Monthly Archives: April 2006

Coffee, Tea, or Pee

With the move all over and things having started to settle down here at the new Casa de Analog, the wife decides she is going to splurge a bit and went and got one of those water coolers that has … Continue reading

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From the Land of Forgotten Links

So I’ve got a few links I misfiled and I thought I’d pass this one around today from the Tuesday after the big pro-illegal immigration protests. Immigration: A Willful Blindness by Eugene Robinson Half a million people poured into the streets … Continue reading

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Here it comes

At the end of my original post about the rave party shootings last weekend I said Washington gun owners, Seattle and King County ones especially, are going to have a rough time of it for a while, I think. And so … Continue reading

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Foiled!

Yesterday morning I made my way to Whidbey Island to do some pin shooting with Mr. Completely, KeeWee and the rest of the CWSA crew only to have my day interrupted by issues of a personal nature. I met Mr. … Continue reading

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Interesting Proposition

The Heartless Libertarian is getting his thoughts together and writing a questionaire to send to political candidates vying for his vote, with topics ranging from firearms to taxes to nominees of the Executive Branch. Other than the line about the … Continue reading

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The NRA Jumps In

from Michael Bane’s site, here’s an “unofficial” NRA Office of Legislative Counsel’s summary of the ATFE vs. gunsmiths situation. Excerpt: The Firearms and Ammunition Excise Tax (FAET) is a tax imposed by Chapter 32 of the Internal Revenue Code (26 … Continue reading

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Range Day One Done

Now onto range day two with Mr. Completely. I was off having some light conversations with my rifles yesterday. There were some rough moments because it had been so long, but we got through them and were soon hitting it off, just … Continue reading

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Unexpected

It is human nature to criticize. Because of that, I had somewhat expected my mailbox to have at least a few emails saying I should have left that wierdo McKinney alone yesterday, but apparently no one thought that because there weren’t any. Even Ms. … Continue reading

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What is this thing

You call a “Scoped Rifle”? I’m off to the rack for some nappy time and then I’ll be going to the rifle range for some quality time with Barak Ben the Reasonable Nut and ‘The Old Man’ checked the zero … Continue reading

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The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men

Or in this case, of coconuts and men. And of Mustangs and busses. A must read summary of Aaron at Freewill’s Thursday. I won’t tell you what it’s about, but here is a snippet: We had no tools of any significance, … Continue reading

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