Woot!
"Shall-Issue Ruling Likely to Withstand Appeal, Experts Say"
If it can happen here it can happen in Massachusetts. It can happen in Hawaii. It can happen in New York and Jersey. It can happen in Illinois.
One day I may have to change the blog to a 4th Amendment concentration, or 1st. Because the 2nd is as sacrosanct as the 3rd.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Genius
Seen on Alphecca.
Guy (DUI charge, pot growing charge, confronted his neighbor, armed, in an argument) is upset the Police won't return the guns of his that were confiscated. So Guy posts a bounty of $1 Million on the heads of each member of the department.
I'm guess this Guy didn't have that kind of money, anyway...
Do you really want to disappoint the Sumdood that is willing to murder cops for money by not being able to pay up, I'm wondering?
(Also: There is a Bounty section on Craiglist now? I knew there was a Dorm Furniture section and huge Hooker section...)
Guy (DUI charge, pot growing charge, confronted his neighbor, armed, in an argument) is upset the Police won't return the guns of his that were confiscated. So Guy posts a bounty of $1 Million on the heads of each member of the department.
I'm guess this Guy didn't have that kind of money, anyway...
Do you really want to disappoint the Sumdood that is willing to murder cops for money by not being able to pay up, I'm wondering?
(Also: There is a Bounty section on Craiglist now? I knew there was a Dorm Furniture section and huge Hooker section...)
CCW Shall Issue
I'm jazzed now. I am very glad I ordered a new holster from Milt Sparks a couple months ago.
I think I will try to apply for a CCW. I may get in before the window in case the state appeals and get's an emergency stay on the ruling. Not sure. We still have to wait for the dust to settle. Dunno if they'd vacate my permit while the case appeals. If it appeals.
I'm not even familiar with how to actually DO it. Not expecting to ever fruitfully apply I am not versed on the procedure. Prolly need to secure a passport photo and some fingerprints. Wonder if they will accept one I bring in or will the State Police wanna do it? See? Things like that I have to find out.
Lessee... I need a couple passport photos, 1.5" square, three fingerprint cards (one orange and white CJIS-011 card and one blue and white FBI applicant card bearing the code "ORI-MDMSP6000." These can be obtained at your local Maryland State Police barracks), three references from people that aren't your mother. Plus the application. And I bet they want a cashiers check, too.
Except they might accept other types of fingerprint cards, now? No wait... So confusing. It's $75 if the state cop shop does my fingerprints with the electronic scan. $112 if they do paper.
Hmm, they take personal checks.
I think I will try to apply for a CCW. I may get in before the window in case the state appeals and get's an emergency stay on the ruling. Not sure. We still have to wait for the dust to settle. Dunno if they'd vacate my permit while the case appeals. If it appeals.
I'm not even familiar with how to actually DO it. Not expecting to ever fruitfully apply I am not versed on the procedure. Prolly need to secure a passport photo and some fingerprints. Wonder if they will accept one I bring in or will the State Police wanna do it? See? Things like that I have to find out.
Lessee... I need a couple passport photos, 1.5" square, three fingerprint cards (one orange and white CJIS-011 card and one blue and white FBI applicant card bearing the code "ORI-MDMSP6000." These can be obtained at your local Maryland State Police barracks), three references from people that aren't your mother. Plus the application. And I bet they want a cashiers check, too.
Except they might accept other types of fingerprint cards, now? No wait... So confusing. It's $75 if the state cop shop does my fingerprints with the electronic scan. $112 if they do paper.
Hmm, they take personal checks.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
BREAKING
"Bin Laden NOT buried at sea!"
Well, that puts a crimp in the waterlogged Bin Laden zombie movie, doesn't it. I had such high hopes...
Well, that puts a crimp in the waterlogged Bin Laden zombie movie, doesn't it. I had such high hopes...
Monday, March 5, 2012
Has teh World Turned Upside Down?
First everyone responded to my meme tag, including RobertaX yesterday, and now this court case. Spooky, all this happening at once...
Real wrath of God type stuff.
Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling!
Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes...
The dead rising from the grave!
Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!
(All right, all right! You get the point.)
Real wrath of God type stuff.
Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling!
Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes...
The dead rising from the grave!
Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!
(All right, all right! You get the point.)
A Maryland Victory
On the May-Issue to Shall-Issue, you can read more about it, including a link to the court case, HERE.
I feel kinda numb. Waiting to see how this plays out in the coming week or so. Better get my form-filling-out pen handy.
I feel kinda numb. Waiting to see how this plays out in the coming week or so. Better get my form-filling-out pen handy.
Death by Zombie
If, truly, a zombie outbreak happens? Shamblors? The infection spread out of control?
Yeah, slow walking biters susceptible to a shot to the noggin isn't going to be the real threat. We are humans, and are pretty good at adapting to that kind of threat and meeting it head on. So to speak. In the US there is a gun for every man woman and child.
So, I don't think, in a Level 4 outbreak that the zombies will own 90% of the territory, and whittle the uninfected population down to 5% of it's current numbers, as all the really fun and good zombie literature indicates.
No, Zed won't be the big threat to human life envisioned. We will.
The disruption a Level 4 outbreak would cause before the uninfected get on top of things will be the true killer. Disruptions in agriculture and, more importantly, transportation of vital life sustaining food and medicine will lead to famine. Diseases like Typhus and Cholera we now have a good handle on will explode after among weakened uninfected populations. People in office jobs unaccustomed to work via manual labor will have to til the fields, move the stuff, and guard against the Zombies. It'll be nice for people to be gainfully employed in 'real' jobs instead of the law firm, the NGO offices, and the SysAdmin server room, but they won't be that good at it, at first, and we do lose the infrastructure they now maintain that gives us the world we see around us.
Stresses from such disruptions will likely cause political stress. Enclaves that have their region under control will chafe at the pressures from higher up the command and control food chain. Enclaves that are more hurt will be pleading for more resources to help them back. And lots of them will now be armed and practiced at zombie retirement. It doesn't make them good infantry against other uninfected, but it doesn't make them a slouch either. Revolutions and regional wars will almost invariably follow.
10 million zombies, 100,000 in 100 population centers across the world get loose. They spread and quintuple their numbers. 50 million total undead versus 7 billion is not the issue. It's the billions that succumb in the aftermath that will be the real suffering, and all after the Zombies are fully or pretty much contained. The Arab Spring, the Rwandan famine and genocide, Hurrican Katrina and the 2011 Japanese Tsunami all rolled into one would seem like a picnic in hindsight.
Think on that. That's how Zed will really 'get' us.
Yeah, slow walking biters susceptible to a shot to the noggin isn't going to be the real threat. We are humans, and are pretty good at adapting to that kind of threat and meeting it head on. So to speak. In the US there is a gun for every man woman and child.
So, I don't think, in a Level 4 outbreak that the zombies will own 90% of the territory, and whittle the uninfected population down to 5% of it's current numbers, as all the really fun and good zombie literature indicates.
No, Zed won't be the big threat to human life envisioned. We will.
The disruption a Level 4 outbreak would cause before the uninfected get on top of things will be the true killer. Disruptions in agriculture and, more importantly, transportation of vital life sustaining food and medicine will lead to famine. Diseases like Typhus and Cholera we now have a good handle on will explode after among weakened uninfected populations. People in office jobs unaccustomed to work via manual labor will have to til the fields, move the stuff, and guard against the Zombies. It'll be nice for people to be gainfully employed in 'real' jobs instead of the law firm, the NGO offices, and the SysAdmin server room, but they won't be that good at it, at first, and we do lose the infrastructure they now maintain that gives us the world we see around us.
Stresses from such disruptions will likely cause political stress. Enclaves that have their region under control will chafe at the pressures from higher up the command and control food chain. Enclaves that are more hurt will be pleading for more resources to help them back. And lots of them will now be armed and practiced at zombie retirement. It doesn't make them good infantry against other uninfected, but it doesn't make them a slouch either. Revolutions and regional wars will almost invariably follow.
10 million zombies, 100,000 in 100 population centers across the world get loose. They spread and quintuple their numbers. 50 million total undead versus 7 billion is not the issue. It's the billions that succumb in the aftermath that will be the real suffering, and all after the Zombies are fully or pretty much contained. The Arab Spring, the Rwandan famine and genocide, Hurrican Katrina and the 2011 Japanese Tsunami all rolled into one would seem like a picnic in hindsight.
Think on that. That's how Zed will really 'get' us.
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Choices
So the choice now is between a Massachusetts Democrat with good hair and an R after his name, and THIS (bottom picture) internet joke for the nomination?
I really don't think re-instating the anti-sodomy laws are going to help the economy, bring fiscal sanity to the Federal Government, or secure Our Blessing of Liberty.
(what about Ron Paul, T-Bolt?! Ron Paul is not going to be nominated. Even if he took a pill to take away the crazier aspects and make him more palatable. Gingrich, neither, methinks.)
No Rick, that is exactly how traditional American conservatives post 1980 view the world, really. You are thinking of the Puritan tradition and busybody instinct that all Americans, when properly reflective, try to tamp down. Goldwater's thoughts aren't perfect, but they are a damn sight better.
I really don't think re-instating the anti-sodomy laws are going to help the economy, bring fiscal sanity to the Federal Government, or secure Our Blessing of Liberty.
(what about Ron Paul, T-Bolt?! Ron Paul is not going to be nominated. Even if he took a pill to take away the crazier aspects and make him more palatable. Gingrich, neither, methinks.)
No Rick, that is exactly how traditional American conservatives post 1980 view the world, really. You are thinking of the Puritan tradition and busybody instinct that all Americans, when properly reflective, try to tamp down. Goldwater's thoughts aren't perfect, but they are a damn sight better.
Friday, March 2, 2012
Guest Blogger
Today is a special day, as we have a guest blogger known to many. The World's Most Dangerous Librarian.
This ensemble will put the fear of death in any shamblor. Well, re-death. Second death. It would scare them if they were smart enough to be scared. Here she is going Old School with a vintage carbine and sporting a flash of apocalypse appropriate color. Just because it's the end of the world doesn't mean you have to be unfashionable. Rebuilding civilization in all its glory is still all us Zombie Hunter's goal.
Note the trigger finger. That shade is a matte black Orly Iron Butterfly. Black is never out of style. It's Tactical, too!
In keeping with our Zombie theme the other digits are showing off a Dollish Polish Zombie Flesh. A nice polish that says, "Hey Zombies! You don't intimidate ME. And thanks for lining up like that so I can save ammo by combining headshots."
The M1 Carbine is still a handy and rugged little warhorse that is more than enough gun for Zed Heads. Semi-auto goodness, and the ammo won't weigh you down like all you folks that invested in bird shot 12 gauge. And with a much better range radius for retiring the benighted souls looking to feast upon tasty living flesh. In fact, I'd prefer the M1 Carbine for such a job if surplus ammo for it was more available. That 5 pound weight has a lot going for it. When the Zombie Survival Guide came out the recommended rifle was this, and it was still widely available and cheap. It's not too late to get one of your own. Stand out in a crowd of M4geries!!
Thanks Breda!
This ensemble will put the fear of death in any shamblor. Well, re-death. Second death. It would scare them if they were smart enough to be scared. Here she is going Old School with a vintage carbine and sporting a flash of apocalypse appropriate color. Just because it's the end of the world doesn't mean you have to be unfashionable. Rebuilding civilization in all its glory is still all us Zombie Hunter's goal.
Note the trigger finger. That shade is a matte black Orly Iron Butterfly. Black is never out of style. It's Tactical, too!
In keeping with our Zombie theme the other digits are showing off a Dollish Polish Zombie Flesh. A nice polish that says, "Hey Zombies! You don't intimidate ME. And thanks for lining up like that so I can save ammo by combining headshots."
The M1 Carbine is still a handy and rugged little warhorse that is more than enough gun for Zed Heads. Semi-auto goodness, and the ammo won't weigh you down like all you folks that invested in bird shot 12 gauge. And with a much better range radius for retiring the benighted souls looking to feast upon tasty living flesh. In fact, I'd prefer the M1 Carbine for such a job if surplus ammo for it was more available. That 5 pound weight has a lot going for it. When the Zombie Survival Guide came out the recommended rifle was this, and it was still widely available and cheap. It's not too late to get one of your own. Stand out in a crowd of M4geries!!
Thanks Breda!
Thursday, March 1, 2012
I agree with the Brady's
On this issue we have common ground, and others have chimed in similarly.
Hinckley wants more unsupervised releases from the booby hatch. He should never have gotten ANY releases, supervised or otherwise, I think. I agree with the sentiment, "You shoot a president, you don't get to go outside anymore." It's a good rule and I stand with them on that.
I bet they don't agree with a single other thing I, or other gun bloggers, believe.
Hinckley wants more unsupervised releases from the booby hatch. He should never have gotten ANY releases, supervised or otherwise, I think. I agree with the sentiment, "You shoot a president, you don't get to go outside anymore." It's a good rule and I stand with them on that.
I bet they don't agree with a single other thing I, or other gun bloggers, believe.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Again
I got the request, "Hey YOU know about guns! Can you recommend the pistol this friend of mine in Ogden should get when she gets her CCW? She is kinda short. And she intends purse carry but has a biggish purse."
Yeah... That question again. For someone I don't know from Adam's off ox. And probably never will. Has she shot before? Dunno.
I figure you gotta answer this one as patiently as possible. Give lots of ideas but no specifics. Don't say "just get a j-frame..." This question will continue to come up again and again.
But if I don't give specifics she is liable to look for specifics on her own initiative, instead of third hand from me, from the gun store sales drone. Who will 8 times out of 10 probably say "just get a j-frame..."
So how do you answer this question concisely and efficiently? It's a complicated and innefficient answer. The closest I can come up with is, "That's not an easy answer. Do X, Y, and Z first before plunking down your cash. Then do N."
I hope her CCW class is done by someone that gives a crap. Assuming she is totally a n00b and not unduly influenced by the ignorant her instructor is her best hope. But I do what I can from where I can.
Right now my only response to mystery lady is: "First handgun? You almost certainly don't want a J-Frame snub nosed double action revolver. That's all I can tell you."
Yeah... That question again. For someone I don't know from Adam's off ox. And probably never will. Has she shot before? Dunno.
I figure you gotta answer this one as patiently as possible. Give lots of ideas but no specifics. Don't say "just get a j-frame..." This question will continue to come up again and again.
But if I don't give specifics she is liable to look for specifics on her own initiative, instead of third hand from me, from the gun store sales drone. Who will 8 times out of 10 probably say "just get a j-frame..."
So how do you answer this question concisely and efficiently? It's a complicated and innefficient answer. The closest I can come up with is, "That's not an easy answer. Do X, Y, and Z first before plunking down your cash. Then do N."
I hope her CCW class is done by someone that gives a crap. Assuming she is totally a n00b and not unduly influenced by the ignorant her instructor is her best hope. But I do what I can from where I can.
Right now my only response to mystery lady is: "First handgun? You almost certainly don't want a J-Frame snub nosed double action revolver. That's all I can tell you."
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Prep
One point...
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.
Identify
Identify the pistol in this Germanish photo.
I'm guessing pellet gun, but you never know...
I'm guessing pellet gun, but you never know...
Monday, February 27, 2012
Meme
I got pegged in a meme, and I got nuthin else, so...
Hmmm, honest shooter qualities...
Now I gotta tag others, so I pick folks that I don't think will even respond.
"I will write down 5 things that indicate, to me, that a gun owner or shooter maybe is an honest one; I say 'maybe' because I have known some seemingly honest gun owners to tell some really tall tales. Then I will tag 5 other gun owners who are also bloggers and I hope each will play along, each listing, in their blogs, at least 3 things that are indicative a gun owner is an honest one, then sending the challenge of this meme on to 5 other gun owner who are also bloggers."
Hmmm, honest shooter qualities...
- I CCW this weapon because I like it and freely admit that there might be better stuff out there, even better FOR ME, but I don't care because there are other factors and preferences at work (e.g. Carrying a Beretta Bobcat in .25, or a double action snubbie you hate to shoot at the range because it hurts)
- You freely admit occasionally, and dwell more frequently on in private, lying in bed staring at the ceiling, those times you violated one of the 4 Rules inadvertently in a minute of stupidity. Stupid stupid stupid, lucky lucky lucky.
- You can point to guns in your safe that were stupid purchases in hindsight, yet you never get around to liquidating that gun to use the money to get a better gun or ammo or training
- You regret not taking more training more frequently. You admit to yourself and others that you should at least practice drawing and dry firing more.
- You are scared nigh poop-less that you might really have to use a firearm, legitimately. The thought of failure and through your failure someone that doesn't need to get shot, gets hurt badly. And it's all your fault. And you live a long life afterward to dwell on THAT.
Now I gotta tag others, so I pick folks that I don't think will even respond.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Discombobulated again
And I got no free ice cream...
Nothing much happening in Maryland on the legislation side wrt pro 2nd Amendment rights. But I get an email or a tweet or a Facebook update from my reps fervent support of the gay marriage stuff every half hour. That's great Slick, now work on OTHER civil rights.
Nothing much happening in Maryland on the legislation side wrt pro 2nd Amendment rights. But I get an email or a tweet or a Facebook update from my reps fervent support of the gay marriage stuff every half hour. That's great Slick, now work on OTHER civil rights.
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