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The tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School and most Americans' concerns about how to reduce the incidence and body count of such events has still proved a sad and disturbing holiday season blessing for those, like Academy Sports & Outdoors, who deal in the tools of such slaughter, and for the National Rifle Association, which uses member contributions to lobby for the manufacturers of and dealers in the instruments of carnage.
Lines (like the one above at my neighborhood Academy) quickly formed at counters of gun dealers and racks quickly emptied of assault weapons, large capacity magazines, and other tools of mass killing.
Here's hoping that 2013 brings at least the beginning of regulation of instruments of mass murder and a reduction in the obsession that some gun "enthusiasts" have for arms and accessories that are suitable neither for self defense nor for hunting and that only serve to maximize body counts. We all know that we won't be able to completely eliminate incidents like Newtown, but banning assault weapons and large capacity magazines may reduce the number of incidents and would certainly lower the body count.
We also need to have background checks and a waiting period for any sale of a firearm, including sales at gunshows and between individuals.
One of my hopes for year 2013 is that those folks who worry that the Second Amendment is somehow threatened get longer attention spans and discover that the second amendment contains twenty-seven words and that all of those words are important, not just the last fourteen, or the last four.
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Definition: infringe: defeat, violate, frustrate, transgress
A visit to the gun department of Academy or a few moments within hearing of a gun range make clear that the "right of the people to keep and bear arms" has not been defeated, violated, frustrated, or transgressed. The body count in killings using guns makes clear that the gun situation in America is a long way from being "well regulated" and that America's gun owners do not, in any way, represent a "well regulated militia".
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SB600-triggered by CyberSync camera right thru 19" shoot thru umbrella at 1/4 power
SB600-triggered by CyberSync behind subject facing the blinds fired bare at 1/16 power
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With me as closely as possible daily, these three items are symbolic of the struggle that Americans hopefully will never have to face. The fact is, our Government is as corrupt and greedy as a governing body could be and the most powerful man of them all is behind the corruption.
In times of emergency, disaster, riot, or great unrest the government can declare Martial Law which thus suspends every right we have as American Citizens. They will take our guns, our belongings, our vehicles and any stored food. They can use citizens for work (similar to slavery) and they can arrest and imprison indefinitely without any violation of any law.
A Dictatorship at its finest. This is the direction that our country is headed and "We The People" can't do a damn thing about it. What happened to representation and rule by the people huh? What happened to having a say in governmental matters. What happened to our vote actually counting for something as opposed to being a hoax to make us feel better.
Give me liberty or give me death. I pray that God will watch out for his people since our government couldn't care less.
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SB600-triggered by CyberSync camera right bounced off of white paper gelled amber +.7EV fired bare at 1/16 power
SB600-triggered by CyberSync camera left gelled blue fired bare at 1/32 power
Caroline suppresses the Evil Clay menace with Maria's AR-15. Maria is calling the shots for her. Funny, with my hearing protection on I couldn't hear that dude in the background ramblin' on about his MRI or whatever...
Friends,
We've got only one thing to show you today...and that's enough. I know we're not alone when I say that this patch represents the frustration and pain of a lot of people across this great country. Its not for everybody.
-Yanne, Violent Little Machine Shop person.
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We won't stand for one more day of the persecution of gun owners. How quickly people forget their history lessons. At first we were going to make this a "CA Gun Owners" patch, but the problem runs far deeper, and so many people across this country are tired of being discriminated against and shamed for exercising their rights. The silence ends now.
"Do you want a dictatorship, cause that's how you get a dictatorship". -Violent Little Machine Shop.
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- VLMS new patch launch letter (none of this is mine)
Taken at Desert Trails Gun Club and Training Facility.
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Ryan nails some targets with Maria's EBR (Evil Black Rifle). Ryan did Great once he got comfortable with his cross eye dominance issue (right handed but left eye dominant.)
The EBR is a Fulton Armory AR-15.
(turn up the sound to hear the shot!)
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Armored Knight XV suv
basically a civilian version of the new Husky that is beginning use in the US Army. i can almost run over a Humvee
Taken while the lens was mounted on a Nikon D600, which has a full-frame FX sensor.
Some vignetting is present, obviously.
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Time Trap/ Built to Spill
The U.S. is caught in a "time trap" when it comes to guns. We are not a frontier or protecting against an invasion that guns will protect against.
People in Vermont actually hunt for their food and that I understand but no-one needs an AK-47. However, having a macho football celeb shoot himself in the thigh when his loaded revolver starts slipping down his sweatpants has a luscious irony.
This photo and others were taken by our friend Willie Stark, One-Million in Phoenix, AZ USA. Either Flickr or a Flickr member flagged the photo so that it cannot be posted to any group. We call that censorship. And we ask that Flickr remove the moderate from the photo. If a Flickr member flagged the photo, shame on them. If you're offended, go somewhere else. We're tired of people demanding that everything be the way they want it with no regard for an opposing view. Or in this case a guy taking pictures at a peaceful local event without any comment.