27 Deaths, Including 14 Decapitated, Rock Acapulco

ACAPULCO, Mexico – The image of this beach mecca has taken a new hit from Mexico’s drug violence, with 27 people killed in less than a day, including 14 men whose bodies were found with their heads chopped off at a shopping center.

While We’re Raising Questions — I Have A Few About Sheriff Dupnik

Stark, raving mad?
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The suspected shooter has made death threats before and been contacted by law-enforcement officers, but the threats weren’t against Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Dupnik said. The suspect is unstable, Dupnik said, but the sheriff would not say he is “insane.”

Via Western Rifle Shooters Association

The Politics Of Vitriol

“They Bring a Knife…We Bring a Gun”

“I don’t want to quell anger. I think people are right to be angry! I’m angry!”

“Punish your enemies.”

“Get in Their Faces!”

Republican victory would mean “hand to hand combat”

“Hit Back Twice As Hard”

“I’m itching for a fight."

Via Sarah Maid of Albion

New Ruger Gunsite Scout

RUGER Scout Rifle

Caliber .308 / 7.62x51, barrel 42cm, total length 97 - 100 cm, empty weight of 3.2 kg, detachable magazines for 5 or 10 rounds.

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Delusional Gun Control Critters

When Germans came into Poland, Poles made no more sporting shotguns.They made Sten clones.

When Russians went into Chechniya, Chechens made no sporting shotguns, either. They made various submachine guns.

Should US anti-gun creatures succeed in driving regular rifles and shotguns out of legal circulation, they will see more submachine guns as well. Sound suppressors would reduce the risk of discovery by authorities as well as the muzzle blast, so having a silenced gun would be safer for the user. Seems to me that the American anti-gun activists don't understand just how simple open-bolt weapons really are.



Might be worth educating them. Perhaps those who still think gun control is a good idea would give it up for pragmatic rather than ideological reasons...and if they will not, at least the fence-sitters would know gun control fans for the delusional critters they are.

Oleg Volk

Henderson, North Carolina And al-Qaeda

Cartoon, via Hamp, SWR
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Henderson is a typical small town. It has a population of 15,850 and is located in North Carolina's Vance county, about 36 miles from Durham and 40 miles from Raleigh, the state’s capital.

I've had the pleasure of visiting Henderson myself. I spent a week there one day. Aside from being able to stop at the McDonald’s while driving through North Carolina, there’s not much to do.

One thing we have an abundance of in the United States is small towns. We think of them like Norman Rockwell paintings, quiet, quaint and beautiful places to visit for the way America used to be.

The last thing we think about is their possible connections to al-Qaeda, but that is what is happening more and more in small towns across the country.

Via Richard, SWR

Ed Schultz Schooled On Gun Ownership By Tucson Hero Joe Zamudio

High Court Denies Obama Citizenship Case

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.
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The high court, without comment, rejected the request by Orly Taitz, a California lawyer who has emerged as a leader of the "birther" movement of mainly rightwing protesters who question where Obama was born.

Tennessee Archivists Seeking Civil War (Sic) Memorabilia To Document

"Representatives from the Tennessee State Library and Archives and the Tennessee State Museum will be at Greeneville High School, 210 Tusculum Blvd., on Feb. 18 to record and digitize Civil War memorabilia owned by local residents for a new exhibit"

Via Deborah

LEE-JACKSON DAY SATURDAY JANUARY 15TH 2011 LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA

2011 Event Updates

"Kenny G. Rowlette, Associate Professor of English at Liberty University has been selected as our featured speaker for the 2011 Memorial Services to be held January 15th. Professor Rowlette is the Director of the National Civil War Chaplains Research Center and Museum in Lynchburg, Virginia and the Co-Chair of the Liberty University Civil War Seminar."

Via Nancy