Important Stuff -- Or Not: First Day Out of the Closet

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

First Day Out of the Closet

Today was the first day I strapped on my gun and went around town. I stopped at an army surplus place called Full Metal Jacket and they didn't bat an eye. But I picked up a great brown leather Air Force flight jacket for just $99. Then I went to my favorite steak house for lunch, stopped at a drug store and took Gwen to the vet. I even stopped by the rental office to ask a question. Nobody even seemed to notice I had this black, semi-automatic on my hip. That was totally not what I expected. Oh, there was a young guy in the elevator who asked my if I was a police officer. When I told him that guns don't have to be registered in Virginia and anyone who doesn't have a criminal record can carry one as long as he carries it openly, he was amazed. I fully expect to have a confrontation with someone, sometime, but not today.

13 comments:

Tonto said...: Honestly this is hilarious. You walking around a liberal town of "DC-ers" with a gun. Well a little gun education never hurt anybody. Keep up the good work.

We need a picture of this posted.

In protest a liberal is going to take a shot at you...I only say that because I know a liberal is going to miss, so I know you are safe.; 2:14 PM
Cathy said...: Good for you! I second Tonto!; 3:44 PM
BB-Idaho said...: It's odd. I retired from an ammunition manufacturer, where everyone was a shooter. Naturally, every common world weapon was on hand in the ballistics area, and people routinely stopped their pickup, reached in the gun rack and tried to nail a coyote on the way home from work. BUT! permit or no, no
person, from the president on down was allowed to bring a weapon on
site. Hmmmmm. What ya think?; 6:45 PM
J.M. Rob said...: I'm grinning so big that my cheeks hurt. You've made my day. Bravo! You'll have to keep us updated with this. I'm already looking forward to it.; 6:50 PM
Lone Ranger said...: That's just idiotic. The one common thread in all these mass shootings is that nobody shoots back. It was just sheer, dumb luck that there was an off-duty cop in that Utah mall when yet another Muslim went off the deep end (not a terrorist attack, NOT a terrorist attack!).

They're working on that problem here in VA, campaigning to at least let employees have a gun in their vehicle at work.; 6:51 PM
Lone Ranger said...: I have to run to Andrews AFB in the morning to pick up a prescription. That means I can't even have my gun in the trunk of my car. I lose my constitutional rights when I cross the border into Maryland. If ever there were a reason for the federal government to step in and make laws uniform from state to state, this is it. Every state that outlaws guns is violating the Bill of Rights.; 6:57 PM
Tonto said...: Actually the whole idea of the same laws in every state is the one remaining similarity i have with my liberal friends, of course that uniformity of laws in every state, for them, would not extend to include freedom to pack a gun on the street.

But i agree that I should be no more free because I live in one state over another. I would like to think my rights travel with me in the US.

My liberal friends are with me on that because that means they can get an abportion in any state but if I said it had to extend to gun laws TOO...they would shoot me. [pun intended]; 7:59 PM
Vigilis said...: Will read "Important Stuff - Or Not" with even greater interest and anticipation, LR. Very gutsy!; 1:01 PM
Anonymous said...: Hey Lone Ranger...You packin'?

;); 2:07 PM
Lone Ranger said...: I'm packin'. I don't have a golden lasso of truth -- and wouldn't wear it if I did.; 7:48 PM
UGN said...: There was a guy in Sacramento this past week who shot some teens trying to steal his car. Even though he kept shooting when the ran, the D.A. amazingly didn't press charges. yeah.; 11:36 PM
Anonymous said...: you might not be packin' for long now...Today's events in your home state will only serve to renew calls for gun control...you know I'm right.; 12:40 PM
Lone Ranger said...: Today's events were the RESULT of gun control. Here's a portion of an e-mail I got from the president of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, which I recently joined.

As most of you know VCDL has been pushing hard to change Virginia law
to allow college and university students with concealed handgun
permits to be able to carry a gun on campus for self-defense.

Last year Delegate Todd Gilbert put in such a bill for us and so did
Delegate Mark Cole this year.

We could not get the bills out of subcommittee.

We warned the General Assembly that violent crime can, and does,
happen on campuses across the Commonwealth.

But the university and college lobbyists swore that crime was not an issue and that the schools did not want students and visitors to be able to defend themselves with a gun or other weapon. They argued
that the schools had little boxes with lights that had a button
someone could press if they needed the police.

The General Assembly turned a deaf ear to allowing college and
university students to be able to protect themselves and here we are
today :-(

While it is NOT illegal for a college or university student with a CHP to carry in Virginia, they could get expelled (or fired if a
teacher). And that is a severe enough financial penalty that students don't want to take the chance. Who can blame them?

But, I'll bet a few are reconsidering their position now. Expelled by 1 or carried by 6?; 4:28 PM

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I don't use talking points, I create them.

1. Hate makes people stoopid.

2. There is nothing so impenetrable as a closed mind.

3. A stupid person is not someone who can't learn, but someone who refuses to learn.

4. It is a small mind that has no room for God.

5. You can take Stalin out of the gene pool, but you can't take Stalinism out of liberals.

6. The best way to sabotage a bad plan is to follow it to the letter.

7. The race card is the first refuge of people who have nothing to say.

8. Ignorance is the cornerstone of arrogance.

9. Which is more racist, to hate someone who is not white or to assume someone is racist because he is white?

10. Children are not stupid. If a child is taught, the child will learn. If a child is not learning, the child is not being taught.

11. To express righteous indignation, one must first be righteous. And that's a label that doesn't stick to liberals.

12. Profanity is ignorance made audible.

13. An open mind is a liberal's worst enemy.

14. Paternalism is the purest form of racism.

15. People who bend the truth, usually bend it in their favor.

16. If you always stand in opposition to liberalism, you will never be wrong.

18. Life is simple. People who make it complicated usually have an agenda.

19. Getting your news from the corrupt, liberal media is like sticking your head in the sand, except you don't get grit in your teeth.

20. Liberals' emotional development stops at the age of 16.

21. To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell the truth.

22. Idealism seldom matches up with reality.

23. Those who don't hate communism have never lived it.

24. This was a much more civil country when men walked about heavily armed.

25. This economy will never heal as long as Obama keeps picking at the scab.

26. Liberals don't think outside the box; they ARE the box.

27. You cannot change the hearts and minds of liberals, because they possess neither.

28. There is no such thing as a kind liberal.

29. Reading Democratic Party platforms is like reading the history of human rights abuses and crimes against humanity in this country.

25 Immutable Truths About Liberals

Over the years I've been writing this blog, I've been throwing out little self-evident truths that seem to have no exceptions that prove the rule. I've made a list of some of them and will add to it as I remember them or make up more. Most of this list I've come up with myself. A few I've borrowed from others.

1. Always expect the worst from a liberal and you will never be surprised.

2. Never try to reason with a liberal. They disregard any evidence that conflicts with their beliefs.

3. You can always tell what liberals are up to by what they accuse conservatives of doing.

4. Liberals don't debate, they argue.

5. The only standards liberals have are double standards.

6. Liberals feel, conservatives think.

7. Whenever you don't understand a liberal's motives, just look for the money.

8. Liberals cannot be embarrassed. They lack the gene to blush.

9. The Liberal Golden Rule is, "Do unto others but scream bloody murder if they do unto you."

10. Liberals don't have leaders, they have demi-gods.

11. There are no honest liberals. If they were honest -- especially to themselves -- they would be conservatives.

12. A liberal's business is nobody's business, but everyone's business is a liberal's business.

13. Liberals have an inflated sense of self-worth. They are like house flies that criticize the air-worthiness of a Stealth fighter. (Sarah Palin, George W. Bush, ad infinitum are morons.)

14. Liberals lack a sixth sense that conservatives have in abundance -- common sense.

15. Liberals never stop hating.

16. There are only two types of liberals -- the deceivers and the deceived. The difficulty is telling them apart.

17. Every time liberals get on their high horse, they get bucked off.

18. Liberal programs are so wonderful that they have to be forced on people.

19. Liberals always choke on their own medicine.

20. When given a moral choice, liberals always come down on the wrong side of the fence.

21. The only way liberals can build themselves up is by tearing others down.

22. Liberals not only refuse to learn from their mistakes, they refuse to admit them.

23. Liberals have only two political positions -- blind devotion and blind hatred.

24. Liberals are incapable of attacking the message, so they always attack the messenger.

25. Liberal diversity is only skin deep.