Year: 2008
Fourth Generation Glock
Looks like the ad that made the rounds last week is actually for real, and the new Glocks will be introduced at SHOT this year, and will be manufactured in the United States. I’ve added the Glock 36 to my wish list this year, possibly to replace my Glock 19 as my primary carry gun.
Chalk One Up for the Good Guys
I wonder whether the Obama transition team would consider this a productive way to deal with urban violence. Or perhaps they would have preferred the Barber be the one to get shot for not having enough money in his till.
One thing is for sure, that guy won’t be robbing any more businesses. Mr. Cross did what he had to do.
PETA Urging Junior Hunting Ban
In Arizona, they are trying to ban hunting for kids under 18:
“Teaching children to see others as nothing more than living targets has deadly consequences that can extend into the human population. We urge you to support legislation to ban children under the age of 18 from hunting.â€
PETA is the GOA of the animal rights movement. Under the new Obama Administration, it’ll be group like HSUS, which use much more clever marketing and fundraising schemes, and who set realistic and achievable goals, that we’ll really have to worry about. Nontheless, PETA is instructive as to how radical animal rights people think.
Remington 700
Snarkybytes reminds me that I really need to get myself a decent match grade centerfire bolt rifle.
Sweet Sixteen
I have to admit a bit of a dirty old man moment after seeing this picture, and only reading the caption after. But I can’t think of a better birthday present, personally.
The Bond Guns
Caleb talks about the various guns that James Bond has used in both film and fiction.
Change.back
It would appear that the anti-gun crap on Obama’s transition website has returned.
Fall Fun
In the middle of shooting an air pistol match. 45 degrees out with high winds. Can’t even get the animals to stay on the rails. On top of that, I’m way under-dressed for cold. But, hey, you can’t learn to be a good shooter if you only shoot in good weather.
UPDATE: Well, that’s over with. Had to take a few alibi shots with the wind. Shot a 20/40, which is a AA score. Second match I shot 24/40, which is a AAA. That’s my third AAA score this year, so it puts me in that classification. I hope I can keep shooting AAA scores, or it’s going to be a while before I ever win a trophy or plaque.
UPDATE: Tam also opines on the virtues of shooting in poor conditions.
On Lizards and Voting
Another one from Overcoming Bias, which I think I will have to add to the RSS feed:
“The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people.”
“Odd,” said Arthur, “I thought you said it was a democracy.”
“I did,” said Ford, “It is.”
“So,” said Arthur, hoping he wasn’t sounding ridiculously obtuse, “why don’t the people get rid of the lizards?”
“It honestly doesn’t occur to them,” said Ford. “They’ve all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they’ve voted in more or less approximates to the government they want.”
“You mean they actually vote for the lizards?”
“Oh yes,” said Ford with a shrug, “of course.”
“But,” said Arthur, going for the big one again, “why?”
“Because if they didn’t vote for a lizard,” said Ford, “the wrong lizard might get in. Got any gin?”
Read the whole thing. If you’r a third party voter, it’s a great defense of voting third party. I think the two party dichotomy is entirely to ingrained in our system to go away any time soon. The time to vote your conscious is the primary, and in local elections, where you can help bring political talent into the public arena. I mean really help. One person can make a difference in local races. Of course, I also think political participation is about a lot more than voting.