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Month: December 2022
Nailed It
Chris Muir got this one right, as he most often does.
News Roundup
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And why not?
...I guess he just got sick of being bossed around by a bunch of bossy Karens. Amazingly, this was in Canada.
...yeah, fuck your “holidays” bullshit, it’s Christmas, y’all. Sheesh, I’m an atheist and I appreciate the Christmas spirit.
From the Sounds About Right Department:
...there should also be clubbing and flailing, but I’ll take what I can get.
A sad note:
...the more guns become commonplace, the more people are just going to forget they’re carrying them. Be smart, people.
...I hate the sound of all that J&B glugging down the drain, but oh well… I guess it’s single malt or Famous Grouse from now on.
...and all Argentina rejoices. Ummmmm maybe a little too heartily:
...fool kid obviously never heard of Isadora Duncan before.
And from the Dept. of Global Freezing Climate Warming Change:
...no shit? And I may end up in bed with Nigella Lawson. (Neither is going to happen in my lifetime, in other words.)
...climate change is causing the magnetic poles to move? Like what happened thousands of years ago, before SUVs?
...remind me: wasn’t this the same supercomputer that said that sea levels would rise by 50 feet in 2015?
Moving away from stupidity to common sense:
...I can live without Cuba Libres, so I’m cool with this. I just hope he bans children as well. Serious drinking is no place for kiddies.
And the INSIGNIFICA sez:
...oh FFS.
...I had no idea that “wows” now means “causes mass projectile vomiting”. (Warning: link contains pics.)
Something slightly more pleasant to look at, as we conclude our study of women:
...a much better filling for a “plunging navy swimsuit”, I think.
And that’s all the pre-Christmas news for now.
Today’s Earworm
Great voice, stupid name.
Dept. Of Righteous Shootings: International Division
Well, here’s one to cheer you up. Seems as though these three Italian mopes decided to rob a jewellery store in Grinzane Cavour, a little town about thirty miles outside Turin. All went well, for a while: they waved a (fake) gun around and tied up the owner’s daughter.
Then the 67-year-old owner said “Fuck this shit!” in Italian, pulled his own gun, shot two of the assholes dead and wounded the third.
Some background:
The same jewellery shop in had already suffered a robbery a few years ago on May 22, 2015 when two thieves, one of whom was disguised as a woman, entered the shop and tied up the owner with plastic ties after beating him violently.
No wonder he’d had enough.
Sadly, the tale has not ended well for our hero, because Italy:
Immediately after the events, Roggero was accused of culpable excess of self-defense, but now he will have to answer for murder. According to the public prosecutor’s office, Roggero would have chased the three robbers who, having already left the jewelry store with the stolen goods, were fleeing outside the store and from close range would have shot ‘with the intention of causing their death, thereby voluntarily exceeding the limits of legitimate patrimonial defence’.
Yeah… so?
In any sane society, a jury would pat the guy on the back and say, “Good shooting, Tex!” (once again, in Italian). But this is Italy, which means he’s probably going to jail for doing what I believe 100% of my Readers would have done under the same circumstances.
Gratuitous Gun Pic: Ruger SFAR (7.62x51mm)
Okay, it seems as though the writer of this article really likes the new Ruger AR variant (“Small-Frame Autoloading Rifle”), although when last did you see a gun writer say about a new gun: “Nah, this really sucks”?
My longtime reservations about the AR-15 platform notwithstanding, I have to say that I like the look of this little thing, especially when I read about how light it is, for a .308 rifle.
What I’d like is to have one of these… in .270 Win. Why? From a hunting perspective, there’s not much the .308 can do that the .270 cannot; and the reduced recoil of the smaller bullet takes away the need for that anti-social, range-emptying muzzle brake. (I’m quite serious about this; the last half-dozen range sessions have been spoiled by the guy next door shooting an AR-15 with a muzzle brake, with earsplitting consequences for me despite the combination of foam plugs and ear protection which have become standard gear for me at indoor ranges.)
Of course, the mechanics (and magazine) of the SFAR would be unaffected by the change to .270 Win as it uses the same casing as the .308 Win; so all that’s needed is a rechambered barrel for shooty goodness and Happy Days Smileyface Kim. (Why not the 6.5 Creedmoor? Because I don’t have any of that on hand, whereas the .270 Win is, let’s say, well represented in Ye Olde Ammoe Locquere.)
But nobody’s going to listen to me; so there I go, shouting into the uncaring void, again.
On a tangential note: a kind Reader once offered to send me a replacement extractor for my busted M1 Carbine. For the life of me, I can’t remember who it was, so please drop me an email if it was you, and we can get the thing taken care of, financially speaking.