Daily update August 2
Rock in roll ala mode: the party continues
Backwoods Home
by Claire Wolfe
"But why have a machine-gun shoot? What's the purpose of this little exercise, given that full-auto firearms don't have a lot of use in the everyday world? I mean, you wouldn't want to shoot a deer with a fully automatic weapon. Potting a burglar with one would be the very definition of "overkill." Not to mention the very definition of "lawsuit." Even in combat, for which machine guns were developed, in most cases Our Very Own Government considers short bursts more PC and less wasteful than stereotypical "spray and pray" (as the gun-haters like to put it). Why do it? Because it's a howling hoot. Because learning to master virtually any shooting skill makes people more self-confident and capable. Because it's a first-class fireworks display (as you see when night falls on the happy machine gunners). And because these are, after all, real-live military weapons in the hands of American civilians -- where they belong." (08/01/05)
http://www.backwoodshome.com/columns/wolfe050801.html
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California: Man shot by security guard
KESQ News
" A security guard shot and killed a man outside a North Hills bar yesterday in
what police say appeared to be self-defense.Police say the man argued with
the guard after he wouldn't let him back into the bar on Roscoe Boulevard
early Saturday morning.The man walked away and returned swinging a big
stick, threatening the guard.During the confrontation, the guard fired once at
the man, hitting him in the upper body. The man was pronounced dead at the
scene. His identity has not been released.The 30-year-old guard was
questioned by police and released." (08/02/05)
http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=3662809
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South Carolina: Man shoots burglary suspects
WSAV News
"A 22-year-old victim of a burglary fought back in Beaufort early Monday
afternoon. Police said the victim shot at two suspects who broke into his
home on Goethe Hill Road while he was sleeping. One suspect fled to the
Department of Motor Vehicles in Burton and the other caught a ride to a
McDonald's in Beaufort." (08/01/05)
http://tinyurl.com/d9do7
Backwoods Home
by Claire Wolfe
"But why have a machine-gun shoot? What's the purpose of this little exercise, given that full-auto firearms don't have a lot of use in the everyday world? I mean, you wouldn't want to shoot a deer with a fully automatic weapon. Potting a burglar with one would be the very definition of "overkill." Not to mention the very definition of "lawsuit." Even in combat, for which machine guns were developed, in most cases Our Very Own Government considers short bursts more PC and less wasteful than stereotypical "spray and pray" (as the gun-haters like to put it). Why do it? Because it's a howling hoot. Because learning to master virtually any shooting skill makes people more self-confident and capable. Because it's a first-class fireworks display (as you see when night falls on the happy machine gunners). And because these are, after all, real-live military weapons in the hands of American civilians -- where they belong." (08/01/05)
http://www.backwoodshome.com/columns/wolfe050801.html
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California: Man shot by security guard
KESQ News
" A security guard shot and killed a man outside a North Hills bar yesterday in
what police say appeared to be self-defense.Police say the man argued with
the guard after he wouldn't let him back into the bar on Roscoe Boulevard
early Saturday morning.The man walked away and returned swinging a big
stick, threatening the guard.During the confrontation, the guard fired once at
the man, hitting him in the upper body. The man was pronounced dead at the
scene. His identity has not been released.The 30-year-old guard was
questioned by police and released." (08/02/05)
http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=3662809
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South Carolina: Man shoots burglary suspects
WSAV News
"A 22-year-old victim of a burglary fought back in Beaufort early Monday
afternoon. Police said the victim shot at two suspects who broke into his
home on Goethe Hill Road while he was sleeping. One suspect fled to the
Department of Motor Vehicles in Burton and the other caught a ride to a
McDonald's in Beaufort." (08/01/05)
http://tinyurl.com/d9do7
posted by Mary Lou @ 8/03/2005 12:36:00 AM
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