tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post7833986993331935692..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: I've got bad news, Ambassador van Winkle...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-46256880167413378632012-05-03T00:21:47.670-04:002012-05-03T00:21:47.670-04:00Another victim of Big Cookware.Another <a href="http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/apr/30/man-hit-killed-with-skillet-no-charges-filed/" rel="nofollow">victim</a> of Big Cookware.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04720409839023747889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-20983620988109848182012-05-02T21:02:26.093-04:002012-05-02T21:02:26.093-04:00That's exactly what Big Cookware wants you to ...That's exactly what Big Cookware wants you to believe....aepilot_jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11854001889452895184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-29977403825889977032012-05-02T01:33:07.305-04:002012-05-02T01:33:07.305-04:00Dear heavens, how can you be so insensitive? BIG ...Dear heavens, how can you be so insensitive? BIG COOKWARE BURNED MY STEAK!! Don't you understand, my dinner was RUINED!!<br /><br />;)Wraithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02791730539181731523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-26133835011146505602012-05-02T00:46:11.113-04:002012-05-02T00:46:11.113-04:00I once sent a satirical letter to a newspaper urgi...I once sent a <a href="http://hertzlinger.blogspot.com/2005/07/letter-to-editor-i-sent-following.html" rel="nofollow">satirical letter to a newspaper</a> urging teapot registration and licensing. (The paper had reported that a businesswoman was able to repulse a robbery attempt by using a teapot.) I'm not sure I would snd it today; it might be used to support new regulations.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04720409839023747889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-40491421052139718442012-05-01T23:59:24.751-04:002012-05-01T23:59:24.751-04:00Jetaz: If a competent and conscientious traffic co...Jetaz: If a competent and conscientious traffic cop runs your plate, and gets:"Detain immediately. Will probably be armed." ...<br /><br />Guess what happens?<br /><br />He lights up, you pull over, and while you are fishing for your license, he is pointing a pistol at you and ordering you to put your hands up where he can see them.<br /><br />He has no clue you are wanted for a political crime. He just knows he is expected to arrest you and hold you for an outstanding arrest warrant.<br /><br />Hope this helps, have a nice day.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-50778046342546381052012-05-01T23:53:30.198-04:002012-05-01T23:53:30.198-04:00Anon:10:33:
They actually do do things the smart ...Anon:10:33:<br /><br />They actually do do things the smart way ... really dangerous people are set up carefully.<br /><br />Swat teams get used on criminals that they expect to roll over, for the most part. If real danger is involved cops get creative, like anyone else with half a brain.<br /><br />An actual head to head fight is a damned rare event for SWAT.<br /><br />This sort of thing is already happening in places like CA. They don't do door to door stuff. They just slowly attrit gun owners when they can be caught with their pants down and with evidence of a victim-disarmament crime.<br /><br />If you think you are getting an Alamo, you are crazy. If you allow the politicians to pass confiscatory laws, expect the police to apply them in the manner that involves the least amount of personal risk possible.<br /><br />Hoping for an incompetent raid is like hoping for lightning to strike. And then celebrating the fact that your corpse is now burning.<br /><br />Which begs the question: Shouldn't we be fighting these laws politically while we still can?Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-62699821253694457112012-05-01T22:33:19.281-04:002012-05-01T22:33:19.281-04:00Kristopher - If the cops where smart enough to do ...Kristopher - If the cops where smart enough to do it that way, why do I hear about a screwed up no-knock raid on a weekly basis?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-31283124365934011912012-05-01T22:32:06.517-04:002012-05-01T22:32:06.517-04:00Brad K. - Take it from an old Guardsman (and forme...Brad K. - Take it from an old Guardsman (and former Marine), the Guard isn't going to collect guns. First of, they are too aware of the Constitution they took an oath to. <br /><br />Second, they just aren't going to their own neighborhoods to collect their own weapons. More likely they would add some from the Armory to their personal collections.Bramnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-2396606229652817352012-05-01T21:05:41.453-04:002012-05-01T21:05:41.453-04:00Call me naïve, but I quit being alarmed with the e...Call me naïve, but I quit being alarmed with the enemies of American freedoms, liberties and inherent rights like Simpson years ago.<br /><br />Yes, low-lives like Simpson, who absolutely abhor the thought of an individual’s inherent right to keep and bear arms, will always be around and “talking the talk”, but they never get to the “walking the walk” part because of a huge impediment: The United States Constitution.<br /><br />With the Founding Fathers’ and the Framer’s of America blessings, I’ll give a Mr. Simpson and his ilk a resounding, “<b>SCREW YOU!</b>”* <br /><br />*[For the record, I’m just exercising one of my other inherent constitutional rights, Mr. Simpson…]Crawlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12749378020759552883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-50420698528850872582012-05-01T20:15:19.542-04:002012-05-01T20:15:19.542-04:00The first one is always free...The first one is always free...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-67765580883502776822012-05-01T16:49:12.153-04:002012-05-01T16:49:12.153-04:00Thank God for men like Ambassador Simpson. It'...Thank God for men like Ambassador Simpson. It's hard out there, with all those shady toughs from the gun industry! I mean, I could hardly go out for a bag of skittles without some thug from S&W or Glock pushing a CCW on me- "Hey, kid- youse bedder getcherself onnadese carry permits if youse knows whads good fer youse!"<br />"But, mister..."<br />"Shaddup kid, an herse a Moddel Thirdysix youse kan has fer free".Joe in PNGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-60110514659503686592012-05-01T15:50:53.673-04:002012-05-01T15:50:53.673-04:00It appalls me to realize that Ambassador Simpson w...It appalls me to realize that Ambassador Simpson was a Commissioned Foreign Service Officer with the State Department, and presumably received State Department training related to U.S. Government issues prior to being commissioned. His demonstration, in writing, of his ignorance of Constitutional rights makes me wonder just how poorly he may have served U.S. interests as a diplomat abroad. The State Department is overdue for major reform of policies, personnel, procedures, and practices.Sher Khannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-48395729107984251272012-05-01T15:05:05.385-04:002012-05-01T15:05:05.385-04:00Kristopher, I think you give the police too much c...Kristopher, I think you give the police too much credit. <br /><br />If you look at the Jose Guerena shooting, the police believed that he was a heavy for a home invasion ring. And rather than stop him on the road, or at work, they busted into his house when they thought he would be asleep. <br /><br />Now, I am willing to accept that the .gov's special anti-gun death squads would be more competent, but not a lot. All, and I do mean all, of the people I know personally, or that I know of, who would be competent to do such a thing are on our side, philosophically speaking.jetaznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-4103204324823199722012-05-01T14:34:22.458-04:002012-05-01T14:34:22.458-04:00Jeez, another Calphalon fanboi. You people and you...Jeez, another Calphalon fanboi. You people and your pseudo-Euroskillets. I roll old-school RevereWare (copper-clad, of course), all the way. ;-)Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-58453291933323785962012-05-01T14:01:26.629-04:002012-05-01T14:01:26.629-04:00So my cast iron dutch oven = flintlock? Can I get ...So my cast iron dutch oven = flintlock? Can I get a C&R license for my grandmother's pots and pans? If I buy more than one pan at a time, does it get reported?ASM826https://www.blogger.com/profile/04017388670319590449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-86082648921172580222012-05-01T13:59:34.053-04:002012-05-01T13:59:34.053-04:00I frankly hope this dweeb makes it a point to &quo...I frankly hope this dweeb makes it a point to "...avoid such places..." since I work like hell to avoid the OTHER SUCH PLACES. We'll likely never meet. <br />He can continue to incite civil war through the Blade or other such "quality" publications. <br />Kristoph and others are giving .gov FAR too much credit/blame in their pogrom views; the good folk in and out of government and law enforcement FAR outnumber the Stasi. <br />We are everywhere...Boat Guynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-89453645726250571202012-05-01T13:58:31.180-04:002012-05-01T13:58:31.180-04:00Well, part of it is, I think, conflating "the...Well, part of it is, I think, conflating "the arms industry" as in "makers of military equipment" with "the small-arms industry for civilian sales".<br /><br />The latter is a joke, overall, like you say, in terms of money and influence. Used car dealers have more political clout (and I'm not kidding - check the donation records on OpenSecrets).<br /><br />The former is a decent business - but the problem these guys have is that they don't realize that the two sectors are, in practical terms, <i>completely separate</i>.<br /><br />(The few crossovers in both, like Colt, are <i>chump change</i> in the Defense Industry side of "Arms".<br /><br />I suspect that every cent Colt's made in the past decade from sales and licensing to the Army is overshadowed by Lockheed-Martin's take from a few planes...<br /><br />FN probably makes quite a bit more money, worldwide, but inconveniently for his thesis they barely sell to civilians, aren't American, and don't give a flying goddamn for gun rights.)Sigivaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152366541957466049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-64779637521375636832012-05-01T13:13:09.913-04:002012-05-01T13:13:09.913-04:00I also love 'Huge Monster Gun Industry' st...I also love 'Huge Monster Gun Industry' story. Smith & Wesson has been called the largest handgun maker in the world and they have, what?, 1500-2000 employees. My sister works for Boeing which has over 100,000 employees. Who do you think has more political clout?JFMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-39569388444855474842012-05-01T12:29:22.083-04:002012-05-01T12:29:22.083-04:00Disagree. The last one the BATFE tried was against...Disagree. The last one the BATFE tried was against a bunch of Jesus Freaks who were making money at gunshows.<br /><br />Everyone knows how poorly that turned out.<br /><br />I'd expect something closer to the CA model.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-46448312722952894812012-05-01T12:18:46.206-04:002012-05-01T12:18:46.206-04:00Kristopher,
Most won't be allowed their own a...Kristopher,<br /><br />Most won't be allowed their own alamo, but a few would be encouraged to happen for budgetary reasons.<br /><br />It's easier to get more money when there's blood to dance in.TomcatTCHhttp://tomcatshanger.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-16459089632328352672012-05-01T12:01:48.884-04:002012-05-01T12:01:48.884-04:00Both anons:
It won't happen that way. You wou...Both anons:<br /><br />It won't happen that way. You would not be allowed to have your own personal little Alamo.<br /><br />If your credit history shows lots of firearm related buys, you will be arrested at work or during a traffic stop, and the gestapo will turn your home inside out while you are not there to defend it.<br /><br />If it gets that bad, you need to be thinking "safehouse", and not "Alamo".<br /><br />You should not be driving a car with your name on it, you should not be at work, and your residence of record should be empty.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-20937057994031637202012-05-01T11:57:18.287-04:002012-05-01T11:57:18.287-04:00Who cares what this guy has to say? He is so far ...Who cares what this guy has to say? He is so far behind history on this thing he is practically walking stooped with a ridged brow and a club in one hand. He is meaningless. i think he knows that, and I think it drives him crazzy.Goobernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-35465926783590092602012-05-01T11:54:48.383-04:002012-05-01T11:54:48.383-04:00I like the cut of your jib mister.I like the cut of your jib mister.joe mamanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-44449913593224915882012-05-01T11:51:42.430-04:002012-05-01T11:51:42.430-04:00"Special squads of police would be formed and...<i>"Special squads of police would be formed and trained to carry out the work."</i> "Work"? So says Mister Police-Statesman Ambassador to/from Hellitself. Unfortunately Police *special squads* in the benighted lands where he's been Ambassadoring are never un-trained and dismantled once they are set in motion but continue to ever-tighten the noose and become simple roving death-squads.<br /><br />But Big Cookwear can clobber them upside the head with a hellacious three-ply frying pan of 10/18 stainless!NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-89373489199979051912012-05-01T10:21:51.637-04:002012-05-01T10:21:51.637-04:00@ Bram,
Strange that a guy who spent his whole ca...@ Bram,<br /><br /><em>Strange that a guy who spent his whole career guarded</em>", um, when you have been taught "this is the way it should be", and you have armed protection all around you, it must be simple to think that no one else needs a weapon, either. Except for their bodyguards.<br /><br />@Anon 06:55 and 06:58<br /><br />You are assuming that the roundup doesn't include a prepped national guard. The National Guard has been used to enforce curfews, evacuation orders, and riot control in the past. They have even been used to suppress dissidents (Kent State comes to mind) and laws barring people of one race or another from state schools, and other civil rights violations. <br /><br />Then there are the No-Fly lists, the simple, "Oh, we cannot accept your payment for property taxes or utilities until we get your certificate of inspection that there are no firearms on the premises, and the Sheriff will be out to seize and sell the property by the time you get home! Have a nice day!" passive approaches. Or "Sorry, we cannot accept your children in our school/store/girl scouts/etc. since they come from a violent, gun-possessing family. Have a nice day!"<br /><br />Obama has several times tried to interfere with civilian ammunition. Let enough neighbors run "dry" and the "surround" tactic starts to lose it's sting.<br /><br />Besides, remember the ban on automatic weapons. It did wonders to increase the price of various collections. Where there is money to be made, "Keep your enemies close, and your friends closer". <br /><br />Luck.Brad K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18378344866487206569noreply@blogger.com