The above photo showing members of Come and Take It – Ft. Worth and some local cookie purveyors is getting heavy play on the internets — and causing panties to twist. Kathy Perkins (second from left), head of Moms With Guns Demand Action and a Come and Take It member, told me how the photo came to be taken . . .
Kathy said the local chapter of Come And Take it was engaging in their usual business of civic education by taking a walk in the area. While they were doing so, they saw the Girl Scouts selling cookies. Figuring a Do-si-do would hit the spot, they decided to buy a few.
She told me the Girl Scouts were interested by the open carry of rifles and liked the idea of people exercising their rights. That’s why they agreed to a picture with the CATI members. Kathy posted on the CATI site, someone else saw the photo, posted it and it was off and running.
A local TV station picked up the story and as a result, the local Girl Scout council felt obligated to remind everyone that they do not get involved in political issues.
Girl Scouts is not a political organization and we do not advocate on any position. Further, neither girls nor volunteers are allowed to promote another organization in their role with Girl Scouts. When working in an official capacity, both girls and adults are to uphold the Girl Scout Promise and Law in all they say and do.”
Not too long ago, this picture wouldn’t have been considered political. You used to be able to buy guns through the mail, and the government encouraged such purchases. A Boy or Girl Scout troop that posed with adults holding rifles would merely have been seen as a fun photo opportunity. But decades of Second Amendment infringements have resulted in the current situation.
It probably won’t surprise you to hear that Kathy said that she’s been subject to numerous personal attacks on the Internet because of the photograph.
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“We just really need to brainwash people…”
You can’t stand up for yourself without pissing off someone else.
Unless you’re doing it wrong.
Don’t let the personal attacks get to you. Haters gonna hate. Besides….what are they gonna do? Lol
For a single round? Shotgun, definitely.
The AR, however, allows you to engage more individual targets with precision–30+1 of them. (A shotgun will take out two or more targets with one round only if they are standing close enough to each other to be in the same pattern.) Granted you might need more than one shot per target, but that could still be anywhere from 7-15 people if you are doing 2-4 rounds per target.
So for this question to be meaningful, you have to decide what “deadlier” means. Number of people killed? I’d say the AR wins *with proper shot placement*.
I wonder if the media would be more sympathetic to our plight regarding the issue of “the right to bear arms” if they, themselves were required to have a permit to participate, and specific rules regulating where they can exercise their right to “freedom of press”. I am not suggesting that this should happen!!!!!!
The AR is more deadly. Every time an AR fires a child dies somewhere while shotguns create a magical protective forcefield when you fire two warning shots.
These are exactly the kinds of questions we should be answering by conducting experiments with inmates on death row. Why speculate.
Hmmm, those girls don’t look so scared. That article linked said the presence of a rifle made everyone around fear for their lives. Sounds like it’s just more projection. Now they’re trying to tell us how we should feel. What a joke. If only they tolerated free thought.
Whichever hits you first…
$1000 for a used DPMS? Your kidding!
Another Pointon photo from his Facebook page: https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t31/169863_184421881577777_7741190_o.jpg
When I saw this man’s inauguration back in high school, I had an undeniable gut feeling that kept me from clapping like everyone else; a strong suspicion that his “first in American history” status would go straight to his head. As sure as the sky is blue, I was right. He values our system of checks and balances only when they work in his favor. When the courts, congress, and people say “no”, he stamps his feet like a spoiled little Napoleon; utilizing every loophole he can find to get his way. Any politician, regardless of their leanings, who nonchalantly says “fuck the system” on national television is a wannabe dictator, period
This is the culmination of everything we’ve seen since Newtown. The talks of “compromise” are over folks, and we’re catching these bastards flaunting their true colors out in the open. Use these moments to your advantage by showing them to every fudd and fence-sitter you know and convincing them to join our side.
people aren’t looking at this from the perspective of the troubled person. if the person plans to take their life, they are selecting a tool that will have massive damage for hope of it being quick and painless. if they plan to go on a rampage in hopes of being immortalized, they will likely choose a different tool. look at Adam Lanza.. AR to take out a mass of innocent people so he can be recognized in death where he failed in life. then a Glock 20 to kill himself and avoid capture. this troubled person in the recent mall shooting may have had a grudge based on spite where he wanted to cause anguish in retribution then take his own life. he wouldn’t need many rounds but would want them to be effective, so he chose a shotgun. even if an AR were available to him, I’m sure he still would have chosen the shotgun.
They have a Right to be Offended….. what they do not have is the Right to “not” be Offended.
“The Congress of the United States has failed its responsibility to protect us from those dangerous and mentally unstable people. ”
WTF?!? How about some PERSONAL responsibility?
1. If everyone leaves the movie because of me it will be much quieter without the texting and gabbing and such.
2. Had no idea Congress was charged with protecting me from dangerous people. Heading into an unsavory part of the city later but I’m sure my Congressman will come with me.
3. I didn’t know I wanted to kill or maim another. Apparently I do, as I carry.
4. If people leave the restaurant because of me, I should receive better service as the waitstaff won’t be as busy.
The most recent statistics from 2009? What does the numbers from 2012 make their case look well fake?
Dear Governor O’Malley –
Thanks. It was too crowded here anyway. And all that munufacturing just didn’t fit in with all the high tech jobs that you’re trying to attract. Like warehouses, self-storage facilities and Walmarts. Glad to see your politics is making that work so well.
All I ask is that you have the last one out please turn out the lights. I can’t afford the electric bill since you instituted the “Rain Tax” to clean up the chicken farmers’ manure that is polluting the Bay.
Sincerely,
Accokeek
P.S. – By the way, PLEASE don’t help us any more. Things are bad enough already.
What a pansy. And a disgrace to Grand Rapids.
“Not too long ago, this picture wouldn’t have been considered political.”
But the Left’s strategy is to make EVERYTHING political, so that anything once considered legitimate is now considered controversial and therefore highly questionable. As a result, decent people or organizations who want to do decent things have to stop and ask themselves whether it’s worth the trouble to continue. And many will decide it isn’t.
The Left has done this in nearly every aspect of our lives.
The Public Safety Department of Andrews needs to be bitch slapped, in a very expensive way.
I’ve been worried Michigan’s gun rights have been strattling the fence for quite a while. We are “shall issue” and have open carry. Even when stuff gets better it feels iffy. SBR’s just got legalized a few months ago. But very few CLEO’s will sign off on suppressors, which to me defeats the purpose. We still have to register handguns, and our lower half of the state is shotgun/handgun only for hunting. They were going to allow pistol caliber rifles… That wen’t to the Gov’s desk on Dec 14th 2012, and faded into oblivion. Our local governments seems pro gun, regardless of party affiliation, but our state gov’t doesn’t.
We’re climbing steps of ice. We’re getting somewhere slowly, but I can’t shake the feeling that it’s inevitably going to melt. I kind of feel that way about the whole coutry, then I go put holes in paper and I feel better.
So I’ll admit, I never took the bait and looked at Shannon Watts. She’s cute for sure, but I couldn’t stop staring at her eyes. They’re……wonky. Does she have fetal alcohol syndrome or something? The spacing or something is just…off.
I think she was an extra in Avatar.
“I urge all citizens who feel as I do to take action”
That says it all there. “who feel as I do.” Feelings, not reason, guide him.
Who cares how I feel about a subject? What I think should be more important. But he doesn’t think, he feels.
He walked around the mall for an hour before he knocked off these two. So, he had a mission. It would of not mattered what weapon he used.
I have been to stealthgears website and have left them at least five messages under their contact us option. This is over a seven day period…..haven’t heard a word back from them. I have a bersa 9mm and would like an answer about getting a holster made for it. I keep seeing post about giving us a e-mail and we will get right back to you. So far I think their customer service is pathetic.
Lame – that’s all I can say. Using a 110+ year old bolt action design and offering a “low end” stock. All I can do is laugh at the obvious attempt to profit from marketing and pandering to the lower classes, and I am not even referring to me because I couldn’t even afford such a thing. I can imagine how the R&D section of Rigby debated this – “How can we make t most rpofit from the least amount of effort
I came across this today: http://www.thebangswitch.com/g2-r-i-p-ammunition-gimmick-or-godsend/.
FTA: “The entire 9mm projectile weighs 96 grains and is claimed to leave the muzzle at 1265fps generating 370 ft/lbs or joules of muzzle energy (they don’t say which and this figure has changed from 490 in the last 24 hours on their website).” Perhaps the folks over at G2 read TTAG?
This juvenile bear was not threatening. Certainly you should not be taking your eyes off of it. But I don’t know if I’d cower in my home and call 911. I might just lock my door and go to my car and go about my business, and depending on my area call the authorities on my way to let them know there’s a bear at my apartment so that they can relocate it or whatever. Depending on my area: I would in a city but it wouldn’t make sense to if I lived in or next to woodland where bears lived. What would you do if you saw a baby bear in the woods, freak out and empty the magazine of your Glock into it? The proper thing to do when you see a bear is to not approach or make a scene but just walk on by, Condition Orange.
These folks were apparently oblivious, but I might have reacted the same way for different reasons and appeared to ignore the bear in the camera footage. You don’t want to freak the animal out nor make your wife hysterical and shrieking if she’s prone to that kind of behavior. Remain calm.
Thanks to Dirk, I can now never stop wondering what color her panties are. I suspect they are sexy, whatever they may be.
yup, we are watching him now. he has nowhere to hide (evil laugh)
OK, my lot number is “109N93″(the “3” is printed upside down for some unknown reason)…
Guess I dodged the bullet, so to speak, this time…
BTW, the Wincester white box lead hollow points work very reliably in my .22 AR, although it burns dirty as hell and requires thorough cleaning afterward….