tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19079666612136722862024-03-14T09:41:30.154-07:00Liberty's Manure"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it's natural manure."LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07790869612155106638noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907966661213672286.post-12103307941935194152012-09-21T18:36:00.000-07:002012-09-21T18:39:05.566-07:00Its been a long time...<br />
I haven't posted anything in over 2 years, yet this random blog I started to give myself a place to vent and flesh out some political ideas. For some reason people keep dropping by a few at a time to check out my ramblings.<br />
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There has been some progress on the VCU gun situation, which remains a hot topic. We have a new Attorney General who is the model of a small government, pro-liberty politician, and his opinions have greatly aided the 2A situation in Virginia. AG Opinions however, do not carry the force of law and there is still a long way to go.<br />
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I have been busy the past two years, finishing my degree, getting my first job that will hopefully turn into a career. Also spent some more time on active duty with the Virginia Guard and managed to swing some pretty sweet military schools, where I met some interesting people....<br />
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More on the rest later.<br />
<br />LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07790869612155106638noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907966661213672286.post-70953776781731624102010-02-17T16:43:00.001-08:002010-02-17T16:48:23.959-08:00Great day(s) for gun rights in VirginiaI am amazed at the slew of bills that has passed the Virginia House over the past few days. The VCDL deserves a toast, all of their hard work over the past few years is coming to full fruition. Plus they have a really nifty legislation tracking page.<br /><br />It's <a href="http://www.vcdl.org/static/2010leg.html">right here</a><br /><br />Some of these bills have already been passed by both houses over the past 4 years, only to be vetoed by dimmocrat Governor Tim "King" Kaine. There should be no problem with new Gov. McDonnell signing these bills.<br /><br /><br />The only thing missing is allowing students and faculty to carry on state universities. A bill to allow faculty to carry is currently languishing in committee, but I've been told this is on VCDL's future legislative agenda.<br /><br />A great day for the Old Dominion, thanks to the VCDL!LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07790869612155106638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907966661213672286.post-76712714149288905002009-12-14T10:28:00.001-08:002009-12-14T10:29:14.217-08:00LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07790869612155106638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907966661213672286.post-2853923791834671962009-12-05T18:00:00.000-08:002009-12-05T19:52:48.853-08:00Associated Press stoops to a new lowI recently read <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hjBsPCIjXsT_dtwKlzzkvHgiks7QD9CC4J500">an article</a> about a tragic and horrible occurance in Ft. Drum, where an Army MP is accused of stabbing to death his two best friends, both of whom are also Ft. Drum soldiers.<div><br /></div><div>An overall tragic situation, a soldier who was unable or unwilling to cope with the psychological effects of war who allegedly beat his wife, lost his faith in God, and apparently murdered his two closest friends.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then I get to this line:</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; "></p><blockquote>The shooting contains echoes of the Nov. 5 shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, where an Army psychiatrist, Maj. Nidal Hasan, is accused of killing 13 people.</blockquote><p></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">So much for editorial oversight. Are the staff writers at the AP so eager to get their bias across that they completely forget the basic facts of the event? </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">And how in the f**k do you make a comparison between a murderous Islamic fanatic who kills soldiers as part of his misguided holy war against America and a soldier who clearly couldn't handle the psychological toll of war? </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">News flash to the MSM: Major Hasan did not deploy, and does not have PTSD. Stop marginalizing a legitimate disorder while making a pathetic attempt to justify the actions of yet another Islamic terrorist.</span></span></div></span></div>LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07790869612155106638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907966661213672286.post-51593177902865746872009-12-05T14:03:00.000-08:002009-12-05T14:16:48.987-08:00Pet Peeve #176Every day anti-gunners put out more material, nearly all of it based in distortions of fact, misrepresentations, fear-mongering, and often outright lies.<div><br /></div><div><a href="http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/noblecommentdecider/2009/11/guns-didnt-save-their-lives-an.php">This</a> blog posting may take the cake on a reality-distortion-per-word scale.</div><div><br /></div><div>The general theme is: Guns didn't prevent the four police officers from being ambushed in Tacoma, Washington, therefore Guns = A Very Bad Thing.</div><div><br /></div><div>Following the same train of "logic," I guess we should remove all smoke detectors, fire extinguishers, and fire drills from our school systems, because they have been repeatedly failed to prevent fires.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://thefreehold.blogspot.com/2009/11/apparently-reality-distorion-field-is.html">The Freeholder</a> brings this to our attention with a thorough fisking of some of the so-called data and outright lies, but my favorite quote from the article highlights one of my biggest pet peeves in the intertubes/blogosphere.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><blockquote>How about guns being used to kill innocent people? Type<a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&num=50&q=multiple+shootings&btnG=Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi=" style="color: rgb(170, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; "> 'multiple shootings' into Google </a>and you get over a million links.</blockquote></span></div><div>This is relevant how? I've seen this kind of tripe in respected print publications. Since when did number of Google results become evidence for anything? I can type "I rock" into Google and get 193 million results! I guess that must make it true right?</div><div><br /></div><div>Oh and for the author of that post, "gun saves lives" returns nearly 2.5 million results. Since this is apparently convincing evidence, I guess its time to change sides on the gun-control debate.</div>LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07790869612155106638noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907966661213672286.post-37494632012879713312009-11-28T19:51:00.000-08:002009-11-28T19:58:02.850-08:00Fort Hood to require firearm registrationI can't say I didn't see this coming, but I am disappointed all the same. I had a glimmer of hope that the brass would make a good decision and loosen the firearm restrictions, but alas...<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; "><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote>Soldiers assigned to Fort Hood will have to register their personal firearms with the director of emergency services... <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/24/fort.hood/index.html">(more)</a></blockquote><div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">This would seem to include registration of privately owned firearms that are stored off-base, which is a constitutionally questionable measure. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Keep in mind, Maj. Hasan had been flagged by the FBI months in advance of this shooting, and this information had been shared with military intelligence. If they are unwilling to take action on a suspected Islamofacist terrorist, how will a list of soldiers who own firearms (all of them) help prevent future attacks?</span><br /><br /></span></div>LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07790869612155106638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907966661213672286.post-47289714031344093842009-11-26T22:24:00.001-08:002009-11-26T22:27:39.491-08:00Justice after all...When I feel like I have lost all hope in humanity, stories like this both reinforce and shatter my perception simultaneously.<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 16px; "></span></div><blockquote><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 16px; ">The young man was given three choices: get turned over to the police, go one-on-one in a fight with a seasoned war veteran, or be duct-taped to a flagpole for six hours with a sign around his neck identifying his alleged crime: flag burning. <a href="The young man was given three choices: get turned over to the police, go one-on-one in a fight with a seasoned war veteran, or be duct-taped to a flagpole for six hours with a sign around his neck identifying his alleged crime: flag burning. Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=846181#ixzz0Y2RqKuOO">(more)</a></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px; font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></span></span></div></div><div></div></blockquote><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; line-height: 16px;">I'd like to buy the vets at that VFW a round.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div>LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07790869612155106638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907966661213672286.post-67072661993397606352009-11-07T09:51:00.000-08:002009-11-07T09:52:37.261-08:00What she saidTamara at <a href="http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/">View from the Porch,</a> says it better than I ever could<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(71, 75, 78); line-height: 18px; "><blockquote>An army at war does not have the luxury of "safe at home". Do you think the bomber crews of the Mighty Eighth landed in southern England after pasting the hell out of the Nazis and called out "<span style="font-style: italic; ">Olly olly oxen free! We're safe at home now; we'll be putting on our slippers and lighting a pipe. No fair bombing us 'til tomorrow, Adolf!</span>" or do you think they made sure that there were plenty of slit trenches, anti-aircraft guns, and armed guards on the base?</blockquote><br /></span></div>LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07790869612155106638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907966661213672286.post-50645657048668635232009-11-07T09:38:00.000-08:002009-11-07T09:40:07.330-08:00Media Cluelessness<div>Seen on <a href="http://sailorcurt.blogspot.com/">Captain of a Crew of One</a></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "></span></div><blockquote><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">"The initial investigation shows that Hasan allegedly used only one gun during the attack — a 5.7-caliber semiautomatic pistol."</span></div><div><br /></div><div>Hmm. For some perspective... <a href="http://sailorcurt.blogspot.com/2009/11/layers-of-editorial-oversight.html">(read more)</a></div></blockquote><div></div><div><br /></div>LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07790869612155106638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907966661213672286.post-2051578945235823002009-11-06T12:55:00.000-08:002009-11-06T13:07:24.220-08:00News Flash! VA CHPs cause mass murder!According to Dan Casey of the Roanoke Times<br /><blockquote><br />One interesting note, among many: Hasan was issued a Virginia concealed handgun permit by the Roanoke County Circuit Court in 1996.</blockquote><br />This of course was derived from a FOIA request by the paper to the VA State Police for names <span style="font-weight: bold;">and home addresses</span> of all CHP permit holders in the state. A list including undercover police officers and persons in witness protection programs. The Roanoke Times publish the complete list... and only later removed it after public outcry. Seems they have kept those records open to their so called "journalists."<br /><br />Some of the comments are gems... some, including Dan Casey, arguing that his faith was as irrelevant as his MD, or being a Tech grad. <br /><br />To quote commenter Walker, someone who gets it:<br /><br /><blockquote>Most doctors don't recite their code of ethics before killing 13 people. I guess yelling "Alluha Akbar " before he began shooting has no bearing on this.<br /></blockquote>I added my own comments, it is apparent to me that Dan Casey doesn't trust the US military with guns.<br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/dancasey/2009/11/06/the-fort-hood-shooter-had-a-virginia-concealed-carry-permit/#comment-12309">Link</a> to the whole messLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07790869612155106638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907966661213672286.post-72746533870290228982009-11-06T09:10:00.000-08:002009-11-06T13:13:07.130-08:00Fort Hood ShootingWow... where to begin.<br /><br />I am infuriated and embarrassed. What has our society come to when a base full of soldiers, trained in the use of weapons and lethal force, standing ready to deploy and visit harm upon the enemies of the United States, are herded into a victim disarmament zone, ready for slaughter like so many cattle. When my fellow soldiers, each of whom I trust with my life, are not trusted by our beauracratic leadership, both military and civilian, with the tools to defend their own lives.<br /><br />Not to mention that the perpetrator was a MUSLIM, of Arab descent, and reportedly shouted a phrase in Arabic, Allahu Akbar, that is the usual last words of jihadi suicide bombers, yet the whipped dog mainstream media is afraid of drawing the obvious conclusion, while they wildly and irresponsibly speculate about every other facet of the attack. This man was no pyschotic criminal, his past is littered with indicators that show alignment with a particularly anti-American and homicidal version of Islam. Comparing suicide bombers with self-sacrificing soldiers is just one example.<br /><br />Lets make it totally clear, this was not a crime, catastrophe, not even an act of terrorism, but an ATTACK on the United States military by an operative of our enemy - Radical Islam. I may be labeled racist or xenophobic or any number of terms used to slime political opponents and stifle free speech, but without properly identifying the enemy, he can never be defeated.<br /><br />We are waging a religious war. This labeling is disastrous for our public relations with the rest of the Muslim world, but it is the truth nonetheless. This is not a battle between Christianity and Islam, it is not a new Crusade. It is struggle to the death between a secular western society and the followers of radicalized Islam - Islamofascists. It is no different from the worldwide war against secular fascism in the 1930s and 40s. The only difference is that we as a society are too chickenshit to properly label the enemy as being associated with a particular religion for fear of being labeled intolerant. As long as this attitude persists, we will never win.<br /><br />Our soldiers fight this war everywhere, 24/7 - 365. They deserve the support, the trust, and the tools to effectively wage it, both abroad and on their bases at home. This attack is not the first on a military base and will not be the last. As our enemies realize that military bases are easy to infiltrate and extremely soft targets, these attacks will increase in quantity and severity. There are two options forward. Either arm the soldiers on base (this includes at National Guard armories), or persist in a negligent policy of disarmament and continue to pay the butcher's bill in soldier's lives.<br /><br />Update: Mike Vanderboegh sums up similar sentiments at <a href="http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/2009/11/fort-hood.html">Sipsey Street Irregulars</a><br /><br />Update: Obama gets in on the "cultural sensitivity" circle jerk, telling us <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9BQ6FV80&show_article=1">"don't jump to conclusions"</a>. Apparently to our dear leader, if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and looks like a friggen duck, its a giraffe.<br /><br />And apparently this was all caused by a <a href="http://libertysmanure.blogspot.com/2009/11/news-flash-va-chps-cause-mass-murder.html">slip of paper</a>LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07790869612155106638noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907966661213672286.post-22263055561324922722009-11-04T10:36:00.000-08:002009-11-04T18:27:47.496-08:00Thoughts on the election resultsI predict that the combination of McDonnell and AG Cucinelli in VA, bi-partisan pro-2A support in the state congress, and the continued efforts of the VCDL will push Virginia to the forefront of the pro-gun and pro-freedom political sphere.<br /><br />As it should be.<br /><br />First on the list will be to remove the inane CC ban in restaurants, which has already been passed twice by the state Senate and House of Delegates. Hopefully state preemption of public universities prohibition of firearms through policy will follow.<br /><br />If you live in Virginia, and care about gun rights, join the <a href="http://www.vcdl.org/">VCDL</a>. They are the guys behind the scenes that will push this legislation forward.<br /><br />Hell, even if you don't, the VCDL has done more for gun rights in the past 5 years than most national 2A organizations, and deserves your support.LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07790869612155106638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907966661213672286.post-59768069603473011302009-11-04T08:58:00.000-08:002009-11-06T11:03:12.449-08:00Stop buying cheap ammo! (from Walmart)As ride the falling wave of the Obama guns and ammo buying craze, many threads on various 2A discussion forums are focused on where to buy cheap (and in stock) ammo. Invariably Walmart is a popular suggestion, with some threads keeping running updates on the status of the ammo shelf at the local Wally World.<br /><br />I have a problem with this, because Walmart is a blantantly anti-gun and anti-freedom corporation. If you care at all about the preservation of 2A rights, and the regaining of some of those natural rights we have lost over the years, you will <span style="font-weight: bold;">boycott Walmart</span>.<br /><br />Generally folk who consider themselves 2A supporters don't patronize anti-gun businesses that do not allow lawful concealed or open carry, we should apply the same criteria to businesses that support anti-rights groups.<br /><br />Walmart is one of those businesses. They are in bed with Bloomberg, the Brady Bunch, Micheal Moore and a bunch more anti's.<br /><br />Notice how they have been shutting down more and more gun counters? No more handguns. All of this as a result of Micheal Moore and the Brady Brunch's post Columbine blood dance.<br /><br />No "handgun" ammo for someone without a photo ID proving they are over 21. "Handgun" ammo to them means any round that can be fired by a handgun, including .22 Long <span style="font-weight: bold;">Rifle</span>.<br /><br />And now videotaping every firearm purchaser, as well as maintaining a registry of people who buy both guns and ammunition.<br /><br />And this gem<br /><br /><blockquote>If a person who buys a gun linked to a crime were to return to a Wal-Mart to buy another gun, the purchase would be flagged. It would then be up to the store whether to permit the purchase.</blockquote><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/nyregion/15bloomberg.html?ref=nyregion">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/nyregion/15bloomberg.html?ref=nyregion</a><br /><br />So if a gun is stolen from me, and I report it stolen (linked to a crime), I may not be able to buy another gun from Walmart.<br /><br />This one worries me too<br /><blockquote><br />When fully put into effect, the agreement would also prohibit the sale of a gun to someone whose background check comes back with inconclusive results.</blockquote><br />I have no idea what qualifies as "inconclusive"<br /><br />Walmart is not the only game in town for cheap ammo. If you aren't going to support your local FFL, you might as well shop online. Even with shipping, you can get ammo online cheaper than Walmart.LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07790869612155106638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907966661213672286.post-24169680027348353902009-10-23T16:33:00.000-07:002009-11-04T09:17:22.006-08:00JPFO alerts us (and the BATFE) to backdoor gun registrationLink <a href="http://www.jpfo.org/articles-assd/melson-open-letter.htm">here</a><br /><br />Go and read the whole thing.<br /><br />Long story short, the ATF has created and is building a registry of American gun owners, including name, address, and make, model, serial number of the gun.<br /><br />While it is based off of records from FFLs who have died or gone out of business, it includes 380 million (!) records and is growing by 1 million records a month. This is in direct violation of a handful of laws, including the 1986 Firearm Owner's Protection Act, and a handful of appropriation bills.<br /><br />If this isn't enough, this information is being freely shared with foreign governments, including the United Nations, Mexico, and Columbia. Since when did Congress grant the BATFE power to surrender United States sovereignty to foreign powers?<br /><br />Oh, this computerized registry is also sortable by firearm caliber or type, i.e. .50 cal or assault rifle chamberings. Coincidence?<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:78%;" >Hat tip to <a href="http://waronguns.blogspot.com/">War on Guns</a></span>LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07790869612155106638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907966661213672286.post-21949802246378946652009-05-03T22:30:00.000-07:002009-05-03T22:34:37.534-07:00Bar Stool EconomicsI found this surfing over at <a href="http://fenristhewarmonger.blogspot.com/">American Warmonger</a>, so I'll shamelessly repost here because it deserves to be seen.<br /><br /><br /><blockquote>Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer, and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:<br /><br /><br /><br />The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing. The fifth would pay $1. The sixth would pay $3. The seventh would pay $7. The eighth would pay $12. The ninth would pay $18.The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59. So, that's what they decided to do.<br /><br /><br /><br />The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. 'Since you are all such good customers,' he said, 'I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20.'<br /><br /><br /><br />Drinks for the ten now cost just $80. The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free, but what about the other six men - the paying customers? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his 'fair share?' They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33 but if they subtracted that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer. So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay. And so: The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings). The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33% savings). The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28% savings). The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings). The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings). The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings). Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free.<br /><br /><br /><br />But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings. 'I only got a dollar out of the $20,' declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man, 'But he got $10!' 'Yeah, that's right,' exclaimed the fifth man. 'I only saved a dollar, too. It's unfair that he got ten times more than I!' 'That's true!!' shouted the seventh man. 'Why should he get $10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!' 'Wait a minute,' yelled the first four men in unison. 'We didn't get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!' The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up. The next night the tenth man didn't show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn't have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill! And that, boys and girls, journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.<br /><br />David R. Kamerschen,<br />Ph.D.Professor of Economics, University of Georgia</blockquote><br /><br />A good explanation of why Obama and his Democratic Congress' policies will turn our recession into a Depression... or worse.LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07790869612155106638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907966661213672286.post-42829040270088349412009-04-21T14:15:00.000-07:002009-04-21T14:22:32.768-07:00Outstanding Op-Ed in Miami HeraldHow <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1009452.html">refreshing</a><br /><br />Some of my favorite excerpts<br /><br /><blockquote>A student who speaks up about the right to own or carry a gun stands a good chance of getting suspended or even arrested:<br /><br />When a Central Connecticut State University senior fulfilled a communications-class assignment by giving a presentation on why students and professors should be allowed to carry concealed weapons on campus, his professor reported him to the police, who called him in for questioning. Professor Paula Anderson, questioned by a reporter from the school paper, was unrepentant: The student was a ''perceived risk'' and she had a ``responsibility to protect the well-being of our students.''<br /><br />• Like old Soviet commissars clapping dissidents into psychiatric hospitals, administrators at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minn., responded to a student's e-mail criticizing school policy on concealed weapons by suspending him and ordering him to undergo a ``mental health examination.''<br /><br />...<br /><br />Tarrant County College, near Fort Worth, took the no-mention policy a step further, banning a student from wearing an empty holster to protest the campus ban on concealed guns. ''We're protecting the learning environment,'' explained Juan Garcia, the school's vice president for student development and, clearly, a devoted scholar of academic doublespeak.<br /><br />...<br /><br />Of course, their definition of ''offensive'' has a distinct political overlay. I've never heard of a college student being suspended for calling George Bush a moron or Dick Cheney a war criminal. But making fun of feminists (Colorado College), opposing gay marriage (Los Angeles City College) or reading a book -- a critical book -- about the Ku Klux Klan (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis) will bring down the wrath of administrators in a politically correct heartbeat.<br /></blockquote>I shudder to think of the reaction of my school administrators if they found out about this blog (not that it deters me in the least).LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07790869612155106638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907966661213672286.post-69520310734372319472009-04-21T13:06:00.000-07:002009-04-21T13:42:01.147-07:00JMU's campus carry policiesAs I mentioned in my last post, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">SCCC's</span> "Empty Holster" protest is ruffling some feathers in academia, including a nearby Virginia public university, James Madison University. Some professors are aghast that college students are using their freedoms of speech and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">peaceable</span> assembly to protest the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">infringement</span> of their 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">nd</span> Amendment rights. You know, kinda how the Founder's of our Republic intended.<br /><br />An e-mail from a professor to a student leader for 2A rights<br /><br /><blockquote>Dear Mr. :<br /><br />As a faculty member I received your message, forwarded by Chief <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Schifflett</span>, about the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">SCCC's</span> plan to wear holsters next Thursday, the 23rd, though the Chief listed the 24<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">th</span> as the date. I have a couple of questions and comment.<br /><br />First, is it the 23rd or 24<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">th</span>?<br /><br />Second, I asked my students this morning if they new about the planned protest. They did not. Are you planning to make sure the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">JMU</span> community is notified that some students are planning to wear holsters while on campus? I know you notified the Chief, but are you sure the message will get to the majority of the students? Can you imagine the level of fear if it doesn't? Wouldn't do your cause much good.<br /><br />Third, even after I explained to my students that the holsters would be empty and, using <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">SCCC's</span> website, the reason for the protest, my students did not think the holster wearing was a good idea. It scares them, makes them feel less safe, as does the idea of students carrying concealed weapons on campus. So you may want to consider if a significant number of your peers support your cause. You and other <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">SCCC</span> members certainly have a right to feel safe in your daily lives, but so does every other citizen.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br /><br />Kenneth Wright<br /><br />Dr. Kenneth R. Wright<br />Associate Professor<br />Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication<br />James Madison University<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Harrisonburg</span>, VA 22807<br />(540) 568-6162</blockquote>This guy's attitude boggles me. Apparently you can only protest if a "<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">significant</span> number of your peers" support your cause. For a professor of "Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication" his comprehension sucks. The entire purpose of the protest is to raise awareness and garner support!<br /><br />It gets better.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Anecdotal</span> evidence is that some professors are planning to cancel classes or bar students with empty holsters from class.<br /><br />Which leads me to <a href="http://www.jmu.edu/judicial/handbook.shtml#4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">JMU's</span> Student Handbook - Student Rights and Responsibilities</a>. It starts off well enough, with a refreshing affirmation of student rights, which would seem to leave any anti-Empty Holster professors with no ground to stand on.<br /><br /><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote>The student as a citizen has the rights of <b>freedom of speech</b>, freedom of the press, <b>freedom of peaceful assembly and association, freedom of political beliefs </b>and freedom from personal force and violence, threats of violence and personal abuse.<br /></blockquote>(bold added)<br /><br />and<br /><br /><blockquote>Students who hold opinions about basic policy matters of direct concern to them have the right to have them heard...</blockquote>However <a href="http://www.jmu.edu/JMUpolicy/1105.shtml"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">JMU</span> Policy 1105</a> is just the opposite, and denies students, faculty, and even visitors basic human rights.<br /><br />Some excerpts<br /><br /><blockquote>No person shall carry, maintain, or store a weapon, concealed or otherwise, on any property owned, leased, or controlled by James Madison University. This policy applies to weapons carried about the person and maintenance or storage of any weapon in any university facility or within any parked vehicle on university premises.</blockquote>Victim disarmament zone... check.<br /><br /><blockquote>6.1 Weapons discovered on university premises in violation of this policy will be seized by the police or the Office of Public Safety, and the owner will forfeit ownership.</blockquote>Waive your 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">nd</span> and 4<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">th</span> amendment rights...<br /><blockquote>Any visitor violating this policy will be subject to being barred from campus.<br /></blockquote>...and then get barred from public property that YOU own as a citizen of the state.<br /><blockquote>This policy does not apply to law enforcement officials duly authorized to carry such weapons.</blockquote>The "Only Ones" exception. You (law-abiding citizen) can't be trusted.<br /><blockquote>The authority to interpret this policy rests with the President, and is generally delegated to the Chief of Police. </blockquote>Zero democratic oversight... and judicial interpretation granted to law enforcement... nice.<br /><br />So I know I'm missing some but here's the Top 5 laws that this policy violates.<br /><br />1. 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">nd</span> Amendment to the US Constitution<br /><i></i><blockquote><i>A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed</i></blockquote>2. 4<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">th</span> Amendment to the US Constitution<br /><i></i><blockquote><i>The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.<br /></i></blockquote>3. Section 10, Virginia Bill of Rights<br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ></span><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >That general warrants, whereby an officer or messenger may be commanded to search suspected places without evidence of a fact committed, or to seize any person or persons not named, or whose offense is not particularly described and supported by evidence, are grievous and oppressive, and ought not to be granted.<br /></span></blockquote>4. Section 13, Virginia Bill of Rights<br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ></span><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >That a well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a free state, therefore, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided as dangerous to liberty; and that in all cases the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power.</span></blockquote>5. <a href="http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+15.2-915">Virginia Preemption Law</a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;">No locality shall adopt or enforce any ordinance, resolution or motion, as permitted by � </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+15.2-1425">15.2-1425</a><span style="font-style: italic;">, and no agent of such locality shall take any administrative action, governing the purchase, possession, transfer, ownership, carrying, storage or transporting of firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof other than those expressly authorized by statute.</span></blockquote>The list could go on, but I think that's enough. I still can't understand why college administrators still think their doctorates and reserved parking spaces somehow grant them the authority to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">supersede</span> the US Constitution, the VA Constitution, and the authority of the state legislators.LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07790869612155106638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907966661213672286.post-5511872047189034792009-04-21T12:59:00.000-07:002009-04-21T13:06:35.652-07:00Empty Holster protestThis week (April 20-24) is the <a href="http://concealedcampus.org/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">SCCC's</span></a> "Empty Holster" protest. Pretty simple idea, openly wear an empty holster around campus and to class to protest your universities policy against carry on campus (nearly all have them). <br /><br />Sadly, but predictably, this has ruffled some feathers in academia. The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">blowback</span> has ranged from angry e-mails to campus organizers (from professors), cancelled classes, and at least one <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">anecdotal</span> instance of a professor barring students from wearing holsters to class. Apparently the often vaunted freedom of speech, expression, and political protest that is supposed to be fostered in an academic environment only applies if you conform to the liberal agendas pervasive to academia.LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07790869612155106638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907966661213672286.post-18065315718133601302009-04-14T07:15:00.000-07:002009-04-14T07:17:22.294-07:00A blog to watchNo not this one... I've been slacking lately.<br /><br /><a href="http://callejonextrano.blogspot.com/2009/03/intro.html">This one</a>.<br /><br /><blockquote>I started this in July, 1968. My friends and I have examined every American gun control law, and every law that permits, allows, encourages, or requires citizens to own guns. All 22,309 of them. On the way, we gathered 26 four drawer filing cabinets of information on crime reporting, crime statistics based on crime reporting, and a host of other things. At the end, I intend to bring it all together and explain why I describe gun control advocates in just two words and a prefix. Pro crime activists.<br /><br /></blockquote>LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07790869612155106638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907966661213672286.post-22619010068428633162009-02-03T14:07:00.000-08:002009-02-03T14:48:10.549-08:00Groups and PicturesFound my camera, so I'll throw up some pictures of the groups I've been getting with my custom Rem 700 30-06. This is definitely a sub-.25 MOA capable rifle, and the reason the groups are larger than that is 5% ammo, 95% shooter, and 0% rifle.<br /><br />These are some of my better groups, all but the lower right is Black Hills 168gr Match. The bottom right one is my best group from my first go at handloading. Bottom left is .233 MOA, my best, with the exception of the 5 shot group explained a little further down.<br /><br />(Click on any of the pictures to make them scary big)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdQ8TqX8hfwqXDuot1St_k17ywsT_CTVZecOdKDSi69ELrCOoU0Op-By6A5ja9Wd0L_dNAfb7Aa5rEzTEcPdXqG7oc7fQZVFsmQKAVZVSnvS0KDYdguC3i5n4ZW0Bgon6OqE_s8Qa0cbw/s1600-h/guns+and+sarah+010.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 318px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdQ8TqX8hfwqXDuot1St_k17ywsT_CTVZecOdKDSi69ELrCOoU0Op-By6A5ja9Wd0L_dNAfb7Aa5rEzTEcPdXqG7oc7fQZVFsmQKAVZVSnvS0KDYdguC3i5n4ZW0Bgon6OqE_s8Qa0cbw/s320/guns+and+sarah+010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298698803374984130" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Another 3-shot group with my reloads, this time using Federal brass. .695"-.308"= .387 MOA<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_1u-V0OdUh_pkp2uPHhIMHu-sPpgB7WHgdhUjDb_Ov0HgbQwJGIAXl869mTdV75YukBycOkuITneWVfpUcwc0lmox0s-A3aDG9yucGfcHwrsLF24J7TriQI4n3IFCuOI5OEERVZ5Q9FE/s1600-h/guns+and+sarah+007.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_1u-V0OdUh_pkp2uPHhIMHu-sPpgB7WHgdhUjDb_Ov0HgbQwJGIAXl869mTdV75YukBycOkuITneWVfpUcwc0lmox0s-A3aDG9yucGfcHwrsLF24J7TriQI4n3IFCuOI5OEERVZ5Q9FE/s320/guns+and+sarah+007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298699581223459586" border="0" /></a><br /><br />5-shot group, nothing special. However, shot 1 was high center. shot 2 was left, and the next 3 punched a ragged .1 MOA hole. My best 3-shot string so far, I just wish I hadn't screwed up the first 2.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJwdlJ0ffvPOsJeLO_JJGPhVA8XgfBYZDqh6OSJS4NiyGoo-xRWgOg4dmc01UZx6wbxe_0yUQMA6NVsWeYRwvvLD2FksCq5aerbFwRvyzV27y26ome4ErlX0yP7aMgWiz9SkkW6UNTdbs/s1600-h/guns+and+sarah+011.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 304px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJwdlJ0ffvPOsJeLO_JJGPhVA8XgfBYZDqh6OSJS4NiyGoo-xRWgOg4dmc01UZx6wbxe_0yUQMA6NVsWeYRwvvLD2FksCq5aerbFwRvyzV27y26ome4ErlX0yP7aMgWiz9SkkW6UNTdbs/s320/guns+and+sarah+011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298700600979877154" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Another 5-shot group (.889"-.308'=.581 MOA)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkGOkDtm7ymrgvzAnzTRoNNRm84y2zYYt-Trz2FQzo98nNlv_EFobqs4_PhcyLD9NJ96jiQV1iKiOIbuhduIIP8gqnARX7hgO9Jk5ldkYNhOticP0XSk1WvXOMOjgnqQPcfscAaOQgOQY/s1600-h/guns+and+sarah+014.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkGOkDtm7ymrgvzAnzTRoNNRm84y2zYYt-Trz2FQzo98nNlv_EFobqs4_PhcyLD9NJ96jiQV1iKiOIbuhduIIP8gqnARX7hgO9Jk5ldkYNhOticP0XSk1WvXOMOjgnqQPcfscAaOQgOQY/s320/guns+and+sarah+014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298701214590954610" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And lastly my rifle. Her name is Eve. She's not as pretty as the lady who usually shares my bed, but she's pretty enough for me.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGkJAtKoqNyHgmmhjnbYkmGBM3jYwES561nMIEVjAHYBHyTSb8xyaevd-sD0GpZH1uRNk4KooZkJ3LzvxU3Q0MlzjNAdbSxDrtN7qOROv5xra8knp7JvBjnsen9b0SugVHi-VT9aVIK0g/s1600-h/guns+and+sarah+015.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGkJAtKoqNyHgmmhjnbYkmGBM3jYwES561nMIEVjAHYBHyTSb8xyaevd-sD0GpZH1uRNk4KooZkJ3LzvxU3Q0MlzjNAdbSxDrtN7qOROv5xra8knp7JvBjnsen9b0SugVHi-VT9aVIK0g/s320/guns+and+sarah+015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298701732018186434" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Rem 700 long-action, Brux straight taper heavy barrel, Bell and Carlson stock w/ aluminum bedding block (and skim bedded), custom ground recoil lug, Mueller Tactical 4-16x40 Illum Mil-dot scope, Leupold Mk4 rings on snipercentral.com 15 MOA bases, Tac-ops cheekpiece, harris bipod.<br /><br />Action work (and other work) done by <a href="http://www.bdrcustomguns.ws/page1.html">Billy Dale</a><br /><br />(Excuse the crappy pictures...I need to get better lighting.)LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07790869612155106638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907966661213672286.post-43270920885666324362009-02-02T18:45:00.000-08:002009-02-03T14:38:41.858-08:00Rolling my own.....30-06 rounds. My shipment of reloading equipment arrived in the mail a few days ago, and I've jumped right in to reloading precision rounds for my custom Rem 700 30-06.<br /><br />Finding primers was somewhat of an adventure, as nobody consistently can keep large rifle primers in stock in the area, and what is available is not the best. I settled on some CCI and Winchester LR primers, as well as a box of CCI Magnum's because they supposedly work better in cold weather.<br /><br />My rifle has averaged under .5 MOA at 100 yds with Black Hills and Federal Gold Medal Match factory loads, but I thought I could do better, and there is no way I'm going to keep shelling out 30 bucks for a box of 20 Black Hills or over 40 for a box of Fed GMM (Although the Black Hills shoots better anyway).<br /><br />I realize I'm going to have to do alot of load development to improve on the Black Hills loads because it consistently shoots sub-.25 MOA, and my best 3-shot string was .083 MOA.<br /><br />My first attempt was mediocre with the averages in the .75 MOA range, but I'll be playing with bullet seating depth to try to improve upon it. I realized that my rifle has a very tight chamber, and most factory loads have the bullet seated .020" or more too far out.<br /><br />I've brewed up a few dozen more rounds and am ready for round two the next time I can scoot on out to the range. The great part about reloading is I don't feel as much guilt when buying equipment and components because I think about the savings in the long run.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.snipercentral.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7064">This post</a> (and any others by madgunsmith) over at the <a href="http://www.snipercentral.com/">Sniper Central</a> forums is an excellent resource for someone who wants to get into reloading, acquire quality equipment that lasts, and wants to do it on a budget.<br /><br />Pictures to follow if I can ever find my camera.<br /><br />UPDATE: <a href="http://libertysmanure.blogspot.com/2009/02/groups-and-pictures.html">Pictures!</a>LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07790869612155106638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907966661213672286.post-89646159732072313042009-01-29T09:18:00.000-08:002009-01-29T09:32:42.394-08:00Nice timingI've <a href="http://libertysmanure.blogspot.com/2009/01/vcu-disarmament-policy.html">recently blogged</a> about the disarmament policy at Virginia Commonwealth university.<br /><br />Well the timing couldn't be better, because the man in charge of enforcing that policy, VCU Chief of Police William Fuller, was just arrested for soliciting sex from a 14-year old girl.<br /><br />Read the story <a href="http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/article/VCUUGAT29_20090129-101608/192165/">here</a><br /><br />Even better, when a student applies in writing to the president of the university for permission to carry as per Virginia Code <a href="http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+reg+8VAC90-10-50">8VAC90-10-50</a>, they receive a letter of denial from this man's office.LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07790869612155106638noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907966661213672286.post-46887760457028006022009-01-28T20:49:00.000-08:002009-01-28T21:35:45.601-08:00What Calibers do you keep stocked?<a href="http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2009/01/28/what-calibers-do-you-keep-stocked/">This</a> post over at <a href="http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/">Snowflakes in Hell</a> inspired me to make a list of my own.<br /><br />I consider my stockpile to be dangerously low at the moment, but I'm not willing to pay the premium being charged for ammunition these days, especially since I'm just beginning to get into reloading.<br /><br />In random order.<br /><br />1. 7.62x39mm - My go-to SHTF round. Roughly 1000 rds, not nearly enough. About 500 rds ready to go in 30 and 40 round magazines, with one 100 rd drum.<br /><br />2. .45 - My carry pistol, about 700 rounds mix of ball and defensive HP, 10 magazines full<br /><br />3. 9mm - I just use this for target shooting, so only about 100-150 rounds at a time<br /><br />4. .22 - Usually a brick or two, I'm in the market for a .22 pistol or a .22 slide for my 1911, so I'll being stocking a bit more in the future.<br /><br />5. .38 Special - 100 rounds or so for target practice with my wheelgun.<br /><br />6. .357 - About 50 rounds for when I OC my wheelgun.<br /><br />7. 30-06 - Primary hunting and precision shooting ammo. 400 rounds, mostly Korean surplus M2 Ball, about 100 rounds of Federal and Black Hills 168gr match. My Garand is on the way from CMP with another ~200 rds in stripper clips, and I've also recently acquired a reloading setup for 30-06.<br /><br />8. .380 ACP - Ammo for my BUG, about 100 rds assorted.<br /><br />9. .17 HMR - 150 or so rounds for varmint and paper punching.<br /><br />10. 12 gauge - not really sure, but somewhere in the neighborhood of 500 rounds, assortment of all types, from tactical slug to target load.<br /><br />11. Can't forget the blackpowder. My only limit is primers, as I can manufacture the powder, ball, etc. myself.<br /><br />Used to have a .40 XD but swapped it for a .380 BUG a while ago. If I every buy a dedicated competition gun it will be a .40.<br /><br />I should start stocking up on .223 awaiting my AR upper, but the prices are thru the roof.<br /><br />I'm seriously considering getting a Mosin-Nagant, SVT-40, or Dragunov copy so I can shoot the extremely cheap but powerful (and corrosive) 7.62x54R.<br /><br />Nonetheless, I consider myself a below average firearm collector, but my meager ammunition stockpile is enough to give the anti's a coronary, and I would most certainly be affected by some of the anti-"stockpile" legislation that has been proposed.LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07790869612155106638noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907966661213672286.post-82036798262691040532009-01-28T17:39:00.000-08:002009-01-28T17:43:33.212-08:00Stimulus package cost = $10,000 per family!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5GtyuFy4c_eipY0wQtPXAnfZp_SWHukNjsz2HVva3ijpKayP_2KX9nT4tSZf7SmA3t3XuqPm201djnhwEXUhPoFwffKHsEaegz8ZkAD6nozxaCNlebSHRZ6woBNkDjDLCDRmRVzMkuVc/s1600-h/stimuluscost.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 204px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5GtyuFy4c_eipY0wQtPXAnfZp_SWHukNjsz2HVva3ijpKayP_2KX9nT4tSZf7SmA3t3XuqPm201djnhwEXUhPoFwffKHsEaegz8ZkAD6nozxaCNlebSHRZ6woBNkDjDLCDRmRVzMkuVc/s400/stimuluscost.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296525281594000322" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://michellemalkin.com/2009/01/27/stimulus-you-cant-afford/">This is outrageous.</a><br /><a href="http://michellemalkin.com/2009/01/27/stimulus-you-cant-afford/"></a>LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07790869612155106638noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1907966661213672286.post-18019968590074560512009-01-27T11:43:00.000-08:002009-01-27T11:55:55.588-08:00VCU Disarmament Policy, part 3I was just linked by <a href="http://waronguns.blogspot.com/">War on Guns</a>. Thanks to David Codrea, this is a big help to getting my blog out there on the intarwebz.<br /><br />His <a href="http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2009/01/vcu-disarmament-policy.html#links">comments</a>:<br /><blockquote>My own thoughts are to do what I think is necessary--a hell of a risk to demand a free man to take. You can only marvel at the evil mind that thought that one up, and the ignorant ones that think it makes them safer.</blockquote>I happen to agree, and I should note, the disarmament policy is met with widespread noncompliance by freedom loving students (and at least one professor I know of) on a daily basis on campus.<br /><br />Check out discussion of this over at <a href="http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/forum54/21103.html">VA OCDO</a>.LMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07790869612155106638noreply@blogger.com0