Seems that this Cruz fellow, who shot up the school in Florida, somehow, despite working as a clerk in the Dollar store, was able to find the scratch to buy 10 firearms in the year preceding his crime at the school.

Ten. Firearms.

Now, I don’t know what he had, exactly.

But figure this:

His AR cost about $600 (to start, more if he got fancy).

Magazines, he had IIRC, 10, so that was about $100.

Plus 9 other firearms. Figure a minimum of $250 each if he went used.  So that is another $2500 or more.
Odd that….Odd that he could come up with that kind of cash…..On a salary just a bit above minimum wage. Probably not full time, either, as the Dollar store has few full time folks.

When I was making minimum wage or a bit more, I didn’t have the scratch to FEED my one gun purchase (which I bought used, and saved for MONTHS to buy), much less buy 9 more….
Where did he get the money?

Don’t forget, he had $500 or more worth of other “tactical” gear on that day as well.

Where did he get the cash for that?

Perhaps he stopped eating for a month or two…..

And, with it, the cries about making “The Wealthy” and the Millionaires and Billionaires having to pay their “Fair Share”.
Especially on the Chicago TV stations. Were one looking at it from outside our culture and country, you’d think every one of the candidates is a Socialist…

‘Cause they all want all of the “Wealthy” (note that wealthy is undefined, but most of the candidates have a fair bit of wealth) to pay whatever they think (but won’t define) is a “Fair Share”…

Really? Cause if we do that, folks, you won’t like it.

Tax revenues will drop by about 45% if we all paid our “Fair Share” Most voters taxes aren’t even a rounding error in the actual tax tolls. The bottom 40% don’t even PAY taxes. It is the top 10% that pays the bills for the rest.

So, tell me, what, exactly, is the “Fair Share” of which you speak?? Should we all pay 20%? 30%? 50%? What, (and please, be specific) constitutes a “Fair Share” of income that we all should pay?

(Note I said “All”. Yep, if you want to do 50% taxes, then we all get to do 50% from the kid making minimum wage on up. 
That’s “fair” in my definition.) 

I’m all for it, but I’d like it defined beforehand. 

No idea at all as to who might have organized the Anti-Trump rally. 

Sure, they had no idea. (I believe that, the Easter Bunny told me so, along with Santa.)

It was, apparently, the “Russians”.

And the MSM (at least the mostly liberal leaners, anyway) who gave good coverage to the “Anti” rally and scant coverage of the “Pro” rally.

( I have always thought that the press had a tie in with the “Russians”….The Soviets used them well during the Vietnam era to disseminate propaganda manipulate public opinion regarding the war, and there are, if one bothers to look, many other examples of foreign manipulation of the press.

Unwitting? Perhaps, but not likely. They aren’t that stupid, they had to know. Not saying Trump and his campaign are completely innocent, but the press was SURELY colluding to manipulate the election (and not for Trump). Perhaps with the Russians, surely with each other.

If you believe otherwise, then you are either a fool, a dupe, or a tool.

Press the right buttons…..

Dude at the gunshow wearing a “Bernie Sanders” shirt (complete with some logo) :

Me: “Bernie was Robbed, Hillary stole the nomination”

Him: “Yes, you are right! In fact, there is proof that……….”

Everyone else moved away, and he was still gibbering to anyone who would listen (and no one in particular) when I too walked away.
I have no idea how long it took for him to wind down.

I just couldn’t resist though. 

If all those folks who are screaming about Gun Control (“We must take action!!!”) would take the time to organize and spend half as much energy as they do in ineffective “protests” that really do nothing but boost the egos of the people leading them, and instead would organize to patrol and defend around and near the schools, they could probably actually accomplish something, either by deterring the next miscreant or being in a position to take action if and when. Wouldn’t even need to be armed with firearms, really. A decent truncheon would work..or a Tazer or pepper spray (all of which are illegal in these school zones).

But that would require that they actually think, think ahead and plan, and not just be reactionary….which is where their failing is. Likely, in about 10 days, they’ll find another shiny object meme of the day to watch and froth over.

Plus, of course, it would require them to take action themselves, and not expect someone else to do so, which is (generally) their thought process.

Or, as some call them, the Feebles.

Either way, kids are dead, likely because of their inaction and lack of attention. How many folks will get fired for this (Yes, that was a rhetorical question, we all know the answer is zero)

On January 5, 2018, a person close to Nikolas Cruz contacted the FBI’s Public Access Line (PAL) tipline to report concerns about him. The caller provided information about Cruz’s gun ownership, desire to kill people, erratic behavior, and disturbing social media posts, as well as the potential of him conducting a school shooting.


Under established protocols, the information provided by the caller should have been assessed as a potential threat to life. The information then should have been forwarded to the FBI Miami Field Office, where appropriate investigative steps would have been taken.


We have determined that these protocols were not followed for the information received by the PAL on January 5. The information was not provided to the Miami Field Office, and no further investigation was conducted at that time.

Valparaiso gunshow (Dunes Pistol and Rifle Club).

I’ll be selling raffle tickets for My gun club.

And, of course, shopping for bargains.

If yer there, stop by and get a raffle ticket at the VPRC table. .

“A well fed man has many problems, a starving man has but one.”

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