Another in the long list of terrorist incidents by the Religion of Peace.
This one over Lockerbie, Scotland.
Pan-Am Flight 103. 243 passengers. 16 crew. 11 folks on the ground.
I knew a dude who lost his dad on that flight. I met him long afterwards….Worked with him for a time.
He isn’t right to this day.
Remember. Say a prayer for the victims. The family members too. They have to live with the aftermath.
How many of those M&Ms are you willing to eat, again?
Did the last of the Christmas shopping today (Saturday)….
It is a good thing that I (a legal Concealed Carry license holder and owner of many firearms**) am NOT the psychotic, bloodthirsty, maniacal murdering person the anti-gun people say I am……
Or the carnage when mingling with the rude, stupid, apparently psychotic and uncaring Christmas shoppers (and those driving to and from their Christmas errands) would have been incredible and spectacular. ….You’d be reading it on CNN right now.
But I am not, and you aren’t.
**(I actually lost all but 3 in a tragic canoe accident just last week)
The 2000 + page “Omnibus Spending Bill” funds nearly everything the GOP promised to stop…
and doesn’t fund anything they did promise to fix.
It basically gives Barry O and the DNC what they want.
And, of course, fucks you, the middle class taxpayer/working guy. right hard in the ass, no dinner, no romance, no lube.
The GOP is aiding and abetting the rape of America “fundamental Transformation of America” by Barry and the DNC, with Paul Ryan helping.
He should be hung for his betrayal of his supporters. Beaten for the breaking of the promises he made to his constituents. Tossed out of office for his lies and betrayal. For starters.
I mean, forget that such action would be precedent setting, and would, really, destroy the US, by destroying the foundation of this country….
READ THIS At the end of the day, it’d be hard to get 10%. And many of those folks who stockpile ammo aren’t looking for a war, but they can bring one if that is what it takes. Yeah, we are all fat and out of shape, but there are a LOT of us. And we (some of us at least) can shoot. Well. Some very well. Rifle or pistol. I ain’t the best, by any stretch…..but I am pretty good. Lots better than me.
And yes, I AM willing to fight for my freedoms..
The cops may be “Trained Professionals” but they aren’t up to this task. And I strongly doubt the National Guard would do much besides refuse to follow those orders.
These fools have dreams, but they have no concept of reality. They judge us from what they see of themselves. They aren’t willing to get their hands dirty(but are willing to pay others to do it)……We are willing to get our hands dirty.
I’d hate to see our country destroyed by people like this.
I ordered a laser grip for my small pocket pistol….Lipstick on a pig, you say? Maybe…..But yet:
Sadly, some places I go to, I just can’t carry that Para-Ordnance LDA 3″ .45 with great big 3 dot tritium sights and a spare magazine. Just doesn’t work.
And yes, I do believe that if you are gonna carry a gun, if possible it should be in a caliber that starts with “4” and all that (not that I’d feel undergunned with modern 9mm rounds)….But still….
And, of course, if I knew I was gonna need a gun, I’d not go there at all, or if I had no choice, I’d carry a rifle or a decent shotgun.
Most of the time, I’d prefer to open carry a .357 revolver or a full size 1911 in a decent retention holster… (I actually have a most excellent 1911 drop leg holster made by Michael Hast for me a few years ago, but where I live it makes people nervous…so I don’t wear it out much…)
So I carry concealed and as big a gun as my destination and activities allow….Either a short 1911 or a .32 Beretta Tomcat.
Laugh if you want. I haven’t found a decent 9 mm that is significantly smaller and more concealable than that 3″Para that I can shoot well. There are many 9mm pistols that I like, but not small enough to make the difference in concealability…..Not and have a decent enough trigger or grip (Or be safe enough) that I can shoot ’em well enough to want to use other than except in a last chance situation. Same same with the small .380’s. Not much gun, poor triggers or worse grip ergonomics. First shot ok,…maybe. Second shot likely low (or, oddly, for the LCP, high and right)… Then there is the whole ‘No safety except on the trigger” trend in modern striker fired handguns…..I’m old school. I like either a really long DA trigger pull or a safety other than the one on the bang switch trigger of a Glock or M&P…
So sometimes I carry a Beretta Tomcat in .32. (wish they made one in .380!) I can hit what I aim at with the thing consistently, it carries well, and the sights are as good as any pocket pistol out there, if not better than most. Not target sights by any means, but significantly better than the sights on my TCP or my LCP or my LC9.
Yes, I know, .32 doesn’t begin with “4” and all that. Having said that, modern ammo has come a long way. And the .32 all steel framed gun is a hell of a lot heavier and more controllable than those fantastic plastic (and very very slim) .380’s or 9mm’s. I can shoot it, and shoot it well. The Gold Dots that I feed it are a hell of a lot more effective than the original ball….
And remember, that .32 ACP in my belt beats your .45 in your car or that .357 in your home in your nightstand…. When I need it. If I ever do.
Having said that, I felt that since ISIS and the other radical Jihadi Aloha Snackbar types are increasing their activity worldwide, it might be that I would need all the help I could get with the short sight radius of the Tomcat…..
Do I bought a set of Crimson Trace Lasergrips for that diminutive Beretta…
(Now I gotta get another holster, ’cause the grips don’t git well in the Stoner Holster that I currently have)….But the grips work well, and that laser is fairly bright. Indoors, it’ll help. Outdoors, at reasonable distances, it will be better than the sights that are on the gun.
I figure we are all going to need every advantage with a pistol, especially a conceal;able one, if we are gonna ever have to go up against Johnny Jihad with and AK or an AR……Not likely to happen, but a lot more likely than when I first began carrying a gun 30 years ago…then it was more likely to be an “Urban Yoot” intent on evening the score for all the discrimination his grandaddy endured……
Saw a LOT of AR’s for sale.
And AK’s too.
All at approx 2.5 times what they had been for sale 2 weeks ago.
Capitalism at work. I support that concept strongly
I also saw VERY few buyers.
Market forces at work. Offsets the greedy capitalists and all that.
Balance will, ultimately, be found.
Lucky for me, ammo had not been particularly affected, except for 5.56X45. 7.62 x39 and 7.62X51….and, of course, their civilian counterparts.
I bought .32 ACP….Which has never been cheap, but wan’t crazy expensive.
Yep, we, as a country, both need and want immigrants.
But, as Ann Coulter says:
Since yer looking for that special hard drive in a lake , has it occurred to you that it might have been in that apartment you chose not to secure?
Or is this just an attempt to make sure that everyone gets a part of the overtime from the investigation?
David:
Sorry, I can’t take the dog.
B