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Aug 21, 2010, Finally Made the Leap to a "Pocket" .380

Ok. I've been getting clawed at from all sides about my "thoughts" on the pocket size .380 pistols starting with Kel Tec and those that have followed it into the market. 8 or 10 of these pistols have made their way into gun stores. I've been mulling it over for a while but because of my previous experience shooting other people's and the known dependability issues with this size gun I have refrained. Until today.

I walked into Academy Sports and went, as I often do, back to the gun bar. There was the usual assortment of .25s the Ruger LCP .380 and one I hadn't seen in the case just a few days before. The Taurus PT738 stainless steel pocket size .380. I bought it.

So now I can quit talking about what I think and start talking about what I know after tomorrow. Tomorrow, I'm going to wring it out with 150 rounds of Remington UMC (because it's all I can find locally). But that is enough to get a good picture of what this kind of gun will do.

They are not made for extended shooting sessions, but they should be tested enough to satisfy their owners they will be dependable should they be needed in an emergency.

So far, I like the way it both looks and feels, but neither of those means much compared to the way it works.

So tomorrow, we'll see. Is it a dependable carry or backup gun? Or will I be reporting on FTFs and other bad initials? Report to come soon.

Aug 14, 2010, Charter Arms Bulldog .44 Special

When I now consider carrying a handgun, the Bernard Goetz incident colors my opinions. Mr. Goetz was riding on a New York city subway when confronted by

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Aug 14, 2010, Sometimes You Just Gotta Vent

This past week, I was sitting at my desk at home minding my own business. I began to smell something just about the time my daughter came running down the hall shouting "skunk smell"! We both walked into the den just in time to see my dog come running in foaming at the mouth with a smell on him that made your eyes water. And before we could stop him, he hit the floor and spiraled all the way across the room rubbing the foul smell into the carpet. We ran him out poured baking soda and carpet deodorizer everywhere. Then for the next two days, had to deal with the systematic removal of the odor from everything that had touched it.

I got stung 3 times from 3 wasp nests all in an area around the side of my house where I keep my shooting targets and devices. Stung once, I got spray and killed the wasps. Tore down the nest. Went out there again and bumped up against the fence, got it again. Killed more, and knocked down the nest. Got stung once when I opened the top to an ice chest that the little monsters had managed to get in and build a nest on the underside of the lid. Almost got it again when I picked up a folding saw horse and they came out the top. I managed to escape that time but found out they had built a nest in the folding top packing out a cavity underneath. More dead wasps.

This morning I woke up with my neck itching, red and significantly swollen on one side. No doubt a spider bite which are rather frequent.

No reason to write this other than I just wanted to. Maybe somebody can relate to this kind of week.

Jul 30, 2010, Dumbber Than A Parrot

Below is an example of a liberal Democrat that doesn't have enough sense to think for himself. His diatribe is that of a parrot that knows absolutely nothing about which he is speaking and is parroting what he has heard over and over again from liberals. The only thing different about him and a real parrot is that a real parrot would use better grammar and spelling. Read more.......

Jul 29, 2010, Taurus 605 - .357 Magnum

On March 25th of 2010 I purchased a Taurus 605 357 magnum stainless steel 5 shot, with a two inch barrel from my town's local dealer. It arrived within

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Jul 28, 2010, 2nd Amendment Indignity

As I sat at a coffee shop last night with my daughter eating dinner and relaxing, I had a sudden, indignant rush of irritation at the utter stupidity of the Fort Smith Board of Directors who establish city ordinances. Read more......

Jul 26, 2010, How Not to Let Your Kid Shoot

I Hope nobody was standing to the left of this kid while he was shooting. Before he had gotten started, he had already pointed the gun, with his finger in the trigger guard, at his dad. The dad was either holding the video camera or standing with the camera. If he wanted to video, he should have set up the camera and let it run, while he controlled the kid's every move.

Parents, an adult should have been at this kid's elbow keeping every move under control. A kid's response to stimuli is different than ours and they respond in quick, jerky movements that leave them vulnerable to making dangerous moves.

In this case, with an adult close enough to grab the gun, the commands should have been gun pointed only downrange, finger outside the trigger guard, gun on target, fire until the gun is empty, finger off the trigger, gun down with chamber open. No chatting between shots. You can't have a kid safely carrying on a conversation between shots while holding a loaded gun.

Finally, a table should have been available for this boy to set the gun down or the adult ready to take the gun after he was finished. Kids are way too stimulated to let them hold onto handguns after shooting targets.

We do this stuff every month and have taught dozens of kids to shoot safely while making sure they have fun. A casual attitude toward this kid handling a gun will get somebody killed.

Jul 25, 2010, Kel Tec PF9

For concealed carry, I like the Kel-Tec PF9. I am a rather skinny guy and some of the larger caliber handguns feel quite bulky and are more noticeable

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Jul 25, 2010, Visitor Description: Taurus PT709

I've had quite a few people ask me about the Taurus PT709 slim .9mm pistol. I haven't tried one but this short but concise note from Darryl in Texas gives a good description of one.

"Taurus PT709 Review: Traded in my Keltec P-11 for a Taurus PT709 last week. The P-11 is a good gun and does what it is intended to do. It holds 10 or 12 rounds of 9mm depending on which mag you use. In the time that I had it, no failures of any kind (200 rounds). However, it was not enjoyable to shoot at all. Recoil was not too bad, but the worst is the ergonomics of the trigger system. It was just plain painful to shoot! The PT709 however is very smooth. Recoil is manageable and the trigger system feels similar to Glock. My gun was purchased used so not sure how many rounds have been through it. But I've had no failures of any kind in 100 rounds. It's also more easily carried because of slim profile. Accuracy was good as well. Downside is the capacity. It only holds 7+1. Cost is around $400."

Jul 16, 2010, Sig Sauer Products, Parts, And Accessories

Sig Sauer Products, Parts And Accessories

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Jul 14, 2010, GLOCK Products And Accessories

GLOCK Products And Accessories

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Jul 6, 2010, Taurus PT 24/7 compact, and Taurus Judge

I have been carrying the PT 9mm for about a year now, and just recently started carrying the Judge. For its size (Judge) it conceals very nicely inside

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Jul 2, 2010, Bersa Thunder .380 Handgun Review

Bersa has one of the best values in a handgun, the Thunder .380

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Jul 1, 2010, The Political Sludge That is Mayor Richard Daley

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, who is the poster child for the political slime of Chicago, predictably set about to criticize the U.S. Supreme Court for being "divorced from reality" concerning the ruling that will result in striking down Chicago's 28 year handgun ban. That being a ban so sweeping, no private citizen could own a handgun and keep one in their home. The results of that ridiculous ban evidenced in the recent case of an elderly man who defended his home by killing an intruder with a handgun. The shooting was ruled self defense, but the home owner was arrested and charged with a felony for owning the gun that he used to save his life.
The only ones divorced from reality are Mayor Daley and his slimy Chicago minions who override the will and rights of the people with their perverted political agenda.
The weekend before the ruling there were 26 people shot in Chicago with 3 dying. The weekend before that it was over 50 with 8 dead. Typical Chicago weekends. And that is under Daley's handgun ban.
And Daley is escorted everywhere he goes with armed police officers and body guards. He is an example of the sick, mindless logic of the political tripe that wants law abiding Americans left defenseless.
Just as predictable as Daley's criticism was his and the city attorney's immediate actions to draft ordinances of which the intent will be to make it too prohibitive to own a handgun. Just like DC opening the city up for a new round of lawsuits.
The Brady Bunch and the Daleys of the world are watching their glass bubble world shatter around them as gun owners and gun rights organizations are scoring victory after victory.
Now is not the time to get complacent. It is time to vote every anti gun politician in America out of office to insure decades of peoples' ability to carry out their God given right to defend themselves and to finally live under the light of the U.S. Constitution in the way the founding fathers intended.

Jun 28, 2010, Congratulations Chicago

The Supreme Court in deciding the case of McDonald vs Chicago has struck down Chicago's 28 year old ban on handgun ownership as unconstitutional. A city rich in business, technology, and entertainment but sick in its inhibition of personal rights and freedoms has met its match. Gun owners. The 2nd Amendment activists of Illinois, the NRA and other gun rights organizations around the country are to be thanked for the high court victory.
It's truly amazing that in the last 2 years politicians have been hands off of gun rights and the high court has been historic in its rulings concerning the 2nd Amendment. Most of this has taken place under the Obama administration.
That shows two things. First, politicians are terrified of organized gun owners and 2. The delicate balance of the Supreme Court better be considered the next time voters go to the polls.
Whether in the area of Christian faith or gun ownership, voters from both or combined camps went to the polls and voted for Barrack Obama and a Democratic Congress. The only reason those two branches of government have not run rough shod over gun ownership is because they are terrified of losing their jobs. But don't think for a second that it will last if the trend continues. Obama and the Dems have proven what they are and what they will do to America with unfettered power.
In the mid term elections we have the chance to turn the tide on the Democratic Congress. And two years later we will have a chance to unseat this terrible president who has accomplished nothing but financial disaster for America.
It is at our strongest as a group that we must insure the rights of future generations and vote for politicians with true, traditional conservative values.

Jun 13, 2010, Man Month - Coolist Intro Video Ever

June is Man Month at our church with all kinds of cool man stuff going on. Man sets on stage, what we've labeled the IRONMAN White River Romp coming up next week in North Arkansas, "First and Ten Feasting" for men Thursdays and all kinds of other cool man stuff.
Now we all know that "Man Month" in the end is not really for men. It's for our wives. The sermons for the month revolve around men becoming better fathers, husbands, Christians in general, etc. But we still get to have some fun with it.
And for Man Month one of the coolest videos ever created was put together by our in house techno genius. Check out the Man Month intro video below. By the way, those are my guns in that guy's hands. Maximize the video for the best effect.

Man Month Intro from Harvest Time on Vimeo.

May 17, 2010, Smith and Wesson 500 Magnum Revolver Review

Smith and Wesson 500 Magnum Revolver Review

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May 17, 2010, Right On Target May 2010

The Right On Target shooting Group ignored the rain on Saturday morning May 15th. We headed to Roland, Oklahoma to the shooting site with rain and drizzle on and off, causing me to wonder if I should have just called it off and gone back to bed. Read more.

May 12, 2010, Redundant Explanation

You know the really cool thing about the internet is that if you don't like the way somebody does something on a web site you can just start your own. Or you can endlessly surf the web contributing nothing and criticizing everything you come across that you have an opinion on.
I get regular statements from people who do a cursory examination of the CGO site and blast me for the "safety violation" of having my finger on the trigger in some of the pictures in the gun reviews. "Gun reviews" is the key word here. I primarily review the function and quality of guns and part of those reviews is showing how the gun fits in my average size hand. A gun can get a glowing review, but if you pick it up and can't get your finger properly on the trigger, doesn't much matter to you how great the gun is. It won't work for you. So, I show some guns in my hand with my finger on the trigger.
While some of it is included, I don't primarily focus on training, safety, or other factors in gun use that are important. With my limited time, I can only do so much, and gun reviews is the focus.
There are safety statements and observations throughout the web site, but the closeup pictures of guns in my hand with my finger on the trigger are part of the gun reviews.
Anybody who doesn't like that, instead of complaining to me about what I do wrong, would do well to start their own site on gun safety and make a real contribution.

May 12, 2010, Carrying a GLOCK Pistol

Safely carrying a GLOCK Pistol

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May 12, 2010, GLOCK 23 Review

A review of the GLOCK 23 .40 S&W

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May 9, 2010, Intelligent Protest vs Stupid Semantics

The freedoms allowed us by this great country allow us to express ourselves, unfortunately ...... sometimes to our own detriment. Read more

Apr 26, 2010, A Word of Caution

My site logo says "Christian First" and that's what it means. And most people who regularly read the web site concur that it's the way we should live in all we do. But from the self defense perspective, we're basically taught to be suspicious everywhere we go, eye everybody with an eye to what they might try to do to us, be ready at all times to defend ourselves and our families, with deadly force if necessary.......
Where does that leave us as Christians? Even for somebody like me who is a licensed minister and work on the pastoral staff of a church, I have to stand back and make sure I'm keeping eternal priorities where they should be.
Christ told His disciples to be "wise as serpents, but harmless as doves". In our response to the rest of humanity - who we meet coming and going on a daily basis we are required Biblically to be the "salt of the earth" and the "light of the world". Those two requirements do not leave us room to walk around in a shell, distant and suspicious of the rest of the world. It requires us to be open, friendly and ready to do the best we can for everyone we come in contact with. The requirement to defend ourselves or families may come at any moment, but in the meantime, we are commanded to allow ourselves to be open to human discourse on every level.
So goes our challenge as Christians. It is clearly not Biblically wrong to carry a weapon for self defense in a fallen world where we may be accosted at any time by someone who only has personal gain in mind, and no concern for what the particulars of our faith are. But what is wrong is to close ourselves off to the rest of the world for whom Jesus died and commanded us to be light.
Drawing the balance is the challenge between being open, friendly and the "light of the world" but by also being prepared. If we stay constantly aware, not just of others, but the condition of ourselves, we can manage the balance.

Apr 12, 2010, The Best Handgun

I know it's cliche, but the best handgun really is the "one you have with you". One of the guns that I own that is the "least cool" of any I own is my Smith and Wesson Airweight 38 special +p revolver. This week I'm on vacation. The little Smith will go in a tackle box, a back pocket, a jacket pocket, an iwb holster and an ankle holster.
There are guns I like better. I like my G23 better. Carries under a large shirt in an iwb holster well, carries plenty of rounds. I shoot it well. But some of the places I can carry the little Airweight, I just cannot safely carry the GLOCK ready to fire.
I like my Sig P220. Big, beefy .45. Dead on accurate. But heavy as an anchor, and just too big to carry the way I have to this week.
The unglamorous S&W Airweight is a concealed carry classic. It has enough punch to be effective. It's accurate enough to get by in an emergency if you practice a bit with it. And it carries just about anywhere. So, this week, it's the best gun I own, because it's the only one I will be able carry in every situation I'll be in. So the next time you roll your eyes and sigh in exasperation at the statement "the best gun is the one you have with you" ask yourself what you absolutely know you can carry everywhere you go. If you don't have a gun like that, it's probably time to get one, even if it's not the coolest, beefiest, slickest rhino stopper on the market. That may be the one that saves your life someday.

Apr 12, 2010, Concealed Carry Thinking

Spring weather is here. Shorts, tank tops, sandals, and ...... no place to stick the gun. This time of year, ccw permit holders start leaving their carry pistols at home or in the car because the easy winter carry they've enjoyed during the cold months are coming to an end. Many just consider it too much trouble to carry during the spring and summer.
And criminals know it. Here in Arkansas if a predator sees me walking toward him in a local park with jeans, boots, layered clothing, coat, and hat, he's playing Russian roulette thinking about whether to try to ply his miserable trade on me. He knows there is a good chance that in this state somebody with that many clothes on is armed, very possibly with more than one and more than one type of weapon.
But that same criminal seeing me walking toward him in shorts, tank top and sandals just has to give me a quick once over to make a reasonable determination of whether or not I'm a viable target. Transfer that to women or men with some physical challenge and you have a virtual criminal's playground during the warm months. All those guns that have been carried under heavy clothes are now at home in a drawer.
With criminals much more active and much more able to see whether people are armed or not, now is not the time to put aside your concealed weapon but to seriously consider what and how to carry during the warm months. A gun and carry system that you can have with you all the time while you jog, bike, boat, and do all the things people do during these warm times of year.
If you're in a quandary about what and how to carry in your situation, there's no better place to learn than this organization:

The United States Concealed Carry Association. With both current articles and tons of archived articles on concealed carry methods, products, legalities and more, there is virtually nothing that is not covered there.
I've been a member for the last 3 years and it has been and continues to be one of the most valuable resources available for knowledge about all things concerning concealed carry.
You won't be disappointed with the content or value of a USCCA membership. And if you dig through the massive amount of content, I'm betting you can find a way to carry concealed whatever your situation.

Mar 27, 2010, Web Gun Reviews

Summary of web gun reviews

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Mar 27, 2010, Sig Sauer P229 Review

Summary review of the Sig Sauer P229 pistol

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Mar 27, 2010, Ruger P89 Review

Summary review of the Ruger P89 9mm pistol

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Mar 27, 2010, Ruger LCP Review

Summary review of the Ruger LCP .380 pistol

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Mar 27, 2010, Kel Tec P3AT Review

Summary review of the Kel Tec P3AT pistol

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Mar 27, 2010, Kahr CW9 Review

A summary review of the Kahr CW9 pistol

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Mar 27, 2010, Dan Wesson Revolvers

Summary history of Dan Wesson revolvers.

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Mar 22, 2010, Democrats and Health Care "Reform"

This morning we have "health care reform" that we didn't have yesterday. And today, there is crowing among Democrats; anger, hand wringing, and accusations by Republicans. And America has a monstrous financial albatross that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi claims is going to result in a "tax reduction" for the American people. Read more......

Mar 18, 2010, Kimber SIS Ultra Carry 1911 Review

A summary review of the Kimber SIS Ultra Carry 1911

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Mar 16, 2010, About the Taurus Millinneum Pro

I recently wrote a review of my Taurus Millennium Pro in .40 cal. The review was favorable as it should have been based on the performance of the gun. The 3rd gen Millennium series has been favorably reviewed across the board in all calibers it is manufactured it.
However, any gun can have flaws and to make things worse, manufacturing problems can create whole batches of guns with problems. I don't know if that is what has taken place with a batch of Taurus Millennium Pro handguns, but I have had several people write to me in the last few weeks complaining of problems with their Taurus Millenniums.
Now a gun that "shoots 6 inches low" which is a common complaint, is not the gun. It's the shooter. But a gun that has the magazine kick out every few shots, or fails to feed, or stove pipes.... that's the gun.
I'll be keeping eyes and ears open to any more problems with the Taurus Millennium series of pistols and will report them here as they come in.

Mar 11, 2010, The DARE

A new book out that is stirring hearts and minds is so good and so challenging that I decided I needed to promote it here. The book is The DARE written by Josh Mayo. Josh is the Youth and Young Adult Director at our church. He took a youth group of around 150 a few years ago and has built it into a regional powerhouse of over 500 students and young adults. This youth ministry is now having significant national influence through the "Genesis" conference which in it's third year in 2010 attracted around 1500 teenagers and youth pastors from across the country. Josh has traveled extensively nationally and internationally and is in constant demand as a speaker to both youth, adults and ministers.
His book takes you on a journey challenging you to become a "passionate, authentic, impacting follower of Christ". The book is not for the faint of heart or those riding the fence of Christianity and the world. People from teens to the elderly are raving about the "life changing" quality of this book.
You can get the book and check out Josh's other books and his web site at joshmayo.com. The site is a flash web site, so you may have to update your flash player if you have an older one, but it's worth it. Also the book is available at Amazon.com.
Regular visitors to this web site know I only promote a very few things that I know to be very valuable to readers. And this book is one that will be a personal challenge to you, and a life changing Sunday School or Small Group study in your church.

Mar 11, 2010, Maybe There's Hope for Illinois

A friend that I met through this web site a couple of years ago, Gordon from the Chicago, Illinois area has done the nearly unthinkable in Illinois. After two years of endless legalities and work, he has started a small group in his church. A recreational shooting group!! In one of the most firearms prohibitive areas in the nation, he has opened up right in the mouth of the lion. Here is a note I received from him a couple of days ago:
"Hi Mark, Thought I would update you on the formation our shooting small group at my church. After the long process of obtaining Illinois FOID cards and taking non shooters to the range individually to acclimate them to the safety aspects, we had our first group event on Saturday, Feb 27. We had 17 people show up! Many more are interested. I'm really excited about this and so is our Pastor. It seems to be a big hit here even in non gun friendly Illinois. I'll call soon to talk to you on the phone because I have many stories I want to relate to you about the event and how to procede from here. Thanks again for you inspiration, encouragement, and help in getting this going!! "
This should be significant encouragement for all the people who write to me despairing of the difficulties of starting this type group in their localities. If he can do it there, you can do it anywhere. It's all about determination.
Looking forward to hearing future reports as Gordon proceeds with his group.

Mar 3, 2010, What We've Learned from the Obama Administration

-We've learned that spending a Trillion dollars does not make unemployment better.
-We've learned that bailing out banks does not improve the behavior of the people who run them.
_We've learned that an ACORN is not something that falls from a tree.
-We've learned that Eric Holder is an idiot.
-We've learned that if the President sticks his nose in a local issue and makes himself look bad, he can just have all involved parties over to the White House for a beer and everything will be ok.
-We've learned that the public health care reform issue is still a political career killer.
-We've learned that career politicians (which is most of them) including the president, are afraid of gun owners.
-We've learned that Glenn Beck can get an administration "czar" fired.
-We've learned that "change you can believe in" is not necessarily a good thing.
-We've learned that "yes we can" is only good when it applies to something that is not stupid.
-We've learned that even starry eyed, goofy people who voted for Obama can quickly become disenchanted (this would include Colin Powell).
It's been a truly educational year.

Mar 2, 2010, Defining the Gun Control Issue

This past Saturday, February 27th, in Sequoyah County in Oklahoma, just across the state line from my home, two men broke into the home of Devin Jeremiah. They beat him badly and stole various items including guns and cash.
As the assailants fled the house in a car driven by one of the suspect's wife, the victim managed to retrieve a .22 rifle and fired several times into the car. Unknown to Jeremiah, the daughter of the driver, one year old Elaine Keene was in the car and was struck by one of the bullets. Keene later died at Children's Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas after being life flighted there from Sparks Hospital in Fort Smith.
The local gun forums are aflame with talk of the "innocence" of Jeremiah and the "murder" the others should be charged with. But here's the problem. Jeremiah shot into a car with fleeing suspects. He did not shoot at people who were directly threatening him any longer. It went from what could have been a case of self defense to a case of retaliation. And that retaliation resulted in the tragic death of a baby. Now my take on this may not ingratiate me with my own crowd, but Jeremiah should be prosecuted for manslaughter for the death of the girl. The mother and the two robbers should be tried for murder.
Aside from all that, this is exactly what defines the whole gun control issue with anti gun organizations. This story will be at the forefront of their attempt to disarm law abiding citizens. As rare as an incident like this is, anti gunners will shamelessly use it as a defining issue.
What we all better remember is when we have a gun in our hand and the decision comes down to whether or not to use it, we better be darn sure that the target in front of us is one that is immediately threatening us or someone in our immediate proximity, and we better be sure of our target lest we kill a child like Jeremiah did in his retaliatory action.
Was he a victim? Yes. Did he have a right to self defense? Yes. Did he have a right to shoot into a car full of fleeing suspects without any further threat to him? No. He killed a child doing so.
When you holster that gun every day, or put that gun in a corner of your house to defend your home, keep in mind that it is not discriminatory. It will kill whatever it's human operator points it at. And it won't make any difference whether the person shot is a perpetrator or a victim.
It's up to you how it's used and what the aftermath results in. And it's up to you whether it ends up evaluated as heroic action or tragic consequence to be used as an issue against all of us.

Feb 5, 2010, Irony Rules in Washington

The funniest thing I have ever seen coming out of Washington in a long time is going on now. Not funny as in "ha-ha" funny, but odd, bizarre and ironic.
We know Barack Obama's senate record on gun control. We know that ideologically, he hates guns and hates the notion of civilians owning guns, and his record indicates that across the board ..... in the senate and state legislature.
But ...... now get this. The Brady Campaign Against Gun Violence has given President Obama an "F" rating in four areas they grade politicians in based on their stance on gun control. An F for one of the most demonstrably liberal senators on earth, for his stance on gun control as president.
Both houses of congress taken by Dems in mid term elections and while the Brady Bunch jump with joy, congressional Dems immediately started putting out disclaimers about messing with peoples' Second Amendment rights.
What all this shows us is that virtually all politicians' conviction and ideology ends at the point where their jobs are threatened. Only a few isolated Washington politicians are left screaming "gun control". And the Brady Campaign hates it.
But they should have seen it coming and held off on the crowing after the elections. They are now left looking like beggars with their hats in their hands reduced to taking up profound projects like petitioning Starbucks to prohibit guns in their stores.
This shows the impact and influence gun owners have on American politics. But let's not be stupid in any more elections and elect known liberal anti gun politicians on the hopes they are scared of us.
Keep it up and some day we'll be wondering what happened to our rights. If gun owners do not vote for politicians with known pro gun records, it is certain that the fear factor will eventually run out, and we'll end up being the ones with our hats in hand whining about our rights being taken away.

Feb 1, 2010, On to 100,000

In January 82,395 unique visitors viewed pages 205,224 times on the Christian Gun Owner web site. Once again thanks to all the fine people who refer and link to the CGO site.
On to 100,000 visitors per month.

Jan 29, 2010, Fundamental Military Entry Issues

In an all volunteer U.S. military in which eight army soldiers killed themselves in the first eight days of the year, a predictable knee jerk reaction has occurred. Today, even in the military, where "sensitivity" is insisted on, General Peter Chiarelli told military commanders to remind GIs that they are "valued".
The military is an organization where men and women volunteer to fight, and are taught necessarily to kill and how to stay alive and win wars. They enter understanding that they will fight to win and to stay alive in battle. Those who end up taking their own lives will not be fixed by reminding them of their value. So, anything wrong with reminding soldiers of their value? Absolutely not. Great for morale and it is the truth. They are greatly valued by the military and all of America. But the issue here is suicide in the military which is on a statistical rise.
Now, to deal with this, the Marine Corps last year ordered all sergeants and corporals to learn how to talk to Marines about their "personal problems". Great. So now, drill sergeants assigned with the task of teaching their recruits to kill, survive and win wars, have orders to become personal counselors. For anybody reading this who has been in the military and been in battle probably sees where this is going.
The military has been the military for a long time. Sensitivity training has not helped but now there is what is described as an alarming rate of suicide among its ranks. The solution: more "sensitive sergeants".
There may be a fundamental problem on the front end with the mental or emotional stability testing of individuals. I don't know. But what I am certain of, is that everything that has been imposed on the military to make it a "kinder, gentler" organization has not served to make it or our troops stronger or more stable.
Let the military be the military. Make sure volunteers understand they are going in to fight to win, and not to an organization that is going to help them get in touch with their feelings.
And don't make sergeants assigned with training troops to survive under the worst of conditions become their personal counselors. Give them permission to send unstable troops out the door to a psychologist or psychiatrist or professional counselor or whatever. And let them do their jobs with those that are ready to serve, fight and live.

Jan 15, 2010, Talk Of Ted Nugent

It's a little disconcerting knowing that NRA board member Ted Nugent is being discussed among members as a possible future president of the largest gun rights organization on earth. Not that Nugent is not a passionate advocate for second amendment rights. It's just that he's not somebody that American gun owners should be clamoring to have as their spokesperson.
Nugent is passionate about what he believes. He is highly intelligent, articulate, and when he decides to come back to earth, makes an eloquent advocate for our rights. But, the "other" Ted Nugent is foul mouthed, vulgar, and outlandish in his frequent diatribes both on and off stage. And his frequent references to God are meaningless in the light of that other side of Nugent which continues to do nothing of value to advance his various causes, and everything to unnecessarily offend....just about everybody.
Ted Nugent has a lot of influence and a lot to offer his country, and the NRA in the future. But for that offering to have meaning, he would do well to stop satisfying his desire to "go off" on everything and everybody in a manner consistent with a street thug rather than an intelligent, passionate, God loving patriot.
For Nugent to be an effective nation wide spokesman for......anything, he would do well to tame the foul mouthed, self serving explosions and put some time between that side of the Nuge and someone who is fit to be president of the NRA. And that before the board considers placing him in a position of headship with the organization.
Because as it is now, I don't want Nugent as a spokesman for me whether it's for God or guns.

Jan 14, 2010, Forming a recreational shooting group at your church

A systematic plan for forming a family recreational shooting group at your church

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Jan 10, 2010, NIche Firearms for New Gun Owners

With guns being what they are today and the varieties of common bullets and loads available, I find myself somewhat perplexed when people tell me they are looking for their first handgun and tell me they're trying to decide between a semi auto that shoots .357 Sig, or a revolver that shoots .327 magnums. Read more.

Dec 22, 2009, Internet Ooze

When you have a web site called "Christian Gun Owner" you can expect that a form of life I have come to know as "internet ooze" will eventually splat down on your web property. If you have any form of contact where someone can address you personally, you will encounter internet ooze. Read more

Dec 21, 2009, Big Junior's Best Pistol

I will have to strongly agree with some of the previous authors on the GLOCK 22 for one of my favorite CCW firearms. I do love to shoot the G22 since

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Dec 5, 2009, IM4JC - A Unique and Timely Organization

I just opened up my cool new T-Shirt from 1M4JC which stands for Be one of 1 Million 4 Jesus Christ.

This is a picture of the front of the shirt:

My unique number is 6436.
This is an organization that is selling T-shirts numbered from 1 to 1,000,000, each with the same design so anyone wearing them will instantly recognize the other. But each t-shirt is individually and uniquely numbered going from one to a million with the number embroidered into the lower part of the right sleeve.
30% of the profits from the sale of the t-shirts will go to Christian missions which is a good enough reason to order a t-shirt. The t-shirts are the product that is uniquely numbered but they have business-casual shirts, tech shirts, sports shirts, and fleece-outerwear hoodies and garments. 30% of the sale of all of these garments goes to Christian missions.
So check out a unique, timely and yes...cool organization, 1M4JC and get whatever kind of garment that you need to identify you as one of 1 million 4 Jesus Christ.

Dec 2, 2009, In Somebody Else's Shoes

The tragedy of the four Washington police officers that were shot to death by Maurice Clemmons shook me to the core. Not because of just the shooting. Read more.......