"No, but an honorary award winner of the Brady Campaign does."
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Old meme, new response
Every time I hear some gun-grabbing POS ask if I think I have the right to have a bazooka, I'm going to say...
"No, but an honorary award winner of the Brady Campaign does."
"No, but an honorary award winner of the Brady Campaign does."
Friday, March 28, 2014
Flea Market Weekend
I'll be at the Cross County Mall in Mattoon, IL for the flea market starting this afternoon through Sun afternoon. DOOT readers get 10% off. OGRE players can also pick up copies of the Nihon sheets w/o having to pay shipping. The Sears there is closing so they're having a sale.
Come on by and say 'Hi'.
Come on by and say 'Hi'.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
The Hypocrisy of Gun Control Advocates
In 2006, (CA State Sen) Yee was named to the Gun Violence Prevention Honor Roll by the Brady Campaign for his efforts that included co-authoring a first-in-the-nation bill to require new semiautomatic handguns be equipped with ballistics identification technology known as micro-stamping.
In 2013, he stood with law enforcement officials and then-Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to propose a bill that would regulate assault weapons.
And what is hypocritical about that?
State Sen. Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) was charged Wednesday with conspiring to commit wire fraud and traffic firearms, part of a sweeping public corruption case outlined by federal prosecutors.So at the same time he was promoting making firearm ownership as difficult as possible and (likely) getting endorsements from anti-gun groups, he was helping give firearms to violent criminal gangs.
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Monday, March 24, 2014
Making Up Causality
MAIG and IACP supporters like to stretch the truth to push for more gun restrictions:
Really? That's the reason? What timeframe are we talking about? Which law specifically do you mean?
It's true, Chicago has seen a drop in murders. Let's look at some other possible factors.
1) One of the worst/coldest winters we've seen in decades.
2) A little lawsuit declaring Chicago's ban on most firearms, including all handguns, unconstitutional.
3) The passing of Concealed Carry in Illinois w/ thousands of licenses being issued in the last few weeks.
But according to these, unbiased I'm sure, individuals, the ONLY cause is the passage of a 'mandatory reporting' law. Let's look at that. Someone knowingly selling to a criminal is going to care about one more law making it illegaller? Yeah. OK. Pull the other one. The correlation is pretty weak in the first place, never mind trying to claim pure causality. I'll also bet they can't point to any cases of prosecution using these laws.
Just another
Chicago implemented a mandatory stolen firearm reporting law last year and watched its previously record-breaking homicide numbers plummet to the lowest level in 50 years.
--Darryl Forté is the Kansas City police chief and Sly James is the mayor.
Really? That's the reason? What timeframe are we talking about? Which law specifically do you mean?
It's true, Chicago has seen a drop in murders. Let's look at some other possible factors.
1) One of the worst/coldest winters we've seen in decades.
2) A little lawsuit declaring Chicago's ban on most firearms, including all handguns, unconstitutional.
3) The passing of Concealed Carry in Illinois w/ thousands of licenses being issued in the last few weeks.
But according to these, unbiased I'm sure, individuals, the ONLY cause is the passage of a 'mandatory reporting' law. Let's look at that. Someone knowingly selling to a criminal is going to care about one more law making it illegaller? Yeah. OK. Pull the other one. The correlation is pretty weak in the first place, never mind trying to claim pure causality. I'll also bet they can't point to any cases of prosecution using these laws.
Just another
Otis McDonald in poor health
Via IL-Gunlobby:
Mr. Otis McDonald, a man who stood tall for full citizenship rights of all Americans. He stood victoriously at the Supreme Court for the right of every American to protect and defend their family. He stood for us to be safe in our homes. A courageous man who made us proud.
Mr. McDonald is currently in a fight for his life as he battles metastatic cancer. Today, he needs us to unite and stand for him. We are requesting your prayers for Mr. McDonald and his family during this time of his serious illness.
In respect for the family’s privacy, they have asked that all communication and correspondence be sent to:
Dr. Frederick Jones
Nephew of Otis McDonald
Email: advocate.jones@gmail.com
Phone: 318-617-7190
Thanks to all of your for your love and support!
The McDonald Family //Frederick
Mr. Otis McDonald, a man who stood tall for full citizenship rights of all Americans. He stood victoriously at the Supreme Court for the right of every American to protect and defend their family. He stood for us to be safe in our homes. A courageous man who made us proud.
Mr. McDonald is currently in a fight for his life as he battles metastatic cancer. Today, he needs us to unite and stand for him. We are requesting your prayers for Mr. McDonald and his family during this time of his serious illness.
In respect for the family’s privacy, they have asked that all communication and correspondence be sent to:
Dr. Frederick Jones
Nephew of Otis McDonald
Email: advocate.jones@gmail.com
Phone: 318-617-7190
Thanks to all of your for your love and support!
The McDonald Family //Frederick
Sunday, March 23, 2014
OGRE: The Latest Victim
My friend came over to pickup a few minis to be painted, drop one off and then play a few rounds of basic OGRE since he has the game (thanks to me) and has yet to really get a chance to play.
Game 1:
He wanted to play offense first and picked my AfrikaCorps painted Mk III. I used my Nihon forces w/ 3 Hvy Tanks, 3 GEV's, 2 Msl Tanks, and 2 Howitzers. CP placed farright side. After my placement, he decided to try an avoidance strategy by running up the left then cutting over:
Game started out fairly standard. He used his missiles to take out a GEV and a Hvy tank, guns taking out a Msl tank. I managed to take out his main battery. He started cutting over and then it got interesting. I lost another Msl tank, Hvy and GEV but some good roles (rare w/ these dice) cost him 3 of his 4 secondary batteries.
It was then attrition on his treads. One Howitzer fell and the infantry got weedled away slowly but the last Hvy and GEV stayed in the action. Several rounds of truly horrible roll results let him get to w/in two spaces of the CP before I stopped him. A bit close for comfort.
Game 2:
Roles reversed. Me on offense, him defense. He chose the same units I did and CP placement but spread his forces out farther along the map:
That placement left a corridor along the right side almost entirely out of range of one of the howitzers. Instead of moving all his forces immediately right, he shifted many of them straight down allowing me to outrun much of his infantry so I was able to avoid about 20% of his strength for the entirety of the game. Outside of one little jog to go around the crater and take out the howitzer in range, I made it to his CP w/ 3 secondaries and down only 10 treads.
Placement and movement are critical. Although crappy die rolls can hurt even more. I need to test these dice for balance.
Game 1:
He wanted to play offense first and picked my AfrikaCorps painted Mk III. I used my Nihon forces w/ 3 Hvy Tanks, 3 GEV's, 2 Msl Tanks, and 2 Howitzers. CP placed farright side. After my placement, he decided to try an avoidance strategy by running up the left then cutting over:
Game started out fairly standard. He used his missiles to take out a GEV and a Hvy tank, guns taking out a Msl tank. I managed to take out his main battery. He started cutting over and then it got interesting. I lost another Msl tank, Hvy and GEV but some good roles (rare w/ these dice) cost him 3 of his 4 secondary batteries.
It was then attrition on his treads. One Howitzer fell and the infantry got weedled away slowly but the last Hvy and GEV stayed in the action. Several rounds of truly horrible roll results let him get to w/in two spaces of the CP before I stopped him. A bit close for comfort.
Game 2:
Roles reversed. Me on offense, him defense. He chose the same units I did and CP placement but spread his forces out farther along the map:
Placement and movement are critical. Although crappy die rolls can hurt even more. I need to test these dice for balance.
Mom's Demand Lovin'; Just More Astroturf
Fellow blogger takes a look at the MDA 'Donate' page. Finds they're just a 'campaign' of.... guess who....?
Bloomberg's MAIG.
and that he's the one 'assisting' them w/ his money.
Many of us have said from day one that Watts didn't just jump out of her seat in righteous indignation and use her history as a PR exec. to push for her new found cause, this was planned out long in advance.
This just supports that hypothesis even more.
Bloomberg's MAIG.
and that he's the one 'assisting' them w/ his money.
Many of us have said from day one that Watts didn't just jump out of her seat in righteous indignation and use her history as a PR exec. to push for her new found cause, this was planned out long in advance.
This just supports that hypothesis even more.
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