The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State …
Here’s some video of a few familiar bloggers shooting plates with Todd Jarrett with us today at ParaUSA Gun Blogger Summer Camp. Caleb is looking pretty sharp. It’s going to be an interesting settling of this bet.
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Tomorrow is going to be a lot of fun.
I have an air gun in the car if the .22 is too much.  In other news, Caleb shouldn’t leave himself logged into the blog while Robb is around ;)
On Blackhawk:
These guys are making and designing a lot of cool gear. SayUncle and I were particularly interested in their upcoming tactical stocks for the Ruger 10/22. We saw a prototype version, and they say the final production version will be better, which is good because I thought the prototype was pretty sharp. Blackhawk has been absolutely great to us as bloggers, giving us two different holsters that work with the 1911s we’re using.
On Blackwater:
As Tam and Kevin said, it’s like Disneyland for gun nuts. It’s a really impressive facility. Blackwater has been completely open with us, gave us a pretty thorough tour of the facility, and let us drive around their track in the Blackhawk Bus. If Blackwater has a reputation for being creepy mercinaries, I’ve gotten none of that impression so far. So far, my only impression is of a world class training facility. Though, they do have black helicopters.
On Todd Jarrett:
Todd is a true professional. I’ve very much enjoyed the instruction so far, and have discovered shooting steel is about the most fun you can have and still keep your clothes on. Plus, excuse my jumping up and down like a little girl (which Caleb is), but Todd Jarrett complimented my shooting! Tomorrow is definitely going to be fun, and I don’t care how hot it is out. He’s corrected a few things I was doing, and I’m going to do my best to stick with his instructions.
It’s a little too early to draw a final conclusion, but for this Glock shooter I find the LDA trigger to be very familiar and comfortable. Keep in mind I do not own a 1911 currently, so I am not, by any means, a 1911 critic, but I can compare it to what I’m familiar with. The operation is similar to a Glock trigger, in that you have take up, and then a point where it breaks, but the action is a bit lighter than with the Glock, and I shoot a little better with it.
More pictures and impressions to come along later.
Now that Drudge has likely leaked the identity of Obama’s running mate, there are a few things gun owners should know about him.
Sen. Bayh pledged last year [2004] to support legislation to block frivolous lawsuits against the firearm industry, and NRA sent a letter to Indiana members encouraging them to thank him. Sen. Bayh failed to honor his pledge and voted for the Reed amendment to completely gut S.397. When the Reed substitute was soundly defeated 63 to 33, Bayh voted against final passage of the bill.
I can’t post photos from the range, but I can post this image:
That dewpoint of 68 can’t be terribly comfortable. Consider what the National Weather Service says about dewpoint numbers:
Hopefully they have lots of water out on the range to keep hydrated.
Oh no!
Rusty has had a little fun at the expense of all of the bloggers training with Todd Jarrett this weekend. Go check out his handy work.
UPDATE: More:
Don’t forget that over at the Second Amendment Blog Bash site, we have a poll up through the end of the weekend at Blackwater on who will win the big shoot-out – Joe Huffman or Caleb.
So far, 86% 78% 81% of voters think Joe will win the bet. If you think Caleb can out-shoot Joe, it’s time to get over there and make your vote count. If you think Joe will top Caleb, make sure you show him your support by voting.
Make this a memorable Battle of the Gun Blogs!
Mr. Completely posted video of Todd Jarrett at the Steel Challenge recently. Alas, you’ll have to click through since his video hosting service doesn’t seem to have any sharing or embed options.
Our first stop on the way to Blackwater is at the Blackhawk headquarters.
After this stop, we board the bus again and take a ride in luxury down to North Carolina.
Bryan Miller seems to be taking the Mary McFate thing pretty hard. I can’t really blame the anti-gun folks who feel betrayed. I mean, imagine if you found out SayUncle was really a mole for Sarah Brady. But none of us are really pissed at NRA over the whole “spy” incident, and it has nothing to do with wanting to preserve gun industry profits. I worry about gun industry profits when I’m going to buy a new gun, not when I’m wearing my activist hat.
No, this is about preserving our Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Are any tactics too despicable to prevent someone from undermining the very basis of natural and civic rights of the American people? Would it be wrong to try to gain insider knowledge on a group of people who were intent on silencing newspapers, and ending all publishing in the United States? What Bryan doesn’t understand, or perhaps he does understand and merely doesn’t want to acknowledge, is that we hold the Second Amendment right up there with the First in importance for maintaining a just and free society. We demand the Second Amendment be respected. We’re quite serious about it. Serious enough that we’ll condone our own advocacy groups doing opposition research, even if it means being a little underhanded. If that makes you upset, if that makes you paranoid, that’s not my problem. My problem is the fact that you want to trash the Bill of Rights.