Apparently safe manufacuters are doing a brisk business. You can add me to this surge in demand too, except mine won’t be used for storing cash.
Month: October 2008
More on Fighting Pirates
The Firearms Blog weighs in with his choices. RAH would appear to be our resident expert on the keeping and bearing of arms on the high seas, and on what will and won’t get you into trouble when you enter territorial waters or ports. Avoidance seems to be the preferred method of dealing with pirates. That’s pretty much the right strategy for any armed confrontation. I like the idea of a fake RPG, but you’d be awfully screwed if the pirates produce something that looks similar, only isn’t fake.
Congrats to Joe
ACORN Raided
ACORN offices in Nevada have been raided:
A Nevada Secretary of State’s office spokesman said yesterday investigators are looking for evidence of voter fraud at the group’s headquarters.
No one was at the ACORN office when state agents arrived with a search warrant and began carting records and documents away.
Secretary of State spokesman Bob Walsh said ACORN is accused of submitting multiple voter registrations with false and duplicate names.
Good. Other states need to find out what this group is up to. ACORN itself says they are not engaged in any funny business. Well, a judge thought there was probable cause enough to approve a search warrant. So we shall see.
Video of NRA Endorsement
Traction Control has it. I hope everyone out at GBR III is having a good time.
Bucks County Tour ’08
My tour of sportsmens groups in Bucks County continues apace, and I’m continuing to sign up volunteers. I have spoken with a club every night this week, except for Monday. Tuesday I spoke at Branch Valley, which has 500 members. Last night to a packed audience at my own club, which has 1100 members. Tonight I speak at Conestoga Rod & Gun Club, a 200 member club. I’ve had a good reception pretty much everywhere. Many gun owners came up to me and told me they were unaware of Congressman Patrick Murphy’s record on guns. Gun owners, overall, seem to be very worried about this election. They ought to be. The stakes are high.
This weekend, the National Director of Sportsmen for McCain will be staying with Bitter and I. We’re glad to help save the campaign some money. He’ll be accompanying me to talk with my club’s archers on Friday, to a military rifle match at Holmesburg Fish & Game in Philadelphia, and we’ll all be headed to the big rally on Sunday at 1PM at Pike Township Sportsmen’s Association in Oley. Should be a productive weekend. We have to deliver Pennsylvania for McCain. I think it’s possible, despite what the polls are saying. I’ve believed since the beginning of this race that Obama will over poll. We have to turn out. If we turn out, we can win. Not only for McCain, but for our state and Congressional races too.
The Bucks County GOP is noticing our activities too, which is good. They are noticing that gun owners are on the ball and doing things in the county. This will attract support from politicians. The worst thing that can happen is for politicians to feel taking a position on gun issues won’t help them any. If they feel that way, they won’t really bother. As Bitter said, the perception of activity matters. Even if you only have a handful of volunteers who are really helping out, that makes a huge difference. Word of mouth gets around, people get involved, the powers that be notice, and before you know it, gun owners in your area are a force to be reckoned with. It doesn’t really take much.
More Media Stupidity On Guns
Via Instapundit, The LA Times brings us twelve gauge rifles. The picture shows Sarah Palin handling a shotgun, carrying it the way you’re supposed to:
Right? Or maybe not? What do you think?
Hey, is that even the right way to hold a rifle? Can’t you shoot your foot off like that?
Oh yeah, pretty clearly Sarah Palin is a rube who doesn’t know how to handle a gun. Only LA Times reporters know that. I’ll tell you, I’d feel a lot safer on a trap field with Sarah Palin than an LA Times reporter.
Mass Produced Mayhem
Won’t somebody please pay attention to us? This is the same load of horse crap they’ve been peddling for the past twenty years. Just remember, when they say these firearms have no sporting purpose, they lie.
CeaseFire PA Forming a PAC
Phil Goldsmith has been running around Pennsylvania trying to get to know gun owners, and looking for some allies.
Goldsmith hopes to leverage the unsuspected moderateness of our citizenry. CeaseFire PA has formed a PAC and this year will try to “pick off†— electorally, not violently — a handful of legislators whose opposition to gun control seems out of step with their constituents. Goldsmith’s goal is to make officials as fearful of crossing CeaseFire PA as they are of tangling with the NRA — and his trip makes him hopeful it can happen. “In Elk County, I saw more elk than people,†he says. “And the elk are on my side.â€
What a great pro-hunting message. The Elk are on your side? I guess because those rural cousin humping rednecks keep insisting on shooting them eh? Good thing Sarah Palin isn’t around!
Get involved Pennsylvanians. These guys aren’t going to give up. They can bring money to the table, but what they can’t bring are votes and volunteers. We have to bring those.
Am I The Only One …
… who thought An American Carol kind of sucked? I mean, the politics of it might be compatible with what I believe, but it just wasn’t funny. Airplane was funny, because it was a great send-up of the airline disaster flicks. An American Carol was a send-up of Michael Moore. But Michael Moore is a parody of himself. If you parody a parody, is it funny? I didn’t think so.
UPDATE: I will say though, it was funnier than Canadian Bacon, which was also a movie that just wasn’t funny, even though there were some very funny actors in it.