{"id":3642,"date":"2012-01-08T15:21:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-08T15:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2012\/01\/08\/lighting-candle\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:17:16","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:17:16","slug":"lighting-candle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=3642","title":{"rendered":"Lighting A Candle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:16439,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.weerdworld.com\\\/2011\\\/light-a-candle-to-stop-violence&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260116141956\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.weerdworld.com\\\/2011\\\/light-a-candle-to-stop-violence\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-20 22:13:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-27 04:46:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-27 04:46:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:16440,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.weerdworld.com\\\/2012\\\/do-more-than-just-light-a-candle\\\/#more-7006&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.weerdworld.com\\\/2012\\\/do-more-than-just-light-a-candle\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:16441,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/gunfreezone.net\\\/wordpress\\\/index.php\\\/2012\\\/01\\\/08\\\/i-lit-my-candle-for&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20131207192357\\\/http:\\\/\\\/gunfreezone.net\\\/wordpress\\\/index.php\\\/2012\\\/01\\\/08\\\/i-lit-my-candle-for\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-20 22:14:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-27 04:47:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-27 04:47:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:16442,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.wallsofthecity.net\\\/2012\\\/01\\\/candles-with-fire-support.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/graphicalrepresentation.wordpress.com&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:16443,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/cemeterysgunblob.com\\\/2012\\\/01\\\/08\\\/counter-vigil&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.murphyslawirishpub.com\\\/drinkmenu&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Counter-Vigil-005.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Counter-Vigil-005.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.weerdworld.com\/2011\/light-a-candle-to-stop-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Weer&#8217;d Beard made the suggestion<\/a> that we light a candle to stop violence and show that we have the means to do just that. I heartily concur and here is my entry.<\/p>\n<p>It features my daily carry Ruger LCR loaded with Hornady Critical Defense .38 Special +P in a Don Hume holster, a Speed Strip, and a Yankee Candle Company candle in Lemon Lavender. I understand Lemon Lavender is supposed to have a calming effect.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weerdworld.com\/2012\/do-more-than-just-light-a-candle\/#more-7006\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Weer&#8217;d<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/gunfreezone.net\/wordpress\/index.php\/2012\/01\/08\/i-lit-my-candle-for\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Miguel<\/a> have some roundups of other gun bloggers and their counter vigils. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wallsofthecity.net\/2012\/01\/candles-with-fire-support.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linoge at Walls of the City <\/a>has some really nice photos of his candles &#8211; and firepower to back it up. Finally, <a href=\"http:\/\/cemeterysgunblob.com\/2012\/01\/08\/counter-vigil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cemetery goes old school<\/a> with black powder pistols.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weer&#8217;d Beard made the suggestion that we light a candle to stop violence and show that we have the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4009],"class_list":["post-3642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-counter-vigil"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3642"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7563,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3642\/revisions\/7563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}