By MamaLiberty
To recap: As great and wonderful as target and competition shooting truly are, training only for sport shooting leaves some dangerous holes in the fabric of what’s needed for self defense. If you carry a gun, you need to know and practice a great deal more than the NRA fundamentals. Part two continued the theme, with specifics regarding breath and hold control.
Trigger control and follow through are the last items on the fundamentals list. There are not as many differences between what is required for pin point target accuracy and good shooting in an emergency – except that having these habits cemented in your muscle memory is even more important if you are fighting for your life or that of someone you love. Continue reading
Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-24B: Oh no!
By Nathan Barton
Good morning! Oh, no!
How stupid are we – as Americans, as residents (or citizens) of the Fifty States? We allow a 60% majority of a mere 100 men and women to accept the nomination (by one man) of nine Nazgul, who then, by a simple majority of 5-4, can dictate to more than 300 million of us. Huh? That isn’t democracy, and it certainly isn’t a republic. It is STUPID. Not only that, but those 100 “Conscript Fathers (and Mothers)” often are elected by a minority of those eligible to vote for them, and at least theoretically (in a four-way race) only 25.00001% of that minority are necessary to win. Even in a two-person general election, only 50.00001% are necessary, which means that virtually HALF of the participating voters, and probably only about 1/4 or 1/5 of ELIGIBLE voters, decided which 100 people are sitting in the Senate. And it only takes 60 or 61 of them (and with some tinkering with the rules, as little as 50 or 51) to decide what lawyer in a black robe is appointed to the seat vacated when the last one died or retired. That is NO way to run a railroad. Which is why we get stupid things like this first story. Continue reading →