Why’d the police have to shoot their career criminal loved-one! He was only trying to ram that cop car!
Not only was she the first woman in space, but she was the QUEEN of NASA PR when I was growing up. She was on just about every kid show that would have her talking about shuttle missions and life in space.
And while she held the distinction of being the first woman in space, she didn’t spend too much time on that distinction, she was just an astronaut.
I really admired her, and she will live on in history.
Its NPR, their IDEA of a call-in-show would have any conservative radio producer hollering through the headphones to cut it short and go to the phones. Still this show at 10am EST Is going to be taking calls.
The guest linup isn’t as skewed as usual…but still…
Dan Gross of the Brady Camp (naturally)
Dave Workman of the Second Amendment Foundation (!)
and This Guy who seems to get that gun control isn’t the answer….but his page constantly talks about “Reasonable restrictions” without actually naming anything, and spewing a LOT of NRA hate…so I suspect the show might play him off as a “moderate” or “Pro-gun”…but I doubt he’ll come off that way….
We’ll see
h/t Greg Camp
I know a few avid skydivers. I see it as jumping out of a perfectly good plane. Its pretty safe, but accidents do happen.
A Manhattan real estate investor with three children was killed just days before Father’s Day in a skydiving accident that also killed his instructor, the Journal News reports….Police told YNN Hudson Valley that Winoker and Chulsky both died in the dive organized by Skydive the Ranch, in Ulster County, in what witnesses said looked like a parachute malfunction.
Unless you’re a paratrooper or a test pilot, or in the military there is no NEED for Skydiving…but since when did NEED have anything to do with how people live their lives.
Anti-Freedom, not Anti-Gun.
h/t Wallphone
Erin’s Mom has now test-driven her newly laser-equiped Ruger LCR. She’s 72 and has arthritis and failing eyesight, and she dusted up that target right proper.
Erin was asking me why some people seem hesitant about lasers on guns.
There’s a few reasons that come to mind.
First: Good ones aren’t cheap! They need to be precise, rugged, and hold their zero even under recoil….none of those things come cheap. A lot of people can’t stomach putting a $100-$200 laser onto a $300 gun.
Second: Gunnies are resistant to change. I remember when Glocks first started showing up. People didn’t like the idea of a “Plastic Gun” (hell GIs in Viet Nam started a rumor that the synthetic stocks of the brand-new M16s were made by the Mattel toy company!) got people nervous…but also people didn’t trust the Glock because it didn’t have an exposed hammer or a manual safety to manipulate….tho revolvers with those exact features had been around for almost a century when the Glock 17 first hit the market. People still carry revolvers and 1911s even tho they are now considered VERY old technology. Do you know anybody who drives a Model A Ford, or works on a Tandy computer? Yet there are people carrying guns made from OLDER technology than those things.
That’s not saying that these old tried-and-true guns don’t work like a champ, because they do…but gunnies do have a habit of thinking older is better.
Last: Lasers have come a LONG way in relatively recent years. Just read this this crazy story on how the laser sight on The Terminator’s AMT Hardballer long-slide worked. The site was so jury-rigged that Arnie actually had to flip the sight on with his off hand on the battery pack in his pocket that was connected to the gun by a wire!
Another one that comes to mind is the SMG in Cobra, that sight IS HUGE! And who knows how well it works or how long that MONSTER battery pack keeps the laser shining.
Also both of these guns depended on the laser because it obscured the sights, so when the battery died you’d just have rely on point-shooting.
Essentially lasers on guns in the 80s and 90s is a similar Hollywood showmanship as people holding guns sideways…it may look cool to the uninitiated, but its total garbage to anybody who actually shoots.
Of course this isn’t the case anymore. Today’s lasers last a long time, they’re small and unobtrusive, and if the thing stops working you always have the sights, and you can even use BOTH sighting systems at the same time.
What do you think?
Feral Irishman brings us a SHITSTORM!!!
Now that’s FUNNY!
Ladd had himself a little protest in Virgina against the NRA today. It turned out as well as you’d expect.
Wow 11 people! Also note that there are two signs on the ground unused…looks like CSGV made up a few too many. Also they’re all in apparently the same handwriting, so it looks like the “dedicated” followers of CSGV are only involved enough to show up…all 10 of them. Also I wonder if the dude with the grocery sack actually meant to be at the protest, or if he just got conned into the photo-op.
Oh yeah, I’m terrified that they’re gaining ground! 🙂
The antis like to claim after a mass shooting that if one or more laws had been passed it would have stopped everything….but really this story being pushed by the antis is a better argument against them than for them.
Timothy Courtois, 49, pleaded not guilty during an arraignment at Springvale District Court early this afternoon. He appeared through a video feed from York County Jail.
He is being held on bail of $50,000 in cash or $150,000 in real estate. Bail conditions also say he may not use alcohol or illegal drugs and may not possess dangerous weapons including firearms.
State police said the FBI is involved in the investigation because Courtois said he planned to cross the state line and go to New Hampshire to shoot a former employer. The Bureau of Alchohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or ATF, also is investigating because one of the guns seized from Courtois’ home was a fully automatic rifle that is not legal for civilians to own, according to the state police.
Now those talking heads saying Colorado having some of the “Loosest gun laws in the country” are a bunch of pikers. Colorado has been corrupted by California refugees and they brought some of their bizarre ideas about guns with them. Now Maine is full of transplant Massholes, but they haven’t been able to do jack with the gun laws. Maine is VERY gun friendly.
Still this guy is likely going away for a LONG time. Also I suspect he’s a prohibited person anyway….but he’s gonna be one now.
Also I’m glad most of the nuts are crazy enough to get caught so easily. We got lots of good laws, we just need to enforce them. Still police aren’t everywhere, so carry your damn guns!
I won’t lie, I haven’t really been impressed by the latest Pomplamoose songs. Their videos are always cool, but many of the tunes just aren’t for me. This one is great!
Bonus it being a cover of the Danny Elfman theme which is a favorite of mine. Also in response to Jack’s opening, I appreciate his reverence on delaying the release, but he shouldn’t be so broken up by it. Much like gun owners shouldn’t feel guilty that some jerk did evil things, artists celebrating the Batman movies have no fault in the horrible things that happened last week.
Life goes on, and the music goes on!
I love .308 for a rifle round. I find it to be one of the best mixes between power and size and recoil, and it makes for a great rifle that can fit a wide range of aplications.
This review is a VERY good one. I’ve been following Falia since her early concealed carry videos (go check them out, especially if you a small-frame woman looking for concealment options, she has one of the hardest body-types for concealment…as well as her wardrobe doesn’t make concessions for carry), and its great to see her making great progress in her youtube channel!
Man that’s a great looking rifle. Looks like they took all the best parts of the FAL and all the best parts of the AR10 and combined them. Also in the takedown section she uses an Allen wrench to remove the barrel….but from what I can see it looks like this gun can be easily cleaned and maintained without needing to remove the barrel. Just pull out the op rod and action and simply swab the barrel and piston through the upper receiver. Still it sounds like popping the barrel out doesn’t change the zero of the gun, which is a selling point.
She doesn’t say but it looks like it takes Magpul .308 P-Mags.
**UPDATE** Speaking of .308 Youtube reviews!
Looks great, my only concern is can the company keep up with parts and demand?
Oh and the Can! Nice to hear .308 so quiet. When I shoot my FAL at the indoor range at the club it certainly turns some heads.
Does anybody have any experience with these guns? Of course they’re illegal in Massachusetts, but I’d still love to hear if anybody else shoots one.
