Four Thugs Attacked the Wrong Woman - They kicked down her front door & were welcomed by her 9 mm handgun at the mere sight of which they promptly ran away. Three of the thugs & their get away driver have been arrested so far. Police are still searching for the Fourth.
H/T to John R Lott.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Four Thugs Attacked the Wrong Woman
9/11/01 - Never Forget!
Alan Jackson: Where were you September 11th?
Toby Keith: Courtesy of the Red White & Blue!
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Gerard Valentino: Twelve Minutes
Gerard Valentino wrote an interesting article titled "Twelve Minutes" at Buckeye Firearms discussing the fallacy of gun free zones.
Giuliani's RNC Speech
In case you missed it, you really should check out Giuliani's RNC speech. He made some great points comparing the Obama/Biden ticket to the McCain/Palin ticket. A few of my favorite quotes discussing Obama:
"Nearly 130 times he couldn't make a decision, he couldn't figure out whether to vote yes, or no, it was too tough. He voted Present. I didn't know about this 'vote present' when I was Mayor of New York City. Sarah Palin didn't have this 'vote present' when she was Mayor or Governor. You don't get present, it doesn't work in an executive job. For President of the United States it's not good enough to be present, you have to make a decision!"
"He's never run a city, he's never run a state, he's never run a business, he's never run a military unit, he's never had to lead people in crisis, he is the least experienced candidate for President of the United States in at least the last 100 years! Not a personal attack, a statement of fact. Barack Obama has never led anything, nothing, nada, nada, nothing . . . tough times require strong leadership, and this is no time for on the job training!"
". . . how many times have we seen Barack Obama do this? Obama promised to take public financing for his campaign, until he broke his promise. Obama was against wire tapping, before he voted for it . . . he favored an undivided Jerusalem, don't get too exited, for one day, until he changed his mind. Well, I'll tell you, if I were Joe Biden I'd want to get that VP thing in writing!"
Giuliani: ‘Obama hasn’t led anything’
Another Reason NOT to Vote for Obama - France Loves Him
A Poll in France showed that 80% of the French polled want Obama to win the election, while only 8% want McCain to win. Could it be that the French love the ideas he shared during his tour of Europe when he said America should make more sacrifices? Either way, I can't think of a better endorsement for John McCain & Sarah Palin than for France to prefer Obama.
If France likes Obama so much they can have him. In France. Does France allow foreign nationals to run for office? If so that could be a possible career move for Obama after he looses this election. I know we certainly don't need a Politician here who votes "Present" on nearly 130 items that he can't make a decision on, and consistently votes for a bigger more intrusive government on those that he can.
Pop, Soda, or Coke?
Do you drink Pop, Soda, or Coke? Lately I usually grab a Soda although if you ask for a Pop I still know what you mean because I grew up in Idaho & also lived in Washington State for a few years before I moved to Arizona. If you ask for a Coke I only think of a single brand which tells you I have never lived in the Southeast. :)
H/T to Sebastian.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Check out the No Obama shirt I just ordered!
I just ordered a No Obama shirt, and liked it so much I decided to make it available to anyone who would like to make it clear to your friends, neighbors, and passers by, that you say No Obama! I also ordered a hat.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Gun Sales Brisk Ahead of Election
All American Blogger has an article about gun owners (like myself) who are worried about what types of gun bans an Obama/Biden Presidency could push through a Democrat controlled congress. As a result of that worry we are causing a surge in gun sales. I've already purchased a couple of AR-15 lowers myself just in case the now expired Clinton ban on the manufacture of certain types of semi automatic scary looking black guns (what a bunch of racists, what exactly is wrong with a black gun? Why exactly would Obama & Biden want to ban the manufacture of black guns?).
Black Rifles are fun to shoot, and they'll be worth a fortune if Obama wins the election and then manages to again ban the manufacture of them which would cause government induced artificial scarcity which would certainly increase their market prices immensely. That doesn't even include the handgun ban nor the all semi automatic gun ban that an Obama/Biden regime would be in favor of.
Just look at fully automatic weapons (firearms that continuously fire with a single pull of the trigger until you either let go or run out of ammo) - the existing government ban on the manufacture of those rifles for anything other than government use has resulted in the existing base of licensed class III fully automatic weapons costing thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars depending on the current scarcity & condition of the specific model involved. Why exactly did we all allow our government to cause inflation through government induced scarcity which resulted in only the rich being able to afford legal full auto weapons?
Note: I specified "licensed" full auto weapons because this of course does not include the illegal full auto weapons available on the black market that the criminals have access to which are much cheaper, if you're willing to break existing laws & risk incarceration in a Federal Prison - anyone who assumes illegal full auto weapons don't exist on the black market probably also thinks the great prohibition got rid of all alcohol, and also likely has in the past purchased ocean front property in Arizona.
Vote for anyone who can beat Obama, and just to hedge your bet, go buy all the guns you may ever want that you can currently afford. I'm not predicting the end of the world scenario that a Socialist Obama/Biden regime would mean for our country, but just in case he does manage to achieve such a victory despite himself we need to prepare for the worst case scenario. Like I learned as a Boy Scout - always be prepared! Prepare for the worst, but hope for the best!
Arms & The Law has a link to the chart.
Update 1: Obama attempts to make fun of Governor Palin by calling her a "Mother, governor, moose shooter." Too bad he forgot that the majority of gun owners already overwhelmingly approve of hunting whether or not they actually engage in it themselves. Allowing a Moose to live a long & fruitful life in its natural habitat before being transformed into meat on the family dinner table certainly is at least as humane as eating a hamburger for dinner. H/T to Sebastian.
Saturday, September 6, 2008
My One Year Blogiversary
I just realized that yesterday was my 1 year blogiversary. I posted my very first post on Sep 5th 2007 titled "Guns are Not Evil." I think I'll have a cupcake to celebrate. :)
The Internet Firearms Movie Database IFMDB.ORG
In his 8/29 episode of The Shot Show, Doc Wesson discusses the Internet Firearms Movie Database at ifmdb.org. It is a fun database that allows you to see what movies a particular type of firearm is in, or see what firearms are in a particular movie & describes who used them as well as how they were used. Very cool. The Shot Show is just one of many great gun rights related podcasts I subscribe to that is a part of the Gun Rights Radio Network at gunrightsradio.com.
In his 7/11 episode number 12 he discusses the "Gun Nation" episode of 30 days which is worth checking out. It follows a vehement anti gun woman who starts out spouting all the standard Brady talking points while she spends 30 days living with a family in the gun rights culture. It is interesting to watch her viewpoint evolve as she is immersed in something that was completely foreign to her.
Update 1: Doc Wesson has renamed his podcast to Gun Nation & moved his website. You can now find him at: gunnation.us.tf
Friday, September 5, 2008
GunBaNObama.com
The NRA has created an easy to remember domain site you can share with your friends: GunBaNObama.com
Details here.
Opposing Views: Join The Debate
Opposing Views asks the question "Does owning a gun make you safer." They have verified representatives of various organizations including the NRA, CCRKBA, Second Amendment Sisters, and GOA, as well as from the organizations of our anti-freedom adversaries who are all able to make official statements on behalf of their organization on the topic. Best of all, everyone is allowed to weigh in by making comments agreeing with or opposing those statements. Quite unlike the Brady blog, at Opposing Views you are actually able to refute the false claims made by the other side. They also have a Poll on the topic, currently showing 65% to 35% of respondents in favor of the makes you safer side of the argument. Go check it out, and weigh in for yourself.
Uncle mentioned that they changed the image on the topic page from a gun pointed at you to a gun aimed in a safe direction at the request of the NRA which was a very good move.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
OUCH! $125 Gun Transfer fees in DC!
Sebastian has the details. I'm sure law abiding DC residents will be glad that they will finally be able to buy a gun but $125 is a high price to pay for doing the ATF regulated background check & paperwork for a gun dealer transfer. I guess a $125 gun transfer fee is the price you pay when there is only one gun dealer in town. Hopefully this will inspire a little friendly market competition.
Responses to the No Crackheads in Alaska Attack
All American Blogger discussed to the "No crackheads in Alaska" diddy attack & had a link to a video response done by machosauceproduction:
Machosauceproduction also created "The Vote Reaper"
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Watch Video of Tonight's Sarah Palin Speech at the RNC
I watched all the RNC speeches today & I have to say that although they were all very good, Sarah Palin really knocked it out of the park! She really delivered tonight. My entire family sat glued to the TV watching her speak. We cheered, we laughed, we cried, and best of all, we felt her patriotism & depth of character shine through the entire time. Below are just a few of my favorite Sarah Palin quotes from her speech:
". . . we grow good people in our small towns . . . I grew up with those people, they're the ones who do some of the hardest work in America . . .they love their country in good times & bad, and they're always proud of America!"
"I was just your average Hockey Mom & signed up for the PTA, I love those Hockey Moms! You know they say the difference between a Hockey Mom & a Pit Bull? Lipstick."
"I guess a small town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities!"
"We tend to prefer candidates who don't talk about us one way in Scranton & another way in San Francisco!"
"I'm not a member of the permanent political establishment, and I've learned quickly these last few days that if you're not a member in good standing of the Washington elite then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone, but here's a little newsflash for those reporters & commentators, I'm not going to Washington to seek their good opinion, I'm going to Washington to serve the people of this great Country!"
". . . there is much to like & admire about our opponent, but listening to him speak it's easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs, but not a single major law or even a reform, not even in the State Senate! This is a man who can give an entire speech about the wars America is fighting & never use the word Victory except when he is talking about his own campaign!"
". . . in politics there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers, and then there are those like John McCain who use their careers to promote change."
". . . there is only one man in this election who has ever really fought for you in places where winning means survival, and defeat means death, and that man is John McCain."
It is also available in 5 parts via youtube.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
John Snyder Compares the McCain/Palin Ticket to the Obama/Biden Ticket
John Snyder issued a press release comparing the McCain/Palin ticket to the Obama/Biden ticket titled "Palin Pick Protects Pistol Power, says Gun Law Expert, and Overshadows Obama Oscillation on Second Amendment Issues:"
Arlington, VA September 1 2008
Palin Pick Protects Pistol Power, says Gun Law Expert, and Overshadows Obama Oscillation on Second Amendment Issues
When GOP presidential nominee John McCain last Friday picked Alaska’s sharp shooting Gov. Sarah Palin for his vice-presidential running mate, the selection underscored the significance of Americans’ gun rights in the forthcoming national elections and began to galvanize the Second Amendment movement into support for the McCain candidacy, right to self-defense advocate John M. Snyder stated here today.
The McCain-Palin ticket, Snyder added, contrasts sharply with gun-grabbing records of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Hussein Obama and vice-presidential nominee Joe Biden.
McCain signed the congressional amicus brief supporting Dick Heller’s challenge to the District of Columbia handgun ban as a violation of the individual Second Amendment civil right to keep and bear arms. Under Palin’s gubernatorial leadership, Alaska joined a multi-state amicus brief supporting Heller. Both Senators Obama and Biden refused to sign the congressional brief. The Supreme Court agreed with McCain and Palin and threw out the D.C. law in its landmark District of Columbia v. Heller decision on June 26.
Snyder said, While McCain notes that, ‘for more than two decades I’ve opposed efforts to ban guns,’ Obama’s been a gun banner from the get go. He has an extensive anti-gun owner public record despite his occasional euphemistic references to the Second Amendment, including the one last week in his nomination acceptance speech. He even had the cynical gall to state he agreed with the Court decision in the Heller case after his campaign had told the Chicago Tribune last November that ‘Obama believes the D.C. handgun law is constitutional.’
When ABC’s local Washington, D.C. affiliate asked Obama: ‘One other issue that’s of great importance here in the district as well is gun control…but you support the D.C. handgun ban?’ Obama: ‘Right.’ When ABC’s Leon Harris continued with, ‘and you’ve said that it’s constitutional,’ Obama said, ‘right.’
Snyder recalled also that an Illinois candidate questionnaire revealed Obama supported a general state handgun ban in 1996. He later flatly denied the handgun ban statement and blamed it on a state senate campaign staffer for incorrectly filling out the questionnaire. However, the publication Politico located a copy of the filled-out questionnaire. Obama’s own notes in his own handwriting showed that he personally checked answers and corrected them.
Obama is a shifty character and his election to the highest office in the land would be a tragedy for America’s 80 million law-abiding gun owners and also for the entire country, noted Snyder. Some people in political life may try to square the circle, to claim they support both gun rights and Obama, but you can’t have it both ways. You cannot serve both freedom and Obama! You cannot honor both truth and Barack!
Obama has supported a ban on the sale of all semiautomatic firearms. He and Biden support reinstatement of the Clinton Administration era’s ban on the sale and importation of certain semiautomatic firearms, a ban that was allowed to sunset 10 years after it took effect because of its failure as a crime control measure. Biden voted three years ago against a measure to prohibit harassing third party civil liability actions from being brought or continued against manufacturers, distributors, dealers or importers of firearms or ammunition. By contrast, McCain voted for the measure and it became law, known as the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act.
Snyder pointed out that a gun rights plank in the draft Republican Party 2008 Platform to be voted on by GOP national convention delegates this week underscores the significance of the right to keep and bear arms for the party’s national ticket. We uphold the right of individual Americans to own firearms, it reads, a right which antedated the Constitution and was solemnly affirmed by the Second Amendment. We applaud federal court rulings affirming the right, particularly the Supreme Court’s Heller decision, and we assert the individual responsibility to safely use and store firearms. We call on the next president to appoint judges who will similarly respect the Constitution.
Gun ownership is responsible citizenship, enabling Americans to defend their homes and communities against violent individuals and the drug culture. We call for education in constitutional rights in schools, and we support the option of firearms training in federal programs serving senior citizens and women. We urge immediate action to review the automatic denial of gun ownership to returning members of the Armed Forces who have suffered trauma during service to their country. We condemn frivolous lawsuits against firearms manufacturers, which are transparent attempts to deprive citizens of their rights. We oppose federal licensing of law-abiding gun owners and national gun registration as violations of the Second Amendment.
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