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The Gun Thing

I have mentioned in the past that I planned on giving Connie’s Browning High Power to Daughter for her birthday, for hereditary reasons.  Well, I broached the topic with Daughter, and was surprised when she showed no interest in the Browning at all.

“I have enough handguns.  I mean, I have as many as you do.”  (true)
“But it’s your Mom’s gun.”
“It’s like offering to give me her favorite hammer — it really doesn’t mean anything, but thank you for the offer.”

She’s completely unsentimental about the gun — although I wouldn’t be surprised if the Browning didn’t also trigger some unwelcome memories along the way, but I’m not going to explore that little issue.  She doesn’t want the High Power, and that’s that.

Which is fine by me.  I love the BHP, its Europellet chambering notwithstanding, so it’s not going to go anywhere.

I also listened to Hackathorn and Wilson discussing the 9mm cartridge, and Bill Wilson is of the considered opinion that in terms of tissue damage and even stopping power, the new breed of 124gr 9mm hollowpoints are as effective as the lighter 185gr .45 ACP cartridges — which are exactly what I’m carrying in the 1911 because of recoil (pain) issues with the heavier 230gr.

So the plan has changed.  Son&Heir will indeed be getting my old Springfield 1911 .45 ACP for his birthday, and…

…I’m going to be carrying the High Power 9mm in its place:

…loaded with these: 

You may all pick yourselves up off the floor, now.

And yes, I’m aware that these may be the End Times.

News Roundup

Bad News

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And why not?


...I guess he just got sick of being bossed around by a bunch of bossy Karens.  Amazingly, this was in Canada.


...yeah, fuck your “holidays” bullshit, it’s Christmas, y’all.  Sheesh, I’m an atheist and I appreciate the Christmas spirit.

From the Sounds About Right Department:


...there should also be clubbing and flailing, but I’ll take what I can get.

A sad note:


...the more guns become commonplace, the more people are just going to forget they’re carrying them.  Be smart, people.


...I hate the sound of all that J&B glugging down the drain, but oh well… I guess it’s single malt or Famous Grouse from now on.


...and all Argentina rejoices.   Ummmmm maybe a little too heartily:


...fool kid obviously never heard of Isadora Duncan before.

And from the Dept. of Global Freezing Climate Warming Change:


...no shit?  And I may end up in bed with Nigella Lawson.  (Neither is going to happen in my lifetime, in other words.)


...climate change is causing the magnetic poles to move?  Like what happened thousands of years ago, before SUVs?


...remind me:  wasn’t this the same supercomputer that said that sea levels would rise by 50 feet in 2015?

Moving away from stupidity to common sense:


...I can live without Cuba Libres, so I’m cool with this.  I just hope he bans children as well.  Serious drinking is no place for kiddies.

And the INSIGNIFICA sez:

 

    ...oh FFS.


...I had no idea that “wows” now means “causes mass projectile vomiting”.  (Warning: link contains pics.)

Something slightly more pleasant to look at, as we conclude our study of women:


...a much better filling for a “plunging navy swimsuit”, I think.

And that’s all the pre-Christmas news for now.

Dept. Of Righteous Shootings: International Division

Righteous Shootings

Well, here’s one to cheer you up.  Seems as though these three Italian mopes decided to rob a jewellery store in Grinzane Cavour, a little town about thirty miles outside Turin.  All went well, for a while:  they waved a (fake) gun around and tied up the owner’s daughter.

Then the 67-year-old owner said “Fuck this shit!” in Italian, pulled his own gun, shot two of the assholes dead and wounded the third.

Some background:

The same jewellery shop in had already suffered a robbery a few years ago on May 22, 2015 when two thieves, one of whom was disguised as a woman, entered the shop and tied up the owner with plastic ties after beating him violently.

No wonder he’d had enough.

Sadly, the tale has not ended well for our hero, because Italy:

Immediately after the events, Roggero was accused of culpable excess of self-defense, but now he will have to answer for murder.  According to the public prosecutor’s office, Roggero would have chased the three robbers who, having already left the jewelry store with the stolen goods, were fleeing outside the store and from close range would have shot ‘with the intention of causing their death, thereby voluntarily exceeding the limits of legitimate patrimonial defence’. 

Yeah… so?

In any sane society, a jury would pat the guy on the back and say, “Good shooting, Tex!”  (once again, in Italian).  But this is Italy, which means he’s probably going to jail for doing what I believe 100% of my Readers would have done under the same circumstances.