Today, like every day, I am thankful for my loving family, my faith and the freedom to practice it, for my health, for my friends, and for the abundant blessings I enjoy as an American. In these perilous times we should be especially conscious of our f…

Our son is no stranger to firearms. He built his own AR rifle a couple years ago and he’s also an experienced handgun shooter. However, he’s been looking forward to actually buying his own handgun for a while. After celebrating his first legal bee…

We visited a new brewery this weekend. It’s not often we check out a new place as soon as it’s opened, preferring to let the kinks get worked out first. But we happened to be in the Blacksburg area for the second day open for Sinkland Farms Brewery in …

He grew up visiting craft breweries and hearing all about good beer. This weekend our son got to do more than watch.The beer was Right Mind Brewing Tommy Dinkus 80 Shilling Scottish Ale as we celebrated his 21st birthday with dinner and beer,…

Well, shoot. (Or not.) Another week has passed in which I managed no visit to the range. After last week’s meeting schedule I had even preemptively blocked off time on my calendar for this week. Alas, life intervened. I did get in a little dry fire; pr…

I’ve never understood the mindset of surrender that would leave one to believe the wooden doors of a church were talismans which prevented the deranged from entering with guns, or any other weapons of mass destruction. (No pun intended.) As recent…

Today’s pre-church chuckle.

Sitting by the window of her convent, Sister Barbara opened a letter from home one evening. Inside the letter was a $100 bill her parents had sent. Sister Barbara smiled at the gesture.

As she read the letter by the window, she noticed a shabbily dressed stranger leaning against the lamp post below. Quickly, she wrote, “Don’t despair. – Sister Barbara,” on a piece of paper, wrapped the $100 bill in it, got the man’s attention and tossed it out the window to him.

The stranger picked it up, and with a puzzled expression and a tip of his hat, went off down the street.

The next day, Sister Barbara was told that a man was at her door, insisting on seeing her. She went down, and found the stranger waiting. Without a word, he handed her a huge wad of $100 bills. “What’s this?” she asked.

“That’s the $8,000 you have coming Sister,” he replied. “Don’t Despair paid 80-to-1.”

Happy Sunday.

H/T to Old NFO.

To all the men and women who have given so much to make this country great and who have fought to maintain the freedoms we cherish, today we pause to say “thank you.” Your service is not forgotten.Thank a vet today. Better yet, thank a vet every day.”A…

The Virginia Citizens Defense League has put together a comprehensive comparison of legal protection plans available to civilians in the event they are involved in a self defense shooting. One can face daunting expenses and legal obstacles as the …

Yep, they really are that clueless.