Are our Gun Rights in Jeopardy?

There's been a frenzied atmosphere in most gun shops as of late. The intensity of emotions resonating from gun owners and buyers ranges from fear of anarchy and chaos, to downright defiance of the government's potential ban on firearms. People are worried and scared. Many have predicted that riots will ensue when guns are taken and some whisper plans of making a stand. It's a situation of great concern for everyone.

Gun stores are running out of everything and just can't keep up with the supply and demand. Some are claiming price gouging during this sudden spate of gun and ammo purchasing. The statistics in the last 3 weeks alone would surprise and frighten those anti gun folks. Those in favor of gun rights, it doesn't surprise them at all. Obama is the greatest gun salesman the US has ever seen.

Some sick sons of bitches have wreaked havoc and death upon innocent children and adults. Terrorists do that. So do the mentally ill. It is indeed a sad set of circumstances and something does need to be done to prevent it from continuing. But what? How do we screen the mentally ill and keep them from legal firearms? How will banning assault rifles fix this problem?

To take away a person's Constitutional right to keep and bear arms seems an extreme course of action. Then again, His Royal Highness, the Obama idiot, wants to effectively strip away your rights and he will do it by Executive Order and to hell with everyone.

One industrious member of the left wing liberal news media in one of those radical blue states up north, takes it upon themselves to access all the gun owners database in one particular county, and then publishes the names of all those who have registered firearms. Now, what exactly was this jack ass trying to prove?
You really have to question the motivation behind this act of selfish stupidity. In actuality, those whose names were published were just law abiding citizens. They did what their little government asked them do and "registered" their firearms. Does the criminal element follow the letter of the law and tell the government about their guns? Oh, hell no.
Frankly, it only proved that the writer of that article, his editor, and the entire newspaper staff are a bunch of like minded half assed morons who just can't see the big picture.
So what is the bigger picture?

Who are we really controlling when we enact so-called "gun laws?" With so much violence in the world, that's just one more reason for me to keep my guns and ammo.

It seemed like more than half the nation had had enough of this hope and change bullshit and that this El Presidente jackass would be history. No such luck. I swear the election was rigged. That's my theory.
Interestingly enough, there's this sudden look at the 22nd Amendment, also known as the 2 term presidential limit. Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

Guns Save Lives

If you've never come across this website http://gunssavelives.net/ before, you should take a peek at some of the stories of self defense. It's always a worthy read.
This website is full of people who are tired of being a victim and they're fighting back. It's a proven fact that most gun owners are law abiding citizens who are least likely to commit a crime.

It's amazing how every state except Illinois has some kind of concealed carry law or laws governing gun ownership. With that fact, is it just coincidence that Illinois residents are killing each other in droves? Chicago used to be a city I've always wanted to visit and maybe even catch a Cubby game at Wrigley. Not now. Not ever. Only the thugs and scum on the street have guns and the average citizen has no recourse, no way to defend themselves. Hell, the way the laws are written there, if they even fight back in their own home, they're quite literally breaking the law. Why should you, the victim, have to retreat in your own home? Why should anyone be charged with a crime for defending themselves or their property? Doesn't seem right, does it?

The recent reelection of the Obaminator left me numb for days. How did this happen? Were the voting tallies correct? Were the minority sheeple so taken with Barry's persona that all that hope and change crap blinded them to the reality of our situation? Perhaps it will be one of those mysteries of the ages...just like his birth certificate. Ah, but that's a whole other story.....

Now the proverbial "wish list" of assault weapons those morons in DC want to ban, is out and the gun stores are having a field day.
Sales are up and Black Friday guns sales was at a record breaking high. Yes, I was in the middle of that chaos and our gun shop alone probably sold over 60 guns that day. It was so busy that the National Instant Background Check System (NICS) was practically gridlocked. The Blaze reported the story in all-too-accurate detail.

There's no doubt about it.....people in the red states are scared. Some may even be overly paranoid, believing that SUV's with tinted windows will surround their house in the middle of the night, using Gestapo like tactics to seize everyone's guns. I'd like to think we are a rational people and that it won't come to that.

And now, those geniuses out there in the land of liberal do-gooders think it's a bright idea to have a gun buyback program.

Wonder what that will accomplish?

Countdown to Insanity

With about 2 days left until the election, there's a last minute push by both candidates to garner votes.
If you listen to a left wing this or a right wing that, you'd hear that their respective candidate is in the lead.
I am sure that I am not alone when I say that at this point, I have grown so weary of the campaign rhetoric, that I just want this election to be over already! Alas, the day grows near...

Maybe it's the current state of our country, or maybe I've just become more in tune with today's politics, or I am just plain going senile, but I can't ever remember myself getting so emotionally charged up as I have these last 2 elections. I often have to distance myself from it because I swear I feel my blood pressure rising.
Friends, co-workers, relatives, and every social media outlet imaginable are all continuously bombarding us with campaign "gossip" and rumors. Some based on facts, others not so much. You can't escape it.
The candidates, their stance on the issues and their promises have now advanced to the vomiting stage. Yes, you heard me, vomiting stage. I'm sick I tell you! Sick of it all!

If you are a Twitter follower, you know that "tweets" are small little blurbs of lies and facts, opinions, social and racial insults, comedy, even commercials. I never was a Twitter follower until this year when I started posting my blog entries. Reading tweets is often a chore trying to decipher today's sorry ass excuse for the English language. It often disgusts me and then....well, we know about the vomiting stage so I have to cut myself off. Often times, it's like a train wreck. You know it's coming and you should look away, but our twisted little sense of the macabre just has to see all the carnage. When I read some of these politically charged tweets, my blood boils and my head spins. There are just some people who shouldn't be allowed out by themselves let alone operate electronic devices that are supposed to convey intelligence. On the contrary, the amount of ignorance is just astounding.

The atmosphere in Twitter-land has become emotionally charged and it is rife with threats over the outcome of election 2012. Some are calling for rioting in the streets if Romney is the victor. Some paint Obama as the saint and if he loses, so too, do they lose all their "entitled" benefits. There's a good bit of narrow mindedness floating around in the land of Twitter and it's rather disturbing.
I hope they don't think that my vote will be swayed by threats of violence. That kind of throws the meaning of democracy right out the window. I do not like my current President and have made no bones about it.
I did not vote for him in 08 and did not threaten to run amok in the streets if he won. I also did not use social media sites to make death threats. By not backing Obama, some might call me a racist. Trust me when I tell you that that word has become the bane of anti Obama supporters everywhere. It's simply an excuse and is in no way true. In fact, if Herman Cain hadn't done himself in, I'd have probably been swayed to vote for him. But like many politicians and wealthy business owners, he turned out to be a bit of a whore monger and found himself disgraced so he did the only thing he could do - he threw in the towel.

I have already voted absentee. I do not want to be near any polling place on Tuesday. I will be working all day just so I will not sit in front of the television, mesmerized by the explanations and diagrams of blue and red, while newscasters drone on, explaining the differences of the popular vote versus the electoral college. The last election had me standing in line for over 2 hours to vote. My precinct evidently grew considerably between 04 and 08 as I had never seen such a turnout.
For those of you that are registered voters and haven't voted yet, please go vote. Don't be discouraged.

As I was composing this entry, my fellow blogger over at Charleston Thug Life was also apparently hovering through the Twitter world and had captured some interesting tweets. Go visit his blog and see what I'm referring to. Reading is believing.

http://chasthuglife.blogspot.com/2012/11/more-mouth-breathers-pontificating.html

Fact or Fiction?

I have no idea how true this is and whether it's a factual transcript of a "Meet the Press" interview.
It is, however, food for thought.

Do we really want another 4 years of this unpatriotic, left wing, socialist, communist, liberal, radical fucking moron? Ask yourself if we're any better off than we were 4 years ago. Do we actually want this loser to finish the job he started? With that....

Don't forget to vote. 

He told us in advance what he planned to do.  Few were listening. The following is a narrative taken from a 2008 Sunday morning televised "Meet the Press."

From Sunday's 07 Sept. 2008 11:48 EST, televised "Meet the Press," the then Senator Obama was asked ab out his stance on the American Flag. General Bill Gann, USAF (Ret.) asked Obama to explain why he doesn't follow protocol when the Nation Anthem is played.
The General stated to Obama that according to the United States Code, Title 36, Chapter 10, Sec. 171...
"During rendition of the National Anthem, when the flag is displayed, all present (except those in uniform) are expected to stand at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart. Or, at the very least, "stand and face it."

Senator Obama replied: "As I've said about the flag pin, I don't want to be perceived as taking sides. There are a lot of people in the world to whom the American flag is a symbol of oppression. The anthem itself conveys a war-like message. You know, the bombs bursting in air and all that sort of thing."

Obama continued: "The National Anthem should be 'swapped' for something less parochial and less bellicose. I like the song 'I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing.'
If that were our anthem, then, I might salute it. In my opinion, we should consider reinventing our National Anthem as well as redesign out flag to better offer our enemies hope and love." 
"It's my intention, if elected, to disarm America to the level of acceptance to our Middle East brethren. If we, as a nation of warring people, conduct ourselves like the Nations of Islam, where peace prevails, perhaps a state or period of mutual accord could exist between our governments."

"When I become President, I will seek a pact of agreement to end hostilities between those who have been at war or in a state of enmity, and a freedom from disquieting
oppressive thoughts. We as a nation, have placed upon the nations of Islam, an unfair injustice which is why my wife disrespects the flag and she and I have attended several flag burning ceremonies in the past. Of course now, I have found myself about to become the President of the United States and I have put my hatred aside. I will use my power to bring change to this nation and offer the people a new path. My wife and I look forward to becoming our country's first black family. Indeed, change is about to overwhelm the United States of America."

Yes, you read it right. I for one, am speechless.

Dales Lindsborg, Washington Post

Listen to Papa

Dallas, TX

For the many fathers out there who teach their daughters how to take care of themselves and how to shoot a gun....my hat's off to ya. You did the right thing. For those daughters who don't always want to listen to their Papa....PAY ATTENTION!

When I saw this news story, I was truly amazed at this man! He taught his daughters how to take a stance, stand their ground and defend themselves. He was quite proud that she listened to him and did as she was taught.

Two armed burglars break in to their home while she's sleeping. They head up the stairs and she shoots them as they approach her. One suspect is shot and killed and the other got away. Dad is only sorry she didn't get the other one. Gotta love it!

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Homeowner-Shoots-Intruders-Police-174633151.html

A Sign of the Times

Being from a family of native northerners (yea, one of those blue states), and many of us having already migrated south, it was only natural that when my Mother retired from her state job, she would move south to Florida. You know, the Sunshine State. The place where my Brother likes to lovingly refer to as "the place where old people go to die."

Having lost my Dad a few years back, Mom's independence is evident. Everything is paid for and she gets her pension. She does what she wants when she wants. She wants for nothing and that is as it should be when you retire. I admire her tenacity because after 5 kids, an ailing husband, and some very tough times, she still has her attitude and swagger. While on in years, my Mother still walks with such determination and a look on her face that could knock you on your ass if you gazed too long. A look we all remember from back in the day when she would use your full name or talk between clenched teeth. Now, on those rare occasions when she does those things, we take a step back and cringe, as those childhood flashbacks run through our memory circuits.

We all worry about our Mother. Independence and strong will aside, she is elderly and a prime target for scum, maggots, thieves, rapists, whatever else you  want to call today's violent offenders. She does have a soft heart, but I'd like to think that she is smart and savvy enough that she will not be conned by some smooth talking, snake oil salesman. However, violence is something no one can predict or often times, adequately prepare for. 

But I digress...

While I myself do not live in Florida, I live in a state that recognizes the Stand Your Ground Rule and the Castle Doctrine. In fact, ours was patterned off of Florida's since they were the first state to enact such legislation. In 1996, they started this wave of concealed carry reform.

We live in a world where violence is perpetrated wantonly and many of these thugs have no conscious, taking lives with impunity. Senior citizens are now empowering themselves, obtaining their permits or at least getting handguns for their homes or having them in their cars. I see them all the time at the gun store and gun range.
They ask for advice and information on the gun laws and what they should purchase. Many more are getting their permits to carry concealed.

A prime example of senior citizens fighting back is when that elderly man shot 3 armed robbers at an internet cafe in Florida. He went to town on their asses! He had a carry permit and he had a concealed handgun he whipped out during the commission of a felony. He fought back, defending the lives of many others in that cafe and thwarting a robbery. While he popped a cap in their ass on the way out the door, which he probably shouldn't have considering the threat was leaving, I can't see any jury in Florida convicting him. The jury would be full of gray haired compatriots who would all want to buy him a drink and pat him on the back.

While my Mother thinks all of her children are overly protective and paranoid, we have all seen the reality of life, more so me, and we all worry about her safety. While she doesn't have a permit and stubbornly refuses to do so, she has a revolver in her home and on rare occasions, has it in her car.  No, she doesn't have to jump through hoops or have permission from the state government to have it in either place, nor does she have any kind of 'registration' process for guns she may keep in her home for self defense. That is her Constitutional right.
I also provided Mom with a simple to use can of pepper spray that fits neatly in her purse or on her key ring. That too, is not illegal in Florida. Illegal as hell on an airplane, but not illegal in Florida.

Mom recently took her car in for service. At the dealership the sales person asked her if she had any weapons in the car. She smiled, and said, "No, not there." According to my Mother, she saw the salesman was carrying a gun under his suit coat. He told her that they have to ask now because they had 2 customers who had left their guns in their cars. One of the forgetful gun owners was a law enforcement officer. Another elderly gentlemen had a .45 in his center console and they had to call both to come retrieve their weapons before they did any work on their vehicles.

Hell-oooo folks! Whatever happened to responsible gun ownership? Don't we get enough flak from the liberal left who think banning guns is the solution to all the violence? 

But you've got to ask yourself one question, and it's not, "Do you feel lucky, punk?" Although....
No, the question you should ask yourself is, "Do you want to be a victim or do you want to be a survivor?"
And I am by no means condoning vigilantism. I am, however suggesting that no one should have to stand by and cower in fear because thugs don't care! They take what they want by any means necessary. Get a gun and learn how to use it. It's unfortunate, but it's a sign of the times. We live in a violent world.

How Stupid Can you Be?

In my line of work you see a lot of stupid. Just when you think you've seen all the stupid there is in the world, along comes something that, for the moment, tops my list of stupid.



How stupid do you have to be to break in to a gun store?
The answer is.....

PRETTY FUCKIN STUPID.

And, if you're going to stop would be burglars from stealing from your gun store, you must have the appropriate tools necessary to eliminate the threat.
This little baby should get the job done....

That guy would be alive today had he not been so stupid.