Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619

I like Gun Law.

If one wants to know what the Civil War was about, one should read nothing but that which was written during the war and in the years immediately before it. Particularly by Southern figures, but Northern as well. And then draw their own conclusions. Everything written since is one form or another of rationalization and special pleading. As ever, primary sources are the best.

Now we need resignations of many of these lackey board members who long ago abandoned their responsibilities as board members in deference to LaPierre.

During the pandemic/shortage I went to Bass a couple of times per week, being retired and all, to check ammo and prices. I found that if you did that, you'd find a fair amount of ammo as they would roll out what they had received; hit and miss but it would still trickle in. The big thing, though, is that notwithstanding the shortage and the demand, they charged only standard pre-shortage retail prices. I really appreciated that. On the other hand, the small LGS where I had been a regular ammo customer before, began to truly gouge prices. I mean really. Twice and more of pre-shortage prices, and a lot of that for commercial reloads. Really true gouging, and they admitted it when I talked to tshem about it. They went out of business three months ago. Why I don't know but I'd stopped going myself. So to me the current prices at Bass probably reflect the new realities rather than gouging. Prices will stay higher than they were.

I think that there is plenty of news, and plenty of concern and outrage about drugs and drug policy. To compare it with gun issues is apples and oranges. Terrible tragety, Marshall Dan. Sorry indeed to hear of this. After all these years, I don't know the answers. Drugs, the scourge of our time and generation.

.22 lr has come down to reasonable range. .38 special has, also. Both a bit higher than before, but not outrageous. They won't get cheaper. I've found .357 in the mid- high $30s; not too bad. .45 Colt way too high in the $60s+ and .44 mag, too. Hope they come down. .44 special? Haven't seen a box for a long time. Just glad I laid a lot of it in years ago; kind of an orphan cartridge to some degree. Just my local shopping experience. I hope the bigger revolver calibers drop a bit.

I'm still and will stay a member. But it'd be good to see LaPierre gone and fresh leadership come on board.

The first link has the more thorough story. If he'd stepped down years ago the NRA would be in far better shape. The fundraising stats really tell the whole story-- longtime supporters have long been turned off by his rule. We see this repeated throughout history, in all sorts of contexts. The good and effective leader stays on far too long. He comes to identify himself with the organization. Corruption ensues. As Lord Acton said, "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

And the gummint is buying from.....private manufacturers? Say it ain't so.

Historically, Northern Idaho (the panhandle) has always been more liberal (at least in the older sense of the term) than southern Idaho. There are various reasons, but the history of mining and the labor movements related to mining were big factors.

When I did, it was chuck steak. And for long after minimum wage!

A recent NYTimes article points out that Idahoans notice that even police and fire personnel who retire there from California aren't...quite as conservative as the Idahoans are.....

Ya don't get around much if you don't know which side of the road Canadians drive on. On the other hand, they use kilometers, which are totally unsuited to a large country. Even Britain still uses miles.

Just a few short years ago the Canadian legislative scheme requiring registration of existing (i.e. already owned) long guns collapsed because of huge non-compliance; eventually the whole thing was scrapped.

I've seen many reviews, starting with the 1895s and continuing with the 336 and 1894 and every one has been positive. There was no reason to think Ruger's product would be 'really really bad."

Interesting. We don't have FOIDs. We do have CPLs- Concealed Pistol License. So in Illinois you need a foid to own a gun? But guns aren't registered (except for this new legislation)? How does it work?

What does foid mean?

Great story shows up in his obits as to how his embezzling partner put a profesional hit on him. The hitman attacked Glock with a hard-rubber mallet. Then 70-year-old Glock laid him out cold with a punch after taking several blows from the mallet.

They were good brothers too!

I'm 75 and I thought this was old-fashioned when I was a kid; a thing of my parents' generation. Apparently lasted longer some places. Edit: just checked with my wife and she said her mom bronzed hers....

Highly vaiable by individuals. I know a gentleman who came here from Greece in his 20s. He's in his 70s and his accent is still very heavy, though his English itself is perfect and idiomatic.

I like the Christmas party scene in The Apartment.

If story lines weren't repeated, with variations, there'd not be many movies. Westerns, especially..... Think this: Stranger with an unknown background comes to town. The town is dominated by a land/cattle baron. He's sqeezing out the last of the smallholders. The land baron is a widower. His son is weak and no account. But the ranch foreman is strong. But he's not blood... The stranger falls for the schoolmarm, or the storekeeper's daughter. He'd like to move on, but now can't, because of her, and because he needs to confront the unjustice in the town. Turns out he's a gunfighter, wanting to leave the past behind. But now he has to stay. The rest of the townsmen are afraid. But a few take heart from the brave stranger. You can write the rest....

Elam once described the career arc of a character actor: It goes like this, the director says “Who’s Jack Elam? Then it's "Get me Jack Elam." Then, "Get me a Jack Elam type". Then, "Get me a young Jack Elam". Finally, "Who’s Jack Elam?"

When you are asked a question in court you have to answer the question. You don't get to put in what you like if you are dissatisfied with with the scope of the question. If you go beyond the question, the objection is 'witness is non-responsive'. The other lawyer can then ask you the appropriate questions when it's his turn, to bring out the whole story, if necessary. It's a very straightforward process. In fact, if the original questioner has sought to create a wrong impression, he is at risk himself of loss of credibility of his case. Witnesses don't get make speeches about their own ideas about how things should go.