I have to say that maybe the Conspiracy Clique was not off the reservation about the shenanigans of Open Carry Tarado Tarrant Kory Watkins.  Nobody in the Gun Rights community is so stupid as to threaten legislators with death unless they are getting paid by the Opposition.

Yes he did that. Here is the short version of the original long-winded video:

Agent Kory Watkins has to be a plant, a mole, the Texas single body version of the American Hunters and Shooters Association who were also faux Pro Second Amendment but 100% Liberal Democrat PR company out of D.C. Not even Hanlon’s razor explains this will to damage any effort for Gun Rights in Texas. About the only other option is that we are in the presence of the Gun Rights version of the Westboro Baptist Church writ batshit insane. (I forgot who came up with the simile, but it is right on the money so I stole it )

The only piece of good news is that he is staying in Texas and not screwing up anybody else’s efforts in other states. You people in Texas makes sure you keep him corralled.

PS: Doe he need Visine or is it just me?

So last night, I am enjoying a bit of fresh-somewhat-mosquito-free-air on my back porch, when suddenly I hear a big badaboom. And then another and so on.  The explosions are not that close, but loud enough to take notice that something is out of the normalcy of Miami-Dade County. I notice a police helicopter going round and round and high above over where the explosions seem to come from

Next, a flight of five Blackhawk helicopters go by hauling ass, a couple of minutes or less later, what appear to be four more also go by like the Hammers of Hell. By now there is a certain amount of nervous curiosity on my part, but there is nothing on the news and apparently most of the county had their asses stuck to the TV for the Heat game as there was one person asking in Twitter about the helicopters.

So around midnight, I finally figure out what was going on and it has a typical twist for this area:

A metallic box containing ammunition was dropped from a military helicopter Wednesday night during a training exercise in Northwest Miami-Dade, according to the Miami-Dade Police Department.

Police ask that anyone who sees the box to leave it alone and call 911 immediately.

Earlier this week, Miami-Dade police announced that there would be a joint military training exercise in Miami-Dade and Broward County, but did not specify times or locations of the training.

The routine training helps military personnel operate in urban environments, prepare forces for upcoming deployments and meet mandatory training certification requirements.

It was not clear exactly when or where the box fell.

via Military helicopter drops box of ammo in Miami area | The Miami Herald The Miami Herald.

As a friend commented in Facebook, “WTF are they doing with live ammo during a training exercise?” And to add insult to injury, the area where the box might have fallen is not know for its peace and quiet or organized groups of peaceful civilians using their hands in complicated gestures to quote the Bible.

That went well.

St. Petersburg, Florida — A backyard gun range is no more.

Joseph Carannante built a gun range on his house property in St. Petersburg and was up to city code and did not break any laws. However, his neighbors were angry and begged him to remove it.

They got their wish on Wednesday morning.

via Man agrees to tear down St. Pete backyard gun range.

I am sure that Deal team Delta Six Ranger is gonna be disappointed they could not train to operate like ninjas in his backyard. That was some super technical gun range.

“Nothing has changed. I think, in fact, the shooting demonstrated that we have a safe campus.

via FSU president remains firmly opposed to guns on campuses | February 3, 2015 | Lloyd Dunkelberger | HT Politics.

I need more coffee…..

Who said Gun People do not have a sense of humor?

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