Well, I never got back to blogging before the election, so most of what I was going to pontificate on is water over the dam. But, I have had some thoughts on the economic crisis. If we spend more than we take in, we go broke! Simple as all get out! If each government entity would have its budget cut by 15% and lay off about 10% of the government employees who sit on their butts doing nothing, I believe we could see a immediate decrease in the Budget deficit. Oh! and apply the cuts to the House and Senate salaries also.
Well, that was easy, problem solved. What is on my mind right now is Obama's proposals to bypass legislators and weaken the second amendment. Every talking head yaks about the "assault" weapons ban and not a one of them know what an assault weapon is. I do, and I can assure you a Bushmaster AR15 is not an assault weapon. An assault weapon is one that is by design, made to propel a large quantity of bullets down range when you are under attack. It is not a very efficient use of ammunition because at the high rate of fire (600-800 rounds per minute) the weapon is very unstable and accuracy deteriorates. Our current M-16 variant has been redesigned to fire 3 round burst instead of full automatic. You see, the civilian version of the M-16, the AR15 is semi-automatic only and the trigger must be pulled for each round to fire. Just exactly like a Marlin model 60 .22 cal rifle, or a Remington 1100 shotgun, or a Browning BAR .300 Magnum.
Now of those weapons just mentioned above, 2 are much more powerful if used to kill people, especially in a confined area. A 12 gauge Remington in a confined space would do much more damage than the .223 bullet fired by the AR15. A.300 Magnum used in the same setting would penetrate walls and kill people 3 blocks away! But, none of these weapons will kill anyone if not taken up in arms by a person. And it has been proven that if some one is hell bent on killing another person and no firearms are handy, they will find a weapon. Humans are good at improvising! Years ago when the Clinton era "Assault" weapons ban took place, the NRA, of which I am a life member dropped the ball by allowing the liberals to define the assault weapon. And then when Regan was shot by an insane a--hole, the Brady bill requiring a background chec and a 3 day waiting period was hatched, the NRA wanted a background check that would include mental history, but the Liberals wouldn't hear of it on grounds that that would entail "profiling" and the NRA caved. Now, after the prior ban, the Brady waiting period, a large capacity magazine ban, and the instant background check, there is no evidence that any of these actions reduced crime or shootings. As a matter of fact, the most precipitous drop in crime has come in states that recently allowed concealed carry permits.
Ok, thats enough of this. I does strike me as rather that, when all those folks got killed at the Batman movie, Obama did not have much to say about gun control, but has gone nutso with the school shooting. Oh wait, The Theatre shooting was before the election! I get it. If he had reacted to that incident, his low information voters that also like their guns would have been upset!
Well, that was easy, problem solved. What is on my mind right now is Obama's proposals to bypass legislators and weaken the second amendment. Every talking head yaks about the "assault" weapons ban and not a one of them know what an assault weapon is. I do, and I can assure you a Bushmaster AR15 is not an assault weapon. An assault weapon is one that is by design, made to propel a large quantity of bullets down range when you are under attack. It is not a very efficient use of ammunition because at the high rate of fire (600-800 rounds per minute) the weapon is very unstable and accuracy deteriorates. Our current M-16 variant has been redesigned to fire 3 round burst instead of full automatic. You see, the civilian version of the M-16, the AR15 is semi-automatic only and the trigger must be pulled for each round to fire. Just exactly like a Marlin model 60 .22 cal rifle, or a Remington 1100 shotgun, or a Browning BAR .300 Magnum.
Now of those weapons just mentioned above, 2 are much more powerful if used to kill people, especially in a confined area. A 12 gauge Remington in a confined space would do much more damage than the .223 bullet fired by the AR15. A.300 Magnum used in the same setting would penetrate walls and kill people 3 blocks away! But, none of these weapons will kill anyone if not taken up in arms by a person. And it has been proven that if some one is hell bent on killing another person and no firearms are handy, they will find a weapon. Humans are good at improvising! Years ago when the Clinton era "Assault" weapons ban took place, the NRA, of which I am a life member dropped the ball by allowing the liberals to define the assault weapon. And then when Regan was shot by an insane a--hole, the Brady bill requiring a background chec and a 3 day waiting period was hatched, the NRA wanted a background check that would include mental history, but the Liberals wouldn't hear of it on grounds that that would entail "profiling" and the NRA caved. Now, after the prior ban, the Brady waiting period, a large capacity magazine ban, and the instant background check, there is no evidence that any of these actions reduced crime or shootings. As a matter of fact, the most precipitous drop in crime has come in states that recently allowed concealed carry permits.
Ok, thats enough of this. I does strike me as rather that, when all those folks got killed at the Batman movie, Obama did not have much to say about gun control, but has gone nutso with the school shooting. Oh wait, The Theatre shooting was before the election! I get it. If he had reacted to that incident, his low information voters that also like their guns would have been upset!
