My first thought upon waking was:

“Get this Damned cat off my feet”

But my second one was:

“The Donald didn’t really strike at any of the openings Hillary left him.”
Followed with “Why didn’t he?”

I mean, Computer Security, National Defense (Benghazi?) the “plight” of African-Americans, the failure of the Democrat leadership in cities, the list is long. I mean, her health alone could have taken an entire segment….

And he didn’t take any of the openings…..Why Not?

Our Second Amendment rights will be in the hands of 2 possible people.

A bad one
And a worse one….

As Tam said to me over lunch a few weeks ago. You have 2 choices:

A New York Democrat,

Or a New York Democrat.

Stop and Frisk?
No Fly list?
Terrorist Watch list?

Any of those statements would disqualify a candidate as President in my book.

So we are left with the choice of the lesser of the two weasels.

Yeah, that’s me…

Helping a friend at a gunshow. He is a dealer, but doesn’t have a store. Gunshows only. He has 8 tables, so needs some help to keep an eye out when it gets busy.

His policy is that you have to be 21 to fondle the pistols, 18 for rifles and shotguns…since you have to be that old to purchase them. I can let a father handle a rifle and hand it to his 14 year old son, but if you are a 19 year old man,  you can’t play with the pistols or revolvers.

So I am discussing the merits of an XD vs Glock with a very nice gentleman, nice guy, mid 40’s…wife or girlfriend alongside…. first gun for both of them.

Up walk 2 young men late teens, maybe early 20’s. Pick up a SW Shield… I ask politely if they are 21.

“No”.

“Then I am sorry, the owner says I can’t show you pistols unless you are of age to buy one, so you gotta be 21 to pick ’em up.”.

“It’s because I am black, ain’t it?” (they were both, in fact, black).

The dude and his lady who I had been talking to looked at the kids. Dude says “He told you why….” (Dude himself is also black). “Don’t see no Racism here”.

Kinda shut the kids down.

He chose and I sold to him the XDS in .40.  I also sold ’em on the idea of some NRA Basic Pistol Training.

I appreciated his support, but the kids kinda pissed me off.

I hope it costs them a lot.

What total moronic idiots some folks are…..Do they really not understand how such things work?

So at the gunshow yesterday, I found a gun that I had been looking for:

A Beretta TomCat 3032 in STAINLESS. (I have one in the Matte /parkerized finish, but my sweat eats non stainless guns…I have to clean it twice a week in the summer months, so I was looking for a stainless one)

When they were in production they weren’t common. now that production is currently on hold they are kinda hard to find.

Found one in a showcase. If it has been shot, it is less than a box full. like maybe a mag, if that. I think it was a drawer gun.

He wanted $530 which is about what they go for on GunBroker (plus shipping and FFL fees).

I offered $350. He said “no”. I walked.

Passed by again (he was at a corner table) and he offered $475. I countered with $375. He said “no”. I walked.

Saw him once more about 45 minutes later….he offered $400. I offered $399. He looked at me  and smiled and the deal was done.

Private sale. (Which was good because NICS was down most of the afternoon).

Cash talks.

Odd.

Seems that the State Department isn’t gonna release the “recovered” emails from Hillary’s server until after the election.

I doubt it will make any difference….those who are gonna vote for her won’t care….and the rest of us won’t vote for her no matter what.

But still.

or, at least, most of those who ARE arrested aren’t:

Who Is Behind The Riots? Charlotte Police Says 70% Of Arrested Protesters Had Out Of State IDs

Note: OF THOSE ARRESTED…There were an awful lot of people in those riots….

But still….

Third party is is then…

Trump “Praises ‘Stop-and-Frisk’ Police Tactic“.

Sorry, I can’t support this. Not at all. The Constitution is what it is….It applies to everyone. scumbag or not…Joe clean or Tyrone the Ghetto Rat…..Whigger wannabe or Jose the Vato. No matter who it is, the Fourth Amendment applies:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.


The Constitution comes as a package deal. All or nothing. 


If Trump can’t get that message, then he isn’t my man, and won’t get my support. 

If you are in Puerto Rico, at least.

Seems the power generating/distribution company that covers most of Puerto Rico had a MAJOR fault….and a substation caught fire at a substation, leaving the majority of the island without power.

Tonight oughta be interesting for the poor folks living there.  I bet it gets…..”sporty” in some neighborhoods tonight. And maybe tomorrow night.

As a side note, seems that a small, but significant, number of hotel and other businesses that had generators never balanced them, nor did proper preventative cleaning/maintenance on them….and they caught fire under load….which is a lesson we can ALL learn from.  

See, many years ago, there was this thing they did called “Lynching” wherein a man (apparently often black) was accused of a crime and then, without a trial, often on sketchy evidence, was hanged…often after being beaten by a crowd.

Black people still see a noose as a sign of lynching, and often want nooses removed from Halloween display and such (even though they want free speech and such).

Yet, what do they do when a black man is shot….especially by a policeman (no matter what HIS race)…..

Yep, they jump to conclusions….they assume the man shot was innocent, and that the officers had no reason to shoot. Further, they rely on statements posted on social media, with absolutely no verification that the statements are true…Since it is a cop that did the shooting, it must be racial….it must be unjustified…..and they don’t wait for the evidence to show what happened, but jump to a conclusion…. Truly, a lynching…only the violence happens later that night….Which often leads to a riot….. “Civil Disobedience”…often becomes an excuse to loot. (and they wonder why no one wants to invest or start businesses in their neighborhoods?)

What I find odd is that it is always black crowds that exhibit such behavior….not whites, not asians nor orientals….no latins, nor any other racial group.  Why is that? And why do the police and the city leadership allow it to happen?

Yes, I know, pointing this out makes me a “Raciss”. Don’t care. Not anymore.

You can’t blame it on Poverty either….Lots more white folks live below the poverty line, yet they don’t riot….(and they generally obey the police and don’t do anything stupid when caught or stopped, and therefore don’t get shot as often either…)