I’m going to answers Miguel’s question from his last post.

I was fucking amazed that after Las Vegas, Pelosi’s bill didn’t call for an outright ban on semi auto rifles.

Think about that.  Really.

In a span of 16 month there were two mass shootings using AR pattern rifles, with combined over 100 dead nearly 600 injured. 

The best that Pelosi could muster was a ban on bump fire stocks.   Not an assault weapons ban.  Just on bump fire stocks and trigger cranks.

That is an amazing victory for our side, that Pelosi knows an AWB would die instantly in Congress.

Yet some in the gun community are choosing to die on the hill of bump fire stocks.

Holy shit.   We have an opportunity to buy good will for a major win for our side  (see the NRA statement on bump fire and national reciprocity).  Fighting that is as bone headed a thought as I’ve ever seen.

For fucks sake, take the comic of the gun rights cake and shove it.

I guarantee if we win bump fire stocks they WILL come back with an AWB to spite us.

At this moment, the NRA is collecting a hundred times more hate than Las Vegas Killer Stephen Paddock. This is from Gun Control people and alleged Gun Rights people.

I understand why Gun Control people hate the NRA: They have been brain washed into it and it is their Pavlovian response. Sadly enough, that is the same explanation for what now appears to be a sizable chunk of Gun Owners hating the NRA.

The Second Amendment is our inalienable Right, no doubt. The question now forming in my head is: “Do we deserve it?”

You really do not want me to answer that question today.

A collage of an argument I had with a Fudd. They do seem to believe their weapons will be safe from the thirst of Gun Control Activists.

There was an intervention by the wall owner trying to calm things down. I added the following:

I understand that gun owners may not be keen historians, but if you are as old as me, (and this guy is) you must know by now that there is almost no firearms in civilian use that were either designed for or eventually adopted by the military.  Your cute bolt-action rifle? Mauser bolt deign for the German Military makes it a weapon of war. Add that scope to get yourself a nice deer and the Antis will (and some have already) call it a Sniper Rifle that has no use for civilians in the US.

And at the risk of being called an asshole (and worse) you need to forcefully point that out to the Fudds. Let them “enjoy” a Zumbo moment.

Thanks to Gary E. for the tip.

I had no idea who Elena Bouvier woman is, but I couldn’t help but laugh at this piece of “art.” She turned out to be some photographer that does art or something like that.
I guess she missed the class on logos and symbols.

And it does need some music:

Here it is. Read it with care.

I mean it, read it with care. It is a masterful piece. (the parts in bold are original but enhanced by me for your reading pleasure)

(FAIRFAX, VA) – The National Rifle Association today issued the following statement:

“In the aftermath of the evil and senseless attack in Las Vegas, the American people are looking for answers as to how future tragedies can be prevented.  Unfortunately, the first response from some politicians has been to call for more gun control.  Banning guns from law-abiding Americans based on the criminal act of a madman will do nothing to prevent future attacks.  This is a fact that has been proven time and again in countries across the world.  In Las Vegas, reports indicate that certain devices were used to modify the firearms involved. Despite the fact that the Obama administration approved the sale of bump fire stocks on at least two occasions, the National Rifle Association is calling on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) to immediately review whether these devices comply with federal law.  The NRA believes that devices designed to allow semi-automatic rifles to function like fully-automatic rifles should be subject to additional regulations.  In an increasingly dangerous world, the NRA remains focused on our mission: strengthening Americans’ Second Amendment freedom to defend themselves, their families and their communities.  To that end, on behalf of our five million members across the country, we urge Congress to pass National Right-to-Carry reciprocity, which will allow law-abiding Americans to defend themselves and their families from acts of violence.”

Since any device that makes a semi auto rifle (one pull of the trigger, one shot) shoot full automatic (one pull of the trigger, two or more shots) are already illegal/restricted by NFA 34, the NRA is not sacrificing anything and just laying the “blame” on the ATF under Obama. And I say “blame” because the bump fire devices do not modify the rifle to full automatic fire.

And in the same breath pushing for National reciprocity? Lovely.

So, don’t lose your shit because you think you read something it was not there.

When it comes to Gun Control, Nancy Pelosi is a jukebox with only one song.

Q: What new law would stop something like this?
Pelosi: Background checks. #PelosiTownHall https://t.co/mrhwApq8qp https://t.co/1rziEQfXAK

— CNN (@CNN) October 5, 2017

And in case you can’t see the video from Twitter:

Q: What new law would stop something like this?
Pelosi: Background checks

Stephen Paddock bought his firearms at gun shops and passed the background checks. Dear God that shit was reported plenty already!

Two Nevada gun shops confirmed Monday that they sold firearms to Mandalay Bay shooter Stephen Paddock in the last year and said he passed all required background checks.

Source: Two Nevada Gun Shops Say Stephen Paddock Passed Background Checks – NBC News

Is she fucking kidding me or is she simply stupidly uninformed? Or just plain losing her mind as it is being rumored?

Oh please dear God, let the Democrats keep her where she is.

I read Miguel’s post on why he might need a vacation.

Allow me to make something clear.

I’m not just a gun blogger and recreational shooter, my income, my living, my career is in guns.  I’m not some weak tea supporter of gun rights.

In my heart of ideological hearts I read “the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed” as just that. 

According to Merriam Webster, infringed means “to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another.”

The way I see it, I have the right to go into a gun store and buy an M4 with a giggle switch and under slung M203, pay cash and walk out the door with it.  The only compromise should be on what condiment the person who says I should not be allowed to do that can eat my ass with.

But that isn’t the world we live in.  We live in a world where the NFA, NICS, Gun Control Act of 1968, and FOPA exist.

So there have already been compromises.  I don’t like them but unless there is a civil war or Constitutional Convention, the likelihood of us getting our rights back by stomping our feet and saying “no more compromises” is zero.

Fuck if Trump didn’t get elected on the chant “build the wall” and when DACA came up, he fucking waffled.  Do you expect better from the swamp rats like Ryan and Graham?

Of course not. 

So in the game of politics, I am willing to sacrifice a pawn for a queen.  I’ll trade bump fire for the right to carry on 5th Avenue in NYC with my Alabama permit.  I’d happily trade some piece of plastic shit that causes AR’s to jam for the right to build a 12 inch 300 BLK with a can on it with only a 4473 at point of sale.

I want to beat them at their own game.  It seems most “pro gun” Republicans take a stand before an election then grab their ankles afterwards.  

If you can get results with no compromises, more power to you.  Show me results.  If you can’t, what trades are you willing to make for a big win. 

Also, if you have issues with one of my posts, leave it in the comments.  I read them.  Don’t torment Miguel on my behalf.