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Saturday, April 3, 2021
THE DAILY FUDD: E:58: "VIDEO: 'Guns cost too much' -- Too many people waited too long."
Some people prepared, even with an eye toward future bans and such. We have our baseline defense and do baseline 2A Militia work. A snubnose revolver and a not-so-sporting-seeming long gun suitable to one's situation (straight out of the 1688 English Bill of Rights), and you're set. Some people didn't. Those people bow down to the rest of us.
I'd love certain lower-end items for the fuddish maintenance of heritage. But as a practical matter, I can settle for what I have. I can forego the preferences.
TDF INDEX: Cats, Guns, and National Security: THE DAILY FUDD index. https://catsgunsandnationalsecurity.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-daily-fudd-index.html
Friday, April 2, 2021
Sensible explanation of feline dominance on this planet.
People believe "Ancient Aliens." Why not this?
THE DAILY FUDD: E57: "(From JUNE 2020) 'AW ban-beating in Land of Nuts and Fruits and Flakes.'"
This is a virtual copy of a regular blog post from 28 JUN 2020.
Nothing in this post should negate anything I've said about California needing to be militarily occupied for two generations of cleaning.
Avoiding "assault weapon" disputes in order to standardize and secure a "Militia Rifle" has long been a thought of mine. Here are two videos from ostensibly pro-gun police officers (I know) in California (I know) featuring military-style-ish/grade-ish rifles. While I stand by my position that an AK-pattern, Saiga-type rifle in .308 would be the ideal Militia arm for untrained civilians (see end), these rifles make the point about efficacy not requiring the so-called "evil features."
I have handled neither of these arms.
Kel-Tec RDB-C:
FightLite SCR:
My "Homeland Defense Rifle"/"Militia Rifle" thoughts:
ADDENDUM: Full-auto theory mentioned above discussed here:
https://catsgunsandnationalsecurity.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-daily-fudd-e-originalist-fudd-ish.html
TDF INDEX: Cats, Guns, and National Security: THE DAILY FUDD index. https://catsgunsandnationalsecurity.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-daily-fudd-index.html
You let this happen, American people: NY planning $20K payments to illegals & ex-cons -- *I* stand righteous and blameless in this--ME!
President Trump should have seized the NY city and State governments by whatever means necessary. But the American people wouldn't call on their States to support him per Federalist 46.
New York Finalizing Plan to Send Some Illegal Immigrants and Ex-Convicts $20k Checks | Dan Bongino
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers are working on an “Excluded Workers Fund” that would give ex-convicts and illegal aliens more than $27,000 because they supposedly missed out on opportunities to work and get government cash during the coronavirus. Both groups were not eligible for the Federal stimulus or relief bills because either they were in jail last year or alternately because they’re foreigners who aren’t supposed to be in the country at all.
Let's see if Facebook gigs me on this -- "CGNS head calls on Hawley to call for Federalist 46 action against Harris/Biden insurrection regime."
CLICK ON PICTURE TO GO TO COMMENT.
It does no good to call on the Harris/Biden insurrectionist regime. Instead, speak out as a citizen of the State of Missouri and call for #Federalist46 action by the States to correct the Election Steal of 2020.
Facebook might gig me for this. That is fine. I did my part here. Almost no other American has.
Thursday, April 1, 2021
THE DAILY FUDD: E56: "VIDEO: Star Wars Jedi fuddery goes too far: 'Why Jedi Didn't Use Blasters'"
Ah. Like a 7.62mm "battle(ish) rifle" over a 5.56mm "assault(ive) rifle."
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2. (3:02 point) "[T]he Jedi considered the lightsaber as a symbol for their order."
Ah, like a .45 as a symbol for MAGA-hatter Patriots.
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3. (6:34 point) "Everything about how a Jedi was trained and equipped was geared toward a peaceful resolution to conflict."
A good short-barreled scattergun or such has a similar effect on common hoodlums.
The moral of the story--or storal of the mory, if you prefer:
1. Choose what is best for the mission from among what can be reasonably kept. (2A civilian Militia may do better with 7.62mm "battle rifles"; time may come with 5.56mm is not an option.)
2. Symbolism is fine, so long as it can still do the job. (.45 can serve as fine sidearm, with particular use in civil situations.)
3. In real life, "the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun." (Firepower intimidates; we don't have the Force.)
My call-in to a Teabrainer Blogtalk show today (01 APR 2021).
Topic was the so-called, "Citizens' Grand Jury."
It is a crock and a grift.
Point of my call: "Citizens' Grand Jury" is not authoritative in any way. Lawyer tried to obfuscate with debatable history. Host acknowledged my point.
Interesting part is that if such a procedure was valid, then a couple of dozen of your neighbors could "investigate" you as a jury and subpoena you for testimony and evidence. An "indictment" by them would restrict your rights (including RKBA). The list goes on. The more private practice in past centuries was not an expression of a private "right," but rather a less sophisticated practice in some areas, like the less-settled Old West.
I do thank the host for taking my call and allowing a dialogue.
Action Radio: Democrats want Covid Control - Republicans want Covid Freedom. 04/01 by Greg Penglis | Politics Conservative (blogtalkradio.com) https://www.blogtalkradio.com/citizenaction/2021/04/01/action-radio-democrats-want-control--republicans-want-freedom-who-wins
USE LINK ABOVE, THEN CLICK ON WEDGE CIRCLED IN YELLOW and GO TO 1:03:45 POINT.
Action Radio: Democrats want Covid Control - Republicans want Covid Freedom. 04/01 by Greg Penglis | Politics Conservative (blogtalkradio.com) https://www.blogtalkradio.com/citizenaction/2021/04/01/action-radio-democrats-want-control--republicans-want-freedom-who-wins
USE LINK ABOVE, THEN CLICK ON WEDGE CIRCLED IN YELLOW and GO TO 1:03:45 POINT.
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
THE DAILY FUDD: E55: "'45' iconicism: From the SAA to 1911 to Trump."
Whatever the logistics and supply situation, whatever the legal situation, whatever the tactical situation, "45" is THE most iconic American round. What the .303 is to the British, what 7.62x39mm is to every anti-Western revolutionary movement since the end of World War 2, what blaster gas is to the Star Wars universe (had to get some sci-fi in there somewhere), this size round, in two distinct forms, is in American firearms lore. Starting with the 1873 Single Action Army revolver in .45 (Long) Colt--which was brought back from retirement for use against Moro insurgents in the Philippines Insurrection--then moving to the .45ACP in the M1911 automatic till 1985, we see now a new role for the number as representative of him who is likely our last legitimate President, Donald J. Trump (the 45th POTUS). Whatever is to be our fate as a nation, should we not go down with a whimper, this round--in both calibers, as each has its advantages (LC: revolver-designed, .410 connection; ACP: automatic firepower)--ought to feature as fundament in the fight.
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Connected subordinately to this are the two associated options for long guns: the .45 lever-action rifle (carbine)--the lever action being a rival to the revolver as iconically American--and the .410 shotgun (per .45/.410 combination revolvers). Both--but especially the .410--being vaguely descendants of the blunderbuss, the arm most associated with the 1688/89 English Bill of Rights arms guarantee, they carry in themselves an expanded Anglo-Saxon heritage factor/function. Thus, they would round out the picture, giving a present-day Patriot an effective and symbolic close-quarter defensive capability. (Indeed, should handguns become inviable, the .410 as a long gun would serve as an optimum composite heritage arm.)
The reality we face is that, barring a major shift (and frankly, a Federalist 46 State-based action), American heritage is seemingly destined to relegation as a reactionary subculture. Lower-end defensive arms may eventually be all that is left of the traditional American RKBA. Semi-ironically, the culture and society of the future may be one where that close-in defense ability is exactly the most useful, personally and in terms of heritage.
But whatever the outcome, be it victory or defeat, let it be that history from an objective view bear remembrance of our Anglo-American/Western heritage in that number: 45.
TDF INDEX: Cats, Guns, and National Security: THE DAILY FUDD index. https://catsgunsandnationalsecurity.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-daily-fudd-index.html
Another Facebook "Community Standards" violation -- I'm being monitored.
Either I'm being Facebook-monitored, or a Friend of a Friend is monitoring me.
Either way, it's a badge of honor.
ARTICLE LINK: Cats, Guns, and National Security: America has been hit down by its own "freedom," and held down by its own Constitution. https://catsgunsandnationalsecurity.blogspot.com/2021/01/america-has-been-hit-down-by-its-own.html
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
THE DAILY FUDD: E54: "Pistol grips -- AW feature analysis emphasis: They are expendable."
In yesterday's TDF 53, I examined the features commonly targeted by "assault weapons" bans. There I noted that pistol grips on semi-automatic rifles (shotguns were not in sight) were the most targeted feature for both cosmetic and ergonomic reasons. I also noted that they were far from essential in 2A-type employment of full-power rifle arms, especially for 2A civilian Militia. They are expendable.
Existent pistol grips can be replaced.
Exceptions should be made for pistol-caliber carbines, per the same arguments used for exempting them from magazine limitations in TDF 49.
The American people allowed the 2020 Election Steal. Blame them for having to go through this.
Makes sense, actually, since modern Black music is all beat, no melody: "Oxford University May Scrap Sheet Music for Being Complicit in ‘White Supremacy.’"
The University of Oxford is considering proposals that would remove sheet music from its curriculum over woke claims that teaching the Western form of musical notation has roots in “colonialism” and “complicity in white supremacy”.
Monday, March 29, 2021
THE DAILY FUDD: E53: "The 'evil features' of AW bans -- Practicalities and priorities, and bargaining for essential preservation."
There are three basic components to an "assault weapon" in the rifle area:
1. Semi-automatic.
2. Detachable magazine.
3. Certain "features" of a generally military appearance.
These latter features generally include pistol grips, grenade launchers, adjustable stocks, flash hiders, bayonet lugs, barrel shrouds, and sometimes muzzle brakes/compensators and "threaded" barrels.
The 1994 AW ban allowed a weapon to have ONE--no more--of those features. (I wrote in TDF 25 about that--more on that later.) Other laws listed features completely banned without regard to other features. New York has banned ALL of the above features. California allows muzzle brakes, which means some sort of threading on barrels is permitted. Its far-Left governor even vetoed one bill that would have extended its already extensive rifle restrictions. So go figure! But it's still California, a State needing a couple of generations of military occupation and disenfranchisement of its people to turn it around.
The question for realistic and practicality/function-based Patriot gunners--that means, not hobbyists, purists, libertarians, or liberals--is, which features are more important in practical terms? That is, in intense negotiations involving imminent AW bans by the insurrectionist regime in power, what can be traded for what--and what is worth trading for what?
A few of the features are easy to write off. Grenade launchers, for instance, are useless without grenades, and only flare-type items are novelties. Thus it would be an obvious chip to bargain. Only on the Yugoslav SKS does the feature really factor into the weapon, and between its fixed magazine and carve-outs if needed, it should not be affected. (Besides, its commie caliber makes it secondary in any case.)
Bayonet lugs would be next on the expendable list. In truth, I'm wondering why we don't see more marketing of "spearfishing knives" with clamps for use on a "metal rod" to take the place of the lugs. In any case, that's two features we can deal with losing.
This leaves pistol grips, flash hiders, muzzle brakes/comps, and adjustable stocks, with threading being contingent on the muzzle features. This is where the real functionality exists, and where the matter becomes most entangled from the good guys' practical perspective. They each have at least some impact on an individual's employment of a weapon, with relative importance varying by user, caliber, and to a degree employment.
PISTOL GRIP: Ergonomics for accuracy and handling on move; some impact on rapidity of fire. / Most distinctive and most politically targeted; may aid in "assault" actions.
FLASH HIDERS: Actually hides the flash more from the firer than anyone downrange. / Perception of aiding night criminality.
MUZZLE BRAKES/COMPENSATORS: Help to smaller-framed shooters; faster follow-up shot. / Perception of aiding mass shootings.
BARREL SHROUDS: Protects shooters. / Comes into play in high firing rates.
ADJUSTABLE STOCKS: Aids shooters of various builds; storage. / Aids concealment or "assault" actions.
At this point, I direct the reader to TDF 49, where I discuss a hope of distinguishing pistol-caliber arms from full-power rifle-caliber ones in regard to magazine limitations. Similar arguments can and should be made for distinguishing pistol-caliber carbines (PCCs) and home-defense shotguns in this regard. For the purposes of this article, we will focus on these features only on rifle-caliber arms.
Of these four, muzzle brakes/compensators are the most easily defended politically. Most states with AW bans still allow them, and they have clear "sporting" value. In tactical terms, they are more useful in larger-caliber rifles, while perhaps counterproductive for smaller-caliber weapons. Preserving them would also facilitate preserving barrel threading.
(A PC argument in FAVOR of them is also possible: "They especially help women--including 'trans-women'--to shoot. And don't worry, those mass shooters are almost always cis-gender males." Hey, whatever works.)
Adjustable stocks have a strong argument in their favor, but only if compartmentalized. For instance, traditional telescoping AR stocks do little in the way of aiding concealment, but do help the same weapon be used effectively by varying sizes of people. (See also PC argument above. Again, whatever works.) If they can be segregated from full-on folding stocks or telescoping stocks that can all but eliminate the stock's contribution to overall length, then they might be savable. Barring that, they are such a classic AW feature as to make them DOA. Also, tactically it should be noted that most standard-issue military rifles today use fixed stocks anyway, making this "military feature" actually rather "specialized."
Flash hiders are gone. Fuggetaboudem! No "sporting" use, and the urban chaos point defense argument only goes so far. (Yet of course, the one most useful tactically--see later. To save them would require a LOT of sacrifice.)
Barrel shrouds are expendable on their face. Most rifles, even military rifles, don't have them. While there is functionality to them, they are indeed heavily cosmetic, and hard to justify for civilian use. Even defensive shootings rarely involve the rate of fire they are designed to heal with. They are not worth much effort.
Pistol grips are the big ones--and the ones that demonstrate so much of the problem in this regard. They are the favorite son of shooting hobbyists, and the favorite target of gun-banners. Thus, they are where the sharpest fight would occur. They are also the LEAST useful of these for 2A civilian Militia. Sufficient accuracy can be obtained with traditional wrist grips, and most of the users in that context lack the training and discipline to act in many capacities where pistol grips would be that big of a benefit. (On a personal note, I've found that carrying a rifle wrist-grip on a long march is actually less fatiguing than using the pistol grip.)
Now for some of my standard graphics on this:
As for AR-pattern rifles, the New York ban especially has borne a number of interesting stock/grip replacement systems. The middle one below, though, does seem to place the optic rather high when shouldered.
Surveying social media and statements by noted anti-gunners, pistol grips seem to occupy such a high level of attention from them, be it from genuine concern or simply them being the most conspicuous and symbolic of the features, that a ban ONLY on pistol grips may actually satisfy a sizeable chunk of the rank-and-file of gun control supporters.
In any case, pistol grips are, rationally speaking, the most expendable feature AND the most targeted. So it would be a valuable chip that could save much of the higher-end firepower available to American civilians. The problem is that too much of the 2A community acts in a less rational manner. Libertarians go off yelling about repealing NFA, driving away the moderates and neutrals of the electorate. Purists bristle at and join with their conspiracy theory-sodden friends in chants of, "Shall not be infringed!"--as if that incantation will magically change the political trends and their own failure to stop the 2020 Election Steal. Liberal gunners, while potentially useful on a good day on some matters, go too far the other way, probably being actually supportive of expansive AW bans (save perhaps for their "standard-capacity" pistol magazines). And too many, but not all, hobbyists would take the loss of this understandably favored feature personally, acting like petulant children in the whole process.
On that last group, I reprint this from TDF 25 (mentioned above):
In the early 2000s (decade), during the 1994 AW ban, I was looking at a 5.56mm AK (a Century Arms SAR3, example pictured below), noting how a pistol grip was its sole "evil feature" (that 1994 law allowed for one such feature). I noted to the clerk/dealer how it would be smarter to have a thumbhole stock (not one of the features in that law), ignore adjustable stocks (standard military rifles are one-size-fits-all), leave off grenade launchers (no one has the grenades) and bayonet lugs (market a "survival knife" with clamps so it can used for "spearfishing"), and having a flash hider as the single feature of concern. The answer was that people wanted guns that looked more like the real thing. It was a case of treating 2A as a hobby and indulgence, and NOT as it is intended--facilitating the efficacy of the civilian Militia.
The lesson these hobbyists, a set which includes many in the others sets, is what I said in TDF 37: The Second Amendment is not about a hobby! Preserving civilian 2A firepower is far more important than whether one's favorite toy LOOKS like something big bad soldiers carry. And they are NOT essential, especially in the roles most of them will ever hold in a Militia-type situation. I place again one of my favorite graphics here:
And:
Hobbyists can go play with this and poke hoplophobes:
It is not worth seeing a nationwide stripdown of firepower to New York State levels to try to save pistol grips on semi-automatic rifles. Allow and encourage our pro-gun legislators to act to preserve essential firepower, and as much firepower as possible. Using the 1994 ban's parameters, even if adding muzzle brakes and compensators, would at least allow for flash hiders--the most tactically useful feature for the 2A civilian Militia--plus have the political/legislative advantage of acting on material already in the U.S. Code. No, it's not what you want. No, it's not what *I* want. And no, I'm not going to say these bans are somehow constitutional (certainly not by the standards used for 1A--but that's a whole other story). I AM going to say that this is about something far more real and practical than your "principles." This is about FIREPOWER. That is more important.
And one final graphic, the flagship of THE DAILY FUDD. It IS the reality. Let us not lose it.
TDF INDEX: Cats, Guns, and National Security: THE DAILY FUDD index. https://catsgunsandnationalsecurity.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-daily-fudd-index.html
Sunday, March 28, 2021
THE DAILY FUDD: E52: "Fudd guns, high-end guns, whatever... Still competitive with Star Wars."
I used Star Trek before. Then some Firefly/Serenity.
Now for fun with Star Wars.
Reprinted with added material from: https://catsgunsandnationalsecurity.blogspot.com/2019/11/for-fun-real-life-bases-for-star-wars.html
FORGOTTEN WEAPONS VIDEO: The Real Guns of Star Wars: A New Hope - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md5c-9mV2Vw
Interesting observations below starting at 7:41 point pertinent--probably unintentionally--to 2A civilian Militia employment:
Totally fanciful, but clever:
Interesting observations below starting at 7:41 point pertinent--probably unintentionally--to 2A civilian Militia employment:
Totally fanciful, but clever:
ADDENDUM:
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