Year: 2009

Joe Sestak, Gun Hater Extraordinaire, Pokes Specter

Sestak, who is challenging Specter in the Dem primary, is calling on him to vote against National Concealed Carry Reciprocity:

“Pennsylvania has a right to determine who can carry a concealed weapon in the Commonwealth,” said Congressman Sestak. “We’ve dealt with tragedy after tragedy from gun violence, and while I support the right to bear arms, I also support sensible concealment regulations to protect our communities and law enforcement officers — and I support the right of Pennsylvania to make those decisions. I call on Arlen Specter to vote against the Thune Amendment and to take the lead in opposing the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act.”

The 600,000+ Pennsylvanians who have a License to Carry will benefit from this law far more than other states will.  Pennsylvania’s requirements for getting a concealed carry permit are among the least burdensome in the nation.  We don’t require training, and the fee is 26 dollars.  If Joe Sestak is thinking he’s going to hurt Specter on guns, in Pennsylvania, he’s probably doing the opposite.  We tend to like our Dems pro-gun, thank you very much.

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Radio Hysterics

1010AM in New York is reporting that New York City will be put in danger by Wyoming’s weak gun laws if Congress passes national reciprocity.  Considering New York City has a violent crime rate roughly three times that of Cheyenne, I don’t think New Yorkers get to lecture Wyomians on what constitutes sound public safety measures.

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Hysterics Squared

You don’t get much more hysterical than this:

AS EARLY as this week, Sen. Arlen Specter could set the wheels in motion for a new civil war in this country.

That’s because a subcommittee on crime and drugs that he chairs could move an amendment that will allow pretty much anyone to carry concealed weapons pretty much anywhere they want – even to states that might have prohibited them in the past.

A new civil war, really?  And they say we’re the crazy ones.  Also:

his latest outrage from the NRA-controlled Congress is an egregrious trampeling of state’s rights that should not be allowed to stand.

States rights, let me think.  Weren’t there people who used this as an argument against another civil rights bill?  I seem to recall.  Maybe I’m mistaken.

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Record Holder

After almost every air gun Silhouette match, we have long runs.  Long runs are where you try to score as many animals as you can in a row, up until the record.  If you shoot ten animals in a match, you can count those toward your long run.

At Today’s Air Gun Silhouette Match, we manged to set a record.  Rowland Smith, this past Thursday, managed to break the Senior record for most number of pigs with an open sight pistol.  Pigs are at 12 yards, and about the size of a walnut.  After setting the Senior record for pigs on Thursday, today he broke his own record by scoring 40 pigs in a row in the long runs.  That’s five away from the overall record, held by Dave Carpenter (45 pigs with open sights, no bullshit).

Rowland Smith, Senior Record Holder for Pigs

Rowland posing with “Lucky,” his custom shop Crosman .22 Air Pistol, with a Williams Peep Sight.  Rowland has had a record that was somehow lost in NRA paperwork.  Let us hope they do not lose this one.  They better not lose this one.

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June E-Postal Results

First, my apologies for taking so long to compile the results of the June match.  This was a tough one, designed to separate the men from the boys, and it worked pretty well.  I had Mr. Completely tied with .22 Scoped, and I knew I had to take one of the planes hidden in the wing area.  I put those there specifically to tempt.  I figured I was going to beat Mr. C, or I was going to go down in flames.  I took the shot, pulled it, and hit my own plane; down in flames.  Ended up with 18, rather than the 24 I would have gotten had I hit.  Mr. C played it safe, and that ended up being the winning strategy.  I did manage to tie Mr. C with an air pistol, but since I did not announce an air gun category ahead of time, and because the rimfire category is harder, Mr. C. is the overall match winner.

I have to admit a great deal of admiration for the folks who chose to take this on with a centerfire pistol.  This was definitely a rimfire match!  Really, without doing a taco hold, this match was going to be rough.  The planes being small and oddly shaped makes knowing the best place to aim difficult.

Overall Match Winner: Mr. Completely

Class I – Rimfire Iron Sights
Shooter Pistol Planes Hit Ace Bonus Penalty Hits Total
Merle Ruger 9 1/2 SSS Conversion 6 5 0 11
True Blue
Sam		 Ruger Super Single Six 6 5 1 6
Merle Ruger Mk.II 6 7/8 6 5 2 6
Class Winner: Merle

Class II – Rimfire Scoped
Shooter Pistol Planes Hit Ace Bonus Penalty Hits Total
Mr.
Completely		 High Standard w. 4×12 Scope 13 10 0 23
Sebastian Ruger Mk.III Hunter 22/45 13 10 1 18
Winston Ruger Mk.III 11 10 10 11
Danno Ruger 22/45 6 5 3 6
Class Winner: Mr. Completely

Class III – Centerfire Iron Sights
Shooter Pistol Planes Hit Ace Bonus Penalty Hits Total
Azreel Para Ordinance 1911 .45ACP 6 5 3 6
Azreel FN Five-Seven 5.7x23mm 5 5 1 5
Ian Argent Glock 17L 5 5 4 5
Class Winner: Azreel

Bonus Class – Air Pistol Iron Sights
Shooter Pistol Planes Hit Ace Bonus Penalty Hits Total
Sebastian Crosman 2300S .177 cal 13 10 0 23
Class Winner: Sebastian (by default)

Thanks to everyone who participated! If there are any errors or corrections, let me know.

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Competition Tweeting

Sebastian has found the WordPress app for the iPhone to be less than useful. It regularly eats posts that can’t be recovered. So, rather than trying to live blog his shooting competitions, I convinced him to try tweeting his competitions 140 characters at a time.

So, if you’d like to follow along, check out his Twitter feed @SebastianSH. You can follow him on Twitter or add the RSS feed to your reader.

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My Statement to MADD

Follow up to the post from earlier.

Flying Fish Exit 4 Trippel

I had to go to Princeton, NJ to find it. On the way back, the evil the Exit 4 Trippel emitted did not cause me to swerve between lanes. Really odd. After drinking the whole bottle, I feel a mild buzz, but strangely do not feel the need to hop in my car and go terrorize the New Jersey Turnpike. No, I think I’ll stay here and chill on my patio.

I thought for sure this strange potion would have some kind of spell on me, Demon Belgian Ale apparently being a common intoxicant of drunk drivers.  The neo-prohibitionists at MADD can now officially bite me.

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Oscar Mayer Tries to Play “Hide The Wiener”

In someone’s garage.  Story here.  What makes it even more funny:

  • As of Friday, they haven’t been able to contact the homeowners.
  • The police were not told before arriving on scene the type of vehicle involved.

If I came back from vacation, and found a Wienermobile sticking out of my house, I don’t know if I’d be able to stop laughing.  I’d settle for Oscar Mayer fixing the damage and giving me some free product.

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