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Medal of Honor for Chris Kyle?
Chief Tango sends us a link to the Washington Post which discusses the efforts of Texas Congressman Roger Williams who is spearheading the effort to clear the way for President Obama to award the Medal of Honor to late “American Sniper” Chris Kyle. I know this post is going to get some of you pissed […]
Friday morning feel good story
This short and sweet story comes from New Mexico; Albuquerque police say a homeowner has fatally shot an intruder during a home invasion. Police say the shooting occurred Thursday morning at a home on the 1100 block of Stutz Northeast. The wounded man was taken to a hospital where he died. Albuquerque police say it’s […]
Just A Sailor
Preface: Title blatantly stolen from Steve Waterman’s book “Just A Sailor”. We met once and I have a signed copy. Kinda happy to give him a nod here. —- This post may seem a bit of a whine, perhaps, but it is primarily just a sort of journal entry. It was suggested I post some […]
Bullet ban as gun control
Fox News reports that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is set to ban “green tip” M885 5.56mm ammunition for the popular AR-style firearms, based on the barely true fact that the ammunition can be fired in a pistol. I don’t know how many AR pistols there are out there, but they are […]
New York Times; Concealed Carry’s Body Count
Jacobite sends us a link to an article about the New York Times‘ attempt to poison the debate on concealed carry laws. The use data from the Violence Policy Center to make their case; In studying the 544 shootings, the center found 177 cases where people with gun licenses were ultimately convicted of crimes, including […]
Mc Haji’s Navy
From reading comments on pieces I’ve posted here previously, I know that a significant number of the folks who read my stuff are old enough to remember the TV sitcom Mc Hale’s Navy. I’d wager that when you think back to that show, terms like clumsy, bumbling, and goofballs come to mind. Well, now we […]
Victoria Cross for Lance Corporal Joshua Leakey
According to BBC, Lance Corporal Joshua Leakey of the 1st Paras was awarded the Victoria Cross for rescuing an American officer under heavy fire in Helmand Province of Afghanistan; L/Cpl Leakey is the only living British soldier to receive a VC during the Afghan campaign. Two others have been awarded posthumously. There have been 15 […]
Gary Thatcher; phony Ranger turns phony tanker
Scotty sends us his work on this Gary Thatcher fellow who claims that he was a Ranger sniper for 18 years, and then when he got old, he became a tank driver. Because that’s how it works in the Army. They folks with 18 years of sniper experience driving tanks; He’s gone from being a […]
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