Firearms & Freedom

We were once a nation of riflemen (and -women), and I think anything that brings us closer to that ideal can’t be anything but good. - Michael Bane in Outdoor Life

I couldn’t agree more.

Check out the article (from about a year ago,) which is about EBRs used for hunting (and other purposes.)

Some anti gun organizations think they are a time bomb waiting to go off. Uncle does not. He thinks Carry permit holders are less likely to be criminals, and that Carry permit holders are more likely to stop a bad situation than to make it worse, as some would have you believe. I would tend to agree with Uncle, and think we need a lot more Carry permit holders.

Funny, a lot of folks are talking about Carry permit holders.

Especially when people get hurt, so let’s just say the irony is rich.

Got an 18 and a 22. The 18 was a nice salvage of what should have been an even worse round. After 3 weeks away from a shotgun, I got a big 0 on the first station. Next time the first round is practice!

Also, the 24 I shot a couple weeks ago didn’t count, because of a change or misunderstanding of the league rules. I was under the belief that you could shoot 4 weeks ahead, when you can only shoot 3. The 24 round would have been the 4th week. Grrrr…

Bonnie noticed that when you search for “Squeaky wheel blog,” you get some liberal commie blog. Obviously, ”Squeaky wheel blog” should go to the real ”Squeaky wheel blog,” not some liberal one, so let’s send her some linky love.

Obama is humorless, and full of himself. That would make him a great target for satire, except that his followers take the position that any mockery or criticism is racist. The prospect of four years of that sort of thing is the best reason I can think of not to vote for him. - InstaPundit

from Rocky Mountain News:

The prospect of protesters linking themselves with devices that bolt cutters can’t sever or throwing buckets of feces on police has Denver considering putting a new law on the books before the Democratic National Convention.

Demonstrators would be banned from having items such as chains, quick-setting cement, homemade locking devices that are resistant to bolt cutters and “any noxious substance,” City Council members said Monday.

Noxious substances? Does that include hippie types with questionable bathing habits? If so, the protesters might have a problem.

Story from Instapundit

Holding your chin up?  That’s one thing, and I agree that it can help carry your voice and make you look more competent.

Having your chin be consistently on level with your ears?  Makes you look like a pompous jackass.

- Bonnie, Squeaky Wheel Seeks Grease 

I finally got to take the .357 out to the range today (the range at the shop I frequent was closed last week.) This was my first real experience with .357 magnum/.38 spl, and I liked it. I had a couple boxes of both .357 and .38, and started out with .38. Switching to .357 mag was definitely noticeable, but not as much as the switch back! After the .357, the .38 was surprisingly less powerful.

It took a little while to get the gun (and myself) adjusted and hitting (more or less) where I wanted, but I was pretty happy by the end.

I will be needing more practice.

Listening to Cam and Ginny talk about the U.N. small arms summit, I was thinking about some of the U.N.’s stranger human rights incidents, like placing China, Russia, Vietnam, and others The Commission on Human Rights, and disarming civilians where they are most in need of a means of self defense.

Suddenly it struck me. The U.N. is just confused. They got the meanings of “human” and “despotic dictatorship” reversed! So they are giving despotic dictatorships the rights humans should have, and are doing the things to normal humans that should be done to despotic dictatorships.

Maybe someone should send them a dictionary.