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And so it begins..?
October 15, 2020Fake news, and things that go along with that.
July 18, 2017This almost goes without saying anything.
Independence Day, not simply July 4th!
July 3, 2017It’s an inconvenient truth — for the Left.
But when we celebrate the independence of our great country tomorrow — the greatest, most powerful, and, generally speaking, the most beneficent nation in the history of the Earth — what we are celebrating is the use of guns to defeat tyranny. Period.
When the British marched toward Concord on April 19, 1775, they weren’t trying to shut down a newspaper.
They weren’t marching to stop a peace rally.
They weren’t moving to shut down a college.
The British intended to seize an arsenal of guns, ammunition, and explosives located at Concord, Massachusetts.
And the bad-guys-with-guns, the British, were blocked from doing this only by good-guys-with-guns on the road to Concord.
Thus, although the American Revolution was spurred by revolutionary ideas and great thinkers, it was fought out in one gun battle after another — led by a man who became known as the “Father of our Country,” initially as a military strategist and commander of an armed militia.
Had our Forefathers not fought for our liberties with guns, the ideas would have eventually become irrelevant.
No doubt, this is why we celebrate the day with explosives, rather than throwing powder puffs.
So we remember these brave men and women tomorrow.
The signers of the Declaration of Independence pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. They put it all on the line.
And so we honor those who fought in the Revolution and in each war since then.
Now, as ever, the only way to deter evil-guys-with-guns is through good-guys-with-guns.
So Happy Independence “Through Guns” Day!
Sincerely,
Larry Pratt
Executive Director Emeritus
Socialism verses Capitalism
March 26, 2017This is indeed a long read, but well worth the time, and should be a must read for every sixth grader in the nation.
Being a socialist is about being nice? Do you have a friend who claims to be a socialist? In the 20th century there have been numerous political systems, but in the latter half of the century there were only two survivors, Socialism and Capitalism. So we have at this time in the Western world, which for all practical purposes controls the world, two opposing political systems. (I have already previously stated that there is no basic difference between socialists and communists. There are, however, some very important factors relating to socialism of which you should be aware. Socialism will not work in a free market economy and, as a consequence it invariably deteriorates into a totalitarian state. Anyone wishing to argue that point is asked to point to one single instance where this was not the result).
Things one should always remember.
March 25, 2017Originally printed back in 2009 on USACarry and attributed to one Drill Sergeant Sergeant First Class Joe Frick, the “Rules for the Gunfight” have been distilled up and down and converted into a variety of memes across the internet (which have been previously borrowed for this post).
In short, the rules are 28 entries long (not including the rules for unarmed combat) and cover a variety of items, almost all focusing on the preparedness and mindset of the combatant. For preparedness, one should have a gun (obviously) and have trained for combat under a variety of circumstances. For mindset, one should be prepared for the violence with plans (see Rule 12 & 13) and the ability to make quick decisions including aggressiveness through victory.
Of note, none of the rules focus on tactics other than my favorite rule, Rule #7: “In ten years nobody will remember the details of caliber, stance, or tactics. They will only remember who lived.”
All the rules hold value today, though conventional wisdom may be moving away from a few (namely Rule 24), but most trainers are focusing on refining the rules and adding context for their implementation.
What is your favorite rule and why?
The full rules in their original form (courtesy of USACarry.com):
1. Forget about knives, bats and fists. Bring a gun. Preferably, bring at least two guns. Bring all of your friends who have guns. Bring four times the ammunition you think you could ever need.
2. Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammunition is cheap – life is expensive. If you shoot inside, buckshot is your friend. A new wall is cheap – funerals are expensive
3. Only hits count. The only thing worse than a miss is a slow miss.
4. If your shooting stance is good, you’re probably not moving fast enough or using cover correctly.
5. Move away from your attacker and go to cover. Distance is your friend. (Bulletproof cover and diagonal or lateral movement are preferred.)
6. If you can choose what to bring to a gunfight, bring a semi or full-automatic long gun and a friend with a long gun.
7. In ten years nobody will remember the details of caliber, stance, or tactics. They will only remember who lived.
8. If you are not shooting, you should be communicating, reloading, and running. Yell “Fire!” Why “Fire”? Cops will come with the Fire Department, sirens often scare off the bad guys, or at least cause then to lose concentration and will…. and who is going to summon help if you yell “Intruder,” “Glock” or “Winchester?”
9. Accuracy is relative: most combat shooting standards will be more dependent on “pucker factor” than the inherent accuracy of the gun.
10. Someday someone may kill you with your own gun, but they should have to beat you to death with it because it is empty.
11. Always cheat, always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.
12. Have a plan.
13. Have a back-up plan, because the first one won’t work. “No battle plan ever survives 10 seconds past first contact with an enemy.”
14. Use cover or concealment as much as possible, but remember, sheetrock walls and the like stop nothing but your pulse when bullets tear through them.
15. Flank your adversary when possible. Protect yours.
16. Don’t drop your guard.
17. Always tactical load and threat scan 360 degrees. Practice reloading one-handed and off-hand shooting. That’s how you live if hit in your “good” side.
18. Watch their hands. Hands kill. Smiles, frowns and other facial expressions don’t (In God we trust. Everyone else keep your hands where I can see them.)
19. Decide NOW to always be aggressive ENOUGH, quickly ENOUGH.
20. The faster you finish the fight, the less shot you will get.
21. Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet if necessary, because they may want to kill you.
22. Be courteous to everyone, overly friendly to no one.
23. Your number one option for personal security is a lifelong commitment to avoidance, deterrence, and de-escalation.
24. Do not attend a gunfight with a handgun, the caliber of which does not start with anything smaller than “4”.
25. Use a gun that works EVERY TIME. “All skill is in vain when an Angel blows the powder from the flintlock of your musket.” At a practice session, throw you gun into the mud, then make sure it still works. You can clean it later.
26. Practice shooting in the dark, with someone shouting at you, when out of breath, etc.
27. Redardless of whether justified of not, you will feel sad about killing another human being. It is better to be sad than to be room temperature.
28. The only thing you EVER say afterwards is, “He said he was going to kill me. I believed him. I’m sorry, Officer, but I’m very upset now. I can’t say anything more. Please speak with my attorney.”
Finally, Drill Sergeant Frick’s Rules For Un-armed Combat.
1: Never be unarmed.
2: If you have your hands, your feet, your mind and your Spirit as an American Soldier, Sailor, Airman, Marine or Coastie, you are never unarmed.
Call them what they are: Supporters of carnage.
February 23, 2017For the Wyoming Senate — which holds itself out to be amoungst the most pro-gun legislative bodies in the country –- to crush these bills would be outrageous.
HB 136, HB 137
The following Senators, in particular, need to hear from you before they vote on these bills. Please contact Senators:
>>> Affie Ellis, Affie.Ellis@wyoleg.gov, (307) 287-9095
>>> Bruce Burns, Bruce.Burns@wyoleg.gov, (307) 672-6491
>>> Bill Landen, Bill.Landen@wyoleg.gov, (307) 237-4067
>>> Stephan Pappas, Stephan.Pappas@wyoleg.gov, (307) 630-7180
>>> Michael Von Flatern, Michael.VonFlatern@wyoleg.gov, (307) 680-4744
>>> Dave Kinskey, Dave.Kinskey@wyoleg.gov, (307) 751-6428
>>> Jeff Wasserburger, Jeff.Wasserburger@wyoleg.gov, (307) 680-2943
>>> Drew Perkins, Drew.Perkins@wyoleg.gov, (307) 315-6177
>>> Tara Nethercott, Tara.Nethercott@wyoleg.gov, (307) 399-7696
>>> Glenn Moniz, glenn.moniz@wyoleg.gov, (307) 760-1116
>>> James Anderson, jameslee.anderson@wyoleg.gov, (307) 267-5775
>>> Fred Baldwin, Fred.Baldwin@wyoleg.gov, (307) 877-3687
>>> Dan Dockstader, Dan.Dockstader@wyoleg.gov, (307) 885-9705
>>> Ray Peterson, Ray.Peterson@wyoleg.gov, (307) 548-6405
Remember, the Senate has killed gun bills for five years!
Five years of obstruction, while state after state has passed pro-gun bills.
No amendments, no excuses, period!
Wyoming Gun Owners end free fire zones now!
February 21, 2017Last week both HB136 “Campus Carry” and HB137 “Repeal Gun Free Zones” made it past the Senate Judiciary committee, and must now face a full vote on the Senate floor.
Inside sources say the vote may happen as early as TOMORROW.
We’ve known from the start that this is where we would run into the most trouble.
Remember, the liberal media has been claiming these bills will die in the Senate because our Wyoming Senators haven’t moved a single gun bill here in Wyoming in five years.
Clearly, we’re moving forward having seen these bills moved through the House committee, the full House, and now the Senate committee.
But with session ending soon, we have no time to lose.
The capitol is packed with anti-gun organizations and lobbyists all bent on convincing our Senators that these bills are “too extreme.”
There are legislators in Cheyenne who’ve watered-down and manipulated good gun bills for years, who are working to undermine these bills as we speak.
As a reminder, HB 136 would allow for Campus Carry here in Wyoming, for those who possess a permit to do so.
HB 137 would simply lift the ban on carrying in government buildings where you and I pay property taxes, register vehicles, get registered to vote, and attend to county government business.
Both of these bills would repeal sections of Wyoming’s deadly “Gun Free Zones.”
We all understand that violent predators prefer “Gun Free Zones” like the ones we have here in Wyoming because the people in them are defenseless.
That’s why we can’t afford another year of rolling the dice and taking a chance with these dangerous “Gun Free Zones.”
We don’t want a mass shooting tragedy like we’ve seen in Florida or South Carolina.
If we don’t get past the Senate in the next few weeks, we’ll have to wait and start over again next year.
This will only expose us that much longer to mass attacks in Wyoming’s “Gun Free Zones.”
Please contact your Senator immediately, and tell him to support HB136 and HB137 and to oppose any weakening amendments!
If you’re not sure who your Senator is, please click here to find out.
>>> Then email them.
>>> Then send them a message via Facebook.
>>> Then give them a call at (866)-996-8683. You’ll be connected based on your address.
We need you to take all three actions as soon as possible. Leaving a message should only take 90 seconds.
We’re so close.
It’s critical that we ramp up the pressure as HB 136 and HB 137 head for a vote on the Senate floor.
Please reach out to them right now!
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Wyoming Politics:Bloodbaths and carnage Trojan Horse Amendments.
February 1, 2017HB 194 is a Trojan Horse designed to create free fire zones so that people can be butchered. A vote in favor of HB 194 is a vote for carnage either as a stand alone bill, or as an amendment. Support and co – sponsor HB 136 with no amendments.
Contact your state Representatives and Senators now!
I need you to pick up the phone and call your Representative right now — and insist he support HB136 with no weakening amendments and oppose HB194!
(Not sure who your representative is — click here to find out.)
1. You can call the House switchboard and they’ll connect you automatically based on your address. The number to call is (866)-996-8683.
2. You can also email your legislator; a list of their emails can be seen here.
3. Of course, most of them are on Facebook and can receive messages. So feel free to send them a message that way, too.
This is a new era in Wyoming.
The people have sent new leadership to Cheyenne and we can’t let them chip away at the Second Amendment as their first order of business!
We can’t let them set the precedence that the Second Amendment is something to be tinkered with.
Please stand with us and act fast!
For Freedom,
David Ball
PresidentP.S. Both good AND bad gun bills are moving in Cheyenne!
Thanks to you, both HB136 and HB 137 “Campus Carry” and “Repeal Gun Free Zones” have passed the first full House vote and are scheduled to be heard again this week.
PresidentP.S. Both good AND bad gun bills are moving in Cheyenne!
Thanks to you, both HB136 and HB 137 “Campus Carry” and “Repeal Gun Free Zones” have passed the first full House vote and are scheduled to be heard again this week.
Unfortunately, the House also passed Rep. Eklund’s “Trojan Horse” gun bill — HB194 — as well, which would gut any meaningful “Campus Carry” legislation by allowing each school district to set their own policies and by publishing the names of gun owners who carry on campus!
I need your help right away!
Please contact your legislator now — using the information above — and tell him to vote “NO!” on HB194, whether on the floor or if it’s filed as an amendment!
Free Fire Zones, and the people of Wyoming
January 23, 2017So called gun free zones are nothing more than free fire zones for maniacs, and social miscreants. I have yet another take on the subject. That being that if you support these overtly dangerous laws that you in fact enjoy death and destruction. If not in a sociopathic manner then because they further you own agenda feeding your mental illness. That being Hoplophobia at best, and tyranny through the color of law at worst.
We, the people of Wyoming need to tell those that write our laws that we refuse to be left to be slaughtered, including our neighbors, and children.
You’ve got two days!
Our legislation to repeal deadly “Gun Free Zones” and to authorize “Campus Carry” are going to be heard in the House Judiciary Committee THIS TUESDAY!
This means that you’ve got only a few days to contact the members of the Judiciary Committee — I’ll be giving you their contact information below.
Please take a moment to make your calls and send your emails RIGHT AWAY!
Already, the anti-gun lobby is prowling the legislature, opposing both of these bills.
So are members of the educational community like University of Wyoming President Laurie Nichols.
Never mind the fact that it was a “Gun Free” campus where 32 students were murdered by a madman with a gun, in 2007.
Never mind the fact that, in 2015, ten students and staff were shot and killed in a Roseburg, Oregon community college that was a — you guessed it — “Gun Free Zone.”
And of course, who could forget the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting, a “Gun Free Zone,” where 26 students and staff died during a mass shooting.
Virtually every time a psycho with a gun looks to rack up a body count they target gun free zones!
And of course they do, those are the areas where they know that they’ll face no armed opposition.
That’s why we’re working to do away with these “Gun Free Zones” in Wyoming — to give people a chance to fight back!
You’d think this would be an easy sell, right?
But trust me, the anti-gun media outlets and the anti-gun lobby in Cheyenne will be putting as much pressure as possible on the legislature to kill these bills.
That’s why it’s essential you contact the members of the House Judiciary Committee right away, and insist that they pass both HB 136 and HB 137 through the committee with no weakening amendments!
Please contact:
>>> Rep. Dan Kirkbride at Dan.Kirkbride@wyoleg.gov, or by calling him at (307)331-2265, or by sending him a message on Facebook.
>>> Rep. Mark Baker at Mark.Baker@wyoleg.gov, or by calling him at (307)371-5113, or by sending him a message on Facebook.
>>> Rep. Mark Jennings at Mark.Jennings@wyoleg.gov, or by calling him at (307)461-0697, or by sending him a message on Facebook.
>>> Rep. Jered Olsen at Jared.Olsen@wyoleg.gov, or by calling him at (307)509-0242, or by sending him a message on Facebook.
>>> Rep. Charles Pelkey at Charles.Pelkey@wyoleg.gov, or by calling him at (307)920-0542, or by sending him a message on Facebook.
>>> Rep. Bill Pownall at Bill.Pownall@wyoleg.gov , or by calling him at (307)682-4148.
>>> Rep. Tim Salazar at Tim.Salazar@wyoleg.gov, or by calling him at (307)220-1213.
>>> Rep. Nathan Winters at Nathan.Winters@wyoleg.gov, or by calling him at (307)864-3690, or by sending him a message on Facebook.
Make sure they know that you’re sick and tired of seeing innocent people gunned down, being left utterly helpless to defend themselves due to these outrageous “Gun Free Zone” policies.
With new leadership in the House and Senate, now’s the time to pass pro-gun legislation like HB 136 and HB 137!
It starts on Tuesday — so please contact the committee right away.
Full disclosure: I am a Life Member of The NRA, Gun Owners of America, and a member of Wyoming Gun Owners, and you should be too!
Finally, please consider chipping in a donation of any amount to help us get the word out to more gun owners!
California Peace Officers: Thank the L. A. Times
October 25, 2016The Los Angeles Times is working to disarm not just the peons, but everyone, and yes, that includes Peace Officers. In collusion with their masters they want us all to be their boot lickers. Personally, I think that it is well past the time to take these weasels out into the street, horse whip them until they are naked, then tar and feather them, and then hang them, and dump their worthless bodies into the Pacific. That goes for every lunatic politician from governor moonbat on down. Yes, that includes LEO’s that have violated their oaths.
Full story HERE
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