Demolition Man

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Weerd Beard

When we bought our house the home inspector told us our deck was a poorly done DIY job, and we shouldn’t use it to extremes lest it might collapse.

We talked about various jobs to rehab it to a more usable space, when finally we realized that we didn’t NEED a deck at all. Sometime this summer (no date has been set with the contractor) we’ll be putting a Patio in its place, and the deck will be gone.

Decided to take the day off from work and start tearing it down today. Having a Demo-Party tomorrow, but I thought I’d start today just so I could take my time and not feel under the gun, or pressured to work in bad weather, or if I’m under the weather.

Moral of this story, its fun to take shit apart that you aren’t going to put back together! 😀

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Here’s an Idea

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Weerd Beard

Reading the anti-rights nuts talking about adding the “Terrorist Watch List” to the NICS system to deny people the right to buy or own guns.

How about this. All FFLs should not be allowed to sell guns Middle-Eastern people. Note that FFL employees shouldn’t be expected to tell EXACTLY what a Middle Easterner looks like, so people from Central Asia, the Mediterranean Region, and Central and South America should also be denied. Also anybody who’s Jewish is close-enough. Let’s face it most terrorists are Middle-eastern so why risk it by letting ANYBODY brown buy a gun?

Oh speaking of brown, African American people make up a huge percentage of our prison population, and African American neighborhoods have a disproportionate amount of violent crime. That means that if a black person comes into your gun shop they’re more likely a felon so why risk it?

Also younger people should be denied. You are not allowed to buy ANY guns under age 18, and no handguns under age 21, likely even if that guy has an ID that says he’s 22, its likely fake. Also young people are more likely to do drugs or excessively drink, and have less life experience so therefore are more likely to make mistakes under pressure, so why risk it?

Women should also be denied sales. There are less women shooters than men, so the women are more likely to be straw buyers, or simply lousy shots. So why risk it?

People with eyeglasses may be legally blind, and certainly impaired if their glasses fog, get wet, or are knocked off. These people are likely to kill things they can’t see or improperly identify, so why risk it?

100% of all White Supremacists are white people. If a white person is attempting to buy a gun they are more likely to use that gun to murder a jew or a negro, so why chance it?

OK Sarcasm off. Why don’t we do that? Well because they’re racist and arbitrary and really have no bearing on reality.

Can we agree on that? OK now somebody, anybody, explain how the “Terrorist Watch List” is any less arbitrary and racist?

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Easing Into Carry

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Weerd Beard

I was thinking about this post yesterday when I was talking with a coworker about carrying. This post from Buddy Borepatch got me motivated.

I didn’t have a round in the chamber. I was a bit nervous, it being really the first real time and all. Obviously, you carry a pistol for the unexpected, and so this was way suboptimal. Once I’m more used to this, I expect that cocked and locked will be the norm.

This is a totally understandable and reasonable step, as well as understanding of the potential risks.

Now first up given that I’m a prisoner of Massachusetts I had the desire to carry, as well as all the carry gear well before I moved to a town that would permit lawful citizens to carry. Still my actions work for anybody.

Step 1:Get a gun and a carry rig. BTW don’t go buy an IWB rig if all your pants are really snug, or any other such rig that would require you to buy an entire new wardrobe to begin carrying. Look at how you dress, and plan your carry around that. If you need to modify your clothes buying from then on, that’s fine. Like now I don’t buy sweatshirts I can’t conceal and draw a shoulder holster from anymore, but when I first started carrying there were only a handful of sweatshirts I regularly wore wouldn’t work with my holster.

Step 2Carry with a snap-cap. You should have snap caps for your preferred carry gun(s) they’re great for training and general safety. Not only do they protect the parts of your gun from dry firing (which is a moot point in most guns, but it can’t hurt) but also when you KNOW your gun is stuffed full of dummy rounds you know that no live rounds can get into your gun. Still load up your gun with snap caps as if you are loading your gun for carry. Use your decocker or safety just as you plan to use it for carry, then carry around your house. You carry as long as it takes for you to realize that the round in the chamber is NEVER going to meet Mr. Firing pin unless you pull the trigger.

It doesn’t take as long as you might think.

Also make sure you use the bathroom while carrying, both #1 and #2. You shouldn’t have any serious troubles using the toilet with your carry gear. You never know when Nature might call, so don’t make it harder on yourself if you’re carrying a gun.

Then you should practice your draw stroke. Do it from every position you can think of. Standing, sitting, and practice moving. At this point you may want to modify your carry method. If you have a gun that is DA/SA with a decocking safety (either one that decocks on safe like a Beretta 92, or a gun that can either run cocked-and-locked or DA with or without the safety like an H&K or the FNP Pistols) you may find that flicking that safety off in a smooth draw isn’t as easy as you thought, so maybe DA with the safety off might be the way to go. You may find that sometimes the safety gets bumped on or off, so maybe safety-on is a more efficient mode for you.

If you think Condition 3 (empty Chamber) is a good idea, this is about the time you’ll discover its a horrible way to carry a gun.

Step 3 Ease into it. Start carrying with live ammo exactly how you have decided is the best method to carry. Carry to the gun club or gun shop. Carry on short outings, carry to places where you’re in and out. Carry to friend’s houses. Get used to it. This is also where you enlist your friends. If they don’t know what and how you’re carrying ask them to spot your gun. Or show them your holster after you’ve been spending time with them for a while (This of course assumes your friends are cool with carry) If you have friends that AREN’T cool with carry, hang out with them for a while while carrying and SAY NOTHING. People who don’t like carry are the best judges, because unlike people who DO carry they aren’t hyper sensitive to printing.

Look its impossible to 100% hide a gun. EVERYTHING prints, from your carry gun, to your wallet, to your phone, to your Chapstick. Still if you can JUST HAPPEN to see the point of your gun grip through your shirt, what does that look like? Nothing, really. Most people won’t even see it, and if they do they might just dismiss it to a funny shadow. Meanwhile when your lycra tank top CLINGS to your gun grip like Reynold’s Wrap so they can read the GLOCK Logo through your shirt, or if when you reach for something on the top grocery shelf you can see your muzzle or holster peeking out, that’s a problem.

Step 4 Notice above I spent a LOT of time talking about conceal carry? Yeah well I needed to get here first. Step 4 is start carrying ALL THE TIME! You need to go out to get a pack of smokes at 10pm, or decide to run out with the kids after dinner for ice cream after dinner, carry your gun. Carry at work (if your company doesn’t have a policy against it), carry on the weekend.

Get REALLY comfortable with carry. After you’re in the comfort zone this is when I think would be the best point to start open carrying.

My rational is most people don’t even notice, and many of the people who DO notice don’t care. But you WILL encounter people who will be curious about your gun, and given that Open Carry is a controversial subject, it would be ideal that you be the best ambassador for the cause.

I’m not saying its right, just saying it is. Imagine that if there were bigots attempting to ban driving, would you want a 16 or 17 year old new driver to be the spokesperson for the cause?

And of course carry your damn gun! It doesn’t do you any good locked up at home, and I think we all know by now that you carrying a gun is a good idea all around!

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Morning Theme

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Weerd Beard

Seen at The Conspiracy

I’m NOT a cool guy, I can’t look away!

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“Gun Death” Terrible Accident

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Weerd Beard

Doesn’t seem intentional but its REALLY horrible.

A 3-year-old girl is in critical condition at Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich. after being run over by a riding lawn mower operated by her grandfather…According to investigators, the 63-year-old grandfather told officers he was cutting the lawn and ran over the toddler while backing up.

Just horrible. Can we cool it with the “Gun Death” nonsense now?

h/t Bob

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PBS: Propaganda Broadcasting System

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Weerd Beard

So tax payers support PBS so they can subvert the Constitution:

Watch the full episode. See more Conversations At KCTS 9.

The first half is simply biographical and really I won’t bother will that. Tho I will note that I think we can all listen to Collin and Kristina’s story and say “That’s when I’d go for my carry piece”. Of course later they attempt to claim that people carrying guns would be worse because Collin made the only 911 call out there (I wonder if others didn’t call simply because they didn’t want to be talking while attempting to hide), and students or teachers carrying would only be “giving the shooter more guns”….you know because he died with a backpack full of ammo and met no resistance, so obviously things COULD have been worse. WRONG!

Then about halfway though they get right down into the bullshit Brady talking points. He doesn’t stray much from the interview I posted here.

But Its full-on supportive interview that plugs the Brady Campaign, and their propaganda film “Living for 32”.

Not even so much as a challange of the lies or a single instance of playing devil’s advocate. This should NOT be tax payer funded!

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Bad Justice: Why I Carry

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Weerd Beard

Jay has a pretty rage-inducing story of a Boston Murder Case. Go read the whole thing, but essentially some jerk crashed a party. When asked to leave he shot and killed the host of the party. Being not only Boston, but a Gang-infested part of Boston he was not licensed to own or carry a gun. What was his sentence? Life.

What does that mean in Massachusetts? Eligible for parole in 15 years! This is why I support the death penalty, because life in prison does not equal life in prison. Jay also notes that if this jerk plays his cards right he’ll be out much sooner.

Now think about that. He murdered another person because they told him he had to leave a party he was crashing, and he might be back on the street inside of 8 years, meanwhile its also possible that the amenities in prison are better than the shithole he lives in at Hyde Park.

We can tell from his crime that he had at the time of the shooting a VERY low value for human life. Hell I’ve crashed a party or two back in my College days, only a few times have I been asked to leave, and I didn’t care, I knew I hadn’t been invited. This guy did that and then KILLED the person who asked him to leave.

That’s a pretty low value on a human life. Still when he’s breathing free air again, how much more do you think he’ll value a life? I don’t know if it’ll be much more.

Certainly his friends on the outside will see he got a slap on the wrist for committing murder. What’s to stop them from killing somebody, or him from killing again?

Not much. Now I don’t ever set foot in Hyde Park because people get killed there, and a white face like mine would be quite the bullet-magnet to the gang bangers down there. Still there isn’t a fence keeping the gangs in, just like there is nothing keeping me out besides my own desire for self-preservation.

This is why I am ALWAYS carrying a gun. Because monsters like this exist, and neither the Police, nor the Penal system will do anything to stop them. You need to protect yourself!

Also does anybody have ANY doubt why Boston has a violent crime problem? They can pass all the gun control they want, it won’t stop criminals from going strapped, and it won’t save a life if the criminals are allowed to walk free.

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Quote of the day: Truth in Advertising

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Weerd Beard

Kevin Baker has a nice review up of his Talon Holster from Dragon Leatherworks. Go give it a read!

Still what really put a smile on my face was this quote from Dennis, the proprietor of Dragon Leatherworks.

I am offering the holster with the full understanding that if you find it to be junk, you’ll say so. I’m not offering a product in return for a good review….I’m offering it for an *honest* review.

My First holster from Dennis was a total surprise and was simply a thank-you for pushing some traffic to his site, and there was no request for a review, but I like reviews so I did one anyway. Also I’d like to think that those of you who read this site, and follow me on Vicious Circle know I’m a guy who doesn’t pull punches, and speaks my mind, often at great volume, and I really don’t care what others think about it. Also I’ve panned a few products in my time…this being my favorite.

So yeah any review I ever do here will be full-on honest. If I ever get to a point (not likely) that I can make a living off of writing reviews they will again be honest. I see little point in trying to guess what is fact and what is bent truth in reviews for people who are looking for future testing units from manufactures.

For people like Dennis he isn’t being bold or even taking a risk. He KNOWS his holsters are solid and well built. He has great talent and great QC, so he has no problem giving open license to people who review his products, nor does he have issue offering a solid warranty on his holsters.

Good on you, Dennis, and keep the quality gear flowing into the hands of good people!

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From the eyes of the Antis

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Weerd Beard

Thought I’d share a few gems that I found from the antis. First is this lame tweet from “Protest Easy Guns” (BTW their organization title pisses me off when I spend so much time wrangling bullshit gun laws and jumping through legal hoops to buy, keep, and bear my arms)

Fort Hood gunman, a conceal-carry licensee, faces death penalty for gunning down 13 people.

Look Nidal Hassan is a domestic Muslim terrorist, but not only was he not on any of the so-called “Terrorist Watch Lists” (which demands quotes because its full of non-terrorists, and lots of terrorists are not on the list) that the antis are pushing quite hard as a valid reason to deny rights. but he was an army major, and a psychologist. Never heard before that he had a carry permit, certainly his permit was NOT valid on Fort Hood when he started shooting innocent people in the name of his twisted religion. Not to mention that its kinda a crime to shoot innocent people. Gun control gets good people killed, FULL STOP.

And on the flip side there was this story pushed by the antis:

And he did, with three shotgun blasts to the back as they crossed his yard with a bag of stolen goods. He was never charged with any crime related to the killings.

The law that Horn was talking about is the “castle doctrine” statute, many versions of which are sweeping the nation.

Guy blasts a few robbers with a shotgun and kills them. Can anybody see a problem with this? Nobody is disputing that the departed were robbing homes at the time of their deaths, and nobody is disputing that the man who killed them did so to protect the neighborhood from these degenerate assholes.

Of course this anti-freedom goon decided to try to paint this as a horrific event and that Castle Doctrines and Stand your Ground laws are somehow bad things.

Wanna know what a bad thing is? The inner cities where the gangs rule the roost and have no fear of law enforcement. If they don’t fear the cops, let them fear the victims of their crimes. There is NO way that could be a bad thing.

But then again anti-gun people aren’t the most rational people around the table.

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Werd to the Internetz

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Weerd Beard

When I use the terms “Internets” “Intertubes” or “Interwebs” or other bad spelling variations of those things I’m making fun of idiots like this:

or this

Now we can jest about Obama being a moron (or we can mention that its the steely-eyed truth) but the more serious point is our elected officials are making speeches and pushing laws about things they know NOTHING about. If my wife’s brain surgeon used the term “Thingy” or “Frontalcampus” or some other such fucked up statement, do you think I’d let him pop my wife’s skull? Yet we have no problem electing drooling morons to handle the levers of government while we’re working at your jobs.

Case and point:

Seriously where else in life do we tolerate such behavior?

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