Start of Something Big « A Journey Through Life

Loading the fat .45 ACP rounds into the single stack magazine was easier than the .40 that’s for sure. That or its confirmation bias. I lined up the sights just slightly above the grouping left by the previous occupiers of the lane, and shot. It was, it was like zen you could say.

via Start of Something Big « A Journey Through Life.

 

Damn it…another one lost into the Evil Church of the .45 ACP 🙂

 

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Florida gun range lets customers shoot at each other – ZOMG!

Reuters discovers Airsoft 30 years after its inception. Scares the crap out of them. Exaggerated headline ensues.
Coming next in Reuters: Internet, a passing fad or here to stay? Experts are not sure yet.

Combat City, a Florida gun range, has taken the concept of target practice to a whole new level. Customers can actually engage in simulated combat against other people, shooting real guns at each other.

However, as local affiliate WKMG explains, the customers aren’t using live ammunition. Owner Dave Kaplan gives visitors a choice: He can modify your own gun or you can rent an airsoft gun from the store.

via Florida gun range lets customers shoot at each other | The Sideshow – Yahoo! News.

Can you imagine Reuters amazement when they find out that there states that allow citizens to carry guns? They’ll be calling for UN intervention and everything!

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Wounded Warriors Project: Bactracking at the speed of Michael Jackson’s moonwalk.

Just caught this in their Facebook page:

If instead of trying to come up with an excuse so thin Bob Geldof is ready to have a concert to feed you, just apologize and say you were wrong.  You are not there for your ego but for the servicemen and women wounded in battle. This issue has grown so bad so fast I have no idea how you people are gonna make amends.

“It’s better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt.”
Mark Twain

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Stand Your Ground stays standing in Florida.

In a report to the Legislature, the group offered up only minor tweaks to the Stand Your Ground law — including changes that could actually make it easier to claim self-defense after killing someone.

via TALLAHASSEE: Stand Your Ground task force has little to show for six months of work – Florida – MiamiHerald.com.

Boy are they pissed! But it had to be this way. I am still amazed at the loads of raving crap spewed by the Antis on this matter, specially the sad use of the Race Card. When you say stuff like “Reports have also shown that the law has had disparate impacts on racial minorities.” in a State heavy with minorities, you better have a way to prove that the law says it has to be applied differently to one group and not another but we know SYG does not say anything like it and if it was misapplied, the fault lies with those who have been complaining the most: Prosecutors & judges.

Here is a silly comparison: Let’s say that a drug company comes out with a new super antibotic called Sygaminicin. This antibiotic is then distributed to doctors & nurses alongside the instructions on how to use it. But some of these doctors and nurse do not like or not care much about Sygaminicin and screw up the dosage, apply it the wrong way, apply it only to those people they like or don’t to people they don’t. It does not take a genius to figure out that the antibiotic is not the one to blame but the morons who refused to follow protocol, did not know the protocol or have it against the medication so they applied it the wrong way on purpose. And to boot these Walking Malpractices go on the offensive and try to blame the medication to cover for their own bias or stupidity.

Stand Your Ground is a protection against prosecutorial misconduct. The problem is that prosecutors think they are not capable of misconduct at all and hate anybody who says otherwise. The claim that criminals are now the ones getting an advantage because they can claim self-defense is idiotic because criminals had always claimed self-defense when they are caught in a deadly force case and they end up going to prison if the prosecutor know what he or she is doing. If they are less than efficient, the fault lies with them and not with the law-abiding citizens that do not need to be treated like John Wayne Gacy as default position because he was forced to use deadly force to defend life.

 

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On secession and citizenship petitions… (UPDATE)

Liberals are going ZOMG about the Petitions for Secession in the White House’s website. I did sign the one for Florida but I do understand that the White House will never abide by it. Think of them as a very polite notice of intent that a great section of US citizens are sick of the s*** from DC.

A counter movement is now afoot: Strip the Citizenship from Everyone who Signed a Petition to Secede and Exile Them. It reads:

“Mr. President, please sign an executive order such that each American citizen who signed a petition from any state to secede from the USA shall have their citizenship stripped and be peacefully deported.”

 

I  had to laugh. This fails in so many levels that I cannot count them all. Executive Order? What is one more in the 60 plus daily coming out of the Administration every day? If I am to be deported, I do want to be sent to the Republic of Texas (Don’t laugh, check your history first.) Here is the even funnier part: I will sneak back as an illegal alien and get all the goodies I cannot get as a Citizen plus send all monies I may make back to Texas to my family. I know I will get a job and be paid well since I’ll be doing the jobs that Liberals do not want to do such as…well just about everything since most of the remaining US “citizens” will be on some sort of welfare and depending from the Government.

I call that a WIN.

UPDATE: As of 5;40pm Florida got the necessary signatures so the White House can officially ignore our request for secession.

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The Wounded Warrior Project Kerfuffle

In lieu of lengthy explanations, I am posting the email exchange between Tom Gresham and Leslie Coleman PR of WWP. My comments will be at the end of the exchange.

After Sunday’s show, we’ve gotten many emails about Tom’s remarks after WWP declined an interview request on Gun Talk Radio because it’s a firearms-related show. We’ve also seen the forums that are suggesting many things that are not true. So, I’m going to lay it all out right here.

We thought it would be great to book the WWP on the Veterans Day show to promote the organization, so I contacted them. I was flabbergasted when their PR contact, Leslie, sent me an email saying they could not participate because our show dealt with firearms. Knowing that WWP has a booth at SHOT show and various gun shows across the US, takes wounded warriors on hunts and range days, raffles guns and accessories as fundraisers, etc., their policy didn’t make much sense. I forwarded the email on to Tom to get his take.

-Sarah

 

The following is the complete email exchange:

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Hello, Leslie:

Sarah forwarded me your email after I asked her to invite the Wounded Warriors Project to join me on “Tom Gresham’s Gun Talk” radio show.

I’m stunned at your email saying that the WWP doesn’t participate in an interview or activity related to firearms.  Inasmuch as there are 90 million gun owners and most of them support wounded veterans, I think they would be shocked to hear that they are, by way of their hobbies, somehow not worthy of helping with the Wounded Warriors Project.

Does your policy apply also to police agencies and the military, since they are “related to firearms?”

 I’m hoping that we have misunderstood your email.  Can you confirm that it is, in fact, an official policy of the Wounded Warriors Project to not do interviews with or participate in any activity related to firearms?

 Thank you.

Tom Gresham

 

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Good afternoon —

 While we appreciate your interest in Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) you are correct that we decline the media opportunity.

 Please note the following notice that appears on our website which also applies to WWP public awareness policy and inquiries from media outlets:

http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/additional-opportunities.aspx

 WWP does not co-brand, create cause marketing campaigns or receive a percentage or a portion of proceeds from companies in which the product or message is sexual, political or religious in nature, or from alcohol or firearms companies.

Thank you for your inquiry.

LESLIE A. COLEMAN

public relations director

O: 904.405.1433

M: 904.654.8138

F: 904.296.7347

 Wounded Warrior Project

 4899 Belfort Road, Suite 300

 Jacksonville, Florida 32256

 

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Thanks for confirming that, Leslie.  It was a simple opportunity to promote the WWP on a national program in an effort to send donations your way.

 I’ll pass along the info that you don’t want or need the help of America’s gun owners.  

 Best regards,

 Tom Gresham

 

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Good morning —

This policy is not a judgment on those who own and use firearms – clearly every member of our armed forces has been trained in the use of firearms and then called on to use them in the course of their service to this country.

 Our position regarding firearms and alcohol is in response to the struggles that many injured service members face with substance abuse and suicide and the roles those items often play in those issues.

 Thank you.

 LESLIE A. COLEMAN

 public relations director

 

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Hello, Leslie:

 Thank you for that explanation.

 I do think — and I’m being as kind as possible — that it’s the nuttiest thing I’ve heard in years. Suicides are not linked to firearms. Japan has a much higher rate of suicide than does the U.S., and they have essentially no firearms. Suicide is a serious issue irrespective of the methodology used.  

 This explanation doesn’t pass even the most simple “does this make sense” test.

 Your policy does, in fact, brand firearms and the companies which make them as undesirables, and by association, you are saying that those who own and use firearms for recreation, hunting, self protection, and other safe and legal uses are to be avoided.

 It’s certainly your option to ostracize the firearms industry, the 90 million gun owners in America, and the media which support firearms safety training.  

 At this point, I feel an obligation to make sure the millions who listen to my radio show and watch my two national television series know about your policy.

 I cannot fully express how much I feel you are doing a disservice to our wounded veterans, and how disappointed I am to discover this bias at the Wounded Warriors Project.

 Sincerely,

Tom Gresham

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God, what a mess. This is The Make A Wish Foundation Screw Up for the new century.

Unfortunately this is clearly a politically motivated/pseudo scientifically taken decision by WWP. If they think guns are bad, they wouldn’t be proudly announcing in its webpage that Raytheon is a corporate sponsor.

Years ago I made the decision that I would not support Make A Wish with direct donations but I would not reject to offer direct help if asked. This came about one day at a previous job where we had the chance to give a four-year old who’d never seen the ocean a weekend at the beach. As much as I consider the organization’s stand against hunting stupid, I could not say no to a little kid enjoying his last summer on this planet even if the event was being sponsored by M-A-W.  You have to be a callous S.O.B. to say no to a dying kid and I am not that cruel. Also, besides this post, I will not endorse publicly nor come down on WWP. As misguided as they are on this subject, they are serving a good cause and they have a fair rating with Charity Navigator.

As for you reader, you take your own decision.

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The Josh Horwitz Insurrectionist Library: Improvised Munitions Handbook

The Improvised Munitions Handbook is a popular item among our military.

And since it was paid by the taxpayer and published by our government, it must have CSGV’s Seal of Approval, right?

 

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