Cam Edwards interviewed Dr. A.M.R. Hawkins of Breitbart’s Big Government yesterday. They discuss Obama’s history of support for gun control and how he has the ability to seriously impact gun owners through court appointments, regulatory changes, and executive orders. It does not take action by Congress for him to do things like that.
Hawkins’ full article, Four More Years of Obama: Gun Control ‘Under the Radar’ No More, can be found here.
Aging pop star Madonna is a big supporter of Barack Obama. So much so that she stripped to her underwear at a concert last night in Washington, DC to show everyone her fake tramp stamp that says Obama in large letters. She also entertained them with political commentary.
The 54-year-old Material Girl roused the crowd in Washington,
D.C. Monday night with her political commentary, telling concertgoers,
“Y’all better vote for f***ing Obama, OK? For better or for worse, all
right? We have a black Muslim in the White House!
Does the former Mrs. Sean Penn know something that we don’t? Unless I am grossly mistaken, President Obama and his supporters have always insisted that he is a Christian. Given his comments today about “the prophet of Islam” at the United Nations she may be on to something.
And lest I forget, here is Madonna. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
October 5th is the deadline for pledges of support to Dead Patriot Films and their project Assaulted: Civil Rights Under Fire. I received this email from the producer Kris Koenig today:
We’re at the bottom of the seventh and it’s not looking good for us, but this is America and we never give up. I still believe we can reach our goal by Oct 5th. Why? We each know three friends that can join this campaign. We just need our friends to match our pledges to reach the target.
Please email, Facebook and tweet this project (http://kck.st/OllEYn) to everyone you know. Let them know why this is important to you and why getting this film made should be important to them. Remember, if each of us bring three of our buddies to this campaign, we’ll easily round the bases and launch this film.
Thank you,
Kris
They have a goal of raising $65,000. As of a few minutes ago, they’ve received a bit over $23,000 from 317 backers. I’ve made a pledge and would encourage you to do so as well.
In his email, Kris states that he’ll be at the Gun Rights Policy Conference this coming weekend in Orlando. I hope to meet up with him and learn more about this project.
And if you haven’t registered for the conference, it isn’t too late! While pre-registration is officially closed, you can still register at the door. This will make my third GRPC and I can barely wait until Friday. If you live within driving distance and have an interest in Second Amendment rights, you owe it to yourself to attend.
Since all the cool kids are posting either their Top 20 from their iPod or a screen cap of their desktop, I thought I’d play as well. I tend to use my iPod Classic for listening to podcasts more than anything else. When I checked my top played songs, the list was dominated by Christmas music! Blue Oyster Cult’s Don’t Fear the Reaper was number one so it wasn’t all bad.
I think I’ll just go with the screen cap instead. My wallpaper is from the FX show Justified. As you can tell, I’m a fan of the show.
Greg Hickok – Hickok45 – had people going with his spoof video on cleaning an AK-47/AK-74. Now he has released the real video below on cleaning an AK.
One thing Greg makes clear in this video is that you are often dealing with corrosive ammo. He refers to using Windex but prefers using Ballistol. I’ve used Windex myself in the past but anything that dissolve the corrosive salts will work. If I remember correctly, the British had a special funnel for pouring boiling soapy water down the barrels of their Enfield rifles which would work as well.
The Complementary Spouse and I trekked up to Micaville to attend the High Country Gun Show. Micaville is about 45 minutes north of Asheville in the shadow of Mount Mitchell which is the highest peak in the eastern United States. It was just the right distance for a Sunday drive.
There is something to said for the smaller gun shows. They are less crowded, the vendors have more time to spend with you, and everything and everybody is just friendlier.
I had a short list of things I was seeking. I was looking for 5.56 and 7.62 stripper clips and spoons, AK-47 steel magazines, and paracord for the Complementary Spouse. I did end up buying 4 AK mags, a handful of 5.56 stripper clips for a nickel each, a box of small rifle magnum primers, a couple of boxes of Yugoslavian 7.62×39 ammo, and 2 Rite in the Rain notebooks. We couldn’t find any paracord other than already made-up survival bracelets or any spoons for the stripper clips.
I can’t speak for all smaller shows but at least at this one vendors were happy to send you to a competitor if they didn’t have what you wanted. That’s how I ended up with the AK mags and ammo.
While the High Country Gun Show had lots of handguns, they also had a lot more hunting rifles and shotguns than other shows I’ve been to recently. They also had some rifles in more unusual calibers such as a gorgeous Winchester Model 70 in .300 Holland and Holland and a Remington 700 in .416 Rem Mag (or maybe .416 Rigby). I also came across a Browning Citori O/U shotgun in 16 gauge. I love 16 gauges and this was a nice one at a good price.
To sum it up, if you get a chance to go to a smaller gun show, take it. I think you’ll have a good time.
When you mix the words guns and Virginia Tech grads together in the media, you are mostly likely to hear about Colin Goddard of the Brady Campaign or his movie Living for 32. The other alternative usually is Omar Samaha of MAIG’s Fix Gun Checks. If you are in Texas you might also hear about doctoral student John O. Woods and his campaign against guns at the University of Texas-Austin.
I’d like to add another name to that list – Dr. Ken Stanton who earned his Ph.D. from Virginia Tech in 2010 and who is now a Research Scientist in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State. He was on campus in Blacksburg on that day in 2007 when the madman killed 32 students and faculty. He, too, lost a good friend to the madman (whose name I choose not to publicize). However, as Stanton explained to a reporter for the Wall Street Journal for an article on campus carry published yesterday, he took a different lesson from the shootings than did Goodard, Samaha, and Woods.
But Ken Stanton, a Virginia Tech Ph.D. student at the time of the
shooting, said he decided to become a research scientist at Colorado
State University because he wanted to be on a campus where he could
legally carry a gun to class. The Virginia shooting, which killed one of
his friends, left him convinced that concealed weapons should be
permitted on campuses to allow people to defend themselves.“It is not a force field, but it just means that if something bad
does happen, we can fight back,” said Mr. Stanton, an advocate for gun
rights on campus. “At Virginia Tech, no one had a chance.”
Dr. Stanton decided not to be a victim. I’m sure there are many other Virginia Tech grads who were on campus that fateful day in 2007 who have made the same decision and of whom we will never read about in the mainstream media. That Dr. Stanton was even mentioned is an aberration because when the media has to choose between promoting self-defense or victim-hood, it is almost inevitable that victim-hood wins.
Greg Hickok – Hickok45 – has a new YouTube video out on how to clean an AK-47/AK-74 and keep it running. It is a short video but contains good info – in a funny sort of way!
The 2012 Gun Rights Policy Conference kicks off this coming Friday evening in Orlando.
I am trying organize a little get-together for gun bloggers and podcasters. It will probably be Saturday evening after the reception. I’ve contacted a few bloggers that I knew were going to attend the conference but I’m sure I’ve missed others.
So, if you are going to GRPC 2012 and are a gun blogger or podcaster, either leave a comment or contact me at jpr9 AT earthlink DOT net. I’ll be back in touch with you with more details.
David Codrea often refers to law enforcement officers as “only ones”. It is a riff on the claim by many gun prohibitionists that the only ones who should have guns are law enforcement (and military) as they are the “only ones” properly trained and responsible enough to have guns.
Given the recent shooting at the Empire State Building in New York City where all the wounded were caused by errant shots fired by NYPD officers, the shooting skills of many police officers was exposed to be less than optimal. Indeed, most non-only ones shoot more on a regular basis than they do.
Joe Huffman and his local gun club decided to do an objective test. They ran a USPSA club shoot using the Los Angles Police Department qualification test. However, to meet USPSA rules they actually had to make it a bit harder. Nonetheless, they had a 79% pass rate on a tougher course of fire.
Barron Barnett of The-Minuteman blog provides a video explanation below:
H/T Sebastian
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