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Received in an email from Texas Fred:
The purpose of fighting is to win.
There is no possible victory in defense.
The sword is more important than the shield, and skill is more important than either.
The final weapon is the brain.
All else is supplemental.
1. Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he’ll just kill you.
2. If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
3. I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy.
4. When seconds count, the cops are just minutes away.
5. A reporter did a human-interest piece on the Texas Rangers. The reporter recognized the Colt Model 1911 the Ranger was carrying and asked him ‘Why do you carry a 45?’
The Ranger responded, ‘Because they don’t make a 46.’
6. An armed man will kill an unarmed man with monotonous regularity.
7. The old sheriff was attending an awards dinner when a lady commented on his wearing his sidearm. ‘Sheriff, I see you have your pistol. Are you expecting trouble?’
‘No Ma’am. If I were expecting trouble, I would have brought my rifle.’
8. Beware the man who only has one gun. HE PROBABLY KNOWS HOW TO USE IT!!!
But wait, there’s more!
I was once asked by a lady visiting if I had a gun in the house. I said I did.
She said ‘Well I certainly hope it isn’t loaded!’
To which I said, of course it is loaded, can’t work without bullets!’
She then asked, ‘Are you that afraid of some one evil coming into your house?’
My reply was, ‘No not at all. I am not afraid of the house catching fire either, but I have fire extinguishers around, and they are all loaded too.’
To which I’ll add, having a gun in the house that isn’t loaded is like having a car in the garage without gas in the tank.
I concur!
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Heh
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A RIGHT Decision
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Woo Hoo!!
Supreme Court Strikes Down D.C. Gun Ban, Upholds Right to Keep and Bear Arms
The Supreme Court says Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting, the justices’ first major pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history.
The court’s 5-4 ruling strikes down the District of Columbia’s 32-year-old ban on handguns as incompatible with gun rights under the Second Amendment. The decision goes further than even the Bush administration wanted, but probably leaves most firearms laws intact.
The court had not conclusively interpreted the Second Amendment since its ratification in 1791. The amendment reads: “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.”
The basic issue for the justices was whether the amendment protects an individual’s right to own guns no matter what, or whether that right is somehow tied to service in a state militia.
Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for four colleagues, said the Constitution does not permit “the absolute prohibition of handguns held and used for self-defense in the home.”
In dissent, Justice John Paul Stevens wrote that the majority “would have us believe that over 200 years ago, the Framers made a choice to limit the tools available to elected officials wishing to regulate civilian uses of weapons.”
He said such evidence “is nowhere to be found.”
Update: Some great quotes from the opinion here.
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Another MUST “Copy and Paste”
It’s no secret I’m seriously PRO 2nd Amendment. I don’t push my views…..well, no, that’s not true, I do, why else would I have this blog, but… I’m not strictly a one issue person. So, when I came across this post on The Right Way, I KNEW I had to share it with as many people as possible! 
Not so long ago and in a pasture too uncomfortably close to here, a flock of sheep lived and grazed. They were protected by a dog, who answered to the master, but despite his best efforts from time to time a nearby pack of wolves would prey upon the flock.
One day a group of sheep, more bold than the rest, met to discuss their dilemma. “Our dog is good, and vigilant, but he is one dog and the wolves are many. The wolves he catches are not always killed, and the master judges and releases many to prey again upon us, for no reason we can understand. What can we do? We are sheep, but we do not wish to be food, too!”
One sheep spoke up, saying “It is his teeth and claws that make the wolf so terrible to us. It is his nature to prey, and he would find any way to do it, but it is the tools he wields that make it possible. If we had such teeth, we could fight back, and stop this savagery.” The other sheep clamored in agreement, and they went together to the old bones of the dead wolves heaped in the corner of the pasture, and gathered fang and claw and made them into weapons.
That night, when the wolves came, the newly armed sheep sprang up with their weapons and struck at them and cried “Begone! We are not food!” and drove off the wolves, who were astonished. When did sheep become so bold and so dangerous to wolves? When did sheep grow teeth? It was unthinkable!
The next day, flush with victory and waving their weapons, they approached the flock to pronounce their discovery. But as they drew nigh, the flock huddled together and cried out “Baaaaaaaadddd! Baaaaaddd things! You have bad things! We are afraid! You are not sheep!”
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Making Brat’s Hair Stand On End!
Heh!
And won’t she be surprised when she finds out that Jr is a LIFE member of the NRA, and wants her very own gun….not a revolver, an automatic.
Perhaps this Breast Cancer Awareness one?
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Whut?
I came across this headline last night while looking for something else. I gotta tell ya, it was quite a shock!
McCain woos NRA, attacks Obama
Woos? I wasn’t wooed. Were you wooed? I haven’t come across anyone there that was wooed. Best I could find, was an “Ok, he’s what we’ve got. Reckon we’ll have to deal with him.” Does that sound wooed to you? sigh…
To be honest, even those who had tried to work him into their speeches, seemed to have a tough time. About the only wooin’ I am aware of is when McFeingold did a well deserved smack down on Hussein over Bush’s appeaser remarks in Israel. As Glen Beck said last night, what we’ve got is Moe, Larry and Curly as our presidential candidates this year. Pretty sad.
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NRA Videos
You can find a few videos from the NRA shindig posted here. Just in case you’re curious.
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Jr Joins the NRA
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Newspaper Pics
The Louisville Courier-Journal has some pictures posted. There’s not a link I can give ya, just go and look for the photos section down on the right hand side. It’ll say stuff about the NRA.
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