I Am Soldier of Fortune: Dancing with Devils by Robert K. Brown.

When I was a younger fella and living in the USA for the first time back then in the 80s, I had the luck of picking up a weird magazine that had guns and people shooting things and even other people. But that was just the gift wrapping because I realized that it was indeed done by people who not only knew what they were talking about, they were going to places and finding out the real story behind what the exalted media was trying to portray. That magazine was Soldier of Fortune, much maligned by the MSM mostly because they were envious of the testicular nature of what it is defined as “looking for the story.”

I Am Soldier of Fortune is not a per se biography of SOFs founder Robert K. Brown but it is him telling you stories as if you were sitting across him in a house of spirits savoring your particular poison. To me it was a reminder of days in the 80s that pretty much were the last ones of the daredevils when you can actually hop in a plane, fly to a war zone and join an army of your choice. Historians pretty much cover the 80s under the hateful view given to Reagan and his fight against the Soviets, but they ignore that shit was happening all over the globe. It was the time that you could have joined a three-letter federal agency just because you spoke the proper language and were crazy enough to seek action and not because you had a parchment issued by a recognized House Of Lefty Education and knew how to kiss ass. It was the time when Merc was a bad word and they wore it proudly because they were there and the others were hiding. Dan Rather went to Afghanistan ONCE and he was pretty much demanding the Medal of Honor for his reporting well away from danger; SOF staffers kept going and going to the thick of it just to have fun, shoot shit and write articles for the readers.

And trust me, RKB did not touch but 1% of all the crap they pulled or the book would be over a thousand pages long.

Reading this book will give you 5 extra points for your Man Card… go get it.

Kilted to Kick Cancer is a group of individuals who raise funds to fight prostate cancer. They do by advertising themselves wearing kilts and calling attention to themselves in the most ugliest of fashion manner…..it is amazing how few males can actually get away by wearing a kilt and apparently none of them are with the 2013 Kilted to Kick Cancer. 🙂

Jokes aside, please give whatever you can. I will “sponsor” Jay G. from Mar-ooned because so far he is the one that scared me the most with his get-up. And yes, he has great prizes to boot! If you want to avoid the eye injury, go ahead ad go to Jay’s Donation Page directly.

Let’s shove a finger up prostate cancers butt!

(So I’ll never work for J. Walter Thompson…so what?)

North Carolina now allows for CWP holders to attend places where alcohol is served but they cannot consume it. Cue the Freaky Nannies who are busy placing Gun Free Zones in their locales because…you now, them signs are force fields against bad intentions. And of course, there is always one idiot who cannot seem to understand the concept of hypocrisy.

“I just wonder what else the legislature is wasting their time on,” Blue Horn Lounge owner Tim Wood said, “with all the problems we have now.”

The Blue Horn Lounge’s tinted windowfront on Franklin Street made the partnership’s sticker invisible, so he went online and ordered another kind.

“Guns are a tool for killing. Alcohol is a tool for making bad judgment,” Wood said. “The two should not be combined.”

via CHAPEL HILL: Chapel Hill downtown group tackles N.C. gun law changes | Chapel Hill | ChapelHillNews.com.

He badmouths gun owners but has no problem selling alcohol that is “a tool for making bad judgment.” I wonder how many DUIs have originated from his place of business and he has not given a crap.

Basically, the ones that won’t get intoxicated cannot come in and those who want to get bombed are welcome. Make sense from a purely business point of view.

You read this and there is a chill going up and down your spine.
Hat Tip to Guns Saves Lives.

They are having a Freak-Out fest in the comment section. The obligatory redneck put downs are available alongside the accusation of ignorance, insanity and then, la creme de la creme:

Jennifer Bell I called and spoke to the principal today. It was a very concerning conversation. I was calm and collected and tried to appeal to him as a fellow educator in regards to the kind of example this will set for the students and the influence his decision will have. He didn’t let me get very far – interrupting me several times to tell me that this was not “some kind of AK 47 or hand gun.” It’s a black powder gun apparently. Then he asked me if I was a gun-owner. When I said that was immaterial to the discussion, he said obviously you’re not [a gun-owner] and don’t understand anything. I’m a hunter and know what I am doing. Then he hung up on me. Clearly, his personal ad political convictions are leading his decisions, which is inappropriate for a school administrator. Additionally, he was unprofessional, dismissive, and rude. I shared my experience with the state superintendent, June Atkinson (unfortunately, her authority is limited in this case). Then I called the country superintendent, Sean Bulson, who approved the decision, to file a complaint about the principal’s conduct and lack of professionalism. Finally, I called our local news station with the story.

So she went out of her way as an “educator” to politicize the event and at the same time display her ignorance…and on TV too to boot.

BTW, they have not figured out yet that the gun will not require a background check for the future owner to take possession.

IDPA is the last bastion of true shooting – if a Model 19 and 158 grain LSWC was good enough for my dad on the force, then it’s good enough for me. Six for sure beats clearing malfs any day!

via What your IDPA Division says about you | Gun Nuts Media.

And I have Multiple personalities being classified in SSP, ESP, CDP and SSR.  Kinda explains a lot, huh? Good post! 🙂

I think by now, we have analyzed and re-analyzed what we know and was presented at trial as evidence regarding George Zimmerman’s actions. Time we take a look at the other part of the equation. Do remember I am not an “expert” and these are just my ideas.

I am dismissing for the moment the possible influence of “Thug Life.” While there are several indicators that he at least partook on the whole image of the gansta/rapper/hyper-aggressive, I do not have enough data to make a full decision. However, I have no doubt that it may have influenced his final acts.

It takes two to Tango.

Go to Stupid Places, Do Stupid Stuff, Win Stupid Prizes.

Or plainly:

 Avoidance, Deterrence, De-Escalation.

Again, I have no idea what was in Trayvon’s mind or why he chose to engage in the way he did, but he had the chance to avoid the confrontation by running like crazy. He was a fit young male who was in his school’s football team and not far from his fathers house.A fast getaway is more than an appropriate choice. Some funky guy on TV and podcast keeps saying “Distance is good. More Distance is More Better” and those are words to live by.

He could have “deterred” George Zimmerman by getting off the phone with his friend and asking what did he want and announcing in a loud voice he was calling 911 (and even doing so.) Quiet is never good in my opinion. The louder one gets in cases like this will tend to attract attention from potential witnesses, a thing that people with evil in their minds do not like. Do remember that Zimmerman’s cries for help did attract attention from the neighbors.

And attacking Zimmerman via “Ground & Pound” was clearly a harsh escalation of the chain of events that led to George Zimmerman feeling he legally needed to use deadly force to stop him. Nothing good came out of it.

“Your number one philosophy for personal security should be a life long commitment to avoidance, deterrence, and de-escalation.

Avoidance: The act of avoiding or keeping away from (Three Stupid Rule.) If you can safely retreat from the encounter, by all means do so. For instance, if you are out for a walk and feel threatened or intimidated by an occupant of a car, you should retreat in the opposite direction that the car is traveling.

Deterrence: The act of discouraging someone from taking hostile action against you by being aware of them and their possible intent.

De-escalation: The act of decreasing in intensity. To not let your ego or emotions get the best of you, to refrain from escalating the problem into more than it already is. As a CCW you may need to back down from non-life threatening, argumentative encounters in order to not allow things to spiral out of control. When these things do not work, then and only then may you need to show or use the gun. Just because we are carrying does not mean that we need to use the gun. You want to do whatever is reasonably possible to avoid using the gun. But when your well researched, well thought out “line in the sand” has been crossed you need to act without hesitation.”
Roger Phillips, Suarez International Specialist Instructor.

These are words to live by.