They say you never forget your first time.

I sure didn’t.

It happened to me when I was 19.  It was a Saturday in Indianapolis.  It was love at first sight.  As soon as I held her in my arms, I knew I was going to seal the deal.

Only cost me $300.

Mossie

She’s a Mossberg 590DA1.  The DA is for Double Action.  It’s not a true double action, the slide sill has to be cycled to reset the hammer, but it does partially cock the hammer so it is a longer and heavier trigger pull than a standard 590A1.  Fully equipped with ghost ring sights, side saddle shell holder, and buttstock shell holder, a 20 inch barrel and full length mag tube.  She holds 9 rounds of 2 3/4″ shells and functions flawlessly.  I can consistently put 1 oz Winchester Super X slugs through her into the center of mass of a B-34 target at 100 yards.

I got her at the Indy 1500 gun show.

I was spending a lot of time hanging out with some buddies in a very shitty house in a very shitty neighborhood a little north west of 25th and Wabash in Terre Haute, Indiana.  It was a neighborhood where you didn’t want to park a nice looking car overnight or it was guaranteed to be broken into.  Anything left outside overnight disappeared.  The trouble was finding people who would be willing to rent all but the crappiest houses at affordable prices to college kids was difficult.

So I decided I was going to get a home defense gun.  The local gun store was called Poff’s Sporting Goods and by god they sucked.  They were the only gun store in town, other than the Walmart, so everything was way overpriced.  You could buy cheaper elsewhere but then you had to drive at least 45 minutes towards Indy.

I went to the Indy 1500 gun show, looking for a tactical shotgun, and got the Mossberg.  The guy sold it cheap because of the double action trigger (not a popular feature).  Three Franklins down and I took her home and have been dragging her around the country for 16 years.

Funny thing is, I’ve never killed anybody with that gun.  Never shot up a school.  Mowed down innocent children.  I got it to protect my frat brothers and I in this terribly shitty house, in a disaster of a neighborhood.

Now the Democrats, media, and even Trump want to make what I did 16 years ago illegal.  They want to make the age to buy a shotgun 21.

All because is 19.  Fuck that.  I was the same age that he was when I bought my first shotgun.  What I did wasn’t wrong then and I shouldn’t be wrong in the future.

I want one of these Parkland bullies to explain to my face why 19 year old me should have been prohibited from doing what I did, because for the last 16 years, I’ve been a law abiding citizen with that gun.

I was just checking Palmetto State Armory and the most repeated line is TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK.
Their website looks like the shelves of a Venezuelan supermarket, but kudos to them, they did not get stupid greedy and decided to go 200% mark-up with their prices. Guess who will keep coming back as client?

They have some kits still up for sale and I have the feeling they will not last long. I also checked AR 10s (One offer of a stripped lower, no uppers, some parts, no complete rifles) and pretty much the same story with AKs and pistol caliber carbines.

Gunbroker has AR 15s from the usual suspects trying to make a buck in the semi-panic but the prices not as crazy: An “ending soon” DPMS at $600 without any bids, generic complete lower for $179 and no bids either. I figure that prices will go lower so they can sell unless Congress looks like it caves and people will pay again whatever they are being asked.

I am done with the AR fight anyway. I do need to get me a decent rear sight and reliable and cheap magazines. I was told that the D&H 5.56 30rd Aluminum Magazine was a favorite of Pat Rogers and if true, that is a huge recommendation right there. The fact that Palmetto Armory has (had, temporarily out of stock) on sale for $7.99 makes them the ones I want.  Still it is kinda weird to have a rifle magazine you can’t use empty to bash the head of your enemies or to use as hammer forge a truck axle.

MetLife Inc., the insurance giant that ended a discount for NRA members last week, had a 45 percent favorable rating, compared to a 12 percent unfavorable rating, before survey participants were informed of that move. After learning of it, respondents with an unfavorable view of the company doubled to 24 percent, while its favorability rating was unchanged.

Companies See Negative Responses to Cutting Business Ties With NRA

I can’t say I was surprised about the Republican side, but the independent side? That was eye-opening. I guess the silent majority id getting tired of the bickering and specially that companies start dictating policy and service according to the political whims of a minority.

There was news yesterday that Pizza Hut is the new sponsor for the NFL and Papa John’s left.  Why? The ratings’ drop because of the political crap out of control, was harsh enough that they complained bitterly but still took it in the caboose.

We are still riding the storm of the Parkland Shooting. The Media took it upon itself to be the leader and creator of the news and opinion rather than reporting. It is gonna come a point where companies will have to exert some control over their advertising dollars and tell the Media to pack it in.  And the companies that rush to lose money because they actually believe Twitter accounts by detergent-ingesting minors actually influence their cash income, are going to explain to their investors why they screwed up royally.

If you virtue signal by removing a 5% discount but lose the hard cold cash of those who actually have the money, you may end up in the poor house.

Teens don’t rent cars. How effing dumb can you be?

“A Fondo”  is a news commentary on one of the Spanish Speaking channels in South Florida. The host is Pedro Sevcec and the reason he is not to the left of Castro is because there are still old timers that can leave a small Fourth of July gift in his car or home.
As you can imagine with all that has happened lately, the level of lies coming out of him and his guests is simply amazing. I went to check on mom and she had the TV tuned to that idiot, bit it was not what he and his guests were saying per se that attract me (blah bag guns are bad, easy to buy, cheap, etc.) but the image supporting the Anti Gun rant.

Yup, Air rifles .

Miami is the home for thousands of south and central Americans escaping from not only bad economy but from rampant crime and political instability. I cannot comprehend how is it that living in the US and enjoying the freedoms this country offers, they do believe that electing the same type of assholes that were responsible for their exodus and will curtail their freedoms is the right thing to do.