Notes From HPS
BY Herschel Smith
10 years ago
Time was, the turkey was considered a game bird. The Pilgrims at Plymouth feasted on them. Generations later, Ben Franklin considered it such a useful fowl that he nominated it for the national bird.
Of course, this was in the days when the right to bear arms was taken for granted, when free people hunted turkeys for sustenance, all the while honing marksmanship that would serve them well in time of need.
Fast-forward to present-day Boston, a place of sacred tradition, the literal forge for our heritage of individual liberty. Except Boston is now a place where traditions have been betrayed. Its current overlords have succeeded in disarming the whole people in a way that General Gage could never have conceived possible.
So successful have these rulers been that the city that gave us Sam Adams and Paul Revere is now a city under siege …
At Wednesday afternoon’s White House ceremony for the traditional annual presidential pardon of turkeys from being served up for Thanksgiving dinner, Barack Obama likened the action to his executive order last week on illegal aliens. The president made the remarks before assembled press with daughters Malia and Sasha present before sparing the lives of turkeys Mac and Cheese, the beneficiaries of his latest order.
That’s because he’s an asshole.
One cannot help but wonder about Ensley’s blustering “we’ll take them.” Does he propose to personally take part in the confiscations, or would his participation be limited to cheerleading from the sidelines. Personally, I strongly suspect the latter.
Yes, but I prefer the former. At least that would make an honest man out of him.
Magpul finalizes departure from Colorado.
Uncle: Will the Army drink the Kool-Aid? I don’t know. But I’m not worried about what the Army does. To S&W, I say again like I have to every gun manufacturer. Don’t even start down the path of relying on government contracts to keep your company solvent. It’s like shooting heroin once. Just say no. Just don’t do it.
It is possible to condemn rioting and lawlessness in the streets without embracing the militarized police state.
It is also possible to call into question the righteousness of Wilson’s use of deadly force without embracing arson and pillage.
These are not mutually exclusive propositions.
Yea, but when I said the same thing, I was somehow the devil.
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On December 1, 2014 at 10:13 am, Ned Weatherby said:
Re: S&W – If Colt isn’t an example, nothing is.