January 2013 - Argghhh!

...putting the geek into militaria collecting since 1972.

It's an artillery thing.

No, no. Not Ben Affleck and Matt Damon... much less Alanis Morrisette “I don’t believe in guns,” said Dorsey. “I don’t own a gun. I’m totally at the mercy of my saviors. They obviously sent two angels to help me. These people protected me when I couldn’t protect myself.” Heh. Good thing the Angels believed in fantasy weapons. In a further example of muddled thinking (hey, he'd just been mugged and witnessed a gunfight, I'll cut him some slack...

This was left on the door yesterday. They were probably wanting to take a picture to use as "OMIGOD SCARY!" for the announcement this morning...

You can hold this view honestly. You can be reflexive in your dislike for guns. But you can't escape the fact that if you wish to disarm the citizenry, *this* is the practical expression of your view....

...or Spring. Or Summer. Or Fall. As a Fire Support Officer, I got to go to Graf at least three times a year, once for maneuver battalion gunnery and twice for my artillery battalion. As a firing battery officer, twice a year for battalion training. And as a safety officer for someone else's MTEPs, I got to go for a week at a time whenever a warm body who could compute safety and take the blame for failure was needed. I'm sure many of you have good Graf tales to offer... Each of those trips...