New shooters

Tomorrow morning, I am taking two new shooters out to the desert for some training. One of them says they shot a gun 14 years ago and the other has a gun, Glock 17, but has only shot once. I am always happy to help pass on gun knowledge, safety. and training to anyone who asks for it.

Only thing that concerns me is, the price of ammo these days. I am bringing 250 rounds of 9mm, 350 rounds of 22LR, 100 rounds of 40 S&W, 100 rounds of 45 ACP, 60 rounds of 7.62x39mm, and 200 rounds of 7.62x25mm. I expect we will probably blow through all of it, and maybe more that they brought. I estimate that for me to replace what I bring for all of them to shoot will cost me almost $200 to replace, at current prices---If I can find the ammo on the shelves to buy. That's also at Walmart prices, for what i can get from Walmart.

I hope they at least buy me lunch... Haha.

Sorry, we are out

"Sorry, we are out," seems to be the words told over and over and over at firearms and ammo dealers in the U.S. I have been to many local places and found the same true. Maybe, just maybe, this is a sign of things to come during the President Obama reign.

It's also a sign of panic, not totally unfounded, though. People are afraid that new rules and regulations will cause ammo and guns to become scarce or worse, unavailable. "Buy now, while it's available," is what people are thinking.

Personally, I just want to buy enough ammo to shoot my guns. I am not hoarding and I do not want to, but if this keeps up, I will have to "get my share."

This si bad

This is disturbingly sick.....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090123/ap_on_re_eu/eu_belgium_stabbings

DENDERMONDE, Belgium – A young man with a gruesomely painted black-and-white face went on a rampage at a Belgian day care center Friday, stabbing two babies and a female worker to death and seriously wounding 12 others.

How f-ed up sick in the head do you need to be to commit a crime like this. Geezzz.

States Rights

Montana is telling the Feds to go screw themselves.

http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2009/billhtml/HB0246.htm

NEW SECTION. Section 4. Prohibitions. A personal firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition that is manufactured commercially or privately in Montana and that remains within the borders of Montana is not subject to federal law or federal regulation, including registration, under the authority of congress to regulate interstate commerce. It is declared by the legislature that those items have not traveled in interstate commerce. This section applies to a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition that is manufactured in Montana from basic materials and that can be manufactured without the inclusion of any significant parts imported from another state. Generic and insignificant parts that have other manufacturing or consumer product applications are not firearms, firearms accessories, or ammunition, and their importation into Montana and incorporation into a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition manufactured in Montana does not subject the firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition to federal regulation. It is declared by the legislature that basic materials, such as unmachined steel and unshaped wood, are not firearms, firearms accessories, or ammunition and are not subject to congressional authority to regulate firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition under interstate commerce as if they were actually firearms, firearms accessories, or ammunition. The authority of congress to regulate interstate commerce in basic materials does not include authority to regulate firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition made in Montana from those materials. Firearms accessories that are imported into Montana from another state and that are subject to federal regulation as being in interstate commerce do not subject a firearm to federal regulation under interstate commerce because they are attached to or used in conjunction with a firearm in Montana.



So basically, if a gun or accessory is made in Montana, the weapon and parts are not subject to Federal laws. The state of Montana is going to abide by the Constitution of the U.S. and their own states laws.

Set up for failure

I have been watching the inauguration proceedings and the events following President Obama being sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. The media circus leading up to his swearing and the following parties and events have been ludicrous. The media is treating President Obama as if he is the Second Coming of Jesus.

He is being set up for failure by the media and his supporters. He is being portrayed as the savior of the economy and the U.S. world image. All the talk of change and yet the majority of the people in his cabinet are old school D.C. people, many of whom are from President Clinton's administration.

Change, huh? Not too likely.

Too funny

I couldn't have said it better myself.

http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-obama-wins-gun-salesman-of-year.html

Barack Obama wins another prestigious honor...Due to unprecedented demand in firearms since the November election, Barack Obama was awarded the “Gun Salesman of the Year” by Outdoor Wire.

You guys should read this article. It's revealing and funny at the same time.

Ruger's new revolver

In the past few years, Ruger has made a bunch of changes and added a lot of interesting items to their extensive stable of weapons. The latest of this new line is the LCR--Light Compact Revolver. http://www.ruger-firearms.com/LCR/

It's a slightly new twist on an old idea. Concealment pistols have always been smaller and lighter then the typical weapons.. The LCR is basically a polymer framed revolver. It's the same concept that HK, Glock, Springfield and S&W have done with their auto-pistols. The revolver weight a little over 13 ounces and hold 5 rounds of .38 Special. It's rated for +P ammo.

For those who are still on the revolver bandwagon for concealed carry, this may be a way to go.

Holy Crap !!

Pun Intended

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=5315514

Wow...that's bad. Really bad. I am sure he will be losing his CCW over this accident.

We Are Marksmen

On pages 64 and 65 of the February 2009 Blue Press sales flyer is a very interesting article by Barrett Tillman.

http://www.bridleandbit.net/ebooks/bluepress/bluepressfeb09/feb09/object_files/main.swf

His article, which makes total sense, is that words are very powerful. The Anti's have taken our glamorization of the words Assault, Tactical, Shooters, and Gun Nuts to imply that the guys are wrong for civilians and that those who own guns are "nuts." Mr. Tillman credits Alan Korwin with creating the concept that we should call ourselves "Marksmen."

It's a simply term that implies we are able to shoot accurately. It almost sounds like a title, unlike the term "gun nut" which just makes us look foolish. Heck, even the term assault has a criminal connotation to it. It's a misdemeanor or felony, depending on how it is played in the courts. As Mr. Tillmans states, "Assault is a behavior, not an object." Yes, I know it comes from German roots, but the Anti's have made it a point to use that term to denigrate anything anything that shoots a bullet from a long barrel.

I think it's a good idea to call ourselves something like Marksmen. I know it's just semantics, but words are powerful. Words have real meaning and created meaning. Words created the power behind the Nazi uprisings in German...and look how that turned out. Words created the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution...and look how those turned out, after 230 years. Words are powerful.

Caroline Kennedy

The Kennedy Clan has long had a hand in U.S. politics. Much of it is not to the benefit of the country. While I will not spend time defaming the families history or character, I can tell you that if I was Governor of New York, I would completely avoid putting another Kennedy into office. She is a stereotypical leftist and makes the word Liberal sound good. She is a complete and total supporter of Obama's plan to push America into a Socialist state.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/21/nyregion/21platform.html?_r=2&hp

As an American, there are several things we both believe in, including her stance on illegal immigration:

Caroline believes all undocumented workers should be required to legalize their presence in the United States and that we must create a way for them to do so. Undocumented workers should pay a fine, learn English and go to the back of the line behind those who came here legally.

I firmly believe she is wrong in her stance on the 2nd Amendment, but with her families history both in front and behind guns, I can understand while she feel this way: Caroline Kennedy is a strong supporter of gun control. She supports New York City’s and New York State’s gun control laws. On the federal level, she support the Brady Law, and other measures to keep guns out of the hands of minors and criminals.

I understand her feelings on this issue, but I do not support it.

Another waste of money

When are politicians going to realize that most of the restrictive gun laws put in place only serve to hinder Law-abiding citizens. Let's face it, criminals are criminals because they have broken the law(s). All these hundreds of new gun laws being proposed don't stop bad guys from getting guns, they stop the good guys from getting guns. The good guys are using guns for hunting, protection, target shooting. The bad guys are using for shooting at people, hunting people, extorting and robbing people.

Millions and millions of dollars are wasted harassing good, honest law-abiding citizens with rules and regulations that serve no purpose. For example:

http://www.reason.com/news/show/130311.html

Baloney
Ballistics Gun databases fail
Brian Doherty REASON

January 2009 Seven years ago, New York started a database of "ballistic fingerprints" for all new handguns sold in the state. The bill's backers sold it as a crime-solving device, arguing that the state would now have a sample of a spent shell and bullet for every new gun sold. This, they said, would help police connect future evidence from crime scenes to specific guns.

Since then, the authorities have entered 200,000 newly purchased guns into the database and spent $1 million dollars a year on the system. Yet it hasn't led to a single solved crime. The only other state with such a database, Maryland, can attribute at least one conviction to the system since it was created in 2000-more than zero, but few enough that the state's own Police Forensics Division has suggested scrapping the program because of its demonstrated lack of benefits.

This hasn't come as a surprise to gun rights activists, who pointed to several potential problems when the databases were originally debated. Among them: The markings left by a gun are not guaranteed to be the same over the long term and can be deliberately changed with simple expedients such as filing inside the barrel; the vast majority of guns used in crimes are stolen or otherwise obtained in a black market, not used by their original legal owner; devoting so much record keeping to every gun sold guarantees wasted effort, since less than 1 percent of all guns sold will ever be used in a crime.

In 2003 a report from the California Attorney General's Office recommended against launching such a program because of its likely ineffectiveness in crime solving. And a March 2008 study from the National Research Council recommended against a national version of the New York and Maryland databases. In addition to noting the obvious ways in which such a program could be easily circumvented by criminals, the study said the theory behind the ballistics databases—that every gun marks shells and bullets in specific, stable, identifiable ways—has not been scientifically proven.

I like this Sheriff

There used to be a law in Texas called, "Needs Killing." it's simple...you go before the judge and say, "Your Honor, that despicable ass needed killin'." It was a valid law for many years and may still be on the books.

I place of that, Florida has a Sheriff with brains and common sense. This is an old case and starts with a tragedy and ends well.

http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2006545,00.html

Miami - A fugitive gunman accused of killing a Florida sheriff's deputy was shot 68 times by SWAT team officers who found him hiding in the woods, according to post-mortem results.
Police fired 110 shots at Angilo Freeland, 27, the target of a massive manhunt in central Florida after the fatal shooting of Polk county sheriff's deputy Matt Williams on Thursday.
"That's all the bullets we had, or we would have shot him more," said Polk county sheriff Grady Judd to the Orlando Sentinel newspaper.
Judd said Williams was "executed" after Freeland was pulled over in a routine traffic stop on Thursday. Another deputy was wounded and a police dog killed.
Williams, 39, was shot eight times - one bullet fired at close range behind the deputy's right ear and another in his right temple, according to post-mortem results released on Saturday by the sheriff's office.
Sheriff's officials said SWAT team members found Freeland on Friday hiding under a fallen oak tree in a wooded area near where the deputies were shot and began firing when they saw a gun in his hand.
- Reuters

http://www.snopes.com/crime/cops/judd.asp