2nd Amendment

For an article I'm working on: For the medics: 1. Medics, if you encounter a patient legally carried a concealed firearm, how do you deal with it? Secure and clear the weapon yourself? Have law enforcement do it? 2. For those instances when law enforcement officers are not present, what then? 3. Does your agency have a policy or procedure ...

For most of my adult life, media portrayed gun owners as the lunatic fringe of American culture. As recently as 2008, our own President referred to us as "bitterly clinging to guns and religion." The fact that Tim Holman's presentation made the cut among the many hundreds of lecture submissions to EMS World Expo is testament to the truth: Gun owners are the mainstream. The gun-rights opponents are the fringe.

This one has been around a while, but it struck me nonetheless: "The philosophy of gun control: Teenagers are roaring through town at 90 MPH, where the speed limit is 25. Your solution is to lower the speed limit to 20."  ~ Sam Cohen  

… this is the coolest story you will read all week.   A historic Colt .45-caliber, semi-automatic pistol stolen more than 30 years ago from a Medal of Honor winner in South Carolina has been returned to its rightful owner. The gun and owner were reunited after a history buff in Medford, who bought the old handgun in an online ...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kassP7zI0qc&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] … it seems to me that the greater threat to society is the out-of-control cop, not the concealed carry permit holder. Something tells me that this officer's attitude is responsible for about 95% of the crap he deals with every day. Time to take some desk time, Officer Friendly. Or get out of law enforcement altogether.

From Mark Steyn in Nation Review Online: "So, in case you’re wondering why Obama’s second annual Recovery Summer is a wee bit sluggish at your end, relax: Stimulus dollars went to fund one federal agency to buy guns for the paid informants of another federal agency to funnel to foreign criminals in order that the first federal agency might identify ...

… you spot all sorts of flaws. After a lifetime shooting with the Weaver stance: I'm finally getting comfortable using the isosceles stance. Notice how my grip wanders with recoil on successive shots, and I correct it in the last frame? I wasn't conscious of the problem, but you could definitely tell it by speed and accuracy (or lack thereof) ...

  Coincidence? I think not.   Stolen from a Facebook friend, Rob Foy.

Heh. I LOL'ed.

My friend Don Gwinn has a request of his fellow Illinois 2nd Amendment advocates. Go visit his blog, follow the link, and make your voices heard. Let's see if we can help drag Illinois into free America. Tell all your friends, too, and tell them to tell their friends…

On this day, March 29, 1911, the U.S. Army officially adopted John M. Browning's design for an autoloading .45 pistol as its issue sidearm. 100 years later, it's still going strong.   On behalf of me and the Pointer Sisters (pictured above from left: Anita, June and Ruth), have a Happy 1911 Day!

… is the sound of God killing a whole litter of Sarah Brady’s kittens. Gay Cynic recovers from potentially life-altering reconstructive surgery enough to own and shoot his very own AR-15. Welcome to the Evil Black Rifle Club, my friend. We have cookies! I call him friend, but the prairie dogs around Secret Location, Colorado just call him Cthulhu. Let’s ...

We all know that, in contrast to rifles and shotguns, the only moving targets for hand guns are people -

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. - Voltaire That is my stand, and so it must be the stand of all principled people. Gentle, conciliatory speech needs no protection. Unpopular - and yes, even hateful - speech is what the First Amendment was written to protect.

One of the nice things about the shooting community is that we’re a pretty inclusive bunch. Go to pretty much any range, anywhere, and you’ll find no shortage of friendly people who, as long as you follow the Four Rules, welcome you into their community of gun geeks. Sure, we’ve got a few gamers and gear snobs, high-speed, low-drag types ...