Squirrels, Ruger, Say It Ain't So

We have been busy haven't we? All us gun nuts doing what we do best, squirreling away all those guns. NICS records show that Americans, in the month of April purchased nearly 1.3 million firearms. That number of course, doesn't reflect the countless legal face to face individual transfers. And I can't seem to sell the two I want to move.
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After promising to introduce a new platform Ruger has revealed....................Another AR! much like one you might part up in your work shop, they have all the latest aftermarket goodies as well as a gas piston upper like so many mfgs. are using now. So I ask ...where is the new platform? I don't have a problem with Ruger Firearms. I own a few and have owned several others. All great performers, all at a great price. But in this instance, where is the innovation? Oh, I forgot,they used up their innovation when they designed the LCP. Whoops, they just layed a Kel-Tec P-3AT on the copy machine for that one. Oh yeah, they might have emptied the innovation bucket with the LCR, their polymer framed revolver. How about the semi-auto .308 rifle called the X-GI they promised back in '84 or so and then dropped project. AR,AR,AR,AR, aaarrrgggghhhh.
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Ol' VP Biden has made yet another slip of the tongue. This time it was the location of the sooper secrit VP bunker. While filling in for the absent Barry at the Gridiron Club Dinner, Say It Ain't So Joe told the world that this bunker is located deep under the VP residence. What a nut job! And this guy is second in line to hold the nuke keys! Sheesh! Maybe at another press dinner he can tell all about the location of other state secrets.

Right up front

In the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence we can find this statement.
" That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
This phrase refers to the preceding statement concerning the life, liberty and happiness of the people and their equality. It also mentions "Securing Rights". Are our rights secure?

Freedom of speech...Protesters were arrested ahead of Obamas visit to Notre Dame (ostensibly for 'trespassing'). Remember the dispersal of the protesters at any of the presidential debates and caucuses?

The right to keep and bear arms...The gun control acts of 1934, 1968, the AWB of the Clinton years, a taxation with out representation on machine guns, suppressors, short barrel shotguns and rifles. The violent attacks on gunowners by the BATFE, the seizure of legally held firearms. Our Government is at this time, contemplating signing a world treaty that would usurp this right.

Article Three...No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house. We now have a 20,000 strong Federal army that is assigned to the continental Us to provide "police functions" and there have been reports of military personnel taking part in "safety checkpoints" in various states.

Article Four... nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation. How many pieces of real estate are condemned to make way for federal, state and city projects? The personal property of Citizens is regularly seized by police, BATFE, sheriffs, IRS, Customs etc.

Article Ten... The Powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. How far has this gone? There are not enough pages to document the violations of this article.

Think about it.
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There are several states reasserting their 10Th amendment rights. if you want to get some of this information into the hands of your lawmakers go here for information on the process.
We are in the middle of a balancing act and the table is tilting to a socialistic society and has been for awhile. We need to right the equilibrium by seizing the powers left to the States and limiting the Federal Government to the powers left it by the Constitution and restructuring the Government to conform to the Constitutional dictates. One vote, one bill, one tea party at a time. If your State will not get on board with this states rights process you have the option to vote with your feet.

Gunshow

I just got back from the Springfield gunshow. Can you say...BUST! I came back with every thing I took with absolutely no lookers. I found NO deals, bargains or gotta have items. There were a lot of spectators but no actual buyers. The only thing actually moving was gunpowder and primers. I saw one individual carry out over 12 pounds of powder and a couple cases of primers. There were several ammo dealers there, in contrast to the last Kansas City show. If you are into really old guns we did see not one but two .56 caliber Spencer carbines and one Spencer pump shotgun. And as usual more Winchester pump .22's than you can shake a stick at. And for some reason more than several Winchester model 88's in .308. I did spy a nice old Savage 99 in .250/3000 as well as one in .22 Hi Power. Black rifles abounded as did the latest in polymer framed pistols. While I did not achieve my goals, we did have a good time at... The Gunshow.
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Next week I will be back to posting on economical firearms. The subject will be double action revolvers.

Liar, liar pants on fire

In September of 2002 the, uhem, Honorable Representative Nancy Pelosi was the highest ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee. She now claims the CIA never told her that they were using waterboarding as a method of obtaining information from the delicate individuals captured and held at Guantanamo. The CIA says, come on down and we will show you the notes taken during that meeting and prove you were told of this activity. All Nancy has to say is liar, liar. If the CIA is lying about it, why are so many Democrats looking at Nancy with a jaundiced eye? Everyone else at the 9-2002 meeting says they were told of the enhanced interrogation. There is even talk of punishing Nancy for her misrepresentation of the facts. This is what we need, a little bit at a time just like eating an elephant. Whittle away at the lying, cheating, pomposity of the Dems until the word Democratic causes a little vomit in every ones mouth. Like it has in mine for ever. Excuse me I need to rinse my mouth out. Thank goodness for sweet tea.
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The Made in "fill in the blank" gun resolution sensation is slowly making its rounds through the states. Of course Montana is leading the cast with Texas playing a leading support role. The rest of the cast includes Tennessee, who is quickly getting their ball rolling while Utah is getting theirs in front of the legislature possibly next month. South Carolina and Alaska are waiting in the wings.
When oh when will Missouri get the wake up call?
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I will be traveling to the gunshow in Springfield, MO. this weekend. I am picking up my gunshow buddy/stepfather at 0'dark thirty for the 3-4 hour trip. I am hoping to turn a Universal 30 carbine into a GI 30 carbine as well as sell my Tec 9 and convert that to a Springfield Armory XD45 with the 5 inch barrel. There's nothing like a few thousand people celebrating the Second Amendment at the same time. As in Shall not be infringed. A thousand tables of guns, gun stuff and gun people! Oh, for a kings ransom!
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Internet Service etc.

Well, now I went a whole day without Internet service and home phone service. As I said before, POS cable company. I think I will deduct a day and a half of pay off my next bill payment. I went to this cable service because we needed to trim some off our expenditures. By dropping Dish Network and going with the cable package we saved 60 bucks a month. Same package as the dish, TV, phone, Internet but fewer channels.
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As we all know the car makers have accepted a bajillion dollars of our money in an effort to keep afloat. Now GM, who has taken the lions share of those dollars, has quietly announced they will start importing cars from China. The Aveo comes from Korea and the much touted Camaro is coming from Canada now we will have the luxury of seeing cars imported from Red China. Yahoo! More American jobs lost! More American productivity lost. Yahoo!
I feel a quote is called for at this time.

"Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats" H.L. Mencken.

Think of it, our hard earned dollars going yet again to support the military industrial complex of communist China. GM must have been studying the Wal Mart model. Profit above all!
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Going to the Gunshow, going to the Gunshow! Springfield Missouri May 15 and 16. 1000 tables of gunny goodness.
Time to delve into the safes and see what I have for tradin' stock. In addition to trading/selling stock I will be taking a few other things.
To start with ...my alice pack with 3 days of supplies, an extra 3 gallons of water, FRS radios and charger, tools for the car, and my everyday stuff...cell phone, Gerber Folding Fairbairn-Applegate knife, Gerber Shortcut, RIA officers model .45 with 2 mags loaded with 230 grain Speer Golddot hollowpoints. Gun and mags are carried in a Wild Bills Classic Speed Scabbard on a Wild Bills triple layer belt. The triple layer belt is the double layer with a polymer layer in the middle. By the way if your are in the need of a concealed carry rig and can't afford the prices of the big name guys check out Wild Bills. When I got my package of holster, belt, and mag carrier it was $165 with a little extra for the polymer and my size.

late, gun bills and rumors

I got this started late due to the POS service we get from the cable/phone/Internet provider we have. "We are currently experiencing an outage in your area. Our technicians are aware of the problem and are working on it". They say their Internet is 6 times faster too. Faster than what? Molasses? Oil? Dead men walking?
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Missouri has a bill that will tell the municipalities that they cannot have a gun law contrary to the state law. It is not currently on the calendar though. If you are in Missouri contact your congress critter and ask them to bring this bill up for vote in the next session. HB 875
My son lives in Virginia Beach and after the Governor and Attorney General slapped the local PD for violating the rights of a legal open carrying individual. Now, they have open carry in VB. Missouri needs to get the towns and cities in line with state law instead of having a mishmash of local ordinances.
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Montana's Made in Montana gun bill has been signed into law. They are expecting the BATFE to intervene and the State plans on arresting any federal agents that try to enforce federal gun law in Montana. They are also looking for a pristine candidate to be the first to use the new law as the state and others plan on defending them in court as far as the feds want to take it. Texas and Utah have similar gun bills up for debate. If any one hears of other states doing this and have proof please send me the link via the comment section.

In case you were thinking something changed, well I did make a few revisions in the earlier post. What can I say? I goofed. That is all. g'nite

Lotta stuff

Does HR 2159 deny your right to buy, own or possess a firearm? If any of those government printed extremist reports and dictionaries ever take hold then you might. This bill gives the Attorney General the power to deny your second amendment rights without any chance of legal challenge. So if you support the second amendment, quote the constitution, join a constitutional militia, are a veteran or talk about the UN and CFR you might fall under this bill.
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60 million armed Patriots? Now if only they were all "well regulated" i.e. trained, that would be something. Every freeman from the age of 15 to 50 is part of the militia ( I found that in this thing called the Constitution). Most state constitutions have a section describing and requiring a state militia yet they are not assembled, funded or encouraged. A state militia is NOT the National Guard. A militia cannot be federalized as the NG can.
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Who would think of a ban on pocket knives? Well schools for one, airlines for another and federal offices for yet another(try going to a social security office with one in your pocket). Now that Japanese island called Hawaii has called for a ban on pocketknives. See item 2 in that link.
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It has been reported that a certain grandmother is going on hajj or a holy trip to Mecca(see item 4 in that link). This particular granny claims she witnessed President? Obamas birth in Mombasa Kenya as she is his grandmother! Let's see...a witness to a birth in a foreign land, a foreign father and refusal to produce his birth certificate seems like it equals ........not qualified to be President. It's no wonder the Chosen One has spent something like $800,000 fighting lawsuits that would compel him to produce his birth certificate not a duped copy of his sister. Imagine this , every thing he has done , undone. Everyone he has appointed , un-appointed. The down side is that would make the evil bitch from California the, choke gag, president. While we are on this topic, most of Europe and African consider Obama to be Muslim. He has so far failed to attend a church since becoming President?. Is this a hint? After all according to the Koran, once a Muslim always a Muslim and denouncing your faith is punishable by death. Is that why there is a failure to attend church. Barry's handlers say he has never been a Muslim but then, they also say he was born in Hawaii.
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Moms day for all those mothers out there.

She's the one that brought you into this world and at some time in your life informed you she could also take you out of it. She wiped your dirty butt and washed out your dirty mouth. She gave you free time and then sat you in the corner. She loved you dearly and paddled you little hiney. She fed you and clothed you, loved you and protected you, worried and waited, took pride in you and suffered embarrassment because of you because ...she's your mom. Happy Mothers day to all you Mothers out there!

Gather up The Posse!

Here is another item regarding Posse Comitatis. This time it is a disturbing Federal document that outlines the integration of the US military in to the police departents. This is another assault on the Constitution and our Liberties. Call, email or write your congress critters and Senators! I must repeat, this is a Direct assault on the Constitution. This is specifically mentioned in that document. Take a stand on this or get you ass out of this country.
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I do 99 pecent of the cooking in our house and I must say it is some damn fine cookin'. This morning we are going to that tasty place called the farmers market. This one is near a place called Planters Seed. Not only do they have seed, they have Spices! Guess where I'll be. See ya!

Economical Firearms #4

Today we will look at a couple of handguns at opposite ends of the economical group. These are both full size, major caliber firearms.

If you think that a 1911 style handgun cannot be on this list, well you would be mistaken. When compared to all other manufacturers of 1911 platforms you will find those made by Rock Island Armory to be quite reasonable indeed. Some models come with a lowered and flared ejection port, commander style hammer and a Novak magazine. The finish is a parkerization type in a green color. The Officers size has a bushingless flared bull barrel. The GI size has the traditional bushing barrel setup. This line of guns is made in the Phillipines by the fine Armscor group. While these guns are on the upper end of economical they can be found in gunshops in the Midwest for around $375.00. I can say from personal experience that these are great shooters. I found the only drawback (if you want to call it that) is the GI style sights. I opted to have them replaced with Ashley Outdoors Tritium Express Big Dot sights. Here's a look at a tactical model, a GI model. and an Officers model.

Now we go to the opposite end of the line. Here's were we get to the rock bottom of economical.
Hi Point Firearms C-9 in 9mm, 40SW-B in .40, and the 45ACP of course in .45.
These pistols are polymer framed with steel barrels and components. Utilizing these materials and a blowback action Hi Point has been able to keep the costs waaaaay down. Reports of these have been to the positive. Reasonable accuracy with excellent dependability, they are just the ticket for those on a tight budget or just looking for an inexpensive deal. I recently attended a gun show and saw a banner proclaiming 99 dollar pistols. Lo and behold they were selling the Hi Point 9mm at that price. Here's what Shooting Times has to say about them. Going to a gun shop will net you a Hi Point pistol in the 150 dollar range.

While I have just discussed 2, there are many choices for an economical full size handgun.

Snowball Effect, Confiscation, Obamessiah

Tennessee has joined that special club of states that are making a specific stand against a government stepping out of bounds. Their House has passed a resolution declaring....guns made, sold or owned within the boundaries of the State are the responsibility of the State not the Union. It now goes to the Senate for approval.
Oklahoma tried to get a sovereignty resolution passed but their Governor exercised his veto power. Now the House has issued House Concurrent Resolution 1028 that does not require the Governors signature. This is another resolution claiming states rights under the 10th amendment. The people of Oklahoma need to remember their Governor vetoed the first go around.
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I got this piece from Alpheca. Tenaha, Texas police are stopping travelers through their town and confiscating cash and jewelry under threat of prosecution for money laundering or drug running. If the folks are parents the police hold the threat of Child Protective Services over their heads to "encourage" a donation. Get hold of anyone you can in the government of Texas and demand an end to this road piracy.
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Get your Obamaessiah shirts now! Get 'em here.

Freedom

What is Freedom? It means many things to everyone. For me it means living an American life according to the laws and acknowledgments of the Constitution. It means making decisions that are right for me and my family without causing harm to my neighbors or others with out an unconstitutional regulation standing in my way. If most people would think like this we wouldn't need the EPA, OSHA, SEC, BATFE, DHHS, or any other alphabet soup federal agency. Don't get me wrong, some of these agencies do a lot of good but they are not constitutional. They would be if the states wanted to create such agencies as long as they were not contrary to the Bill of Rights. If a state were to enact to many onerous laws a person could move to a less restrictive state. In other words, give me a modern society with pre-1939 laws. Think about it...what does Freedom mean to you? What would you do to achieve that kind of freedom?
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I got this from Rawles' survival blog. It aims to repair a lot of the BATFE problems but there is not one word about punishing any BATFE agent that actively works to violate the second amendment rights of any citizen. As the JPFO says, they are a bunch of jackbooted thugs.
Based on their lies and ever changing interpretations of the laws I decide not to get my dealers license again.
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We need a gun ban? Yehaa its a Posse Comitatus!

This guy makes a point that maybe there is a gun ban we need. It's a little bit of a stretch to make the constitutional point but, his discussion does have some merit. I do agree with the view that the Militia is every freeman from 15 to 50 and should be armed with weapons currently in use. After all the Militia is meant to be a deterrent to an overly strong central government and it's hard to do that with the armaments that the unconstitutional standing army has in their inventory.
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Don't we still have a Posse Comitatis act in the Constitution? It seems like the government is taking big bites out of that. Here is a picture of Military Policemen on duty at............................................................................................................... the Kentucky Derby. There are more and more reports of MP's and infantry being used for crowd control, accident investigations and traffic control as well as assisting local cops with crime situations. I got a lot of this from www.infowars.com as the google search I did returned very little information and Infowars is petty much the only place that regularly reports on these violations.

I have seen Selma Blair in a couple of movies lately and a few others in the past. Now there ain't no hiding the fact that she is skinny. As in no tits skinny. But can anyone tell me this ain't sexy?

Chrysler Union Auto's

Well the Chrysler bankruptcy hearings have started and so far the Unions have received 55 percent of the company. 55 percent! That means the plant managers will be hamstrung until the Unions give their approval for anything. What the fuck have the unions done to deserve ANY share of a once privately held company? On the other hand the Government has received an 8 percent share of Chrysler. In this instance all I want to know is, when will my stock certificate be delivered. I mean, the 8 percent was bought with taxpayer dollars right? When it comes to GM though, the person sitting in the presidents chair said he wouldn't mind seeing them fail. Here's a novel idea. Stop trying to develope fantasy markets and tell China, Venezuela and the other countries if they want to continue to sell billions of dollars in furniture, trinkets, clothes and gasoline in this country they will HAVE to allow US vehicles to be imported into their countries. If the Big 3 have lots full of unsold cars it sounds like they need some new markets. Sing along with me....We're on the long march to Socialism, We're on that long road. We're on that march to governmental ownership and we can kiss our freedoms goodbye and this should bring a tear to your eye. Load your guns now Charlie, load your guns now Sam. We have to pay attention to what's goin' on in our land.
Pardon me while I go have a drink or 4.

Campus carry, bike stuff, I gotta have it

Missouri is debating whether to allow concealed carry on college campuses. What they are realy debating is whether to continue to deny the right to self protection to hundreds of thousands of students, staff and faculty members and this kind soul thinks that is OK since she carries off campus. She thinks that students who receive the same training as she, will not be able to defend themselves and others without breaking down into an out of control lump of flesh and cause additional KIA if that student decides to pull their gun in a defensive manner. Talk about bullshit. Yes, there is a condition where you lose fine motor skills and develop tunnel vision in a high stress situation but it is possible to train for those situations. Did this editor receive such training or is she a quivering lump of flesh ready to break down when she encounters a high stress situation. Maybe she just wants to let the police handle the after action cleanup as they have no duty to protect.
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I've got to work on the wife's '04 Honda Rebel this morning. Last year we put rear LED signals on it and they worked fine. I made a mount for the front signals and did the install now none of them work. I have put in a load equalized and an LED flasher. Now I'm going to put in a couple of resistors as well. We did get a new set of LED's for the rear that are identical to the fronts so maybe that will help. POS Honda. I put auxiliary LED's as well as front LED signals on my '95 Harley and had NO problems. ARRRGHHHH!
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Man I gotta have one of these. What for I don't know but I gotta have one.

Guns, Bills and bikestuff

Got up early, made breakfast and went to storage 8 miles away, loaded up a couple of tables and boxes of motorcycle goodies and went to the swap meet that my cousin and I have started. Low and behold, after passing out a couple hundred flyers last fall and this spring, we were the only vendors and to make things better we were pretty much the only buyers. Hopefully the everchanging weather and undependable forecasts played the part of the culprit.
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One of my neighbors has a Taurus Judge he wants to sell. This one has the cylinder for the 2.5 inch .410 shells.The gun, two partial boxes of .410 and a partial box of 45 Long Colt and a Blackhawk carbon fiber holster for around $525. Not a bad deal.
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Well, Missouri does have the bullshit helmet bill on the Govnah's desk to be signed into LAW. I can't believe the crap that comes out of this state government. You will be able to ride in the most hazardous areas without a helmet but you MUST wear one in the least hazardous areas. How about the right to fully decide for ourselves? As another example of the Missouri governmental ineptitude, when we finally got concealed carry passed, the morons stipulated that you had to be 23 to carry. Let's see, vote at 18, enlist in the military at 18, buy alchohol at 21, carry a gun at 23. Well if no bs shenanigans happen in those august halls, we will see the carry age finally lowered to 21.

And speaking of Fox news...I forgot this one and this one. Heheheheheh. Yea, I know.

Random stuff

CRAP! Yesterday was not Friday! I usually post the economical gun dealy on Friday and I screwed up and did it in Thursday.

Missouri is one signature away from having semi-lid free helmet law. If you are 21 you will be able to ride a cycle without a helmet on state and county highways and city streets but not on the Interstate highways. Watch the news... where do the majority of the motorcycle accidents happen? On state and county highways and city streets. Why is this state so f'd up! Dammit! If it's going to be riders choice give them the right to FULL choice. I for one, would rather ride lid free on the Interstate than in a city full of texting, cell phone talking, book reading, makeup applying, kid smacking, dazed and confused motorists.
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Do any of you watch RedEye on the Fox channel? Wow, they call it the Fox channel for a reason. Last night Greg Gutfield had on his panel S. E. Cupp and Anna Gilligan. Dayyumm! Patty Ann Brown is frequently a guest. She is also known as The Notorious PAB.
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I want to get out the AR more often but with the ammo situation the way it is I don't. I really want/neeeed a .22 long rifle conversion. I have seen the bolt/carrier replacements for as low as 139 and cmmg has one with a Black Dog magazine for around 200 and Bushmaster had a complete upper for a little over 450 but I don't see it on their site any more.
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I was talking to a young man the other day and he wanted to know how I stocked up 3K 22 rounds. Easy, every time I go to a gun shop or Wally World I buy a box of 50 or 100 or 525 and the next thing you know there's 3 thousand or more in your 22 box.
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