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QOTD

[with apologies]

“I don’t need the government to tell me how to protect myself, my family and my community.  I especially don’t need the government to tell me why I shouldn’t protect myself, my family and my community (and to run away like some fearful coward).

“I’m armed, well trained and ready to die to protect the above against criminal aggression.  I’m the “citizen militia”, the “gun hiding behind every blade of grass”, and I’m the situation all criminals fear when they’re about to perpetrate their evil deeds.

“If government wants to help me in my endeavor, well and good.  If they won’t or can’t, they need to stay out of my goddamned way while I go about my business.”

— Kim du Toit

 

One Totem, One Statue

Resistance

When you’ve lost the Canucks…

A native totem pole was set on fire on Canada’s Vancouver Island in what is suspected to be retaliation for the destruction of a statue of Captain James Cook.
The Salish Bear Pole was seen smouldering at the summit of the Malahat Highway hours after a mob ripped down a statue of the British explorer in the provincial capital of Victoria, took off its head, and “drowned” it in the Inner Harbour.

My favorite part:

“Fresh graffiti was also located at the scene, speaking to recent events in Victoria where a statue of James Cook was pulled down and thrown in the Victoria Harbour, based on what was written, we feel the two incidences are related,” the policeman said.

Ya think?  And in the very next sentence:

The words ‘ONE TOTEM – ONE STATUE’ had been scrawled in front of the burning totem in black spray-paint.

Ordinarily, I’d be loath to copy anything the Canuckis do, but I have to tell y’all…

Oh, and of course, CanuckiPres Manboy was quick to toss some gas onto the flames:

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called the church attacks “unacceptable” but added that he “understand[s] the anger that’s out there against the federal government, against institutions like the Catholic church; it is real and it is fully understandable given the shameful history that we are all becoming more and more aware of”.

Maybe our Proud Red Ensigners should burn this asshole instead of a totem.  Just sayin’.

Monday Funnies

Funny Stuff

This kinda sums up the way I’m feeling this morning:

And for the full story:

So, on with the funny shit.  Today — the day after July 4 — we do military:

And time to look at the furriners…

 

And finally:

Salud, y’all.

July 4

Patriotism

And from Mr. Free Market, The Englishman, Mr. & Mrs. TrueBrit and all my Brit Readers comes this cheery message:

Note to the United States:    I know that a whole bunch of assholes in this country hate you and want you gone, both the republic and the Constitution which covers and protects us all.  But take comfort in the fact that there are a lot more people like me than there are of them, despite what they think.

Deadly Wheelguns

The Gun Thing

Combat Controller sends me this overview, with a single word:  “Interesting.”

Theory (based on sample data):  revolvers may be more lethal than semi-autos.

Here’s what we’re talking about:



I admit that the numbers used in the article are quite impressive, but I’m a little leery of them because:

  • the universe was New Jersey
  • only four years’ data

I have another idea, but basically there is no data (as quoted):  gun type by caliber.

I could make all sorts of suppositions about this in the absence of that data:  handguns are generally loaded with .38 Spec or .357 Mag — most likely .38 Spec, according to a large FBI study which concluded that over a ten-year period of time (nationally), the most commonly-used gun to commit crimes was a S&W .38 revolver.  I think we can ignore the outliers:  .44 Spec/Mag, .45 ACP and so on.

Automatics, however, come in a plethora of caliber choices:  .25 ACP, .32 ACP, .380 ACP and then the popular ones:  9mm Para, .40 S&W and .45 ACP, with the preponderance likely being towards the 9mm and smaller.

Could it be that the higher lethality of revolvers is because they’re skewed towards the .38 Spec, whereas the autos are more likely loaded with 9mm and smaller calibers?

I don’t know the answers, and I don’t think anyone can know them either, because of the small sampling universe and short time period.

Whatever;  I’m comfortable with my choices:  1911 .45 ACP, S&W Mod 65 in .357 Mag, and (backup) S&W Mod 637 in .38 Spec+P.

I’ll be talking about a more interesting recent development in self-defense chamberings later on in the week.