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Ted Nugent gets it
When speaking at Western Michigan University, Ted had the following to say:
“The real curse in Michigan isn’t the jihad of the left, it’s the apathy of the right,” Nugent said. “Communicate with your elected officials. You hired them. Ask them questions and demand answers.”
You hired them. He’s absolutely right. People forget that the government works for us, and not the other way around. He’s also right that the best way for us to lose the fight for individual liberty is to do nothing; for the radical left to win all we have to do is nothing.
Get involved; a great way to do that is sign up to attend the grassroots seminar at the NRA Annual Meetings.
I just can’t do it
I try and I try, but I just can’t get through a single episode of Futureweapons. I have nothing but respect for anyone who has served, especially in the SEALs; but the host of the show is just so over the top that I can’t deal with it.
Last night I was channel flipping and Futureweapons was on; the episode where he was playing with the KRISS SMG. I saw it and stopped and was like “ooh, KRISS, neato”; and then about 6 seconds later I just had to change the channel. I’m sure that he’s really nice in person, but Richard Machowicz is such a toolbag while he’s hosting that I’m completely turned off to the show.
I can’t blame it entirely on him though, because I’m sure that a lot of his dialogue is written to be “intense” or whatever; but it just comes off as lame. Especially when he’s talking about firearms. Give me Jim Scouten or Michael Bane any day of the week over that guy.
It is April 1st
Things that are real but shouldn’t be.
I’m not even joking. It’s a stuffed animal on the “Cornershot”. You know, the 4 pound Glock rifle that lets you shoot around corners. Wow.
Maybe it can be saved
Pro-military rally in Berkeley.
I know, I know, saying “pro-military” in the same sentence as “Berkeley” might cause the earth to spin off its axis, but it’s true.
NRA Grassroots workshop and BlogBash
You can register for the NRA Grassroots workshop at the annual meetings at this link. A lot of good information is going to get passed around.
Also, in 2A Blogbash news you can now buy your tickets for the Banquet with speaker Glenn Beck. The best part is that you get to sit at a table with all the other cool bloggers.
The original offensive handgun
If you’re (un)lucky, you might have had a run-in once with an HK Fanboy. If you’re really (un)lucky, you might have had the opportunity to listen to one of them opine on the Mk23 – you know, the foot long four pound handgun with crappy ergonomics. Anyway, a long time ago there was a poster made mocking the common assertion that the reason the Mk23 was so damn big was because it was an “offensive handgun“.
What HK fanboys don’t know is that their beloved SOCOM isn’t the original offensive handgun, and has probably accounted for far fewer enemy casualties than the original offensive handgun. Really, the Mk23 is trying to be as successful as a real operator’s offensive handgun: The Walker Colt. The Walker Colt makes the Mk23 look like a gun for little girls, as the .44 caliber wheelgun weighs in at 4.5 pounds, is almost 16 inches long, and will make you more manly than a fighter plane made out of biceps.
The Mk23 fires the .45 ACP cartridge, which produces inferior ballistics to the .44 caliber round balls of pure death that the Walker Colt fires. Don’t believe me? Just ask all the Mexicans killed by the Walker during the Mexican-American war. Oh that’s right, you can’t, because the Walker Colt dispatched them so efficiently that it actually went back in time and killed them before they were even born.
What’s that you say? The Walker is a blackpowder firearm, and thusly unsuitable for the modern battlefield? That sounds just like something that someone would say if they couldn’t handle the power and battletested firepower of the Walker Colt. What? The cylinders would rupture if overcharged, and sometimes the reloading lever spring would fail and foul the action during combat? Tough tootsies, real operators like the Texas Rangers just tie it off with a little leather and keep fighting.
Let’s face it, HK fanboys are just sad because their “offensive handgun” just doesn’t measure up to the real standards of an offensive handgun. It doesn’t have enough steel, can’t be used to club a horse unconscious, and compared to a gun that served in a major war and countless Indian fights, it’s not even properly battle tested. HK: Because you suck, and we hate you.
Campus Carry bill dies
Much to my disappointment the campus carry bill in Oklahoma which would have allowed certain CCW holders to carry on campuses in OK has be shelved and will not be heard this legislative session.
It’s too bad; because it means that rhetoric like this will persist, and possibly gain momentum.
University of Oklahoma President David Boren had argued the bill would hurt recruitment of students and faculty. It also would pose a dilemma for police trying to determine whether a person wielding a weapon was a “deranged gunman or someone who thinks he is doing good vigilante work.”
President Boren manages to kill to birds with one anti-gun stone; implying that everyone who carries concealed is some kind of wannabe vigilante and looking to get into all kinds of gunfights. Hauling out the already tired line about how the cops wouldn’t know the difference between a lunatic and a law abiding citizen, all the president does is demonstrate his ignorance of CCW holders.
Hopefully, this legislation will make a comeback in the next legislative session.
Serenity: Better Days part 1
Anyone who has read this blog for an extended period of time has probably figured out that I’m a dyed in the wool browncoat; proud supporter of all things Firefly/Serenity related. In that vein, here’s the first in what will be a three part series review of the new comic series set in the Firefly fictional universe called Serenity: Better Days.
For a little background on the comic, it’s set after the last episode of the Firefly show, and before Serenity: Those Left Behind, the graphic novel prequel to the movie. If you’re not a fan of the show, and you’re reading this entry wondering what the hell I’m talking about, I encourage you to pick up a copy of the Firefly TV show, you can get all 14 episodes for 20-40 dollars depending on where you look.
On to the comic though; I just finished my second reading of issue 1 of Better Days, and it’s pretty good. I’m still not a big fan of the art, as the artist from Those Left Behind returns, but it’s growing on me. As I get used to it, I like it even more. There is even one panel that made me sit up in my chair and say “wow”.
What I really enjoyed about this comic was it really captured the feel of the movie and show; when reading the character’s dialogue I can hear the voices with the same intonation that I would expect to hear from the actors during the show.
For the fans, the new comic contains a lot of stuff that makes me happy, a couple of well placed references to some of my favorite episodes, as well as the promise of more comics after this three issue series was the icing on the cake.
Like I said, I’m not going to give the plot to you, because I want you to go out and buy it. We’re only going to keep getting new Firefly comics and content if the franchise continues to be financially viable – not my fanboy can overrule economics. So if you’re a browncoat, get out there and buy the comic. If you haven’t gotten into Firefly, check it out.
Podcast: Better shooting
Today’s podcast talks about the options one has to use airguns as a training tool.
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I say a lot in the podcast, but if you’re going to make an indoor airgun range in your house, make double sure you exercise the proper safety precautions.
If the embedded flash player doesn’t play the audio correctly, just hit the link labeled “download” to listen, or you can click this link to download it on iTunes.