about the Powers That Be watching and listening.

I wasn’t.
While no one wants to see children with firearms…..:

Think about this:
The kid did a Tweet…About a gun
and Twitter’s software alerted someone @Twitter…Who reviewed the message (and blocked it)
And called the school/police.

Big Brother IS watching you…

Text, Email, etc are just as easy to monitor.
Likely voice as well. Maybe your pictures too…The implications of this can be huge.

Be careful what you email, text and say on any phone. You never know who might be listening/watching.

Srsly.

Oh, and just to keep the Echelon (or Carnivore, or whatever) system well fed:

Thermonuclear
Jihad
guns
Biohazard
AMFO
drugs
explode

etc…

Seems the Courtney doesn’t understand why everyone is laughing at her…and thinks she is a loser….and a nanny stater. Did I mention that her actions make me think she is a loser?

And it makes her feel bad and she might cry.

Her name, just so she can find it via Google, is Courtney Fletcher, 23, of Mt. Lebanon. 

 Feel free to laugh when reading the comments. 

I won a book!

Toldya that you should have entered the Soldiers Angels giveaway!
Could have been you.

Instead it is me…and a whole list of others.

That folks wouldn’t be such assholes with the first snowstorm of the season.

Yet they whine about it. Even though we have been extremely lucky to have had such a warm winter.

They still drive like idiots. (Darwin was very lenient today, IMO) You’d have thought it was really bad or icy or something, not just a few inches of snow. Good thing that I don’t have a 2 MW laser attached to the front of the truck, or I’d have added to the carnage.

And, of course, apparently everyone is making french toast tonight. There are no eggs, milk, or bread available anywhere.(we bought our supplies yesterday)

Sometimes I hate people. Today is one of those times.

You can still get in the game!

The (slightly delayed) Soldiers Angels giveaway is still on!

If you haven’t donated yet, then please do so. It’s not the winning of the prizes, it’s the giving. The prizes are just bonuses!

Another fool busted for carrying where it is illegal. (link via Uncle)

I am tired of hearing how sad it is that all these folks who go to New York from other states carrying firearms (generally handguns) are getting the shaft by the authorities in New York.

If you carry firearms illegally when “visiting” that state, you are subject to the laws of that state. Period.

Don’t like it? Choose another destination. I seldom visit Mordor because I dislike the carry laws in place there. I cannot legally carry there, and am not willing to lose my firearm nor be charged with a crime if caught doing so. When I am forced to do travel there, I am careful to disarm both my person and my car/truck. I spend as little time (and money) there as possible.

It is incumbent on you, the firearm owner, to learn the laws of the areas to which you will be travelling and to act accordingly.
These laws are in place, kept there by the legally elected “representatives of the citizens” who reside in the states.

I don’t like the dance we must do to be legal, and I choose where I will travel, shop and spend my tourist budget accordingly. But the fact remains that you are responsible for learning the laws of the areas to which you will be travelling. Would you feel as sorry for these people if they had been busted in Canada? England?
Just because you can drive to New York and never pass a border checkpoint or other feature that shows you have changed jurisdictions is no excuse.

I am sorry for these people, but they chose to break the laws, even if in ignorance, and they are subject to the appropriate penalties. As gun owners/CHL holders, we need to be aware of the laws in other jurisdictions.

If they broke the law because they didn’t think that they’d get caught, or because they just didn’t believe in it, does that make them any better philosophically than someone who liked drugs or child porn? They are illegal too. There are those who see no harm in heroin or kiddie porn, just like many of us see no harm in firearms. (“not the same” you cry! Depends on your point of view, doesn’t it?) The laws of the state which you are visiting must be respected. If you choose not to do so, then be prepared to pay the penalty for not doing so. If you don’t like the laws, choose to visit elsewhere. No one forces you to visit somewhere where you don’t like the laws. YOU CHOOSE TO GO WHERE THESE LAWS ARE IN FORCE. And you can choose not go as well. You can also choose to flaunt these laws, but there are consequences if you do. Part of the decisions we make every day…risk vs reward.

And don’t expect me to feel sorry for you if you get caught.

Negros who live in Canada?

African Canadians?

Resist.

I agree with everything in the linked article.

Generally, we lose nothing by resisting. Worst case, we lose no more than we would have by acquiescing.

So should we resist the State and it’s minions as well?

I think so.

Where do we draw the line?

Spent about half a day teaching someone the basics of reloading…He loaded 200 rounds of 9mm on the Dillon 550….and then we spent another hour or so at the range turning those same rounds into smoke, noise and holes in paper.

Man, that felt GOOD!

I expect that he will begin reloading as soon as he decides on a press, and that will significantly up his round count shortly thereafter.

We found that his GLOCK was happy with 4.0 grains of 231 pushing a 115g JHP. (light loads, but they worked well for the range) Next time I think we’ll up it to 4.2 grains because he had 2 FTLB.

It’s hard to beat a few hours making your own ammo and then burning it up.