Gun range report time

I have been getting to the range 1-2 times a week since getting my Taurus .40 S&W earlier this year, the only thing holding me back is the continued shortage of ammo. So far I have put maybe 1200 rounds through it, and am finally really comfortable with the guns recoil, sighting, and the feel for it. I actually do a bit better if I focus more on  just aiming rather than using just the sights. Today was my best day by far, getting much better accuracy from 15 yards 45 out of 50 shots in the target (7-10 areas) and from 3 yards, 30 shots and 7 yards, 50 shots, I am in the center 8-10 area every shot with most in the 9-10 areas. 

Here is a sample target, if I had a better phone, I could post a picture, I pretty much wore out the target today. Since my Taurus .40 is for concealed carry/home defense, I also have a Smith and Wesson Sig .357 for home defense, I am quite confident in my ability to hit what I aim at in a vital area. Now I pray I never have to fire in self-defense, but if I do, I want to be prepared and proficient.

By the way, just so Crazy Uncle Joe Biden feels better, I also have a Mossberg 12 gauge pump shotgun.

*VIDEO* Self Defense And Gun Control – Your Right Vs. The Left

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Your Daley Gator Anti-Leftist Picture O’ The Day

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Yes, Virginia, guns DO save lives

I know, I have defended my life with a handgun. Duane Lester has the story of someone else who saved life because they were armed. As you read this, remember that Sarah Brady and the gun banning Left would make it so that stories like this one, turn out much differently!

Monday afternoon was another normal day of cooking burgers and fries and hot dogs and Philly cheesesteaks for Tim and Debbie Patterson.

Then, about 2 p.m., they heard a scream.

Tim rushed out the back door of The Big Yellow mobile kitchen at the corner of Harrison and Fourth. He looked around the Goodwill parking lot full of cars, and heard another scream. Then, he heard a woman’s voice.

“Let go of me,” it shrieked.

Patterson charged around a car and stopped. A man had a woman’s head pulled back with one hand, and a knife to her throat with the other.

Patterson didn’t hesitate.

He drew his Kimber 1911 .45 with a six-shot clip.

“Drop it, or I’ll shoot you,” he shouted.

The assailant, wearing a hoodie that covered his face, glanced up. He immediately let go of the woman, dropped the knife, raised his arms in the air and fled.

Patterson, who called 911, checked on the victim and stood by the knife until police arrived.

Duane closes with more thought provoking stats

It’s estimated that guns stop over 2.5 million crimes a year. Many of them, like this one, without every firing a shot.

Now, the the anti-gun brigade had their way, the man would have had to confront the knife wielding coward without the benefit of a superior weapon, putting his life in danger. He could have been stabbed the the woman, well, who knows what his intentions were with her.

To disarm the law-abiding is the ultimate dream of the Left. Remember that the most basic of human rights is the right to self-defense. That basic right is what the Left loathes, because self-defense in an act of the individual, and the Left thinks of individualism negatively. The Left worships Collectivism, and believes that individual liberty can be curtailed for the common, or collective good.

To those who say violence is never the solution…..

I say that is complete nonsense. Violence is neither good nor bad. It is the manner in which the violence is used which defines its worth. If a man breaks into a woman’s home to rape her, then that is an evil act, if the woman’s brother, or husband beats that rapist to death with a baseball bat as he is attacking the woman? That is a good act. An act that deserves praise and applause frankly, and possibly a medal as well.

I cannot, for the life of me, grasp why it is that some people have such a hard time distinguishing between good and bad acts of violence. Perhaps it is an addiction to some idealistic value system, that foolishly believes that if good people are forbidden the use of force in self-defense that bad men will automatically drop their evil ways. Perhaps it is that such people are so against the existence of God, that they cannot accept the existence of evil either.

Whatever the cause of their beliefs, I wonder if they ever consider that by toeing their “non-violent, pacifist” ideological line, they are, by their actions, aiding evil doers. Take the fools that were so against the Vietnam War. They claimed to be above things like violence and war. Yet, their “solution” to Vietnam, one that tragically took place eventually, was to condemn freedom loving Vietnamese and Cambodians, to horrific suffering at the hands of evil, brutal and yes violent monsters that slaughtered hundreds of thousands.

If you ever wonder why I use the term “morally retarded” understand that I use it for the people who are delusional enough to believe in peace at any price. I also use it for the fools who say nothing when Palestinian swine launch thousands of rockets, aimed at Israeli citizens every year, yet become outraged when Israel defends itself against such barbarities. What else would you call these people but morally retarded?

Some have questioned my celebrating, on this blog, when our military, or the military of our allies kill Jihadists, terrorists, etc. To them I ask what kind if person would not be glad when violent murderers, who torture innocents, target women, and children,and seek to enslave the planet, are killed by just men? What is your solution I ask them? What else do you do with such swine? Do you actually think we, as civilized people, can reason with such Satanic creatures? You claim to desire peace, but honestly, do you believe we can ever have peace with these bastards? The best the very best you can hope for is submission to them. And then, you will have no peace. You will be but a slave, dependent on the “mercies” of these vermin for every moment of your life.

Understand this, there is no peace with tyrants, not with Nazis, or Stalinists, or terrorists. You have only two options. Fight and defeat them, or subject yourself to their control.

Now, I am not saying we should seek violence, I am saying we must, both as a nation and as individuals, understand that evil is real. And, therefore, we must also understand that being prepared and willing to defend our nation, our homes, our families, is not only a necessity, not only our right, it is, our duty.

Your Sunday Link Fest

Obamgasms alert! Warner Todd Huston brings us the latest

Here is a bit of Rule 5 strategy for getting hits. A hot, non-blonde from Alabama asking, I think, if she is hot. Gator says, YES! In fact, I am adding her to my blogroll!

Ah, more hotness from Sundries Shack where we find a great photo of the very sexy Patti Ann Browne

Hey! I KNOW I had this idea first! The Lingerie Football League Yes, it sounds like something my mind would come up with!

Ah yes Hillary Clinton playing the “United States is to blame for the Taliban” card! Why can’t the Left invent some new ways to bash America. I mean if they are going to be morally retarded, and intellectually bankrupt, they could at least be original about it!

Given that the NFL drat is going on this weekend, Southern Appeal has a link to a great story about one Ole Miss Rebel that will warm your heart

And a story that will deeply trouble your heart is at SDA, imagine the absolute hopelessness the people of North Korea live in.

Pundit & Pundette brings us even more Sharia Assbackwardsness, who, apparently think music is evil. No, asshats, music is a gift from God, YOU are evil!

Pirates Cove has the latest idea from the Nanny Staters! on how to run our lives and spend our money!

Bryant Gumbel is still a raving douchebag! And he also receives a covted, by the Left, Marxist Moron Award from me for calling for gun control to quell gang violence. Good Grief!

Newsbusters also gives a video of Gorezilla being spanked by Lou Dobbs

Just One Minute asks whether Andy Sullivan is dumb or dishonest. Hmmm, I say both!

You know, I love hiking, I get out to the Rockies every year to do some awesome hikes. But Naked hikers? Sure it sounds great, but face it, the people who usually do things in public in the nude, have NO BUSINESS being naked in public!

But, trying to guess who the over-sexed newsbabe might be IS fun!

IowaHawk has bestowed a great honor upon President Obama.

In the UK, self-defense is bad!

Heed these words, IF the gun grabbing zealots in this country ever get their agenda enacted into law, stories like this will be coming not far behind.

The family of a man who was stabbed to death by teenage thugs after he asked them to keep the noise down have been denied compensation – because he tried to fight off his killers.

Kevin Johnson, 22, was brutally murdered by the gang who invited him to ‘meet Mr Stanley’ during a confrontation outside his home moments before plunging a blade into his chest, arm and back.

The young father collapsed a few feet from his front door whilst the trio – aged 19, 16 and 17 – ran off in ‘triumphant mood’ before stabbing their second victim a short distance away.

Got that? He tried to defend himself, so he is partially to blame for his death according to the insane British government!

Of course, he was not allowed to have a gun, which might have saved his life, under assbackwards British law. I remember driving home one late night years ago. Near my home, a car began driving way too close to me, the passengers  were pointing at me, cursing, etc. I sped up, trying to get home, and they followed me. As I turned onto my street they were still right behind me, and as I pulled into my driveway, thry screeched to a stop in the street. I had no time to make it to my door, and get in if they decided to jump me. At the time, I had no cell phone, so, I did the only thing I could, I exited the truck, holding my gun at my side. I turned to face the punks, who were busy yelling threats. I do not think they saw the gun, as I was standing out of the reach of the lights on the street in front of the house, but after a few seconds, they sped off, apparently just drunk kids being obnoxious.

But if they had attacked me, I had a way to protect myself, there are people here in America who want to remove that right from me and other Americans. And again, if that ever happens, it wil not be long until standing your ground or defending yourself is punished. Just take a look at the UK!

Juan Williams, Constitutionally illiterate

Juan Williams dredges up the “why don’t we license gun owners?” argument, and frankly, he shows a complete lack of common sense and a total lack of understanding of the Bill of Rights

For some reason this nation’s leaders cannot stop teenaged drug dealers, certifiable nuts and criminals from easily getting a gun.

 

Well, Juan, people who break laws can be tough to stop, because they refuse to obey the law in the first place. So, how do you reason that ANOTHER law will suddenly be obeyed by those who willingly break laws no matter the penalty? The only people these law will touch are those who already OBEY laws, and Juan, they are not criminals.

 In fact, that idea is so far off the map that in January a bill in Congress calling for individuals to be licensed to buy guns or ammunition did not get one co-sponsor and never came close to a vote on the House floor. This was just a matter of a license. A license would carry more stringent requirements than a permit but it is still just a license. Americans have to have a license to drive a car. But the politicians are scared to make even the slightest move to limit easy access to guns.

Ah, here we are, the oft-repeated Libeal mantra! Well, you have to get a license to drive a car so…. The problem with this is simple, the Constitution gives Americans the right, the inalienable right, to keep and bear arms Juan, There is no such right to drive a car in the Constitution Juan. Is your grasp of our founding document really that poor? Have you ever read the Founders and their views?

Frankly, Juan, if you are going to demand guns ownership be licensed then you might as well argue that church attendance, free speech, etc be licensed as well. After all, if you will start lincensing, and thus restricting rights, then you must agree that all rights ought to be licensed. Come on Juan, at least be consistent in your total disregard for our Constitition.

This “lock and load” mania is running strong despite last year’s ruling by the Supreme Court that individual Americans have a right to own guns. That ruling was a reassuring victory for gun owners. But anxiety among people who love their guns continues to rise. The most common explanation for this rising wave of fear is that President Obama — who has said next to nothing on the issue — might want to try to curb gun sales.

Juan, Obama has a horrendous record on gun rights, he has selected a pro-gun control AG in Eric Holder as well. We are right to be concerned. Our rights ought to be jealously guarded, as YOUR OWN CALL for restricting them shows.

The anxiety of those who fear any limits on guns has accelerated since the Mexican government has asked the U.S. for help in keeping guns out of the hands of large Mexican drug dealers. When Attorney General Eric Holder responded to the crisis in Mexico by talking about putting in place a ban on the sale of large guns able to hold multiple cartridges of firepower it was interpreted by some gun rights advocates as a reason to stockpile more guns and ammo.

Again Juan, gun owners KNOW that bans on some guns, usually based on their appearance or on ammunition, based on magazine capacity is the proverbial camel’s nose under the tent. Some bans on “assault weapons” have been worded so that pretty much ANY handgun or rifle could be banned under the proposed bill’s vague defintions.

 Juan, there are people, like you, who desire that the government TAKE our guns away. Yet you are puzzled that gun owners are afraid that one day their guns might be taken away? That is sort of like a burglar being puzzled that some folks worry about burglaries!

Just so you know where I am coming from, I’d ban guns — big and little — for private use in the USA. I live in a big city, Washington, D.C., and I grew up in Brooklyn, New York. The bad guys with guns are running wild in big cities. As in most of urban America the people with the guns are young drug dealers fighting over turf and willing to kill anyone from children to little old ladies who happen to get in their way. Black on black homicide, largely among these young men, has been hitting record highs for most of the past decade. These people have no conscience and they scare me.

Juan, millions of Americans have stopped crimes with their guns, MILLIONS of us. Do you really care about crime? If so, then why would you have deliberately DISarmed those Americans?

Juan, before I was ever born, my grandmother was home, alone, when a man posing as a phone repairman knocked on her door. After she refused to open her screen door and let him in to “check the phone” he began pushing through the screen Juan. You know what Juan? He was intent on geting in, but when my grandmother picked up the gun kept in a drawer in the living room, the man decided to go away. Why would YOU feel better if elderly women did not have that defense Juan? Are you, in your morally retarded state going to tell me that this country would be better if that man had NOT had to face an armed woman?

Look Juan, if you choose to be a damned coward go ahead, you want to be gun-free? OK with me. You want thugs to have no worries about armed citizens Juan, then YOU are the one with the problem, not gun owners.

Tell you what Juan, go to this site here! You read all of the examples of armed Americans defending themselves with firearms. Then, I want you look in the mirror and ask yourself if Ametica would be somehow safer if all of those people should have been victims?

Go ahead Juan, I dare you to be intellectually honest!

An article every gun control advocate should read

“I’m against guns and violence,……..

Obama’s “world without nukes” speech

Who could see this coming? An ultra-Liberal Democrat calling on the U.S. to disarm because our enemies will certainly do the same, and never use our weakness to their advantage.

“All nations must come together to build a stronger, global regime. And that’s why we must stand shoulder to shoulder to pressure the North Koreans to change course.”

Even without what Obama called North Korea’s “provocation,” the speech was set against considerable symbolism.

The president directly addressed the Cold War history of this former Soviet bloc city, calling the remaining nuclear weapons “the most dangerous legacy” of that era.

He again pointed to history to say that America must lead. “As a nuclear power – as the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon – the United States has a moral responsibility to act,” he said.

Obama proposed doing so by reducing America’s arsenal, if not altogether eliminating it; hosting a summit on nuclear security; seeking ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty; strengthening the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; and pursuing a new agreement aimed at stopping the production of fissile materials.

Eliminating OUR arsenal? Get that folks? ELIMINIATE our nuclear ability, and then what? HOPE that our enemies suddenly CHANGE their ways? My God this man is completely clueless.

What next? Proposing that Americans throw out their guns and leave their doors unlocked to “lead the way” in stopping crimes?

Why is the Left so hung up on the notion that the only way to achieve peace is for the good guys to disarm?

Honestly! How many times do these people need to be shown that they are wrong? You cannot gain peace through weakness because evil will exploit that weakness every time. Evil does not wish to get along, or pursue moral responsibilities, it wishes to win. At any cost!

Coming soon to a computer near you, the Obamnet!

Ah, what Gorezilla “invented” The Obamassiah seeks to control

Should President Obama have the power to shut down domestic Internet traffic during a state of emergency?

Senators John Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) think so. On Wednesday they introduced a bill to establish the Office of the National Cybersecurity Advisor—an arm of the executive branch that would have vast power to monitor and control Internet traffic to protect against threats to critical cyber infrastructure. That broad power is rattling some civil libertarians.

 

 

I wonder how the “Bush is shredding the Constitution” crowd will react to this? Something tells me they will not bat an eye.

This is just the latest power grab by our new “changed” government. Let’s see here they want to control talk radio, banks, car makers, salaries, guns, and now the internet. Well, then, a question to Obama voters. How IS that hope and change working out for ya?

H/T Allahpundit at Hot Air 

Update! The danger might NOT be the government shutting down the net, that provision is not actually in the bill, but the Fourth Ammendment? That might be in trouble!

Section 14 may be a bigger problem.  It essentially revokes all privacy safeguards on Internet use for all networks.  The Fourth Amendment would go straight out the window with the explicit inclusion of “private sector owned critical infrastructure information systems and networks.”  While Section 18 limits jurisdiction to federal networks, Section 14 allows the government to go after private networks without search warrants.  The section also doesn’t limit the jurisdiction to acute attacks, either.  That jurisdiction exists at all times.

Cowardice as a Crutch!

The Confederate Yankee posted a scalding rebuke of those who would disarm the innocent and hinder their ability to defend themselves. Read the whole thing and, like me, you will want to stand and applaud several times during your perusal!

As I have shared before, in October of 1998 I was the intended victim of a thug in a ski mask in an alley behind the Dallas restaurant I managed at the time. Three things saved me from becoming a victim, the Grace of God, my awarness of my surroundings, and my Colt.45.

What the would-be attacker intended I cannot say. But I will never forget seeing a pair of feet, hiding behind a fire escape,and I will never forget pulling my weapon as he stepped out and was raising his gun. I will also never forgot him freezing, his mask pulled halfway down, his gun raised halfway. I remember how calm I was, until after it was all over, as I said “get out of here”, I had one thought, as I said it once again, louder this time, the thought was simple, aim for the body and pull the trigger three times, luckily, he turned, running and screaming “Oh God don’t shoot me!”

Although I did not shoot the thug, and yes, I am happy I did not have to, I have been amazed that some people have treated me as if I was in the wrong that night. One woman said the most astonishing thing. “You had a gun?” she asked, “what were you thinking, someone could have gotten shot!” When I reminded her that I simply defended my person and did not shoot anyone, and that my attacker was armed, she looked at me like I was a criminal. Some folks just do not get it I guess. I suppose they have been conditioned to hate guns, no matter how they are used. To her my defending myself was as bad as a thug in a mask attacking me.

Does the Left really want to take our guns?

Yes!

Gun-Free Zones are Intelligence-Free Ideas!

Gun-free zones sound so nice, but really what actual good do they do? NONE!

Atlanta’s gun free zones are not free of guns or violent crime.

Georgia has one of the toughest laws in the country when it comes to banning guns from school property.  The law creates what it calls the “school safety zone,” an area of 1,000 feet surrounding any school, including universities and adult technical schools, where it is a felony punishable by ten years in prison to possess a firearm or other weapon.  So why do armed and violent criminals keep striking near Georgia schools?

In just the last couple of weeks, Atlanta’s prominent engineering university, Georgia Tech, has experienced five robberies of its students, who are disarmed by law within 1,000 feet of campus.

In the first four incidents, Georgia’s draconian “school safety zone” law did not deter the robbers from using firearms to commit their crimes.  Here are the incidents as reported by Georgia Tech.