Top 3 reasons why I’m NOT going to go for this discount offer:
- It’s a Glock
- chambered in 9mm, and
- I mean, I’m a yuge fan of DJT, but FFS willya LOOK at that ugliness?
No man should.
Month: October 2025
Dept. Of Righteous Shootings
Alert Reader Eric K. sends me this lovely report:
A preliminary investigation revealed that an unidentified man followed a female customer into a beauty supply store and groped her, prompting employees at the establishment to demand he leave the premises.
“The male became increasingly verbally assaultive toward employees and customers, “the release noted. “He started throwing and damaging merchandise in the store. The incident escalated rapidly.”
While the man was reportedly threatening to kill and harm customers and employees, witnesses told investigators that they believed he was armed with a knife.
“A second customer in the store, fearing for the store employees, herself and other customers, retrieved a personal firearm and fired a warning at the male,” investigators said. “The male turned toward that customer, fearing she was going to be attacked, fired a second shot striking the male.”
And the result for El Gropo?
L.A. deputies and personnel with the Compton Fire Department responded to the scene where the man was pronounced dead by paramedics.
Details are sketchy at the moment, and as this happened in Southern California things may not turn out too well for Our Heroine.
However bad they may be, it won’t be as bad a result as what happened to the goblin. Thank goodness.
Caption Competition #416
Your suggestions in Comments.
A Qualified Maybe?
The survey asked respondents, “What do you think should be done about immigrants who have entered the U.S. illegally, but have committed no crimes while here?”
Across the board, respondents are virtually split, as 41 percent said those illegal immigrants should be allowed to stay, while 40 percent believe they should be deported. Another 19 percent remain unsure.
Results drastically vary by party identification. Most Democrats, 68 percent, believe that those illegal immigrants should be allowed to stay in the country, and only ten percent said they should be deported. Another 22 percent remain unsure.
Nearly three-quarters of Republicans, 72 percent, believe those illegal immigrants should be deported, while 14 percent said they should be allowed to stay, and 15 percent remain unsure.
A plurality of independents, 42 percent, believe those illegal immigrants should be able to stay in the country, followed by 38 percent who believe they should be deported and 20 percent who remain unsure.
In the past, I’ve always been in the hardass camp — break the law, no matter when, and out you go.
However, I’ve recently softened my stance on this, after asking myself a question:
What if someone came over here (granted, illegally), but has over the years become a model “citizen”, working hard, paying taxes, maybe even raising a family. Should the heavy boot of the State be applied to his (or her) ass?
If you consider the question then the key, I think, is in the phrase “over the years”. In other words, how many years?
Here’s my thought. Assume that the person came over at age 24. Now, twenty years later, they’re in their mid forties: spouse, kids in high school, working hard in a decent job, and most importantly, never convicted of any serious crime — not even drunk driving. In other words, the person has proven themselves to be a decent member of society, and in fact, perhaps a better “citizen” than many a native-born citizen who lives on welfare, has been a general fuckup and definitely not someone you’d want to see marry your own son or daughter.
It’s even more compelling should the illegal immigrant have come over at age 40 and is now facing retirement. Who’s want to deport a sixty-year-old back to a country they’ve not seen since their youth?
Unfortunately, however, all bets are off if this illegal immigrant has used forged documents (SocSec card, driver’s license etc.) to enable them to have worked here all that time. That’s a criminal act — forgery — right there.
The question is: how have they managed to live and work here without such documents? The answer, regrettably, is that they probably couldn’t have, unless their employer has been incredibly lax or else has deliberately turned a blind eye to their status.
I have to tell you all, though: the thought of tossing someone out after they’ve lived here for twenty years, worked hard and tried their best to stay on the right side of the law… that tossing out seems pretty harsh to me.
You will note that I’ve used the period of twenty years as a cut-off point. I wouldn’t accept less than twenty, and the higher the number (25, 30 or 40 years), the greater I’m inclined towards leniency.
So, for the purposes of this argument, you can put me in that “Republican: 15% Unsure” category.
Comments are welcome.
Keeping Quiet
As I was wandering along the Gunny Trail, I happened upon this new thing:
It’s from Henry Rifles, and they’ve apparently created a new department called “Special Products Division” (SPD). This particular model is known as the HUSH line.
“Why ‘HUSH’, Kim?”
Thought you’d never ask.
Long Time Readers will be all too aware of my antipathy towards plastic stocks, and especially so when used on classic rifles like Murka’s own lever action repeater.
I have to say, though, that this one’s not that horrible when there’s a suppressor attached (although how well a suppressor is going to work on the booming .45-70 Govt cartridge remains to be seen).
Let’s just say that when suppressors are freed from the stupid red tape and registration nonsense (not to mention the average cop’s hostile attitude towards them), I would be tempted — not towards a .45-70 Govt chambering (as pictured), but certainly the .357 Mag model — and certainly still more if I were to shoot the Hornady Critical Defense 110gr light loads — which achieve just over 1,000 fps out of a 4″ revolver… now imagine them emerging from that 24″ barrel, suppressed.
Excuse me, I need to take a quick cold shower.
Sorry. Anyway, I’m not saying I’m going to become a Plastic Fantastic fanboi anytime soon. But there’s just something about that HUSH rifle that intrigues me.
Being Henry and Made In The USA, these rifles are gonna be spendy, my guess in the almost-two grand area, but these are the times we live in.
Unexpected!
Yeah, I bet nobody saw this coming:
Walmart confirmed this week that it had paused hiring employees with H-1B visas in the wake of President Donald Trump’s reforms to the program.
“Walmart is committed to hiring and investing in the best talent to serve our customers, while remaining thoughtful about our H-1B hiring approach,” the company confirmed to multiple outlets.
I wonder why… oh yeah:
Trump imposed a $100,000 fee on H-1B applications in September, saying the program “created to bring temporary workers into the United States to perform additive, high-skilled functions, but it has been deliberately exploited to replace, rather than supplement, American workers with lower-paid, lower-skilled labor.”
But fear not, Walmart:
Without an extension, the restriction will be lifted 12 months after the effective date of the proclamation, which is September 21, 2025.
…which means that Walmart will start re-importing their slave labor H-1B workers on September 22, 2026.
Anyone care to bet against this happening? No?
Gosh, such cynicism.