Working Safely with Lead

I have to lay out my lead cred first. The day I began building organs in 1983, my blood was tested for lead. When we’d finished two organs by 1992, my blood was again tested for lead. Though they both tested positive for beer, before and after results were...

Reasonable restrictions and the terrorist watch list

As we all know, rights are subject to reasonable restrictions, particularly when the public interest and common good are at stake. So in order to ensure the security of our free state, there are several programs that must be extended immediately.   Daesh/ISIS...

Irrational Fear

On the heels of another kid getting shot by police for having a replica firearm, I figured it was time to revisit this. “Who is that guy over there?” “What is he doing?” “Should we call the police?” As it happens, nobody pictured above is breaking the law at the time...

Year in Review – 2015

By all accounts, we started the year strong. Membership was up, we had a new membership card system, we were in good standing with the CMP and USAS, we had a strong blog showing. We had key positions filled, our non-profit status was secured. In 2015 we saw solid...

Dealing with power, part II: Recoil.

Yesterday I took advantage of the unseasonable warmth to get out to the range and have a bit of fun & practice: Yeah, those cans jump pretty good when popped with .45 Super rounds, particularly out of my Cx4 Storm. Which, this time out, was a lot more fun to shoot...

They aren’t coming for your guns?

You know, the slippery slope argument gets invoked a great deal, and honestly, its not exactly resonating with anyone. It feels tired. I am not entirely sure what to do about that without getting a dog whistle out, but that’s not the point of today’s post....