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The case for self-defense…
I’ve been asked by several friends about my thought on the self-defense shooting of Darren Evanovich. I’ve been soaking up the various news reports, and have some initial thoughts, but will reserve full opinion until official reports are released. First, a little background… Darren Evanovich confronted a 53 year old woman in the parking lot ...
Pete Franzen “1911fan” Dies at 52
The gun community and I lost a dear friend last Tuesday. Pete Franzen, who was also known as “1911fan” on several local and national forums, died of apparent heart failure. Pete was working on a friends house, despite getting out of the hospital with phenomena just a few days earlier. Pete was the kind of guy that ...
How out of touch is Heather Martens?
How delusional is Heather Martens? How high is the sky? As I’m sure you can tell, I’m not a fan of “Protect Minnesota,” “Citizens for a Safer Minnesota” or whatever shell organization Heather is operating under at the moment. Heather has always been on the fringe, claiming that gun owners: “…want to point their guns out the window ...
Sarah Brady tips the Deck:
Most of my friends, and readers are none too surprised that the Brady Campaign (to End Gun Violence) uses quite a bit of misstatements, false statistics, and fearful rhetoric. Now the Brady Campaign’s mission, as far as they will tell you, is all about “sensible” gun laws, and that they are NOT a “gun ban organization”. Their Presidents (they ...
Anniversary Getaway…
Last weekend, I managed to reap the harvest of a couple of months of super secret planning to celebrate our 5th wedding anniversary. Kirstie mentioned once in passing that she wanted to visit the Headwaters of the Mississippi. I had been planning on getting up there with the kids sometime, but with the 3.5 hour ...
Bad Cop, Good Cop – Daniel Harless v. Matt Lyons
The law enforcement community is split on right-to-carry issues, and the opinions vary greatly depending on where in the country you are… Regardless of an officer’s personal feelings on the matter, they have a duty to uphold the law, observe citizen’s rights, and act in conduct becoming of an officer. In Texas, odds are, you ...
Wisconsin Carry compared to Minnesota PTC
On July 8th, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed SB93 into law, which will make Wisconsin the 41st shall issue state in the union, and the 49th to allow the concealed carry of firearms effective in November. This long overdue measure measure passed the WI state assembly in a solid bipartisan margin of 68-27. The licenses ...
Back to work…
It’s been a painful yet relaxing few weeks off, but all things must come to an end. Recovery is going well, back is relatively pain free, and my muscle rehab is going well. It’s quite an eerie feeling to have one leg be constantly fatigued. I had partial-paralysis in my right leg because of the nerve being impinged… Funny how our nervous system ...
Happy 4th
Wishing all of you the happiest Independence Day. I’ve been re-watching the “John Adams” miniseries (which is a must-rent) watching the events leading up to the creation of what I believe is the greatest nation on Earth. Despite all of our nation’s problems, we are truly blessed to live in a country that we are able to disagree, criticize our ...
Going under the knife.
Sorry that the blog has been sluggish of late. Unfortunately, today I am having a discectemy to repair a bulged disk in my spine. I’ll be at Methodist hospital overnight, and hopefully back home tomorrow. I look forward to paying more attention to the blog, and witing more once I’m better. Thanks for all your thoughts and ...
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