March 2012 - Argghhh!

[NB: yes, Lex is dead. But Lex would want us to laugh while we're mourning. - the Armorer]They do this. I have a standard response to the "Have you ever killed someone?" question from people who have no standing to ask it. One for men, one for women. And they're not reproducible here. H/t, The USNI blog....

Um, sorry. My inner three-year old escaped. He drives more of this blog than is probably prudent. <[Click the pic to see the original]

Both JMH and JimC sent me links to this pistol today, with variations of "You Want!" Um, as a curio, perhaps. Certainly not as a carry piece. Frankly, that's just... silly. Kinda like putting gun turrets on submarines. That was a fad for a while, too. Go check for yourself, at the Arsenal Firearms website. If nothing else, I'm happy to help their marketing. And really interested in differing views. Especially from someone who has shot one, or better, owns one.

Well, first, counter the meme, reduce the sensationalism intended to sell papers/grab eyeballs, and put out some real info and try to point out where the meme if fueld by cooked data. Of course, the problem is - that's not much fun to read. So much better to just skim the headline, shake your head sadly, and let the meme soak in. Over at WarOnTerrorNews, they're trying to deflect the meme of the Crazed Combat Ve t: In the first quarter of 2012, the media has publicized an Iraq Veteran killing...

Ah must be some of that fabled Syrian Engineering...

That's a question from Heartless Libertarian, who is taking time to pursue a history degree at the behest of the US Army - this is his response: For me, I say the Napoleonic Wars. But I can see arguments for going back as far as whenever armies began to be primarily armed with muskets instead of swords, spears, etc. Or maybe even the beginning of the gunpowder era, somewhere around the fall of Constantinople. This is in regard to a class he has upcoming next semester, titled "Modern Military...

...and a chair is empty. May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind ever be at your back, May you find old friends waiting to greet you, there on the outside track We're gathered together old times to remember, 'tis but for ourselves we would grieve, So we'll sing you a chorus and bid you farewell - fair winds and a following sea. We'll sing of 'The Leaf' and 'The Parting Glass', we'll raise up our voices in song, No sadness today for the one who has passed...