So, in the gun free zone of DC is another gun free zone (no arms allowed on bases) and in that gun free zone, a gunman or maybe two shot a bunch of people. Get ready for every one to play journalists’ favorite game “pin the political label on the psycopath”. I’d call it a disgruntled employee except that whole possible two shooters thing. We’ll see.
Also, appears he walked in with a shotgun and took a guard’s weapon after killing the guard.
My dad has said that to me since I was a teen. As a kid, I gather he was in trouble a bunch. He saw that in me and cracked down on me hard when I was young. He was a drill sergeant. Made me do my homework. Made me take college prep courses and forbade me from taking shop classes. Made me get a job. Made me do chores.
If he hadn’t, I’d probably have never finished school and would either be dead now or in prison by now. I realize that today. Not then. Now, I have a couple of degrees and am doing OK.
I see a lot of me (and, I suppose, him) in my son. Same mannerisms. Same thousand yard stare. Same “don’t give a fuck” attitude. Same “I will challenge you” demeanor. I worry about that. This is why I am hard on my son. Harder than I am on my daughter. I see it in him. He’s me. He’s what I was. I’m what he will be.
My wife asked me why I’m so hard on him. I owe it to him, I replied. My dad did it for me.
Thanks, Dad!
So, the Jacksonville PD needs a lot of money to replace its rifles that seem to go off all be their own self. Olympic, the maker of the rifles, says that they are covered under their warranty and it’s a waste of tax payer money to replace them. Also notes their armorer never got training and can’t identify the problem.
Looks to me like the PD just wants new toys and money for the toys.
After this post, I went out and bought a nice Merkur and some Astra blades. And a styptic pencil just in case. Glad to say, I’ve not had to use the pencil.
Anyway, for basically the price of one pack of refills of my old Gillette fusion, I can shave for two years, presuming I change blades once a week. The shave is as good as a fusion shave though it takes me a little bit longer. As in 2-3 minutes. But that will go away with practice. I’m a fan.
Thanks, Internet!
Colorado proves politicians can’t fear gun reform. Here in the real world, we were just talking about this.
NYPD decides to shoot a bad guy. Shoots two innocent people instead, including a woman in a walker.
Only the police should have guns. Right, Bloomberg?
Donating money and time to get people employed and all. When will the madness end?
Liberals are beta males. Kidding aside, that is a rather interesting take on how groups react to information.
Chicks and guns!
Hitting that target was a symbol of everything I thought I could not do. And with that one shot, I was free of my lifelong fear of guns. A year later, I own a semi-automatic pistol and shoot regularly for sport.
My transformation from timid to avid shooter is not unique.
Go to page 6. Also, any firearm with a laser on it will be confiscated.
Just things that have spooked the Hell out of me recently (mostly from insty). Big Bro is watching.
That browser you’re using to be all secret and stuff, it turns out was ran by the feds, who facilitated child porn. You know, to keep you safe.
In NY, EZ passes get read all over.
NSA disguised itself as google.
So, let’s take back the internet. Also, secure yourself from NSA.
The question is asked. I use motor oil. Caleb covered this a bit back.
Twitter is doing an IPO. I’m not quite sure what it is they do to make money.
This man is a would-be tyrant that New Yorkers elected thrice. They even amended the law so he could run that third time.
I’ve taken a grand total of two handgun training classes. One was a class focused on competition led by Todd Jarrett, who is an awesome guy. The other was a real world, self defense handgun class led by Tom Givens, also pretty damn awesome. Todd said his class was not geared toward tactical guys but he thought they could learn a lot. Tom, a former competitive shooter, said his class was not competition oriented but you could learn alot. Both classes were fun and rewarding and I’d recommend both. And both were right. The main differences, to me, seemed to be:
Competition class focuses on speed of draw, whereas self-defense class focuses on drawing in way so as not to get your gun taken from you.
Competition class focuses on shooting accurately and quickly to get a good score. Self-defense focused on not getting your ass killed and getting the Hell away.
Otherwise, the fundamentals of both seemed similar enough to me.
With that, this post is full of win.
If you get in a gun fight, you are right, there is no timer. But if Todd Jarrett is the one doing the shooting at you, there will be a number of bodies on the ground roughly equal to the number of spent shell casings on the ground. Because he can fucking shoot. He doesn’t need a timer to put a lot of rounds on target really fucking fast.
Lots of ingredients and you can get a (useless) PhD in it.
I hope this means that the next time I’m in Texas and ask for a bourbon, they don’t say Jack or Crown? For a group of people so uptight about chili, you’d think they’d have this down.
Public Policy Polling admits it didn’t release proper results because that’s not what they wanted.
If anyone still has the fantasy that you’ll always be treated as a hero after a clean shoot, this case teaches us the reality. It’s often an ordeal of lies, misunderstandings, and false accusations…and, as seen here, your family will go through that ordeal with you.
Plaintiff with rights restored can own a gun there.
Second Amendment Protects Carrying Outside the Home
Chicago abolishes gun registry in place since 1968
Rahm Emmanue says that being sober and guns don’t mix.
Kind of a tough week for gun control folks.
Defining “journalist“. And, you know, this blog is not protected because the founders did not envision Al Gore’s Internets.
If you are thinking about pushing for new gun-control laws, you could face swift consequences.
Remember, I do this to entertain me, not you.
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