What does it say about my male priorities when I look at the Locked and Loaded Ladies 2010 calendar (SFW so long as SFW means bikini-clad babes with guns), and the first thing I focus on isn’t just the guns but the unsafe gun-handling by the models? Almost all have fingers on the trigger, lots of unsafe muzzle directions too (October is doubly bad).
I’ll tell you what it says.
It says that I like guns, I like safe gun handling, and I think my wife is the hottest woman on the planet. 🙂
There are a couple businesses here in Austin with slogans that are… confusing.
A bedding/mattress place: “if you’re not sleeping with us, you’re sleeping alone.”
Um… my wife would beg to differ.
A tire place: “If it’s in stock, we’ve got it.”
Um… duh?
What am I missing here? 🙂
tgace has a lengthy list about Murphy’s Laws of Combat Operations.
A lot of humor in it, but a lot of truth as well.
Pickles and Beef Jerky… dot-com.
Looks to have been a short-lived venture into the world of pickles and beef jerky (natch). Yes, Oldest could love this website.
Things I found to be pretty cool:
He tried Alton Brown’s beef jerky. I always thought Alton’s approach was cool and have been curious about it, but the whole notion of using furnace air filters always put me off a bit. Just didn’t seem “food grade”. Still doesn’t. But the results seemed to be good.
He knows about Robertsons! You see, not too far north of Austin there is another Robertson’s in Salado, Texas. I always thought it was just the one store, but doing a road trip a couple years back I stumbled upon another Robertson’s up in Oklahoma. Turns out the one in Salado is actually a franchise, and they add a lot of their own products to the mix. I’m glad they do. I don’t like the “true” Roberston’s jerky… it’s hickory smoked and dry as a bone (sometimes brittle!); I know some folks like it this way, and it’s really not that horrible, but it’s just not my preference. However, the Choppin’ Block stuff the Salado folks make? Awesome. Any time I pass the store (conveniently located off Interstate 35 at exit 285) I stop in and pick up a 1 pound bag of the mesquite smoked beef jerky. The taste, texture, everything, just the best. And checking their website this morning to make this blog entry and lo… they have buffalo jerky! I’ll have to try some of that next time I pass through. They’ve got great smoked meats and cheeses too.
OK, I’m hungry now.
I would love to know what the backstory is for the production of this video. Looks like it was done in a quasi “kung fu action theater” style, but as some sort of a promotional vehicle. I know In Hyuk Suh has a good sense of humor, and back in the 70’s when he first came to the US he was looking to do all he could to promote and publicize his art.
It’s good fun, and demonstrates Kuk Sool curriculum.
It reminds me of The Curse of Chubbs (starring my former instructor, Dewain Perry)
I like the show Futurama. Apparently so does this guy.
It’s always interesting to see what the search stats turn up.
This has been an amazingly popular search term. I haven’t seen anything like it in my blog stats before. People are really curious about this firearm. It’s interesting for sure, and to me the real interesting factor is the possible side-effects of producing such a firearm. I still have no compelling reason to buy one tho.
Hornady Critical Defense
This is another very popular term. My initial posting is here, but if you search my blog for it you’ll find other postings on it as well. The ammo is certainly interesting and I applaud Hornady for continuing to find ways to serve the civilian self-defense market. I also applaud their efforts to focus on “small calibers” popular for concealed carry and trying to find ways to improve upon the terminal effectiveness of cartridges in those calibers. That all said, I’m not yet sold on this ammo being something for me to trust my life on. It’s too new to the market and there just hasn’t been enough testing beyond some simple ballistics gel and newspaper wetpack testing. I’d like to see more data. Meantime, I’ll stick with Gold Dots for my 9mm and the LSWCHP’s for my .38 snub.
is a 9mm gun good self defense
Nope. It’s a good tool that can help you physically defend yourself, but really the best self-defense is using your gray matter. Get training, get skills, gain awareness, and conduct your daily life in a manner that works to keep you safe. That’s really better for self-defense. But if it comes to that point, I feel my 9mm handgun is a useful tool to have.
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(but I’m biased)
can you shoot a 45 bullet with a 9mm
Sure, if you’ve got really good aim and a steady hand… amazing what those sharpshooters and trick shooters can do. 🙂
But if you mean can you chamber a .45 ACP cartridge in a gun chambered for 9mm Luger? Nope. A .45 bullet has a larger diameter, just won’t work.
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Envy. A 1911 is in my future… someday.
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If you are curious about the Texas Concealed Handgun License course of fire, here it is.
“fear of girls”
9mm +p+ in any pistol
No. Only in pistols specifically rated as being able to handle +P+ (means that the round has about 15% greater pressure than a standard round). Using +P+ in a gun not rated as being able to handle it could have catastrophic results. If you’re not 100% sure the gun can handle it, don’t do it. If you’re not 100% sure, contact the manufacturer and ask (or check their website, they may have manuals online).
martial arts canes
Damned if I can find sources other than Cane Masters and Goju-Shorei for good fighting canes. I myself am looking for others. Not that I have a problem with what these guys are doing (I hear only good things about the quality of the CM canes) but I just want to see more selection.
If you know of any other cane makers, especially small guys that do good hand-crafting, please let me know.
selecting a gun for kids
Depends what you want to do with them (and I’ll avoid the obvious jokes and snark on this one), plus it depends upon the kid. But IMHO the best way to start out is with a .22. This is because for most kids, the power of recoil may be more than they can handle. Plus larger calibers are going to be louder, which can affect a lot of kids in negative ways. Ease them into things. Make it fun, make it easy (e.g. put the target at 5 yards not 50). If they can do something like shoot at some cans or gallon water jugs… i.e. make the target do something, that helps to make it fun.
But even tho they’re kids, don’t overlook getting them good training and ingraining proper safety habits. Safety is paramount.
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the first airing of Monty Python’s Flying Circus.
Since I like to blog about self-defense, I figure it’s only fitting that we learn how to defend yourself against anyone who attacks you armed with a piece of fresh fruit. No pointed sticks (SHUT UP!).
If a conservative doesn’t like guns, he doesn’t buy one.
If a liberal doesn’t like guns, he feels that no one should have one.
If a conservative is a vegetarian, he doesn’t eat meat.
If a liberal is a vegetarian, he wants to ban all meat products for everyone.
If a conservative sees a foreign threat, he thinks about how to defeat his enemy.
A liberal wonders how to surrender gracefully and still look good.
If a conservative is homosexual, he quietly leads his life.
If a liberal is homosexual, he loudly demands legislated respect.
If a black man or Hispanic are conservative, they see themselves as independently successful.
Their liberal counterparts see themselves as victims in need of government protection.
If a conservative is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation.
A liberal wonders who is going to take care of him.
If a conservative doesn’t like a talk show host, he switches channels.
Liberals demand that those they don’t like be shut down.
If a conservative is a non-believer, he doesn’t go to church.
A liberal non-believer wants any mention of God or religion silenced.
If a conservative decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for it, or may choose a job that provides it.
A liberal demands that the rest of us pay for his.
I am not the author of the above; I found it online and am reposting it here. I grant it makes blanket statements and they are exceptions, but on the whole whether you like it or not, whether you agree with it or not, it’s rather the way things are today.
Updated: I really like this: someone added their own Libertarian slant to the above. Hear hear!
BTW, while I generally don’t delete comments, I did delete a comment and my reply to it (thought about keeping my reply, but lacking his posting my reply lost all context). I saw something in my blog stats that raised my eyebrow so I poked around t3h int34w3z a bit and this guy seems to be specifically looking for any and every (re)posting of the above and copy/pasting his reply to every forum and blog he can. Yes it’s copy/paste, I saw the same posting in numerous places. If he was willing to engage in discourse with me that’d be one thing, but it appears he’s just trolling. I can sympathize with his cause and perhaps even understand the chip on his shoulder, but won’t be party to his Google bombing. 🙂
Marko has the quote of the day.
When it comes to defending one of their own, Liberals are just as capable of hypocritical excuses for shitbaggery as Conservatives.
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