Yep she is bad news

WASHINGTON – Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor bluntly told a Republican senator there was no way she would say in the setting of a congressional hearing just how she'd rule on an important constitutional question.
Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma pressed Sotomayor for the second day in a row to say under what circumstances she might accept — or rule — that there is a "fundamental" right to bear arms, as opposed to an "individual," or less pervasive, right

Slow week

Been busy dealing with a kidney stone

I KNEW IT!!!

If you've ever wondered who's in control, you or your cat, a new study points to the obvious. It's your cat.

We are getting there

Another 6 loads of dirt have arrived, and hopefully if the weather stays decent we should have the rest next week & get the range completed, we are also getting around 100 tons of dirt for later additions or improvements

The target shed is also done, so we can now keep our steel targets out of the weather, & a friend brought me 6 more 55 gal. barrels, they make great barricades.

The classroom has been done for some time, but the old workplace was throwing away the countertop & bookcase, & they fit perfect in the end. The wall on the left is moveable, so if we decide to expand at any point we can open it up. It also features a restroom, electrial heat, & AC.

Turned 3 today

Yep, I started the blog 3 years a go today. I had all of 6 maybe 7 entries in 2006. Really started out of boredom, at my old job, but has been a place to post things from time to time.

I think I have seen more changes in the last 3 years than I did in the past 12. I got a bit more involved in the elections last year, than any other time in my life, left a company where I'd been employed for 27 years, fully self employed now, & making enough to pay the bills most months.

Walked away from the worst car wreck I'd ever been in. Attended my 1st two NRA meetings, got to go to Blackwater, & met some interesting people as a result of the blog.

I'm likely not as verbal, as some of the bloggers, or as entertaining, a number of them have talent I'll never have, but we will continue to ride this horse & see where we end up.

To those that read these words from time to time, thanks for taking a few minutes out of your day to stop by.

Good News

from NRA-ILA:
Ohio Attorney General Signs Amicus Brief Supporting Second Amendment Incorporation
Please Thank Attorney General Richard Cordray!

Two-thirds of the nation’s attorneys general have filed an amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to grant certiorari in the case of NRA v. Chicago and hold that the Second Amendment applies to state and local governments through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This bi-partisan group of 33 attorneys general, along with the Attorney General of California in a separate filing, agrees with the NRA’s position that the Second Amendment protects a fundamental individual right to keep and bear arms, disagreeing with the decision recently issued by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Attorney General Cordray was one of the many who agrees that the Second Amendment is a fundamental individual right and signed the amicus brief.

I was beginning to wonder about the guy

Yeah But.....

I have seen it time and again, gun owners who do not support the movement, like their class of gun makes them special, well folks you are not special, they will find a reason to ban yours too.

I remember the guy telling me it would be good to ban those military looking rifles, then they would leave him & his hunting guns alone. I asked him what he had as I recall it was a Remington 870, I said the Military has pump action shotguns, so your Remington has a military look to it, it could get banned too.

Same story with a guy who owned a bolt action with a scope for deer hunting, if they got rid of those assault rifles, he would be fine, so of course I mention that the military snipers use bolt action scoped rifles, & anyone being shot at regardless of type of weapon, likely feel they are being assaulted. He couldn't perceive his deer rifle being viewed as a snipers deadly weapon of choice.

You may or may not be a fan of the NRA, but when you need a 600 pound gorilla in Washington DC, trying to preserve your gun rights, they are the only game in town. I'm not saying the other groups don't do their part, but no one else has the size & backing of the NRA.

Even if you only own one gun, join the NRA, or GOA or JPFO, or the 2nd Amendment Foundation, but do something besides bitch.

In the game ahead there will be no room for "I'm a gun owner, but"

Anybody know anything about this?

Seems an Improvement

I misplaced (lost) my Gerber Presto over the weekend, so yesterday I picked up a Gerber FAST Draw, it was $10 less, but seems to work much better. The lock is more positive, it's easier to disengage, & does not slip into the locked position while in pocket. For most the clip is on the wrong side, it's placed just like the clip on my Jess Horn Spyderco, so it works well for what I am use to. It does seem faster than the manual opener, & may be an advantage, further testing is in order.

2nd shot heard around the world??

Never had an interest, but...

Since there has been so much gum slapping about assited opening knives of late, purchased a couple of Gerbers at the local box store.

I usually perfer a typical manual opening Spyderco, with the hole in the blade, less to break.

With the Gerber, I find the lock a bit annoying, & wonder a bit about the life of the coil spring.

After carrying it around for a couple of weeks, I have found more than once that the lock has been activated in the pocket, which really slows getting the knife open, will continue to test these, & may try a SOG. But if I need something to depend on I'll stick with the Manual one handers like Spyderco or Benchmade.