Sadly, Barry was nowhere near Dallas today….

So teaching at another NRA First Steps course I overheard:

“Yeah, last time we let a bunch of muslims in the country in such large numbers that we couldn’t keep track of them we had 9-11…….Letting in a half million “refugees” from Syria or wherever sounds like the same thing to me…..”.

14 new shooters in the world.  14 “New Shooter Smiles”.

Payin’ it forward.

“Dude, I shot a 20 lb turkey yesterday.


Easy shot, it was just sitting there!,



Wow, I gotta say, a .50 cal muzzleloader sure is loud in the frozen food section of the Supermarket though….”

Bobby ain’t right…

Just to get off the Aloha Snackbar terror attacks for a bit….

Why there aren’t more cars with gullwing doors…

that they were caught.

Wonder what they had in mind? Who were they planning on meeting here in the US? What deviltry did they have in mind??? Perhaps they just wanted some freebies….

At least they were smart enough to try and come the easy way…..across the Mexican border.

Let a crisis go to waste.

EU Commission uses crisis of Paris Terrorist attacks to further tighten private gun ownership laws to keep the citizens safe.

(Full text HERE)

‘Cause the terrorists will get their guns legally…..and it is so difficult , apparently, to get a full auto Kalishnikov in Europe….

And we all know Islamic terrorists follow the laws…….Right? Making it illegaler to possess such weapons will help keep those atrocities from happening, right?

ETA: Not that some Illinois politicians are any better

How can you investigate someone when there is nothing to investigate?

So France, in an attempt to shut the stable door after the equine had bolted, apparently raided something like 75 assorted houses and compounds, seeking suspects in the terrorist attacks of Friday. Seems they found a “significant amount” of weapons and explosives.

Gotta  Do Something…, I get that…..More importantly, the police and other authorities gotta be SEEN Doing Something.

But here is the question: If they knew where to look, and had reasonable suspicion to execute a search (and were, apparently correct in their suspicions) then WHY DIDN’T THEY DEAL WITH THE ISSUE of the terrorist safe houses BEFORE the attack?  Why did they wait until AFTER some of their countrymen had been killed and injured? If they were raid worthy on Saturday or Monday, WHY WERENT THEY RAID WORTHY ON THE THURSDAY BEFORE THE ATTACKS?

Did their inaction result in increased casualties and deaths?

And I think it shall prove true today.

THE WRATH OF THE AWAKENED SAXON
by Rudyard Kipling

It was not part of their blood,
It came to them very late,
With long arrears to make good,
When the Saxon began to hate.

They were not easily moved,
They were icy — willing to wait
Till every count should be proved,
Ere the Saxon began to hate.

Their voices were even and low.
Their eyes were level and straight.
There was neither sign nor show
When the Saxon began to hate.

It was not preached to the crowd.
It was not taught by the state.
No man spoke it aloud
When the Saxon began to hate.

It was not suddently bred.
It will not swiftly abate.
Through the chilled years ahead,
When Time shall count from the date
That the Saxon began to hate.

The French were a big part of the Crusades…..will they be again?