Where a Hispanic Catholic, and a Computer Geek write about Gun Rights, Self Defense and whatever else we can think about.
0:59 – Whoa easy there Dieter… not everyone borrowed or bought the “Art of the dynamic ABS pipe fuckery” DVD yet. Don’t be an asshole and try to show everyone up.
Have I mentioned that I hate…really hate the SUL thing? OK go check the video and don’t miss the Play by Play.
Outstanding report from literally ground zero on the new push for Gun Control.
Sorry for my friends that see this elsewhere, sharing on the usual gun forums:
So, I have my asbestos suit on…. flame away….
I went down to Newtown to face the Bloomberg folks today Went with a buddy of mine, Joshua. He’s a younger guy, Marine, getting active in the 2A movement. I decided not to wear a CCDL shirt, I don’t think that was the time (especially if the anti’s decided to engage us in a loud ruckus and all – I didn’t want the organization getting the negative attention). So, I decided on wearing my “guns save lives” shirt. Pretty obvious, given their whole campaign was about ending gun crime. Which reminds me, you wanna see people in the anti-gun camp freak out: When they ask an open carrier why they are there, just say “I believe in stopping gun crime”….. the look on the face is EPIC!!!
But I digress…..
So, we were blatantly open carrying in our retention holsters. Turns out, the Bloomberg folks called 911 on us…. no biggie, we were in the right.
Officers showed up, said “Hi”. They did not hassle us at all about being there. No “sidewalk, grass” nonsense like I’ve seen at other events where I’ve OC’d. Mind you, we were the only pro gun folks there.
Officer says “do you have a permit?”…. obvious “yes”. “Can I see it?”. Now, I could have been a prick here and said, “why?”. However, as you can see by the few pictures, satellite trucks from CNN and national broadcasters were there as well. I didn’t want to draw negative attention (especially when we were doing so well). So, I said sure. I have my permit, Joshua did the same (mind you, funny hearing my name coming out of a cruiser over fifty feet away!).
Officer then called on her cell phone after running our permits (clean). She acknowledged our courtesy when she handed our permits back. She DID NOT ask for our firearms, run serial numbers or ANYTHING. Simply said, thank you and we had a short chat. She commented on the fact that we were indeed courteous and respectful. Admitted that we were free to walk wherever we want. She asked if others were coming and I said I wasn’t sure. She then continued with pleasant conversation by saying “if they give you a hard time, feel free to call us and we’ll fix the situation”….. Then a simple “thank you and have a nice day”.
Then, it gets even better….. the guy from Bloomberg’s group goes over to them and….. NOTHING. They obviously didn’t think it was legal, found out otherwise. Had our pictures taken A LOT of times by the anti’s that were VERY poor at trying to take pictures thinking we wouldn’t notice!
All in all, spent almost two hours out there, quietly on the side and EVERYONE knew we were there. Pointing, looking. NOTHING.
CNN tried to “direct” an pre-interview with me. Tried to flow the conversation with statistics. Look on her face when I gave her data right back that is provable, and she realized she couldn’t make me look like an idiot.
Best part: We stood in front of the NBC-30 folks for nearly two hours and they didn’t even notice….. when we were FACING them.
Bottom line:
We made our presence known.
Open carried.
Were courteous with everyone we met.
They found it so hard to comprehend because we didn’t argue, antagonize or try to belittle their little moment of exploitation.
Damn right it was a good day.
Now flame away, I showed an officer my permit…
Credit of the above goes to Jonathan Hardy & yankeegunner.com
I am gonna have to start liking them Yanks…at least some of them. 🙂
According to the report, the arresting officer alleges that when Jared stopped talking he hindered the officers ability to do his job and that is where the obstruction arrest came from. Ummm, I’m no legal expert or anything, but I do know how to read, and I’m pretty sure one of those amendments in the bill of rights specifically recognizes that American citizens have the right to remain silent when speaking with law
Is it me or there is a bunch of bruised egos on the side of “The Law”? Because this is getting stupid big in an accelerated way. Maybe that town needs a nice lawsuit to remind them about abuses of power and the Constitution.
We keep reading in the MSM that the Administration wants to have another go at it. The new astroturf groups like Moms Demand Action are blasting social media. Mayor Bloomberg (AKA The Malevolent Dwarf) just launched his new Yankee Vulture Bus Tour to travel incognito around the country. And the usual suspects still are trying to make noise about the Santa Monica and yet they are not getting a whole lot of traction about it.
Other than a few faithful, the major players in positions of power know any new attempts at gun control are a losing proposition. But what they know (or think they know) is that Gun Control is a highly divisive discussion and they need that right now as the administration has been taking it in the chin and other softer parts lately with the slew of scandals that scare people on both sides of the aisle. The administration also needs to give something that MSM can write/talk about other than the IRS and the NSA and the EPA and State Department and the FBI and etc.
So basically be ready to be part of the Socket Puppet Theater. And don’t dismiss the SOBs because they are still trying at state level and even local levels without any regard for accuracy or even the truth.
And if anybody asks why you don’t support the “Universal Background Checks” just tell them that If Nobody Can’t Trust Them With Phones, Sure As Hell I Won’t Trust Them With My Guns.
Because you know, I am sure this administration is following the law not keeping records of the NICS background checks, right?
But is it me or most of the magazines from the Santa Monica shooter appear to be unloaded? Warning: I am a total zero on AR/M4 stuff so I will take any input and explanation.
PS: Anybody knows about a bigger/better definition pic, let me know.
I know I am supposed to be polite and nice…. sorry, I am done playing by their rules.
