QuietDan

  Four legged or two legged?

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Things that make you go . . . hmmmmmmm . . . .   Apparently, there are more gun owning, gun appreciating Patriots out there than the gun-grabbers imagined.   http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2013/06/15/not-news-ap-connecticut-legislative-district-goes-gop-first-time-40-year    

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Zimmerman, the neighborhood watchman, observed suspicious behavior and changed his position to continue to observe suspicious behavior. He called the police early in the observation and gave an accurate report. We forget that Zimmerman had a weapon, had a weapon for the entire time of the incident, and did not use the gun until it was an Absolute Last Resort.   By all reports, the gun did not come out of Zimmerman's waistband holster even while Martin was on top of him beating his brains out on the sidewalk and raining Mixed Martial Arts blows to his face. Only when Martin felt the weapon in Zimmerman's waistband, pulled up Zimmerman's shirt and attempted to control the weapon did the gun come into play. Zimmerman was able to retain control of the weapon and fired one contact shot into Martin's abdomen as an Absolute Last Resort.   This is self defense, self defense in the light of considerable restraint, self defense as an Absolute Last Resort.

That's pretty cool!   Are you going to take more pictures like this one as you work it?   I think I could take a project this far, I think the penny's use is cool, but I've always been leery about the rest of the work.

Well, well, that finally worked out. My wife has accepted a gift of a Sig P238 pistol.   My wife has enjoyed going to the range with me and is a tack-driver with her Ruger 10/22 CRR, the short carbine. She's rather petite, all 4 foot 10 inches of her, and the rifle has a short length of pull and of course essentially no recoil.   She hasn't been so hot on a pistol, as one, I carry and am her bodyguard, and two, it's been a trick finding a pistol that she's comfortable with when she really doesn't want to look for one. I’ve pestered her over time about getting her Handgun Carry Permit, and she just didn’t want to take the time or see the point if I was there to protect her. The times are changing I said, and she admits that, but it’s never been the right time and if I push too hard she pushes back.   She can shoot my Springfield Armory EMP 9mm, but she doesn't like the kick and she has trouble pulling the slide back. Another alternative was called for.   I found a good deal on a smaller 9mm, the Ruger LC9. Nope. Even snappier than the EMP, and the grip was uncomfortable for her. Again, pulling the slide back was a problem.   After a good bit of reading about the slide situation, I started to focus in on the Sig Sauer P238. The ease of pulling the slide on a .380 with a locking breach was noted in a lot of reviews, easier than a 9mm and easier than blow-back .380s. That was the first test passed.   Additionally, the pistol is available in a lot of different finishes with a lot of options available for grips. Hey, pretty counts, and I'm a guy. Pretty does matter for a lot of women. It matters for my wife. And, I don't mean decoration-pretty, more of a form-follows-function pretty -- elegant might be closer to the mark.   Of course, all personal protection firearms are in short supply, but I managed to find one at Barrett’s Outpost Armory in Christiana when no one else in town had any. I think they cut a deal with the European side of the Sig Sauer house for Barrett .50 cals, and got an allocation of Sig Sauers, including a handful of P238s. This one came in the new black box with Hogue rubber grips and the trigger-guard mounted laser. I traded a Ruger SP101 and the Ruger LC9 for it and had plenty of credit left over for several boxes of .380.   The pretty/elegant part needed a little work yet, and also some sort of options for my wife. I acquired a set of VZ Black Cherry G10 grips, and sent off to Sig for a set of Blackwood grips and a set of Rosewood grips. Then, she would be free to pick and choose the ones she liked the most and that felt best in her hand.   Then, it was presentation time. My wife and I went out to dinner on Wednesday night and I invited her to Charlie Hafner's Range on Friday morning, when the crowds would be down a little and the weather was nice. She has previously said she'd rather go shooting outdoors for the nature value, and I got guy points for remembering that and not pushing an indoor range on her. She knows that Charlie's range is well kept, that he keeps a woman-friendly range and that he is a true gentleman. We talked about taking the rifles, her Ruger 10/22 and my Ruger SR-556.   I also said I was bringing my Springfield EMP and a "surprise" for her. That got her attention. I didn't push it on her, it was more of an enticement. She didn't play twenty questions with me, it's not her way. She was perfectly willing to wait until Friday for the "surprise" and the opportunity to spend a little quality time together.   On Friday, we took our morning walk, ate breakfast and checked the weather, overcast with a chance of rain later in the day, and decided to press on with the range date. I had packed up all the gear in my office the previous night and loaded it in the tail of the Cherokee. It was a nice drive down to the CHMR and we stopped to "wash our hands" and get a soft-drink at the nearby convenience store.   The range was occupied but not overwhelmed. Charlie was out and around in his golf-cart and I paid up my membership at the range and he made mention of the pretty lady accompanying me and "glad to meet you ma'am" and welcomed her to the range.   The pistol pit was busy. So we shot the rifles first and waited for the pistol pit to clear out. I asked her if she wanted to see her “surprise” and she said she’d wait ‘till we were over on the pistol pit. The pistol pit group cleared in a half hour, and then we put the rifles in the Cherokee and set up in the pistol pit. I pulled out the Sig box and opened it on the bench-top like it was a jewel-box, which it is, kind of. I also had placed the spare grips in a pistol box and opened it up like a jewel-box as well. I had previously placed my SA EMP on the bench and now commented that the Sig P238 was kind of a “mini-me” to the EMP. Mine has the matte-stainless slide on a black frame with Cocobolo grips, and the P238 also had the matte-stainless slide and black frame and the Rosewood grips installed. That appealed to her. It was almost like a matched set. She might want to try out the other grips later, and the laser, but she liked it just as it was set up.   We went over the manual of arms on the unloaded pistol, especially pulling the slide back and locking it back, and the thumb safety and the magazine release. She practiced it a few times to make sure she was doing it all in the right order and that she could manipulate the controls. Her hands are so small that she has to pivot her right hand around to manipulate the slide-lock, but got comfortable with it. She preferred the seven round magazines with the pinky-finger extension and loaded them up herself, but left the six round flush magazine in the box.   I had stapled up a pair of human silhouette targets, the basic threat for a pocket pistol, and we shot from the 7 yard line, the basic threat distance. It’s a brand new pistol, and really needs to have about 200 rounds run through it to loosen it up. We had one stovepipe, and I showed her how to clear it while she cleared it herself. It ticked like a clock after that. She had pretty good groups, all of them on the body and only two flyers in the outer ring. Room for improvement but good for a first go.   She liked it and was comfortable with it and called it a keeper. I even got a peck on the cheek for being considerate and thoughtful and doing the homework and listening to her concerns.   We’ll make another trip to the range soon, and she IS planning to sign up for a concealed carry class and a little instruction from a professional. Holsters or purses to be selected in the near future.   Primary mission accomplished. Follow-on missions in the planning stage.                

The Oval Office isn't the real office of the God-Emperor Barack Hussein Obama. He only goes there for photo-ops.   His real "office" is an upstairs man-cave with a ratty old recliner, a wide-screen television perpetually tuned to ESPN, a plushy sofa for his paramour Reggie Love, and a choom-cloud of imported ganga.   No one disturbs the God-Emperor in his man-cave except Valerie Jarrett when she brings a staffer in for briefs shorter than his 15-minute attention span.

All the references to Metallica's King Nothing. I had not heard of it. Here are the lyrics:   King Nothing   Wish I may, wish I might Have this I wish tonight Are you satisfied? Dig for gold, dig for fame You dig to make your name Are you pacified? All the wants you waste All the things you've chased Then it all crashes down And you break your crown And you point your finger But there's no one around Just want one thing Just to play the king But the castle's crumbled And you're left with just a name Where's your crown, King Nothing? Where's your crown? Hot and cold, bought and sold A heart as hard as gold Are you satisfied? Wish I might, wish I may You wish your life away Are you pacified? All the wants you waste All the things you've chased Then it all crashes down And you break your crown And you point your finger But there's no one around Just want one thing Just to play the king But the castle's crumbled And you're left with just a name Where's your crown, King Nothing? Where's your crown? I wish I may, I wish I might Have this wish I wish tonight I want that star, I want it now I want it all and I don't care how Careful what you wish Careful what you say Careful what you wish, you may regret it Careful what you wish, you just might get Then it all crashes down And you break your crown And you point your finger But there's no one around Just want one thing Just to play the king But the castle's crumbled And you're left with just a name Where's your crown, King Nothing? Nothing You're just nothing Where's your crown, King Nothing? You're just nothing Absolutely nothing Off to never-never land

We could do worse. We are.

  I purchased the 45 Colt conversion cylinder for my steel frame 1858 Pietta Remington. Awesome fun to shoot and a lot less to clean.   However, it explicitly states that it cannot be used in a brass frame pistol due to the pressures involved. Sorry for bearing bad news, but that's what it said.

  I call B.S. on this. In the narrow sense, it may be a medical issue. In the larger sense, EVERYTHING is political, everything has been politicized. Sebelius has the power to overrule, and just chooses not to use it. This is underscored by the judicial injunction that will force the issue.   I personally think that the Secretary of HHS should NOT have a role in these decisions, but the impending, imminent, evil Obamacare juggernaut is coming down the pike and the stupid bureaucrats and administrators are now firmly in the middle of medical decisions now. It may become an all inclusive, pervasive interference from now on.   We have entered a really insidious period in which politics have been injected into medical issues, and a lot of other issues as well.   Doctors and other medical personnel who believe they retain control over their medical domain are deluding themselves.   Rome went from a Republic with two Consuls to an Empire with an Emperor in very short order; Consuls continued to be elected, but they were essentially powerless. The Roman Senate continued to meet and pretend it had some influence over the State, but all was lost and never regained, even though the trappings of the Republic remained for centuries. We are now there.   IMO.

It is amazing to see criticism of the God-Emperor Barack Hussein Obama in the New York Times. Unheard of!!

"Tell your daughters to be careful" is posted right next to   "Fawns are here . . . time to thin out the Coyote" . . .   and I thought this post was about two-legged Coyotes . . . .   I'm thinking the same weaponry and hunting techniques apply . . . .

Darwin Award dishonorable mention.

Very vicious and energetic attack on the officers until he picked up a round in the head and he dropped JUST. LIKE. THAT.   Well deserved. As if he had asked for it.

  So, how close is this POS to a Walmart?   Do you think him and his buddies are stripping the local Walmart shelves bare?   Talked to a local Walmart manager -- Walmart is considering overstamping their ammo with "Walmart" stamps to cut down on the underground re-marketing . . .

With all due respect Governor, WE the People will tell you when WE believe WE have the laws that WE consider necessary.   YOUR job is to listen to and respond to OUR Representatives and Senators.

[The ultimate small arms firearm, shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missiles . . . .] The Stingers of Benghazi Public reports corroborate some, but not all, of a stunning accusation about Benghazi. By Jim Geraghty Earlier this week, Roger L. Simon of Pajamas Media broke a story with shocking revelations, contending that slain U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens was in Benghazi on September 11 to buy back Stinger missiles from al-Qaeda groups that had been originally provided to them by the U.S. State Department. Simon cited two former U.S. diplomats: Stevens’ mission in Benghazi, they will say, was to buy back Stinger missiles from al-Qaeda groups issued to them by the State Department, not by the CIA. Such a mission would usually be a CIA effort, but the intelligence agency had opposed the idea because of the high risk involved in arming “insurgents” with powerful weapons that endanger civilian aircraft. Hillary Clinton still wanted to proceed because, in part, as one of the diplomats said, she wanted “to overthrow [Qaddafi] on the cheap.” This left Stevens in the position of having to clean up the scandalous enterprise when it became clear that the “insurgents” actually were al-Qaeda — indeed, in the view of one of the diplomats, the same group that attacked the consulate and ended up killing Stevens. A careful review of reports from Libya over the past few years corroborates some parts of that account, but contradicts others: Some Libyan rebel leaders, including at least one who had spent time in a training camp in Afghanistan and who was in that country in September 2001, specifically asked Western countries to send Stinger missiles. Qaddafi’s intelligence services believed that the rebels were having the missiles smuggled in over the country’s southern border — but they believed the French were supplying the missiles. There is no evidence that the U.S. supplied the weapons, but it appears they gave their blessing to a secret Qatari effort to ship arms across Libya’s southern border in violation of a United Nations arms embargo. Anti-Qaddafi forces also obtained a significant number of anti-aircraft missiles from the regime’s bunkers early in the conflict. Enough Stinger missiles disappeared from regime stockpiles during the civil war to become a high priority and serious worry for the administration. (Note that in much of the coverage of Libya, “Stinger” has turned into a catch-all term for any shoulder-mounted anti-aircraft missile.) To save Eric Holder and the Department of Justice the trouble of reading my e-mail or collecting my phone records, all of the information in this report is gathered from public and open sources, both in the U.S. and overseas, and none of it can be considered classified or sensitive. Before the war, Qaddafi’s regime in Libya possessed more of these kinds of missiles than did any other country except where they’re produced. On April 7, 2011, General Carter Ham, then recently promoted to head of U.S. Africa Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that “we do estimate that there were as many as 20,000 of these types of weapons in Libya before the conflict began.” In March 2011, Ambassador Chris Stevens became the official U.S. liaison to the Libyan opposition. He first entered Benghazi on April 5, 2011, joined by a USAID team, while the war was still raging, to meet with rebel leaders. On March 2, 2011, Mike Elkin of Wired reported as rebel forces cleaned out the Salmani weapons-maintenance depot in Benghazi, and mentioned “30-year-old rockets” and “anti-aircraft weapons.” (more - much more - a four page story . . . .) http://www.nationalreview.com/article/349231/%5Btitle-raw%5D-jim-geraghty

Democrat dealer who helped get his competition shut down during the Obama auto dealer bailout. His Republican competition was probably shut down by Obama. (???)

Own a Springfield Armory M1A Socom 16. Love it.   A lot of rifles go Bang!   The Socom 15 goes BANG!! . . . . and echoes off the canyon walls.   Just another factor that makes the bad guys run away.

This will never be ratified. It won't make it through the Senate. It's all posturing.

Another organization to defund to defang. The feds are getting too big for their britches and the Congress should grow a backbone and start trimming their wings.

  I hope there is no relationship between your ammo reports and your departure from Wally 5616.

They need to get the dangerous person off the streets. Without the dangerous person, the rifle just lies there.