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APPLIED GUN VIOLENCE EXPLAINED

February 17, 2018 by

  Baby boomers have a unique perspective when it comes to gun violence. Our fathers participated in the most extreme gun violence in world history. The books call it WWII and Korea; the dads went with bad intentions.   Their applied gun violence saved the world from a Nazi future. Along with the horrific acts […]

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GUN WORLD SURROUNDS YOU? What’s It Mean When You Don’t Notice

November 8, 2017 by

  A gun world is all around us in America. Start a casual conversation and you might learn the mild mannered person you’re talking to owns thirty guns.   Since it’s so long ago, I like reflecting on my days as an Army medic. It comes in handy helping me pretend not be as grossed […]

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HOME SECURITY MISTAKES, SOME TO AVOID, SOME TO DO

August 2, 2017 by

The longer you hang around gun people, the more you learn about guns. And them. If you’re not a gunner, but appreciate weapons, you also learn where you sound like an idiot. Strangely enough, this happened recently. 1. You talk to a gun friend. They ask about guns, your guns, and how available they are […]

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3 THINGS GUNS WON’T DO BUT YOU WILL

August 3, 2016 by

More than 3 things guns won’t do? Make a list. A gun won’t fix a flat tire. No matter how many times you threaten, guns won’t do it. There you are on I-5 north to Portland, cut over on 84 headed for the Glenn Jackson. You’re in a station wagon full of camping gear, kids, […]

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CHARLES BRONSON GUNS

June 12, 2016 by

A movie star for decades, Charles Bronson doesn’t get much run today. He was a star with guns from Death Wish back to the Dirty Dozen and Magnificent Seven. His best gun move came from Hard Times where he played a bare knuckle fighter collecting his fight purse. He drove out into the country, walked […]

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FIRE ON THE HIGHWAY

January 27, 2016 by

(Inspired by Marshall Tucker’s Fire on the Mountain)   Left my family on my Arizona land Drove to Oregon with a loosely laid plan Winter’s cold there and life is hard Sometimes I wish I was in my sweet desert yard   Now there’s fire on the highway One man laying dead We tried to […]

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7 WAYS TO JOIN A MILITIA THAT MATTERS

January 18, 2016 by

Join a militia expecting things to go right? Then join the right militia. First, look in the mirror. Take a good, long, look. Do you see an eighteen year old? Nineteen or twenty? Or do you see a forty or fifty year old? Maybe sixty? Either way, ask yourself if you really want to join […]

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PROTEST HISTORY: HIPPIES, BLUES BROTHERS, AND AMMON BUNDY

January 11, 2016 by

Blues Brothers and Ammon Bundy both on a Mission From God? The history of non-violent protest is a rough one. American college campuses rocked with turmoil in the Sixties and early Seventies with protests against the Vietnam War. The youth of America took notice of federal policy and didn’t like it. And they came strong […]

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WHO READS A GUN VIOLENCE POST?

January 8, 2016 by

Who writes a gun violence post? Responsible bloggers need to put their niche aside for a moment to address one of the pressing issues of our time. Gun violence. If you do write such a post, and I hope you do, be prepared for a particular reader and a particular comment. If you post a […]

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GRANDMOTHER GUNS IN PORTLAND

October 9, 2015 by

A True Story About Grandmother Guns In Portland Oregon. An elderly lady pulled her car into her NE Portland garage on a hot day. I was there to pick up a museum donation, three quilts for the Oregon Historical Society. Museums love fragile textiles, product packaging, anything you’d throw away a hundred years ago. Quilts […]

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