GOAL!

We need to borrow that video for here in Virginia. The only thing preserving our liberties is our Governor and this is an election year.

Quote of the Day:

“There are four great protections for our liberties: the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box. If you lose the last, the first three won’t mean a thing.” – Louisiana State Rep. Woody Jenkins speaking at the 1976 Convention for the American Independence Party

Note, variations of the above saying can be traced back to Stephen Decatur Miller who, speaking on October 9, 1830, said:

“There are three and only three ways, to reform our congressional legislation. The representative, judicial and belligerent principle alone can be relied on; or as they are more familiarly called, the ballot box, the jury box and the cartouche box. The two first are constitutional, the last revolutionary.”

In 1830, he would have been referencing paper cartridges for muzzleloading firearms. While Samuel Joannes Pauly did invent an early form of breechloading cartridge in 1812, true metallic cartridges did not make an appearance in America until Smith & Wesson introduced the .22 Short rimfire cartridge in 1857. I can’t rule out the occasional use of pinfire firearms prior to 1857, since they did exist in Europe, but their use would have been rare here in the United States.

I live in Boston, the entire state is politically hostile to gun owners. This will only be settled by the SJC

Washington State also

To borrow from “1776”:

GOAL has been fighting the devil for decades.

So far, the devil has been winning.

😢

The British are still willing to lie and bully to minimize the number of privately held firearms. And in Scotland where ‘Firearm Regulations’ apply to pellet/air weapons as well, thanks to former MSP Tommy Sheridan, the bullying continues.

The British Regulars marched to disarm shopkeepers and farmers. They retreated from an army.

Concord Hymn
By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world.

I can’t think of a better voice to carry the gravity of this message.

Thanks for sharing this, and I will pass it on.

I was pleased to be part of a group here in Washington State which marked 19th April well. About twenty students and six Instructors gathered for the weekend of 19, 20, April for some serious marksmanship instruction and training as part of the Project Appleseed organisation. We were up in the very northern edge of the state. A second group did the same about 150 miles to the south.
On Sunday sharp at one PM west coast time, every such group across the nation fired a memorial volley to mark the significance of the moment. Groups of three or four names were read memorialising all the men who fell on that day 250 years ago, then we heard “ready, present, fire” and all fired in volley together. I believe there were around forty such groups across the nation.

As I recall, six of our shooters qualified as Riflemen over the weekend, with scores o 210 or better out of a possible 250. At least four qualified for their first time, the others requalified.
Mas, I know you know who we are and what we are about, I well remember meeting you when you joined us for a similar event hosted by Dave Duffy and Backwoods Home way down the Oregon Coast. I will never forget working the longest firing line I have ever seen (just above 160 shooters as I recall). I will also never forget the three foot wide grin on your mug as you surveyed the whole scene and took it all in.
I was sure thinking of you this past weekend.

SAF is a great organization. I first learned of them from a fellow student at Gunsite. I am a member and regular monthly contributor. Thank you for your leadership in this organization, Mas.

EXCELLENT VIDEO!!!

About one-third of the colonists rebelled against King George III. His taxes were about 3%. The colonists didn’t object to paying taxes, as long as they could have representation in Parliament, like they had when they were living in Britain.

Three percent sounds like a pretty good tax rate these days. Sean Hannity paid around 50% when he lived in New York. I’ll bet he would be happy to pay 30% taxes.