Rick Olson

Rick Olson is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, and a graduate of Southern New Hampshire University with a BA in Social Science. Rick subsequently attended Massachusetts School of Law in Andover MA. Rick takes up second amendment issues on Granite Grok, as well as issues surrounding hunting, fishing, trapping and wildlife issues. Rick Olson is a former Police Officer and Deputy Sheriff. He is Past President of the New Hampshire Wildlife Federation, President of the Londonderry Fish & Game Club  Rick is a nationally certified firearms instructor and a Hunter Education Instructor. He can frequently be found teaching Urban Rifle and Defensive Pistol classes as an Instructor with Defensive Strategies in Goffstown, NH.  Rick resides in Manchester with his wife Lisa. He has four children and ten Grandchildren.

Manchester Is For The Bourgeoisie

“The bourgeoisie might blast and ruin its own world before it leaves the stage of history.” —Buenaventura Durruti

BourgeoisieYou cannot make this stuff up! Do you know Him? is a ministry that feeds the homeless in downtown Manchester at Veterans Park. This ministry serves free hot breakfasts to homeless at Veteran’s Park Each Weekend. This is not a government program. This is the work set forth by people of faith as the gospels instruct.

In December as the weather grew cold,  DYKH moved into the Salavation Army

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Kristin Ruggiero Makes the Discovery Channel

“While photographs may not lie, liars may photograph.”   —Lewis Hine When Kristin Ruggiero assumed room temperature in prison by her own hand, She was one of those few people in life I thought was a fitting and just end. I quoted Gore Vidal on the death of Truman Capote when he quipped, “Good career … Read more

A Dirty Ex-Cop and a Mope

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.   —George Bernard Shaw

Brendan_Bisbee_Dirty_Ex_Cop_Mope2Kristin Ruggiero engaged in a series of lies and falsehoods with the specific intent to destroy her estranged husband Jeffrey Ruggiero. For a time it seemed that Kristin was “teflon”…Nothing seemed earthly possible that would oppose her web of deceit. Kristin was smart…tech savvy…and convincing.  So compelling in fact, that she was able to curry multiple domestic violence and stalking protection orders in multiple states.

But the point finally came when the whole ruse unraveled. Kristin was caught. And in her web of deceit, she

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The Shields Model for Gun Confiscation

“All political power comes from the barrel of a gun. The communist party must command all the guns, that way, no guns can ever be used to command the party.”   —Mao Tse Tung

Gun_GrabbersWho is Pete Shields?” Nelson T. “Pete” Shields, the Third, born in 1924, was the 1978 founder of  Handgun Control, Inc. Hailing from the Manhattan blue blood wealthy elite and educated at the exclusive Hotchkiss School, Shields graduated from Yale in 1949.  A former World War II Navy Pilot, Shields was also a former executive at E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company.  Shields’  son, Nelson IV, was killed by four militant blacks in San Francisco in 1975, during the racially motivated “Zebra killings.” Shields advocacy to outlaw all guns sought the incremental means over generations.

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Stupid People

“We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.”   —Benjamin Franklin

Stupid PeopleFor the life of me, I could not find anything in the U.S. Press about this. Plenty in the foreign presses, but nothing in the States…What is This? Protesters outside the Czech Republic in Washington DC protesting the Boston Marathon Pressure Cooker Bombers.  Enter the #LowInformationVoter.

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Crooked Attorney Theroux To Be Next State President of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary

“To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men.”    —Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Ladies_AUX_VFW_NEWOn June 9, “Retired” attorney Linda Theroux will be installed as the State President of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Ladies Auxiliary.  Established 1914, The  Ladies Auxiliary to the VFW set out to serve the American veterans and communities in honor of the sacrifices and commitment of every man and woman who has served in uniform. “We have unwavering support for uncommon heroes,” say Ladies Auxiliary to the VFW national website.

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Dr Seuss and Gun Grabbers

You can not, shall not have a gun,  This banning craze has just begun…  Guns and bullets make me ill,  Pass the Kool-Aid if you will…  You don’t really need a gun,  From violent criminals you can run!  And when the violent felons come …  You have scissors, but don’t you run!  And to defenseless … Read more

House Bill 135 Is All But Dead

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. —Plato

SYGLawGraphicSenator Sharon Carson (R) Dist. 14, Chair, Senate Judiciary (Londonderry), sent me a message yesterday afternoon that the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 4-1 on HB 135 to recommend, “Inexpedient to Legislate…”  legislative speak meaning the committee recommends the subject bill be killed and not pass on in the process.

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The Culture of Complainers and Whiners

Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining.  —Mason Cooley

No_Whining_ZoneThe Londonderry Fish & Game Club, Inc. was established in 1951 and has been in its present location in Londonderry since 1973. Aside from LFGC’s  primary mission, the club has sought to be good community stewards in the capacity that it can. For example, the club has been opened up to Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Church and other civic groups, including Kiwanis of Manchester where they conduct their annual “Fish with a Child” day on Jim Cates pond at the club. LFGC has always opened its doors and its facilities to those organizations that don’t have principles counter to LFGC’s mission or bylaws.

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Legislator’s Lounge on HB 135

“When the size of the group supporting your cause reaches a critical mass, any legislator or elected official has to pay attention.”  —Mark Shields I haven’t been writing as much as I like. I’ve been busy with Wildlife Federation Business and Londonderry Fish & Game Club Business. On April 12, 2013, I was a guest … Read more

HB 135: State v. Craig Moses

“In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.” —Tacitus

Fingers_In_EarsLiberals love to ignore inconvenient facts. Stick fingers in ears, close eyes and yell, “La-la-la-la-la!” Franklin resident Craig Moses was acquitted under the Granite State’s “Stand Your Ground” law.  Moses was arrested nearly a year ago in Nashua outside a nighclub and charged with criminal threatening with a deadly weapon after he and his cousin were severely beaten.

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“Citizens With Guns:” Better Trained Than Police? Really?

“Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”   —George S. Patton

Pistol_ClassI was at the State Senate hearing yesterday on HB 135. I heard a great deal of testimony. Senator Carson asked people not to read their testimony, Zandra Rice-Hawkins, boringly read hers. Other such liberals gave us the same old boring crap.

Alton’s Police Chief Ryan Heath, speaking in favor of passage of HB 135, told the committee that the average person simply isn’t trained to make these on-the-spot decisions regarding use of deadly force. He asserted that Police have training in the handling of firearms, use of force and it is part of their jobs.  And Chief Heath is correct. there is nothing incorrect about his statement. In fact, I had become so used to hearing it.

Something happened at that very moment. I received a text message question from an individual organizing a “training”

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The Respite

“If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.”  —Dale Carnegie News, day and night is awash with the Boston Bomb tragedy. Three people, one of whom is a kid…perished…No need to rehash the whole sordid thing, its plain tragic and horrific. Nobody will come right … Read more

PETA To Use Drones to Track Hunters

“People should go to the store and buy the meat they make there, not kill animals for food.”  —PETA

drone-huntingPETA is actively looking into a drone program to surveil  hunters. PETA has taken notice of the ever- increasing use of drones for nonmilitary purposes. Drones are now used in  fighting wildfires and in search-and-rescue missions.  PETA is now planning and forming capital to purchase a drone to spy on hunters. PETA claims it will be

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The Gun Maker’s Exodus Part II

“The number one job facing the middle class, and it happens to be, as Barack says, a three-letter word: jobs. J-O-B-S.” —That “Happy Warrior”Vice-President Joseph Biden

MovingSign1That is what he said…and without much credibility because we know that vice president Biden is a stupid person. Alas, the “Happy Warrior.”  This quote is instructive, because on the one hand, vapid lip service is given to the importance of job creation, yet a legal…constitutional activity…gun manufacturing is under siege in the nation. But Joe and his cadre soldiers on…Perhaps he can join Charlie for a visit to Candy Mountain.

Several states, also home to major manufacturers of firearms, have undertaken legislative initiatives

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Shooting In the Londonderry Musquash: Its a War Zone Out There!

“Everything is funny, so long as its’ happening to someone else.” —Will Rogers

Musquash Sign_bullet_holesLONDONDERRY The town conservation committee had their commiseration session tonight relative to target shooting in the Musquash Conservation area.  The comments were little more than drama…many of which were likely exaggerated or perhaps grossly untrue.  “Shooting at the feet of people on the trail?” 

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Is Kelly Ayotte Caving On Gun Control?

“The know-your-audience philosophy can be a big step down the road to pandering to the audience.” —Edward Tufte Red State’s Erick Erickson reports the Republican Conference is “scared to death” of the tactics of Senators Lee, Cruz and Paul – that it is supposedly putting them in a tough spot. Several of the Republicans are … Read more

Cops And The Second Amendment

“At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.”   —Aristotle

Doug Wyllie, Editor-in-Chief, PoliceOne.com
Doug Wyllie, Editor-in-Chief, PoliceOne.com

Doug Wyllie, Editor-in-Chief at Police One.com conducted a survey of More than 15,000 verified law enforcement professionals. The scope and purpose of this survey was aimed at bringing together the thoughts and opinions of the only professional group devoted to limiting and defeating gun violence as part of their sworn responsibility.  Wyllie says, “It’s important to note that 70 percent of respondents are field–level law enforcers — those who are face-to-face in the fight against violent crime on a daily basis — not office-bound, non-sworn administrators or perpetually-campaigning elected officials.

Wylie’s comprehensive  30 question survey afforded police officers across the Nation to share their

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House Bill 135: Representative Jan Schmidt Thinks People Don’t Understand

“It takes a lot of things to prove you are smart, but only one thing to prove you are ignorant.” —Don Herold

Rep. Jan Schmidt (D) Nashua -Hills 27
Rep. Jan Schmidt (D) Nashua -Hills 27

On Wednesday, March 27 Representative Janice Schmidt (D) Hillsborough 27 – Nashua took to the Londonderry Patch with her local voices entry entitled, HB 135: I Don’t Think It Means What You Think It Means.  Representative Schmidt begins her entry with a supposed letter from a person who is concerned about the lack of ability to defends ones’ self within ones home…

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