(Indianapolis, IN) Feb. 6, 2014 – “We are pleased the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs rejected an NRA-backed measure today that would have allowed concealed, loaded guns to be carried in post offices. Moms from across the country came out in full force to oppose this dangerous amendment – making calls, tweeting and sending emails – and we are happy to see our political leaders heard us loud and clear. Forcing gun lobby priorities onto unrelated bills – with little debate and less concern for public safety – has been a tried and true tactic for the NRA. We’re encouraged that the Senators rejected the most extreme measure today, and we hope that the Senators will continue to work to improve public safety.”
On behalf of everyone under 30; What’s a post office?
It’s the place where you have to go stand in line for an hour to pick up a package from an online retailer who’s too stupid to use FedEx or UPS.
…or bulk bullets. Because it’s waaay cheaper to ship 3500 124gr 9mm bullets via USPS.
For 1:24 scale diecast NASCAR collectibles, USPS flat rate boxes really are the most economical way to ship, balanced against transit time and tracking ability. UPS Ground might get it there cheaper (but most of the time not), but it’ll take anywhere from 1-4 days longer, depending on how far it’s going.
It is cheapest, at the expense of the tax payer since the Post Office hemorrhages money at a deficit and the deficit grows wider every year.
“Forcing disarmament lobby priorities onto unrelated bills – with little debate and less concern for public safety – has been a tried and true tactic of MDA and MAIG.”
There, fixed it for ya, Ms. Watts. Speaking of debate, when will law-abiding gun owners be allowed to post on your Facebook page without having their comments immediately deleted?
Speaking of “little debate,” can anyone name any pro-gun legislation that’s been snuck through in the dead of night or through parliamentary shenanigans like the SAFE Act or the Hughes Amendment? I don’t know of any pro-gun bills that have left the anti-gunners feeling nearly as suckered as we did after those two.
I can’t think of a single thing that was for the greater good of all and not a special concession to particular lobby group or politician that has been snuck though secretly.
Isn’t it funny, that whenever anyone want to do something ‘for the greater good’ they have to do it in secret. Inevitably “For the Greater Good” has become the battle cry for all those whose ends must be accomplished by means so horrible they cannot defend their actions any other way. Things like the Holocaust and black slave trade were defended by their perpetrators as such. Funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUpbOliTHJY
Nope :/
Not a damn thing.
Perhaps it’s time to start.
^THIS!
Yes….YES!
The only thing that comes to mind is an amendment that allows us to carry in (our!) national parks piggybacked onto a must-pass credit card bill a couple of years ago.
But that was done in the daylight; I know this because of the “sky is falling! blood in the woods!” sturm und drang from the MSM.
The most probable explanation is, as someone already mentioned, that it’s an inside joke from the commercial’s creators. I don’t know that it’s meaning is intended as everyone’s taking it. It may not have anything to do with the NRA, or it may, but only in jest. Who knows?
It could be like Disney animators and voice actors slipping in little barely perceptible jokes into their cartoon movies. There’s the “Take all your clothes off!” line in “Aladdin”, there’s the sneezed on dandelions in “Lion King”, which float in the air and very briefly spell out the word “SEX”, plus other examples I can’t recall at the moment.
It’s true that these marketing types obsess over every detail. Even if the license plate sequence had been randomly generated, they still would have vetted that sequence for potential misinterpretations. And why shouldn’t they? Marketing lore is replete with examples of careless sloganeering and cultural crossed wires.
The Chevy Nova was named from the Latin word meaning “new”; but when marketed in South America, GM learned that “nova” is Spanish for “It won’t go.” Ford ruefully learned with their Ford Pinto in Brazil that “pinto” is Portuguese slang for “tiny male genitals.” “Got Milk?” sloppily translated into Spanish came across as “Are You Lactating?” When Gerber started selling baby food in Africa, they failed to appreciate the market’s low literacy and general education levels. Many consumers mistakenly interpreted the Gerber baby’s picture on the jar as meaning this was food made from babies, not food made for babies. Let’s not forget Scandinavian vacuum cleaner maker Electrolux’s ill-fated alliterative tag line upon entering the U.S. market: “Nothing sucks like an Electrolux.”
What those citizens are doing down there is NOT illegal. Maybe I read the article wrong up top but it sounded like the admin was saying it was illegal for them to be going up against that govt. It’s a human right of us all to revolt when all other things have failed. That’s how our nation even came to be formed! The right exists no matter what & especially in this country where we once had a Republic that functioned right but that was over 70 years ago. Revolting again is coming to American towns/cities near you. Enjoy.
they must feel so proud knowing they will save exactly 0 lives because of this.
Not true.
Odds are at least one violent felon will survive after committing assault or murder, because his victims are unarmed.
“With little debate and less concern for public safety – has been a tried and true tactic for the NRA”
wait a second
I thought that was moms demand action tactic
Or the NY State Legislature…
It must be a simple code: Check the definition of 294 in the Urban Dictionary – The NRA and Audi are going to have a threesome – I’m hoping it won’t be with Feinstein!
1. they should use a mini gun
2. Wild hogs are nothing to monkey with
3. “Tame” hogs occasionally attack people feeding them
4. some Ranchers let those hogs loose so they could get a cash crop!
5. capture some of those wild hogs and donate them too the do gooder’s to raise bet they disappear pretty fast once grandmas Petunia get ate!
6 shooting a mover on the ground but shooting a mover while you are moving is a whole new ball game!
7. hunt them with a grenade launcher.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt6kKhlX8vU
1500$ out the door in dallas, runs like a champ so far
Liberalism really is a mental disease, part of me hope’s and prays that these ignorant estrogen bag’s don’t learn a hard painful lesson……the other part of me……well……
Husband out of town. I have Ruger LCR loaded with .38 spl. hollowpoints in my pocket with speed loader in the other pocket. Three Golden Retrievers & I are settled in for the night, relying on the male to be early warning alarm, nice dog BUT turns into Kujo if a stranger come onto any part of front/back yard. Paranoid? Nope, not that long ago, was sleeping downstairs on sofa, woke up male dog growling at the front door. When someone tried to open it, the dog went ape sh*p, and whoever apparently it was left. I was thankful to have pulled my revolver out and aimed at the front door. My husband is in his 70’s, I’m in my 60’s, always have a loaded revolver in my pocket, I buy deep pocket jeans, he does not even notice the gun. Thugs think old folks are easy, in this household, not so much!
I do a lot of shipping both USPS & Fed Ex, now I’ll steer more toward Fed Ex. I hear the PO was rolling in the dough anyway./// They’re going into banking? I can open carry in my bank, screw em, Randy
Thank goodness the Post Office is still a safe place for a berserker with a gun to run free in a Post Office as in the video game Grand Theft Auto to do as he pleases because we certainly don’t want to infringe on his right to snuff any defenseless Postal Employee or unsuspecting customer. No we wouldn’t want that. (Disdainful, Condescending Sarcasm)
Knock, knock. Oink, oink. Bang, bang. Dead bacon.
A law saying it’s illegal to carry in a post office doesn’t stop anyone from carrying in a post office.
Dumb, statist, libturd (democrat).
This helicopter hunting looks rather inefficient. What you need to do is transplant a village or two of bush beaters from Africa or India. Remember those old safari films? All the people in long lines stretching to the horizon, driving the animals to the hunters lying in wait…Or use helicopters to drive them, just like cattle–join the forces of the sky with forces on the ground. I also thought that hanging out the side of a helicopter looked kind of awkward, but only you guys would know. I was thinking that they need to equip the helos with side cars, like on a motorcycle. Maybe even mount a belt fed .30. Get enough helos and you could have a competition–most tails wins.
I thinks its kinda funny that some people said where they keep thier guns and other measures they have taken to improve home security.
Personally, i occasionally carry my Glock 22 at home OWB, other times just tucked in the back of my jeans. It really depends on what your doing. I would highly recommend a MMA/ BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU class just to give you other options.
Im 5 10 and 185 pounds so i can hold my own typically.
yeah, Sonnenberg was 69. Some guys are still able to train jits at 69, but not most.
but it doesn’t matter. All Sonnenberg had to do was NOT OPEN THE DOOR and call the police.
Michigan is getting better. Apparently the Senate here repealed the NO SBR, AOW law 36-2.
That was just last week.
I was under the impression there was already a court descion that allowed you to store a firearm in the parking lot. Because if not…
I owned a 1980’s HK91 for many years. I reloaded my brass with “zingers” as I used to call them, basically a 308 loaded with 110 gr round-nosed 30 carbine bullets. They were really fun to shoot, almost no recoil, but nothing I would take deer hunting, but really fun on Texas jack rabbits. I never had any problem with the original stock, it fit me well. The only faults I had with my set up was #1 scope mounts, I had a b-square see thru scope mount, it would constantly move aft, It did not affect the accuracy but it messed up the eye relief. #2 a problem with the rifle’s design. The magazine receiver is too tight and makes rapid changing of magazines difficult if you are in a hurry or under pressure. This was pointed out to me by a friend of mine who carried a G3 as a mercenary in South Africa. I traded it for a M1A-1 even up and I still think I made a good choice.
I had to block someone on email, but not because they were anti gun, quite the opposite. A friend of mine’s younger brother, who is a religious fanatic (to put it mildly)began sending me a flood of bizarre, basically insane ranting messages, almost all of them full of attachments, mostly videos that could have been more sensibly sent as links. At least 50% of the stuff was religious stuff, and the other half was the usual birther/UN/NWO stuff, with a dose of “Fema Car” insanity (Search it on youtube). I told him to stop, and it just made it worse. He began sending me stuff on every crackpot mailing list, and I finally had enough and had to start bouncing his messages. I don’t even want to be around him, as I consider him insane. I don’t have anyone who is anti gun really annoy me to the point I would consider blocking them. My sister is the most anti of any of them.
Nick,
I showed your video to my wife, who does not hunt but understands the burden of hogs and she was surprisingly just as intrigued as I was and then went as far as to say she would be interesting in occupying the second seat with me as she enjoys shooting. She did have a moment where her concern was injuring a hog and making it suffer if she could not make a clean kill but then she also quoted the destruction these animals bring and how fast they repopulate before confirming she would still be on board if I was willing to drop the cash.
I really think the outrage here is from those “not in the know” on the seriousness of the hog situation possibly mixed with the word “hunting”. The world is getting too PC on me now where we need to classify everything to a T. “Honey I grabbed my rifle to go deer hunting” vs “Honey I grabbed my rifle and am off to offer pest control relief on the current ground hog situation”. Whole lot easier just to use the word “hunting” even if is not always in the traditional sense.
Funny how most people wouldn’t have a problem with mass-eradication of rats or cockroaches. I seriously doubt anybody would say “You blood-thirsty psycho!” if you were to shoot 10 or 12 or 50 rats in or around somebody’s house (OK – maybe the PETA freaks would) especially if they were crawling into a child’s bed at night or eating up the food in the pantry. Hogs are no different and in my opinion worse in many ways. I’ve heard people at Texas Parks and Wildlife say that it would be impossible to eradicate the hog population and even keeping it in check is difficult. So as I see it, there is absolutely nothing wrong with shooting at a moving target from a helicopter.
So, the plan is to do jacksh*t for the rest of the country? And where, exactly, is that 3 billion going to come from? Mexico is broke, so he must be getting a loan from his Good Friends in the cartels. Ain’t that sweet!!!!!
IMO, the divide is this.
One, gun owners as a whole are a divided sort. There are an estimated 150 million gun owners in America.But the NRA membership is only about 5 million strong.
Two, the antis don’t rely on grassroots activism.Gun control supporters dont march in the street and yell “take the guns!!”. Theyre doctors, lawyers, teachers ,professionals , and quiet intellectuals who simply think the RKBA is obsolete.They vote,and our side for the most part doesn’t. See Obama’s reelection, CAs laws,etc.
I am a big fan of SoB or under the arm, slimline shoulder rigs. Or as I carry my Beretta, in pocket. These belly band type systems just don’t look especially comfortable, and if it ain’t comfortable people stop using it. The options available today are hell and gone better than just a few years ago, lots of manufacturers making all manner of gear, so finding what works is the big thing. Glad that TTAG, The Trigger Jerks, MilspecMonkey, BreachBangClear and others are actively reviewing items and getting the word out.
Numbers and anger.
Where do I get one of those dogs?!?!
Not From Mossberg: Good .22 Rifles
Open carry is a deterrent and an attractant to some. Choose wisely. You don’t have to open the door just because someone’s knocking. Until my castle is protected by my personal bodyguards, I am the first and last line of defense and I refuse to compromise for convenience. I am just responding to the society that has been created as a freeman should do. No paranoia.
One thing that’s often overlooked is that knives with blades longer than 2-1/2″ are verboten at der Post Office. Not that I’ve ever heard of anyone getting busted for that, but technically it could get you a year in federal prison.
Comment attributed to a 101st Airborne private when told the Germans had them surrounded at Bastogne: “Good! We got ’em right where we want ’em!”
BRING IT! Gun grabbers!
So much for the element of surprise.
“Then again, culture eats jurisprudence for lunch:”
You’re right, and Texas SWAT Culture has just changed for the worse. From now on if an officer is shot at on a no-knock raid, that shooter WILL die.
No Knock = Blazing Glock
Glad to hear the Grand Jury got it right.
Wow…surprised…and a verdict I agree with here. You no-knock raid on someone’s house (petty drug dealer or not), expect lead. Every man has the right to defend himself, well, except for this guy now. He won’t be allowed to own guns any longer (once/if he ever makes it out of prison).
Folks around here keep saying “just don’t open your door.” Carrying at home is about the people who won’t wait for me to open the door, they will “open it” themselves. FBI points out that vast majority of home invasions take place during the day. So if some criminal crashes my door I should tell him to wait a minute while I get my gun out of the safe?