Primitive win

I have great respect for archeologists. Trying to decipher how a people lived thousands or millions of years ago based on a few bone fragments and pottery shards is some seriously cool stuff.

Why did the physically superior Neanderthal succumb to homo Habilus?

Pattern recognition…

Archeologists determined that 25 year old Homos had less wear-n-tear on the muscles, bones and tendons than Neanderthals did.

Hmmmm………….

Using pure logic, Neanderthals must have spent more energy hunting and gathering than Habilus did. Same result, same food allotment, just more energy expended to reach that goal of feeding the community.

What archeologists determined was that Habilus was able to predict future events that the Neanderthal could not.

Habilus and Neanderthal happen upon a herd of bison feeding on grass. Good BBQ follows and all is good. When the BBQ runs out, the Neanderthal returns to where the bison last were and pursues them. The Homo Habilus make a bee-line to where the bison should be based on their habit of eating the available grass and moving on to uneaten fields.

Habilus could predict future scenarios. Neanderthals could not.

That is why they died out.

Physical superiority can be a valuable factor; but it will never win against applied logic, backed up by the best self defense tool ever devised.

Nordyke and Chicago Briefs

Basic info on Nordyke v King.

NRA brief on Nordyke.

SAF files brief in Nordyke. Brief.

NRA files Benson v Chicago.

SAF/ISRA file Ezell et all v Chicago

And Mishaga v Monken against provisions in the FOID card.

Declining Tradition? Not Quite..

Every now and then, gun banners like Josh Sugarmann and Dennis Henigan like to trot out the canard that the 'firearm industry is dying' and/or there are 'less firearm owners now than (insert selectively chosen date here)'.

Nevermind the fact that their numbers are purely cherry-picked, there's also the numerous youth, friends and family who have used my range over the years as well as the hundreds who attend Appleseeds.

Some comments I heard from a group of youth recently...

I shoot my .22 and I'm saving up for an AR-15.

I've shot my dad's 1911, FAL, AR-15......

Many of them play the Call of Duty games, watch Top Shot and Deadliest Warrior on TV. They can't wait to try the real things. I'ld bet similar sentiments are spreading in suburban and urban areas.

Not only are we winning in litigation and legislation, we're winning the culture war as well.

How Time Flies

Three years ago today I started Days of Our Trailers.

Still waiting for the wheelbarrows of cash.

A Lie Repeated Often Enough....

From the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership:

Join Us in Chicago for a Congressional Field Hearing

On Thursday, August 19, you are invited to attend a very important Congressional Field Hearing to discuss our priority legislation, H.R. 2324, to close the gun show loophole. Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) is hosting the event.

The gun show loophole allows people to buy guns at gun shows from unlicensed sellers without a criminal background check.

WHEN:
Thursday, August 19, 2010
9:30 AM

WHERE:
Dirksen Federal Building
219 S. Dearborn Street
Room 2510
Chicago, IL 60604

This hearing is open to the public.
We hope you can join us Thursday!

Sincerely,
Paul Helmke, President
BCPGV

Attend and show them what grassroots really means.

Finding Religion in Illinois

Things are heating up in Illinois and in the IL 51st Senate District, the candidates are fighting over who is the most pro-gun.

Dem. Candidate, Tim Dudley, however, is having to explain some of his past actions. As a Macon Cnty board member, he voted against the non-binding 2A Resolution in 2008 (which passed). So now he's playing it down for all he's worth:

"He pointed to a nonbinding resolution I voted on on the county board, which had no practical effect. I joined other pro-gun members on the board voting against it."

Yet now:

"Illinois is only one of two states in the nation that doesn't allow concealed carry," Dudley said. "We must have a state policy to ensure that the constitutional rights of our friends and neighbors are defended."

Yeah OK. Sure. We know how he'll vote if the issue ever comes up, just like Gillibrand.

His best counter attack is claiming the incumbent R Senator, McCarter, didn't do enough to support a CCW bill that was killed in a loaded committee and never even got to the floor.

Maybe Quinn should take the hint.

Strategy Fail

After IL Gov. Quinn's losing campaign opened their arms to the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership, someone apparently decided it was a good idea to try and push a gun ban referendum:

Petition documents filed with the Illinois State Board of Elections show the title of the proposed referendum as being "Petition to Ban the Sale on Semi-Automatic and Assault Weapons." Notarized signatures on over 100 pages of petitions show one "Maz Jackson" as being the petition circulator. Maz Jackson is a top field operative for the Quinn gubernatorial re-election campaign.

Yep. Ban Semi-Auto's. That's exactly what it says. At first the Quinn campaign played the denial game but then finally admitted to it.

The relase was sent out to the media, then as an alert. Capitol fax picked it up last night. While the Quin campaign downstate was denying the particpation and claiming it only delt with "assualt weapons" they got to see the petition and began to wet their pants. unhappy is a mild discription of what must have been going on.

Durign the middle of the day Quinn people were trying to tamp down the rumor and the ISRA press release. ISRA's facts tended to push back. By midnight they were trying to come up with an answer as the downstate Quinn guys found out they had their legs cut out from underneath them by the Governor.

Early this morning Capitalfax reported that Quinn's campign owned up to the petitions. Game, set, match.

Between this, the double digit raises for his staff and the 'early release of violent prisoners' fiasco, it's no wonder his numbers keep plummeting.

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Faking Grassroots

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership tweeted about a blog glorifying accidental firearm deaths called "Ohh Shoot" (ohhshoot.blogspot.com) Looking at the blog there of course are no comments allowed and no identifying information except an e-mail: necpgv@gmail.com .

Googling the acronym came up w/ this : New England Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence.

And from an old post from our old buddy Gonzo at the "Gun Guys" (who has effectively stopped blogging except for the occasional copy/paste after the funds dried up):

They’re an affiliate of Freedom States Alliance, a national group which also runs the FSA Network, of which this site is a member.

They're still listed after the FSA merged w/ States United (who just got another $100K grant from the Joyces).

Color me shocked. Another 'grassroots' organization that a light breeze could blow over w/ little to no membership and funded by the Joyces.

Sad.

Guns for the Rich...

According to anecdotal reports, It's costing about $250 (including license, ammo, and class fees) to obtain a Chicago Handgun License and that doesn't include the cost of the firearm.

Slapdown

This is a dictionary definition.

Seriously though, I know a guy that has claimed to be everything from a Navy SEAL Officer/Chief, Sniper, CIA operative, Veterinarian, Doctor to name just a few.

He never had a copy of his DD-214 since it was super top secret and they wouldn't let him have a copy of it.