Gun LOOTERS
Posted on | February 19, 2012 | No Comments
(This ALERT was forwarded from Johan Stokman)
While I was in a Denver gun store today, my car was
tagged on the wheel in the parking lot. The gangs
do this on wheels or bumpers at gun stores, shooting
ranges, gun shows etc. Later when you are parked
at a restaurant, hotel, or other location that’s less
well guarded or under video surveillance, other gang
members spot the marker and break into the car for
a quick gun grab. This is so RAMPANT in San Antonio
where we were for a National shoot this summer, the
police chief of that county came out to brief the 400
participants of our competition. Too bad three teams
had already been victimized the first day. This is the
first I’ve heard of this in Denver. Please pass this
info along to your 2nd amendment list.
I don’t know how widespread this is becoming, but the info
regarding the NSCA Nationals in San Antonio is correct, as
all of us who compete in sporting clays know. Competitors
there were having their vehicles marked with a small adhesive
dot on the rear license plate or rear bumper, then followed
for miles and having their vehicles quickly and efficiently
broken in to when parked for lunch etc. Some crews were
working the parking lot at the Nationals itself. 27 high end
shotguns were taken there recently. They know when
1400 shooters with high $$ competition guns are in town.
I shot with a young man who was trying out a new gun at
the Nationals. He and his father lost all their guns and
equipment while making a quick stop for lunch at a BBQ
place in Corpus Christi the month before.
SNAFUs, Gremlins, Glitches…Oh MY !
Posted on | February 19, 2012 | No Comments
Well, recently I had to contact Yahoo about our email problem.
The problem, you ask ? We weren’t getting ANY !
So, after an hour on the phone with their tech support people in
some foreign country, we were able to resolve the issue.
Suddenly, my email folder filled with several hundred emails.
253 (give or take a few) At least half of them were
business solicitations.
The other half ranged from inquiries about joining the club,
username/passcode requests, ideas for events etc. Some
dating back to late 2010 !!! I started answering them
starting with the most recent first and working my way back
to 2010.
My apologies to anyone that sent an email to the club
and did not receive a response. We will try to do a
better job, now that the email glitch is rectified.
ANTI-GUN Mentality Alive and Thriving
Posted on | January 22, 2011 | No Comments
Today will mark two weeks since a deranged individual took a Glock and went on a rampage in Tuscon, Arizona. In the end, six persons were killed and nineteen were wounded. Congresswoman Giffords was the nutjob’s main target. Let’s be clear, no law-abiding gun owner wants the negative publicity this type of occurrence brings. We, (gun owners) just want to enjoy our sport of choice and all the variations of that sport. Yes, assault rifles, large caliber, rapid fire, large capacity-clip, etc. are all part of the sporting culture we call our own. Unfortunately, when this idiot and other idiots like him decide to get their “15 minutes of fame”, things like this happen. More laws won’t stop these events. Banning any or all weapons won’t stop these events. Deranged persons who are hell bent on destruction, are going to create destruction. Simple as that.
In today’s world, information is instant. The internet along with a myriad of electronic devices have virtually turned almost every living person into a reporter, witness and sometimes unwilling participant. Just one week from the shooting in Tuscon, these two magazines hit the mailboxes of subscribers everywhere:
Time Magazine and Bloomberg Businessweek (January 24th 2011)
In one weeks’ time, literally millions of pieces of information were gathered, analyzed, collated, postulated, debated and so on, and published so quickly, newspaper men from the early 1900’s would be astounded.
I am urging all members of the gun culture; sporting, collectors, competitors, and protectors, to realize that this act is a crime by an individual. The act of a deranged person. It is what it is, a tragedy, but a crime nonetheless.
For the Anti-Gun persons out there, Try not to let fear cloud judgment. Please, don’t blame ALL guns or gun owners for this one persons’ murderous crime. Let him stand trial and be punished to the fullest extent of the law. I would go so far as to say “televise” his execution. Maybe that would show people like him, that there are consequences for their actions.
TUSCON SHOOTING Re-ignites Gun Debate
Posted on | January 10, 2011 | No Comments
As the investigation into Saturday’s shooting rampage in Tuscon goes on, anti-gun rhetoric rears its’ ugly head again.
Open-carry rally outside of Washington, D.C.
Posted on | April 19, 2010 | No Comments
Participants of a planned open-carry rally outside of Washington, D.C. aim to make history as first people to take guns to a demonstration in a national park.
Record Numbers Now Licensed to Pack Heat
Posted on | March 25, 2010 | No Comments
The “right-to-carry” movement has succeeded in boosting the number of licensed concealed-gun carriers to about 6 million. Has there been any effect on the crime rate? Msnbc.com’s Mike Stuckey reports.