Gettin' yer shit together!

IDPA rocks, plain and simple. Fun, simple, and useful in that it makes you shoot under stress, it is by far one of the best ways to get some uncommon practice in within a competitive environment.Here are some basic reasons why it rules .

Zombie stories in a nutshell....

After reading a great many zombies books over the last year I have come to a conclusion: The most interesting part of any Zombie tale isn't the ghastly hordes of the undead, the people fighting for their lives, no, not even exploding heads! It all the stuff they get! G.K. Chesterton puts it best:

"Robinson Crusoe," which I read about this time, and which owes its eternal vivacity to the fact that it celebrates the poetry of limits, nay, even the wild romance of prudence. Crusoe is a man on a small rock with a few comforts just snatched from the sea: the best thing in the book is simply the list of things saved from the wreck. The greatest of poems is an inventory. Every kitchen tool becomes ideal because Crusoe might have dropped it in the sea. It is a good exercise, in empty or ugly hours of the day, to look at anything, the coal-scuttle or the book-case, and think how happy one could be to have brought it out of the sinking ship on to the solitary island. But it is a better exercise still to remember how all things have had this hair-breadth escape: everything has been saved from a wreck.

Seriously, if that ain't it. The parts I remember most vividly in Day By Day Armageddon, Plague of the Dead, World War Z, etc is all the stuff someone manages to get, whether it's a new rifle or a watch from a newly dead walker. That is the appeal, well that and awesome head shots! :-D

A thousand rounds? Unpossible!

Super Neato Bersa Gun Test!


See this is done to make people believe that a gun going a thousand rounds is a big deal. It isn't! The thing is why shouldn’t a gun be able to handle a thousand rounds? Seriously, you are dropping hundreds of dollars on a piece and it’s a newsflash that the gun can go a thousand rounds? Am I missing something here? By the way my car can go over a 100 mph……need me to post a vid? As far as I can see if you are dropping a wad of cash for a pistol that can't go the distance, why on earth would you bother getting it in the first place?

Glock in decline?

I have to agree Richard Johnson's take on the supposed decline of Glock. This isn't the Titanic or the Ottoman Empire by any means, but they have definitely been in some stagnant waters for a long time. Glock (my pistol of choice) is a great gun. It works, it's durable, it works, it's ugly, it's easy enough for a cop or federal agent to figure out how to work, and my favorite- It's cheap! Those things make it a winner....for now, but the day has come where the same durability is being found in many other pistols for around the same price, and with Glock's new, super duper disco gun with its problems. It is starting to look alot like Obama's re-election campaign. Glock is nowhere near dead, but it should be noted that they have seriously fumbled the launch of something that should have been a no-brainer! I believe Glock will work out their flaws, but like Johnson noted:

"While Glock stayed out of long guns, S&W actively pursued the AR market with the M&P15 line of rifles. This offers departments a “one stop shopping” experience with Smith. S&W can sell an agency duty guns, backup guns, and rifles, and is likely to offer sweeter contract terms for the department to get the deal. "

You have to admit that is an edge that Glock cannot match, and one that will plague them for years to come. Also, that grip angle on there....that ain't nowhere near perfection.

If I can vote, why can't I have a beer?

The 21 drinking age is a dinosaur and should be repealed at the state level. If you can engage in adult responsibilities (like joining the army or law enforcement), why can't you purchase and consume alcohol? In the video notice how the argument is framed as a "public health" issue and not one of responsibilities by the prohibition guild MADD.

"Wait until your sweat dries and get some experience."

So where are all the people who said that Obama would be embraced by the world as a serious politician? Where are they now?

The main goal of many in electing Obama was specifically for dealing with countries like Iran. They criticized Bush for taking the hard nosed approach with Iran (well not that hard...), but at least they respected Bush. At least they knew he meant business. What can they say about Obama now? The thing that escapes me is how could anyone take this man seriously. After his debacle in Copenhagen (both times), and his serious mismanagement in getting healthcare through. Obama is seriously deficient as a politician and has about as much street cred as Pat Boone in South Central L.A.

Slow is smooth and peanut butter is chunky

In the world of the fine art of firearms there is a lot of provocation concerning the issue of proper gunhandling. One thing that seems to be erupting constantly is that "I am right, and you are doing it wrong." Now, in real life we judge things by the results. Seriously, I tolerate gun culture for the most part. It is usually filled with people who really know what they are doing (You can usually tell them because they are the ones who actually listen to you and do not dictate What you should do)and many of those who seriously do not (these are the ones who have shot for 20+ years, and still can't hit the broad side of a barn). Today after reading about the issue of trigger pulls Here and here I have come to the conclusion that shooting is purely subjective and thank God it is. It's one thing to insist on proper and safe gunhandling, but the inclination so much nowadays is that pistol shooting is a form of dogma developed by Jeff Cooper or one of the many people that slept in his guest house. Seriously, I think pistol shooting and any pistol shooting should be judged by the results. Is it safe should be an issue (something that was brought up at length in both articles on trigger pull), but also is it functional? Is what you are doing functional enough to safely operate in a manner that will preserve your life without hurting innocent people in the process? Shooting is an Art, but the sport is seriously lacking true artists and is plagued by over-zealous clergymen.