I blame myself for paying attention to a Facebook ad and buying a book blind:

And I lost $7.00 to boot on the frigging Kindle book. For those who are wondering why I got a migraine:

M4 carbine

Barret M82

And just for added effect, the ammunition they shoot:

And neither come with a walnuts stock nor are designed for them.

I found out the author is a British lawyer who on average are as dumb about guns as your  local journalist.

Yes, I posted this video before, but this version is edited to display its full Mall Ninja power.

And I am just figuring there might be visitors to the blog who know the term “Mall Ninja” but may have not know about Gecko45.
Ladies and gents, click here for the Shrine of the Mall Ninja.

I am working on a couple of long posts and during my research, I bumped into a couple of old friends:

A dissection kit. I and the rest of the kids in class had one like that in high school. You see, it was a mandatory piece of school equipment that we needed to purchase. I had mine stolen by parties unknown and thanks to my father’s business, we knew people in hospitals who directed us to this other kit:

It is called a Necropsy kit and it was of much better quality that the stolen dissection one. I gave mine to my godson when he entered high school and the idiot lost it.

And some of you may be wondering why would a kid would do with such dangerous instruments in school, instruments that in this day and age would prompt the mobilization of the local SWAT team, the Navy SEALs and MSNBC Remote Coverage?

We dissected bunnies for Biology class. Soft fuzzy bunnies were rendered unconscious via ether, sliced open and the internal organs watched functioning under Morpheus’ influence. Then they were given an overdose of ether until they passed out and organs were removed for further close-up study. This was done under the supervision of the teacher who never touched the animals or the tools or the chemicals: we did all ourselves. No gloves, no face masks, no goggles, just a white lab coat and mostly to avoid the inevitable blood splatter from reaching out school clothes and our mothers raise holy hell. I think there was a first aid kit with band aids somewhere in the Biology lab, but memory is not so clear.

I do need to make a correction: The teacher did touch our rabbit. He was showing us the different anatomical parts and using one of the big straight needled as pointer. Remember that the bunny was still alive, lungs collecting oxygen and heart pumping “…these are the lungs, this is the heart and this is the aorta.” Famous words that would remain in my memory still after 44 years because the teacher punctured the aorta and a jet of warm blood hit him right in the eyes. We did the mature thing and laughed our asses out while the teacher tried to wipe his eyes clean and the “anesthesiologist” was trying to avoid being sprayed with blood also. It is amazing how strong the blood flows though that artery! That jet reached at least four feet vertically.

The teacher regained composure and covered the bunny’s open chest with several layers of gauze. Then he directed our “anesthesiologist” to leave the ether on the bunny till it died in its sleep, ordered us to clean the blood from the table and went to wash his face.  As we complied with his instructions, from another table we heard a loud thump, turned around and saw the body slither off to the ground. We initially figured a kid passed out at the sight of bunny organs in display, but it ended up being that the “anesthesiologist” for that table forgot to close the bottle of ether and  inhaled the fumes till he passed out. Next thing we know, we are introduced to something we had only seen in the movies: Ammonia capsules! Dear God on Heaven they stink and so we did what any reasonable young teen would do: When the teacher was not looking, we stole a bunch of them for later misuse. (Note: People may throw up if you shove a broken ampoule of ammonia under their noses while having lunch. Do not ask how I know.)

The class continued. We removed organs, studied them under magnifying glass, took samples with a micrometer (Home made, that was part of the assignment. I aced it.)  and studied those under a microscope and learned the hard way that you do not compromise the intestines of a rabbit because the insides stink worse than the ammonia. Most importantly, we learned. Nobody got stabbed or punctured by anybody. I don’t even remember if anybody had a self-inflicted wound of any kind, I know I did not and I was a total klutz with sharps back then. We washed our instruments in alcohols, dried them up with paper towels, put them back in the cases and the case went into our bags. Nobody thought about pulling them out during recess or another class. They went home with us and relegated to a corner of our rooms till they were required to be used again.

Now imagine having 20 kids loose inside a lab with a live rabbit, ether and very sharp instruments on this day and age. No, I can’t either. The kerfuffle would make national news and congressional hearings demanded, PETA would be camped outside the Principal’s office and Bloomberg would create Moms Demand Action For Scalpel Safety group.

Old times…

Senate Bill 2294 to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to access to firearms by certain people also known by the short title of “MaKayla’s Law” was an example of a bill that on first look seemed palatable. I mean, nobody wants to allow kids without any training or moral compass access to guns, right? But the wording was so general that it was a very tempting tool for a prosecutor with a political urge to abuse.

IANAL and that mean it is my interpretation and not to be taken as legal advice but just based on what I have seen prosecutors do before.

“It is an offense for a person to recklessly place, leave, or store a firearm in a location that is in plain view and readily accessible to a child under thirteen (13) years of age if..”

Right of the bat, this language is dangerous. It is not a Parent or Guardian but basically anybody in the State of Tennessee can be prosecuted to have a weapon on the open even when nothing happens. It goes on and gets worse.

…if the firearm: (1) (A) Is placed or stored for any period of time in a location in which the firearm is not immediately available to the owner or possessor of the firearm; or (B) Is temporarily left unattended by the owner or possessor of the firearm for any period of time; and (2) Contains ammunition in the clip, magazine, or chamber, or ammunition for the unattended firearm is in the immediate vicinity of the firearm.

Youth Hunting programs, Scholastic Shooting programs, Boy Scouts small bore, Rimfire Challenge or any activity where kids 13 and younger participate would be prime temptation for prosecution of the adults in charge and the sports would disappear as adult would want to be prosecuted for breaking the overreaching law.

There are a couple of “exceptions” to the law which do nothing more than force you to lock your guns and ammo in a safe even when you don’t have kids. You see, the law does not make exceptions if your house or vehicle is broken into and a kid under 13 gains access to the gun directly or indirectly: If somebody stole your gun from the trunk of your car and gave it to the minor, you are responsible.

What rubs me wrong is that there are states with Safe Storage laws which make sense and that the “honorable” senators from Tennessee could have copied and even improved. Florida’s 790.174 is an example if for nothing more than this little sentence:

This subsection does not apply if the minor obtains the firearm as a result of an unlawful entry by any person.

The case of MaKayla Dyer is indeed sad but this bill was just an abuse of power waiting to happen.

MELBOURNE, Fla. – A crash involving two tractor-trailers hauling beer and chips overturned on Interstate 95 in Brevard County, spilling the snacks all over the roadway and blocking lanes for hours on Wednesday morning.

Source: Beer, chips spill onto I-95 after semi overturns in crash

See? Eventually we were bound to get a cool Florida Man story. Pull over and take a breather.

I have finished my newest lightweight 20″ AR build.

If you don’t recognize the text, it is an ironic tribute to Woody Guthrie, and the way this sentiment has been adopted in the popular culture.

Woody Guthrie was known for being anti-Fascist.  He wrote songs titled “All you Fascists Bound to Lose” and “Round and Round Hitler’s Grave.”  The thing of it is, I’m not sure Woody Guthrie had any idea what a Fascist really was.

In a letter to his daughter, Guthrie wrote “Maybe I could talk to you about fascism…  It is nothing in the world but greed for profit.”

A biographer of Woody Guthrie stated “Guthrie envisions the fascist threat as an economic threat in the first place, which endangers American society through the illegitimate enrichment of an elite through the exploitation of the working poor.”

Woody Guthrie’s opinions on fascism sound a lot like Bernie Sanders’ opinions on Wall Street.  There is nothing in it about totalitarianism, government oppression, or any of the other political hallmarks of actual, factual fascism.  Guthrie’s antidote to fascism was labor unions and a collectivized work force.

“There ain’t but two sides, the working people’s side and the big bosses’ side.”

Keep in mind that the original draft of “This land is your land” by Guthrie was critical of the concept of private property.

“There was a big high wall there that tried to stop me;
Sign was painted, it said private property;
But on the back side it didn’t say nothing;
This land was made for you and me.”

Guthrie’s long time friend and touring partner Pete Seeger said “You know, Woody was a Communist.”  A number of current pro-Communist and pro-Socialist writers have taken to touting Guthrie as a hero because of his folk status.  But don’t take their words for it, let Guthrie tell you himself what he believed.

“Every single human being is looking for a better way…when there shall be no want among you, because you’ll own everything in Common. When the Rich will give their goods unto the poor. I believe in this Way…This is the Christian Way and it is already on a big part of the earth and it will come. To own everything in Common, That’s what the Bible says. Common means all of us. This is pure old Commonism.”

Guthrie’s brand of fascism is of the “fascism is anything I don’t like” kind.

That’s how owners of private businesses became fascists, even though a state controlled economy was central to Italian Fascism and Nazism.

You see this today with SJW’s, BLM, Sanders supporters, and other leftists.  This is how conservatives who support limited government, gun rights, and economic freedoms are all fascists.  At least with these special snowflakes, they can claim the ignorance of being two generations removed from a time when fascists ruled countries.  Guthrie was in his prime during WWII, he should have known better.

So why would folksy socialist believe that a guitar kills fascists, for the same reason hippies believe that drum circles can fight the man.

It can’t.

History has shown us that political and economic freedom are intertwined.  It is impossible to control the economy wile allowing people to have other freedoms.

If Orwell’s vision of the future was a boot stamping on a human face – forever.  Than Guthrie’s was a Birkenstock stamping on a human face – forever.

This is also the difference between the BLM/SJW’s and Bernie supporters.  You’re gonna get stomped on, it’s just a mater of how folksy the stomping will be.

So what really killed fascism.  M1 Garands, about 5.5 million of them.  Also M1919s, 1911s, Thompsons,  P-40 Warhawks, P-51 Mustangs, B-17 Flying Fortresses, B-25 Mitchells, M4 Shermans, and several million more tons of other ordinance.

In the spirit of honoring real history, I put Guthrie’s statement on the one thing that really did stop fascism.  A gun.

Travelers lining up at Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci Airport to check in for El Al flights and at nearby TWA and Pan American counters hit the floor when four or five terrorists rushed in at 9:10 a.m. and set off hand grenades. The terrorists then unleashed a barrage of submachine-gun fire. Thirteen people were killed and at least 70 wounded in the Rome attack, which lasted two to three minutes. Three of the dead were terrorists who were slain in a gun battle with security officers. Three people died in the Vienna attack, which started five minutes after the terrorists stormed the Rome airport. Among the dead in Vienna was one terrorist. At least 47 people were wounded.

Source: 16 Die in Terrorist Attacks at Rome, Vienna Airports : 117 Hurt in Raid Aimed at Israelis – latimes

The real question is how the attacks did not happen before? The news item and picture are from the Abu Nidal attack at the airport in Rome on December 27, 1985. Apparently not only we have not learned a damned thing after all the past attacks but we strove it to make it easier with all the TSA Theater Security Checkpoints.

It does not take a genius to imagine the casualty count of a couple of suicide bombers in the middle of this or any crowd at any airport in the US.  But the stupidity will not change until we have a pile of bodies and assorted body parts decorating an airport terminal.

But we must make sure that potentially dangerous people do not gain access to airport terminals like the ones that attacked Brussels, right?
No, that would be racial profiling and CAIR would go on TV to cry racism. Instead, we must watch stupid shit like this being done in the name of “security”: