April 30, 2004

Serves the statist henchmen right

Two law enforcement officers suffered minor burns while they were destroying property stolen from the people despite constitutional prohibition of such conduct firearms. Normally I wouldn't take any delight in the suffering of another human being, but if you've ever...
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Yet another federal gun control bill to be proposed

Representative Jim Moran (D-VA) will hold a press conference on Monday, May 3rd to announce a proposed federal bill that would ban .50 "sniper" rifles....
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Reminders

New posts are up over at The Shooters' Carnival. Go check 'em out. & don't forget that the .50 caliber & machine gun shoot is only two weeks away!...
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April 28, 2004

Yet more on the NRA & Bush

Greg of The Hobbesian Conservative took issue with my take on the Chris Cox speech at the NRA convention. He did so in the comments to that post & in a post of his own. Clayton Cramer weighed in in...
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April 23, 2004

Chris Cox NRA Speech

Chris Cox gave a speech at the NRA convention. Mr. Cox is the head of the NRA's Institute for Legislative Action, which is the official lobby of the NRA. In the speech Mr. Cox made some statements that I genuinely...
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April 19, 2004

About the move...

First of all many thanks to Pixy for making the most kind & generous offer to let me set up shop in his space. It'll take a few days to a few weeks to get everything in order so please...
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Patriot Day

No, this isn't a post about football. Today marks the 229th anniversary of an event that gets talked of a bit in primary school (the shot heard round the world) but seldom mentioned afterwards. Most people think of the bombing...
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April 18, 2004

To help our Bleaker Parts

Emily Dickinson To help our Bleaker Parts Salubrious Hours are given Which if they do not fir for Earth Drill silently for Heaven— [Running low on Ogden Nash, I turn to plagiarist.com's Random Poem function, and it keeps coming up...
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