Old Glock guy

IANAL, but I believe this is correct.

I thought the same thing. Great article, slightly marred by his reference to potential civil war.

I was a bit critical of Nora Craig's testimony at the Senate committee hearings, but here she is at her best: Open Letter to NJ Democratic State Senators By Nora Craig Dear Democratic Senators, (who orchestrated the latest dog and pony show in Trenton) CC: Governor Christie May 5, 2013 What Upset Me Most About the NJ Senate Hearings on Gun Control Bills. I've had a few days to cool down since the hearings. BUT! There is a thing nagging my peace I need to share with you, it's the comment by one gun control lady alluding to all of "US" putting our ENTERTAINMENT & SPORT before the safety of the public. That is SO WRONG. This has nothing to do with entertainment. This is about survival. That lady never lived on the streets I'll bet. That lady was never beaten to a bloody pulp I'll bet. That lady never had someone say "You leave me and I'll kill you." and MEAN it. SURVIVAL! My life. Other women's lives that've suffered the abuse of a world dominated my Mr. Macho Man. (and lived to talk about it... rarely) It's all well and good for the goody-two-shoes, pampered pets of Liberal Land to preach their ignorance. But seeing as they seem to have lived in sheltered cages their whole lives, they haven't a CLUE what it means to live in real fear of imminent threat. You should take their testimony for what it's worth... nothing at all associated with reality, a total fairy tale based on wishful thinking. "If wishes were horses...." Do we have enough woman's shelters? No! Is the violence against women even taken seriously half the time? No! Do women in poverty have anywhere to go to escape? No! Senators, If you have not walked a mile in my shoes, DO NOT sit in your high and mighty chairs, look down your noses, and TELL ME I WILL BE SAFER! That is the most horrendous untruth based upon total ignorance of REAL life survival. Every MINUTE you delay a person's ability to defend themselves you put their lives at risk. Every obstacle deprives some of safety. If you've never been on the run, with someone hunting you. If you've never been kidnapped, beaten, raped... Then you simply cannot imagine how important having that piece under your pillow TONIGHT really is. It's the difference between sleep and terror. Life and death. You know the saddest thing of all? It's the base democrat constituency, your OWN PEOPLE, who shall suffer most. Those who live in poverty being prayed upon are those who MOST need readily available defense TOOLS (yep guns). I've seen with my own eyes cops turn and walk the other way to avoid a fight in the streets. Police do not protect us, they just mop up the blood after. There is no protection on the streets but what you do for yourself... THAT is reality. Those are who I speak for. Not sportsman who are able to send lobbyists to Trenton. I speak for those with no voice. I speak from the POV of the women living in the jungles of our inner cities who will be made CRIMINALS by your fancy, useless laws. For what? Trying to survive the NEGLECT of government to educate them and their children so they can escape the cycle of poverty? If you truly want to reduce violence, then the solution is education. Support School Choice so our young minorities fill industry jobs not prisons. Support fair funding for tuition allowances so they are free to MOVE to any school where they feel safe. Support having all able bodied welfare recipients work doing community service so they can learn a skill. But do not vote "yes" on any of the bills that restrict the rights of human beings to defend themselves from predators. The human species is a predator. (Eyes in front of face, not sides). You cannot change humanity. You CAN ensure the wisdom of our Founding Fathers is preserved. They knew self defense was essential to liberty. To be defenseless is to be pray. Go for a walk in the ghetto at night, alone, no gun. Go live there a while. See how it feels... (particularly you lady Senators) THEN (if you survive) come on back and tell me how much safer we'll be with no ready access to protection. Entertainment?????? The ignorance of that statement is depth-less. I am ASHAMED of my Senate, and Assembly. I am ashamed of all of you who play POLITICS with our lives. I'm ashamed of the level of incompetence in policy development that permeates our democrat-controlled legislature. I'm appalled at the level of disrespect for the PUBLIC shown by the those we've hired to SERVE us. We the people deserve an apology. We the people deserve Statesman who do the right thing, not pander to puff heads to maintain status and power. We the people deserve better! Shame on you. Nora Craig

Currently running 94% against background checks. PBS must be pissed that people like us found their poll. And yes, you can rest assured that no politician will cite that figure, even though I believe that polling sample is much larger than the one they used for their often quoted "90%."

"For all the reasons we all know about, it is not our strategy for you to file the application at this particular point, *ALL* we are asking you to do is to pick up the application form. Familiarize yourself with the forms and the requirements, but just hold onto them for now. You needn't even fill them out - yet."

From what I could determine at the Senate hearings on Thursday, it seeme they were looking to ban the Barrett .50 BMG, not anything else in .50 caliber. It appears to be some sort of sacrificial offering to the antis, since it appears to be giving them something big, while affecting very few of us. That's the only explanation I can think of for why they are so hot for this particular ban.

Good story! That is indeed heartening.

Wish I could join you. Stuck in my office this morning. Have fun!

I have both. Had the G23 first. It's not much fun to shoot, although I hear the gen. 4's are better.

Nice work Howard! Where did you shoot the photos?

Hard to really know, but I would guess it is around 80/20 pro/anti. The proportion is rising as most of the antis are leaving after they testify.

Woman testifying from Sportsman's Association suggests that FID be linked to photo voter ID, which results in a few cheers. We have just been cautioned that the next outburst of spontaneous applause will result in expulsions.

Nora Craig is full of fire, and clearly passionate about our side. She is fun to listen to, but I am not sure that she helps us.

David Matos says that we should not define "reasonable deviations." Catch someone with a gun in the car, throw them in jail, and let the judge decide what is reasonable.

Brian Miller supporting the ban of .50 caliber "sniper rifles," as they can be used by terrorists to wreak havoc. Do terrorists walk into gun stores, show their FID, plunk down their $15,000, and pick up a .50 BMG?

I'm down here in the hearing room. Still lots of open seats. I had already arranged to take the day off before I found out that the buses were cancelled, and it was too late to change. So I drove down. Frank F. And Scott B. are here. Our legislators do not seem to adhere to a strict schedule. Anyone else from the board in the room?

A lot of truth in that, IMHO.

Just voted. The antis are getting hammered in that poll, not that it matters much to our legislature.

That's interesting, because in all my years I've never been asked that question. I'm curious as to why you get asked that. Do you have NRA stickers and such?

He is allowed to be with you, but under no circumstances are you allowed to show him the secret handshake.

Can anyone more familiar with ballistics than I am affirm the assertion that the .223/5.56 round causes more damage than others?

Wow, very impressive! Best of luck to you guys.

Are you referring to Hannah? Nah, just kidding. I know who you mean and got a kick out of your description.

That is truly a scary image!

I look at it just the opposite. Mossberg 500 (8 + 1, night sight) by my bed, AR-15 to fend off a herd of zombies. I'm thinking that 00 buckshot is quite effective at short range, while the AR-15 is good for protecting the perimeter. I guess it could be simpler to use the latter for both.