Another newbie joins the ranks
Robb comments on the Seattle attack.
At least one good thing came out of it. I have a buddy who I have been helping getting started in shooting. He just got his CCW, and we are going to Gunsite in March. This morning he sent me an email:
btw: As Linda was watching the news this morning of a people getting attacked on the Metro transit station and security doing nothing and police coming late, she surprised me saying she is now seeing the value of having responsible, trained people armed increasing the safety of everyone around them. wow. next steps, getting Linda to get her CCW.
Looks like the right lesson is being learned!
Quote of the day
QOTD is from Breda, on the use of the term “racist”:
This sort of thing has happened frequently enough that the epithet has lost all its sting. I see it now for what it is, a knee-jerk reaction to some perceived slight combined with a lack of better vocabulary.
I’ve often said that when someone calls you a racist, the appropriate response is to laugh. Anything else just perpetuates the behavior. And I think the term has sort of become the equivalent of “the N word” or calling someone a fascist or “commie”: semantically null and without meaning.
A few years ago, my wife was teaching in the South Bronx. She had a parent complain to the principal that “Mrs. Newbie” was not being fair to her son, and perhaps it was racially motivated. She went to sit down with the principal and the parent. She ran into the mother of one of her former students, who said “Hello, Miss. Maidenname” (We had gotten married in the meantime and she had changed her name.) They had a bit of a chat, and then the both of them walk into the principals office. Mother turns to her son, slaps him upside the head and says “Boy, you are in a lot of trouble. You didn’t tell me it was Miss Maidenname!” Seems the mom didn’t realize that my wife was the one she was accusing of racism. Needless to say, it went nowhere.
So the moral of the story…develop more creative insults. And laugh if you are accused of racism.
MAIG’s secret plans
Sebastian at Snowflakes in Hell has obtained a copy of New York mayor Micheal Bloomberg’s recommendations to the Obama administration on how to restrict gun ownership. It’s worth a read.
Kudos to Sebastinan. He is doing some great work out there.
Moving South
All the cool kids are doing it!
Blogroll
I’ve been meaning to update the blogroll for some time. I’ve added Rustmeister’s Alehouse, who has been on my RSS reader for some time, but who shamed me by adding me first.
Sorry to see you go
Bitter has shut down the blog.
That’s a shame…she was a great voice for the cause. She stays on the blogroll, anyway.
Can’t stop the signal
THR is back on the air. Seems that Oleg was able to get a copy of the database via “undisclosed technical means” and has put up a copy.
Another Newbie
Caleb at Call Me Ahab, doing his bit to start the next generation off right.
BTW, if you haven’t checked out the Gun Nuts: The Next Generation podcast, now would be the time to do so.
Breda does her part.
Breda has done it again, this time introducing two newbies to the range.
I love it when new shooters get started…especially women or children.
In case anyone forgets…
Let us all remember that Squeaky Wheel Seeks Grease is the only Squeaky Wheel Blog.
Trying to help Squeaky with her google-fu.
Do your part!
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