OT: First CCW shoot in Ohio

================ Yes.

The problem is that even if the new environments are not dangerous, they are different, and thus threatening.

It is precisely these continual, accelerating, and apparently random changes, which are causing increasing feelings of alienation and isolation in increasing numbers of adults. In many cases this is perceived as an unfocused rage and/or feeling of impending disaster.

Note that it is simply change, even change for the better, that causes this, and it is the height of folly for our leadership to ignore the limits on the amounts of change that can be imposed, without serious breakdowns in civil and social order.

INMSHO it is not coincidence that the number of mass murders and workplace shootings almost exactly parallel the increased amount and speed of social and workplace change beginning in the early

1960s.

From a personal mental health standpoint I suggest that individuals limit change in their lives as much as possible, to avoid any more stress than necessary, however as you note it is becoming increasingly difficult to do this when you can't even find a clerk that speaks English or can make change in US dollars.

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that in many cases this still assumes massive changes and stresses such as "investing" in a 60-inch plasma TV. What I am talking about is an island of stability and calm.

Unka' George ================ When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary. Thomas Paine (1737-1809), Anglo-American political theorist, writer. Common Sense, ch. 4 (1776).

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F. George McDuffee
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================ I know exactly what you mean.

When the situation deteriorates to the point where it is perceived as "Me and mine" or "them and theirs," the trouble starts, and the most drastic actions are taken without qualm, pity or remorse.

Our "leadership" would do well to remember this, and avoid pressing things (or allowing things to go) too far if they wish to avoid hearing the "Horst Weisel" [or something similar] being sung in the streets again. The old adage that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure still applies.

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Unka' George ================ When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary. Thomas Paine (1737-1809), Anglo-American political theorist, writer. Common Sense, ch. 4 (1776).

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F. George McDuffee

The idea is to give them something to fight over & kill each other off, before needing to start on the wildlife.

For an island sans wildlife, hmmmmmm....

There are other alternatives - lotta undesirable (IMO) places in the tropics. Take a DNA sample, implant them with a RFID and dump them off. Any that get back to 'civilisation', they better keep their nose clean as you've 2 independent methods of identifying them.

PDW

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PDW

Not to mention small team tactics, fields of fire and the priority of avoiding friendly fire casualties, along with practice firing one-handed with either hand from available cover in low-light condx with vision smeared by lite film of vaseline on spectacles to simulate sleepyeye.

Things are much simpler when there are no children in the house. It makes fire and maneuver much more viable. My gentle mate needs no training from me. She's quite competent. I like that about her.

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Don Foreman

I have carried all of my adult life, and during that time I have probably tried most of what was out there. Since I retired in '94 I have settled on a cut down, customized, M1911, in 38 Super (blued), for most outdoor activities. A Walther .380 PPK/S (stainless) for carry when wearing a coat or long tailed shirt. And a double barreled .38 derringer (Teflon coated) for causal wear, like shorts, t-shirt, athletic gear etc. (BTW learning to shoot the derringer accurately and being able to hit the target at 5-8 yards takes a lot of practice and is hard on the ears.) For more formal events, I often wear my Smith Bodyguard (aluminum frame) Model 38 Airweight.

I do own about a dozen wheel guns too. I keep a Colt SSA .45Colt in my Suburban (locked in a secure box on the transmission hump). Also I keep a Smith model 29 .44Mag in my pick-up along with a K22, a M-1 rifle and a 20 gage shotgun. The rest of my guns live in my gun cabinet. Oh yeah every one of them is loaded, all the time. an empty gun is a useless club at best.

Like a woman who needs a different purse for every outfit, a man need a different firearm for each occasion. J

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Diamond Jim

Thanx George. Catchy tune; that Horst Wessel. Although I totally hate its origin as the de facto nazi anthem, it is a pretty good tune. I like it a little bit more than I like Rap.

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Robert Swinney

I have a .38 spl derringer. Shot it once. not fun.

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Rex

As we age...we discover our youthful outlook of being invincible..was a fantasy

We now look at the risks..and the risks in Some places are higher today.

Crime is actually way down in the US. Murders/assaults and so forth are also way down and have steadily been going down for a goodly number of years.

However...the career criminals are more vicious then before..particularly gang members. They are getting younger..with correspondingly less sense and compunctions about killing/hurting someone. Its been said accurately that a 14yr old will kill you far quicker than his career criminal grandfather. And never blink an eye in doing so.

A note..the reason crime is going down..is BECAUSE of men like us..who no longer are willing to stand for watching our society swirling around the bottom of the toilet bowl after the lever was pulled.

We can see this with the number of states forced into liberalizing their CCW laws, 3-strikes and so forth. And personally carrying weapons.

We are an aging society....and one less willing to tolerate the bullshit.

Gunner

"Liberalism is a philosophy of consolation for Western civilization as it commits suicide"

- James Burnham

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Gunner

Its not...and this coming from a guy who shoots a 45-70 Contender pistol.

Gunner

"Liberalism is a philosophy of consolation for Western civilization as it commits suicide"

- James Burnham

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Gunner

You sound like family.

We related?

Gunner

"Liberalism is a philosophy of consolation for Western civilization as it commits suicide"

- James Burnham

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Gunner

Okay, so I'm late and catching up, but "Diamond Jim" wrote on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:00:49 -0400 in rec.crafts.metalworking :

Accessories, accessories. One more reason to at least know some body from the Pink Pistols shooting club. Somebody has to have some fashion sense when it comes to matching accessories.

tschus pyotr

"I got in touch with my feminine side. Threatened myself with a retraining order if I did it again."

-- pyotr filipivich "Quemadmoeum gladuis neminem occidit, occidentis telum est. " Lucius Annaeus Seneca, circa 45 AD (A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer's hands.)

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pyotr filipivich

Okay, so I'm late and catching up, but Gunner wrote on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:29:29 GMT in rec.crafts.metalworking :

I wonder, sometimes, how much of "maturity" is simply fatigue.

And I know for a fact, I'm a whole lot less tolerant of destructive stupidity "by the young" or immature. Entertaining stupidity is till fun to watch - you know where this is going to go. "Hey Charlie, come'er. Watch this, Eddy's is going to try his "never fail" pickup lines again."

tschus pyotr

-- pyotr filipivich "Quemadmoeum gladuis neminem occidit, occidentis telum est. " Lucius Annaeus Seneca, circa 45 AD (A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer's hands.)

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pyotr filipivich

Excellent thinking.

It works much the same way here on Usenet, when young dumb stupid undereducated and programmed libtard college kids decide to play troll

Gunner

"Liberalism is a philosophy of consolation for Western civilization as it commits suicide"

- James Burnham

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Gunner

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