Here’s an equation a Colorado Springs man never learned in Mr. Merello’s seventh grade finite math class: handgun + ammo X cleanliness impulse ÷ BAC = truncated digit. From thedenverchannel.com: “Joshua T. Crabtree [not pictured above] called police around 11:15 p.m. to his home on the 500 block of S Hancock Ave. Crabtree said he had been cleaning his gun when it accidentally went off, shooting him in the left index finger.” See? It wasn’t really his fault . . .
It just went off. Josh, who’ll now need to wear sandals to count all the way up to ten, apparently bought one of those pistols that fires itself from time to time. Guess his gun dealer left that feature out of the sales pitch.
Crabtree was arrested in connection with the incident, but police have not said what charges, if any, will be filed. Police say Crabtree had been drinking at the time of the shooting.
Since he’s now down a finger (or a portion thereof) we’re hoping he can use the IGOTD trophy he’ll be getting soon to make sure that chamber is clear in the future.
Picture + 3 words…
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Let GOA be the ultra-principled steel-spined fighters on this one–they can handle the real and tough legal challenges. Let the NRA be the more popular “reasoned approach” frontman on this one–they’re more visible to the public. Force the antis to show that they want control over adults and not safety for the kids.
The GOA doesn’t get mentioned in half the comments on Huffington Post like the NRA does. Take away some of the antis ammo.
I think most people here absolutely agree that we are in a culture war. This is not something that we can win through brute force. Or rather, we can win a battle through brute force (e.g., turning our power and passion into representative changes in the 2014 mid-terms), but we cannot achieve a sustainable victory until we don’t just change politicians, but change the electorate.
We are seeing unprecedented battles within states where we would expect strong anti-gunners, such as NY, MA, NJ, IL, and CT. But look at Maryland and Colorado. Colorado, a western state with a rich – and relatively recent – gun culture. If it can happen in Colorado, it can happen anywhere in the West. We can win short-term victory through passionate activism, but we cannot win the war only through being more passionate or energetic than our enemies. We have to also be smarter. We have to be more persuasive, not to the residents of the slave states, but to the residents of the places like Colorado that are vulnerable to our opponents.
Yeah, maybe the NRA wimped out. But has any recent behavior of the NRA demonstrated they don’t have the balls for a fight? Really? We win battles by being ballsy, but we win wars by being smart. There is some percentage of the people on the anti-gunner side that we will NEVER convince. Those, we have to insulate by freezing out their effectiveness when the electorate is involved. There are many, many people on the anti-gunner side that are somewhat more ambivalent – the ones who responded after Newtown to the national polls with agreement to ban MSRs and magazines, but who in the more recent polls are going sort of “yeah, maybe, but when is someone going to do something with the deficit or create jobs?”
We need to win THOSE people. Moderates will always outnumber the extremists in any group. We have to win those people to our cause or our rights will continually be at risk. Make no mistake, while the Second Amendment may be hugely important, it can be modified legally, contitutionally, through the amendment process. If we cannot do something to win over the majority of those who are moderates – from the right and the left – to our cause, then we may wake up one day and all of the screaming and gnashing of teeth amongst the faithful won’t prevent the Second Amendment from being modified to say, “the rights of the people to keep and bear arms can be infringed in any way we say it can.”
I’m curious to see where this report goes, who reacts to it, and how. At the very least, we have stunned the anti-gunners with some fancy footwork – they were expecting a right hook and are missed the fact we are about to knee them in the balls. Should be interesting to see where this goes…
Its funny. Nothing about Melind McCormick being beaten and set on fire alive.
Nothing about the shootings by Nkosi Thandiwe who was mad that 2 white people were allowed to go to a meeting about “helping black people gain a equal footing in society,” so he decided to shoot 3 random white women. Who also happened to be Obama voters, hahahahahaha!
No no no no lets some how believe less than 1% of the population is the key to gun rights. Not white women savagely murdered in hate crimes by blacks, cause of course pointing out such stuff only is meant to spread “racism,” as cultural Marxist like you say, therefore lets sweep it under the rug and shed tears for a deviant.
Best pistol cleaning video I’ve ever seen!
SCAR is kind of a weird place to start a new magazine company, then again, I guess it would be hard to differentiate in the AR mag market.
I’ve only given ammo to my friends. I’ve probably handed out a few bricks of 22lr and about 200 rounds of 7.62×39.
IR Signature Reduction Technology. So that’s what I’ve been missing. No wonder my LEO friends always win at high-speed low-drag hide ‘n seek….
Like Mr. Srigley, I’m sure that the MSM now understands that sooner or later, you must answer for every “good deed.” The media put that POS POTUS in office, and then he went after the AP and targeted Fox News.
If Srigley has a fund, I’ll contribute. As for the MSM, it can FOAD.
I haven’t given any ammo to anyone. I have sold it to friends at no more than what I paid and traded with strangers for mutually good deals. However I have an open invitation to my friends to take them shooting with my guns and Ammo with only an expectation that they will take me to lunch after. I figure if they are less likely to push for civilian disarmament then it’s an excellent investment and fun as well. I also have no problem letting close friends try out my ammo in their guns if needed or letting someone I met at the range try my guns with my ammo within reason.
This might sound selfish but… HELL NO…i’ve been reloading for years and i saw what was on the horizon 5 years ago when the “Great One” was elected i warned people i shot with to stock up on all the necessities for reloading but no one took me seriously the only way I will hand out my ammo is if the zombies begin there march…. and I’m not holding my breath on that one….
My great-nephew recieved a brick of Win WB for his tenth birthday last month, wouldn’t have got that if his dad had been able to find some to go with the Cricket he bought. My brother, the grandpa, thought it was handout day and asked about his box. I told him, ‘You don’t have ammo even after I’ve been telling you…?’ I think reality finally clubbed him about its presence.
He still doesn’t have ammo, though he’s been trying to rectify the situation.
As to the police getting anything from me… be a cold day in hell. They have more money and better connections than I do. Nor am I in the habit of giving bullets to people who may turn around and use them on me.
When you get down to it, this is exactly what is wrong with Washington DC and the people that infest the Capital building and White House.
Ben Srigley was the angle little Jayeon Simon needed at that pivotal moment. Had he not acted, Simon would almost certainly be dead and yet these “Persecutors” are fining him, threatening him, and denigrating him, when they should be honoring him, thanking him, and rewarding him.
Sadder yet is a society that stands by and allows this injustice to stand.
While I’m more than disappointed in the Attorney General’s fine on Mr. Srigley, I think we should keep in mind that this fine is “large” for one man, but infinitesimally small when divided amongst clear minded citizens. If every disappointed fellow human contributed just one penny, Mr. Srigley’s fine would not be a burden and he would not be disadvantaged in his change of residency.
As a neighbor, I’d be honored to have Ben Srigley living next to me.
Keep in mind, these situations frequently have some karma like qualities. This Attorney General is losing a neighbor of fine quality and hopefully, will get the neighbor he so richly deserves…
I have a plan about fixing some of this. But it’s secret. And can’t be spoken of yet… Exits mysteriously…
Not that idiots don’t occasionally shoot themselves, but I’m of the opinion that 9 times out of 10 when you hear about someone being killed when he was cleaning his firearm and it “just went off” it’s a suicide.
call me weird, but i do this thing where i remove all ammo/mags from said fire arm to be cleaned, and move to a completely different room to clean it….then check it again before i start….idk guess i just have a bigger house than some folks.
The bimbo is adjusting her sunglasses while she has her finger on the trigger.
Hickok45, you do a great job and I pick up some good info from your videos . I really enjoy what you are doing, I share the info with my firefighters at the station because we all carry its just that kind of world now. Keep up the good work, and as always its a good day.
I love this design. I’ve got to get me one of these 3D printers.
Yup – Tokarev is scarce hereabouts, and I recently flipped a hundred rounds to a fellow aficionado of Commie iron.