tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post3272698130954691613..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Boomsticks: I love a happy ending.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-42531481223280964482007-07-12T14:19:00.000-04:002007-07-12T14:19:00.000-04:00{cackle}Look; I'm all for redemption. It's an eno...{cackle}<BR/><BR/>Look; I'm all for redemption. It's an enormous value to me. But I always try to be careful to never <I>give</I> it away.<BR/><BR/>He's got a long row to hoe with me.Billy Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13406609611276200667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-89006156093937080312007-07-12T14:17:00.000-04:002007-07-12T14:17:00.000-04:00Indeed he should have, and I castigated him harshl...Indeed he should have, and I castigated him harshly for it at the time.<BR/><BR/>I do, however, believe that anyone can have a personal Road To Damascus experience.<BR/><BR/>"<I>Zumbo, Zumbo; why doest thou persecute me?</I>" ;)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-41731695406722413912007-07-12T14:03:00.000-04:002007-07-12T14:03:00.000-04:00"I'm more than satisfied."Again -- this is just me...<I>"I'm more than satisfied."</I><BR/><BR/>Again -- this is just me:<BR/><BR/>Personally, I can't imagine that.<BR/><BR/>I haven't read it, though, and I am not about to dismiss what <I>you</I> say about it, out-of-hand.<BR/><BR/>But I am a notorious hard-ass when it comes to the <I>epistemology</I> of stuff like this, which was my <I>essential</I> problem to begin with. When I say something like, "He should have <I>known</I> better," I use the emphasized word with extreme technical precision.Billy Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13406609611276200667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79873717557700066082007-07-12T09:08:00.000-04:002007-07-12T09:08:00.000-04:00I'd grab a copy, but I have yet to see a news stan...I'd grab a copy, but I have yet to see a news stand or book store that stocks ANY gun-mags here in Marx-ichusettes. I think they're afeared that some children might read it and become brainwashed...<BR/><BR/>Still, while I do take EVERYTHING Zumbo says with Caution (Is he saying it because he means it, or is he saying it because he wants back what he lost?)<BR/><BR/>I grew up in a liberal Household in a Moderatly liberal town (Portland Maine. Also known as Boston-lite) and I came of age as the liars were talking about the dangers of "Assault Weapons". I'd never held, let along SHOT a real gun....hell to date I don't even think I've ever shot a BB gun...<BR/><BR/>I didn't know anything, so I bought it. I know many people who still belive this nonsence, and I'm sure some of them have their bolt-action rifle, or a shotgun in their attic or basement, and ONE box of ammo that has served them for the last 10+ years.<BR/><BR/>So I accept that people can be ignorant of the truth. I take no offence to this so long as they can also be receptive to their own misinformation.Weer'd Beardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528978001340070552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-86646487540923128602007-07-12T01:18:00.000-04:002007-07-12T01:18:00.000-04:00I will have to look for the issue when it's out on...I will have to look for the issue when it's out on the stand not being a subscriber. Not fair to say too much until then.<BR/><BR/>I will say this, "terrorist rifle" comments from those who should know better fall into the same category as network news anchors who refer to semiautomatic military style rifles as "heavy machineguns." Misnomers like that only serve to fuel the fears of those on the outside who have no idea what the difference is to begin with and certainly wouldn't want "terrorist rifles" and "heavy machineguns" in the hands of their next door neighbor. Especially when it's folks who John Q quite naturally assumes know what they're talking about making such noises. <BR/><BR/>Just my 2 cents this evening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-65231015122488752312007-07-11T22:30:00.000-04:002007-07-11T22:30:00.000-04:00There is no greater zealot than the newly converte...There is no greater zealot than the newly converted. I'm willing to give the guy a chance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-3468336161064677732007-07-11T22:13:00.000-04:002007-07-11T22:13:00.000-04:00He did damage he couldn't undo with 900 pages. So...He did damage he couldn't undo with 900 pages. Sorry, but no pass on this one.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16207808793722026516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-68951928740592059942007-07-11T20:54:00.000-04:002007-07-11T20:54:00.000-04:00"Now, this is only me, but I say that his sudden g..."<I>Now, this is only me, but I say that his sudden grasp of a good full-auto time in no way convinces me that he's got his principles and implications integrated and squared-away.</I>"<BR/><BR/>No, but what he said in his own words in nine pages convinced me. I'm more than satisfied.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-86853197287578916212007-07-11T19:52:00.000-04:002007-07-11T19:52:00.000-04:00Funny, before the big flap I couldn't have told yo...Funny, before the big flap I couldn't have told you who Zumbo was. I don't know if he's had an epiphany on the issue, but he wouldn't be the first to be seduced by the lure of full auto fun. Time will tell. I'll be convinced if I see him at Knob Creek!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-90667371801501725782007-07-11T19:39:00.000-04:002007-07-11T19:39:00.000-04:00Call me vindictive or anything else, but here's th...Call me vindictive or anything else, but here's the thing that I can't get past with the Zumbo affair: it's the <I>appalling</I> ignorance and outright stupidity coupled with the strutting conviction (of <I>nonsense</I>) with which this man of many decades of firearms experience did what he did. Put that together with the general political climate surrounding these affairs -- of which only a walking rutabaga could have been ignorant -- and it was like watching a savant knock out a piano concerto, only to realize that he cannot responsibly manage another single thing in his whole life.<BR/><BR/>"My <I>god</I>... this person actually needs a <I>keeper</I>. What on earth is he going to say or do next?"<BR/><BR/>Now, this is only <I>me</I>, but I say that his sudden grasp of a good full-auto time in no way convinces me that he's got his principles and implications integrated and squared-away.Billy Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13406609611276200667noreply@blogger.com