RIP, TMan
Damn, another one gone. I hadn’t heard about this earlier, but via Oleg Volk I found out tonight that TMan, partner of Old_Painless over at The Box O’Truth has passed away. OP gave him a fine eulogy.
Just damn.
THIS is Why I Don’t Ride a Two-Wheeler
THIS is Why I Don’t Ride a Two-Wheeler
I get the urge to buy a motorcycle once or twice a year.
I go lay down until the urge goes away.
Respecting Authoritah
Respecting Authoritah!
A joke received via email:
A DEA officer stops at a ranch in Montana and talks with an old rancher. He tells the rancher, ‘I need to inspect your ranch for illegally grown drugs.’
The old rancher says, ‘Okay, but do not go in that field over there,’ as he points out the location.
The DEA officer verbally explodes saying, ‘Mister, Let me tell you something, I have the authority of the Federal Government with me.’ Reaching into his rear pants pocket, he removes his badge and proudly displays it to the farmer. ‘See this badge? This badge means I am allowed to go wherever I wish …. on any land … no questions asked or answers given … have I made myself clear? Do YOU understand me?’
The old rancher nods politely, apologizes, and goes about his chores.
A short time later, the old rancher hears loud screams and sees the DEA officer running for his life chased, close behind, by the rancher’s prize bull. With every step the bull is gaining ground on the officer, and it seems likely that he’ll get “horned” before he reaches safety. The officer is clearly terrified.
The old rancher throws down his tools, runs to the fence and yells at the top of his lungs…..
‘Your badge! Show him your badge!’
What the hell. I’m already on somebody’s list . . . 😉
Oh HELL No
Oh HELL No!
In another apparent back-door attack on the shooting public, it appears that the Department of Defense has changed the rules regarding the auction of once-fired milsurp brass. An email has been circulating through the gun boards concerning the status of materials sold as “scrap”:
Dear Valued Customer:
Please take a moment to note important changes set forth by the Defense Logistics Agency:
Recently it has been determined that fired munitions of all calibers, shapes and sizes have been designated to be Demil code B. As a result and in conjunction with DLA’s current Demil code B policy, this notice will serve as official notification which requires Scrap Venture (SV) to implement mutilation as a condition of sale for all sales of fired munitions effective immediately. This notice also requires SV to immediately cease delivery of any fired munitions that have been recently sold or on active term contracts, unless the material has been mutilated prior to sale or SV personnel can attest to the mutilation after delivery. A certificate of destruction is required in either case.
Thank you,
DOD Surplus
5051 N. Kierland Blvd # 300
Scottsdale, AZ 85254
A follow-up email by a poster at AR15.com brings this clarification:
I just got off the phone with SV and GL with people I know very well. As of yesterday (3/12/09) ALL brass is only to be sold as scrap and as such, must be destroyed. It will no longer require an EUC, so that scrap buyers can pick it up immediately and submit the destruction certificate. Sounds like a move to help the metals buyers in the volitile(sic) markets.
In the SV managers words… “The reloaders are screwed.”
Georgia Arms is apparently the first remanufacturer/reseller to respond to this announcement:
Attention!!
Due to new government regulations concerning the purchasing of surplus brass, we are removing sales of all 223 and all 308 until further notice. Below is a copy of the email we recieved from Goverment Liqudiations.“Effective immediately DOD Surplus, LLC, will be implementing new requirements for mutilation of fired shell casings. The new DRMS requirement calls for DOD Surplus personnel to witness the mutilation of the property and sign the Certificate of Destruction. Mutilation of the property can be done at the DRMO, if permitted by the Government, or it may be mutilated at a site chosen by the buyer. Mutilation means that the property will be destroyed to the extent prevents its reuse or reconstruction. DOD Surplus personnel will determine when property has been sufficiently mutilated to meet the requirements of the Government. “
This is a huge waste of taxpayer’s money. The value of these products is reduced by 80% by going from a recycled product to a scrap product.
CALL YOUR CONGRESSMAN!!!!!!!!!
Good advice.
I recommend writing to them as well. And include a teabag the string and tag from a teabag.
First the “no lead ammo in National Parks” rule, now this. It looks like Team Obama is going to implement whatever “gun control” they can through rule changes, since they obviously aren’t going to get any traction in Congress.
Congresscritters still understand that Job #1 is getting re-elected.
UPDATE: Tam posted first, and has more details.
UPDATE II: Jeff Bartlett at GIBrass.com has this statement:
Effective Immediately
Orders for all military brass acquired thru government auction is hereby
suspended until further notice. If recent auction purchased brass is
is declared unrestricted, all orders will be filled in order received
Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day
Like many people, I’ve about had enough with the nonsense that has been shoved down our throats by an activist media and an electorate that doesn’t know any better. We’ve seen our first Marxist President elected, and he’s wasted no time in remaking the American landscape to his own liking, with the assistance of a Congress drawn to solidifying it’s own power like cub scouts are drawn to fart jokes: inexorable.
Each day produces a fresh travesty which is pointedly ignored by most; they’re too interested in their bread and circuses. – Flynn, John Galt Underground
Yeah, that about covers it.
Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day
You could have used that same product and those same video to show what a great country we have. You could have shown what unique freedoms we have and how those freedoms are not being abused and I would have gladly given you permission to use my video. Seattle King 5 Evening Magazine did that with this video: http://www.boomershoot.org/2005/KING5.wmv. But you didn’t do that. You merely demonstrated you are a Puritan–afraid that someone, someplace, is having fun. – Joe Huffman, Cease-and-Desist letter to John Bachman of WSBTV
Damn. That whole letter was beautiful, but that last bit? Classic!
Looking for Ideas?
Looking for Ideas?
I had an interesting visitor today; someone from the California State government.
They read this post, and then went to the source.
Well, I’m Disappointed
I’m a pessimist by temperament. That way I go through life often pleasantly surprised and seldom disappointed, but seldom isn’t never.
Readers of TSM are probably familiar with this guy:
That’s Jim Scoutten, producer and host of Shooting USA, and a member (with his own forum) at AR15.com. Well, I thought I’d ask him about the possibility of Shooting USA covering Boomershoot:
Jim, have you ever covered or considered covering the annual Boomershoot in Orofino Idaho? I realize it’s probably far too late for this year’s (end of April) event, but I think this is something a lot of people would really enjoy seeing. There’s video at the link done by a local (well, regional) TV station to give you the flavor of the event, but it’s not enough for us gun-nuts.
I’m going for the first time this year, and I know that other ARFCOMers have gone in the past.
Hope to see you again at this year’s NRA convention in Phoenix!
The answer was not quite what I expected:
I’ve always thought there are some events that shouldn’t get National TV coverage.
When we’d like the public to think of competitive shooting to be like other mainstream sports.
Uh, right.
My reply:
Thus Knob Creek shouldn’t get national coverage?
Did you watch the King5 piece? (Windows Media file) I thought it was excellent, though short. Personally, I was amazed that a mainstream media outlet would be so positive about an event of this type. Joe Huffman, the organizer of the event, showed it to the NRA media relations rep at the last NRA convention, and she kept saying happily “Play it again! Play it again!”
One of the things that I think needs to happen is the renormalization of firearms and the shooting sports. Read sometime Hell in a Handbasket’s Confessions of a Deathbeast. This is what sixty years of slow-motion hate crime has done to what used to be a respected culture. It’s time and past time to start trying to restore that respect, or if not respect, at least neutrality instead of fear and loathing.
We can’t all be Bianchi Cup competitors or shoot at Camp Perry. Not all shooters want to go slay an elk or a bear. Events like this are for us common shooters who want a real challenge. I think they should get more coverage so perhaps there might be more of them.
But what do I know?
Ry Jones was equally disappointed less verbose in the thread, but made up for it in the comments at his blog.
Joe Huffman’s response, however, was piquant. By all means, read the thread.
UPDATE: Linoge has a pretty comprehensive post hitting all the high points, with links to everyone commenting on this tempest in a teacup.
No Substitute for a Good Blaster at your Side
No Substitute for a Good Blaster at your Side
In keeping with the recent Star Wars theme here at TSM, today’s Wapsi Square:
UPDATE, 3/11: From today’s strip, famous last words:
Paul Taylor can draw!
Quote of the Day – John Milius Edition
There’s no shame in the world, and without shame, you cannot have honor. Our world is ruled by consensus now. There is no sense of honor. – John Milius, CNN interview – ‘Apocalypse’ writer: Most scripts today ‘are garbage’
The rest of the interview is worth reading, too.