August 31, 2005

Gun Control Reasoning

Gun control is being able to say that an armed 72 year old is morally inferior to the man who was killed in the process of stabbing his ex-wife. It's being able to say that a woman who will likely...
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Discouraging Folks Who Are Doing Good

The lovely, talented & accurate Annika Oakley miss Annika has a post about her most recent range trip, which is becoming a weekly thing for her. She's coming along quite well on the path to gun nuttery. But as is...
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August 29, 2005

Stand BY

Working through some things related to the Munuvian black out of late last week. If you notice the site being a little different it is. I'm trying to get things straightened back out as we speak...er type. (Date changed to...
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August 28, 2005

Test Post

Just testing, don't mind me......
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August 26, 2005

...So Long As 100 Of Us Can Remain Alive...

On Tuesday, August the 23rd of 2005 Sir William Wallace was honored in a ceremony in the place where he was executed by the English in 1305. Sir William Wallace was further honored by a few polls over the years:...
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Oh Good Grief

This is not directly gun related (though I might play a round of "Six Degrees of John Moses Browning"). Gretchen Wilson is being asked by some ass in Tennessee (actually the AG, or Ass, Generally) to stop using chaw (i.e....
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August 22, 2005

Comments III: Worst State And Best Country For Gun Owners?

In the previous post I said I'd get around to answering the lovely, talented & accurate Miss Annika's questions. The questions were: "i'm going to take the Cali Firearms Safety Certificate test today. i read through all the laws and...
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Comments II: California's HSC

In the previous post I addressed some comments left by readers. One seemed to merit special attention as it raised a subject that can't be treated with a paragraph or two, least not by certain long winded bastards such as...
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August 20, 2005

Comments

I've been slack in responding to some comments left by readers. This is inexcusable since I have some very bright readers who either ask questions deserving of an answer or offer insights that I may have missed. To give you...
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August 17, 2005

Distinguished Reader Done Good

Nathan Hale Trophy (Civilian) 144 Langham, Robert (11928) Standing 93 - 1 Sitting 96 - 2 Prone RF 97 - 2 Prone SF 188 - 4 Aggregate 474 - 9 That's 144 out of 1030 competitors. Daniel Boone Trophy (Overall)...
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August 16, 2005

Torn - Well Slightly

Ever have two of your favorite tems playing against each other? I'm living in Colorado but I'm from North Carolina. So at the same time I'm proud of the top two finishers that were going for the Whistler Boy Trophy...
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Just Damn

How far would you go to shoot a rifle? Halfway round the world perhaps? "So you think you traveled a long way to get to Camp Perry this year, well try traveling half way across the world. That’s exactly what...
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Mo' Links

Carnival of Liberty VII Carnival of Cordite XXVI Weekly Check on the Bias August 16th Edition I found some intersting links over the past few days while working on the High Power post. I'd like to give them all individual...
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High Power Primer

I like shooting High Power Rifle matches. That's not the same as being good at them, but I like shooting them anyway. To spread my addiction I'll try to give you an idea of what's involved. This will be a...
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August 14, 2005

Another New Shooter Behind Enemy Lines

The lovely & talented Miss Annika is well on her way to becoming a gun nut. Course considering the fine work she did at the range I should probably stop calling her "miss" :) For the pertinent stats: Sig 226...
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August 12, 2005

A Good Day

In this post I related the tale of an 84 year old Indianan who had his revolver stolen from him by the D.A. after he used it in justifiable self defense. If you scroll down to the bottom of the...
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August 09, 2005

Linkages & Stuff

Carnival of Cordite #24 Carnival of Liberty VI No Weekly Check on the Bias for you, but Jeff always has interesting content anyway, so go read. Say Uncle tells the tale of a man killed in a no-knock raid for...
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August 04, 2005

Your Cash; Your Cause

The NRA has done two things right. Yes; I said it. (It's really me; Publicola & I really like Garands - that should prove it's me). Moreover one of those things they got right other pro-gun groups have gotten wrong....
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August 02, 2005

Making Up For Missed Links

Carnival of Liberty #4 Carnival of Liberty #5 Carnival of Cordite #23 Carnival of Cordite #24 Now the next three have something I'd like to point out; Jeff has featured pics from Distinguished Reader Robert in all of those Weekly...
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