(Originally seen at Learn About Guns)
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Walk Softly…
… and carry “The Boomstick.” Take a very close look starting at 12 seconds.
Is it just me, or did the guy with the stick do a David Copperfield? But then this is the organization that “fixed” a hostage situation by just killing everyone…
Wrapping around
There are things so horrible that they’re great. For instance, F My Life, really bad jokes, and most movies made between 1980 and 1995. Two examples:
There are even fan sites.
My personal favorite “so bad it’s good” movie. Just because it stars one of my favorite aircraft.
It also inspired a level in a video game I seem to have missed, Tom Clancy’s HAWX. I think I’ll correct this oversight soon…
Having flown “Iron Hand” and “Wild Weasel” simulations, I gotta say… that looks fun. Just remember: “Fighter pilots make movies. Bomber pilots make history.”
Well, that sucks…
How do you know the news has been really bad? You miss a guy like this passing.
Charlie Wilson was a low-down dirty politician. He was a drunkard, a womanizer, and he played with the nose candy. But compared to the rest of the Congresscritters, he was a saint. With Charlie Wilson, you knew what you were getting– no B.S., no smoke screen, no talking out both sides of the mouth.
Here’s a toast to Charlie Wilson, the only man to be inspired by Dan Rather.
Guns, Ammo & Rock n’ Roll
And who best epitomizes all these? Ted Nugent.
A man so awesome that he’s a cop and a Monster Hunter. He’s also a staunch conservative– to the point that he has used the words “New Independence Day” to refer to the upcoming elections. Oh, and he’s vocal on the Second Amendment, too:
Did I mention he hunts, too?
I have to do this.
I’m sorry, but I have to. I know it’s wrong… very, very, very bad. And wrong. But, I have to do it.
I… can’t… resist… must… must…
… I’m sorry.
BREAKING!
Breaking… Obama caught lip synching… Milli Vanilli unavailable for comment… video below… more to follow…
(H/T Weer’d)
Where is the reaction?
Open carry of firearms tends to… well, it tends to start debates that– if held in person– would probably end up with the participants in the burn ward of the local hospital. (“It’s evil.” “No it’s not.” “It reminds people of the Wild West!” “Is that so bad?” “You’ve watched too many Westerns, you imbecile!” “Fill your hands, you son of a…”)
However, the real world is a tad different.
For instance, Linoge met a Canuck, and had a nice, rational, discussion:
One of the favorite memes of the anti-rights advocates of America (and, probably, the world) is that firearms, in and of themselves, frighten people, and their presence will chill conversation, and cause other people to give you a very wide berth.
Obviously, this is true for certain particularly-irrational individuals, but this is far from the universal constant the anti-rights advocates would have you to believe.
Today, while headed down to Atlanta, we stopped off at the Steak and Shake in Cleveland, Tennessee. I was openly carrying, as I have taken to always doing when not at work and not in the house, and stepped inside the restroom to wash my hands and such before perusing the menu. The facilities at this particular establishment are not terribly well laid out, and while I was washing my hands at one sink, I was blocking the paper towel dispenser for the other gentleman who had just finished using the other sink. I apologized, and did my best to scoot out of the way, and while he was drying his hands, he asked, “Is that real?” while gesturing at my side.
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Did the presence of my firearm “chill conversations”? Hardly. It inspired a conversation I would not have had otherwise, and it facilitated an exchange of information that likewise would not have otherwise occurred – one party came out of the conversation with the knowledge of the rights we can enjoy, freely and peaceably, here in the States, and the other came out with the understanding of how oppressed our neighbors to the north really are.
And Robb flashes some people (easy to do with no pants) at a Dunkin’ Donuts:
I was in Dunkin Donuts this morning getting some coffee and munchkins when I reached back to get my wallet. Apparently, my shirt had snagged on my holster and viola… I had a negligent Open Carry.
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Here I am in Florida, where OC is illegal and somehow in a room full of people, only one noticed the pistol on my hip. There were no screams of horror, no mad panic rush to escape, and (most thankfully for me) no calls to the Po-Po for ‘Man with a gun’.
Still, I need to be a hell of a lot more careful.
Where is the reaction? There was supposed to be a hysterical reaction! I mean, people openly carrying and flashing guns in public! What is this, the Wild West? I mean, according to gun control advocates, the reaction should’ve been something like this:
Maybe (just maybe) people aren’t evacuating stores (or their bowels) at the sight of a gun because it’s not the gun they’re afraid of? (You know, most adults aren’t afraid of objects…) Also, why is it that a private citizen carrying a sidearm openly (supposedly) causes mass panic, while a police officer doesn’t?
