A Thought... And Checking In

I really would like to come back to Blogger. I know, I said that last year. In fact, well over a year ago. I don't want that to be an empty promise like it was then. 

There's a lot going on in the world. In fact, there's a lot going on in the U.S. alone. I think that maybe, I'd like to talk about these things. And I might even talk about a lot of things that aren't really thought of. Not by the average person, anyway. I think that if I do come back, I will be kind of politically incorrect in many ways. But I think that's alright. Political correctness is usually just a cover for not being able to say what needs to be said. If that's the case, maybe we should all learn to be a little politically incorrect...

Anyway, back onto my original subject. I would definitely like to come back to this blog. I never put a whole lot up here, though what I did put up, was somewhat successful. I think this would be more worthwhile if and when my YouTube channel takes off. Problem is, I'll be starting college, and will have a bunch of other things on my plate. So if I can find the time to make more videos and make posts here occasionally, I would be more than satisfied. 

As I mentioned before... On top of posting my normally devout pro-Second Amendment content, I'd like to talk about philosophy. Questioning things as they are. But I think as gun owners, especially those of us living in "hostile" environments, this is not really something new for us. So maybe, this new style will lead to success. Either way, if you come across this post and are interested in all things firearm-related, I would urge you to check out my channel, as shown in the tab at the top of the page. Actually, I suppose I'll link it here. 

youtube.com/user/xtremeconditioning

I do have a lot planned. I just hope I find the time to make more videos! My goal right now, is at least a few videos a month! Hopefully everything works out! Thanks for your time, and your interest!

Proposed Bill Will Regulate Black Powder In Wake of Boston Massacre!

They're at it again. I only wish this were a surprise... Unfortunately, from the second I found that the explosive material in question was black powder, it was obvious that legislation would come out of it.

On April 17th, New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg issued a statement to the public, saying that he intends to pass a bill or amendment in order to regulate black powder, along with other forms of "explosive components" in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing. This bill would require that all purchasers of black powder (and god knows what else), would require a background check. Very similar to the recent legislation proposed, which required a background check on all firearm purchases.

"Of the 27.8 Billion spend each year on firearms, ammunition, clothing, reloading, equipment, optics, and accessories by the American public, only about 7-8% of all gun owners reload their own ammunition on a regular basis. This means that only a relatively small amount of people purchase black powder explosives each year, and in comparison to other flammable, explosive, and dangerous household products such as fertilizer and gasoline, the singling out of black powder for stricter regulation bears little statistical evidence that it's use in criminal activity is widespread".  Article here, from examiner.com

I can't help but agree with Ken Schortgen Jr., the writer of the article. It's aggravating to have meaningless legislation pass when the vast majority who are using the item are good, law abiding citizens, with the usual exception of a small few. The only thing I may disagree with is that the 7-8% statistic may be broader than it is in reality. Borrowing from someone who commented below the article, it is likely that 1/10th of 1% by all gun owners, which I think may be in the ball park. The man mentioned re-enacters and cowboy action shooters. I would also like to throw in the small minority of firearm owners who use muzzleloaders for sport/recreation.

 So, for a moment, think about that. Think about the small demographic of firearm owners that are using black powder, and even the small demographic of gun owners that reload smokeless. How many gun owners do you know that are re-enactors or take part in such events? How about people who regularly take part in cowboy action shooting. Again, not many. However, the small minority that do such things ARE the ones supporting the market for black powder. Same with smokeless powder more or less, but that's going a little off topic.

Frank Lautenberg is really missing the mark with this legislation, considering far less than 1% of firearm owners are reloading or using black powder for any purpose, and as was said above, there is no real evidence that these substances are in widespread use by criminals, let alone their "weapons of choice".

What I fear the most is that this is just another attempt to undermine and take advantage of a good disaster to further a political agenda.

What Is An Assault Weapon? (assaultweapon.info)

So, over the past few decades, there has been much talk of banning weapons of war. This concept, perhaps, has never been more controversial than now, in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting in Newtown, CT. There are those who call for banning so-called weapons of war. So, what is a "weapon of war"?

I don't want to nitpick. I don't want to go into certain "correct" terminology, because honestly, anyone who is falling for the term "assault rifle" will likely not change their opinions based on facts, logic or anything else, but to those, who may be open to actually learning what an "assault weapon" is, I would like to direct you over to this website:  assaultweapon.info

This website briefly goes through the history of the political term known as an "assault weapon", how it came to be, and how it is being used to lie to the public. It then goes into specific features of semi-automatic rifles. Besides the history of the assault weapon agenda, it's not something that we haven't commonly heard before, but it gives solid information in a clean and organized fashion in a nice slideshow. If you know someone who is on the fence or against the banning of "assault weapons", and they are open to education on the issue, I urge you to direct them to that website.

As I've said already, I don't think we can change the opinion of someone who is either completely against firearms, or completely against the ownership of semi-automatics, but I think we should still try. In the end, it's us, the average freedom-loving American individual, who will have to pay for it.

I want to just come out and say that the website is not by me, and I am in no way affiliated with it.  I found it a while ago, and I do like to give props to organizations, websites, individuals (whatever it may be) that get the truth and the information out there. So, whoever is the owner of assaultweapon.info, props to you.

Originally, I was going to do this post a little differently, but I'm going to branch another post off of this post. I'll link that (here) when I write it... Hopefully I remember to do that. What I'll likely do, is start that post the way I did here, edit around a bit without the whole assaultweapons.info information, and actually go where I wanted to go. See you in the next post. Thanks for reading!