One of these days the talking will be over and the citizenry of the United States will decide whether or not to remain free.
Dan W. Shoemaker
Category Archives: Gun Rights
Quote of the day–Jeff Cooper
A family member recently returned from Bolivia informs us that Bolivian gun laws may be the best in the world. There are none, and Bolivia gets by with a serious law against murder. Funny that no one in Britain or America has thought of that so far!
Jeff Cooper
From Jeff Cooper’s Commentaries
Vol. 4, No. 9
August 1996
Who is the idiot here?
Does this guy Kane think we are idiots? Rhetorical question alert–Or is he an idiot? From the Washington Post:
“I’m committed to not violating the Second Amendment or infringing upon the gun rights of law-abiding citizens,” Kaine, the lieutenant governor, said to a handful of supporters and local reporters who were on hand to watch him shoot. “I’m committed to protecting that constitutional right to hunt and fish. . . . I value the traditions that Virginians value.”
Who, in their right mind, believes that while guaranteeing our rights to free speech, freedom of religion, due process, a speedy trial by a jury of our peers, etc. etc. the writers of the Bill of Rights were guaranteeing the people the right to “hunt and fish” with the Second Amendment? (I think it was Rolf that pointed out that particular argument to me.) As if they were anticipating a similar absurd claim the founding fathers wrote, “A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State…” as part of that guaranteed right. As someone else once said, “It ain’t about duck hunting.” If you still don’t get it, here is a clue.
Highly trained Islamic snipers on their way to the USA
Considering the source–probably not (according to Jihad Watch). But it makes for interesting reading:
Los Angeles, Alta California – August 23, 2005 – (ACN) The USA mainstream media is “filtering” the news coming out of Iraq. It is not reporting on certain items deemed by the Pentagon to be detrimental to the morale of US troops or their families back home. Conspicuously absent are any reports on “Juba”, a sniper who has been terrorizing US soldiers in Baghdad for months. Juba is the name given by US forces to a superbly trained insurgent sniper who has already killed at least 19 GI’s including four US Marine snipers in one day.
As if our mainstream media would ever hold back any demoralizing news coming out of Iraq.
No US soldier has ever seen Juba. They only hear one distinctive shot from a Tabuk sniper rifle (An Iraqi sniper rifle based on the Soviet Kalashnikov but fitted with a long barrel and a muzzle brake. It uses the 7.62mm Kalashnikov cartridge) and the next thing they see is another GI slumping down dead. The hit is usually to the head but Juba also aims at gaps in the GI’s body armor. He has been known to hit his mark from 300 yards which is the length of three football fields. Juba takes only one shot and then disappears.
If I knew a sniper was after me I can’t think of a single center-fire rifle cartridge I would rather he used. Accuracy and power are both pathetic with this round.
US troops who scramble to find Juba soon after he has struck find only his trademark that consists of a single 7.62mm Kalashnikov cartridge casing with a handwritten note. The note, in Arabic, says, “What has been taken in blood cannot be regained except by blood”. The note is signed, “The Baghdad Sniper”.
Juba is now a mythic hero to the Iraqi resistance. Word on the streets of Baghdad, from those who know Juba, is that his rifle is running out of space to add more “notches” that signify US occupation soldiers he has killed. Juba is now training an “elite” insurgent sniper squad that will target personnel coming in and out from Baghdad’s Green Zone.
He’s running out of room for notches? I thought he had only killed 19 GI’s. What does he cut his notches with? An out of control chain saw?
A particular worrisome development for USA based warmongers is a CIA intelligence report that says that a superbly trained Islamic sniper squad is on its way to the USA. According to the report, the Al-Ikhwan Al-Moslemoon (Muslim Brotherhood)is preparing to send a highly trained sniper squad to the USA that will target, at first, the lower and middle level leadership of the Islamophobic organizations that cater to the Zionists. This, we presume, includes the lackeys of the Zionists on radio and television. A few weeks ago, these puppets of Israel added insult to injury when they went on a vile tirade in support of the “toilet flushers” of the Holy Koran at Guantanamo. Many of these radio talk jockeys are not Jews but they act as mouthpieces for their employers who are. One of these virulent pundits for the Zionists said over the airwaves, “US soldiers at Guantanamo should have used the pages of the Koran to wipe their asses!”
And how did they come across a CIA intelligence report? Yeah, right. And all the major media outlets are owned or managed by Jews? If that were so then I would expect the major theme MSM would be much greater support for war in Iraq and against Muslims instead of weeks of haranguing of GI’s for minor offenses in the prison where Muslims are held.
If a “superbly trained Islamic sniper squad” does show up it might have the benefit of increasing the number of private citizen carrying firearms for protection. And if they put a decent bounty on their scalps firearms instructors will see marked increase in their class sizes. Would we lose some people? Almost for certain the answer is yes, but their kill ratio would be much better with suicide bombers at the loss of unskilled button pushers instead of “superbly trained” snipers.
Quote of the day–Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
…researchers concluded that the total 1992 cost of firearm violence was $112 billion when taking into consideration direct medical costs, lost productivity, and lost quality of life. This study also reported that each of the estimated 4.91 billion bullets sold in 1992 represented $23 in costs due to firearm violence, including $0.60 in medical and emergency services, $7.20 in lost productivity, and $15.10 in pain, suffering, and lost quality of life.
Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
From: http://www.gunfree.org/csgv/bsc_eco.htm (as of 11/12/98)
[They neglect to report on the benefits in lives saved, property protected, improved quality of life, and lack of tyrants due to those same 4.91 billion bullets.–Joe]
Quote of the day–Charles A. Beard
You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go around repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in their struggle for independence.
Charles A. Beard
American historian
The “reason” I was terminated
Today I received my security file from the Department of Energy. Enclosed was the first specific allegation of wrongdoing on my part. They claimed I used the company computer for hosting my personal websites. This allegation is completely false and I explained this to HR on May 26th in response to their vague questions about “large quantities of personal information” on the company computers. As I then suspected, they didn’t believe me. They could have verified my story with any number of my co-workers, the customer, the IT department (who would be aware of any traffic of that nature on the network), by looking up the IP addresses associated with those websites, or a call to my hosting provider. They apparently did none of those things. I know for certain they didn’t talk to my co-workers and my hosting provider. I suspect they did not talk to the customer–for reasons I can’t go into here. This explains why they claimed I was dishonest. They didn’t believe me and didn’t bother to check it out.
Why did they not bother to check out my story? I can only think of the following reasons:
- They didn’t want to know the truth–they needed an excuse to fire me for being “a gun nut”.
- They were/are incompetent.
Am I missing something?
Quote of the day–Greg Hamilton
We’ll know the gun-grabbers have been put out of business when you can buy a blister pack of six Glock’s at Costco.
Attributed (but unconfirmed) to Greg Hamilton
We dodged a bullet
We temporarily dodged another attack on our civil liberties in California. From Sacramento:
Attorney General Bill Lockyer has shelved a novel gun-control measure that would have required manufacturers to stamp microscopic serial numbers on all handgun ammunition sold in California.
Sen. Joe Dunn, a Garden Grove Democrat carrying the legislation for the attorney general, said he needed more time to resolve a heated debate over how much the potentially landmark tracking system would cost and who would pay for it.
The bill, SB 357, has passed the Senate and is pending in an Assembly fiscal committee as the Legislature pushes through its final three weeks of this year’s session. The measure may be taken up where it sits next year, the second in the two-year session.
The legislation would require manufacturers to imprint or etch a serial number on the end of each slug or bullet starting in 2009. Boxes of cartridges bearing the same number could then be linked to purchasers with the swipe of a driver’s license at the time of sale.
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Dunn said he will work during the coming months to resolve fears that his bill could pose a financial burden on some law enforcement personnel who are required to purchase ammunition for training.
“It’s a legitimate question that we will respond to,” Dunn said.
He was less optimistic about bringing manufacturers together with companies that have developed methods to code ammunition. Regardless, he predicted the measure will be delivered to the governor next year.
However, opponents say Lockyer and Dunn have yet to sell the proposal to much of the state’s law enforcement community.
Prominent organizations, such as those representing the state’s district attorneys and police chiefs, have declined to endorse the bill, noted Lawrence Keane, general counsel of the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute, an industry trade group better known as SAAMI.
“I think it’s pretty clear that law enforcement by and large is not supporting this effort,” Keane said.
Manufacturers say the proposal would force expensive changes on a high-volume, low-margin business. Keane and others have warned the required manufacturing modifications would either drive companies out of business or result in steep price increases.
It doesn’t bother them it how much it would cost private citizens or how a black market of out of state or stolen ammo would fill the “market niche”. It only bothers them that it would be a burden to law enforcement. I guess that means they serve the state and not the people. Does the phrase “Police State” ring a bell with anyone?
Scary gun control stuff
For some reason I don’t think they chose the right picture to encourage people to support their efforts (the article is titled The world’s first global gun treaty enters into force):
Quote of the day–United Nations
On 24 September 1999, the Security Council convened its first meeting at ministerial level devoted to the issue of small arms. A report (S/2000/1092) was prepared with the assistance of internationally recognized experts following the ministerial meetings request that the Secretary-General “develop a reference manual for use in the field on ecologically safe (amended in report S/2000/1092 to read ‘environmentally sound’) methods of weapons destruction in order better to enable Member States to ensure the disposal of weapons voluntarily surrendered by civilians or retrieved from former combatants”. The report has been used as a guide in the preparation of this aide mémoire.
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A DESTRUCTION HANDBOOK
Small arms, light weapons, ammunition and explosives
UNITED NATIONS
http://disarmament2.un.org/DDAPublications/desthbk.pdf
IPSC results posted
I have the results posted from the August 7th Lewiston Pistol Club match. As I stated before I came in 4th overall. Acceptable–considering the lack of recent practice.
Quote of the day–Thomas Jefferson
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.
Motto found among the papers of Thomas Jefferson.
Do I get bonus points for shooting in the dark?
Analog Kid at Random Nuclear Strikes is putting on the rifle postal match I am participating in. Here is my entry, 100 yards, .300 Winchester Magnum, Blackhills Match ammo. Except for the sighter target you can see a higher resolution version by clicking on the image.
Temperature was 74 F, indicated altitude of 2300 feet above sea level and my calculator said to use a sight angle of 3.75 MOA. I took two sighter shots and figured it was good enough:
Two sighter shots.
After the first shot on the real target (below, ball #1) I started aiming at the bottom of the circle which contained the number.
Completed target.
The shots on balls 10 through 15 were done by the light of my van headlights. It was about 20:15 when I fired my last shot and getting very dark:
Quote of the day–George Washington
When firearms go, all else goes…we need them every hour.
George Washington
Quote of the day–Will Rogers/Anonymous
Diplomacy: The art of saying “nice doggie” until you can find a rock.
Will Rogers
Diplomacy is the art of saying “nice doggy” until you get a sight picture.
Anonymous adaptation
[“Sight picture” refers to having the sights on your firearm aligned on the target correctly. — Joe]
PNNL responds to my FOIA request
I scanned in the letter (page 1 and page 2) I received today. Basically they said, “You have all the documents you are going to get.” But they did give me a link to a website with at least some of the Policies and Procedures Manual. This was a big help. It explains a couple of things. It includes list of things that can result in First Offense Termination. It includes “dishonesty” and “unauthorized disclosure, access, or use of information that is proprietary or confidential to PNNL or its clients”. Both of those items were in my termination letter and were totally unexpected and unjustified. I was completely taken aback they said such things about me–particularly since they never confronted me and asked for any explanation about any such allegations. It was only be including those things that they could justify a first offense termination.
It was also by going through this Policies and Procedures website that I was able to find out how they justified not sending my performance reviews. I asked for my “Personnel File.” They did send me my “Personnel File.” What I was interested in was in my “Field File.” I see…
I’ll post more as I learn more. See also the new section at the bottom of the main page of the PNNL info site.
Quote of the day–Jeff Cooper
The Republic is in very bad shape – probably the worst since 1776 – but it does us all well to remember that the principles of the Founding Fathers stand as sound and irrefutable today as yesterday. We must bear in mind that “they” cannot disarm us. They do not have the legal power, of course, but neither do they have the physical power. An army may be defeated by another army, but the people of a nation cannot be, as long as they are aware of their principles and maintain their determination to observe them. We hope, of course, that “they” never presume to try, because “they” simply cannot do it. What the American people need is the viscera to tell “them” No! God grant that we still have the courage!
Jeff Cooper
Jeff Cooper’s Commentaries
Vol. 2, No. 2
31 January 1994
[Those were very dark days in the mid-90’s. Most people forget how serious things were and how much they have improved. — Joe]
Quote of the day–Jeffrey R. Snyder
Call for a cop, call for an ambulance, and call for a pizza. See who shows up first.
Jeffrey R. Snyder
A Nation of Cowards
Published in the Fall, ’93 issue of The Public Interest, a quarterly journal of opinion published by National Affairs, Inc.
If you believe in compromising on gun control
Gun owners compromised in England and now look at things. The anti-gun owner bigots in England can’t be happy with a total ban on handguns! Now they are going after imitation guns:
Steve Walker of GCN said “…our position is clear. If it looks like a gun it should not be allowed.”
Gill Marshall-Andrews, GCN’s chair, said: “No one needs a realistic imitation gun – except perhaps a re-enactment society.”
GCN is Gun Control Network. Check out their objectives. This is what you can expect if you attempt to compromise with them. Who could imagine that two or more people outside of a mental hospital would insist there be a “Ban on the sale, manufacture and import of imitation guns and their possession in a public place.”? Why does the newpaper consider the rantings of lunatics newsworthy?