tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post115193703061289605..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Sometimes history sits quietly in a book...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1152468811850294242006-07-09T14:13:00.000-04:002006-07-09T14:13:00.000-04:00First military arm I bought was a #4 MkI Enfield. ...First military arm I bought was a #4 MkI Enfield. First, I found that it was so greased that a drop of water in the vicinity would have run away yelping; second, after cleaning, I found a row of small 'x' marks cut into the bottom edge of the buttstock.<BR/><BR/>Like you said, not just an arm, a piece of historyFirehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1152108387077139722006-07-05T10:06:00.000-04:002006-07-05T10:06:00.000-04:00Phlegmy,You may have misunderstood me, I agree wit...Phlegmy,<BR/><BR/>You may have misunderstood me, I agree with you, I'd rather shoot those bastards in the head than let them melt down an SS pistol that was used to kill innocent people.<BR/><BR/>I think that they are missing the point by trying to 'rid' the world of those nasty guns, as if it could even be done. Instead, put some of these things in a museum (even if privately owned) and maybe we can learn a few things by studying the history of it all. I liken what those on the far left want to do with guns to an osterich sticking its head in the sand. It won't all go away just because we (they) are willing to ignore the facts.<BR/><BR/>I tend to dismiss these people out of hand as well, when they even mention the words, "gun-control," because as you well know, what they really mean is "people-control."theirritablearchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04105315709746689270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1152024596812697892006-07-04T10:49:00.000-04:002006-07-04T10:49:00.000-04:00Well, b&n, humans are so self-obsessed that they c...Well, b&n, humans are so self-obsessed that they can anthropomorphize anything, thus spreading the blame rather than laying responsibility at the feet of the humans who acted in a very nasty way. And the people who want to destroy artifacts to make a point are usually the same ones telling me the earth is my mother, so forgive me if I dismiss them wholesale.phlegmfatalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636803080525003892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1151957320134147142006-07-03T16:08:00.000-04:002006-07-03T16:08:00.000-04:00bobg,Of course, you are correct.It is for our own ...bobg,<BR/><BR/>Of course, you are correct.<BR/><BR/>It is for our own good, ya know. They just can't get that message across to us, because we are just a bunch of Red-State, xenophobic, narrow-minded hillbillies, with little to no education. (In their dreams!)<BR/><BR/>It is the true illiberal liberal mindset. I'd like to destroy THAT instead of the firearm. Maybe someday after the shooting starts. ;)theirritablearchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04105315709746689270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1151952412173680292006-07-03T14:46:00.000-04:002006-07-03T14:46:00.000-04:00Interesting comment, b&n, because I have always th...Interesting comment, b&n, because I have always thought that the anti-gun group seemed to be hooked on all firearms being potential deodands, or their version thereof.BobGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405172215849046373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1151948726840679512006-07-03T13:45:00.000-04:002006-07-03T13:45:00.000-04:00In most other countries, that SS marking would be ...In most other countries, that SS marking would be enough to have it labeled a deodand, and destroyed because of its symbolism.<BR/><BR/>I, as you, think there is more value in preserving these items as the artifacts that they are, and learning/remembering from them. Speculating on your Radom's origin, by applying your knowledge to known markings from other types is indeed interesting.<BR/><BR/>I've never understood the mentality of supposedly ridding the world of it's evil by means of destroying an artifact, yet it persists, even here in the US.theirritablearchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04105315709746689270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1151939767405477952006-07-03T11:16:00.000-04:002006-07-03T11:16:00.000-04:00Wow.Wow.phlegmfatalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636803080525003892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1151938493497434992006-07-03T10:54:00.000-04:002006-07-03T10:54:00.000-04:00And that is why I enjoy collecting things; it make...And that is why I enjoy collecting things; it makes you wish the pistol could speak, and tell you where it had been, and what had happened around it.<BR/>Very interesting post.BobGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405172215849046373noreply@blogger.com