Good Guys 2...

...Bad guys 0.

 In Texas.

 In Oklahoma.

The Obama Principle.

Back in the 60's someone came up with the 'Peter Principle', which postulated: "Employees tend to rise to their level of incompetence."

Now in the era of Hope and Change, we have the 'Obama Principle':  "Federal employees tend to rise to their level of incompetence.  And will be promoted when they get there."

A Small Detail.

American traitor and Al Qaeda lackey Adam Gadahn wants American Muslims to buy guns and start shooting non-Muslim Americans. Really? Really?? There's a glitch in your plan there, Haj Dude - this isn't Britain, or Spain, or Canada, or France, or even California. In America...

We. Shoot. Back.

And unlike all the other places where you've cowed folks into diversity submission, we have a God-given Right to do so.

And The Ones Who Couldn't Tell An Umbrella From An AK-47 Will Get, What? An Award?...

The Burlington Mall in Burlington, Massachusetts - a place I frequented often while living in the Tax State, was evacuated today because two - not one, but two - Massachusetts Morons couldn't tell the difference between an umbrella and a "short-barreled rifle".

The poor sod who was just trying to keep dry felt so bad he came forward to the police. Will the idiots who wasted everybody's time because they couldn't tell a Totes from a Tavor do the same? It's Massachusetts - don't hold your breath.

A Century of Perfection.

The greatest pistol ever designed, John Browning's Colt M1911, turned 100 years old at the end of last month.

In this humble shooter's opinion we should never have dropped the M1911 or it's .45 ACP round in favor of kissing-whiny-European-butts adopting the 9mm Parabellum as a NATO standard.

If you do not have an M1911, get one. And learn how to use it.

Cause And Effect.

In a larger sense, these two stories are quite related:

The Dayton Police Department is lowering its testing standards for recruits.

Police in Roanoke, Virginia, shut down a shopping mall because they mistook an umbrella for a rifle.

OK, everybody, watch very, very closely. There may be a test. (Though failing it will not be held against you -ed.)

This, is a rifle:


If you carry one of these through a department store you look like Machine Gun Kelly.

This, is an umbrella:

If you carry one of these through a department store you look like Gene Kelly.

Any questions?

A Happy Story.

Something to make you smile on a Monday. Precision, discipline, and a "Quigley" are involved.

Guns Don't Kill People...

...The people who ATF allegedly let get guns illegally - they kill people.

Good Guy: 1.5. Bad Guys, 0.

A New Orleans resident defends himself. As harsh as this is... I say "good". Actions have consequences. Criminals will go elsewhere if they think they will get hurt. Or, maybe not turn to crime in the first place.

Uh, Oh.

Hmmmm: Crack appears in a .45 Springfield Armory XD(M) polymer frame after an out-of-battery discharge.

Adhering To Scripture Doesn't Kill Churches; Out-Of-Touch Bishops Do.

Katherine Schori, de-facto Pope of The Episcopal Church (tm), doesn't like guns:

“The Episcopal Church has been pretty clear in our position,” she said. “We are in favor of reasonable and fair gun control. Weapons of violence should not be freely available to just anyone who wants them.”

And I think pointy hats and croziers should not be freely available to just anyone who wants them, so I guess that makes us even. And what is "reasonable and fair gun control", anyway? What they have in England? China? Cuba?

Mexico has some really strict gun control laws. It must one of the safest places in the world.

Dial Nine-Wuss-Wuss...

...If you think this incident rises to the level of criminal charges.

For the record, at my office we encourage Nerf guns. If you don't have one we'll gladly supply you with one, and all the the rubber tipped Nerf darts - the ones that whistle when they fly - you want. Call it an office perk. We work in a very high-stress field, and a ten-minute Nerf war every now and again, especially as project deadlines approach, lets folks blow off steam, relax, and have fun at the same time. Beats the alternative, where they come in with a real gun.

As the boss, I really should have one of these.

Hattip: My buddy Shelby at Murdoc Online.

Shhhh. Don't Tell Katherine Schori.

Some of the folks involved in this new reality show about firearms on Discovery Channel... go to my church. An Episcopal (tm) church. They even serve at Sunday Mass.

Contrary to what Bonnie Anderson would have you believe, not all us 'Piskies are whiny urban wall-flowers.

Watch Sons of Guns on Discovery Channel, Wednesdays 9-10 ET/PT, 8-9 CT.

CNN Confirms Bush Vindicated: Iraq Had Weapons Of Mass Destruction!

Well, the AK-47 takes a "high-capacity" magazine, and Iraq had lots of AK-47s... From this CNN screed on firearms:

"A high-capacity magazine in effect turns a semiautomatic firearm into a weapon of mass destruction."

The CNN piece doesn't make the case for more gun control. It only proves the two things common to most anti-gun articles: First, that The Left / Mainstream Media have few facts to back up their arguments for taking guns out of the hands of this country's rulers ('We The People' still rule this country, right?), only well-publicized - but isolated - incidents, anecdotal conclusions, and shrill appeals to emotion.

Second, it shows how actually ignorant The Left / Mainstream Media are when it comes to firearms, and it assumes (hopes, actually...) that the rest of of us are as bereft of firearms experience and knowledge as they are. While firms do make a 30-round capacity magazine extension for the Glock, the writers conveniently forget to note that "a high-capacity magazine that held 31 bullets" is non-standard for a Glock. Implication: The Glocks hold "31 bullets". Eeeeevil! The "small sampling" of the "notorious cases" they cite are pretty much all of the notorious psychotic attacks in the US in the last two decades. They note only 11 in near 20 years, in a country the anti-gunners claim are awash in guns. Either the economists who authored this article knew all this and are trying to pump up the emotional punch of their argument, or they don't know what they are talking about. It's an either/or.

But the biggest indication that The Left / Mainstream Media don't know jack about firearms comes from the graphic CNN used to illustrate the evil of high-capacity magazines. What looks to the untrained eye as a pile of spent pistol cartridge cases (implication: high-capacity) is, in fact, a pile of spent cases from a 105mm howitzer. Remember, CNN is supposed to be a "professional" journalistic organization (as opposed to us "amateurs" out here in blogosphere-land). I can understand mistaking a .45 case for a 9mm case, but really. As far as I know (and I was in the artillery for a while), carrying a 105mm howitzer concealed is a bit of a trick. At the very least, you need an oversized coat. You can't pick up 105mm howitzer ammunition at Cabela's or Wal-Mart, and besides, they are single-shot weapons - they don't use "a high-capacity magazine". The last "notorious cases" of mass shootings with artillery in the US were, what?... The Civil War?

If they don't want to look as silly as this article makes them, the gun-scare faction would do well to actually know something about what they fear, and have some solid facts to back up their emotional arguments. They don't, so expect more of the same as The Left / Mainstream Media attempt to leech some kind of political advantage out of the tragic event in Tucson.

UPDATE: Heh.

(Image authorship unknown)

UPDATE: Cross-posted over at The Hayride.

There Are Many Reasons I am Embarrassed To Be An Episcopalian...

...And here is the latest: A Bishop's fear-mongering exercise in demeaning stereotypes about law-abiding firearms owners. I suppose the Rt. Rev. John was talking about himself when he said a while back:

"And so we create a God in our minds and hearts who vindicates our own hateful, demeaning stereotypes of others and the world around us."

UPDATE 12JAN2011: Hey John, how's that making-The-Episcopal-Church-(tm)-relevant-by-blaming-'Sara Palin/conservatives/gun owners' thing going for 'ya? Oh.

Today, This Would Be Blamed On Sarah Palin and Talk Radio.

But back in the day, it was still OK for boys to unabashedly be boys.

When I was a kid (about 11, IIRC), my friend Jackson and I built a mortar using old CO2 cartridges (no less), some black powder we made using a chemistry set he got for Christmas (they even provided us with the recipe in a 'Fun Experiments' booklet), some Black Cat firecrackers, and a copper pipe and pipe cap we found under my parent's house. We fired it several times in the alley behind our houses and, besides some scratches on Mrs. Orr's garage from the impact, no harm came to anyone.

Please note that I still have all my fingers and both eyes, and I have not injured - or threatened - anyone because of their political beliefs or because someone on talk radio ordered me to do so. Further, I gained first-hand practical experience in the disciplines of mechanical engineering, ballistics, chemistry, soldering, and master planning. (The latter refers to us pre-selecting a quickly accessible hiding place when Mrs. Munch came out to see what the hell was going on.)

And Now For Some Encouraging News.

Good Guy, 3; Bad Guys, 0.

Hattip: Gunpundit.

Carving A Pumpkin.

Because we're Americans, and we can. That's why.



Hattip: Creative Minority Report.

I Have A New Favorite Winter Sport.

After women's curling, of course: CQB Biathlon.

From The Borderline Sociopathic Blog For Boys.

Is This A Great State, Or What?

This weekend, 3-5 September 2010, is Louisiana's Second Amendment Weekend Sales Tax Holiday:

Items covered under the tax free holiday include,

Accessories designed to be used for hunting;
Shotguns, rifles, pistols, revolvers, or other handguns;
Ammunition intended to be fired from a gun or firearm is eligible;
Animal feed for consumption by game which can be legally hunted;
Apparel such as safety gear, camouflage clothing, jackets, hats, gloves, mittens, face masks and thermal underwear for use while hunting; and
Off-road vehicles such as all terrain vehicles designed for hunting. (The exemption does not apply to golf carts, bikes, motorcycles, tractors, or motor vehicles which may be legally driven on highways.)

I'm stocking up on ammo. We go through the stuff like water here at Villa RSR.