RKBA is a DKos group of second amendment supporters who also have progressive and liberal values. We don't think that being a liberal means one has to be anti-gun. Some of us are extreme in our second amendment views (no licensing, no restrictions on small arms) and some of us are more moderate (licensing, restrictions on small arms.) Moderate or extreme, we hold one common belief: more gun control equals lost elections. We don't want a repeat of 1994. We are an inclusive group: if you see the Second Amendment as safeguarding our right to keep and bear arms individually, then come join us in our conversation. If you are against the right to keep and bear arms, come join our conversation. We look forward to seeing you, as long as you engage in a civil discussion.
RKBA stands for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
Fog guy number 1:
A felony charge added to the five misdemeanors double-amputee veteran Ryan Newell faces in connection with his actions toward members of a Topeka (God Hates Fags) 'church' known for picketing soldiers' funerals.
Wichita lawyer Boyd McPherson, who represents Newell, said a fund has been established by the American Legion, and donations are being accepted at his office, as well, to help pay Newell's bond.
"The outpouring of support is absolutely unbelievable from all across the country," he said. "We've been contacted by everyone from people wanting to give $5 to a U.S. senator. Obviously, Mr. Newell is of high interest, I guess."
He said he is hopeful of having sufficient bond money raised to procure Newell's release next week.
"There's not one power on this earth that can shut us up until we complete our testimony to this nation whose destruction is imminent," Shirley Phelps-Roper said
According to the complaint filed against him, Newell was in possession of an M4 rifle, a .45-caliber Glock pistol and a .38-caliber Smith & Wesson pistol when a Sedgwick County sheriff's detective observed his vehicle parked near the Phelps' van.
Newell was apparently among a crowd of counter-protesters who assembled at the Mulvane school between 7:15 and 7:45 a.m. Tuesday. Police Chief Dave Williams said that when he received a fax from Westboro church about the group's planned picket of the school, he worked with school officials to provide security and plan for traffic flow around the school grounds.
Westboro picketers stood on public property near the school's Rock Road entrance, and counter-protesters were instructed to stay on the opposite side of the driveway, Williams said.
He said about 200 people showed up for the counter protest, carrying signs with diverse slogans, including "God Loves My Gay Sign," "I Like Cheese," and "Veterans Against Westboro Baptist Church."
Although Williams said all nine of the police officers in his department were on duty at the event, they weren't enough to stop the counter-protesters from going over and surrounding the Westboro group toward the end of the picket.
"I didn't see it coming," Williams said. "None of us did, but we did what we could."
He said no physical contact was made, and the event remained peaceful
Shadan7:
Why hasn't the market for a good disposable gun been filled?
Interesting idea - summary is: something like a disposable camera - works as expected, but only for a limited time.
Fog #2:
Right to bear pointy arms gets sharpened
Arizona used to be a knife carrier’s nightmare, with a patchwork of local laws that forced those inclined to strap Buck knives or other sharp objects to their belts to tread carefully as they moved from Phoenix (no knives except pocketknives) to Tempe (no knives at all) to Tucson (no knives on library grounds) But that changed earlier this year when Arizona made its Legislature the sole arbiter of knife regulations. And because of loose restrictions on weapons here, Arizona is now considered a knife carrier’s dream, a place where everything from a samurai sword to a switchblade can be carried without a quibble. Arizona’s transformation, and the recent lifting of a ban on switchblades, stilettos, dirks and daggers in New Hampshire, has given new life to the knife rights lobby
the problem is with the knife wielder, not the knife itself, the knife lobby say. The Second Amendment applies to knives as well as guns. They focus their argument elsewhere, though, emphasizing that knives fill so many beneficial roles, from carving Thanksgiving turkeys to whittling, that they do not deserve the bad name they often get.
Blame Hollyweird
switchblade bans were passed in the 1950s because of the menacing use of the knives in movies like “West Side Story” and “Rebel Without a Cause.”
District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. of Manhattan announced in June that his office had pressured retail stores that were selling illegal knives to remove them from their shelves, forfeit profits from the knives made over the last four years and help finance a campaign to educate people against illegal knives.
ban nock:
Got 25% of the republican vote in the primary
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Incident from his view
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Best quote "You better get your gun out, because you’re going to have to shoot me if you want this elk"
(Always good to suggest gun slinging to a F+G officer.)
Buddabelly:
In last weeks diary, Maxomai was musing on the subject of dry powder as the Dems in office certainly seem interested in never ever exposing their powder to the elements in the fear I guess that it might get wet....He wondered what if any effect moisture might have on powder....Well being a reloader, i just happened to have some powder, and being generally curious and bored to boot, I figured why not....
I took a 1/4 teaspoon of Red Dot, a shotshell powder, an put it in a glass dish with about a 16th of an inch of water and set it in the Az. sun to dry...It just floated on the surface until I stirred it in then it finally sank to the bottom.....in about an hour and a half when the water had evaporated, Az remember, the powder showed no signs of change, there was no clumping and every flake was still separate and distinct....
i let it dry over night and then did a basic burn test....I weighed the "wet" powder, 15.1gr then took the same amount fresh from the can.....
The " wet" powder had a flame about a foot high and 6 inches across the "dry" powder was the same, maybe slightly wider but I wasn't that precise on the pile which could explain that....
As a reloader I would have had no problem loading and shooting the "wet" powder and it would go bang just fine......
So damn it Dems, get that powder wet, it won't hurt it at all and it will be dry and shoot just fine by Nov '12......