Be back later. 

Ok, not really.

But I am waiting to see what sort of penalty the ATF(e) brings down on this woman for illegally creating an SBR.  Having both the lower and the short barrel in your possession can be used as cause for prosecution, even if they aren’t assembled….

‘Cause if she gets away with it, then I might have to inadvertently make that mistake too. And keep it (both pieces) as a reminder of what not to do in the future……

She, of course, claims she knew what she was doing (demonstration of “Intent”?) and then, afterwards, took it to the police department…(Colluding with others to hide a crime?) and it has now been reported to the ATF.

If she isn’t prosecuted, the I think the rest of us should be able to do the same….and since they let her get away with it, we all could too (equal before the law)….

(I need to add that I really have no need for an SBR, as I’m not a door kicker and prefer my rifle cartridges have actual, you know, velocity and such)

Trump wants to enforce a Non Disclosure Agreement against someone with whom he has had no contact, that does not in any way affect him, because…..Why? If he’s not involved then what does it matter? And if he IS involved…..

And she wants the courts to nullify it because she wants to talk, and even though she signed it and agreed to the terms of the Non Disclosure agreement, she thinks that because public comments feel she should be able to violate it without penalties, it should be null and void?

I’m getting confused here….

They were protesting Sessions visit to the state

Sign held up:

“We don’t have an immigration problem, we have a capitalism problem”.

Just what, exactly, do you think made the prosperity that makes immigrants, legal or not, come to this country?

Yeah, it’s capitalism, and the bounty and prosperity it brings to the citizens. Pretty much, here is America, anyone who is willing to work can live better than almost anyone anywhere else in the world. Some will do better than others, but at the end of it all, you can be what most folks in the world would consider “wealthy” with a bit of hard work. Of course, being as we live in a wealthy country, we consider that “Middle Class”.

Yeah, we have a Capitalism Problem. 

You will too.

HERE

If you don’t, then you need help.

When there is a winter storm in the midwest, or a storm in the south, the media can barely be bothered to cover it at all.

But when there is a winter storm in the east coast, they cover it with many people and for half the newscast?

OMFG!!! 400 thousand without power!!! Might not get it back for 12 hours!!

A foot of schnow! We can’t get to the store!

Armageddon (ish)….! 

Yet, when worse conditions happen in Oklahoma, or Kansas, or Minnesota, or other parts of the Midwest, they have other things to talk about.

Odd, that. 

But the winds, 300ish at 10 or so all morning, then became 310/320 at 10…GUSTING 28, then gusting 32….all in the space of 15 minutes….they weren’t forecast to be that bad, either. Plus the ceiling dropped to about pattern height.

Just a bit outside my level of skill at this point. So I preflighted an airplane for nothing.

The instructor and his student who arrived back at the hangar just as I was leaving (I helped ’em push the C150 back into the hangar) were a bit wild eyed (even the instructor) at their last landing. Apparently they did 3 go arounds then flew the pattern for 15 minutes or so hoping for better winds.

I think I made a good call not to fly…. the gusts continued until after noon.

(Runways are 9/27, 18/36) 

My UPS guy says they are delivering ammo to LOTS of houses lately. Folks that bought once a year are getting deliveries once a week now.

All that ammo isn’t gonna just sit there, if and when. Bet on it. And I doubt that folks that shot 500 rds a year are suddenly shooting so much more that they need thousands of rounds.

(And it is something to think about though: Your delivery folks; FedEx, UPS and even USPS….They KNOW when they are delivering ammo. If you have good ones, like my UPS guy, he doesn’t care (doesn’t mean he doesn’t notice though). But if they wanted to tell someone that MIGHT care………)

Today was the day, 182 years ago, that the folks at the Alamo made their last stand,

Their actions gave Sam Houston’s army time to prepare at San Jacinto.

I’ve been to the Alamo….long ago, when I was but a child. It is tiny, and crude, and yet, it gave the men a spot to rally. They may have lost their lives, but they won much more than that. I found it a solemn place, and will always remember it with reverence.

If you live in Texas, and love it, remember this day. Men gave their lives for the birthing Republic.

Had they not stood, you might be speaking Spanish and living under a different flag today.