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Target Shooting Under Fire…Again

by Rick Olson

Target Shooting under fire again. Target Shooting has grown. More people are target shooting, yet the range options are shrinking.  More publicly available land is getting closed down to target shooting. Not for the reasons many think, either. The highly vocal hyperbolic, anti-second Amendment crowd is indeed out there, but the guns themselves aren’t the lynch pins…It is the land…the use of the land.

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200-Yard Range at Londonderry Fish & Game Club. -Courtesy Tony Ricci

As many Grok readers know, I have been the leader of one of Southern New Hampshire’s Largest sporting clubs with over 1,500 members.  In addition, the Londonderry Fish & Game Club also has eight ranges for firearm use to include a newly constructed 200-400 Yard Range. I have spent countless thousands of hours pressing forward with the planning and design efforts that have now come to full fruition at our wonderful facility.

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A New Kind Of Vicious

by Rick Olson

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”   —Sir Edmund Burke

D'Marquis Elkins - Brunswick Georgia Baby Killer
D’Marquis Elkins – Brunswick Georgia Baby Killer

This is 17-year old D’Marquis Elkins of Brunswick, Georgia. Elkins is a criminal…a young criminal…not even eighteen years old yet. In early March Elkins needed some cash so he decided to do what his skill set allows…a Robbery.

Sherry West was pushing her stroller along when she was confronted by Elkins and 15-year-old Dominique Lang. Elkins demanded money. West told him, she didn’t have any money. He fired a shot, grazing her ear. Repeating his demands, West again pleaded with him that she didn’t have any money.

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NY State District Attorney Will Not Prosecute Cuomo’s Gun Laws

by Rick Olson

“Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat.”  — John Morley

Columbia County District Attorney Paul Czajka, Former Columbia County Judge- Times Union
Columbia County District Attorney Paul Czajka, Former Columbia County Judge- Times Union

Two New York State troopers stopped Gregory Dean, a 31-year-old Dutchess County resident on Route 22 in New Lebanon for a broken license plate light.

Three summonses were issued to Dean: Driving with a suspended license; an inadequate license plate; and unlawful possession of ammunition device, a Class B misdemeanor.”

Columbia County District Attorney Paul Czajka said he examined the seriousness and nature of the crime along with Dean’s criminal history (or lack thereof) and subsequently determined  it to be the best exercise in prosecutorial discretion in declining

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Tolerance?

by Rick Olson

“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.”   —Gilbert K. Chesterton

America’s Democrat Anti-Gun Mayors Enhance Crime

by Rick Olson

“Crime when it succeeds is called virtue.”   —Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Democrat-CorruptionOn February 7, 2012, I wrote, “America’s Democrat Mayors Ruining The Country For Decades. The entry followed Kurt Badenhausen’s article in Forbes detailing America’s ten most miserable cities.

Badenhausen examined America’s largest metropolitan areas with a  minimum population of 256,000 people and  ranked each area on factors consisting of,  1) average unemployment rate between 2009 and 2011; 2) median commute times to work for 2010 based on U.S. Census data; 3)violent crimes per capita from the FBI’s 2010 Uniform Crime Report; 4) how pro sports teams fared in the area over the past three completed seasons.

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Come At Me, Bro

by Rick Olson

“Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don’t come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make someone smile while they’re having a piss.”   — Banksy, Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall

ronald-mcdonald_Come_At_Me_Bro_smallThe Union Leader on line this morning featured the headline, “Man gunned down on Manchester street was talented graffiti artist.” Now I am curious. A “Graffiti Artist.”  As for Graffiti, the Queen city is not lacking in it. According to the Manchester Police Website,

Graffiti is a crime. Graffiti is vandalism! Graffiti is a crime in Manchester! The term graffiti is used if it appears on property without permission. The term originated in the late 1960’s although unsolicited markings have been around forever. Each year, millions of dollars are spent

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Manchester Is For The Bourgeoisie

by Rick Olson

“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

by Rick Olson

“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

by Rick Olson

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

by Rick Olson

“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

by Rick Olson

“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

by Rick Olson

“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

by Rick Olson

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

by Rick Olson

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

by Rick Olson

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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House Bill 135: From the Senate: “Inexpedient to Legislate”

by Rick Olson

Senator Sharon Carson just messaged me… The Committee voted to recommend 4-1 HB 135 ITL —MORE TO COME…

Legislator’s Lounge on HB 135

by Rick Olson

“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

by Rick Olson

“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?

by Rick Olson

“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

by Rick Olson

“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

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