I don’t know how or when this happened but the gun has probably fired 100,000 rounds so that is a decent run for the one part. The replacement, from a different manufacturer, is on the left. The original is on the right.
Enemy of the State
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History is repeating. In today’s America, the rightists are those who don’t conform. They are labeled as the extremists, racists, the bigots, the white supremacists, domestic terrorists, haters.. in short, they are regarded as the enemy of the state.
Xi Van Fleet @XVanFleet
Chinese by birth; American by choice. Survivor of Mao’s Cultural Revolution. Defender of liberty.
Tweeted on April 21, 2023
First and Second Amendment Violation
They are getting more and more blatant and need to be slapped down:
Jurors found an Orange Park business owner guilty on all counts in a federal trial about marketing thousands of illegal machine-gun conversion devices through a web-based company advertising on YouTube.
A Wisconsin gun dealer whose gun-centered YouTube channel has 180,000 subscribers was convicted of conspiracy with Auto Key Card owner Kristopher “Justin” Ervin as well as four counts of transferring the unregistered devices.
…
Ervin sold card-shaped strips of stainless steel etched with patterns for equipment colloquially called a “lightning link” that can convert a semiautomatic AR-15 rifle into a fully automatic machine gun that fires round upon round from a single trigger-pull.
Although a buyer would have to follow the etched lines with a cutting tool, prosecutors argued the cards qualified as conversion devices, which the federal government treats like machine guns that have to be registered and regulated under the National Firearms Act of 1934.
The YouTube guy was convicted of accepting advertising from the maker of the credit card shaped piece of metal with an outline of the shapes for “lightening links”. They looked like these:
Why isn’t this a violation of both the First and Second Amendments? Why isn’t the prosecuting team being disbarred and prosecuted for violation of civil rights?
Consistency
Via The Redheaded libertarian (@TRHLofficial):
Them: Banning abortions won’t make them stop.
Me: okay but will banning guns stop mass shootings?
Them:
Me:
Them: f*** you.
When the debate response is an insult you know you have won. Markley’s Law is a case in point.
Data and concise arguments worked?
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The turnout was very good, overflowing into other rooms with about six to one against the ban. The witnesses laid out concise arguments with good data and delved into the actual causes of mass killings.
Shawn Herrin
April 19, 2023
Blue State Shoots Down Ban On So-Called ‘Assault Weapons’
I’m surprised! Data and arguments of any type are usually pointless in opposition to gun grabbers.
UR a Smart Ass, Carl @Ur_a_Smartass_C
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After I got shot, laying in my hospital bed, I said to myself. “There will never be another person standing over me with a gun, holding all the power to determine if I will live or die”
I have never supported gun control since. It’s not gun control, it’s the power to control the defenseless.
UR a Smart Ass, Carl @Ur_a_Smartass_C
Tweeted on March 31, 2023
A lot of people have stories to tell about why they are “gun nuts” of some flavor or another.
Barb has hypothesized that my abusive and sometimes brutal grade school experience contributed to my interest in guns and self defense. I told a coworker about one of my experiences and he said, “If that were to happen today it would make the national news.”
I suppose Barb could be right. But I did not get emotional involved and buy my first gun until the Ruby Ridge incident occurred. That was long after the time when I could have legally purchased a gun and my own children were in grade school.
The Everything Collapse
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The inevitable consequence of the current Global Debt Bubble will be the Bankruptcy of the financial system and many of its participants.
The one Swiss and three US banks that just went under is just a foretaste of what is to come.
As the US and European banking systems come under pressure, The Everything Collapse will cause a collapse in financial markets of a magnitude that has never before been seen in history. Since the global financial system is a mesh which reaches every financial player in the world, from sovereigns to private individuals, no-one will be able to escape the The Everything Collapse.
Egon von Greyerz
April 16, 2023
FIRST GRADUALLY THEN SUDDENLY – THE EVERYTHING COLLAPSE
The author is trying to sell you gold. There is a strong potential for bias in the analysis and claims.
However, with the U.S. debt increasing by a trillion dollars per year it seems more plausible.
Open Season
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By removing the deterrent factor, and making it impossible for people to fight back if attacked in a public place, the City of New York and lawmakers in Albany have essentially given the green light to thugs for this kind of behavior. When you make it impossible for people to defend themselves, and then publicize it, you may as well declare an open season, especially against those most vulnerable to attack.
Alan Gottlieb
CCRKBA Chairman
April 17, 2023
CCRKBA CONDEMNS VIOLENT TIMES SQUARE ATTACK ON GAY COUPLE
This is not new information. This is well known. It applies to attacks on individuals. It applies to mass murders. It applies to everything in between.
It is long past time to prosecute those who create these environments..
Democrats Partner with Criminals
While this is a decent joke (all good jokes have at least a grain of truth in them), at times this has been the literal truth:
Also, don’t forget, 7 in 10 felons register as Democrats
7 Reasons Gun Control Will Make Your Family Safer
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To help you understand why putting new gun control laws in effect will make you and your family safer, The Babylon Bee has compiled this helpful list.
- There were no guns in the Bible: If God thought guns would keep you safe, He would have created them a long time ago and written about them in His Word.
- It allows you to trust the government to protect your family: And the government does EVERYTHING well and efficiently!
- Firing a gun gives people PTSD, which kills at least 12 million families per year: We’re getting PTSD just writing this article. You don’t want it. Trust us.
- There will be less conflict when your kids are taken to be raised by the state: No one will get hurt, and everyone will be better off in the long run!
- If you take guns away, all bad guys instantly become good guys: After all, it’s the guns that are evil, not human beings.
- If you don’t have a gun, you don’t have to spend money on ammo, and that money can then be used to purchase more COVID masks to protect your family: Forget the threat of crime and violence — everyone knows COVID is the real danger!
- Everyone respects laws: Even criminals know it’s best to follow the rules!
See? Gun control isn’t so bad after all!
The Babylon Bee
April 17, 2023
7 Reasons Gun Control Will Make Your Family Safer
You can always count on the Babylon Bee.
Quote of the day—Geraldo Rivera @GeraldoRivera
Heard the Daily Caller and fellow travelers are ranting about my incorrect definition on-air of “AR” as in AR-15. Whatever. Point is, there is no place (other than sporting clubs and similar skilled settings) for assault rifles.
They’re substitute appendages.
Geraldo Rivera @GeraldoRivera
Tweeted on January 17, 2023
[It’s not only another Markley’s Law Monday, it is another science denier!
He almost seems proud of his ignorance. And, as is so boringly typical for anti-gun people, he resorts to the same childish insult.—Joe]
Blame the Victim
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Oftentimes, the guns end up in the wrong hands. So, what do we do to make sure, hey, if you’re practicing responsible gun ownership, don’t leave your gun in an unlocked car. Don’t leave it unsecured in your car.
Gary Carter Jr.
Louisiana State Senator (D)
April 15, 2023
A large number of gun crimes are committed using guns stolen from unlocked cars. A Louisiana lawmaker now wants to hold those car owners liable.
Of course he wants to make the liable. Anything to increase the cost of gun ownership. It seems to me, under Bruen analysis, this is unconstitutional.
It is never about quickly locking up the criminals who have actual responsibility. For them, it is catch and release. By the time they go to prison they typically have been arrested many times:
This guy thinks it is entirely acceptable to blame the victim of a gun theft. I blame politicians like him.
Politicians Lie—It’s What They Do
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So I was proud to be the most pro-gun pro-Second Amendment president you’ve ever had in the White House. I think that’s been acknowledged. And, with your support in 2024, I will be your loyal friend and fearless champion once again as the 47th president of the United States.
Donald Trump
April 14, 2023
Trump to NRA: I’ll Be ‘Your Loyal Friend, Fearless Champion’
Really? So let’s talk about bump stocks for about 30 seconds.
How do you know if a politician is lying? That’s right. His lips are moving.
I will give him credit for some great judges. But he is not loyal.
Delusions are Often Functional
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That’s something that people who support gun control measures need to understand: The war is lost. There is no conceivable way for things to change for the better within the next 20 to 30 years, short of a national divorce. There is no way to change hearts and minds of Republicans or the courts. There is no way to change who is in office in most states. There is no way to replace who sits on the courts quickly or change conservative disdain for stare decisis.
Brynn Tannehill
April 10, 2023
The Grim Truth: The War on Guns Is Lost
It is nice of him to admit this. Now if they would just just surrender and stop fighting a lot of money, time, and lives could be saved.
It is also revealing that he believes this is grim news and that somehow stare decisis was involved in declaring many of the existing gun laws are unconstitutional. I suppose that makes it easier to believe he and his ilk are not the baddies here. Delusions are often functional.
A Conflict of Visions
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When a potential enemy starts to counsel you on the tools you should use to oppose him, he does this to his advantage and your detriment. And if he convinces you to disarm yourself, you have enslaved yourself and handed him the key to your chains.
Weapons of war belong *only* in the hands of the citizens of republic, who are themselves the government — and the government may employ what weapons its citizens gives to them, and only for as long as that government remains obedient to the citizens, not the other way around.
Don Kilmer
Tweeted on April 9, 2023
You could say that progressives have a different view of things than Mr. Kilmer, the U.S. Constitution, and I do. As Thomas Sowell says, we have A Conflict of Visions.
Is He Stupid, Insane, and/or Evil?
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“The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.”
Well, if that’s the case, why don’t we just replace all our fire extinguishers with flamethrowers?
David Hogg @davidhogg111
Tweeted on April 8, 2023
This doesn’t really deserve an answer but I’ll supply one anyway. Guns extinguish bad guys better than flamethrowers extinguish house fires.
This is like someone, I hate to admit I’m related to, who once asked, “How can we call this a free country when health care is not free?”
I supposed he could be trolling, but I’m not convinced he is that smart. I’m going with stupid, insane, and/or evil.
Washington State Criminals Ban Firearms in Common Use
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One or more lawsuits challenging this legislation will almost certainly be filed within days, if not hours, of Gov. Jay Inslee’s signing. Ultimately, we expect this law to be nullified by the courts as a violation of the Second Amendment and Washington State’s constitution. In the meantime, of course, Evergreen State gun owners will continue to be treated like second-class citizens by the self-righteous zealots behind the ban, while the criminal element will remain undeterred and unencumbered.
Alan Gottlieb
CCRKBA Chairman
April 9, 2023
CCRKBA: ‘WASHINGTON LEGISLATURE PUTS POLITICS OVER CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS’
These criminals view the State and Federal constitutional guarantees of certain rights and SCOTUS decisions as bugs, not features.
Prepare and respond appropriately.
Quote of the day—Just another sarcastic bastard (@runsamuck2)
You don’t *need* a tiny penis to purchase an AR-15, but it works out well for Republicans.
Just another sarcastic bastard (@runsamuck2)
Tweeted on January 19, 2023
[It’s not only another Markley’s Law Monday, it is another science denier!
Perhaps it is a good thing I don’t identify as an Republican.
But, I think the correct observation to take from this is that @runsamuck2 hasn’t made it past the childish insult stage of intellectual development.—Joe]
Deer Revenge
Last Tuesday I took most of the afternoon off from work for a doctors appointment and then to drive to Idaho. I needed to be onsite to take delivery on 18” surveyors stakes used for holding the Boomershoot reactive targets and some other Boomershoot tasks.
About dusk, going 65 MPH on highway 26 west of Dusty, I hit a deer. Even though the radiator was pushed back, the left turn signal and headlight were flopping about, the driver door was difficult to open, the seat belt had retracted and locked (the indicator on the dash indicated the air-bag had deployed but had not actually done so), the car was still drivable. I made it on to my camping trailer near Boomershoot and successfully took delivery on the stakes and did most of the other business. A few days later the insurance company declared the car totaled, so I now have a new, to me, car.
I had planned to drive that car for several more years. Barb and I both loved the metallic blue color. The “new” car was what I could find on short notice which met my immediate needs. That was a high price to pay for a trip to Idaho.
Later, when talking with my cousin Alan, we discussed the interaction between people and deer. He has hit five and one of those was while on a motorcycle. He spent a few days in the hospital for the motorcycle. He went on to say that white-tailed deer cause the death of more people than any other animal in the continental U.S. I knew that the most frequent cause of vehicle accidents in Clearwater County Idaho was a collision with a deer, but I didn’t know they claimed more lives than any other animal in the U.S.
Alan’s claim is confirmed in this video:
It is almost as if they are attempting to get revenge for our hunting of them.
Update: These are sequential frames of the video. From the first frame until the last is 1.05 Seconds:
Boomershoot 2023 update
Last week I met with my cousin Alan to finalize a verbal agreement on the new target location for Boomershoot:
The area in red on the upper left used to extend down the hill for about 75 yards. Due to some changes in the Conservation Reserve Program (or the enforcement there of) we are unable to use this area anymore. At the suggestion of Bill W. (THANK YOU Bill, that was a great idea!), I negotiated the rental of the area to the right of that area on the hillside. That deal has been finalized and we are good to go for 2023.
Another thing previous Boomershoot attendees might notice is the area we call “The Tree Line”, at about 375 yards from the shooting line, has a lot fewer trees and no brush. Last summer Alan cleaned up the property line. This allows for better weed control and less moisture consumption.