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Quote of the Day: Cruz Control Edition

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Texas Senator Ted Cruz hunting for votes in Iowa (courtesy nbcnews.com)

“There are a lot of people who would like to shoot me and you, I’ve noticed. That would be a fundraiser to end them all, wouldn’t it?” Iowa Representative Steve King to Texas Senator Ted Cruz, quoted in Ted Cruz in Iowa: Has he sown the seeds of a 2016 GOP presidential candidacy? [via nbcnews.com]

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Robert Farago

Robert Farago is the former publisher of The Truth About Guns (TTAG). He started the site to explore the ethics, morality, business, politics, culture, technology, practice, strategy, dangers and fun of guns.

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  1. Because they don’t own guns and don’t want to. With the examples you mentioned,:

    Teen pregos make more people dependent on the system and it just makes children which they likely have and enjoy. also the potential that if there were legislation they might have to suffer from it.

    Alcohol, same. They use it, so they don’t want to be without it, and they think they can handle it.

    Drugs, same as alcohol.

    To them they believe legislation can fix it the quickest with least effort since none of it effects them. They place no value on gun ownership for any if its reasons.

    If we started talking about legislation for pools (I’ve seen my BIL’s pool nearly legitimately drown his children twice and he’s not move to fill it in, but somehow gun ownership is bad in his mind) and on greater legislation on children with mental issues, you’d see the education flag waved like mad.

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  2. I made the mistake of selling my P-07 last year and have never stopped missing it. I still have the 75B and P01, but now have my sights set on the P-09 as a polymer duty option. This pistol seems perfect for a concealed car safe as a back up piece. I’m considering selling a Glock as a trade. As much as I like Glocks, and I shoot them well, they simply don’t feel good in my hands – there’s no comparison to the ergos of any CZ. Unfortunately, I don’t think CZ has a polymer subcompact option similar to a G26 or 27.

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  3. “On the other hand, Sweeny’s muy macho mea culpa gives ammunition to gun grabbers looking to promote the idea that firearms owners are, to a man, trigger-happy Clint Eastwood wanna-be’s. ”

    The antis don’t need and ammunition to promote what you say. They will either make it up or infer it from actions. Get off it and wake up. We either go on the offensive or get stepped on.
    As far as using the gun in self defense, let me relate to you a phrase that EVERY gun owner should keep in the back of his/her mind should the situation arise:
    “shoot, shovel, shut up”.

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  4. Shame he blew his career during the shutdown debacle. You have to question if the people advising him have substance abuse issues.

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  5. Typical of the black police chief’s circuit. They get affirmative action hiring as chiefs, go from city to city, have no impact on crime, then on the strength of their resume, get hired by the next department, leaving a city with no improvement in public safety, but the local politicians can say they hired an affirmative action police chief.

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  6. Whether the school remains or is torn down is a local issue and should be decided by the people of the community. No judgements from me on this one.

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  7. Hmmm… Badges…. it seems like Cliff is over thinking this to me. If the officer asks you to hand them your firearm then they’re taking the exact same risk as if they ask you to hand them your permit, so just follow instructions, make sure you’re talking as well, calmly to let the officer know what you’re doing (kind of a like a dog, or a skittish horse I guess.)

    Or you could always get a laminated ID card holder and keep it somewhere away from your handgun, like the inside or outside pocket of your jacket for instance, they cost all of 2 or 3 dollars. The Badge thing just seems like a really bad idea to me.

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  8. Even in Rahmbo’s Chicago this BS wouldn’t happen. They honor safe passage as long as you are just passing through O’Hare.

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    • I’m sure as hell not going to be the test case for that notion continuing to be their standard operating procedure. These anti-gunners get pretty pissed off when things don’t go their way. I could see this changing just to spite us…

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  9. I scored a Colt 1911 airsoft from Pyramyd Air when ammo became scarce around Christmas last year. While I maintained a goodly stash of actual 45ACPs, I knew I was not going to get the trigger time I was accustomed to for some time to come.

    Ten months later I can say it is one of the best investments I’ve made. I have multiple targets I can plink at, I can practice drawing, moving etc. while dinner is cooking on the grill, the plastic BBs and Co2 cartridges used in one session are cheaper than three .45ACPs.

    Obviously not nearly the same as gunpowder, but certainly more fun than dry fire. Now I can practice a couple times a week and shoot real ammo once a month or so without having lost my musckle mammary.

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