And that statist (&^)()&*^^&%) said it as though it was a good thing.
Libertarian thinking about everything. --Ere he shall lose an eye for such a trifle... For doing deeds of nature! I'm ashamed. The law is such an ass. -- G. Chapman, 1654.
Feb 17, 2009
Milestone
“We’ve passed the most comprehensive sweeping legislation as it relates to economic activity, ever, in a three-week period of time,” White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel told reporters ... (Bloomberg).
Feb 16, 2009
The Cost of Freedom
The Sioux Falls show is a big one. For what it's worth:
--The $2,000 price range for issue 1911s and A1s is bringing them out of the safes. Saw more at this show than any I can recall for years. So-so examples are offered around $1800 very nice ones around $2,000 up to one good 1911 at $3,000.
--The actual value of an M1Carbine is anyone's guess. Today's range was $750-$1250 with no apparent correlation of maker, condition, etc. to price.
--WW2 webbing is going out of sight --pistol belts $30 and more. .45 pouches $10 plus. A humdrum-shape canteen with cup and cover at $55.
--Mossberg .22s are drawing a little collector interest at last. One two-table dealer specializes in them.
--All the Winchester 22s from the 1930s-50s seem to be gaining a little value.
--Otherwise we didn't notice much gun-price movement compared to early 2008. Economic problems are apparently outweighing the Obama-driven rush to buy.
--EDIT: The comment just above ignores whatever might be happening to EBR prices. We just don't pay much attention to them.
Loopholing
It is by official decree of His Majesty's Government both a sniper rifle and an assault weapon, fully capable of modification to accept a silencer.
Or, as the Brits called it in 1941, a "sound moderator."
Winston's plan was to issue the Winchester 74s to the able-bodied in coastal counties. They would lay low as the German invasion wave swept over them, then emerge in the Nazi rear -- take the image any way you want -- to wreck general havoc. Some 74s were equipped with "No.42 straight scopes" and the government freely admitted they should be employed by citizens for assassinating Wehrmacht officers and "important administrative officials."
More on this noble use of one of the excellent little .22 semi-autos here. Dandy site, by the way, for research on several civilian rifles we sent to Albion when she needed them.
Anyway, the pretty one that got loopholed* in Dakota Territory today joins a twin brother in the rack, and the guy who bought it says he's now damned well ready to defend liberty against any heathen hordes of left-wing gophers.
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*Decent citizens rightfully despise gratuitous verbing, but the the blooming idiots on the left have made "loopholed" and its derivatives both useful and graceful.
Feb 15, 2009
Blooming idiots
I'm too old to cry, too BTDTish to be surprised. But I'm fully capable of anger when I read crap like this. Give a cop a gun and he hands you a rose and a cheap gift card on Valentine's Day.
And everyone says wow, what a neat thing to do, New-Age-wise.
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