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Read the Rules First
I went to the club tonight to shoot this month’s e-postal match. This month I’m shooting scoped rimfire. I did OK on the bullseye targets, but then I went and counted up the flies, and set aside 20 cartridges. Oops. I was only supposed to do 10. Either way, I got 10 flies with 20 shots. Maybe when I go back to re-shoot the match following the proper rules, I’ll do better.
Speaking of scoped rimfires, I got a cheapy Chinese made holographic sight for the Mk.III Hunter, and I’m not happy with it. I think I need to spring for an EOTech. I’m looking at the Bushnell Holosight, though, which I understand is actually made by EOTech, but marketed by Bushnell for the lower end market. Anyone know whether they are comparable? I don’t see any reason to spend the cash for an EOTech when I could get essentially the same thing for less money.
What Cops Know
Ace will tell you. Once you get below the folks who are political appointees, cops tend to be pretty strong supporters of the right to keep a firearm for self-defense. Police confront the worst humanity has to offer on a regular basis in the course of their jobs. They know better than your average upper middle class voter exactly what these kinds of people are capable of, and know they have about as much respect for the law as they do the communities they terrorize.
Network Solutions are Cowards
They have shut down a web site under pressure from Islamists:
h4rm0ny notes the furor over an anti-Islamic movie due to be released on the Web in the next week. After Pakistan disrupted YouTube worldwide over an interview with right-wing Dutch MP and filmmaker Geert Wilders, Network Solutions, acting as host as well as registrar, has suspended Wilders’s site promoting the 15-minute film “Fitna” (a Koranic term translated as “strife”).
The site now says:
This site has been suspended while Network Solutions is investigating whether the site’s content is in violation of the Network Solutions Acceptable Use Policy. Network Solutions has received a number of complaints regarding this site that are under investigation.
I don’t use Network Solutions, and now I can guarantee that I never will. We have to be willing to stand up to people who refuse to live peaceably among free citizens.
Pico Mortar
Over at GunPundit. A miniature black powder mortar that fires BBs.
Quote of the Day
From Rachel Lucas who is having difficulty with the love of her life heading off to active duty:
I hereby declare March 23 as Punch A Hippie In The Nuts Day. All you have to do to celebrate it is find a hippie, ask him how he feels about the military, and if he says anything other than “I love it because those guys make it possible for me to be a worthless hippieâ€, punch him right in the nuts.
I’ll get on board with that!
Abby Spangler
Jacob has some footage of her barking like a moonbat for CNN. I’m going to guess that most of that ended up on the cutting room floor since she seemed to be more interested in giving a speech than an interview. As much as I lament that folks on our side often botch media opportunities, the gun control movement has the same problem. Really, The VPC and Brady Campaign have been the only groups that have played the media game very well.
Mall Mass Killing
This time in Tokyo. Good thing Japan has strict gun laws, someone might have gotten hurt.
Hat Tip to Tam for noticing it
PSH From Police Rifles
Thirdpower points out this bit of pant shitting hysterics from the Associated Press:
When she pointed her handgun at the two nearest deputies, officers switched to assault rifles, hitting Sarah Marie Stanfield of Boise eight times with bullets designed to break apart on impact to increase internal damage. She died last fall of multiple gunshot wounds.
Or it could be, they are designed to fragment so they don’t pass through things and hit whatever is behind them, but whatever scares people the most, you know.
Some jurisdictions across the U.S. have been arming rank-and-file officers with high-powered assault rifles for a decade or more
Of rather, they are arming police with the types of rifles that are appropriate for police work, like AR-15s, that are neither high powered nor assault rifles.
The rifles fire bullets with enough velocity to penetrate some types of body armor and have greater accuracy at longer range than handguns.
So does your dad’s deer rifle. This is true of any center-fire rifle. The Brady Campaign seems to be understanding of this predicament. Angry Peter says:
The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence said it understands the moves to assault weapons. “Police officers need to be able to defend themselves and the rest of us, and they need the weapons to do so,” said spokesman Peter Hamm.
I agree with Peter. But if the Brady’s are conceding that these firearms are useful for self-defense, why do they suddenly become useless for that purpose when they are in my hands instead of police officer?
Except to see more of this type of thing in the coming months. No doubt the gun control proponents will go full court with their press game in an attempt to influence the outcome in Heller.
Don’t Talk to the Media
Gun shop owners should really get out of the habit of talking to the media. Especially in the Philadelphia area. The media here are not our friends. Apparently Mike Glessner, of Mike’s Sporting Goods, needs this bit of advice more than a lot of others:
Congratulations Mike, you just gave the anti-gunners in our area a lot more ammunition to call for more restrictions, because “See, even gun shop owners agree!”
UPDATE: Guav says in the comments: “Is there some context in the article for that statement, or are you just judging by the caption? Because there is absolutely no way to know what he said that in regards to otherwise—it may have been absolutely nothing to do with thinking there should be more gun laws.” Guav is right. It could have been taken out of context. Nonetheless, the lesson stands. Don’t talk to media.