OK, so I am still looking and gathering info on a new carry gun.
So since I have time I have been all over the net looking and reading reviews on the Para LDA, S&W M&P, and a bit on Glocks. I have also read a bit on the generic 1911 comments for carry.
I am a bit concerned about the double hammer idea on the Para LDA. Seems there is an internal and external hammer on it. . . will have to go see one. Caleb at Gun Nuts Media likes them so that is in the + column for me but I need to handle the gun to see if it will fit my hand. . .
I like the idea of a Glock but I would have to get a used 17 or 19 or such. The plus here is the possibility I can get Hi Cap mags for it.
I am leaning towards the M&P though in 9mm. Seems the 9 is a bit cheaper to shoot and I don't see any reports of a huge difference in stopping power if you can aim. . . . I don't mind that it is not Hi Cap here in MA as it would be a new gun and I can get a couple of mags free from S&W with the purchase right now. . . . It is also about $500 for a new one so I may be able to pick up one of these and a used shot gun for the house too. . . .
Then to top it all off I have been wanting a 1911 for a while now. Just the history and background of the gun and the .45 cal gets my attention. I will get one, just not sure if now is the time. . . .
I am planning a road trip up to Four Seasons this Saturday to go pick their brains on what they have and handle a few of the guns. I expect to get one Saturday and maybe a holster for it too. . .
I will post pics of what I get. . .
Then I will have to beg some range time from a friend or two local to me so I can get in some trigger time with it. . . .
Should be a good weekend for me = )
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
PETA kills 95% of animals in it's care
The story is HERE
Now these folks are nuts, no argument on that . . .
But I would be most folks that have to give up a pet and go to PETA think they are a no-kill group based on all the media crap they put out. I know if I had to give up my pets I would not give them to anything but a no-kill shelter that would find them a new home. . .
PETA finds it easier to just put them down it seems. They don't appear to even try to find homes from them. Read the story and see the truth. PETA is not only nuts, they are liars and hypocrites.
This needs to be spread around. Folks need to know the truth about these folks that claim to care about animals. . .
Now these folks are nuts, no argument on that . . .
But I would be most folks that have to give up a pet and go to PETA think they are a no-kill group based on all the media crap they put out. I know if I had to give up my pets I would not give them to anything but a no-kill shelter that would find them a new home. . .
PETA finds it easier to just put them down it seems. They don't appear to even try to find homes from them. Read the story and see the truth. PETA is not only nuts, they are liars and hypocrites.
This needs to be spread around. Folks need to know the truth about these folks that claim to care about animals. . .
Fed is now an Expert Auto Maker
Isn't it nice to know that the Fed is now backing Chrysler warranties? And they are telling GM's CEO it is time to go - they fired him.
These are the same folks that can't pass a budget without pork, and won't take the time to read a bail out bill that spends more money than we ever have . . . Then complain about what was in it.
We are supposed to trust them to run the American Auto Industry? Who are we kidding. All they are doing is trying to buy votes for the Dems in the next election by putting off the hard cuts that the auto makers are going to have to make to survive. They want to be seen as saving jobs so the unions will keep backing them. Forget the cost to us tax payers, and forget the fact that the unions make it so the American Auto Industry can not compete on wages with the foreign auto makers, even what they pay for workers in their AMERICAN plants!
The government is getting in to things they don't understand, have no Constitutional power to get into, and they are going to cost us dearly in doing it. These companies need to go bankrupt, and deal with the reorganization to become profitable that way. But Obama don't want to do that - that would mean union pay gets cut and jobs are lost. No, Obama wants to save the overpay and the hacks on the payroll (as long as they are not management) so he is getting into it.
Good luck to us all, he may have just killed our Auto Industry. . . not that it matters much, he is trying to kill the rest of the economy too. . . and it seems to be working. . . .
These are the same folks that can't pass a budget without pork, and won't take the time to read a bail out bill that spends more money than we ever have . . . Then complain about what was in it.
We are supposed to trust them to run the American Auto Industry? Who are we kidding. All they are doing is trying to buy votes for the Dems in the next election by putting off the hard cuts that the auto makers are going to have to make to survive. They want to be seen as saving jobs so the unions will keep backing them. Forget the cost to us tax payers, and forget the fact that the unions make it so the American Auto Industry can not compete on wages with the foreign auto makers, even what they pay for workers in their AMERICAN plants!
The government is getting in to things they don't understand, have no Constitutional power to get into, and they are going to cost us dearly in doing it. These companies need to go bankrupt, and deal with the reorganization to become profitable that way. But Obama don't want to do that - that would mean union pay gets cut and jobs are lost. No, Obama wants to save the overpay and the hacks on the payroll (as long as they are not management) so he is getting into it.
Good luck to us all, he may have just killed our Auto Industry. . . not that it matters much, he is trying to kill the rest of the economy too. . . and it seems to be working. . . .
Monday, March 30, 2009
CA Gun Laws at Work
Seen here on CNN
Looks like all those gun laws in CA still don't work. I thought it was supposed to be safe there now that all the scary guns are illegal. . . what? Criminals don't obey the laws?
Who would have thunk it?
Looks like all those gun laws in CA still don't work. I thought it was supposed to be safe there now that all the scary guns are illegal. . . what? Criminals don't obey the laws?
Who would have thunk it?
WOW, Mad Max Time?
From Say Uncle and View from the Porch:
(Mayor Michal ) Brown said that as more people abandon homes, eating away at the city’s tax base and creating more blight, the city might need to examine “shutting down quadrants of the city where we (wouldn’t) provide services.”
This is Flint Michigan, not some third world country or Iraq. . . Who ever thought we would see the day in America? This is what happens when the socialists and the welfare state run wild . . . Socialism does not work and never will. Taking from the haves by force to give to the have not's does not work. It only drives the Haves to leave the area or stop working since they gain nothing from it.
I guess we will have our next Mad Max movie set all ready in Flint where we are going to tell folks - Sorry, you live in the wrong neighborhood so we will no longer even try to provide police, or fire protection to you. Good luck out there. . .
Am I the only one that thinks this will hurt Flint more than help them? Ya, you are going to attract new people and investors to Flint by turning chunks of it into no mans land where there is no law. . . you know those areas are going to fill up with crime, thugs, and drug dealers.
Good luck out there Flint, you will need it.
(Mayor Michal ) Brown said that as more people abandon homes, eating away at the city’s tax base and creating more blight, the city might need to examine “shutting down quadrants of the city where we (wouldn’t) provide services.”
This is Flint Michigan, not some third world country or Iraq. . . Who ever thought we would see the day in America? This is what happens when the socialists and the welfare state run wild . . . Socialism does not work and never will. Taking from the haves by force to give to the have not's does not work. It only drives the Haves to leave the area or stop working since they gain nothing from it.
I guess we will have our next Mad Max movie set all ready in Flint where we are going to tell folks - Sorry, you live in the wrong neighborhood so we will no longer even try to provide police, or fire protection to you. Good luck out there. . .
Am I the only one that thinks this will hurt Flint more than help them? Ya, you are going to attract new people and investors to Flint by turning chunks of it into no mans land where there is no law. . . you know those areas are going to fill up with crime, thugs, and drug dealers.
Good luck out there Flint, you will need it.
File under Duh!
There is a nice Rasmussen report HERE that talks about how most people now think that DC is partisan. . . they think Obama is governing as a Democrat and Congress is even more Partisan than Obama.
Sorry, but what did you expect? Obama came in and has been spending like a drunken sailor and grabbing power for the government at a pace even George W Bush could only dream about.
Obama wants the government into everything - why would folks not like that idea? I wonder if that is why things are getting partisan in DC - you know, like the parties being polar opposites on how they want to do things so they don't get along.
The only down side is that the Republicans have not shown themselves to be any better than the Dems if they get into power. They yell and scream about taxes, spending, the deficit, and big government but they did not do that much better when in power. Although I have to admit Obama is doing his best to make they look good with his isane spending spree.
I think this will cost the Dems in the next election. . . I just don't believe that the Republicans have learned their lesson to go back to their roots and stay with small government and less spending. I hope they do but I don't know.
For now I am just happy I still have a job, and I can make ends meet even if it is not by much. I fear that Obama will put more taxes in place and quickly make it so that I can not make ends meet just because I have a job and he wants me to support more of is unemployed supporters. Get a job, and get the government out of my pay check.
We need to go back to the basics. The Federal Governments job is to control our military, deal with the outside world, and issues that arise between the states, that is it. I don't want them running my schools, paying out welfair to the masses, running Wall St. or any other businesses.
Let the states deal with the schools and the unemplyed, let businesses run themselves and the free market and lawyers will keep them in place. . . .and let the people live free like they are supposed to.
Sorry, but what did you expect? Obama came in and has been spending like a drunken sailor and grabbing power for the government at a pace even George W Bush could only dream about.
Obama wants the government into everything - why would folks not like that idea? I wonder if that is why things are getting partisan in DC - you know, like the parties being polar opposites on how they want to do things so they don't get along.
The only down side is that the Republicans have not shown themselves to be any better than the Dems if they get into power. They yell and scream about taxes, spending, the deficit, and big government but they did not do that much better when in power. Although I have to admit Obama is doing his best to make they look good with his isane spending spree.
I think this will cost the Dems in the next election. . . I just don't believe that the Republicans have learned their lesson to go back to their roots and stay with small government and less spending. I hope they do but I don't know.
For now I am just happy I still have a job, and I can make ends meet even if it is not by much. I fear that Obama will put more taxes in place and quickly make it so that I can not make ends meet just because I have a job and he wants me to support more of is unemployed supporters. Get a job, and get the government out of my pay check.
We need to go back to the basics. The Federal Governments job is to control our military, deal with the outside world, and issues that arise between the states, that is it. I don't want them running my schools, paying out welfair to the masses, running Wall St. or any other businesses.
Let the states deal with the schools and the unemplyed, let businesses run themselves and the free market and lawyers will keep them in place. . . .and let the people live free like they are supposed to.
New Carry Gun
Well, been reading and asking folks about carry guns as I look for another one.
After looking at the cost of ammo I think I may have to pass on a .45 and go for a 9mm. at about $5 a box less for ammo it will be a lot easier to practice with. . .
so I am going to hit the gun shop this weekend and see how they fit my hand. I may go for a Glock or a S&W M&P. we will see . . .
So many choices, so little money. . . the eternal gun geek problem = )
After looking at the cost of ammo I think I may have to pass on a .45 and go for a 9mm. at about $5 a box less for ammo it will be a lot easier to practice with. . .
so I am going to hit the gun shop this weekend and see how they fit my hand. I may go for a Glock or a S&W M&P. we will see . . .
So many choices, so little money. . . the eternal gun geek problem = )
Quote of the Day
From Snowflakes in Hell:
Now every time someone well placed in the Administration opens their yap about assault weapons, Bushmaster gets another couple of months of backorder, and NRA no doubt signs up a lot of new members. That has to scare the hell out of the White House.
Now every time someone well placed in the Administration opens their yap about assault weapons, Bushmaster gets another couple of months of backorder, and NRA no doubt signs up a lot of new members. That has to scare the hell out of the White House.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Obama Bail Out
CNN has a commentary on how Obama is failing economics.
It took them this long to see that?
I could have told you that weeks ago after the DOW was down 3K. Every time Obama or his folks speak about the economy the DOW drops more. The best thing Zero can do at this point for our economy is to keep his mouth shut on all of this and let the market recover.
He needs to see that throwing the money at his friends and passing huge bail outs without letting folks read them are a sure path to failure.
Once again Obama has shown that hope and change mean nothing if you don't have the experience and know how to make it happen
It took them this long to see that?
I could have told you that weeks ago after the DOW was down 3K. Every time Obama or his folks speak about the economy the DOW drops more. The best thing Zero can do at this point for our economy is to keep his mouth shut on all of this and let the market recover.
He needs to see that throwing the money at his friends and passing huge bail outs without letting folks read them are a sure path to failure.
Once again Obama has shown that hope and change mean nothing if you don't have the experience and know how to make it happen
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Obama Budget
Take a look at the graphs HERE
Now Bush was bad but one look at what Obama and the Dems are doing and all I can say is HOLY CRAP WE ARE SCREWED!
They make Bush look like the model of fiscal responsibility. . .
we have got to put some true fiscal conservatives in power in 2010 or we are done folks. . .
Now Bush was bad but one look at what Obama and the Dems are doing and all I can say is HOLY CRAP WE ARE SCREWED!
They make Bush look like the model of fiscal responsibility. . .
we have got to put some true fiscal conservatives in power in 2010 or we are done folks. . .
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