- Temptation – The feeling you get when you go to a sporting goods store and they have a Mauser 98K, a MAS rifle, and a 1965 Winchester Model 94 in excellent condition.
- Respect – When you decide that you should consult with your spouse before spending hundreds of dollars on what is, to her, a frivolous item.
- Elation – When she looks at you and says “Sure. Go ahead.”
- Disappointment – When you get back to the store, the Mauser is gone, somebody else has picked up the MAS, and the Model 94, which has beautiful furniture and a case hardened receiver, is not $400 like you thought. It is $800.
- Intelligence – When you don’t immediately whip your phone out and move the overage over from savings.
- Hope – The feeling you have when you notice the store offers layaway.
- Self-Control – When the nice man at the register says that if you get the store credit card, you can take the rifle home that day, yet you still put the gun on layaway.
- Stupidity – When you are describing the gun to your wife, and you say “It’s an antique. Heck, it’s older than you.”
- Forgiveness – When she doesn’t kill you with her brain right then and there.
- Patience – Waiting 60 days to get your new gun out of the store’s vault.
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Posted by daddybear71 on April 27, 2015
https://daddybearsden.com/2015/04/27/definitions/
Pushing Back
It would appear that the gun-control zealots at Moms Demand Action have decided that a grocery chain wishing to stay neutral in the guns/no guns debate isn’t good enough. In response to Kroger restating their position of following local laws when it comes to the lawful carry of firearms, both open and concealed, MDA has called for a boycott of Kroger and their associated stores until that policy is changed.
In response to this, I am going to do something, and I ask that you all join me.
For the next month, from April 16, 2015 to May 16, 2015, please do as much shopping as you can at Kroger and her related stores. Buy groceries, home supplies, gasoline, alcohol, and whatever else you would normally buy for your home and family at Kroger, Fry’s, Harris Teeter, Fred Meyers, or whichever of their stores is local to you. Keep your receipts.
On May 15, I will be sending all of my receipts, along with a courteous, professional letter, to the Kroger customer relations department, thanking them for staying out of the debate and treating their customers, both pro-carry and anti, like adults. Please join me in doing this. Let Kroger see how many lawful, reasonable, gun owning customers they have, and how much money we spend in a month with them. Let them be able to point to this as a reason why their stance of wanting to sell groceries and not ideology is reasonable and the right thing to do.
For those of you in states that do not have a Kroger presence, please send a letter to Kroger on May 16 saying the same thing, and asking them to expand into your market.
Kroger is doing the right thing by staying out of the argument. We need to thank them for that and show that there are more of us than there are in the anti-rights groups. I’ll be posting my letter next month. I hope you all will join me.
Posted by daddybear71 on April 16, 2015
https://daddybearsden.com/2015/04/16/pushing-back/
NRAAM 2015 Initial thoughts
- NRA is estimating that 70,000 people will attend this year. I’m pretty sure that’s a low estimate. Friday is normally the slowest day, and the exhibit hall is packed.
- The Glock 43 feels slightly bigger than Irish Woman’s Kimber Solo, but weights a lot less. I’d definitely have to shoot one before passing judgement.
- Looking at the slate of politicians scheduled to speak, and interestingly, I’m not seeing Rand Paul. If he doesn’t speak this year, I’m hoping he does next year in Louisville. I’m not exactly a single issue voter, but being nebulous about gun rights is not going to move me to vote for you.
- Is it a bad thing when a major gun company doesn’t have any guns to display in their booth and have prominent signs explaining that the reason is that the freight company lost them?
Posted by daddybear71 on April 10, 2015
https://daddybearsden.com/2015/04/10/nraam-2015-initial-thoughts/
Blogs Roundup
- Captain Tightpants points us to a group that is working to reduce the number of veterans who commit suicide. 22 is 22 too many. He points us to a fundraiser raffle, and I encourage everyone to help out if they can.
- Bart Barrett reminds us that some things ought to be done by experts. Maybe I’m just a cold bastard, but the psychological comfort of the mother is pretty far down on my list of things to consider during childbirth when stacked up against the safety of both mother and baby.
- Uncle Jay made me groan in pain and giggle at the same time.
- The Survival Doctor has some good advice for cold weather injuries.
- Brigid gives us a rundown on sports. I have to disagree with her on one point. One of the best dates I ever had as a young man involved a broken snow-mobile, a young lady, and a hand-dug snow cave.
- Heroditus Huxley hits the mark on this one. People tend to like having peace officers as part of their community and circle of friends. They resent law enforcement occupying their community and harassing their friends.
- Mr. Homegrown gives us the perspective of an experienced beekeeper on a hive design that’s been making the rounds of social media. It’s like a lot of the things I see for firearms and camping: Yeah, it’s kind of neat, but is it really necessary, and is it a good idea?
- Kathy Jackson asks a hard question: Is it better to require training before getting a carry license than not to? I’m of two minds. You shouldn’t need a piece of paper that says you’re qualified to exercise a right in the first place, and Kathy makes a good point that having that training certificate can make some feel that they’re good to go. On the other hand, at least in Kentucky, most of the training was about legal use of force and where you can and can’t legally carry. At least, when somebody messes up, they can’t say “I was never told!”. Either way, the concealed carry class shouldn’t be the first firearms related class you take, and damn sure shouldn’t be the last.
- JayG reminds me why I hate flying. Seriously, my “It’s close enough to drive” range is starting to look like most of the central United States and parts of Canada.
- Ambulance Driver lays it out for all of us to see, and gives us a story that every parent and every teenager ought to know.
Posted by daddybear71 on February 23, 2015
https://daddybearsden.com/2015/02/23/blogs-roundup-59/
Bad Things Come From Bad Decisions
If you carry a weapon as part of your day-to-day habits, please think about why you do it. I carry because bad things happen, and I want the best tools I can get to help me achieve my goal of getting home safe. Maybe you carry because you have an active reason to fear for your life. Maybe you just do it because that lump of metal and plastic on your belt just feels right. Maybe you carry for another reason, or maybe it’s all of the above.
But do you carry because you’re going to go out and hunt down those who have wronged you and yours? Should we go out looking for trouble?
Last week, a young man in Las Vegas made that decision, and a very bad thing happened. It appears that his mother and sister were involved in a road rage incident on the way home from a driving lesson, and when they got home, the mother got her son and his gun, and they went out to find the man who frightened her. Somehow, a shooting occurred, and a third party shot the mother in the head. She died on Saturday after life support was removed.
Was her son responsible for her death? Absolutely not. The person who shot her is responsible, and I hope that the authorities find him and prosecute him to the fullest extent of the law.
But bad things come from bad decisions.
We do not arm ourselves to enforce the law, nor do we do it to apprehend bad people. Our weapons are not there to help us in our anger. They are there so that we may defend ourselves in that moment when we or those we love are in danger. The difference between a good decision and a bad decision can be measured in seconds, and going to get someone with a gun, and someone with a gun going along, when we want to hunt down those who have wronged us, is absolutely a bad decision.
Use your weapons to survive the bad moments, but use your eyes and ears to be good witnesses for the police and prosecutors. Don’t use them to try to do their job for them.
Posted by daddybear71 on February 18, 2015
https://daddybearsden.com/2015/02/18/bad-things-come-from-bad-decisions/
Friends of the NRA Update
Here are a few updates from the Greater Louisville Chapter of the Friends of the NRA.
- A big thank you to everyone who contributed, bought drawing tickets, or attended a banquet in 2014. Thanks to everything that you all did in 2014, the Kentucky committees were able to give out over $194,000.00, all raised in Kentucky, to youth shooting programs across the state, including JROTC, 4H, and the Scouts. Remember, all proceeds from what we do go toward making sure that today’s shooters have good, safe places to enjoy our sport, and that tomorrow’s shooters have resources for safe learning and fun.
- The Louisville chapter will be having its annual banquet on August 2. Ticket prices and packages should be available in the next month or so. Other chapters are already holding their banquets, so please check out the webpage to find your local committee.
- If you want to donate to our banquet or want to sponsor some of the guns and other great gear that we will be giving away or auctioning off at the banquet, please let me know. Donations can be pretty much anything you want, and sponsorships start at less than $100. All sponsors and donations will receive thank you’s in the brochure at the banquet and mentions during the auction.
- We also have ads in the banquet brochure if anyone would like to get some exposure to potential customers. They range from small to full page.
- As always, if you’re interested in becoming a volunteer, we’d love to have you. Just hit me up and I’ll point you in the right direction. Volunteering can mean selling raffle and banquet tickets, working at our tables at expo’s and machine gun shoots, and working at our annual banquet.
- We want to hear from you! As we put together the packages and guns for our banquet, please let us know if there are any hard-to-get guns that you’d like to see in a game, raffle, or auction. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
- And finally, Mr. Douglas, have I got a deal for you! The Louisville FNRA chapter is having a safe raffle. For the low, low cost of $50 a ticket, you get a 1 in 300 chance of winning the following:
- Cannon Challenger 24 Gun Safe
- Browning Buckmark Camper in .22 Long Rifle
- Glock 19 in 9mm
- Kimber Custom II in .45 ACP
- Ruger American Rimfire in .22 Long Rifle
- Winchester SXP 12 Gauge
- Benelli Nova Max 4 12 Gauge
- Mossberg MVP Predator Combo in .223
- Savage II Combo in .270 Winchester
- Daniel Defense DDMav1 in 5.56
- Armalite AR-10 in 7.62
- Walther PK380
- Ruger SP101 in .357 Magnum
- The safe raffle runs through the end of the Knob Creek Machine Gun Shoot on April 12. Of course, all guns must be cleared through an FFL. However, if you’re local to Louisville, I have it on good authority that a certain big, dumb Norwegian will be assisting in delivering the safe to the winner.
- If you’d like to become a sponsor, volunteer, or get tickets for the safe raffle, hit me up at daddybear@daddybearsden.com.
- Thanks again to everyone who helped us out in 2014! If you’re not in Louisville, please check out your local committee and pitch in!
Posted by daddybear71 on February 3, 2015
https://daddybearsden.com/2015/02/03/friends-of-the-nra-update/
Lending a Hand
Dragon Leatherworks is looking to buy a new vehicle for their business, and would like a helping hand. Dennis does awesome work, and I’m happy to help him out. If you’ve got a little extra this month, please consider doing a good turn for some good people.
Posted by daddybear71 on January 31, 2015
https://daddybearsden.com/2015/01/31/lending-a-hand/
Picture of the Day
Happy Birthday to John Moses Browning, the genius who created many of my favorite firearms.
Posted by daddybear71 on January 23, 2015
https://daddybearsden.com/2015/01/23/picture-of-the-day-9/
Thoughts on the Day
- My streak of great gun related days stands at 3.
- Tonight, I attended an event called “Gunapalooza”, put on by the Falls of the Ohio Friends of the NRA chapter. Basically, my ticket to the event put me in a drawing. There were 51 guns in the drawing, and they sold 191 tickets, so basically I had about a 1 in 4 chance of winning. The guns started out with rather inexpensive, but nice firearms like a Ruger 10/22, and went all the way up to a very nice Italian over/under shotgun that was said to be worth about $2000. There were also other games and drawings to buy into for firearms and gear.
- In the regular drawing, I won a Kimber Solo Carry with custom grips, which is nice.
- Due to ATF regulations and federal gun control laws, I must wait a few days for magic courier elves to whisk my new pistol across the Ohio River, fighting off the bands of gun thieves and other bandits who prowl the borderlands between Kentucky and Indiana, and bring it to an FFL here in Louisville. This is somehow preferable to me just passing a NICS check tonight and bringing it home in the truck. Pictures will follow once it’s in my hot little hands.
- My brother-in-law, who went to the event with me, won a very nice Marlin .30-30 lever action with gold inlays of a cowboy and the NRA logo on it in one of the side drawings. His ticket was one number higher than mine, which is nice for him, I suppose.
Posted by daddybear71 on October 11, 2014
https://daddybearsden.com/2014/10/11/thoughts-on-the-day-255/
What Are You Doing This Weekend?
If you’re in or around Louisville this weekend and you don’t go to the Knob Creek Machine Gun Shoot, you better be in jail or dead.
And if you’re in jail, break out.
Posted by daddybear71 on October 10, 2014
https://daddybearsden.com/2014/10/10/what-are-you-doing-this-weekend/
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