It’s bad enough that the winter Olympics still features an event like the biathlon, combining cross country skiing and *gasp!* shooting. That can be overlooked, though, since it all happens out in the woods and who the hell really watches that anyway? But a gun – even a fake one – in figure skating? Seriously? Is nothing sacred anymore? That’s figure skating pairs team Marissa Castelli and Simon Schnapir (above) doing their James Bond-themed routine in the US championships. And yes, Schnapir is strapped. When they had the gall to repeat the performance yesterday in Sochi, the ever-watchful snarkmeisters at Twitchy wondered if little Bobby Costas would take the opportunity to lecture NBC’s audience on the shocking impropriety of it all. The real question is, how long before Shannon Watts weighs in with her patented mix of disappointment and opprobrium?
How do this guy even get a permit to carry? I thought those were pretty much nonexistent in NY State. The idea that someone with a carry permit supported this law is absurd to begin with.
And why is it that we accept the testimony of clergy as relevant in legal matters? I’m a religious guy, but I don’t get all the ‘Reverends’ who speak out on legal matters.
They are buddies. What you want to bet this “rev” carries, too? And is a vocal opponent of 2nd A. And who did he vote for? What Party have they both spent their lives voting for?
Use THEIR law to burn them both, and all the other gungrabbers. Use their law to beat the living sh*t out of them, cause no one who believes in the Constitution of the United States and of the states severally voted for this sh*t.
Must try that kebab bit some time…
I just mute the TV when ol’ Pink Eye starts talking.
Come on, that’s just shoddy reporting… He is wearing an EMPTY holster; unless the makers of the invisible AR have made the invisible pistol.
Officer, you’re not following the four rules.
B¡tch, I’m a cop! I’m above the rules!
What is shocking about a figure skater with a gun. It is a macho sport like baseball. One uses a club while the other razor-sharp blades. Unlike basketball where they fail to utilize a weapon.
Figure skaters don’t need guns, they already have those damn knife boots.
In case you dont get it:
http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2008-09-29
Obviously, the business model being followed by G2 Research is based on the quote attributed most often to P.T. Barnum, “There’s a sucker born every minute.”
Accordingly, G2 Research seems to assume that their customer base is composed of morons who are unable to discern their own arses from a hole in the ground, and perhaps they are right given the uproar on the various social media ‘sites. Why else would they use sub-standard 4″H x 4″W x 9″L gelatin test blocks in their demonstration videos which give the impression that their product is capable of demolishing an industry-standard 6’H x 6″W x 16″L test block? The absence of any visible measurement scale in their videos is a HUGE “red flag”.
The most shameful part of this? That yet another company peddling a “snake oil” solution for an non-existent problem (do we really need another shallow-penetrating, under-performing bullet?) that very well might get someone trying to defend themselves, or their family, killed.
LOL! I posted EXACTLY the same thing (as your title) on my Facebook newsfeed last night as the skaters were on the ice.
I really dig the pic featured on this post. I dunno what it is about a woman with short hair… If I weren’t married, I’d probably be hounding you guys for her email address.
In all seriousness, I’m really impressed with the pictures you’ve received so far. There are some hardcore shooters and hunters in that group. If ANY of these ladies is ever in East Texas, I’m always looking for another range buddy.
Mine has lighter and smoother pull without the washer. Without the washer the second spring is almost pointless, but I put one in backwards from what he showed (to pull the slack backwards) and it works great. Smooth pull and no slack.
“The renewal fee is $63….”
Geez, that’s an expensive lamination.
Well, if something done for fun ain’t delivering the goods, sure.
For practice, though, a rough day only helps.
Great piece!!
“….Half an hour later, things were back to functional. Everything, that is, except my attitude. That was still down the tubes….”
Back in the 90’s I was shooting Sporting Clays competitively. And competitively is the key word here – more on that in a sec. As with everyone that starts out in Sporting Clays I shot my first tourney in class C. I won it by such a margin that I had to shoot in A class from thereon. I reloaded nights, shot 100 rounds of skeet for practice every Wednesday and Friday, then two clay courses each Saturday and Sunday. That was just practice. Not counting at least two rounds of 5-stand per day, etc.
I was shooting up to 30,000 targets a year.But back to the competitiveness. The field was so competitive that I NEVER won the A class outright. It was always on a post match shootout, and a lot of times I came in second.
The point of the quote at the beginning is that attitude is everything! And like in the game of golf, which I also partaked in, attitude is incredibly hard to control during a match. I don’t know how many matches I shot where my attitude went to crap on the second day of the tourney, after leading the first day.
Bottom line, I never figured out how to get the winning attitude back once I lost it during competition. When my attitude went south, I could never recover and I lost – sometimes miserably.
Don’t these people know that this has been tried and failed time and time again all over the country?
I shot a Marine corps national match once. In a field of 65 teams we landed 13th. Keep in mind this was with no training. Just pull service records, who’s the good shooters and dump us on the line. The ones above us trained specifically but also able to control their minds while blocking out everything around them, in essence delete random thoughts and get extremely focused. Interesting to watch them..
“Surely no one could believe a little boy would kill his little brother with malice aforethought.”
A 14-year old with an illicit gun isn’t a little boy. Apparently he’s been in trouble before: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2014/02/09/report-police-called-often-fatal-shooting-site/JdQONdmhBpCWAFa2j7dzpN/story.html So, yes, I believe that he might have shot his brother on purpose.
“White kids go to school on weekdays. Apparently black kids ages 9 and 14 stay home and shoot each other.”
How do you know they’re black, and what does it matter? I went to several different sites, and couldn’t find the names or races of the family involved. Howsabout we stop giving credence to the “only racist OFWGs care about guns” myth, hmmm? Whether the kid was white or black isn’t really the issue, it’s that a young punk got an illegal gat and shot his brother, and now the anti-s have more ammo in the gun control games. Next time try “Kids who have good families that stay together and care about their welfare go to school on weekdays. Apparently kids ages 9 and 14, whose parents are not together and leave them unsupervised, stay home and shoot each other.” Fixed it for you.
Dog got sent to the pound. Wonder if they’ll neuter him?