How you look at it, Today was really the birth of our nation:

On this day in1775, thanks to the warning issued by William Dawes and Paul Revere, the colonists were ready to resist.attempted confiscation..Ready to resist the  King… Ready for the attempt to restrict their freedoms and options  Today, really is the anniversary of the beginning of our country. This was the day of resistance. The day that people stood up and said “Enough!”.  This was the day, so long ago, that the founders of our country chose to determine their own fate and told the King that he no longer ruled them.That they would not be kept as serfs, but rather would determine their own fate,

Was it desperation that made them make that choice? Fear that they had no choice…that if they allowed the agents and soldiers of the King to take action that they would never have another chance….never again have the ability to choose their future? Likely we will never know. All we know is that they did make that choice, and in doing so, set into motion a chain of events which led to the birth of a great nation. One that we are citizens of today. It led to the creation of a set of rules that allowed freedom with responsibility and which gave the citizens the ability to flourish under it’s protection.

We owe those folks who stood up all those years ago, for their courage, their determination, and their legacy.

can’t argue with this at all.

You should READ.

You knew it wouldn’t take long

Background checks for smokeless and black powder.

One of the gun grabbers dreams.

Of course, it is sponsored by Lautenberg, one of the perpetually pants-shitting liberals.

Do these people not realize how many recipes there are for low order explosives? How easy (relatively) they can be to make? How many people know how?

ETA:

Betcha this gets used to limit the amount of rounds you can buy or legally possess because of the powder they contain.

Bet on it. It is a logical extension.

If the NRA is SO POWERFUL that it can make Senators quake in their boots vote against the wishes of 90 80 some large percentage of their constituents and vote “NO” on the gun banning bills….

Should we all petition Wayne LaPierre and his NRA board members to start talking to the Senators and Congressmen about things like the deficit and spending and unemployment and the increase in entitlements and immigration and Social Security and such?

I mean, if we and the NRA have so much power and all…..

If yer congressthing voted against the gun ban legislation(s) then you should take the time to call or email a thank you.

If they voted FOR such garbage, call and ask demand an explanation.

When I did so at Donnelley’s office, the girl answering the phone at first tried to explain, then assured me that thre would be a letter forthcoming with an explanation. She said that I wasn’t the first to ask for such a thing.

We shall see.

Take the time to raise a glass to Paul Revere (and his compatriot William Dawes, who did the same thing by a different route, but was never immortalized in poetry).

Mr. Revere and Mr. Dawes embarked on a journey to warn their fellow citizens that “The British are coming!” Coming for the powder and shot that the colonials would need to defend their homes and property.

The British were, essentially, planning on doing what Obama, Feinstein and her ilk wanted to do to you now, here in the present. Take a way your means to resist. Take away your ability to remain free and to decide for yourself what your future brings. Take away the right of self determination. Make you a servant rather than a citizen.

Thanks to Paul Revere and William Dawes, the British failed to confiscate the powder and shot (ammunition) that the colonials needed. Thanks to those two men, the colonials were ready when the British came. Ready to resist. And they did, but that is another story for another time.

Essentially, thanks to those men’s actions, the colonials were able to resist and to begin the fight which led to the Revolution, and ultimately, to the creation of the United States and the Constitution….

So today, take the time to raise a glass, Take the time to thank those two men, who risked arrest and imprisonment to warn their fellow citizens. Think on their actions and their courage and their contribution to the revolution and, ultimately, our country.

Take the time to watch this, or to read the words of Longfellow’s poem below.

Think of the bravery, the courage and the guts they had.  And how well we and our ancestors were served by their actions.

Raise a glass, make a toast, think of those men. Say thank you whatever Deity who hears you for men such as these. We owe them greatly.

Listen, my children, and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five;
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year.

He said to his friend, “If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch Of the North Church tower as a signal light, One, if by land, and two, if by sea; And I on the opposite shore will be, Ready to ride and spread the alarm Through every Middlesex village and farm, For the country folk to be up and to arm. 

(click for complete poem)

I gotta try this someday…

Despite polling data showing that YOUR constituents wanted no part of the Manchin-Toomey bill, you went ahead and voted along the party lines. Following the wished of Der Leader, and not your constituents.

Rest assured that I will do all I can to see you removed from the office of Senator. Lots of people drive by my place of business. They’ll see your voting record . They’ll see support for whomever is your opponent. I’ll donate money and time to your opponent. I really don’t care if the persion running against you is a communist pederast, he will get my support over you.

You fucking little fuck.

that the original bill, S. 649 by Harry Reid, is up for a vote tomorrow….and this one actually has a chance to pass the Senate.

The others were just window dressing.

I dunno, but pay attention tomorrow.

I intend to let my Senators know I am still watching.

ETA: GO here for more info

To ever use a Pressure Cooker (for canning or cooking)you might want to buy one before the BATF(e) decides that they need controls…background checks, serial numbers, 4473’s etc.

Also, if you use powder for reloading, might want to stock up.

I’m gonna go this weekend and stock up on FFg and FFFFg ….

I will also look for parts for my pressure cooker…Just in case.