It was just announced that UPS and FedEx are being sued by the families of the victims who died in Uvalde. Yes, the shipping companies are being sued.

The goal is to make it as difficult to conduct business around firearms as possible. The claims are that these companies shipped “parts” to somebody that they should have known shouldn’t have these parts because they make scary guns scarier.

That is not the topic of today’s post. In trying to do research for the new case, I stumbled on a case from June 2023.

There was massive fanfare all through the media about how Daniel Defense, LLC, Oasis Outback, LLC and Firequest International, Inc were all being sued by some Uvalde families because an asshole did bad things with a product produced or sold by a third party.

It turns out that Daniel Defense had absolutely the best defense, they didn’t even bother to respond. Oasis Outback, the company that sold the firearm(?) to the asshole who did the shooting. Firequest also responded.

The gist? Both companies filed motions to dismiss for failure to state a claim. Hearings were held on December 1st, the court dismissed the suite on March 27th. Nine months of lawfare, taking money from people that did nothing wrong.

In one case, a thing which wasn’t a firearm was treated as if it was a firearm, and the seller should have predicted that an asshole was going to do a bad thing with that particular item.

Having lost there, they are no going back to the well, attempting to get UPS and FedEx to decide it is too risky to transport firearms or firearm accessories.

There are some reports that this is already affecting people.

New York Democrat Paula Collins just said that Trump supporters need a “re-education camp” after the Presidential election.

?New York Democrat Paula Collins just said that Trump supporters need a “re-education camp” after the Presidential election.

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— harparr #IFBAP (@harparr1) June 7, 2024

So, I was out today and bought a box of supplies for USA Re-Education .308 counter class.

There are two big lessons to learn from this:

1) Goggles limit your peripheral vision. That guy went unnoticed because he was hiding below the field of vision of those entering the room. When wearing anything that affects your field of vision, you must actively scan the area.

This is a lesson I learned a long time ago working in industry wearing PPE. It’s very easy to forget your vision is impared and bonk your head on things.

This is especially important for all those Gun Culture 3.0 guys running around with NODs to remember. Typical NODs only have a 40° field of vision. Even the best quad-tube NODs are 97° in the horizontal and 20° vertical.

2) If you are going to clear a room, you have to know how to do it. The proper way to do this is slicing the pie.

When I went to Thunder Ranch, one thing we were shown to take a quick peek at the danger zone.

Yes, you are telling the person there you are coming. But you will also know they are there and are not caught by surprise.

Using both poor technique and not accounting g for your restricted field of view is what gets you shot in the dick without seeing it coming.

Lastly, these best way to clear this corner is…

"Is it my imagination, or have you and your podcast become more political? I enjoyed the interview with @Riley_Gaines_ but was really surprised to see you “go there,” and speak so candidly about such a politically charged topic." Carol Marks

Hi Carol.
It’s your imagination.… pic.twitter.com/yOqIagEkfF

— The Real Mike Rowe (@mikeroweworks) June 6, 2024

I like Mike Rowe. He speaks plainly and doesn’t care if you are offended.

I believe a lot of what we call “madness” is our kindness and incomprehension as we try to explain and deal with sheer evil.

Which is why I really do not want to go there.

Memphis, Tennessee is beautiful this time of year.pic.twitter.com/HLAdCOxbnP

— 9mmSMG (@9mm_smg) June 7, 2024

I believe I can hear the sweet notes of a Glock switch by the unseen performer. The only people in truly danger were the spectators ’cause these fuckers never got close to their targets and counter targets.

Hat Tip Dr. Shooty McBeardface