This makes sense and is valuable information: The soft-spoken academic interrupted the conversation about the nuances of gun control to point out that random mass shootings are typically suicides augmented with multiple murders as a way of dramatizing the shooter’s … Continue reading
When I last saw Boomershoot Mecca, just before the Gun Blogger Rendezvous, there was 3000 pounds of Ammonium Nitrate just inside the door: Barron with the Ammonium Nitrate (Barron is on the right). Nine days ago Ry sent me an … Continue reading
I arrived back at my clock tower last night after being on the road for nearly 15 hours, got six hours sleep and went to work. Tonight I had the usual dinner and Sci-Fi video evening with son James and … Continue reading
Now that you said “lubricant” I think I should shake your hand. Anonymous A woman at the Gun Blogger Rendezvous, September 8, 2012 [No. It wasn’t me she was talking to. I was between her and the person she shook … Continue reading
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies. Friedrich Nietzsche [After dinner last night at the Gun Blogger Rendezvous several of us stayed up late talking. One of the topics was the inability of the anti-gun people to think … Continue reading
Today was the first range day for the Gun Blogger Rendezvous. I pretty much ignored everyone at the range today. I had a rifle that I needed to zero and test and Barron and I did little else. At 200 … Continue reading
Barron reported on our taking delivery of the Ammonium Nitrate for Boomershoot 2013 and our trip to Reno for the Gun Blogger Rendezvous yesterday.
One of my personal rules is to never piss off a drag queen. Gay Cynic September 6, 2012 [You hear the most interesting things when attending the Gun Blogger Rendezvous. The story that followed was worthwhile but I’m not interested … Continue reading
This morning marks the beginning of a very busy schedule for me. Today I “work from home” (actually I’m at Barron and Janelle’s home in Colton Washington). Tonight Barron, Janelle, and I go to Lewiston Idaho to have dinner with … Continue reading
I’ve posted quite a bit about my spud gun. I ended up with an old target from 2004 in my truck load of stuff I brought back from Idaho last night: That is a 0.5 inch five-shot group from 100 … Continue reading
Joan Peterson writes, “Rights of gun owners will be placed right along side of the rights of Americans to be safe from senseless shootings.” You have zero rights “to be safe from senseless shootings” or be safe from someone beating … Continue reading
I just donated $100 to Soldiers’ Angels as part of the fundraiser being put on by Linoge at walls of the city. Boomershoot did fundraisers for Soldiers’ Angels in 1998, 1999, 2010, 2011 after hearing Chuck at Gun Blogger Rendezvous … Continue reading
It’s an insult to be arrested once for violating a law that is so vague and ambiguous that law enforcement officers cannot tell the difference between what is and what is not a legal firearm under this statute but to … Continue reading
I spent a lot of time with Paul Barrett of Business Week at Gun Blogger Rendezvous in Reno a couple months ago. He has another article on guns up on the web now. This time it is about guns “walking” … Continue reading
We have a speaker lined up for Boomershoot 2012 dinner. Author Paul M. Barrett who I met in Reno at the Gun Blogger Rendezvous last month has agreed to be our speaker. More information about the dinner and his talk, … Continue reading
Author Paul Barrett attended the Gun Blogger Rendezvous in Reno last month. I spent several hours talking to him then and have since corresponded some with him. He send me an “Uncorrected Proof” of his new book, Glock: The Rise … Continue reading
One of the sponsors of the Gun Blogger Rendezvous was Woolrich. They are a long time clothing manufacturer that has recognized concealed carry clothing as a worthy marketing niche. They donated a “Elite for a Year” package to the Gun … Continue reading
Give money to SAF and take people to the range. Alan Gura September 10, 2011 Gun Blogger Rendezvous In response to the question he posed, “What can you do to help?” [SAF is the main funding source for the lawsuits … Continue reading
Paul M. Barrett, the author of Glock: The Rise of America’s Gun, showed up at the Gun Blogger Rendezvous. We have been pushing him a little bit for some of the things he has written in the past. While he … Continue reading
Paul M. Barrett is at the Gun Blogger Rendezvous. I talked to him for a couple hours last night. Barrett is the author of this article which includes: The rise of the Glock and other semiautomatic handguns cannot be linked … Continue reading