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Beauty Of The Second Amendment: 9mm vs .45 ACP
Featuring CZ-75B (top) and CZ 97BD (bottom)
Not for gun haters.
Nikon D800E + Nikon 50mm f/1.2 (manual).
Subject is from back in the days when I did pre-dawn street photography in Chicago. A .32ACP caliber small "pocket" pistol (often used by police themselves as a backup pistol). Never had any occasion to remove it from my pocket. Stowed away in a safe these days. (Entire pistol 5 inches longest diagonal.) Weapon specifically created around the Winchester .32ACP hollow point cartridge which is its only approved ammunition. Cropped to under 3 inches. See companion photo for better perspective. www.flickr.com/gp/blackjackstone/ysEvp5
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" MM theme. Looking down the barrel of a snubnose .38 special revolver. All about the situation and intent I suppose. Weapon held in a vice before a black felt background. Less than 2 1/2 inches. Provocative by intent.
"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."
I've seen this done many times, everyone with their own inspiration, here's mine. I do like guns, I own several, but I'm not a crazy person. Just a person with a statement.
Despite the fact that we have a criminal in The White House who has stolen an election, committed treason, is basically a Russian mobster, and has had affairs and coverups with several prostitutes, we still have to tolerate the onslaught of his daily horrifying policies, decisions, and world views. Just recently, Secretary of Education and destroyer of young souls, Betsy DeVos announced she wants to make federal funds available to arm teachers with guns, As most parents are sending their children back to school this week and next (or did so in the previous couple of weeks), this is the exact opposite of what they want. As an educator, this is also something I can say has really been an anathema to teachers. We went to school to teach children, not to use firearms. Despicable!
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We need to add an amendment that would forbid any of our rights to be cancelled, nullified, ammended, removed or restricted by any treaty with other nations or organizations of nations. We need to do this asap.....
Six shot revolver that is really a lot of fun for plinking cans. It was a pass down from my grandfather and was a very popular model for it's time.
Street art depicting the Statue of Liberty holding a gun in the air. Shoreditch, London, 2017.
Justin
Finally got my M1911 serviced, and after 4 days they got it all the parts replaced sans the firing pin spring, and I finally installed the Recover Tactical grips I got for Christmas.
Photograph published in News Junkie Post and The Duran
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Large sign near the front door of a local restaurant in Alpine, Wyoming. The sign reads:
Guns are welcome on Premises. Please keep weapons holstered unless need arises, in such a case, judicious marksmanship is appreciated.
Strobist: AB800 open behind panel of white faux suede. AB800 with HOBD-W @ 1/4 power camera right. Reflector at 6:00. Triggered by Cybersync.
Original Caption: Jack Hilliard, Deer Hunter, Wears His Handgun While Playing Poker at the Hunters' Camp. He Uses It to Kill Rattlesnakes in the Forest, 11/1972
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Photographer: St. Gil, Marc, 1924-1992
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Leakey (Real county, Texas, United States) inhabited place
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Molon Labe is a traditional shout of defiance when someone tries to disarm someone else. The literal translation from Greek is "Come! Take!" It is a dare. I'm sorry that so few people recognize the expression and its significance. Some are content to say just "It's Greek to me." If you saw the movie 300, you saw King Leonidas defy the Persian king this way at the Battle of Thermopylae, (480 bce ),
Desperate to photograph something today, and being stranded at the house; I decided to use the 9mm ammunition for my Ruger LC9 pistol that I call "Uncle Charlie." I poured some of them out on the mirrored top of our coffee table to get some reflection. Believe it or not, Uncle Charlie is a part of my photography equipment many times when I go into the mountain by myself. There is quite an assortment of wild animals that live there, including the druggies that go there to make deals in private. (The last time I went to the waterfall on Stone Mountain near my home, I met a carload of out-of-state "riff-raff" heading up the road there. They were not up there five minutes until they came back).
4/5/2014 Mike Orazzi | Staff
A man open carries a 1911 handgun while listening to Connecticut Citizens Defense League President Scott Wilson during a CCDL gun rights rally at the Connecticut state capitol in Hartford, Saturday April 5, 2014, speaks out against the state's gun control law passed one year ago on April 4, 2013 restricting magazines to 10 rounds and prohibiting the sale of certain semi-automatic firearms, including the AR-15.
Video & Slideshow here: youtu.be/XbILfKZkMbs
Strobist: AB800 open behind panel of white faux suede. AB800 with HOBD-W @ 1/4 power camera left. Reflector camera right. Triggered by Cybersync.
Finished the project gun: the Mini Draco (AK-47-style, short barrel, "pistol"). 7.62x39mm. 30rd magazine. I've modified it to include a Hogue AK-47 grip in "Desert Tan" since the original Romanian bakelite grip is terrible. I've added an AK-74 style muzzle brake after cutting off the tack-welded muzzle nut to keep the recoil and rise down, and I've customized the fore-end with my own work since the original wooden "hotdog bun" fore-end was hideous.
[Strobist info: Shot on pegboard, remote flash at top diffused with white plexi, white glossy foam core board at bottom to fill the shadows. Color corrected in PS.]
©2011 David C. Pearson, M.D.
One of the things that annoys me to no end is the misunderstanding, even among gun owners, of the second amendment. The right to keep and bear arms was not guaranteed in the US Constitution to preserve a heritage of hunting. The second amendment was written to provide the citizenery of the United States with the means to resist tyranny. Subsequent letters and statements by the founding fathers make this conclusion inescapable.
"The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that's good."
~ George Washington
"No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
~ Thomas Jefferson
"The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed."
~ Alexander Hamilton
"We should not forget that the spark which ignited the American Revolution was caused by the British attempt to confiscate the firearms of the colonists."
~ Patrick Henry
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
~ Benjamin Franklin
"The Constitution shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms."
~ Samuel Adams
"Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments,to which the people are attached, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any which a simple government of any form can admit of."
~ John Adams
"To model our political system upon speculations of lasting tranquility, is to calculate on the weaker springs of the human character."
~ Alexander Hamilton
"Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest."
~ Mahatma Gandhi
"If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun."
The Dalai Lama
Fear not the gun, and keep a watchful eye on the governments who seek to deprive their citizens of the means to protect themselves.
The Rogue Players: I am _____, hear me _____!
Strobist: AlienBee 800 with HOBD-W camera left. LP120 with snoot camera right. Reflector at 6:00. Triggered by Cybersync.
4/30/2014 Mike Orazzi | Staff
This guy is making a statement, solar yellow isn't that bad of a color. I bumped into this Jeep at CCSU in New Britain on Wednesday.
"At least 50 dead, 200 wounded at shooting on Las Vegas Strip" Just remember, Las Vegas, the murderer's rights were protected. There is no constitutional right to live peacefully and in safety. Personally, I'm exhausted by the violence. It will never end...
"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." Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
Nikon D600 on Bogen/Manfrotto carbon fiber tripod.
Rokinon/Samyang 8mm f/3.5mm fisheye lens, "shaved" for maximum field on the D600's full-frame sensor.
Built-in interval timer (I messed up the difficult time settings, thus the gaps in the trails, which I've now convinced myself are nice ;-) )
Exposures:
259 exposures of 30 seconds each
Unintentional time gaps between each set of 9 exposures
f/3.5
ISO1600
The exposures were all "stitched" with StarStaX by Marcus Enzweiler, a wonderful free program (give him a little money if you can):
www.markus-enzweiler.de/software/software.html
I then post-processed in Nikon ViewNX 2, a free and decent program for basic image enhancement.
6/21/2013 Mike Orazzi | Staff
PTR Industries Chief Executive Officer Josh Fiorini inside the Bristol gun manufacturing plant on Friday.
Very long video here: youtu.be/fnvMo2mCMvI
Rusty 1955 Steelcraft school bus, built with a Carpenter body model D on what I believe is a 1954 GMC chassis. Date of delivery 11/54.
This 7-window (28 adult passengers or 42 wee ones).
The transmission is a four-speed manual. Brakes are power assisted drums, but steering is manual (unassisted).
The inline six-cylinder gasoline (petrol) engine develops all of a wimpy 115 horsepower (86 kilowatts).
Displacement is 270 cubic inch (4.4 liter).
GVWR is 14,500 pounds (6,577 Kilograms).
Driving it over the mountains will be a chore, to be sure (I think I can!, I think I can!).
A previous owner converted it into a motorhome / RV, complete with propane cylinders, refrigerator, sink, toilet, etc.
It is for sale, at the right price. We'll just have to see how attached to it we've become, depending on offers.
Or, we may get it running some day and drive it 170 miles over the hill to Burning Man, where it will be well suited as a camper / party bus.
The rocket hood ornament is a rare factory option.
“My name is Pocket”. He pointed to the name patch on his leather vest. “Anyone who asks me how I got that name, I tell them that they have to buy me a beer to hear the story.” I wasn’t planning on asking him about the origin of his name, but once he put that enticement in front of me I didn’t even have to think twice.
“You’re on”, I immediately replied. “There’s a place to get a beer right over there.” And so we walked over to the sidewalk cafe.
I had originally spotted Pocket amid the crazy media circus that was the Republican National Convention. The streets of Cleveland were teeming with everything from major media outlets down to individuals working on their personal blog/podcasts. Pocket was with a friend who was being interviewed by one of those outlets. Pocket was standing off to the side and didn’t appear to be part of the interview, so I approached him and struck up a conversation. I eventually requested a portrait, he cordially agreed, I shot him where he stood (I liked the lighting), and this is the resulting portrait. It was after the brief photo shoot that he made the statement regarding the origin of his name.
Once we sat down, Pocket surprised me and did not even order a beer…instead he ordered a lemonade. Soon after, his friend also arrived, and his friend did order a beer. After we all began imbibing our cold beverages, Pocket shared with me the story of his nickname.
The crazy thing is that his name story was not the most interesting thing about our encounter. After we finished our drinks, Pocket and his friend got up to go, and they were immediately approached by another reporter. I initially found this curious, but then I realized the reason that reporters would find them intriguing. Both Pocket and his friend were openly packing heat. They both had side-arms visibly holstered to their belts. You see, in the state of Ohio, it is legal to openly carry guns (provided they are legally registered). This was a major point of concern leading up to the RNC, and many parties thought the governor should suspend the ‘open-carry’ law during the convention…especially since guns are such a hot-button political topic. This issue became one of the many political issues that became part of the fabric of the RNC, and several people came to Cleveland sporting their legal firearms as statement of their second amendment rights. This was the reason that Pocket and his friend had traveled from Michigan to Cleveland.
For what it’s worth, the RNC went off peacefully without any major incidents of violence. I actually witnessed several friendly conversations between the police and those people practicing their second amendment rights. Although I was not aware that Pocket and his friend were armed while we were drinking our beverages, I certainly was not offended nor rattled once I realized. In retrospect, our encounter was probably the most secure I was during the entire time that I spent at the convention downtown.
Oh yeah….the story of Pocket’s name. I will tell you that it was a humorous yarn, and you probably had to be there to entirely appreciate Pocket’s telling of the story. That said, I’m going to tease you and leave it at that. After all, it was not a free story. If you want to hear the story, you will have to buy Pocket a drink when you see him.
Check out the rest of the stranger street portraits in my project at Paco's 100 Strangers Project and find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page.
Rusty 1955 Steelcraft school bus, built with a Carpenter body model D on what I believe is a 1954 GMC chassis. Date of delivery 11/54.
This 7-window (28 adult passengers or 42 wee ones).
The transmission is a four-speed manual. Brakes are power assisted drums, but steering is manual (unassisted).
The inline six-cylinder gasoline (petrol) engine develops all of a wimpy 115 horsepower (86 kilowatts).
Displacement is 270 cubic inch (4.4 liter).
GVWR is 14,500 pounds (6,577 Kilograms).
Driving it over the mountains will be a chore, to be sure (I think I can!, I think I can!).
A previous owner converted it into a motorhome / RV, complete with propane cylinders, refrigerator, sink, toilet, etc.
It is for sale, at the right price. We'll just have to see how attached to it we've become, depending on offers.
Or, we may get it running some day and drive it 170 miles over the hill to Burning Man, where it will be well suited as a camper / party bus.
The rocket hood ornament is a rare factory option.
The photos in this album are of the property, possessions and projects of a fine older gentleman named Willie Shepherd.
He owns a LARGE property in Lookout, California. It is full of old tractors, cars, trucks, bulldozers and vehicles of varied and sundry description. My girlfriend Zoe bought a 1955 Carpenter (1954 GMC based) school bus from him, and he towed it the 17 miles to our Ranch with his old tractor on public roads:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vihuX5mIFSA
Photos of the bus can be seen in another set of mine:
www.flickr.com/photos/darronb/sets/72157635098965316/
Willie also renovates and runs old steam engines. For years Willie has been showing and demonstrating his equipment for anyone interested.
Many of the images in this set were 3-exp HDRs, processed with Photomatix. The camera was a Nikon D600.
Here, aiming at you kid, all in the spirit of good all American sportsmanship!
The killing by firearms will never stopped. We are like spoiled children addicted to guns and violence...
Same old cover--just overhauled to keep up with the times (sh...don't change, just gets worse...)
Replica
The pro-NRA group at the March for Our Lives in LA was tiny but vocal. Here's one of their proud representatives.
Me, early 1980s.
A very wee lad with a Mossberg (?) semi-auto .22LR.
Thanks, Dad !
( Note the "United States of Texas" t-shirt. Prophetic ? )
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Scanned from an old print made with a Keystone 126 camera.
My Ruger GP100 .357 Magnum revolver sits atop a "brass bed" of sorts. This is a couple years worth of spent .357 and .38 brass that I have put through this fine firearm. I really enjoy this gun and have gotten quite good with it!
This large and ancient metal lathe is located in Lookout, California, in Lassen County, Big Valley. This is in the boonies of Northern CA.
The label reads:
The Muller Lathe
Built by
The Bradford Mill Co.
Cincinatti, Ohio
USA
The size is as follows, roughly measured:
Swing over bed: 20"
Swing over carriage: unknown
Four-jaw chuck diameter: 18"
Bed length: 12 feet
Bed width, center to center across the outer two ways: 16”
Maximum workpiece length, center to center: 8 feet
It may have been built in the 1886-1901 era, from what I've learned so far.
It is owned by a fine older gentleman named Willie. He owns a LARGE property full of old tractors, cars, trucks, bulldozers and vehicles of varied and sundry description. My girlfriend Zoe bought a 1955 Carpenter (1954 GMC based) school bus from him, and he towed it the 17 miles to our Ranch with his old tractor on public roads:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vihuX5mIFSA
Photos of the bus can be seen in another set of mine:
www.flickr.com/photos/darronb/sets/72157635098965316/
Willie also renovates and runs old steam engines. His tools are basic and in, umm, often less than pretty condition.
I believe he told me that despite its condition, having been outside for many years, this lathe was still in occasional use, wonder of wonders. I expect that it could be restored to its former glory by a man willing and able to put a LOT of time and/or money into it. I plan to list it for sale soon, online. If nothing else, it makes a magnificent lawn ornament.
Almost all of the images in this set were 3-exp HDRs, processed with Photomatix. The camera was a Nikon D50.
More info on Bradford lathes:
Washington DC, Saturday March 24, 2018. Hundreds of thousands gathered here today to protest all gun violence including the ever more frequent gun massacres that have sadly become one of the defining features of life in the USA over the past thirty years. The mass shootings have evolved into increasingly more deadly events because of the ease of obtaining semi-automatic rifles, high capacity ammo magazines and other weapons of war. Organizations like the National Rifle Associations have successfully bribed our national legislators to beat back most attempts to enact sane gun laws that would ban civilian sales of these military munitions. In the wake of the Parkland, Florida high school mass shooting a youth led movement* has become energized and is pushing back against the gun lobby status quo and, it has to be noted, against the entire immoral agenda of Trumpism and 21st Century Republicanism. President Trump spent today at his golf resort in Mar a Lago, Florida. Again.
*There has been an active black led movement against gun violence and other forms of vigilante and police violence in America for many decades but it has been largely ignored or unfairly reported on by corporate media and harassed by police wherever it appeared. The most recent example is the Black Lives Matter movement.
Grand Rapids Riverside Park. Sunday afternoon. July 26, 2009
Would you prefer law abiding citizens, openly carrying a handgun or shady characters that you don't know if they are carrying a handgun?
Second amendment. Check it out.
We have a right to 'openly carry' a registered hand gun in Michigan. Know your rights.