My day

has gone to hell in a handbasket. I expect the week will follow.

Today...

Is another day of remembrance. On this date in 1941, the US could no longer even play lip service to isolationism or neutrality and entered into World War II.

Remember the Arizona

Remember Pearl Harbor

Remember it wasn't the start, it was the turning point.

A good day w/ AR build update included at no extra charge.

Guess what today was!

Nope, not range day. Every day should be range day, but that's fodder for another post.

No, today was gun show day. Wanenmacher was last month, this was one of the Sooner gun shows. Only about half as big, but there were some deals to be had.

I picked up an upper receiver for my AR build. It's a Del-Ton with M4 feed ramps. I wavered back and forth about M4 feed ramps. I've heard both good and bad about them. Some people feel they aren't necessary and some feel that they help with some types of bullet shapes. From what I've learned they shouldn't adversely affect performance so I didn't let that stop me.

I also found a deal on an Ergo Ambi soft rubber pistol grip. Nice feel with the plug for the battery compartment included.

A good day.

Yeah, its one of those days.

Friday mind game.

In the spirit of the season, this friday mind game should get you sick of the songs in short order. I command you to hear it over and over and over.

What?

I thought we'd been over this before. Just hit replay a bunch of times. Come on, a little effort here.



Yeah, yeah yeah, evil laugh, I know already!

Talking about the right thing.

David Codrea over at War On Guns has a post up on Remington's response to the H-S Precision/Lon Horiuchi debacle. I've been quiet on the topic up to now just because better bloggers than I have already chimed in and gotten the ball rolling. But this struck me as a Wow kind of thing. Here we have the CEO of Remington caught in a cluster fuck that was none of his doing and he's doing what he can in the best manner possible. Kudos to Tommy Millner both for his response and his willingness to deal with the problem quickly. Kudos also go out to Ahab, Breda, and all the others who brought this to the web's attention.

The aftermath.

Yesterday, during my weekly gun shop crawl, I was talking with my gunsmith Mike. He said something that's been running around in the back of my head. And it's gotten me thinking not so much about the decision to protect myself, but about it's aftermath.

He said:

"A concealed carry gun doesn't need sights. Because if you've got time to use your sights, you've got time to run away."

Which will cause no end to the arguments on both sides of that thought. But it wasn't that that's got me thinking so much. It was what he finished that thought with. He finished it this way:

"And the DA knows that."

That's the scary point. I live in Oklahoma and as friendly we are to guns in general and carrying and self-defense, the politics of the city I live in suck. I've got the only mayor in the entire state that belongs to Bloomberg's idiocy against guns. And the DA she hired is in lockstep with her. If there is any way for him to make a case against a self-defense shooting, he'll take it to a grand jury.

The fact is, a self-defense situation doesn't end after the cops show up. It's just starting. I'm NOT a lawyer or associated with law enforcement in any way. I'm a private citizen. I am not qualified to give advice about what to do in the aftermath. I will offer no advice other than to suggest that there are people who are much more qualified by virtue of training and education (hint, hint, Lawyers) to give you advice. If you don't talk to one before the situation arises, you better talk to one as soon after the situation as is humanly possible. And even that will be cast in a bad light by a cop or DA if he/she is so inclined.

Log Jam.

I'm apparently suffering from a slight case of writer's block. I mean the last week has been chock full of stuff that would normally set my rant off.

Mumbai attacks.

H&S Precision using a murderer to endorse their products.

Introduction of Open Carry laws in Texas.

A sudden influx of gunmetal fingernails.

But I'm just not moved for some reason. Maybe it's a seasonal disorder or something. Maybe I'm just uber-lazy.

AR Build Update.

Today I picked up a Rock River NM 2 stage trigger. This leaves just the buttstock (An Ace ARFX) and swapping out some ambi parts for standard ones on the lower.

In related news, Sarah Brady and the VPC are spinning in their graves a little.

A little weirdness

You want a little weirdness for today?

I dare you to google "Obama Bible Code"

I'm just saying.