. In our attempt to double down on stupid after early negotiations it has become obvious that it has destroyed any reputation our show had remaining. We were merely trying to discriminate against a few vendors and did not expect the majority of other vendors to stand up for them.
“ESS has long been proud to manipulate the preservation and promotion of hunting and fishing traditions to try politicize and destroy things Reed finds unacceptable. We will have an opportunity to consider rescheduling the event because we know there are some still willing to do business with a bunch of political hacks.”
Bitter has more on the shutdown of the show. Honestly I am glad to see the show shutdown but the political front is starting to heat up. Time to write back in, though I must say we need to watch and watch closely. I’m not sure what the best approach is, but if we’re going to get stuck with something, we need to get something out of the deal. They have cake they can give up and by all means if they want compromise, lets make it a real one. -B]
So this goes along with my stupidity lasts post from yesterday along with how despicable and nasty the other side is. You see, a particular jerk tweeted some nasty things at some friends of mine. It was quite obvious he was attempting to stereotype gun owners in the classic sense. Insulting my friend Erin in the process.
It devolved into him bitching about America and general nastiness, but then it became epic. He left a tweet and I said, well I’ll screen shot it when I get home… Well he memory holed the bastard by the time I got there. Bad news for him, it was still sitting in my browser this morning.
Here’s what was in his feed this morning:
Notice what tweet he sent down the memory hole. Such a nice comment that, because you know wishing illness and death, a miserable one at that, on another human being is the mark of tolerance and willingness to coexist. This is why they dislike firearms, they have no self-control and wish violence and hate upon others. They project their behavior and attitudes onto everyone else and assume that everyone is like that.
I have no doubt that he would be more than happy to have his government eradicate those he deems undesirables with differing opinions.
As we say time and again, gun-control is bigotry, even gun controls roots very roots are racist, and this man is a shining example of it. Don’t like “X” prevent them from having a gun so you can safely beat them up. It’s kind of difficult to beat up and harass a minority when they can shoot you for trying.
Guess those on this side of the gun debate are horrible people for wanting to ensure that everyone has equal access to firearm and not discriminate on who has a right to armed self-defense and who does not.
When all you have is stereotypes and bigotry, you have no argument.
So via Sebastian I discovered today that both Ruger and Smith & Wesson have pulled out of the ESOS show.
There’s three parts to an apology and honestly I think both Ruger and Smith & Wesson just nailed the third part so hard its’ going into orbit.
It appears that the exhibiter is doubling down on stupid and going for broke. Sadly it looks like they played the cards so they won’t feel the pinch this year. Next year however no one is going to want to go to this pile of crap. The controversy surrounding it is going to kill it. Which honestly, if the company is anti-gun, may very well be their goal.
There are numerous other vendors pulling out, many of whom stand to take a financial hit for standing behind gun owners. Folks, that isn’t right, we should support them for what they have done and make the positive press they get from doing so actually count.
So, like Sebastian, I’m going to place an order from GUTNTAG, and honestly I think we need a list of all the companies who are pulling out to support us. We need to spread the word far and wide and increase visibility.
So to any vendor for the ESOS show.
Please contact me if you are a vendor and are dropping out of the ESOS show and would like 6 months of free advertising on the website. It isn’t much but every little bit helps.
Now as for the list, I would be more than happy to organize the list and post it, however I’m on the exact opposite coast and am a bit far from this loop. If anyone wants to take point on this great, if someone wants to gather the info and bump it to me, I would be just as happy with that.
I am quite glad to see the outcome of this happening in a way that is amenable to gun owners and is a solid indication that, “No, we’re not going to negotiate, we’re not going to back down, and we’re not going to be bullied.”
And this just in, how stupid are they going? They’re going for full retard!
Emphasis mine. Yup, they just gave another example like Zumbo and others how not to approach the firearms community.
h/t Uncle on the NRA.
For those of you who have never seen it, I present you the Carolyn McCarthy incident.
Well I was searching for it for someone at work and discovered this:
Yes, that’s right folks, if you Google “Shoulder Thing That Goes Up” US Rep. McCarthy is displayed as the person you’re looking for. I do find something satisfying about her ignorance being placed front and center. I just wish if you searched for her name the first result was that video.
Never fear though because sling swivels are now on their way to replace the shoulder thing that goes up!
This is why we find our selves in the predicament we’re in. The media is either grossly or willfully negligent and the general public believes everything they say without fail. This would be funny if it weren’t for the fact that I’m sure some politican is going to hold this up in a legislative session and say we need to ban it!
Never mind the fact that grenade launchers are destructive devices along with each and every grenade. I personally have never seen one in the civilian market, even with all the gun shows I’ve been to. I’ve never seen a real RPG either. Yet this same group of media and journalists that label a sling point a bayonet mount says they can be obtained at gun shows. Remember though, we’re supposed to trust them because they have done careful research and are “educated” on the topic. When I was 4 I could have done a better job of identifying the different parts and the associated terms for a firearm.
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