Archive for March, 2019:

On Strength by L.B. Johnson

March 25, 2019 In LB Johnson

I remember the day well.  I was cleaning out a storage unit that I had rented when I sold my last house, with the last of the lightweight gear loaded in the truck, tied together and down by strands of paracord. Like baling twine to a farmer, it's the thread of life for someone bent on surviving. Shelter building, gear repair, snares, and traps, securing gear either to yourself or your truck so if you and thick brush do the tango it doesn't come loose. The inside strands can make a fishing net. Hanging food out of reach of animals, makeshift clothesline, a sling, multiple uses for something Read More >>

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March 25, 2019 In 2nd Amendment Rights, Firearms Possession, Lynne Finch, NRA Certified Trainer, US Constitution
Lynne Finch

"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.". There have been multiple interpretations, but I tend to focus on “…shall not be infringed.”  In the last few years there has been a lot of calls for “gun control” in various forms, ranging from complete disarming to banning specific types of firearms.  These calls get louder after an atrocity like a school shooting, church shooting, etc.  Why am I so resistant to the call for my gun rights?  For one, history shows that disarming the Read More >>

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Good News on the Second Amendment Front

March 23, 2019 In 2nd Amendment Rights, Clayton Cramer, US Constitution

And from New York!  Avitable v. Beach (N.D.N.Y., 2019).   Important points: Second Amendment protects possession of stun guns and Tasers.   New York State argued that Tasers are not in "common use," by comparing the number in private hands "to the relatively small number of civilian-owned machine guns that were sold prior to the 1986 federal ban on those weapons."   “Avitable argued that he preferred one of these electric weapons over using his rifles or shotguns because he would prefer not to kill in self-defense,  (A good argument--it shows Read More >>

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My Reasons for Owning Firearms…Reason #6

March 23, 2019 In Firearms Possession, Kitty Austin

6. Family heirlooms. For some, that would include me, history is fascinating.  Imagine if you will, walking the ground where George Washington stood to ponder the future of this great nation.  Visualize exploring the ground where George Armstrong Custer confronted Sioux and Cheyenne warriors on June 25, 1976 at the Little Big Horn River.   What would it be like to see and walk around the Alamo where roughly 200 Texans were killed by Santa Anna’s Mexican army? History can teach us about who we are as a person and as a culture.  So, when your grandfather hands down his first rifle Read More >>

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