tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post7845192382617665128..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: The Honey Boo Boo of the firearms industry.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-33445807400481968752013-01-30T11:53:04.764-05:002013-01-30T11:53:04.764-05:00Well said, Tam. That guy has been the recipient o...Well said, Tam. That guy has been the recipient of more of my facepalms than I care to think about.Evyl Robot Michaelhttp://evylrobot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-65299213131228922362013-01-15T13:48:36.780-05:002013-01-15T13:48:36.780-05:00Tam, the problem is POTUS would declare Smithers ...Tam, the problem is POTUS would declare Smithers a terrorist and have him taken out by a drone strike.<br /><br />For the children, you know.<br /><br />Of course, I could be wrong -- the First Klingon might just eat him.Geodkythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17340718574781403778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-53627292561057375852013-01-15T00:51:05.916-05:002013-01-15T00:51:05.916-05:00P.s.
And, no, if I ever do happen to meet the ex...P.s. <br /><br />And, no, if I ever do happen to meet the ex-brother in that kind of situation, well, no, I'll not delope.Justthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-29520246555406004792013-01-15T00:44:59.401-05:002013-01-15T00:44:59.401-05:00Duelling ain't so bad. Prayer and my Pastor...Duelling ain't so bad. Prayer and my Pastor's exhortations to the contrary, if I still had my inheritance I would use some of it to buy some plane tickets to Paraguay (the only place it's still sorta-legal) for m'self, my second, and my surgeon, to have it out with the person I refer to as my ex-brother. <br /><br />Yes, he cheated me, quite badly, and there is nothing the Law can do about it. I would be willing to take my chances, to have a chance at himJustthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-23037815264994714212013-01-14T22:13:06.148-05:002013-01-14T22:13:06.148-05:00He needed someone to ride in the chariot with him ...He needed someone to ride in the chariot with him and whisper in his ear. "Remember thou art human." What he got was a large group of yes men. Sad that.Rey Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10012367889283331447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-7985784148769599562013-01-14T22:05:25.516-05:002013-01-14T22:05:25.516-05:00Jennifer,
"staghounds, that would be fitting...Jennifer,<br /><br />"<i>staghounds, that would be fitting, no?</i>"<br /><br />I know I LOL'ed. <br /><br />Yeah, POTUS needs a Smithers even worse than Yeager. :DTamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69572434154224709892013-01-14T20:57:01.693-05:002013-01-14T20:57:01.693-05:00staghounds, that would be fitting, no? Honestly, I...staghounds, that would be fitting, no? Honestly, I didn't even notice. thanks for that.Jenniferhttp://injennifershead.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-88494946117650881812013-01-14T18:28:07.880-05:002013-01-14T18:28:07.880-05:00If it wasn't Yeager, it would have been someon...If it wasn't Yeager, it would have been someone else. If they couldn't find a Yeager. They would have invented one. <br />I think we need to stay focused on one thing: Winning. The left is out of control and is acting not as if they just won an election, but as if they just won the final election. Think Hugo Chavez with a first world country at his disposal.<br />They have overextended themselves and if we're smart we will look at this as an opportunity to defeat them in detail. Write. Call. Join. Donate. Make sure that their great-great-great grandchildren will be afraid to whisper about us a hundred years from now.Stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-858638762120823162013-01-14T16:01:13.225-05:002013-01-14T16:01:13.225-05:00Jennifer has obviously wandered in from talkaboutt...Jennifer has obviously wandered in from talkaboutthepresiden.t.orgstaghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-61806162989319382582013-01-14T10:48:24.665-05:002013-01-14T10:48:24.665-05:00Felony Stupid may not be chargeable, but it still ...Felony Stupid may not be chargeable, but it still has consequences.richard mcenroehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10659450906647134430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-36804714841717366832013-01-14T09:16:41.969-05:002013-01-14T09:16:41.969-05:00He's a mess and the sooner he fades out of lim...He's a mess and the sooner he fades out of limelight, the better. He can't handle criticism. He fears his own inadequacies and thus surrounds himself with yes men. <br />Some people's greatest purpose in life is as a bad example.Jenniferhttp://injennifershead.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-30109832441543014832013-01-14T09:09:56.171-05:002013-01-14T09:09:56.171-05:00I can go with "unfortunately those were the r...I can go with "unfortunately those were the rules".<br /><br />(I also know that he and I apparently had differing views of "HAD to". ;) )Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-56012850716931980162013-01-14T09:07:54.410-05:002013-01-14T09:07:54.410-05:00> Only physics problems and Ayn Rand novels sta...> Only physics problems and Ayn Rand novels start out with the sentence "Assuming a frictionless environment..."<br /><br />Tam, I'm ** NOT ** assuming a frictionless environment. I understand the laws on the ground.<br /><br />The thing I'm differing with you on is not the description of what happened, but on the apparent acceptance of what happened on your part (and even there, I don't think we're at all far apart). I just sort of dislike the phrase "he chose to play by their rules". No, he didn't. He HAD to play by their rules because that's the only game in town.<br /><br />Change the phrase "he chose to play their game to their rules" to "unfortunately those were the rules", and we're in violent agreement. It's just that the former phrasing seems a bit dismissive and makes it sound like James was the one who chose to opt in (e.g. "well, he DID go to the country club restaurant in a torn Budweister t-shirt despite the fact that they require jacket-and-tie...").TJIChttp://morlockpublishing.com/the-book/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-16395370093018019872013-01-14T09:00:09.830-05:002013-01-14T09:00:09.830-05:00Only physics problems and Ayn Rand novels start ou...Only physics problems and Ayn Rand novels start out with the sentence "Assuming a frictionless environment..."<br /><br />CCWing in TN without a toter's permit is a misdemeanor, and having to actually use a weapon in self-defense is an affirmative defense to the charge of going armed. Speaking as a former resident of that state and knowing the choice I made, I find myself unmoved by this line of reasoning.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-61204830238871121172013-01-14T08:59:47.620-05:002013-01-14T08:59:47.620-05:00"yes, it's a 100% valid DESCRIPTION of wh...<i>"yes, it's a 100% valid DESCRIPTION of what happened, but it's not in any way an excuse for the state's outrageous behavior."</i><br /><br />^^This.Jake (formerly Riposte3)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02976718318892210404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-2605506170038364752013-01-14T08:54:56.875-05:002013-01-14T08:54:56.875-05:00@Tam:
> Every Tennessean's RKBA is infring...@Tam:<br /><br />> Every Tennessean's RKBA is infringed by the existence of the current HCP system rather than Constitutional Carry<br /><br />100% agreed.<br /><br />> but James signed up to play the DPS's game by the DPS's rules, and then broke them, so they took his ball and went home.<br /><br />What do you mean "signed up to play"? Do you mean "used the best means available GIVEN the unconstitutional rules"? <br /><br />If so, then this sentence works equally well under, say, the Soviet Union: "Sure, it would be better if we had free speech, but we don't...and Yuri knew that when he published his book via the State Publishing Factory #12. So now he said something naughty about the Party and can't publish any more? Well, he signed up to play the Party's game by the Party's rules, and then he broke them."<br /><br />I mean, yes, it's a 100% valid DESCRIPTION of what happened, but it's not in any way an excuse for the state's outrageous behavior.<br /><br />> (I'll also point out that staghounds, whose job it is to know such things, pointed out two crimes that the State of Tennessee has not charged him with<br /><br />Selective prosecution is also a huge problem. If we are all committing two felonies a day (or whatever the number is) and the powers that be prosecute us all for them, then the system will be revealed to be a joke. On the other hand, if we're all just racking up these imaginary felonies and the government can find absolutely any person on the continent and prosecute them IF THEY WANT TO, then the system is no longer about crime and punishment, but has become about annoyance-and-discretion and punishment.TJIChttp://morlockpublishing.com/the-book/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-85383537763572829532013-01-14T08:36:03.375-05:002013-01-14T08:36:03.375-05:00(I'll also point out that staghounds, whose jo...(I'll also point out that staghounds, whose job it is to know such things, pointed out two crimes that the State of Tennessee has not charged him with, despite all of us who had access to his various internet ramblings witnessing them with our own monitors. Apparently threatening someone with bodily harm or death for exercising a Constitutionally-protected right is looked upon rather dimly by the Tennessee legal code. James should put a sock in it before someone files a complaint.)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-29634995277885182722013-01-14T08:31:30.503-05:002013-01-14T08:31:30.503-05:00TJIC,
" If he's a criminal yahoo, then p...TJIC,<br /><br />"<i> If he's a criminal yahoo, then prosecute him. If he's not a criminal yahoo, then his right to keep and bear arms shouldn't be infringed.</i>"<br /><br />Every Tennessean's RKBA is infringed by the existence of the current HCP system rather than Constitutional Carry, but James signed up to play the DPS's game by the DPS's rules, and then broke them, so they took his ball and went home.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-77177386460776231812013-01-14T08:27:31.214-05:002013-01-14T08:27:31.214-05:00Jake (formerly Riposte3) said...
> "I hav... Jake (formerly Riposte3) said...<br /><br />> "I have yet to hear anyone from the gun crowd arguing that he should get his carry permit back."<br /><br />> I'll bite. He should. Why do I say that?<br /><br />> To start, I'll quote Weer'd Beard: "If James Yeager has committed a crime, arrest and charge him, then take away his rights that way."<br /><br />What Jake said. The modern tendency of the government to punish people for thought crimes via revoking "privileges" is bullshit. Yeager is a yahoo. If he's a criminal yahoo, then prosecute him. If he's not a criminal yahoo, then his right to keep and bear arms shouldn't be infringed.<br /><br />This, DESPITE the fact that I loathe him.TJIChttp://morlockpublishing.com/the-book/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-66787991838905880562013-01-14T08:24:19.390-05:002013-01-14T08:24:19.390-05:00As much as I might be tempted to defend Yeager, a ...As much as I might be tempted to defend Yeager, a little, for saying something stupidly at a bad time, I'm not going to.<br /><br />The man once decided that he didn't like the 100 year old Supreme Court ruling on the First Sale doctrine, so he rented several DVDs from me, microwaved them, mailed them back to me, and said "they didn't play; maile me new copies". He repeated his stunt.<br /><br />It took several months to drag him through Small Claims Court (he claimed that as he was a deputy, if I sued him he would personally drive to Massachusetts and arrest me, he refused to sign for registered mail, etc.), but in the end he ended up coughing up triple damages for his fraud.<br /><br />I had a xerox of the check pinned to the wall near my desk for a few years.<br /><br />Douche bag.TJIChttp://morlockpublishing.com/the-book/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-70055030557182982732013-01-14T07:23:46.174-05:002013-01-14T07:23:46.174-05:00I think we need to avoid letting statistical outli...<i>I think we need to avoid letting statistical outliers provoke us into doing "something big", callous as that may sound.</i><br /><br />Oh, I dunno. A national program to train teachers how to carry and deal with threats might not be such a bad outcome.perlhaqrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01920117742664645165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-73798669365427252092013-01-14T01:32:46.738-05:002013-01-14T01:32:46.738-05:00In 1994, shortly after the passage of the AWB, I h...In 1994, shortly after the passage of the AWB, I had a guy threaten to kill me and my family because he was convinced that, as a police officer I was going to go door to door and take his firearms.<br /><br />I had broken bread with this fellow at his home, had traveled to numerous IPSC matches with him and had known him for 13 years at the time.<br /><br />My closest and best friends are gun people. Most people that I admire,such as you Tam are too.<br /><br />Unfortunately, some of the biggest assholes I have ever met consider themselves in the club Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-10099172149367221542013-01-14T01:27:33.152-05:002013-01-14T01:27:33.152-05:00And the worst thing about this is that now youtube...And the worst thing about this is that now youtube thinks I *want* to watch Yeager videos and keeps suggesting them and I can't make it stop!!!<br /><br />DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARN YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!leBolidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06216003403343955612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-7256393223667309582013-01-14T01:00:23.763-05:002013-01-14T01:00:23.763-05:00Should somebody tell the folks at XS Sights that t...Should somebody tell the folks at XS Sights that they still have demo videos from the subject in question on their web page?Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14448573800625757326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-35418393102261488432013-01-13T23:57:44.925-05:002013-01-13T23:57:44.925-05:00"And no matter how much you don't want hi..."And no matter how much you don't want him on your team, he is on your team anyway."<br /><br />No, he's not. Gun owners are not all one team. ASM826https://www.blogger.com/profile/04017388670319590449noreply@blogger.com