Month: May 2013

Not feeling particularly chatty

Watching the horror coming out of Moore OK. just left me without any desire to engage in petty political B.S. One’s soul just aches seeing the pain and the devastation but it picks up when you see the determination of the victims to survive and the goodness of those that came to the rescue.

I was barely holding my own when I saw this pic:

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Teacher hugs child at Briarwood Elementary in OK after tornado.

And this one took me over the top:

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A young nurse comforts a dying dog as it lays in the devastated aftermath of yesterdays Moore, OK tornado.

Help if you can, say several prayers.

Outraged Liberal gets Outraged by Gun Movie List

After the December killings in Newtown, Conn., the National Rifle Association’s chief lambasted the the evils of violent movies and video games, saying they, rather than guns, were a source of the nation’s woes.

Now, less than six months later, the NRA’s “flagship publication,” American Rifleman, is celebrating cinematic savagery with a list of the top 10 “coolest gun movies” that unabashedly praises Hollywood depictions of death and crime.

via In an appeal to its more immature members, NRA issues list of “coolest gun movies” ever – Applesauce – Rockford, IL – Rockford Register Star.

And he HATES that Red Dawn is Number One…just hates-it-hates-hates-it-hates-i! I am guessing that in his fantasy of becoming commissar, it frightens him that some young buck may take a potshot at his ass on his way to Wednesday’s Tea With Lenin’s Book Group.

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That is outrageous! First place should be shared between “Red Dawn” and “Heat”. #2 goes to another Michael Man movie “Collateral.”

Hat Tip to The Gun Wire.

 

Damned allergies….

Somehow the pollen count must be huge down here….

Even at the worst of times, Faith manages.

“There is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of even one small candle”. Robert Alden.

Boruch Spiegel, Who Battled Nazis in Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Dies at 93 – NYTimes.com

Boruch Spiegel, one of the last surviving fighters of the Warsaw ghetto uprising of 1943, in which a vastly outgunned band of 750 young Jews held off German soldiers for more than a month with crude arms and Molotov cocktails, died on May 9 in Montreal. He was 93.

via Boruch Spiegel, Who Battled Nazis in Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Dies at 93 – NYTimes.com.

A hero when heroes were needed. Nowadays he’d be seen by the Gun Control groups as insurrectionist and a threat against the government……wait…. he was an insurrectionist and a threat against the government back then.

Shalom Mr. Spiegel. Your lessons were not lost.

Gun Control Logic…there is none.

Authorities last week made an agreement not to prosecute a Northwest D.C. man who used his unregistered handgun to kill a pit bull in order to stop it from mauling a child in his neighborhood.

As part of the agreement, Benjamin Srigley, 39, was required to pay a $1,000 fine but will not have criminal charges filed against him for the three unregistered firearms and the ammunition that investigators found in his possession, said Ted Gest, a spokesman for the office of the attorney general.

via D.C. man won’t face gun charges for shooting pit bull attacking boy – Washington Times.

He did it for the children, literally. He saved ONE LIFE. But he must pay for his good deed. That even prosecutors have the gall to impose him some fine is something that should make your stomach churn.

One of the many things that differ us from from Gun Control Activists is that when bad things happen, we run to the sound of trouble because we really care, while the opposition will rally with banners and demand action by the government while blaming us for the sins of the crazy and the criminal.

You will never see a Gun Control Activist risking life and limb for a fellow human being. Cowardice has very strict limits and a inhumane code of conduct.

“Reasonable” Restrictions | Cornered Cat

Do you know that the wait for permission simply to own a firearm takes over one and a half years in some counties in New York state? Do you know that some of the recent proposals to encourage “responsible gun ownership” will cost each gun owner thousands of dollars every year? It is easy to say, “Well, yes, but we should regulate x or control y, without creating bad results like that.” But the reality on the ground says otherwise. All too often, restrictions on gun purchases simply mean that people of the right color and socio-economic class may buy guns, while people outside those categories may not. It happens often that people with good political connections (such as celebrities) may get them, while people without connections have a harder time.

via “Reasonable” Restrictions | Cornered Cat.

She kills monsters for a living so don’t make her mad. You gotta love Kathy 😀

PS: If your wife or Girlfriend is still undecided or makes faces at the idea of having a gun or carrying one, get Kathy’s book and thank me later.

Denver’s Negligent Discharge: Arresting the President of Perazzi Shotguns. FAKE

Daniele Perazzi, president of the Italian Perazzi Shotguns firm, was taken into custody yesterday by Adams County Deputies [see update, below] along with several prototype shotguns. The executive was picked up in the parking lot of the Denver Merchandise Mart, hosting the high-end Colorado Gun Collectors show this weekend, after a taxi driver, likely reacting to a suspicious activity reporting outreach program conducted by law enforcement, told authorities he thought he could be transporting an armed “foreign speaking” terror suspect.

via Shotgun executive taken into custody at Colo. gun show on cabbie terror tip – National gun rights | Examiner.com.

“We don’t want your shotguns! We love hunters! We just don’t want to see Assault Weapons in our streets!”  That is what Uncle Joe Biden and the rest of the Gun Control Cadre keeps telling us.  That is, of course till you have shotguns and are seen as a target.

But not only Dever PD was stupid enough to have him arrested without cause, this takes the frigging cake:

Perazzi was released a short time later and his prototype shotguns were returned to him, but reports have emerged that he was ordered by law enforcement to leave the state by nightfall, and sources tell Gun Rights Examiner he has gone one step further and left the country. He is expected to be returning soon with an eye toward filing legal action.

I guess Michael Bane was not exaggerating when he dubbed Mile High with the moniker People’s Republic of Denver.

PS: If you must have to take a trip to Denver, do not take a cab but rent a car as the taxi drivers apparently are former Stasi workers.

PS2: Check Gun America for the price of those “Saturday Night Specials” that Perazzi makes and can be found in the hands of gang members and local drug dealers in Denver.

UPDATE: It might be that the information initially given was wrong as Daniele Perazzi died late last year. It is possible that the one arrested was Mauro Perazzi. However the rest of the story so far stands.

Apparently it was a fake although I’d like to know how a TV station got fooled. This is the official statement from Perazzi:

In merito a quanto riportato dalla stampa di Denver (Colorado), relativamente ad un presunto arresto per terrorismo di Daniele Perazzi (fondatore della Armi Perazzi S.p.A.) sollecitato da un taxista del posto, precisiamo che la notizia è completamente destituita di ogni fondamento.

Infatti, Daniele Perazzi è, purtroppo, mancato ai vivi da circa un anno. Neppure il figlio, Mauro, si trovava sabato scorso negli USA.

Ciò significa che quanto riportato dalla stampa è assolutamente falso e sbagliato e che, di conseguenza, la notizia non è stata per nulla verificata.

L’azienda Perazzi, peraltro, contrariamente a quanto scritto, conosce bene la legislazione americana sulle armi a ragione della sua estesa e rinomata attività di commercializzazione dei suoi prodotti negli USA.

Poiché è difficile pensare a semplice errore, si ritiene che qualcuno che ha interessi contrari a quelli della Perazzi S.p.A., può aver creato questo falso a fini esclusivamente diffamatori.

La società ha già dato mandato ai suoi legali, per intraprendere le più opportune azioni, civili e penali, a tutela del marchio rappresentato e della relativa attività, svolta anche e con profitto sul mercato americano.

Roberta Perazzi

Amministratore Delegato Armi Perazzi S.p.A.

Google Translation:

About press reports of Denver (Colorado), relating to an alleged arrest for terrorism Daniele Perazzi (founder of Perazzi Armi SpA) urged by a taxi driver of the place, we point out that the news is completely devoid of any foundation.

In fact, Daniele Perazzi is, unfortunately, failed to live for about a year. Even his son, Mauro, was last Saturday in the USA.

This means that as reported in the press is absolutely false and wrong and that, consequently, the news has not been verified for nothing.

The company Perazzi, however, contrary to what is written, is familiar with the American legislation on weapons because of his extensive and well-known activities of marketing its products in the USA.

Since it is difficult to think of simple error, it is believed that someone who has interests contrary to those of the Perazzi SpA, may have created this false defamatory purposes only.

The company has already instructed his lawyers to take the most appropriate actions, civil and criminal, in order to protect the brand represented and related activities, and also turning a profit on the American market.

Roberta Perazzi

CEO Weapons Perazzi S.p.A.