If the gangs are carrying around these weapons, the police had better call for backup:
Perhaps the Police should start carrying around light sabers. They’re not quite as clumsy as blasters, you know.
(If you’re not quite as big of a Star Wars fan, then maybe you won’t recognize the gun. But that’s an E-11 blaster rifle, from the movies. The chosen weapon of Imperial stormtroppers, ironically enough.
M.D. Creekmore over at the The Survivalist Blog – a survival blog dedicated to helping others prepare for and survive disaster – with articles on bug out bag contents, survival knife choices and a wealth of other survival information is giving away a Go Berkey Water Filter System (a $139.00 value)! To enter, you just have to post about it on your blog. This is my entry. Visit The Survivalist Blog for the details.
Let me be blunt. For a very long time, I did not like Glenn Beck. But after 2001, I started listening sporadically. And his tone and demeanor seemed to change. While I still wouldn’t say I’m 100% in line with his beliefs, I *am* 100% behind this speech he delivered at the NRA National meeting in Charlotte, NC:
So a few weeks ago I picked up a pair of Crimson Trace lasergrips for my Ruger LCP. The box claimed that it was extremely easy to install, so I thought I’d record it for posterity. If you’ve ever wondered what is involved with its installation, this video is for you.
So last year I picked up Larry Correia’s Monster Hunter International, after the rest of the blogosphere had read it. I’d heard good reviews, but honestly the whole premise of guys fighting things that go bump in the night didn’t really appeal to me. But I bought it anyways, thinking that at the very least, I should support a fellow gunnie who’s trying to make a go as an author.
I was blown away by MHI.
I completely devoured it. MHI was so well written, and so fast paced that I could not put it down. Larry did such an excellent job blending the real world and the supernatural that I really began to believe that wraiths could be lurking around every corner.
Baen has placed the first 2 chapters of the sequel, Monster Hunter Vendetta, online. I read through them yesterday, and they have me stoked for what’s to come.
April 19th, 1775: “Don’t Tread On Me” stopped being just a slogan, at the old North Bridge.
By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood,
And fired the shot heard round the world.
The foe long since in silence slept;
Alike the conqueror silent sleeps;
And Time the ruined bridge has swept
Down the dark stream which seaward creeps.
On this green bank, by this soft stream,
We set to-day a votive stone;
That memory may their deed redeem,
When, like our sires, our sons are gone.
Spirit, that made those heroes dare,
To die, and leave their children free,
Bid Time and Nature gently spare
The shaft we raise to them and thee.
