June 01, 2013
With apologies to Rogers, Hammerstein, Mary Martin, Patricia Neaway, Julie Andrews and perhaps most of all to Tam. Flint locks and doubles and single shot rifles Drillings with engravings that make quite the eye-full Perazzi’s & Merkels priced more than...
May 18, 2013
A Wisconsin lady used a shotgun to save her husband from a bear attack. Aside from a few stitches the husband received all turned out relatively well, but - and I hate to armchair quarterback this thing - the lady's...
April 15, 2013
Apropos of no date in particular, here's a clip for y'all, from a more civilized era:...
April 12, 2013
Michael Bane has a post up about Self-Defense in Non-Permissive Environments. It's a good write up for what it is but it's lacking in foresight. I mean he only covers what are good legal options for this round of legislative...
April 11, 2013
A local TV station did a segment on what items are prohibited from being carried to a Rockies game. While they did point out that chainsaws were verboten and that baseball bats and brooms were permissible accessories they neglected to...
April 10, 2013
This is an article from a few years back, about plans to build a new buffet line for predators attraction for tourists at a big game preserve here in Colorado: "KEENESBURG — Operators of the Wild Animal Sanctuary are constructing...
March 27, 2013
"We live in an area that’s wooded and secluded,' Biden said. 'I said, Jill, if there’s ever a problem just walk out on the balcony here … put that double-barreled shotgun and fire two blasts outside the house.' 'I promise...
March 25, 2013
As you may have noticed, there's an ammo shortage going on. I've heard reports of 550 round boxes of .22LR going for $100, and at the local Wal Mart the ammo shelves are barer than a cheerleader's midriff at a...
March 22, 2013
Previous snow related notes can be found by following links like this one. I always wondered; when the snow is a light dry powder & the wind blows it around, do Cocaine Anonymous meetings get more crowded than usual?...
March 18, 2013
Following the brilliant legal advice of Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., Esq., a man in Golden, Colorado fired two warning shots into the ground when plagued by a false doorbell ringer. Not once, but twice did the vicious doorbell tease commence...
March 14, 2013
Jon Caldara, of the Independence Institute explains why almost all magazines are endangered* by the Colorado magazine ban (and by extension*, similar bans elsewhere). His original post is at this link*, but I'll go ahead and spring* his video on...
March 08, 2013
This is a link to The Colorado Channel's general assembly page. Clicking the "senate live video" link on the page should open a new window & let you see the proceedings today in the Colorado senate. Having lived through barely...
February 25, 2013
Previous snow related notes can be found by following links like this one. I just got outta jail. Seems the folks around here are real particular about which part of the snowman the carrot goes on......
May 04, 2007
Or maybe not. But if you buy your mom this t-shirt that'd be a good excuse to take her to the range (ammo on you of course - remember all those times she did your laundry?). Hat tip - or...
April 30, 2007
My favorite Queensryche tune. (Vid here, though it's edited down a bit from the album version). Rarely have I felt a song to be more applicable to my life & temperament (& perhaps you'd find it's just as appropriate for...
April 24, 2007
For Sale: One Useless Cat (h/t The Volokh Conspiracy)...
Hugh Hewitt did an interview with Professor John Mark Reynolds of Biola University and Professor David Allen White of the United States Naval Academy where they discussed 30 books they think every freshman should read during the first year of...
April 23, 2007
I've been terribly busy, in no small part due to the increased reading as a result of last week's tragic event. So I didn't realize until well past midnight that yesterday was Erf* day. I wasn't even aware that there...
April 19, 2007
Rushed yet again. In the extended entry I'll list a bunch of links that you may find interesting. All are concerning or related to the Virginia Tech Massacre &/or the calls for more gun control in its wake....
April 18, 2007
Due to recent events several major media news providers have found a shortage of key personnel. Positions open include: Violence Policy Center Press Release-To-News Article Transcriptionist Brady Campaign Press Release-To-News Article Transcriptionist Americans For Gun Safety Press Release-To-News Article Transcriptionist...
April 12, 2007
Again I'm swamped (& much thanks to Jed for the post on Colorado's attempt to socialize medicine - I'll try to have more on that when I have more time). In the meantime here's a Flash with cute camelid pics...
April 10, 2007
Actually it's been attributed to Alexander Tytler but is more probably an anonymous quotation from the early 20th century, but it's still apt despite its source, especially for this bit of tomfoolery that I'll get to in a bit....
April 07, 2007
Via Of Arms & The Law: "Use of a firearm to protect yourself or property is not recommended. * Guns stolen from residences are a primary way of getting guns into the hands of criminals. * Half of all the...
April 01, 2007
A Def Leppard tune. For 80's metal it was well structured & despite the genre I always thought it was one of the better tunes to come out in recent decades. Aside from being musically well crafted lyrically i always...
March 31, 2007
A buddy of mine turned me on to Christopher Titus a while back. The guy definitely puts the funny back in dysfunctional. Because I'm bogged down with a few other things that prevent me from posting anything of depth, substance...
March 28, 2007
Frisco, that living tribute to all things Marx, has decided, in its infinite wisdom, that plastic bags are not really that good for you. #9 over at Say Uncle's joint has thoughts (History of Shepple Part I) as does View...
March 23, 2007
Hmmm I'm thinking if this procedure works then maybe it'll be a very cool thing for the NRA, the Democrat Party & the Republican Party. Spinal Disc Transplant Shows Promise Against Back Pain Oh? The patient has to have a...
March 19, 2007
This is yet another Theraflu induced post. Hopefully the last & hopefully it'll be somewhat humorous. And the Lord looked down on his people, who after a time had became slothful & He saw their indolence. No longer were they...
March 15, 2007
Previous Snow Related Notes can be found by following links like this one. K so it hasn't snowed in a while at the lower elevations but there's still plenty of powder on the mountains. & while I'm on the subject...
March 14, 2007
Yes; I'm getting that desperate for blog fodder. Well it's a quick post though & one I did find humorous in a math geek sorta way. Not that I ever was a math geek but some of my best pals...
February 13, 2007
Gunner, bless his little heart, left a note for the ATFU on their website. While I got a big chuckle out of Gunner's post my response would have inquired about seasons & bag limits. In fact I can envision the...
February 02, 2007
Previous Snow Related Notes can be found by following links like this one. No matter how cute the rodent in question may or may not be, Groundhog's Day is not comforting. Hell, just look at what they said about it...
February 01, 2007
"At least two people have become intoxicated by drinking hand-sanitizing gels, a potentially deadly habit, doctors reported on Wednesday. A prison inmate and a hospitalized alcoholic both were treated for poisoning from the gels, which contain alcohol -- but not...
January 25, 2007
Via Say Uncle I've discovered that the ATFU wants my thumbs. For a start: "Because the thumb will allow the rifle to fire more than one round with a single pull of the opposite hand it is a machine gun...
January 22, 2007
Previous Snow Related Notes can be found by following links like this one. Via Bitter it seems that there are all kinds of things to protest about: "Romanian snowboarders have staged a protest at the lack of snow in front...
January 21, 2007
I was cruising through Kim du Toit's Forum & found the following: I need a bayonet for a Marlin Model 60 Fine bunch of lads over there. & as you'll see from the pics toward the bottom of the post...
January 19, 2007
Previous Snow Related Notes can be found by following links like this one. I generally prefer carbon steel blades as opposed to stainless. Since quite a few of my blades have been gifts I own a lot of stainless blades...
January 18, 2007
Previous Snow Related Notes can be found by following links like this one. In the good old days (i.e. two to three weeks ago) the main roads were so powdery that vehicular Darwinism was an instantaneous process & many people...
January 14, 2007
Previous Snow Related Notes can be found by following links like this one. I've always been a mind over matter kinda guy but I realize there are limits. I've heard that feeling cold can largely depend upon your state of...
January 13, 2007
Previous Snow Related Notes can be found by following links like this one. I don't believe in fate or predestination in any form but sometimes I wonder if it's all just coincidence: On a snowy day when the high temp...
January 12, 2007
In the post Shape of My Heart I mentioned a restaurant that had a medical professional theme going on. Well seems some professional organizations had some hurt feelings about the whole thing & wanted government to step in. Kim du...
January 01, 2007
The new list of banned words & phrases is out & I can't say that I don't really sympathize. "Lake Superior State University on Sunday released its annual 'List of Words and Phrases Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-Use,...
December 31, 2006
You may have seen the Vermont T-shirt over at Alphecca's place (Vermont; what happens here, stays here. But nothing ever really happens). Now Mary Katherine Ham has a NC video blog version of that dealing with the Duke LaCrosse case....
December 30, 2006
(Here is the previous Snow Related Note.) I noticed a few other things while out & about tonight in this winter wonderland: A hypothetical person who has led a fairly active lifestyle in their youth (martial arts, football, baseball, soccer,...
December 29, 2006
That'd be applicable to criminals & toy guns alike. "Customers at a Topeka convenience store were suspicious all along about the gun a would-be robber was waving around. But when the man struck a clerk and the weapon shattered, those...
December 28, 2006
or they'll start pushing for primer-lock laws or granule-of-gunpowder-lock laws. Scientists Create Molecule-Size Keypad Lock The bright side is maybe we could use this to keep the scientists from tampering with our food at the molecular level. After all us...
December 26, 2006
Via Tam comes this hearty (& humorously expressed) recommendation for the best Christmas movie ever. It'll surely please us gun nuts w/o having anything to do with wishes for a BB gun (though I dig that flick as well)....
December 25, 2006
I found this funny for some reason: "A Christmas card that bore a three-cent stamp on its first trip through the mail is still going strong, thanks to a little tape and a lasting friendship. The card has been exchanged...
December 24, 2006
"David Allen Rodgers, 42, was arrested Dec. 3 for driving while intoxicated — at the wheel of a float during the annual Christmas parade in Anderson, S.C. According to witnesses, Rodgers sped down Main Street in the Steppin' Out Dance...
December 16, 2006
Sting yet again. & a pretty little tune it is (despite the harmonica). It's from Ten Summoner's Tales which is imho one of his best works to date. Politically I'm not on the same page as Sting - hell i'm...
December 15, 2006
It's a Van Halen tune. Or to appease certain factions of Van Halen fans a Van Hagar tune. I never was a big Van Halen fan (though I do appreciate his playing more than when I was a kid) but...
December 13, 2006
Here's the vid by Weird Al Yankovich. & of course here are the lyrics. The song Amish Paradise is a parody of Gangsta's Paradise by Coolio who based in on the Stevie Wonder tune Pastime Paradise from his Songs in...
December 11, 2006
A nice little funk'n'roll tune from Extreme. Here's the vid (though the sound quality isn't great) & here are the lyrics. Via Triticale comes this story about a thwarted home invasion. It was thwarted by a 4 year old in...
November 29, 2006
Is that a guitar in your pocket or are you just really glad to see me?...
November 02, 2006
In honor of Mr. Nugent & his innovative ideas for the world of musicians & gun owners here's a tune he did with the Damn Yankees. Now that's what I'm talkin' 'bout. I've played in bars, dives, juke joints &...
October 05, 2006
The Gap band. Yes; they have about 3 hits that sound close to the damn same but the title fits & I used to like playing their stuff (mainly because slightly intoxicated young ladies liked to dance to their stuff...
September 20, 2006
Another Prince tune. Semi-obscure but nice nontheless. McCain may alienate some conservatives May? May? Wouldn't it be news if there was a conservativ ehe didn't alienate. Hell the guy ticks me off & I'm a libertarian. I wonder what the...
September 19, 2006
Argghhh. Avast ye swabs & be beholden to the bard James of Buffet who penned the tune that this blasted post be titled after. It be a sweet enough tune to make an old salt add some of his own...
September 06, 2006
In Illinois of all places a former governor gets convicted of "...racketeering conspiracy, fraud and other offenses for taking payoffs from political insiders...". (I'm also shocked to find that there's gambling in this establishment.) So that's one down, how many...
August 12, 2006
I saw this on a bumper sticker a few days ago: "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can; and the weapons to make the difference." Just thought...
May 30, 2006
Heh. "Father O'Bannon, I appreciate the Holy Evil-Slaying Dagger, I really do, but could you see your way into talking the Pope into blessing a Garand or three? This hand-to-hand stuff bites." Via Irons in the Fire....
March 23, 2006
I wonder if the following would be one of the possible exceptions prof. Volokh mentions in his post about the Annoying Anonymous Speech Online law? Dear Sarah Brady, We're winning. :) Love, Pub...
March 01, 2006
Again, not a directly gun related post but I couldn't pass this up. A maker of whisky on the island of Islay will make 12 barrels of 184 proof whisky this year. That's 92% alcohol. Now this is nothing new....
February 18, 2006
This has probaby been done before but I was talking with a friend & "yo mamma" jokes came up. Instead of resorting to the same old ones we've been using for decades, I pulled up this thread from The Firing...
February 16, 2006
I'm thinking Avtomat Kitty-nikova. :) I just wonder if that little fellow knows Behemoth? Sent to me by a very dear friend who treats her cat well despite my constant teasing (which is foolish on my part because she's a...
February 05, 2006
The BATFU has apparently been training local police. Note the fear in the felines eyes as he flees for his life. He knows what terror awaits him should he be caught by ATFU trained agents. (pic found at DavidandLara's) Actually...
The way it works is that when a Garand is retired from the service it was issued in (Navy, Air Force, etc...) it goes to an Army Depot & from there to the CMP. Well an old Marine in this...
February 04, 2006
Matt is joining the growing list of folks that urge people to buy something Danish as a counter-protest to the protests of a percentage of Muslims who aren't happy with cartoons in a danish paper. Well I've been recommending buying...
February 01, 2006
Via Instapundit (like you've never seen those two words side by side on a blog before) there's a link to a video shot by Andrew Marcus. It's of anti-Bush protesters in Chicago. Here's the WMV link & here's the QT...
December 21, 2005
This has been floating around for a few years so you've probably seen it. If not you should refrain from drinking anything near a keyboard whilst watching it. White Trash Christmas & if you think it's safe for work then...
August 16, 2005
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...
April 29, 2005
"A call about a possible weapon at a middle school prompted police to put armed officers on rooftops, close nearby streets and lock down the school. All over a giant burrito." When Burritos are outlawed, only outlaws will have burritos?...
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March 09, 2005
Via The War On Guns. Cop teaching kids how to shoot themselves about gun safety....
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March 07, 2005
Some bloggers aren't taking the news well that the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law may be applicable to bloggers. I'm one of them....
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December 30, 2004
I meant to post this last week, but time got away from me. Fellow Rebel Alliance member Rebel Yell posted A Holiday Greeting. Please, put down all drinks before clicking that link....
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December 07, 2004
In Thailand for some odd reason dropping paper birds out of a plane does not stop people from committing violence. In other breaking news spitting into the wind does not keep your face dry....
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October 26, 2004
If you've spent any time on the internet instant messaging or hanging out in chats rooms you know what the title means. If not you don't want to know. You don't need to know. You just need to click this....
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October 17, 2004
This is perhaps the funniest thing I've seen concerning Rathergate, but don't take my word for it....
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May 06, 2004
First of all a very sincere welcome back to Ms. Rachel Lucas. She was missed. Clayton Cramer has a post up about a Chicago city official demanding & then defending preferential treatment for elected officials (namely herself). Clayton asks if...
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