Nothing fancy. No Smart TV or 4K – 5K definition. Just a 40″ 1080p  to substitute the one we have right now. Mom used a liquid cleaner not compatible with the screen and left a streak that has been progressing in size.  I hd some money saved, some eared given to the missus for her dental stuff and did my research and found a nice Samsung under $200 in Wallyworld. Perfect!

And then Beto opened his mouth. I went pavlovian.

Meet F.I.T. (Fake Irish Taco) that will go with the unused stripped lower that I had mentioned some time ago.

No brace just to avoid future hassles if they were to come.

Just don’t tell the wife. I have to come up with an excuse to explain its presence. “It followed me home”, It was dropped in our stoop in a basket but without a note”, ‘it fell of the nest and I couldn’t let it die”…. something

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1173790839233024000

Forgive me if I don’t fully believe that President “Bump-stock and flavored vape juice ban” is the stalwart supporter of my right to own an AR-15.

Police: Georgia homeowner shoots, kills 3 teenage boys wearing masks

Investigators tell the station that one of the teens pulled out a gun and fired at neighbors before the homeowner returned fire. Three people were home at the time of the shooting.

Deputies arrived to find all three boys who had been shot lying in the driveway. One of the boys died at the scene. The other two later died at the hospital.

Neighbors tell WSB-TV the homeowner is a truck driver who owns a semi-automatic rifle and is highly protective of his mother.

Police haven’t filed any charges as of Tuesday morning.

So the boys, who were all wearing masks, pulled a gun first and used it.

The homeowner then shot them defending himself and his family.

As you can in the video, there were the family members lamenting that the homeowner defending himself from being shot at by saying they didn’t need to be killed and blah, blah, blah.

Not enough details have been released to know if race is going to become a factor, we shall see

In case you have not herd, a homeowner successfully defended himself and family from three masked home invader t the wee hours of the night.

Gunfire that left three masked teenagers dead in Conyers, Georgia, is being investigated as a possible “stand your ground” case, according to local authorities.
Rockdale County deputies responded to reports of shots fired at a home in the Atlanta suburb shortly after 4 a.m. Monday, according to the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office.
When deputies arrived, they discovered “three males with gunshot wounds and began administering first aid,” the Sheriff’s Office said. Two were hospitalized and died, while the third was pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting. Those killed were a pair of brothers, 15 and 16, and another 15-year-old, WSB-TV reported

Homeowner kills 3 masked teens in possible ‘stand your ground’ case, Georgia cops say

The herald article seems to red like this: “ZOMG! They were executed just because they had masks! That’s racist!” But if you happen to go to to other news organizations, specially local ones, you will read a different opening:

CONYERS, Ga. — Three masked teenagers were fatally shot after a shootout with a homeowner in Rockdale County early Monday, authorities said.
The incident happened just after 4 a.m. off Flat Shoals Road on White Oak Court in Conyers. The sheriff’s office said the teens, two 16-year-old boys and a 15-year-old, were killed during an exchange of gunfire. It appears the teens were attempting to rob three people in the front yard, authorities said.
Published: 7:26 AM EDT September 16, 2019
Updated: 5:54 AM EDT September 17, 2019

3 masked teens shot to death outside Conyers home, sheriff says

Somebody mentions later in the article the homeowner probably using an “assault rifle” which would end up just being the cherry on top.

Never forget they hate you and they hate the idea you can defend yourself with deadly force.

Good news from The Sun UK:

IN HIS SIGHTS SAS hero kills five terrorists in seven seconds with shotgun to stop ‘suicide bombing’

AN SAS hero armed with a shotgun reportedly killed five terrorists in just seven seconds to stop a suicide bombing attack.

The Brit soldier had stormed a bomb factory as part of an SAS raid on an ISIS outpost in Baghdad, Iraq.

As the SAS ‘breach team’ entered a courtyard, they were confronted by a group of heavily armed jihadis.

One of the brave Brits fired at them with his Benelli M4 Super 90 semi-automatic shotgun, killing three would-be bombers.

Another two terrorists appeared from a building and he reportedly shot them dead as well.

Several other jihadis then emerged, but immediately surrendered after seeing two of the bodies “didn’t have heads”, reports claim.

Ha ha ha, fuck yeah!!!

I’m reminded of what the great Clint Smith said about shotguns:

“Shotguns at the right range with the right load will physically remove a chunk of shit off your opponent and throw that shit on the floor.  And you have to get someone to come in and clean this shit up with a shovel.”

Apparently that SAS operator was at the right range with the right load and that chunk of shit was Muhammad Bin Terrorist’s head.

“The terrorists were no more than a few feet away when the SAS team came face to face with them,” the source said.

“They had just finished morning prayers and were loading weapons into a vehicle. We now think they were about to carry out an attack.

“One of the breach team opened fire…it was a case of bang, bang, bang, then bang, bang. It was over in seven seconds.”

Suicide vests filled with slabs of plastic explosives and ball bearings were found on two of the dead jihadis.

The vests are understood to have been designed for mass casualties.

I remember being told a story by one of my Marine buddies.  They were having problems in Iraq where they would shoot some terrorist in a breaching operation but the terrorist had enough time before dying to pull the pin on a grenade or set off explosives and get the Marines who entered the room.

So a few of them bought 1 oz. deer slugs when they got rotated back home and loaded those up in their shotguns on their next deployment.

A 1 oz. deer slug hitting center of mass at no more than 10 yards is so traumatic that it shuts a human being off like a light.

There is nothing like the power of a 12 gauge scattergun at close range for ending threats.

With all of the stores telling me that they don’t want my business if I am armed, while at the same time doing nothing REAL to prevent shootings or crime, I appreciate Amazon more and more. I can buy almost anything without having to be near the proverbial watering hole.

Yet another reason why online retailers like Amazon are putting traditional retail out of business.

Confessions of a Street Pharmacist – Amazon looks better

When you get old, you learn that some things can wait to be fixed or bought. Unless is something major that requires immediate repair, I will shop online and wait for it. It saves me on back pain and having to deal with the increasingly impolite population (Or maybe I am already the old cranky guy of lore).

Even Home Depot and Lowes have a internet booth at their locations and rather than walking aimlessly up and down the aisle, I order online and go pick it up as soon as I get the notification that it is ready.

And I get to carry.

School districts in 11 Florida counties are open to training teachers to carry guns in schools as a defense tactic in case of shooting situations, according to an official with the state Department of Education.

Damien Kelly, director of the state Office of Safe Schools, told the Senate Education Committee on Monday that of the 36 school districts participating in a controversial school “guardian” program, 11 have indicated an interest in arming classroom teachers.

Teachers in 11 Districts Have Volunteered to Be Trained and Armed

It is a beginning and proof that the original statement was always false.  The districts are rural which makes even bigger sense since help could be 20 to 40 minutes away.

Same as with Concealed Carry, more people will get in line when they realize the stories of teachers losing their minds and killing Little Johnny because he forgot to bring his homework do not happen. And God forbid a teacher does have to use a gun to save lives as the Antis would actually cry.

Ours is a battle of attrition, not a sprint.