Thank You, Obama
April 30th, 2009Thanks to You, I Stocked Up
Every morning, out of habit, I check the Classic Arms site. I got my C&R license quite some time ago, and I almost immediately lost all desire to use it, but I’m so used to looking at Classic Arms, I can’t stop.
All week, they’ve been writing about the ammunition crisis. I don’t understand it. I have all the ammunition a person could want, and I got it at great prices. I even have primers. If I were a truly accomplished right wing Christian potential possible terrorist, instead of a highly ineffective one, I could mount a really spectacular standoff and shoot up every cop car in Coral Gables.
That’s what leftist nutballs think bulk ammunition buys are for. But sane, intelligent people realize that the real motivation is stinginess. Why pay seventy-five cents each for 20 bullets when you can pay thirty cents each for a thousand? I don’t run around taking hostages and shouting about Ruby Ridge. I go to the range and shoot targets. That takes a lot of ammunition. Actual murderers generally spend very little on bullets. It’s probably pretty rare for 90-pound crackheads and career burglars to go to gun shops and load up on the latest frangible rounds. “How many Cor-Bons can I has for this Blaupunkt?”
Honestly, I don’t know what goes on in the heads of urban liberals. They seem to think that if you have one gun and one bullet, you’re armed as well as you could ever need to be. That’s because most of them have never fired a gun and know nothing about firearms. They don’t realize that people miss, or that criminals usually can’t be incapacitated with one shot, or that you need a lot of ammunition just to learn how to use your weapon safely, accurately, and responsibly.
You know what? Liberals who know nothing about guns should quit telling the rest of us what to do with them. Do I go to their houses and tell them how to work their bongs and bondage gear? Do I tell them how to apply their VD ointment or cook their heroin or beat their three-tooth-having common-law wives in front of their subsidized housing? Do I point at their buttcrack tattoos and say, “That’s not how you spell ‘Obama'”?
“I really think you have too many bullwhips and ball gags. I honestly believe you don’t need this much weed and smack. I think four guys in a men’s room stall is plenty. How many decks of tarot cards can one person use?” Imagine me, butting in to liberals’ lives to say these things. It’s like Dr. Phil telling people how to lose weight. Stick to what you KNOW.
I realized last night that I really need a pistol laser. Some strange person parked in the driveway while doing something that made their car make odd sounds. I went outside with a pistol to check the car out. I kept it concealed, but it was ready to fire. I realized the darkness was a real handicap. The car pulled away, but what if there had been a problem? A laser would have simplified things greatly. I better look into that.
I have long weapons with lasers (finally), but I am not quite ready to walk out onto the porch waving a shotgun every time someone comes near the house. That kind of thing doesn’t fly with the neighbors, and it’s a bit of an overreaction. I’ve paused in people’s driveways for perfectly legitimate reasons; I would have been highly disturbed had they come out brandishing long guns. But it’s proper and correct to have a gun handy when you investigate a problem on your property (after all, I carry mine when I shop for groceries), and you need to be confident of hitting your target.
I also realized that when you go onto another person’s property at night–a bad idea to begin with–you really need to be nice. This individual probably had no idea he was ten seconds and one mistake away from the Promised Land. I would do just about anything to avoid harming another person physically, but sometimes situations go bad in a hurry, and in a contest with some doofus who doesn’t train with his gun, I will prevail in a big way. And when the cops arrive, they will give me a high five (or as we call it in Miami, a “cinco alto”). This is Florida.
I got my rifle and shotgun lasers dirt cheap, but I doubt Hong Kong has caught up with Glock laser technology, so I’ll probably have to spend some coin to get ready. Maybe I should grit my teeth and move to a different caliber, too. The 9mm isn’t all that great for shooting through car doors, and last night I saw that such things can be legitimate concerns. I used to assume there would be no reason to shoot through a door, since a person in a car is not likely to be on your property. But what if you go out to check on a suspicious car, and they shoot? They can be completely off your property and still require a response. Maybe the best answer is to stick a laser on the .38 Super, which does a bang-up job on sheet metal, and use it in those situations. If you use the right caliber and load, a car is about as hard to penetrate as a styrofoam cooler.
One more reason to be nice when you drive.
Anyway, there is no ammunition crisis in my house. Unless you’re talking about closet space.
April 30th, 2009 at 10:27 AM
I know what you mean about closet space. I am gunning for 3000 rounds (at least) for each caliber. The exception being .22. A friend of mine has over 100,000 of those so far. I can then target practice to my hearts delight and won’t be worried about having to hurry up and reload.
April 30th, 2009 at 10:29 AM
We’re both on a list somewhere.
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But if we turn Muslim, they’ll take us off.
April 30th, 2009 at 1:12 PM
You don’t need to shoot through a door, only a window. If the head’s not showing, they’re probably not a threat.
April 30th, 2009 at 2:27 PM
They’re not cheap, but I’d suggest you check the Crimson Trace lasergrips. The laser and on/off switch are made into the grips; point, your finger closes the switch, laser’s on the target. Long battery life, very good reputation.
Nice thing is, in a stress situation, you don’t have to manipulate the switch separately from grabbing/drawing.
9mm with some of the good 147-grain hollowpoints would probably ventilate most car doors with little problem, though a .38 Super would surely work better. All the ammo that passes the tests the FBI came up with should do the job nicely, in anything from 9mm on up.
True enough, when you buy in bulk you can often get a price break. And .22 ammo is something you can go through at a frightening rate; back when the kids were young, they could go through a brick in a day at the range. Hell, some of the guns I have, I can do that myself if I’m concentrating on .22’s.
April 30th, 2009 at 2:52 PM
Get a good flashlight. A laser will help you aim your gun accurately but will do nothing to illuminate the target. Practice using the gun and light together with a crossover type brace holding the light in your non shooting hand and the gun hand resting on the wrist of the other. A very bright flashlight will also blind your target and hamper their efforts to return accurate fire.
April 30th, 2009 at 4:15 PM
“You know what? Liberals who know nothing about guns should quit telling the rest of us what to do with them. Do I go to their houses and tell them how to work their bongs and bondage gear? Do I tell them how to apply their VD ointment or cook their heroin or beat their three-tooth-having common-law wives in front of their subsidized housing? Do I point at their buttcrack tattoos and say, “That’s not how you spell ‘Obama’”?”
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That belongs on CafePress swag.
April 30th, 2009 at 6:59 PM
Good one Steve. I couldn’t agree with you more!
April 30th, 2009 at 7:39 PM
Non-gunnies have no understanding at all. One day at the range, a fellow mentioned that he had 145 guns; now THAT’S an “arsenal”.
Just tonight, I fired 72 rounds of .45 ACP, and yesterday it was 40 rounds of .22, both in matches. If I did any practice, it’d be a heckuva lot more.
Personally, I see no reason for a golfer to have more than one club and one ball, “that should be enough for anybody, shouldn’t it?”
April 30th, 2009 at 8:54 PM
I just bought a Saiga 12 last week. I need to thank you for introducing me to it here. I got it at the same gun shop in Tacoma where the Beltway Sniper acquired (stole) the rifle used in the shootings.
Anyway, they have tons of ammo and all that good stuff in stock.
This new Obama gun buying craze has re-awakened my interest in shooting. I guess I should thank him for that.
I’m going to get a laser for my Glock. What I should do is get a combo, laser/flashlight like one of these, although it looks clunky.
http://www.combathunting.com/LASER_SIGHTS-Tactical_Laser_Flashlight_Combo_Fits_Glock.html
April 30th, 2009 at 9:02 PM
Steve,
You’ll still get a lot of benefit out of fixing up some point and shoot targets around the house and carrying around an air rifle to practice constantly. About twenty layers of newspaper taped over the opening in a five gallon plastic pail make good targets. The idea is to have them located so you can just walk from room to room and point and shoot.
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This activity is best done with the shades drawn. It will help improve both your rifle and pistol because you train your hands to adjust with your eye.and to shoot with little thought thus leaving your mind free to think about other things like does the bad guy have back up, is help on the way, what sort of pizza to have when all is over and done etc.
April 30th, 2009 at 9:57 PM
I REALLY love cheese pizza.
April 30th, 2009 at 11:09 PM
It’s not quite a laser, but Home Despot is selling a 200 lumen LED flashlight for $25 that is fantastic. 2 D cells, 1 LED in a tightly focussed beam. At close range you might hurt someone without touching them.
May 1st, 2009 at 2:11 PM
I just got crimson trace for my 1911 and I love ’em. At first I thought they were gimicky, but after careful consideration I can to the same conclusion you did. And what the previous poster said about them is true – don’t consider anything less.
Also – do get a good light. The Home Depot Husky mentioned above is clearance priced at my HD for $19. It’s uglier than sin, but crazy bright. If you want a more elegant flashlight, stay away from http://www.candlepowerforums.com/ – you’re probabaly already a closet flashaholic and don’t even know it…
May 1st, 2009 at 2:26 PM
200LUMENS! For $25? Damn, I need one of those!
No, no actual reason, I just NEED one!
Airsoft gun. You can set up little box targets and practice cutting corners and so forth, you can reuse the balls, and they’re inexpensive. And don’t shoot little holes in the wall when you miss.
May 2nd, 2009 at 3:00 AM
Motion-sensor floodlights. Quick, cheap, easy (may require some lightweight wiring).
May 2nd, 2009 at 1:24 PM
Why not move out to the sticks? It’s not like you need to commute anywhere. When you have your own shooting range, or like one of my neighbors, a 50yrd range, and a 200yrd range, things are a little different. I’ve never seen an Ubama butt-crack tattoo, but a Chinese friend once pointed out that a hippy-dippy chick had the Chinese character for “shoe” tattooed on her neck.
May 2nd, 2009 at 7:16 PM
Classic Arms? Piker. Collectors Firearms.
Buy a sealed keyboard.
May 3rd, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Great post, it reminds me of the old Rush song Witch Hunt.
I’d rather have a .45 than a 9mm personally for two reasons. One is stopping power the second is comfort. I have a fairly big had and the grip of a 9mm is too small.