Haiku

Poetry is not my strong point. Roses are Red Violets are blue is my highlight, but I wrote some Haiku on another blog, and thought I'd repost it here

Eternal the fight
Liberty the cause we strive
Man the line rest not

McDonald v Chicago is a go!

McDonald et al v Chicago will be decided by the Supreme Court. Alan Gura stated at the Gun Rights Policy Conference that we are playing offense right now. Looks like Mr. Gura has a laser guided rocket for an arm and is gonna drill one right into his wide receiver's numbers.

A threat to the Coburn Amendment

The department of the interior is proposing the banning of traditional lead ammunition for use in hunting in National Parks that allow it. For those who choose to carry a gun into a national park for self defense purposes, this could mean that a traditional lead bullet would land you in hot water if used. I'm not going to go into stopping power, ballistics or caliber wars here. If Mr Bear and I meet in an unpleasant manner, I'd prefer my .500 S&W to be loaded with copper jacketed hollow point lead.

Freedom Culture

I was on Gun Nuts radio last night. WooHoo!! Breda and Jay G graciously allowed me to hang out after I updated everyone on the Gun Rights Policy Conference. The topic was the gun culture in your area. Many areas were represented. In JayG's own Massachusetts one must jump through many hoops just to own a firearm. Oleg Volk relates how he helped towards a family's purchase of a .22 rifle in California, but they have to wait ten days to pick it up. In Missouri, one gentleman relates starting a .22 rifle club and only three out of the 50 participants did not already own a firearm. Also, in Missouri, there is *GASP* an active open range on a college campus. Students, with the permission of the campus police can even shoot their personal firearms there.

But it is not just about owning a gun, it's our very freedom which is at stake. Gun owners probably understand this better than anyone right now. Please, when someone equates the second amendment to hunting, kindly ask where in the constitution is hunting mentioned? When someone berates you for holding a politically incorrect viewpoint, call them on it. When Montana tells the ATF to stay out of it's business in regards to firearms manufactured and sold in that state, that's fighting back. Liberty is for everyone, regardless of race, religion, creed, color, philosophy or liefestyle. Fight for it or who will fight for yours?

QOTD

"We have to play offense intelligently and smartly." Alan Gura from the Gun Rights Policy Conference on winning back our 2nd amendment rights.

News from the Gun Rights Policy Conference

Jake McGuigan of the NSSF was one of the panel of speakers at the Gun Rights Policy Conference this weekend in St. Louis. Currently firearms manufacturers pay their excise tax on a bi-weekly basis. The firearms industry is the only one that pays on a bi-weekly basis. Every other one pays on a quarterly basis. Information can be found here. By paying on a quarterly basis, money would be freed up for firearms manufacturers to budget more for R&D and marketing. There is bi-lateral support for this bill. Write your representatives and ask them to support this legislation.

Plese Jay, may I have it back

My fellow friends and conspirators at GBC were discussing un-manly things that we've done or that we own. In my case it was Britney Spears' first album. In retrospect, I bought it in a fit of Catholic school girl lust. Alas I am older and wiser and my taste in music is much better. Now I would just like my mancard back. Here's the proof I've destroyed the vile filth that invaded my ears so long ago.






*No harm was intened or implied to the actual Ms. Spears, rather just her over produced 'music'