I was not well pleased with the government’s decision to advise Boston-area residents to “shelter in place” in the immediate aftermath of the marathon bombing. Even if you agree that shutting down an entire city was an appropriate response to a terrorist threat of indeterminate size and scope, what up with the term “shelter in place”? Isn’t that PC speak for “we’re declaring martial law only not completely”? Well, it’s happened again. In the wake of a knife attack in Northern California, wherein persons unknown stabbed 8-year-old Leila Fowler to death, police advised residents of the tiny community of Valley Springs in Calaveras County California to “shelter in place” or, as I like to call it . . .
“cower in fear.” What happened to a call to residents to “be on alert” and “do not approach” someone “armed and extremely dangerous”? Are we such a nation of wimps that we’re now told to hide from the bad guys?
In my world, authorities chasing bad guys would tell citizens to “take sensible precautions for their own self-defense.” In other words, they’d give their employers a heads-up to arm themselves with a blade (our Question of the Day over at the Truth About Knives) and/or a gun. Which they should be carrying anyway. Am I wrong?
I get it, but isn’t this like playing “Eruption” on Guitar Hero?
If you have to be told to tool up, you probably don’t have the right tools anyway.
Word. Hope you’ve got plenty o’ fixin’s for that new shotgun.
I got plenty of fodder for it. I’ll figure a sling and light for it when I take delivery on it. Gotta wait 10 days.
If this keeps up it could get out of hand in short order.
“Oh look, they did it (Boston) so we can too.”
Pretty soon citizens start to get desensitized to being told to huddle in their homes and it becomes yet another ‘why are those crazy right-wingers complaining about the govt. wanting to keep people safe’ things….
I have found that if my Norinco is too clean ( ie: dry) it will jam. You gotta let’em have a sip o oil!
Just another speedbump on the road to tyranny.
I love when leftists use the word “fight” like they actually understand its implications. Be careful what you wish for, traitor.
Leftists are starting to realize they let their masks slip too far. Lots of Americans got a good glimpse of the monsters underneath. And no matter how much you try to put the mask back on, we still know who’s behind it.
No news on the price, so I think its safe to assume it will be over $10k and out of reach for most people here.
In the original story, it was $15k.
“Shelter In Place” WTF is this noise?
What it should be, quoting the late SGM Plumley from the movie We Were Soldiers: “Gentlemen, prepare to defend yourselves”.
Classic old-school hardcore badass. I love that character. “Any one of you calls me grandpa, I’ll kill ya.”
Calaveras County is pretty much as close to the “old West” as you can get. People don’t take kindly to trespassers…especially dangerous lunatics. You could probably take that “Shelter in place” and translate that to: “Keep yer Mossberg handy & blow that MF’er a new @sshole!”
Yeah, Calaveras is – different. “Shelter in place” can be construed to mean “we’d really like a lot less traffic out there so as to minimize chaff on our RADAR. Please?”
The LEOs there are exactly what they should be, and so are the jumping frogs.
shelter in place = stick ones head in the sand. typical.
“Fighter-jet-style, lock-and-launch technology?” What’s next — light sabers? Phased plasma rifles in the 40-watt range? AFAIC, the Freedom Group cannot die soon enough.
Air Force Officer: “Bugger! That was my plane!”
Maybe the Calaveras County Cops are still searching for the Celebrated Jumping Frog. I understand he was last seen in 1865.
While the Damascus is nice, overall that knife doesn’t do much for me.
What I’ve got my eye on lately is the Hogue EX-F01. In Cocobolo, of course, even though the Micarta is the more practical choice. That’s a real BEAUT of a fixed-blade knife…
My great uncle once told me, “Any man can get robbed and earn his money back, but if I die with a knife in my gut from an attempted mugging, I’ll die happy knowing I fought to keep something priceless, my dignity.” By all means, if the pansies in NYC want to give up their money, clothing, and first born child to muggers, let ’em. It just bums me out when they expect others to follow their slave-like protocol and “give up” when they’re assaulted. I feel no pity for these people who demand that others choose to be a victim so they won’t feel alone in their servile response to a threat. All they’re doing is emboldening the dim-witted criminals and getting more innocent people maimed and/or killed with their suggestions.
Wussification of America continues. In the ol’ days, in what’s now a galaxy far far away, called Kalifornia, posse’s with local folks familiar with the local area would have been asked to volunteer even temporarily deputized especially for a crime of this magnitude. Now? Shelter in place is the coined phrase for 2013.
Oh joy.
Hmmm… cool knife, but Daascus it ain’t.
The patterns in Damascus do not arise from folding or the layeringof dissimilar metals; they arise from carbide and manganese precipitation within the matrix.
I forge actual Damascus, and while this looks good and likely works well, it’s no more Damascus than a French Horn is French or an English Horn is either English or a horn.
Narf.
You can’t go wrong with the Beretta. Use a little of your extra cash to get some decent grips though. http://www.berettausa.com/products/92-series-wood-grips/e00219/
Good. I have two Henry’s. Slick little rifles.
also considering that with airsoft they will be able to practice against live targets(each other) and associate that trigger pull with pain, and we might just start seeing fewer innocent parties being gunned down.
couldn’t afford the armalite bought a smith and wesson m&p 10 .308 and it works great. would love a real armalite someday though!
And its coming near you also, its easy to call Boston or California citizens names because they are mostly liberal sissies. But that doesn’t hide the fact that they are going to keep trying this to see how far they can push all Americans. If they come down your street what will you do? You will do the same thing they did. wait inside! We all need to approach this politically on a daily basis and never let up. If we don’t want this to happen in our towns, then we need to stop it before it starts…
Congratulations!
Robert: you are getting dangerously close to jumping the shark, IMNSHO. You are starting to see these “should have been DGU” everywhere.
Man, if they could just make it a cigarette lighter too, I would be sold. It needs a safety though.
“The first thing you do when you get up out of bed
Is hit the streets a-runnin’ and try to beat the masses
And go get yourself some cheap sunglasses”
Vlad’s got the cheap sunglasses part down pat 🙂 .
Charlie
You guys missed out. Back in the 80s, when middle school and HS was far more sane, kids would have been carrying these by the dozen.
Talk about dorky highschool cool.