Worlds Are Colliding!

I'm not sure where the flying pigs and unicorns pooping rainbows are, but I'm sure they're coming.

Huffington Post article encourages conceal carry!

via Instapundit

Mildly Peeved

Taking a quick break my coworkers and I headed down to the cafe ... I was just tagging along. Somehow we got on the topic of birthdays. Hubby's is coming up and it's the big 40. I mentioned that if I had lost my job we (my SIL, MIL, and I) had planned to give hubby money to buy another gun, but since I am keeping my job (at least for now) we're going to get him a computer.

Then I mentioned that I'd get more use from a new computer than a new gun since I'm not exactly hitting the range regularly (and probably won't for awhile). My coworker made a snarky comment about keeping guns away from the kid all together.

Which of course I said would never happen and I snarked back that our kid will probably be a sharp shooter by the age of 10 (joking of course). And she actually said, "well, I know our kids will never play together."

WTF?

Seriously? I mean, I know her kids are kind of sensitive (wonderful and brilliant kids but all brains and not much braun...not really the kind of kids who play cowboy & indian) and she's a total liberal but telling someone that they won't let their kids play with your unborn kid because we as parents believe in our second amendment rights and plan to teach our kids how to handle themselves? Like my kid is going to take a rifle to the playground.

I was pissed. I didn't show it. I had so many rants I could have gone on about ... like how I'm sure my kid will be the one who defends her kids' asses when the shit hits the fan. Like I wouldn't want my kids to play with her kids because who would be there to defend them if a slime ball attacked (they live in a much more dangerous place than we do). At least if someone attacked my house we'd be able to defend ourselves.

After all, the police are not exactly proactive...they are reactive and won't get there until after we're robbed, raped, or dead. Her kids would be a hell of a lot safer at my house.

I'm still a little peeved. It amazes me how holier than thou her attitude is about guns. (She's made comments before.) As if my support of gun rights makes me a complete moron or alien in her eyes. It's one of the few subjects where she really lets her liberal feelings show.

I didn't even make snarky comments when she was talking about her "environmentally sensitive" birthday party for one of her sons. *gag me* Besides I think she used the wrong term...it's not so much eco friendly as nature themed since they're going to a nature park. But whatever. I kept my trap shut.

It's amazing how INsensitive liberals are when it comes to expressing their own disagreeing views. But heaven forbid you try to discuss non-popular (non PC) things logically ... then you're an insensitive knuckle dragger.

Priorities

I need to go get my conceal carry permit. I was wondering maybe if I should wait due to the pregnancy...I can't imagine carrying a gun, a diaper bag, and an infant.

But testimony like this (I don't know how to embed a google video) makes me realize that I need to be able to protect myself. Because the police won't be there in time.

Her testimony made me weepy eyed ... but it could be the hormones. I want to smack the politicians who look bored with her testimony.

"The second amendment is not about duck hunting. ... it's about all of our rights to be able to protect ourselves from all of you guys up there."

I love this woman!!!

Hat Tip: The Bobo Files - God Bless you Bobo for sharing!!!

The Alarm Scared Him Away

A lady gets on her treadmill. It's dark outside and her windows have no shades, so the "bad guys" lurking outside can see right inside. She's jammin' with her iPod (or whatever) in and all of a sudden the bad guys kick the front door in.

*** ALARM *** ALARM *** ALARM ***

The phone rings ... oh thank God ... it's Brink's calling to make sure she's okay.

But don't worry ... the alarm scared the bad guys off. And Brink's will send the authorities who will be there in what? Ten minutes?

My barf-o-meter was up high on this one. How does she know the bad guys got scared off? Maybe the bad guys knew that it would take time for the cops to get there.

You know how she should have reacted? Run for her gun. That's a lot better protection than any stupid alarm or cops 10 minutes away (screw ten minutes...2 minutes away).

And yes, I watch too much TV.

My Thumb and Wrist Now Hurt

I'm such a girl. I'm sure TND would have been rolling her eyes and shaking her head at me today. Especially when I got excited about the pink grips they had. hahahaha But I am super proud of myself.

For the first time EVER I shot a handgun. Woohoo!!!

I was surprised by how nervous I was. The semi-automatics just about made me wet myself - and that was just holding one, not even shooting it.

I didn't know how expensive it would be ... it cost us over $60! Hubby didn't shoot. And I think it cost extra because I needed to try out several different guns but we weren't sure which ones. So we got the deal to be able to switch out the guns as we went.

And hubby forgot to bring ammo so we had to buy that too. Sheesh.

So the first gun was a 38 Revolver. This was the very first time that I'd shot a hand gun. So I was pretty nervous. Hubby loaded it and shot it first and the sound and muzzle blast made me jump. In fact every time a gun went off I jumped until I got used to it. It's LOUD!

The first time I actually shot it myself made me jump too. The revolver grip is really small and after a little while my hand started to hurt.

Considering I'd never shot a hand gun (and I hadn't shot any gun for nearly 18 years!) I think my aim was pretty dang good. Of course, the first couple of shots we weren't really sure where they went. HA!

I shot about half the box of ammo and then we switched out to the 357!

Just the thought of it made me nervous but I was more calm about shooting. I was worried that the kick would be stronger though...it wasn't.

I managed to hit the target more often than not. =)


Then we switched to the semi-automatic. This one totally made my stomach churn.

First of all, the ones that the guy had me try all felt weird. I had a really hard time pulling back the slide and realized that I'm a total wuss.

But I was able to handle the 9 mm HNK ... except that practically every time I shot it would jam. I asked hubby if I was doing something wrong but he thought the gun just needed oiling or something. Yeah...not so much. It was me.

Here is our target. Hubby shot all the head shots. I was super impressed. So was one of the other guys standing back watching. =) I was pretty proud of myself too though. Every shot I did make was a body shot.


So then we finished up and went back to the front desk. The guy said that it was jamming because I was pulling it up too much as I shot. So I suck.

But I had a fantastic time. I still am not sure which gun I want to get. I really liked the revolvers but I seemed to have more control with the semi auto. So I guess I'll need to practice more! =)

I Won't Be a Victim

I think any woman abused by a man (or a woman for that matter) should immediately learn how to defend themselves with a gun.

Maybe if this woman had done that she wouldn't be dead.

Investigators say a 26-year-old man armed with a gun forced his way into an apartment early Tuesday and killed his estranged wife before turning the gun on himself.

Then again, this guy gives gun owners a bad name.

A man who fatally shot his 6-year-old daughter while cleaning guns Sunday evening was drinking at the time of the incident, prosecutors said in court on Monday

First of all ... who cleans their gun (while drinking) with their 6 year old daughter? Unless it's to explain to the daughter how the gun is not a toy.

Of course, gun grabbers will use his case as a reason to NOT allow people to have guns instead of realizing that he was an idiot who killed his daughter due to his bad decisions.

Happy National Ammo Day!

Let's celebrate now while it's still legal.

The goals of Ammo Day:

The goal of National Ammo Day is to empty the ammunition from the shelves of your local gun store, sporting goods, or hardware store and put that ammunition in the hands of law-abiding citizens. Make your support of the Second Amendment known--by voting with your dollars!