http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLwZs_LwXfM
I share our Founding Fathers’ belief that all men are “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” But I do not believe that liberty is held in equal regard by all men. Or that the United States of America can or should use force to remove the yoke of tyranny from the world’s populations. But I know that our military men and women protect us from our foreign enemies, and that they are a force for good in the world. One way or another, U.S. troops freed my father from slavery. For that, I will always be grateful. We owe our veterans a debt of gratitude and a duty of care. [Click here to read more about the above video.]
I stand proudly behind my brothers and sisters in uniform. Damn proud, and damn grateful too. I often regret my decision not to stay with the Army, but I will never regret having the opportunity.
The selectmen needs to go FOAD with all haste and speed. Along with every last ANTI who would preach that the RIGHTS of any American citizen be taken away without warrant or at minimum probable cause. How about this lets do warrantless searches on them for writing implements just cause we think they are writing this crap. Turn about is fare play. Search DiFrankensteins house first then Buttbergs and on down the line see what they think about warrantless searches.
REMEMBER THIS when the government infringes on the rights of any persons it does so at the peril its own rights being infringed or worse, lost.
I have the privilege of serving in the Idaho National Guard. Enjoyed a complimentary lunch at one of my favorite places today and the waiter, while thanking me for my service, started to tear up. I saw WW2, Korea, and Vietnam vets all eating together. In the booth next to me, there was an older WW2 vet eating by himself in a booth. I was about to ask him if he wanted to sit with me and my kids when a group of people beat me to it. I love this state.
Bless all who served, past present and future. And especially those who paid the ultimate price.
US Army 91-95
Rock of the Marne
Wow, this post went full retard.
In honor of Veteran’s day I went out and shot all of my U.S. milsurps. It was a dang good afternoon.
Did you offer them a cigarrette and a blind fold before you shot them?
An old poem by an old soldier:
Dusty old helmet, rusty old gun, they sit in the corner and wait
Two souvenirs of the Second World War that have withstood the time, and the hate.
Mute witness to a time of much trouble, where kill or be killed was the law
Were these implements used with high honor? What was the glory they saw?
Many times I’ve wanted to ask them, and now that we’re here all alone,
Relics all three of a long ago war – Where has freedom gone?
Freedom flies in your heart like an eagle. Let it soar with the winds high above
Among the spirits of soldiers now sleeping, Guard it with care and love.
I salute my old friends in the corner, I agree with all they have said
And if the moment of truth comes tomorrow, I’ll be free, or by God, I’ll be dead!
Audie Murphy. Yes, that Audie Murphy
“B-but some hypothetical pro-gun people I can’t be arsed to identify do bad stuff, too! That makes it okay for MDA to use lies and defamation to spread their message!”
…Damn, this spineless equivalency is tougher than it looks. How does Hannibal do it?
Well said Robert, and I’d like to add my and my family’s thanks to all of the Veterans on this board.
Need more chicks attending these rallies. Old chicks, young chicks, hot chicks, not so much chicks, mom chicks, grand mom chicks, married chicks, single chicks, minority chicks.
Lot of people have no idea how many women own guns and growing everyday
Good thing neither of these fellows were FFL’s, or these Yahoo Cops would be facing Federal Felony Charges. It is a violation Federal LAW to relieve an FFL of any Inventoried Weapon, without a Complete Transaction Record, in the “Bound Book” PERIOD. There is “NO Exemption” in the Regulations for Law Enforcement, either Federal, State, OR Local, except an ATF Agent, which these Yahoo cops were NOT.
Ah. The springs weren’t printed. That was the one piece of technology I was really hoping could be printed. If they’d been able to print the springs, that would have been the pinnacle of proof of 3D printing, IMO.
Other than that, I love the idea that they did this as a “Oh, you say we can’t? OK, Prepare to eat your words.” There’s nothing you can say to really make a competent engineer more determined than “You can’t do that.” The really hot engineers will turn around and do what Eric just did. Then they’ll smile and say “I’m sorry, you were saying…?”
Us geeks are the same way:
http://www.infowars.com/three-20-year-old-programmers-build-a-working-obamacare-website-in-just-days-which-is-more-than-the-government-can-do/
My father has some of the same nostalgia for the M1 Garand.
I didn’t wait; I bought one for him while he could still enjoy it.
The last time we traveled out to visit, each of my 3 kids got the opportunity to fire it. I was worried it would be a bit much for them (all three are 14 or younger), but they enjoyed it more than I thought they would – and the experience created yet one more connection between the generations. Another way for them to remember in years to come…
Bless those Men who stood there ground for freedom and against the fascist media. Bless them.
Those #Gunbullies look more like a bunch of #Gundorks to me.
Those MDA broads have warped minds.
My grandpa had sold his 1911 before I came along, but he’s the one who taught me to hunt, shoot, and love and respect guns. He was a bit younger, but joined up as soon as he was able. He was in training in Guam when the war ended. When I bought my 1911 last year, I took it out and showed him. His eyes got that far away look when he held it, and I know he was thinking about some of his close friends and cousins who got there before he did and never returned. Freedom runs deep in our family.
The US GI is the only soldier that has never fought for rape nor wealth, he is the only soldier in history that has ever fought for the sole purpose liberating slaves and nations of slaves.
The USGI has freed an estimated 45 million PPL while his foes have Murdered an estimated 100 million since 1913.
But Obama is about to turn those numbers around