I’ve been meaning to learn more about Buz Mills – Gunsite owner and candidate for Arizona Governor. Yesterday, I received a Buz Mills brochure in the mail, and I was struck by a simple, yet powerful statement made on the back cover:
BUZZ MILLS
Committed Conservative
Successful Entrepreneur
NOT A POLITICIAN
Sounds good, but I’m going to need to know more. If he’s half as good as he sounds, I’m all in.
Looks like I’m not the only one that’s liking what they’ve seen so far. Rasmussen Reports conducted a telephone survey of likely voters in Arizona last week , and in a head-to-head match up with Terry Goddard (current AZ Attorney General), Buz Mills leads Goddard 43% to 37%.
I am addicted to reading about Vox’s adorable puppies, Tango and Cash, and I promised her that I would return the favor by posting about our four-legged family members.
These are our wonderful, amazing German Shepherds. They are super smart, and if you’re not careful, they will have you trained to do what they want in record time. I learned this the hard way when I became a member of the pack about six years ago.
They like things to be orderly, and there is a procedure for just about everything (they are German, after all).
She is a white German Shepherd, and is most definitely the Alpha dog around here.
He is a Super-Sized East German Shepherd of the working variety. He’s a 125 pound clown, and about the size of a small pony. Despite his intimidating size and powerful bark, he wouldn’t hurt a flycarpenter beebutterfly non-insect being.
Before these guys, I had always been a cat (and iguana) owner. I had no idea how much joy an animal could bring in to my life until I became a dog owner. I am loved, protected and cherished in a way that I never imagined – the more I love and care for them, the more they love me right back.
I’m still an big lover of all animals, but you’re just not going to get the same affection and attention from an iguana.
Yep, that’s my purple 10/22. She’s a beaut, ain’t she?
This was my first gun, and I’ve loved my Ruger 10/22 from the minute I took it out of the box. I had no plans to make any modifications to it when I bought it (I figured it was more important to learn how to shoot it first).
My plans changed when we visited the Tactical Solutions booth at the NRA Annual Meeting in May, and I immediately fell in love with their impressive selection of add-ons for the 10/22. I suddenly found myself becoming very emotionally attached to the idea of turning my modest 10/22 into a purple race gun. The guys and gals at Tactical Solutions took great care of me, and I ended up ordering a Predator Raptor stock in purple haze, an anodized purple extended magazine release, and an anodized purple threaded barrel. Why threaded? Because I plan to do my part to save the environment from the evils of noise pollution by adding a suppressor in the future.
I found out a few days later that the purple raptor stock wouldn’t be in for a few months, and Tactical Solutions was great about letting me cancel that part of the order so I could try to find one in stock somewhere else. I think we made it up to them by ordering another barrel and mag release in silver for Capitalist Pig’s mother.
DM Firearms came through for me on the purple raptor stock – they didn’t have the purple in stock, so they called the factory, located one, and had it shipped to them so I could pick it up at their location in Phoenix. Thanks guys, you rock!
So, how does it shoot?
Fantastic! I meant to hit the 5 and 6. No, really, I did. I was trying out a different brand of ammo, and I needed something else to aim at. Anyway, I think the 10/22 is a great rifle, and with the changes we made, it’s an absolute pleasure to shoot.
Update – Thanks to Sebastian at Snowflakes in Hell for his post on my Purple Menace, and how it would be classified as an evil assault rifle under Mayor Bloomberg’s lack of common sense gun laws. I uploaded two new pictures (see below) that include my high-capacity, 30 round magazine and a close-up of the threaded barrel.
Fifty-eight percent (58%) of U.S. voters say waterboarding and other aggressive interrogation techniques should be used to gain information from the terrorist who attempted to bomb an airliner on Christmas Day.
… just 30% oppose the use of such techniques, and another 12% are not sure.
We would like to add our vote in favor of waterboarding the knickerbomber, and we don’t care if they even try to get information out of him.
I am still searching for the right words to describe the Babes With Bullets Ladies Action Shooting Camp I just completed. The word Phenomenal comes to mind, but a single word doesn’t seem to do it justice. This class was worth every penny and then some.
The instructors, Kay Clark Miculek, Lisa Munson, Annette Aysen, Deb Keehart, and camp founder Deb Ferns were all incredible, and worked with all 20 of us to significantly improve our shooting, regardless of skill level. There were Women there that had never touched a gun, and Women that had been shooting and competing for years. Everyone got a great deal out of the class and no one felt left out.
Anyone that can get a group of 20 females to simmer down and pay attention for two and a half days deserves an award just for that accomplishment, in my book.
Within the first 24 hours of the class I went from having very limited pistol experience (less than 10 times at the range shooting bullseye) to comfortably and confidently drawing a 9mm handgun from a holster, loading and making ready (inserting a loaded magazine, engaging the slide to put a round in the chamber and returning the pistol to the holster) and drawing and firing at the desired target. The next 24 hours brought me to shooting (and hitting) 8 inch steel plates, shooting while moving and actually shooting through a practical pistol match stage. By the end of the course, I had competed in and completed a 3 stage practical pistol match. I don’t have the results from the match back, but I am very satisfied with my performance.
If you had told me last week that I would be able to do all of the above in a matter of a few days, I would have told you to seek professional mental health assistance.
I would also like to give a quick shout out to Mother Nature and thank her for blowing over the entire third stage as I was shooting it so I could get a second chance to run it.
I have to give a big THANK YOU in to Lisa, Annette, Debbie and Kay for taking the time to work with me one-on-one to get rid of my bad habits. Somehow, I had already developed a slight flinch and a bit of a trigger slap. Each of these wonderful instructors took me aside and gave me tips on how to break these habits. I was able to take each piece of information that the ladies gave me and put it all together – which has almost eliminated both issues. They even taught me some exercises that I can do at home to ensure that I am rid of these bad habits for good.
If you are female and thinking about taking this class, DO IT. If you have never touched a gun and want to learn, TAKE THIS CLASS. If you shoot all the time and want to get better, SIGN UP FOR THIS CLASS.
I’ll be getting practical pistol training from the top Women shooters in the country – Deb Ferns (founder of BWB), Kay Clark Miculek, Lisa Munson, Annette Aysen, and Deb Keehart. Words can’t describe how fortunate I feel to be getting instruction from these amazing Women.
Move over Che Guevara and Mumia Abu-Jamal, the looney downright repulsive left has found a new criminal to defend and go to the mat for.
Roman Polanski, the film maker pedophile that drugged and sodomized a 13-year-old girl in 1977 (when he was 44 years old), was finally taken into custody by Swiss police while he was on his way to receive an honorary award at the Zurich Film Festival. Why all the fuss you ask? Well, not only did he commit this heinous crime, but shortly after entering into a plea deal, he decided to flee the US, and has never been brought to justice.
So, what could possibly be worse than this miserable creature’s crime and subsequent cowardly act of running? How about a large contingent, including some in the Hollywood elite, making public excuses and apologies for this demon in human form? Wait, there’s more – Andrew Breitbart’s bighollywood.com is listing the names of those that have signed the “Free Roman Polanski” petition.
If you haven’t noticed yet, I’m extremely disturbed by the defending of the truly defensible. There are some things that NO MATTER WHAT, you have to just say, sorry dude, that’s messed up, you’re on your own. I don’t care if it’s been a thousand years, this guy needs to serve his time for the original crime, then serve the time for running. JUST LIKE ANY OTHER CRIMINAL.
To the people that have chosen to defend the scum of the earth, and to Mr. Polanski himself – you WILL be going to hell, and for Mr. Polanski, there will be an extra special place for you there.
Here’s to hoping that Mr. Polanski serves the rest of his days out in a prison cell with the MS-13 providing him all of the the sex in the style he prefers. After all, sodomy is no big deal (right, Roman Polanski petition signers?).
Yep, that’s my purple 10/22. She’s a beaut, ain’t she?
