Patience

Movie Guns is late once again, but I promise it will be a good one. I'm working on a request right now, and as it turns out I have over fifty frames, so bear with me. Hopefully I will have it for you tomorrow.

This week is also super busy, and one of the most important in my life.

Updates to follow.

Game console prices drop

As a penny-pinching holiday season looms, videogame companies are cutting game-console prices, beefing up supplies and releasing a vast crop of new games in hopes of attracting a wider audience.

The price for the XBox 360 and Playstation 3 were just ridiculous when they first came out. When a game console costs more than a used Glock I have to draw the line, but if they reduce the prices of a XBox 360 in my area I might just have to buy one.

Media to blame for uninformed voters?

On November 4th, 2008 millions of Americans were shocked that a man of Barack Obama's limited experience, extreme liberal positions and radical political alliances could be elected President of the United States. For many of these Americans, the explanation was rather simple... the news media, completely enamored with Obama, simply refused to do their job.

Go check out the videos from this website for a compelling arguement on the issue.

Via Ace.

"Tough On Crime" fail in Nevada

The man who unlawfully possessed the deadly toxin, ricin, and two unregistered firearm silencers in his Las Vegas hotel room in April 2008, was sentenced today to 3½ years in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $7,500 fine, announced Greg Brower, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.

Three and a half years!! That's all!!

If manufacturing biological weapons lands you a measly sentence, what is the incentive to not make it? This man should never walk amongst other people in society again.

What a joke.

Rule number four

Know your target and what is beyond it. That rule wasn't followed in this tragic story, and a little girl died because of it.

Brandishing in DC

While speaking to Strauss, Rodriguez—who gave the affidavit—noted that his breath smelled of alcohol and that he “had a blank stare, blood shot eyes and appeared confused.” Strauss had “difficulty retrieving” his driver’s license, according to the officer’s account, but he had less difficulty producing another form of identification: While handing over his license, Strauss “displayed his US Senate ID with his right hand…[and] continued to hold the US Senate ID the entire time” until he was told to get out of the car

That would be DC Shadow Senator Paul Strauss brandishing his Senate ID badge during his DUI arrest. My past coverage here.

I'm imune! I'm imune!

Or is it: I HAVE POWER! I HAVE POWER!!

Text message fail

At Virginia Tech, no less.

Why is this even considered a remote substitute for letting the few students who are willing protect their own lives? And again, spare me the "duck and cover" scenario, or the one where "EVERYONE WILL BE SHOOTING AT EVERYONE!" It's all a bunch of nonsense.

The text message system is supposed to represent the most advanced and logical solution that school officials can come up with for a solution to a problem that can be solved by just staying the hell out of the way.

Update: It seems that I found the condensed version of the story. Head on over to David's post for some more info.

That's a teeny bullet!

School officials said it was a .9-mm handgun and that the boy brought it from home. He also had a clip full of bullets, but the weapon was not ready to fire. There was no round in the chamber, Local 10's Roger Lohse reported.

If I had to chose, I would rather get hit with a .9mm round than a 9mm one. I'll let the "clip ful o' bullets" slide this time because the cop in the story actually has a clue:

The magazine was in the gun at the time it was shown to the student, and then when the teacher recovered it, the magazine was outside of the gun," said Fort Lauderdale police Sgt. Frank Sousa.

"Even if it wasn't loaded, or was loaded, if it would have gone off, that would have been another tragic situation," said parent Nickie Williams.

Hey Nickie: if the gun isn't loaded, it can't "go off." I think America would really benefit from having a one hour TV special that covered how firearms operate, as well as the many myths that follow them. And why, oh why don't these schools make it illegal for anyone to bring a gun inside by posting one of those clever signs that are so effective at turning terrorists and criminals away?

Several parents showed up at Walker after the incident, some in disbelief that children so young were exposed to a deadly weapon. For Tammie Slaughter, Friday was the second time this week one of her children had a close call. Her older child goes to Dillard High School, where a student was fatally shot on Wednesday.

AAAAAHHHH!! A DEADLY WEAPON!!! DON'T LET THEM GET EXPOSED!!

Unbelievable. These people are actually breeding, folks. Think about that. Thank goodness they have a police Sgt. that has some freaking sense:

Police commended the students who alerted the teacher, but they said the job of keeping kids safe starts at home.

"If you're a parent with a firearm, obviously the responsibility falls back on you," Sousa said.

The boy has been charged with bringing a gun on school property, a felony. Police are still trying to determine who owns the weapon. That person could face charges for allowing the boy to have access to the gun.

The school was never placed on lockdown. No one was injured.

And there you have it. The teacher took the gun, the cops showed up and are busy determining who owns the gun and why they let a 3rd grader carry it, and the school stayed open. All that despite a recent fatal school shooting in the same district. It sounds to me like the Fort Lauderdale police are on point.

Now, if they could just educate the parents. . .

Just to clarify

There has been much specualtion as to why Americans are buying up every firearm on the shelves, so I thought I would post one of President-elect Obama's promises from his campaign website:

Click to make larger

This would be why.

The definitive Assault Thingy video

Go here to see a shamelessly stolen video posted at Mike's Spot that clearly explains the differences between "Assault Thingy's" and semi-auto firearms that scare hippies.

The video has been around awhile, but needs some more airtime. It's narrated by a cop, of all people, and should handily put to rest the argument.

BAN IT! BAN IT! BAN IT!

Youth Mixed Martial Arts is popular in Missouri, and the media just found out about it. Surprisingly, the article is somewhat balanced. What I think is interesting is that there's a opinionated doctor who wants to ruin the sport:

"When the goal of a sport is to choke your opponent into submission so they can tap out I have a problem with that," said Dr. Scott Dattel.

Dr. Dattel of Kansas City Pediatrics concedes all contact sports carry a risk of injury. But he warns youth MMA can promote aggressive behavior and cause permanent damage.

Yeah, because football doesn't encourage youth to be aggressive, and is known for being so freakin safe. I always find that point fascinating, especially when it comes down to youth and firearms. Whiny parents like to spout that the firing of icky guns condones violence right before they take their wonder kid to a football game where they scream for him to knock some other kids block off. Hypocrites!

Anyways, the parents in this article do a great job of fending off the doc's silly attack:

"No one in their right mind would tell you they're not worried someone will get hurt,” said Jennifer Swinehart.” I've had my kids dislocate something during wrestling and during football or kickboxing. My son slid into third base and broke his knee."

Jennifer Swinehart, the parent of three fighters, supports the sport. She says it teaches her children discipline and focus. She also says it decreases aggression outside the sport. Children must keep up their grades and stay out of trouble to participate. Parents cheer on the action sitting cage side. Along with Jennifer they fend off critics.

"I don't think they've looking into it enough to realize there are rules and regulations for the children and the safety,” said Swinehart.

Where have we heard this before? As I said, shooting sports are demonized by the ignorant, but there's more to it than most would think. Safety is paramount, and the child learns discipline, respect, and has a great time to boot.

The end of the story has the evil legislators rubbing their evil hands together while conjuring up some PSH before banning the sport.

Bastards.

PETA's brilliance

PETA sent a letter to Blue Cross Blue Shield in an insane effort to get them to crank up insurance rates for meat eaters, while lowering premiums for vegetarians.

Where do these people come up with this stuff?

Should deer hunters send letters to Geico urging them to raise their premiums on non-deer hunters because they don't help keep herd numbers down, which causes more automobile/deer collisions?

In a typical year, two people are killed in crashes involving deer in Virginia, Lafon said.

Last year, there were 5,513 crashes involving deer in the state that were reported to police, including one fatality, the Virginia Department of Transportation reports. A total of 407 people were injured in collisions with deer last year in the state.

VDOT estimates that there were a staggering 34,000 deer-related crashes in the state last year, including cases not reported to authorities--5,000 in Fairfax County alone.

This is just in Virginia. How about nationally?

State Farm estimates that, nationally, 1.5 million vehicles collide with deer every year, resulting in 150 motorists deaths and $1.1 billion in vehicle damages.

If it saves just 150 lives!

I don't know about you, but I sure could use a drop in my auto insurance. Maybe Virginia could give hunters a $100 tax refund with every deer killed during gun season!! I should run for Governor!!

Paranoid Barry

Now that the Light Worker is heading into the WH, he wants to know everything about those who work for him. Funny thing is that the office of the President is supposed to work for The People; you know, the very same people who wanted to know everything about him during his campaign run, but didn't get the chance - not from the mainstream media, anyways.

It seems that our future President is a little bit paranoid:

The Obama transition team is sending a seven-page, 63-item questionnaire to every candidate for Cabinet and other high-ranking positions in the incoming administration. The questions cover everything from information on family members, Facebook pages, blogs and hired help to links to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, American International Group and troubled banks as well as lawsuits, gifts, resumes, loans and more.

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Question 61 seems to have been prompted by the controversy over former 1960s radical William Ayres in Obama's

campaign: "Have you had any association with any person, group or business venture that could be used -- even unfairly -- to impugn or attack your character or qualifications for government service?"

Under the final, "Miscellaneous" category, the questionnaire asks for the names and phone numbers of past live-in lovers; whether anyone in the applicant's family owns a gun; the state of the applicant's health; and whether he or she has any enemies.

I guess responding with "none of your business" is an immediate disqualifier.

Perhaps we should be giving these questionnaires to every national political candidate in the future. It might clear things up a bit.

Marines save lives

In California, during a fire at a hotel.

Semper Fi!!

A little more serious than "fun & games"

Teenagers in DC are beating the snot out of citizens, sometimes fatally, and either robbing or attempting to rob them, or worse.

Watch the whole video.

If even on duty DC cops are getting jumped by these thugs, then how do you expect them to keep you safe? Assistant DC Police Chief Diane Groomes offers a pathetic warning to the young heathen:

"We really need to tell these youths out there. . . OK . . you might think it's fun and games. . . and you think it's OK to . . you know. . maybe punch someone. . .but sometimes when you. . .even when you punch someone it could lead to death."

Thanks for the stern warning, there, Chief! That's sure to make the little violent scumbags tremble in their Timberlands, but I have a better idea. How about giving the DC citizens their rights back so that they can carry small lifesaving tools that could prevent a beating, shooting, stabbing or raping from ever happening in the first place. That is, until you can guarantee the safety of every citizen, including your police officers. Or perhaps you can just keep on with the ineffective policy that you are using now:

"As for the victim of the most recent attack. . .she just wants something to be done."

"I see so many young adults hanging around. They keep me from going into CVS. They keep me from using the ATM. They keep me from taking the path that I would normally take."

I suggest moving to Virginia where your life and safety is taken more seriously. You can protect yourself here.

Movie Guns XXIX

Happy Veteran's Day!!!

Today is a good day to celebrate another Movie Guns; although I probably could have picked a movie that honors our men and women in uniform. Oh well.

The idea for today's pick came from this post over at Fighting for Liberty. James, I was movie shopping for your pick, but Target was all out, so I will hit Best Buy for a copy and do the post for next weekend.

The pick for this week is the film Resident Evil. There's something for everybody in this movie: guns, zombies, guns, a cool plot, guns, Milla Jovovich in a short skirt (with guns). You just can't go wrong!

The plot is kinda deep, so I'll let you sort that out when you watch the movie (you are going to watch it, aren't you?). I'm gonna cover the guns.

First stop is a beautiful mansion where Alice (Milla Jovovich) wakes up and can't remember a thing. Some dude named Matt (Eric Mabius) comes barging in right before a group of mall ninja come smashing through the windows:

No word on why the ninja felt like they needed to rappel dramatically through the windows and onto the ground floor of the house. I guess it makes for good TV. Anyways, they have on British FM12 gas masks that lack a canister (filter, for the layman):


Matt pulls a Springfield Armory 1911 from a shoulder holster, which at first looked like a crossdraw holster, but the ninja disarm him:


The ninja are part of a "sanitation" team, and they carry an assortment of weapons like this H&K P7 and S&W P99:



And even a Ka-Bar:


Some of the ninja have H&K G36K rifles, and one of them has a bent barrel:



The mansion is actually the surface portion of an underground research facility, called the 'Hive', that makes biological weapons. The ninja take Alice and Matt onto a train that takes them into the Hive to see what set off an alarm in the facility. On the train, they discover another man named Spence (James Purefoy) who also has amnesia like Alice. Also, on the train one of the ninja flags Matt with his rifle:

Rules one and two!!

When they get off the train, the mall ninja get all tactical and start to search for bad guys. As they are searching, the Hive's computer is identifying their weapons with a camera:



Notice the computer calls the magazines "clips," and identifies the "One's" (Colin Salmon) sidearm as a Colt Government Target, which I later reveal that it's not, and another ninja's sidearm as a S&W Model 910, which it is not.

Here we have a glimpse of the One's 1911 and another ninja's S&W Model 4506; both of which are in Safariland thigh holsters:

Why none of them have lights on their weapons is unclear.

The One is carrying a H&K G36K carbine with the AG36 grenade launcher mounted under it:

Take note that his thigh holster is mounted way too low.

A no name ninja is seen here moments before a gruesome death with a H&K MP5KA4 and mounted Walther red dot sight:


Here is another look at that weapon, seen in Alice's flashback:


Next, we have Alice wandering about by herself when she finds a Beretta Inox on a dead guard. She wisely picks it up, and moments later gets into a scrap with a pack of zombie dogs!!


She gets some work done with the Inox:



OOOooohh!! Exploding zombie dog brains are my favorite!!

During all of this I caught a picture of the Inox cycling a blank cartridge:


To see a video clip of this scene, go here.

Alice joins Matt, Spence, and the rest of the ninja in what is supposed to be a cafeteria, but is definitely not. The Hive's computers were successfully shut down, which opened all of the safety doors and let out. . .

ZOMBIES! ! !



Oh, hell yes!! Machine guns and zombies make for great entertainment!

Apparently the virus that was being manufactured turns good and decent folk into flesh eating zombies. The virus was deliberately released in the Hive, which killed everyone and turned them zombie. The One erroniously calls the virus a "nerve gas," which is definitely wrong as Nerve agents are liquid, not gas, and are not a biological agent like a virus is.

Here we have what the Hive's computer thought was a S&W Model 910, but is actually a S&W Model 4506:


Kaplan (Martin Crewes) is carrying a S&W Model 60 with a 3" barrel for some odd reason:

Before you say it, there is nothing wrong with the killing potential of the Model 60, but for uber tactical ninja operators to be walking about with one as a primary weapon, while everyone else carries an H&K (everyone knows only REAL "operators" carry H&K), is kinda odd.

Back to the desperate fight at hand, we have a H&K G36K with the dual optic, and the guy isn't even using it. I guess sights are for POG's:


Rain (Michelle Rodriguez) is using a H&K MP5KA4 with the Walther red dot and dual magazine:


She sometimes uses the scope, which begs the question: why do uber tactical ninja operators have $19,000 weapons with $35 optics?

After the fight, we have Rain, Alice, Matt, Spence, and Kaplan left. Everyone else was killed by lazer beams or became zombie fodder. Rain was bit on the hand, and we all know what that means, but she has a ways to go before she craves the taste of flesh, so she soldiers on with this 1911 that has the hammer down. Curse you Hollywood!


Actually, throughout the movie the 1911s are sometimes hammer up, sometimes hammer down. I guess it depends on whether the actor remembers to thumb it back or not.

That 1911 is an interesting one. It's supposed to be a "Colt Government Target" like the One's, but it's actually a Springfield Armory disguized as a Colt Gold Cup:


Matt's Springfield 1911 is still around, as can be seen here in the hands of Spence when he betrays everyone:


What's interesting about this one is that it is a Springfield Armory Milspec model that morphs back and forth between a regular Milspec and the odd railed model:



See the Springfield roll mark on the slide? Does anyone know what type of rail that is? It's not a Dawson, that's for sure.

Winding down now, we have a huge zombie, called a Licker, that busts into the room and starts chasing Alice, Matt, Rain, and Kaplan:


Spence falls prey to the Licker, and becomes an icky looking zombie until Alice kills him with the 1911:


The Licker then attacks the train as Alice, Matt, Kaplan, and Rain try to get to the surface. The thing eats Kaplan, and Rain finally turns zombie and tries to eat her some human, but Alice takes them all out with her trusty new Springfield. You can always count on a 1911!


Last, but not least, we have Alice waking up in some laboratory hospital, only to find out that the virus has started to take over the world by turning everyone into a zombie. She is last seen arming herself with a High Standard K-1200 Riot shotgun that she takes from a police car:


That's it folks! Have a happy Veteran's Day!!

Update: The S&W 4506 might actually be a Model 5903 or a 5906. I police my own posts from time to time and noticed that the barrel is too short to be a 4506.

That is all.

Happy Birthday my fellow Marines!!

Stay safe out there, and keep your head down!

It's better to be pissed off than pissed on!!

DC officials aren't the "Only Ones" who can't control themselves.

David at The War on Guns links to a story that reports that New Jersey councilman Steven Lipski likes to pee on his constituents; namely Greatful Dead hippies.

And they elect these people?

"Bow Free Zones"

Yes, "Bow Free Zones" would have prevented this tragedy. We need background checks, licensing, and registration to ensure that our children do not suffer from bow violence!

Free security in church

Who would have thought that people would feel safer knowing that there are armed members of the church?

"In states where people are allowed to carry concealed weapons, volunteers have become a cost-effective means of providing the security that some churches have come to rely on," Annis said.

It's funny how that works. In Virginia, citizens are prohibited from carrying their gun in church during worship. I'm not sure why. It's not like a crazed gunman is going to obey that law, so I can't see how disarming everyone is doing anyone any bit of good, especially since there are men and women who would risk their lives to stop a gunman.

It doesn't take too long before this article gets full of itself and starts with the "former/current/retired police/peace officer" being the "only ones" qualified to carry a gun into a church. That's what the media tried to do with Jeanne Assam after she shot the New Life Church gunman.

Jeff Petersen, a pastor at Lincoln Berean, said the church began considering armed security members after a gunman in Colorado last year killed four people and wounded five at two churches. In that case, a volunteer security officer with law enforcement experience fired on the gunman and stopped the attack, according to authorities.

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Safety consultants stress the importance of using volunteers who are trained in armed confrontations, such as retired or off-duty law enforcement officials, to ensure that firearms are used as a means of last resort.

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The leadership at the Lincoln Berean Church in Nebraska recently hired an off-duty police officer to complement its security team as an armed presence during major events.

What they're trying to say is that non-law enforcement people are too stupid to know what to do during a shooting, so they should just drop to the ground and pray they don't get executed:

Annis, a former peace officer and martial arts expert, said a properly trained staff could mean the difference between an exchange of gunfire and a defused encounter. He recommends that parishioners drop to the ground while trained security members handle the situation and call in the authorities.

See, Annis here is what is known as a bad ass, because he's got so many tactical ninja skills. So don't bother taking individual responsibility for your safety because you couldn't possibly be as qualified as him. You just can't be trusted.

I see this absurd mentality more and more these days, and it makes me sick. People like him can kiss my ass. The only person who is qualified to keep you alive is yourself. And spare me the "duck and cover" shootout rhetoric; shootings are over in seconds, and the untrained masses have proven to be able to handle themselves quite well.

Armed citizens are the most cost effective way to protect the church.

Update: There are several blogs linked to this story, and I thought I'd share a comment that I found on Imago Andei that sums things up nicely:

First, theres nothing heroic about dropping to the ground and cowering like a bleating sheep while getting shot in the head for the sake of not resisting someone who comes in and starts shooting. Thats cowardice. That is a failure to protect your wife and children when you have the ability to do so. Children who could grow up and help save more souls for Christ. Failure to be able to protect others in an effective way is an abdication of your duty as a man, as a husband and as a father.

Youre not a martyr if someone has a personal vendetta against the preacher and simply wants to kill some of the preachers flock. Youre not a martyr if someone simply wants to kill a great number of people and figures a church is a good place to do that.

Theres a difference between dying for your beliefs and dying because you happened to be among a large group of people when a nutjob started shooting into a mass of cowering, bleating people.

A security system typically goes off after about 1 minute. The national average for police response time is over 5 minutes. What could a firearm-wielding person accomplish in one minute against unarmed people, sir? How about five minutes? How many did Cho kill before police arrived? And AFTER police arrived? (Police, I add, who were not responsible for stopping Cho.)

Get trained in the use of firearms. Carry a firearm as insurance against the admittedly remote possibility that some maniac could enter into your place of worship.

Conversely, you can drop to the ground and pretend that youre being a martyr and hero because you happened to be numbered in a big group of people, not necessarily because you believe in Christ.

Defending innocent human life against a real, immediate and and grave threat posed by unjust aggressors, even by means of violence, is one hundred percent moral and one hundred percent in conformity with the teachings of Christ.

-Sans Authoritas

Well said sir!