Open Carry
I’ve made it pretty well known via this forum and others to people that know me that I am a proponent of the 2nd. I think everyone should be able to own a gun and I think you should be able to carry one anywhere. I think the only real restrictions on firearms should be parallel to getting a license to drive. Pass a safety test, don’t do it intoxicated…etc. I have a CWP, and in ND that gives me the right to open carry as well as concealed carry but I very seldom do. I have carried twice, both times I was picking up the wife at bar close. I was stone close sober, I haven’t had a drink since the end of October. I carried to see how it would work logistically. A loaded pistol is pretty heavy and I just stuck it in the inside pocket of my coat. I was pretty weighted down and it was pretty obvious that if I decide to do this more I would need to get myself some sort of shoulder holster or concealed belt holster. I do have a hip holster for my colt .45, but I didn’t want to start a public panic.
This past deer season was the only time I carried openly all the time. I was back home (small rural town if you haven’t been paying attention) and given the time of year I expect that no one really even noticed. I did it for a couple of reasons, I carry the side arm when I’m out hunting. It’s nice to have a pistol to plink around with occasionally. I also use it to “finish” an animal with a quick shot to the head, I never have liked slitting anythings throat or breaking it’s neck. When I’m carrying it’s a real pain to take it off and put it back on so I just leave it on all the time. I could take the pistol out of the holster and walk around with an empty holster…but what would I do with the gun? It’s stored safely and where I can make sure it’s not touched by someone that shouldn’t if it’s on my hip. Read the rest of this entry »
Warp Speed…NOW!
or not…some physicist says even if we were able to hit light speed the hydrogen atoms would would rip us to shreds and/or radiate us to death. I don’t know much about it, but the explanation is pretty easy to understand.
Something interesting from the article was:
The physicist concluded by suggesting that extraterrestrials might not have [...]
Podcasts
For the past year (maybe longer) I’ve been using the zune software to download my podcasts. It’s not an idea solution as the software is kind of a pig, but given the size of my media library I needed to leave it open all the time anyway. As I moved on from using a zune [...]
NFL
When you first look at Peppers’ contract with the Bears you will see the first 3 years are guaranteed, but if you look closer you see that 2011 and 12 are guaranteed for “injury only” as per Mike Florio from profootballtalk.com. From my perspective this is fantastic news. If Lovie and Angelo get canned, the [...]
gah!
Angelo and Lovie are doing their best to bring the bears to the level of the lions. The signing of TE Manumaleuna pretty much cements Olsen’s departure. Martz wants a blocking TE instead of a pass catcher. JFC. I’m pretty disgusted.
Maybe I’ll be proven wrong and these moves they are making will send them to [...]
Health Club reimbursement
I’ve chronicled on here before about how I was going round and round with this health club reimbursement thing. My biggest problem is the lack of clarity about the process you need to go through and what would happen in the end. It’s possible things are spelled out in a letter that is mailed out…but [...]
Open Carry
I’ve made it pretty well known via this forum and others to people that know me that I am a proponent of the 2nd. I think everyone should be able to own a gun and I think you should be able to carry one anywhere. I think the only real restrictions on firearms should be [...]
Rush says he’ll leave the country if national health care passes…I get a kick out of these guys that say stuff like this. They never follow through.
