Month: August 2011
My Lottery List
My recent post on my gun wish list has inspired quite a bit of discussion around the watercooler and around the campfire. Naturally, people have share their own wish lists with me, and some have told me about guns they’ve shot and that they think I should own.
My son’s major contribution, beyond his total disdain for the .30Cal M1 Carbine round, has mostly been in the form of “Hey, but what about this gun? Wouldn’t that be neat to have?”
The problem, of course, is that a 14 year old has little concept of the limits of a household budget, beyond his own wheeler-dealing of used video games at the local Gamestop. I try to explain that I don’t have enough money to own and buy ammo for all the guns he thinks are neat.
But I have to admit that, budget aside, it turns out that I do have another list in my head of guns I would like to own if money were no object.
You will note there are no old curios on my list, no Mambus, no Walkers. Yes, I think my Mosin Nagant is neat to shoot, but if I hadn’t gotten such a good deal on mine, I doubt if I would own one.
So, in the spirit of GoalSettingTM I present my list of Guns I Would Love To Own When I Win The Lottery.
1. FNH PS90
With a 50 round magazine, fully ambidextrous controls, and super badass appearance, this tops my list.
2. Kriss Vector
I got to shoot one of these at the Lucky Gunner Blogger Shoot in May.
A full auto, suppressed, .45ACP machine gun that uses Glock magazines. Because of how the internals work, the action itself helps reduce recoil, so that it is really one sweet shooting machine.
Here’s a video I shot of John at No Lawyers Only Guns And Money shooting one. Enjoy.
3. Barrett M107A1
This is the semi-auto version.
For all the utility of easily concealable machine guns, I may need a nice stand-off weapon, for those times when I want to keep the threat at least 1,000 meters away.
4. Glock 18
This Glock 18 belonged to Saddam Hussein. It now resides in George W. Bush’s office in Crawford, Texas.
What can I say? May as well.
Here’s a video of me shooting one at the Blogger Shoot. It went too fast.
Look for more of this list from time to time.
Of course, I welcome your additions to the list. I have an open mind, and when I win the lottery, I don’t want to miss one.
I’ve Been Blacklisted
After some back and forth about a boycott of anti-gun blogs, there has appeared a Black List of gun blogs. If nothing else, it is a rather comprehensive list of gun blogs available.
On the other hand, if Big Brother decides to infringe on our First Amendment rights as a prelude to trampling the others, this makes their job easier.
Meh. Molon labe.
What Do You Mean, I Don’t Have to Register?
Twice in the last month, I’ve talked to gun newbies who seem shocked and concerned to find out that the guns they legally own do not have to be registered. When I explain that Georgia, and indeed most of the United States, does not require gun registration, nor does it require gun owners to be licensed or registered, they look at me like I’m a radical liar. In fact, Georgia only requires a license if you plan to carry the gun concealed or open outside of your home, business, or automobile.
In both cases, the people even went so far as to ask me why Georgia doesn’t require guns to be registered. Sorry, fellows, I can’t disprove a negative, all I could do is turn the tables a little.
Why would you want guns registered? To keep track of them.
Why do you want to keep track of them? To keep them out of the hands of criminals.
That won’t work. Criminals are perfectly fine with robbing and murdering you. Why would they pay attention to gun registration laws if they don’t pay attention to any other laws? They’re criminals! So I’ll ask again,
Why do you want to keep track of them? I don’t know . . .
Here is why, from our cousins down under: gun registration always leads to confiscation, even from law abiding people.
The weapons were held legally by registered gun owners, but police intelligence revealed 20 had “connections to family or associates who were persons of interest to the Acer Taskforce team”.
Officers simultaneously hit 21 properties at 8am to ensure the licence holders were complying with all conditions.
A total of 21 guns – including 15 shotguns and ammunition for an AK47 rife – were seized.
The raids came after two men – one being convicted criminal Omar Taha – were shot dead at CBD Smash Repairs in Florence St, Brunswick, on Thursday afternoon.
A third man, Ali Kassab, 25, is believed to have been shot in the arm and leg and is receiving treatment at the Royal Melbourne Hospital while under arrest and with a police guard.
All three men were known to police and it is believed the shooting happened because of a $50,000 debt.
Emphasis mine.
Notice that police seized legally held guns, from people not involved in the crimes in any way, because a bunch of criminals shot each other up over a debt. But shootings aren’t supposed to happen in Australia, so they looked at their gun registration list, and found some “connections” “to persons of interest,” and went and grabbed the guns. Mission Accomplished, the world is now safe. It was that easy.
Few gun rights issues get me as worked up as registration. My two friends know that now. I’m sending them a copy of this so they know why.
H/T Days of our Trailers: Registration Leads To Confiscation….Always
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