Author: Mr_Fastbucks

Be your own first responder.

    Got an e-mail from the California Rifle and Pistol Association with this in the subject line.   But I’ve seen it several places lately so I can’t give them all the credit.  It’s a good premise to expound upon and another word of caution regarding media bias. We love our first-responders.  We have elevated their status to where we now frequently lump them in with our military forces.  But there is a big difference between a soldier and a paramedic.  You and I can’t do what the military does.  The military has a specific duty outlined in...

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To the lightning rods out there.

  I will address this as I did above instead of to one of many individuals out there using the recent Newtown murders as a personal jumping-off point for an attack on our second amendment. It would be easy for me to attack the flavor of the month.  But six months from now it will be someone else and the message will be the same. We, the responsible gun owners of America, have spent the last 25 years undoing nearly a century of reactionary gun laws that have followed in the wake of violent spasms in our history. We have fought...

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Review of “Frack Nation”

  Tonight I attended the Los Angeles premier of Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney’s much anticipated documentary “Frack Nation”.   The film  was self-funded through Kickstarter.  Phelim and Ann raised over $210,000 from individual donors to make it, and it appears their money was put to very good use.     Why do I say “much anticipated”?  The donors who helped make this film understand what most people who have been following this story also understand.  The United States is sitting on enormous reserves of oil and natural gas that have the potential to power our economy well into...

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How to weather the current firearms buying frenzy.

    We’ve all seen it.  A weatherman (sexism intended) comes on the TV/radio and warns you of an impending storm or tornado or hurricane.   What happens?  Everybody runs to the grocery store and buys everything.  The local home improvement stores sell out of plywood and generators.  More often than not, a great deal of what is purchased is not used.  The panic subsides.  Life goes on. That is what is happening in the firearms industry right now.  In the wake of the Newtown massacre and the saber-rattling by anti-gun forces: Americans have gone on a firearms buying...

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The Evil AR-15

The news of the Newtown massacre has shaken all Americans.   As details begin to emerge about that day, a perfect storm of mental illness, irresponsible gun storage, and indifference by local authorities is beginning to form.  It will take some time to discern which factors contributed the most.  But predictably, some have already drawn their own conclusions based on deeply held beliefs. A lot of dust has been kicked up concerning possible new gun control laws. Much of this has focused on rifles based on the AR-15 platform.  Many people do not understand why people want to own...

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