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We are here to warn you Innocent shopper buyer We are here to warn you They’re gonna say buy or dieBusiness is on parade Corporate scam charade Crumbs for the poor Rich man’s profits soar Government by...
View ArticleI may be slow but I ain't stupid
I have to say that when I hear statements like "stupid fucking Americans" or "you Americans are so stupid" or "how stupid can Americans be" or any other similar statement it really bugs me. Why does...
View ArticleControlling for gun violence
Gun control is a touchy subject to say the least; you could almost say people have a hair trigger when it comes to talking about guns. Unfortunately there have been a few high profile incidents...
View ArticleControlling for gun violence (re-visited)
This diary is a repost from 11 April. I am reposting it now as a semi-response to a diary that has gotten some peoples dander up and to hopefully temper the conversation. The only changes I have made...
View ArticleRKBA - The duty of self defense
Self defense isn’t just a right, it’s a duty.I am sure most everybody has heard about what took place around 5:00 am on May 26th in Chicago; As an 80-year-old Army veteran, his wife and great-grandson...
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RKBA:The illogic of safe gun ownership.
Guns are dangerous and the idea of safe gun ownership is a logical fallacy. With gun violence in America at record highs how anyone could assume otherwise is beyond me. The facts are clear and are...
View ArticleRKBA: What is "reasonable" firearm legislation?
What is “reasonable” firearm legislation? I hear it all the time in conversations and find it in comments here on DKos. It's not unheard of to read something like this.Look ,nobody is trying to take...
View ArticleRKBA: Life and risk and guns and violence
Life is risky. Everyday you are exposed to risk via the innate hazards in the world has to offer. It doesn’t matter whether it is navigating a flight of stairs, crossing the street, driving a car,...
View ArticleRKBA: Who uses a gun to commit violent crime?
I know that this won't come as a surprise to..., well..., anyone but there are a lot of guns in America. Duh, right? America has scads, oodles, boat loads, and a shit ton of firearms. We've got guns,...
View ArticlePresident Obama is a shill for the NRA
That's right, nothing but a shill who is selling his party out. Comments like these are proof that he is in the pocket of the NRA and the gun lobby.
View ArticleRKBA: Electoral Victory
Hello everyone. Over the past few days/weeks, I've been mulling over what the purpose of this site is. This led to me spending some time at the FAQ page where I found this great question "What is the...
View ArticleAn Expat perspective
I’ve been working as an expat for a while now and have had the privilege to visit a number of countries. My most recent experiences have been on Sakhalin Island of the Russian Federation, Oman and...
View ArticleMy punk luggage
The work I do requires that I travel a lot. So I spend a significant amount of time 6 miles up, trapped in an aluminum tube doing my best not to verbally abuse the parents of screaming children.
View ArticleRKBA: I am not the NRA and I vote
I am writing this as a response to a not uncommon question that is posed in many firearm related diaries. The sum and substance of the question is how do RKBA members views on issues regarding firearms...
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RKBA: "Reasonable" and "Common sense"
In my last diary I responded to a common question regarding how RKBA members’ views differ from the policies of the NRA. The sum and substance of my response was twofold: First, since I am not a member...
View ArticleRKBA: Crime down...gun ownership up, that can't be right.
Crime has always been a prime subject for local and national news, I am sure everyone has heard the adage “If it bleeds, it leads” and with the advent of 24 hour news services, anyone who wants to be...
View ArticleRKBA: We gotta do something about guns.
We’ve got to do something about guns. We have got to find a way to convince the general public that increased gun ownership is bad and only leads to more violence. Tragically the facts we've got on...
View ArticleRKBA: Questions why
It is an established fact that violent crime is down and has been steadily decreasing since 1993. Murder is down, rape is down, robberies are down and aggravated assault is down. While the fact that...
View ArticleRKBA: Reasons why
In a previous diary I put forth the question "Why are some people against firearm ownership?" I then gave some examples of the more common reasons that people have provided in gun related diaries for...
View ArticleRKBA: No individual right.
For the sake of argument let’s say that there isn’t an individual right to keep and bear arms. Instead that right is limited to the context of a militia, an argument that is consistently presented in...
View ArticleOn a personal note, remembering my Grandma
It was 1963 when my mother divorced my Dad; I was 2 at the time so I have no recollection of what happened or why. I do know that she packed me up and moved back to Joplin Missouri to live with her...
View ArticleRKBA: No Trust
People who own firearms can’t be trusted; at least that’s what we are told time and time and time again, ad infinitum, ad nauseum. We can’t be trusted to carry them, either openly or concealed and we...
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RKBA: A conversation
I am confident that most everyone wants to stop or at the least lessen the consequences of the actions of people like James Holmes. So what could have been done, what controls could have been in place...
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RKBA: A conversation revisited
I was pretty happy with my last diary, at least regarding what I wrote. I really was trying to have or start a conversation. Unfortunately the bulk of the over 500 comments (which is a lot for one of...
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RKBA: Gun controls
I am a member of RKBA and I want to have this conversation. Before I start I want to say this.Let's try to be constructive. It is not constructive for people who are in favor of more gun-control to...
View ArticleRational gun control, unless it’s too late
What follows is a post from the blog of a guy I work for. It is being reproduced in full with his consent. If you are interested in reading what a chemical engineer who immigrated to Australia has to...
View ArticleFirearm Registration
This is going to be short. Here are some reasons why I am skeptical of any registration regime. These are off the top of my head and in no particular order.
View ArticleAttention gun controllers: I don't trust you
In a comment from my last diary, Robobagpiper wrote;This. It's a matter of trust. When gun controllers incessantly go on with "ban this! ban that!" out of one side of their mouths, and sneer "you...
View ArticleAppearances
As far as semi-automatic weapons go:• barrel shrouds;• pistol grips;• flash suppressors;• collapsible stocks; and,• bayonet lugsare nothing more than customizations…its all just stuff...
View ArticleNot GBCW but PTFA
I was raised in a Democratic voting household, my dad was a member of the IBEW and we would be considered lifelong Democrats. My family and the millions of families like us make up a significant...
View ArticleAWB and honesty
Honesty - truthfulness, sincerity, frankness, freedom from deceit or fraud.
View ArticleGet arrested...we take your DNA.
From NBC NewsThe Supreme Court on Monday upheld the police practice of taking DNA samples from people who have been arrested but not convicted of a crime, ruling that it amounts to the 21st century...
View ArticleRKBA: Questions, definitions, problems, solutions, discussion.
I don’t think too many people could legitimately argue with the fact that Americans civilian population is one of the most heavily armed in the world. We are also one of the worlds leaders in criminal...
View ArticleRKBA: Law, Force, Intent, Violence, Criminal and Non-criminal
In my previous diary I posed a few questions and attempted to define some terms in order to come to a basic understanding of what gun control is and what it is intended to accomplish. I did this in the...
View ArticleRKBA: Finally did it
We finally went and did it. It was a big decision and it took us a while because such decisions really shouldn’t be made without significant amount of thought. That decision you ask? After months of...
View ArticleRKBA: Concealed Carry, some figures.
Last week teacherken wrote a very thought provoking diary entitled Concealed Carry’s Body Count. Some figures were shared from the Violence Policy Center showing that 722 people have lost their lives...
View ArticleRKBA: No such thing as a responsible gun owner.
Due to the nature of our constitution, which places an emphasis on individual liberty and the amendments that constrain the governments ability to restrict certain rights, the mechanisms we currently...
View ArticleRKBA: Reasonable restrictions? Sure, as long as they’re lawful.
When it comes to discussions on firearms, often references are made regarding the need for common sense or reasonable restrictions. But when it comes to legislation intended to restrict a fundamental...
View ArticleRKBA: Anyone else out there?
Something I strive for when I write about firearms is to present what I have to say in as clinical a manner as I can. I try to keep to facts/statistics, supporting evidence and endeavor to limit any...
View ArticleRKBA: Solutions
In an effort to progress the conversation on firearms, a goal of mine has been to find a fundamental baseline or common ground that both sides of the debate can substantially agree upon and move...
View ArticleRKBA: Carrying Concealed
8 months ago I made a decision to get a concealed carry permit. I didn’t do so because I was afraid, or because my job required me to carry large sums of money, or because of personal threats or crime...
View ArticleRKBA: Horse, genie, ship and toothpaste.
In a nation of 300 million guns, how do we go about reducing gun related crime and violence? Not a simple question to answer and there doesn’t appear to be many viable solutions that people are willing...
View ArticleRKBA: An exercise in thought
In my last diary fcvaguy brought up a statement by Justice Scalia from the Heller case.“It is not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose.” Now...
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