“This is beyond comedy now.”

This was the attached comment from Robert The K. A.K.A Suburban Sheepdog when he posted this link in Facebook. But this is past comedy and dives right into insulting the American people. Her own FBI has collected a substantial amount of evidence to the contrary, but somehow she seems to ignore it and come up with her own twisted version of reality.

To basically deny this was an act of terrorism because of political correct niceties is scary beyond relief. It means she will be inclined to assign people the badge of terrorist for political correct niceties…

…and that can get really expensive down the road.

Hello there. Finally getting to the finishing part of this project. Been getting life out of the way lately.

After sanding the parts surface down to a 1000 grit finish its on to the buffing.  This is my 1 HP floor buffer. it spins at 1850 rpm. Anything above 2200rpm you will have difficultys, it will melt the compounds and embed them in your work,makes a mess too. I use 8 or 10 inch buff wheels. This one is a spiral sewn one. It is medium hard. I use emory compound which is black on this one and is course. On steel it does a remarkable job as you can see here. Sorry I dont have any buffing photos, had no one to take pictures.Now we move on to cleaning with degreasers  at 140 degrees and soap with a distilled water rinse. Once it is clean,on to nickeling. A good quick clean test is dip the part in water and pull it out. If the water runs right off its clean. If the water rolls around an area, that area is not clean. I will have more on this soon.Next pic is ready to drop in nickel tankPic6 The colored plugs are in all the holes in this receiver because we dont want to fill the holes with plating as then the pins wont fit and you will chip the plating.This is my nickel tank. It get heated to 130-140 degrees,has air agitation,comes from the pvc pipe which goes back to a big blower that uses filtered air. Small tank next to it is the nickel rinse tank. Receiver went in for 1 hour and came out like thisNow this gets CAREFULLY washed as you can scratch it. then it is ready for black chrome. Black chrome is just that,black but the nickel shine through it.Chrome gets its shine from the nickel under it, the chrome top coat is like a clear coat over a basecoat paint job. It protects the nickel from the world. I will have more projects soon guys. I appologize  for the delay. Any questions,comments send them in.

Republicans and Democrats are split far apart on abortion and gun laws in general. The funny thing is that Democrats don’t care about polls that disfavor them, but will immediately take to referring to polls that disfavor Republicans. With the 4 gun control measures blocked yesterday, USAToday says that:

“Democrats say the GOP is out of step with the American people, pointing to polls that show a majority want stricter gun laws. An NBC News/Survey Monkey online poll conducted after the Orlando massacre last week found 61% of those surveyed support stricter gun laws; 38% opposed them. The survey also found 60% support a ban on “assault weapons” and 38% oppose it.”

So just because some survey determined stricter gun laws are favorable, we should enact laws that reflect it? There is a lack of process there. Surveys can be inaccurate, but more importantly they do not have the power to destroy the second amendment. By that, I mean that some of the stricter laws suggested are moderately to extremely infringing on our right to bear arms. One such proposal was the Feinstein proposal which was blocked. I know that there are many laws that we- those of us in the firearms community- feel as if our rights are already being infringed upon. But for people to suggest that lawmakers should follow knee-jerk reactions and surveys taken on emotion, and for those people to ignore the right that they do not wish to use is not a clean way to go. Miguel pointed out that gun control people should heed the due process of our rights because they would then sound more reasonable. It would force them to carefully consider what laws they want put in place.

And what does this have to do with abortions? Well, according to CNN polling: “58 percent of Americans oppose all or virtually all abortions” and “only 40 percent of Americans generally favor legalized abortion in most instances.” The article also pulls polls from previous years were the percentage against abortions is in the 60’s. So does this mean to Democrats that anti-abortion laws need to be instantly put in place? Absolutely not. Polls are just estimates to try find out what the percentage of the population agrees or disagrees with. Those who support legal abortions, at least in most cases, point to the ninth and fourteenth amendment. Those are the two amendments that were largely used to decide Roe V. Wade. The ruling under Roe left it so that abortions are legal and laws relating to abortion should be under the standard of strict scrutiny.

So when a poll’s majority says gun laws need to be stricter, Democrats support a democracy and mob rule. However, when poll’s majority say abortions should only be done under strict circumstances, Democrats favor our Constitutional Republic.

On a side note, I absolutely hate the Republican/Democrat splitting on situations purely based on party lines. The two party system is crap, and instead of ideologies, people are choosing to align with an entire party’s ideology when voting. So, I don’t like to just say sweeping things like “Democrats do [insert bad things]”, but in this case of gun and abortion laws I did so because the situation has been a party-line split historically.

After a Monday like we had and a rest of the week promising a full dose of whining, we need something to relax. I love Michael Keaton, specially in a couple of movies that did not get the kudos of the critics or were wildly successful at the box office.

One Good Cop is the Police/Tearjerker you can get you significant other to watch  and both be satisfied. Chasing bad cops and taking care of orphaned kids? Brilliant!

The Paper is one of those big cast movies that also did not get traction but is so much fun to watch. Keaton rips through the movie like a possesed soul trying to balance a bunch of nutcases working in a tabloid while trying to beat the competition.

Add them to your list of Must Watch.

PS: Keaton has been selected for the role of Stan Hurley. Some of you will get the reference.

And we welcome Regular Guys Guns to the blog world…that is supposed to be dead somehow but still moves.  Apparently I inspired him to do his own…mostly around the lines of “If that moron can write a blog, I am Shakespeare.”

Lord knows we need more voices defending our Rights.

So go check them out. And, of course, abuse them in good fun.

One more thing:

Mitch Albom, a writer with the Detroit Free Press discovered that the etymology of the term “Assault Rifle” comes from Nazi Germany and maybe Hitler himself?

“The assault rifle traces back to Nazi Germany. Did you know that? The Germans were trying to develop a more effective weapon for their soldiers, one that rivaled the firepower of a submachine gun but had better accuracy in more confined spaces.  Kill faster, closer in. That was the idea. Adolf Hitler, according to some accounts, even named the weapon: Sturmgewehr. It means “storm rifle.” Tuck that somewhere in the back of your mind. The first people to really utilize this weapon were Nazis. Not our forefathers. Not Thomas Jefferson. Not George Washington.”

Holy shit, no.  Nazis!!!  Ban them all!!! Ban EVERYTHING!!!

Oh, wait.  Nope.  Never mind.

Yes, it is true that the term “Assault Rifle” comes from the StG 44, but as a gun nerd, I propose that the StG was not the first assault rifle.  If you go by the commonly understood definition: “By U.S. Army definition, a selective-fire rifle chambered for a cartridge of intermediate power. If applied to any semi-automatic firearm regardless of its cosmetic similarity to a true assault rifle, the term is incorrect.”  Than the first mass issued assault rife was the U.S. Army issue M1 Carbine.  It was select fire (early designs were select fire, this was ditched by the Ordinance Dept, but later put back in as an upgrade with the T4 and then as the M2), used a detachable magazine, and used an intermediate cartridge (the .30 Carbine is ballsitically more similar to the 7.92×33 than to the .45 ACP or 9mm).  Paratrooper models came with a pistol grip.  It is true it was not issued to front line troops and was considered more of a PDW, but it meets the definition quite well.  And that rifle was designed by David Marshall Williams, who was serving time in prison for murder when he developed the M1.

But I digress.

Guess what Hitler and Nazi Germany also paved the way for?  Anti smoking campaigns and bans on smoking in public.

Hitler was also big on preventing pregnant women from smoking or drinking.

Nazi Germany also paved the way on combating high fat and sugar contents in food.

The Nazis also created one of the first laws that required a permit to carry a handgun.

I guess NYC, San Francisco(most of California, really), and the rest of progressive America that bans smoking in public, trans fats, big sodas, and everything else tasty and fun for the good of public heath is run by Nazis and is carrying out the goals of the Third Reich.

I doubt any of that was also what our founders had in their heads when they created this country.  I don’t remember the government telling me what I can and can’t eat being in the Constitution.  Actually, I’m pretty sure the 10th Amendment says the opposite.

American is to go around with a Marlboro Red in one hand and a batter dipped, deep fried, Snickers in the other, alternating between the two, taking a break only to wet your whistle from the 2 liter Jack and Coke in the Camelbak you are wearing, all while permitless open carrying a pair of Colt 45s.

See, we can play this “the Nazis did it so it must be bad” game all day if you want.  By the time we’re done, I think I can effectively destroy every single DNC policy on this years platform.