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Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Ugh.
O'dark thirty was always too early for this sorta thing.
3 comments:
Boat Guy
said...
As one who matriculated through Parris Island during the "I never promised you a rose garden" days I was glad to see the poster shot included. Boot Camp had - and still has in many ways - a profound impact on me. A woman I was dating some years back asked my father to name something I'd done to make him proud; he immediately responded "Made it through Marine Coprs Boot Camp" Semper Fi, Senior Drill Instructor Staff Sergeant Allen!
To be confident and competent enough with a rifle to be able to hit anything I can see in a Jovian Thunderbolt kind of way.
To be able to defend myself with a handgun.
To perhaps harvest some tasty venison with either a rifle or a shotgun, any skin or antler is just a nice bonus, here.
And, if necessary: To Defend the Ramparts of Democracy from a Level 4 Zombie Outbreak or against the Jacobin, Rampaging, Godless, Red-Commie Hordes (or their modern equivalent.)
"You never select a shotgun as your primary anti-zombie firearm. It's great for onesy twosey, but zombies travel in hordes. The reload time is onerous, and the ammo, while effective, is heavy and bulky and short ranged."
Big Mistake for Her
If Ginsberg had let Scalia put the words "strict scrutiny" in Heller and Hillary said "Gun control is just not going to be a priority for my administration," Hillary would have been elected President.
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3 comments:
As one who matriculated through Parris Island during the "I never promised you a rose garden" days I was glad to see the poster shot included.
Boot Camp had - and still has in many ways - a profound impact on me.
A woman I was dating some years back asked my father to name something I'd done to make him proud; he immediately responded "Made it through Marine Coprs Boot Camp"
Semper Fi, Senior Drill Instructor Staff Sergeant Allen!
Can't BELIEVE I misspelled "Corps".
Bends and thrusts, ready begin!
Good one :-) Had one of those guys as the DI going through AOCS.
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