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Whew!

Shooting Illustrated.

Yea, if you pop my range bag open you’ll find a $4000 Wilson Combat pistol.

No, not really.  You’ll find lots of tools, including hex-head wrenches of all sizes, rags (both clean and dirty), clothespins, oil, cleaning supplies, bore/barrel mops, patches, hearing protection of all kinds, loose rounds, spent cases, sand and dirt, dead bugs, towels, uncleaned lead powder, maybe a scope or a scope mount, etc., etc., and probably no replacement batteries for hearing protection or scopes.

All thrown in together in the most unorganized way possible.  In a different world – but certainly feasible in terms of possible world metaphysics if I was just more disciplined – it would be clean, organized, fully stocked with everything, and able to be used by anyone.

It’s not any of those things.  It is what it is, and we are who we are.  If I didn’t have a day job I could do a lot of other things.

Bearing Arms.

A bill introduced in South Carolina is both common sense and closes a seriously dangerous loop in their law. H 3432 will give much needed protections to those that do opt to carry a firearm for self-defense. From the summary of the bill we have the following:

Immunity from prosecution and civil action for stand your ground

A BILL TO AMEND SECTIONS 16-11-440 AND 16-11-450, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BOTH RELATING TO IMMUNITY FROM CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AND CIVIL ACTIONS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES FOR THE USE OF DEADLY FORCE AGAINST ANOTHER PERSON (STAND YOUR GROUND), BOTH SO AS TO INCLUDE DISPLAYING DEADLY FORCE IN THE PURVIEW OF THE STATUTES.

Brandishing a firearm can come with serious penalties. But what happens when someone is being attacked, they deploy their firearm, and then the attacker turns and runs away? Well, in my book and anyone that has any wits about them would chalk this one up to a big win.

I agree, and the notion that law enforcement would arrest and charge someone with brandishing is ridiculous if that action stopped an attacker.  But that would require intelligence by LEOs, and moral scruples by prosecuting attorneys, neither of which is realistic.

This is a worthy bill, but if it hasn’t already been heard in committee and passed on, it’s unlikely to get a vote this session.

Attaboy.  Don’t worry about what other people think.  I wear what I want, I don’t listen to other people tell me how to dress, I couldn’t care less if I print, and I’d rather open carry if circumstances permit it.  I conceal well in non-permissive environments (no one will know if I’m armed), I will dress fine for fine occasions, and internet experts on tacticool don’t impress me at all.

I dress for the occasion, and I will wear baggy pants if I want to, or other pants and a nice shirt if I have to.  And I don’t wear fishing vests or try to keep others from feeling uncomfortable around me.  When I carry, I do so because I choose to exercise my God-given right to do so.

I know the 10mm semiauto pistol has become somewhat popular for predator protection (e.g., bears), but I also have to remark that I see absolutely no advantage over the 450 SMC in 45ACP, which instead of 170 grains at 1235 FPS is 230 grains at 1120 FPS, with only a change to the spring in a 1911.  More to the point, I’ll keep my 450 SMC.

How did she not know that this would instantly become a meme?  How could she have been so stupid?