So we all like the idea of National Reciprocity in concealed carry.
Which is great, in theory..
Until you run afoul of that pesky Tenth Amendment. Which provides us with a lot of autonomy from intrusive Federal Government……
I think that this will, if passed, be used to remove other States Rights.
It is, in reality, a honey sweetened trap.
Think about it .
So why is it that any time a white person or white cop shoots, beats, runs over, or in any other way damages a black person, the claim is that that person’s actions, be they premeditated, reaction to a situation, or even accidental, MUST be racially motivated….but when we have an incident where we have VIDEO of black teens are making racially charged remarks while committing a crime against a white person the first statement by the authorities and the press is that “There is no evidence that this was racially motivated” and “There is no reason to believe that race played a part”…
And please note that “There is no connection to Black Lives Matter” in these incidences….but thre is always a link to white hate groups when the races are reversed….which is why we MUSTget rid og every Confederate memorial and the Confederate flag.
The double standard is……strong.
And it is beginning to irritate me. Strongly.
At least the kids were FINALLY charged with more than just kidnapping.
(please note that all other links denying the connection to race have been scrubbed, apparently, from the internet. Odd, that. )
ETA: They are, apparently, just poorly raised
Or, rather, Ma Nature uncovered it for me.
You may remember that I sighted, on the beach near Pines, Indiana, what I thought might be a capstan from a nearby shipwreck.
Then, when I went to find it again, it was covered up in the sand…
Which led to a whole lot of fun when I set out to find it with a poker and a shovel.
Well, Monday, being as it was above freezing, and had been for a few days (during the day at least) and with an expected high of 40, I got to the beach for a hike…when I got there, the sand and shingle were mostly scoured from the beach…the level was about 4 foot lower than my last time at the beach.
So, I went off in the direction of the “artifact” instead of the other way, as I had planned…… I didn’t go to find it, mind you, just to enjoy the beach when it wasn’t frozen and under a foot or more of snow and ice (unusual on Jan 2) But since the sand was low…..
2 miles later, I was at the stream. It was low and I could step across on the rocks in the streambed.
And there it was.
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| Just west of Michigan City, Indiana. Looking east. |
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| Looking west-ish |
Just about exactly (within 5 paces) where I had looked for it last time, only not covered by 3 feet of sand and a foot or more of shingle. It was, honestly exactly in the area I had dug to find it. This time, however, it was above the sand… mostly. the beach was at least 3 feet lower than last time I was there….almost exactly one month ago. …. Such are the vagaries of wind and wave.
It wasn’t however, what I thought it was…..
I had originally thought it was a capstan, but it is instead, I think, a 1920’s era Delco Light Plant …..I think. Or something similar…(lots of images at that link)…It likely isn’t a part of the shipwreck…. (ETA: These WERE apparently used on boats, but not in the era of the nearby shipwreck..so it isn’t related to ‘Unknown #3″)
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| For scale, the water bottle is 7.75 inches long |
I hadn’t brought a shovel, nor a tape measure…I hadn’t planned on looking for the thing. I’d only planned on walking the beach for exercise and to relax…I had honestly thought it was buried again forever….
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| As always, click to embigginate. |
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| Prolly not fixable… |
I did take pictures, and I did get a good Lat/Long…
(Latitude: 41° 42′ 24.71112” Longitude: -86° 56′ 24.5224”)
Also close by was a riveted well tank. Also likely from the 30’s or 40’s. Maybe connected with the light plant, maybe just coincidence.
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| Glove for scale. Men’s large. |
I’m figuring a house fell into the lake at some point due to erosion and these were buried under the sand until now…..who knows how many times these have been covered and uncovered? Who knows exactly when (or where) they became part of Lake Michigan? What else is buried there or nearby?
So me and Ed went to the range on 1/1/17. He called and said that he was gonna see if he had the new night sights on his 1911 aligned….and did I wanna go with him?
I allowed as I had time. So to the range we went. We were the first two folks to sign into the range this year.
50 rounds of Blazer Brass out of the Sig 1911 at 50 feet later, it was happy…there were 50 holes in the paper. Not a great target, but they were all in a 12×12 paper….. I gotta lighten up the trigger jut a bit.
‘Twas a good way to start the New Year.
To each and every one of you.