Rick Perry is a bad ass! He thinks logically and Texas is doing great; epic gun laws, no state income tax, and amazing BBQ. I don't know what his plans are for 2016, but I'd vote for him in a heartbeat. Perry gave a fantastic interview with the Wall Street Journal and he didn't back down when questioned on firearms laws.
I like how candid Perry is about the high cap mags, which are clearly not the problem. Politicians look to scapegoat hi caps as the root of all shootings, but Perry clearly points out this is the work of people with mental problems. Like cars, no one needs a car that goes above the speed limit and thus the argument of why anyone "needs" a high cap mag is completely invalid. Lol, my favorite part is how fired up Perry gets about the realization that criminals will not follow laws. Why is it that Perry is the only one who understands this?!?
I once met this entrepreneur who appeared to be quite wealthy. He was currently operating a store that solely sold hot sauce and hand painted gourds, and I happened to work next store. He drove a Prowler (clear sign of a little success; normal people don't buy those cars because they are ugly), and told lots of stories. I would wander over to his hot sauce store on my breaks and ask him to tell me about how he became so successful. He said that for a time he ran a company that made custom armored cars. The interesting thing is that you don't really see custom armored Chevy S10s, it is almost all rich guy cars like BMWs, Jags, and Mercedes. See, if you can afford to add the thick steel and heavy duty windows, you can definitely afford to get a sports car.
One of this guy's best customers was part of the royal family in Saudi Arabia. This fella not only wanted a armored car but also wanted it personally delivered to Saudi Arabia. The cost of the transport alone was way more than the actual vehicle, but if you have the need for an armored car (hence people see you as a target) and can afford one, you might as well go the extra mile. The hot sauce store eventually went out of business and I never saw that guy again. I've always had a curiosity about bullet resistant vehicles, but figured since zombies don't shoot guns, I was probably not in need of one any time soon.
Bullet resistant cars (like water resistant watches) are pretty good at keeping passengers and hired drivers safe from bullets. Most people just assume this to be true, but who really tests this process? The guys from Car Throttle recently got there hands on a Mercedes S600 Guard edition, and decided to test it. Rather than put a few cameras inside the cab, they put in a live person with cameras. Sound stupid? It's because it is dangerous, and they can't fit the description of how you died on your tombstone.
Really interesting video, and the car worked surprisingly well. I had heard these windows were only rated to take a certain amount of rounds but despite the heavy cracking, no lead made it through. Lol, does it seem strange that these guys are friends and he aimed right for the dude's head in the car? I would have liked to have seen how the car performed against some heavier rifle ammo.
Last time I was in Texas visiting my old man I climbed to the top of his deer stand and surveyed the land. In California, we are not allowed to have any ladders greater than ten steps attached to hunting stands, because high capacity ladders are clearly the choice of criminals and poachers. Things look really different from that high, especially when you are stuck to the side of a tree. Luckily, deer and hogs haven't learned how to climb yet, but other predators do climb trees.
This fella was minding his own business looking for zombies (or possibly game) atop a large tree. He is silent as church mouse (because mice that visit atheist conventions clearly make much more noise than religious mice) waiting for something to creep out of the woods. Unfortunately, a big ass bear stumbled out of the woods and climbed the tree this fella was hanging out in. The bear shimmied up that tree pretty damn fast and checked out the hunter. That sound the bear makes scraping up the tree is terrifying. I guess the bear didn't like fat white guys and he headed back down the tree. Hats off for being calm as a cucumber and only mouthing swear words at the end.
Every time I think about how bad the gun laws are in California, I always remember that there are places that have it far worse than us. One of the worst places on the planet for gun laws, and ironically violence, is Chicago. Most people don't really know how bad it is because the media doesn't cover it very often. I'm not chalking this up to some big media conspiracy, rather gang members shooting each other isn't nearly as good of a story as a mentally deranged man shooting up a school.
The fact that so many people die in Chicago is incredibly sad, and no one seems to have a good solution. Local Liberal politicians seem to think that more gun laws will stop criminals, but the inherent fact is that criminals aren't really that concerned with following laws. What is even more ironic is that the majority of gun deaths in Chicago (and the U.S. for that matter) aren't from evil, dangerous, assault weapons, they are from handguns. There are whole host of reasons for this like handguns are easy to conceal and if a revolver is used they don't eject any casings for evidence. Politicians have also jumped on the "what makes a better story" angle and sought out to blame the violence on semi automatic rifles which look far more dangerous than your grandfather's revolver.
Vice put together a great little documentary about Chicago, which has now become known as "Ch-Iraq" because it is like being in a war zone. The gang members even comment on the fact that "assault weapons" are the focus of politicians, yet their preferred weapon of choice is a hand gun. The clip above is a little lengthy at about 15 minutes, but very interesting. It is little heavy on blaming the guns, but if nothing else the vid shows that more laws will clearly not fix the problem.
Listen, having an "intelligent" debate with someone who believes in gun control is difficult enough, but you simply can't argue with stupid. The vid below might be my new favorite gun control debate. I have to compliment this fellow for not only wearing a posh leopard skin coat, but also bringing his yellow murse (man purse) to a pro gun rally. His "facts" are wrong, but he sure delivers them confidently, and I literally LOL'd when he talked about a specialized kitchen utensil that would be a safe replacement for a knife. Watching this guy trip over his own arguments and conspiracies is very entertaining; enjoy the vid.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 5:25PM 
Rick Perry is a bad ass! He thinks logically and Texas is doing great; epic gun laws, no state income tax, and amazing BBQ. I don't know what his plans are for 2016, but I'd vote for him in a heartbeat. Perry gave a fantastic interview with the Wall Street Journal and he didn't back down when questioned on firearms laws.
