The Scottish edition.In any language, the admonition would be well heeded, “If you want peace, prepare for war.”
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After that fun match on Sunday, I was still anxious for more shooting. To my delight, on Monday I was able to get down to Winding Brook for a little trigger time.

My plan for this practice session was to work on shooting while holding a flashlight. I have been dry firing and rehearsing getting the flashlight in position under the gun at the draw. After 50 rounds of live fire, I feel more comfortable in shooting and controlling the pistol despite the addition of the flashlight in my hand.

After the flashlight work, I decided to work on something I don’t practice enough — distance shooting. I don’t do it often, mainly because of the time it takes to repeatedly recall the target to check the hits. I put the target at 20 yards, and tried to shoot at the pace that I might use in a match. Granted I was standing still, with no match pressure, but I was pleased with the 2, 3, or 4 shot strings. This was no dot torture drill, but I was pleased to keep them center of mass.

In this video, NRA’s Wayne LaPierre reiterates the organization’s firm stance on freedom and the ideals enumerated in the Constitution. The NRA will not support any restrictions on law abiding Americans and rejects any further expansion of proven faile…

Finally, a match when it wasn’t raining! For the first time this year, it was not raining on match day. Sure, it was only in the mid-30’s when we started shooting but at least there was no mud or bagged targets to deal with. The early morning drive had…

A bunch of useful idiots for the socialist movement in the U.S. were “marching” today to push for the restriction of Constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens. Ironically, their own “leaders” were whining about having their own rights restricted. I…

Which is more lethal, a can of soup or a rock? That’s the question schools systems must be asking themselves.

A few years ago, we heard about a public school where “each science classroom is equipped with cans of soup to be thrown at the intruder in the instance that the intruder enters the classroom.“ Now, a school in Pennsylvania has armed their students with stones that “are the right size for hands” to be used in case of attack.

Blue Mountain School District Superintendent David Helsel made headlines recently after testifying to lawmakers at the state capitol that his students could be armed with rocks in case of an active shooter lockdown.

“Every classroom has been equipped with a five-gallon bucket of river stone,” Helsel told lawmakers. “If an armed intruder attempts to gain entrance into any of our classrooms, they will face a classroom full students armed with rocks and they will be stoned.”

Of course, some idiots are probably now afraid white teachers will start stoning the black kids in their classrooms.

What sort of parent would choose kids armed with rocks over an adult with a gun to defend their child from a mass killer?

See “Pennsylvania school wants to arm students with rocks to protect them against active shooters” for all the absurd details.

Some mood music from Koko Taylor to kick off the weekend.
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This list about the Maryland school shooting has been making the rounds of social media, and it gets right to the heart of the matter.

• What didn’t stop the Maryland school shooting

• Maryland’s assault weapon ban

• Maryland’s 10-round magazine limit

• Maryland’s universal background check requirement

• Maryland’s law requiring an extensive application process to obtain a permit to purchase a handgun

• Maryland’s law prohibiting purchase of more than one firearm a month

• Maryland’s law requiring handgun registration

• Maryland’s law requiring licensing of handgun owners

• Maryland’s extremely limited approval of conceal carry permits

• Maryland’s refusal to honor any concealed carry permit from another state

• Federal law prohibiting handgun possession for people under 21

• Laws against carrying without a permit

• Gun free school zones

• Laws against discharging a firearm in public

• Laws against attempted murder

• What did stop the Maryland school shooting

• An armed person at the scene who engaged the shooter in less than a minute

The “do something” laws and restrictions around gun ownership that the left has been crying for are already in place. Honest and intelligent people know these laws do nothing to stop evil people from committing acts of violence. Regulations and processes that could actually serve to keep people safe are routinely ignored by those charged with enforcing them. Our leftist antagonists have but one goal with their calls for “gun control.” They are not interested in the safety of children, children are mere pawns to them, a means to an end. Their motive is a compliant, defenseless and submissive citizenry.

The despicable people pushing for “gun control” are in my opinion, no different than the tyrants throughout history who cruelly clamped down on the freedom and lives of others. Whether willful participants or useful idiots, they should be met with utter disdain and contempt. They’ve already proven how they feel about us.

The violence in Maryland will soon fade from the headlines. Unlike the Parkland, Florida mass killing, the outcome in this case doesn’t fit the agenda. The leftist narrative must be maintained, facts be damned.

I’ve managed to survive sixty years of life now. I remember when I was much younger, 60 seemed so old. (And so very far away.) But in the present, it’s not so bad. :-)When I was reflecting on those years recently, it occurred to me that I’ve lived in s…

The prognosticators are predicting we’ll face a late winter, or early spring depending on the timing, snow this week. It’s frustrating when a range trip must be cancelled due to inclement weather. Since I have long been anticipating taking some ti…