Random Nuclear Strikes

Because I know I did, last week, the gun-bitgots and other folks aligned with Bloomberg’s criminal enterprise, kicked off their campaign to pass federal mandatory background checks legislation (aka: the Fix Gun Checks Act).

Yesterday, Congress began to look into how we can take some common-sense steps to curb the sales of firearms to criminals those mentally unfit for firearms ownership. The Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism held hearings on the Fix Gun Checks Act – a product of a nationwide, grassroots campaign led by Mayors Against Illegal Guns (for whom I consult) and Omar Samaha, whose sister was murdered at Virginia Tech in 2007.

The hearings, highlighted by a pilgrimage to Capitol Hill by over 50 survivors of massacres at Virginia Tech, Tucson, Columbine and other tragedies across the country, marked the first time since these terrible incidents occurred that Congress has taken the time to seriously consider how we can better keep guns out of the hands of criminals, and mentally ill individuals.

By which Bloomberg and his cronies mean YOU, since they want to include all private sales between individuals as well as inter-family transfers.

If you haven’t called your Senators and Representatives, now might be a good time to do so. They are making ad buys for commercials such as this one to try and get this passed.

So Phil and I were at the range this morning. His goal was to function fire David’s SOCOM. My goal was to zero my new 700 SPS in .308. It was all of 30 degrees out there but thankfully no wind.

I was attempting to find my rifle’s favorite food, hence, the different brands of ammo. The sandwich baggie is Black Hills Match that David gave me. After Boomershoot, I dropped all my gear in the living room and jumped in the shower. Well, my stupid black lab thought that .308 rounds would make a tasty snack. Fortunately, he only ate cardboard and styrofoam.

I was about to write a post about the parallels when I found someone had beat me to it. And done a fantastic job, too.

I don’t see Gingrich as the likely GOP candidate, but by God, if he got into the Oval Office, “Churchillian” would be an understatement.

Not saying that’s necessarily a good thing; remember Churchill was despised by an awful lot of folks on both sides of the aisle. But where I can’t see Romney being one of the “great men” in history (in the meteor-through-the-firmament sense of greatness, not the “what a great president!” sense), I can see Gingrich having it in him.