Gun Safety

I meant to post this a few days ago but it slipped through the cracks. Firearm accidents are really tragic because once a gun goes off, you can't call the bullet back. Imagine how these people must feel. Don't end up living with the same guilt. Always be sure of what's behind your target. Always treat a gun as if it's loaded. Never point it at anything you aren't willing to destroy.

3 Year Old Girl Hit By Stray Bullet Dies

WIRE REPORTS
11/03/2009

Updated: 4:36 p.m. Tuesday

A 3-year-old girl from Gasconade County, Mo., has died in a St. Louis hospital after being shot in the head Monday.

Allison M. Schneider, 3, was walking in a farm yard Monday afternoon when a stray bullet hit her in the left temple, according to the Gasconade County Republican newspaper.

The incident happened along Route EE south of Owensville, Mo. The girl was taken by helicopter to St. Louis Children's Hospital where she died today.

Sheriff's investigators told the newspaper that they believe the girl was hit by a stray 9 mm round fired toward a target. The weapon would have been fired a distance of about three football fields away from where the girl was struck, police say.

The neighbor who may have been firing at the target was cooperating with police and surrendered a 9 mm handgun and a rifle. The handgun had been fired but the rifle had not, the Gasonade County sheriff told the newspaper.

Another tragedy, this time with two friends on a hunting trip. Not sure what they mean by "taking it out of the sling". I think they meant taking it out of its case. NEVER CARRY A CHAMBERED GUN IN A CASE. NEVER PUT YOUR FINGER ON THE TRIGGER UNTIL YOU ARE READY TO SHOOT. Most of you already know this, but it bears repeating.

Posted: Monday, 16 November 2009 8:14AM

UPDATED: Missouri man shot by hunting partner dies


AUXVASSE, Mo. (KMOX) -- A deer hunter from St. Louis who was accidentally shot on Saturday has died.

The Callaway County Sheriff's Department says 67-year-old Bernie Breer died Saturday at University hospital.

Authorities say the shooter, a 57-year-old man from Frontenac, was taking his deer rifle out of its sling when it went off.

The Missouri Department of Conservation is investigating, but no foul play is suspected.

Here's a couple of things I do to make sure my weapons are safe:

1. If I am dry firing or practicing stance or aim, I make sure there are no loaded mags anywhere around. If I want to practice speed changing mags, I make sure they are empty or have snaps in them.

2. Some may disagree, but when I carry I do not chamber a round. it only takes me half a second to rack the slide to load the weapon, and my thoughts are the sound of metal slapping metal instills a little fear in anyone I would want to shoot and probably go a long way in preventing a confrontation. Just my thoughts.

With Rifles, they should be transported unloaded and if you are out hunting then have the safety on when it's chambered. Learn to love your safety, and learn to keep your finger off the trigger. Make it second nature. Try walking around the house for a while holding your trigger finger in the right position. Set it down for a few, then pick it up the correct way and repeat. Try this every day for about two weeks, then do it once a week, then after that maybe once a month (this is assuming you haven't been out shooting for a while.)

Remember when doing all that, keep the ammo away from the gun.

Here's a video by Tom Gresham from Gun Talk, but embedding has been disabled. Worth a watch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKC03Q84Np0

Just some tips I use. Anyone have other safety training tips, please share. Remember, we need well trained insurgents for the coming war, and friendly fire is for the enemy, not us.

New Blogs for Your Review

I've added a couple of new blogs to our "Other Side of the Blogosphere" that I hope you will find insightful. I'm a firm believer in hearing the other side, while we're not yet shooting at each other.

First up is Once Upon a Time, by Authur Silber. I don't agree with a lot of his blog but he hits the nail on the head with this post.

The resistance of the ruling class and of most Americans to one aspect of the truth about 9/11 remains astonishing, and it demonstrates how puerile our national conversation is. Of course, the ruling class cannot admit that to state the obvious fact that actions have consequences is not to say that the U.S. "deserved" 9/11 -- for to acknowledge the millions murdered by the U.S. government and our policy of aggressive military intervention across the globe would subject our own actions to the kinds of judgments that only the United States is entitled to make, and only about the actions of others. The United States is uniquely exempt from the standards we apply to everyone else; thus runs the catechism at the church of our inherent national superiority.

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Our national catechism tells us that America is Good -- and that America's murders are Good Murders. You may not say otherwise.

Next is Black Agenda Report the journal of African American political thought and action. Seems pretty good.

That's it for now, if you have any blogs or links you'd like to see here, let me know.

Helter Skelter X

Coming down fast.

The Anti-Racists

Funny cartoons, courtesy of DonaldT of the Phora! Be sure to check him out at http://www.thephora.net/ Better yet, sign up and join the debates. There we have jews, philos, racialists, mulitculturalists and more. I'm sure you'll find your niche there!





You can view more of DonaldT's cartoons here

Lou Dobbs Calls It Quits

Or was he persuaded by other means?

“Our contention all along was that Lou Dobbs — who has a long record of spreading lies and conspiracy theories about immigrants and Latinos — does not belong on the ‘most trusted name in news,’” Roberto Lovato, a co-founder of Presente.org, said in a statement. “We are thrilled that Dobbs no longer has this legitimate platform from which to incite fear and hate.”

Last month, the New Jersey State Police were called to Mr. Dobbs’s home to investigate a report of gunfire. Mr. Dobbs suggested that his family had been singled out because of his views on illegal immigration and border security.

More here.

My view, and it's just my view, is that violence works, especially against soft targets like the Media and Government Officials. Don't seek out that which is strongest (fighting organized armed forces), but that which is the weakest. It's classic military doctrine. If the shooter at Fort Hood had methodically picked out Generals, Colonels and other officer staff like General "diversity is our strength" Casey instead of working off pure emotion and playing into the hands of the enemy, he would have been much more effective.

Who knows where Dobbs will end up. I'm willing to bet that when it comes to pushing an agenda or saving their skins, the soft cowards in the media and government will choose the latter.

It's a salient point that would be the basis of any good strategy to bring about change.