Alexander’s Bridge is a movie project by Panteao Productions in which a team of Army Delta Force Operators travel back in time and find themselves in the middle of the Civil War.

I am a sucker for Time Travel (big Quantum Leap fan) and one of the most understated movies of all times in my opinion was The Final Countdown where the USS Nimtz finds itself around Pearl Harbor just before the Japanese attack.

Panteao Production is doing the Indiegogo fund collection thing.  The name must be familiar to gun owners as they have one of the longest and coolest line of firearms training videos anywhere featuring the best of instructors in our field.

If you can help with the movie, do so.  Act of Valor was budgeted at $12 million, criticized and poopoed by the “experts and ended up grossing over $70 million. Hurt Locker, Oscar winner and delight of the critics only grossed $17 million.  Good war movies made by good people make money and do not insult warriors or ourselves.

And enjoy this clip from The Final Countdown:

“I think the behavior of some of the committee members was a little over the top,” said Rep. Terri Austin, D-Anderson. “They were disrespectful to those expressing concerns. Bullying doesn’t just occur in schools.”

So what was that deplorable behavior that some mean committee members engaged in? Were they making fun of her looks? Her clothing? Called her bad names? pushed her around? Shoved her in a locker?

Nope here is what happened according to the JournalGazzette.com:

It got especially heated when Zionsville mother Shannon Watts, of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, testified.

For every statistic she used, Lucas countered from a book he carried. For every statement she made on mass shootings, another lawmaker would refute.

Lucas even pointed out her maiden name and read a list of her previous jobs to note her expertise in media and marketing.

So Shannon Watts get challenged on GMO “facts”, refuted and asked about her past employment and she complains she was bullied.  Somehow she is so saintly, so “morally” above the rest of the peasants and even legislators that she is not to be bothered with such minutiae as the truth?

Truth & Full Disclosure: The New Bully Technique.

Or as someone said: Like turning the lights on and see the cockroaches run and hide.

Hat Tip to @ReviveLiberty

Asked if he could outspend the National Rifle Association and other opponents of gun control measures, Bloomberg casually replied, “Oh sure.” But then added, “I’m not the only funder of this.”
While he has been critical of Congress for being unduly influenced by political contributions from the tobacco industry and other special interests, Bloomberg, whose net worth is an estimated $33 billion, according to Forbes magazine, dodged a question about whether he should be considered a “special interest group.” He says it’s his right under the Constitution to support the candidates and issues he chooses.
“We have the Second Amendment which gives you the right to bear arms. You also have the First Amendment which gives you the right to say what you wanna say,” Bloomberg said. “I think shame on me if I didn’t use the money I was lucky enough to make to make the world a better place.”

via Katie Couric and Michael Bloomberg – Yahoo News.

It is lovely to see them fighting the windmills they built themselves. Even though the Media will nod their heads and go along with the hypocrisy, I believe that most people won’t. It may not be a decisive factor as in “That’s it! I am not going to support what he is peddling” but it will register in their minds and it will be a factor in the future.

You close the casket one nail at the time.

Found this one in Spain’s Guardia Civil website:

Tried to look for more info about it but other than identifying it as a PD model manufactured in the 1930s, there was nothing out there.  the magazine appears to have a 32 round capacity which makes me think it was a 9mm (either 9×19 or 9×21) and in the tradition of the Luger, you could store the gun inside the stock. Where you could store the magazine? No idea.

I’ve seen this meme going around and it is interesting. No particular order of dislike…

5) Chiappa Rhino
I don’t care how innovative, recoil-less or any other adjective you can give it: It is just plain ugly. If I had to use it in a defensive situation, I feel I would have to apologize to the criminal for adding insult to injury.

4) Smith & Wesson 500
Shot one once, it was not fun and I am not a recoil wuss. Other than “Ma! I have one!” I don’t see its usage for urban/suburban areas.

3) Mossberg Persuader
Probably too many bad movies and episodes of Miami Vice has set me against this one.

2) Tokarev
Ugly, unbalanced & unfriendly which also defines the Soviets and the KGB.

1) French MAS Model 1936 
This one was a toss up with the Enfield.  At the end, my francophobia won.

But what the study does seem to show is that stand your ground benefits defendants a majority of the time and it matters little, if any, what color the shooter or the victim was.

Society may not yet be colorblind, but stand your ground seems to be.

It should not be a rallying point for racial grandstanding.

via Editorial: Stand your ground isn’t about race | StAugustine.com.

It will fall on many deaf ears, but at least some in the media are clear on the Race Card issue regarding SYG.