Comments for Newbie Shooter http://www.newbieshooter.com Geeks with guns Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:02:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Living in the Long Tail by Borepatch http://www.newbieshooter.com/2010/02/living-in-the-long-tail/comment-page-1/#comment-5627 Borepatch Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:02:22 +0000 http://www.newbieshooter.com/?p=521#comment-5627 Thanks! I'm kind of spewing lots of words lately, and (aaaaggghhhh!!!!) have more for tomorrow. I think that something got under my skin. Thanks! I’m kind of spewing lots of words lately, and (aaaaggghhhh!!!!) have more for tomorrow. I think that something got under my skin.

]]> Comment on The Progressive Promise by American-Manifesto.com » More Progressivism http://www.newbieshooter.com/2010/02/the-progressive-promise/comment-page-1/#comment-5623 American-Manifesto.com » More Progressivism Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:09:58 +0000 http://www.newbieshooter.com/?p=518#comment-5623 [...] has a nice post on progressivism (hat tip to Newbie Shooter).  Here’s my current summary of progressive [...] [...] has a nice post on progressivism (hat tip to Newbie Shooter).  Here’s my current summary of progressive [...]

]]> Comment on The Progressive Promise by Borepatch http://www.newbieshooter.com/2010/02/the-progressive-promise/comment-page-1/#comment-5622 Borepatch Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:42:20 +0000 http://www.newbieshooter.com/?p=518#comment-5622 Thanks for the shout-out! Thanks for the shout-out!

]]> Comment on by George http://www.newbieshooter.com/2010/02/512/comment-page-1/#comment-5607 George Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:46:33 +0000 http://www.newbieshooter.com/?p=512#comment-5607 I didn't put it in the original post, but there is a video on YouTube from an FBI informant: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWMIwziGrAQ" rel="nofollow"> Not sure how credible...but concerning none the less. I didn’t put it in the original post, but there is a video on YouTube from an FBI informant:

Not sure how credible…but concerning none the less.

]]> Comment on 10 Rules for dealing with the police by George http://www.newbieshooter.com/2010/02/10-rules-for-dealing-with-the-police/comment-page-1/#comment-5606 George Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:14:52 +0000 http://www.newbieshooter.com/?p=510#comment-5606 I've had it happen. NC law is that you must inform the officer. I got pulled over and told him about the LCP. He took the gun and unloaded it. Then he asked where I got it and how much I paid. :) Easy, but I still get nervous. I’ve had it happen. NC law is that you must inform the officer. I got pulled over and told him about the LCP. He took the gun and unloaded it. Then he asked where I got it and how much I paid. :) Easy, but I still get nervous.

]]> Comment on by Borepatch http://www.newbieshooter.com/2010/02/512/comment-page-1/#comment-5605 Borepatch Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:43:51 +0000 http://www.newbieshooter.com/?p=512#comment-5605 <i>I think he is right on the money</i> Always trust content from Borepatch! ;-) And I hadn't thought of the Bill Ayers connection. You're absolutely right. I think he is right on the money

Always trust content from Borepatch! ;-)

And I hadn’t thought of the Bill Ayers connection. You’re absolutely right.

]]> Comment on 10 Rules for dealing with the police by Cemetery's Gun Blob http://www.newbieshooter.com/2010/02/10-rules-for-dealing-with-the-police/comment-page-1/#comment-5604 Cemetery's Gun Blob Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:05:48 +0000 http://www.newbieshooter.com/?p=510#comment-5604 Stuff like this is always good know. I always dread getting asked if I have weapons in the car if I get pulled over before, or after a match. I'm told not to leave anything in the open that would generate such a question, but still get concerned. Stuff like this is always good know.

I always dread getting asked if I have weapons in the car if I get pulled over before, or after a match. I’m told not to leave anything in the open that would generate such a question, but still get concerned.

]]> Comment on Good for you! by Stutz http://www.newbieshooter.com/2010/01/good-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-5598 Stutz Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:04:16 +0000 http://www.newbieshooter.com/?p=487#comment-5598 I'm what you might call the seemingly very rare "leans-liberal gun nut." This is mostly because I don't see gun ownership as necessarily a political stance (for me it's mainly just the awesomest pastime on the planet), and because I don't relish the thought of casting my lot with the kind of angry-about-everything, anxious-about-the-gays, science-denying folks who gave us 8 years of Dubya -- which created the fertile ground for the country to get understandably excited about a change, and in turn allowed those same folks to turn around and make fun of Obama for trying to be a "savior", which is both unfair and childish. Not that anyone here necessarily fits that description (you seem to be the thoughtful type of conservative), but I'm just saying. That intro probably hasn't won me any sympathy. But I think I do have a valid critique of the NRA. Don't get me wrong: I have no desire to see my collection of firearms become illegal one day, and I do think we absolutely have a right to own them in this country and to defend ourselves and others. But I don't want to join the NRA precisely because I hate that they're the "500 pound gorilla", the only real game in town. I hate that their paranoid rhetoric and insidious lobbying are considered my voice, that they speak for me, because I am a gun owner. I hate the implication that it is the NRA (and not the 2nd Amendment) that guarantees my gun rights, and that I am some kind of fence-sitter at best, or traitor-to-the-cause at worst, for NOT joining. I hate that people who don't own or particularly care about guns think that a true depiction of gun owners in this country is nut-job NRA members, epitomized by that image of Charlton Heston holding a rifle over his head and proclaiming "...from my cold, dead hands!" And the constant assumption that liberals hate your guns and want to take them away drives me nuts, when a reasonable person ought to admit that the gun-control movement is, in general, a woefully misguided but mostly sincere and well-meaning effort to curb violence. I have a distaste for the NRA in pretty much exactly the same way I have a distaste for the ACLU: I agree with their goals, but their methods and rhetoric are often ludicrous and totally off-putting. If you think the ACLU is a bunch of jerkoffs, does that mean you don't support the 1st Amendment and freedom of speech? I’m what you might call the seemingly very rare “leans-liberal gun nut.” This is mostly because I don’t see gun ownership as necessarily a political stance (for me it’s mainly just the awesomest pastime on the planet), and because I don’t relish the thought of casting my lot with the kind of angry-about-everything, anxious-about-the-gays, science-denying folks who gave us 8 years of Dubya — which created the fertile ground for the country to get understandably excited about a change, and in turn allowed those same folks to turn around and make fun of Obama for trying to be a “savior”, which is both unfair and childish. Not that anyone here necessarily fits that description (you seem to be the thoughtful type of conservative), but I’m just saying.

That intro probably hasn’t won me any sympathy. But I think I do have a valid critique of the NRA. Don’t get me wrong: I have no desire to see my collection of firearms become illegal one day, and I do think we absolutely have a right to own them in this country and to defend ourselves and others. But I don’t want to join the NRA precisely because I hate that they’re the “500 pound gorilla”, the only real game in town. I hate that their paranoid rhetoric and insidious lobbying are considered my voice, that they speak for me, because I am a gun owner. I hate the implication that it is the NRA (and not the 2nd Amendment) that guarantees my gun rights, and that I am some kind of fence-sitter at best, or traitor-to-the-cause at worst, for NOT joining. I hate that people who don’t own or particularly care about guns think that a true depiction of gun owners in this country is nut-job NRA members, epitomized by that image of Charlton Heston holding a rifle over his head and proclaiming “…from my cold, dead hands!” And the constant assumption that liberals hate your guns and want to take them away drives me nuts, when a reasonable person ought to admit that the gun-control movement is, in general, a woefully misguided but mostly sincere and well-meaning effort to curb violence. I have a distaste for the NRA in pretty much exactly the same way I have a distaste for the ACLU: I agree with their goals, but their methods and rhetoric are often ludicrous and totally off-putting. If you think the ACLU is a bunch of jerkoffs, does that mean you don’t support the 1st Amendment and freedom of speech?

]]> Comment on Quote of the day by Dod http://www.newbieshooter.com/2010/01/quote-of-the-day-8/comment-page-1/#comment-5588 Dod Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:54:57 +0000 http://www.newbieshooter.com/?p=502#comment-5588 "Boy, you are in a lot of trouble"...a phrase Mr. Newbie knows all too well. :-) “Boy, you are in a lot of trouble”…a phrase Mr. Newbie knows all too well. :-)

]]> Comment on Dogs and cats, living together… by Dod http://www.newbieshooter.com/2010/01/dogs-and-cats-living-together/comment-page-1/#comment-5583 Dod Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:17:20 +0000 http://www.newbieshooter.com/?p=500#comment-5583 I think this is probably one of the more unique blog entries you are likely to see. How is she doing anyway? I think this is probably one of the more unique blog entries you are likely to see.

How is she doing anyway?

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