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Gun Clubs and Membership Caps

September 26, 2018March 27, 2013 Rick Olson

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion. —George Eliot

Yesterday, the Union Leader’s Paul Feely featured a story entitled, Busy gun clubs may have to cap membership. Scott Jenkins, President of the Chester Rod and Gun club had this to say…

It’s one thing to want to grow as fast as you can and not refuse people, but it’s another thing to show up on a Saturday and be turned away because there’s too many people here or there’s a three-hour wait.”

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What If There Were A Governmental Fee Imposed For Going “Unarmed?”

September 26, 2018March 26, 2013 Rick Olson

“If people in the media cannot decide whether they are in the business of reporting news or manufacturing propaganda, it is all the more important that the public understand that difference, and choose their news sources accordingly.” —Thomas Sowell

First, there is this story: “Rep Fred Maslack sponsored a bill to register “non-gun-owners” and require them to pay a $500 fee to the state. Thus Vermont would become the first state to require a permit for the luxury of going about unarmed and assess a fee of $500 for the privilege of not owning a gun.”

So there it is. Once again, it is taking flight around the internet as if this is recent news. But…In all reality, Maslack proposed the bill in 2001. Yep! Maslack has not been in the Vermont house for over ten years. This a great story…grabs some real traction

Mark Kelly’s ‘Assault Weapon’ Purchase Rescinded By Dealer

September 26, 2018March 26, 2013 Rick Olson

“A truth that’s told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.” — William Blake

So Easy to purchase an AR-15? Not for this Astronaut

Fox News Reported today that Diamondback Police Supply determined that it was in the company’s best interest to terminate this transaction prior to Kelly’s returning to the store to take possession of the rifle.

Fox News says, Store Owner Doug MacKinlay said in a facebook post, “While I support and respect Mark Kelly’s 2nd Amendment rights to purchase, possess, and use firearms in a safe and responsible manner, his recent statements to the media made it clear that his intent in purchasing the Sig Sauer M400

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Gay Marriage And The Supreme Court: What Will Follow?

September 26, 2018March 26, 2013 Rick Olson

Using the word “gay” as a euphemism for homosexual is fine I guess. But I’ve always thought a word like “fabulous” might have been better. Sure would be a lot easier to tell your parents, “Mom, Dad: I’m fabulous! And my friends are fabulous, too! — Michael Greer

As I pointed out in my September 2012 post, “The Gay Marriage Report Card,” Gay marriage is current law in eight states. Five States have as law, “civil unions.” Thirty-one states maintain constitutional amendments banning gay marriage or recognizing marriage as between a man and a woman.

The Gay Marriage advocacy constituency is still very small when juxtaposed against the larger society. That should not denigrate friends and loved ones who include themselves under the tent of the Gay community. But facts are inconvenient things as hard and cold as they might seem. Why is that important?

The Sequestrians Are Coming!

September 26, 2018March 25, 2013 Rick Olson

“For every credibility gap there is a gullibility gap.” —Richard Cobden

Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee in the 1700’s on discussing democracy opined,

“A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse over loose fiscal policy, (which is) always followed by a dictatorship.”

It seems there is multiple threads of truth and realism when this notion

We have never lived in a “Constitutional Republic”.

September 26, 2018March 25, 2013 Rick Olson

“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”—Thomas Jefferson

DavidBKarrick365 — N.H. House Rep. David B. Karrick, (D) Merrimack Dist. 25, Warner

These very words were not spoken…but put in writing on during an email exchange between house reps. Representative David B. Karrick, DemocRAT, Merrimack District 25, Warner stated in the Palm Sunday email:

“We have never lived in a “Constitutional Republic“. Our founders created a Republic where the rights and privileges of the propertied citizens were greater than those without advantages or personal freedom.”-Rep David B. Karrick

During the founding years our forefathers ascribed to the notion

Gratuitous Liberal Cowardice

September 26, 2018March 25, 2013 Rick Olson

“Heckling is an act of cowardice. If you want to speak, get up in front of the microphone and speak, don’t sit in the dark hiding. It’s easy to hide and shout and waste people’s time.” —Billy Connolly

Ben Sarro, Live and Local Morning Show host on 99.7 WNTK-FM in New London

Ben Sarro, morning host of WNTK FM 99.7 related to me an anonymous e-mail he received from a listener. Ben had Jenn Coffey on this morning from the Second Amendment Sisters. From the context of the e-mail…sent anonymously, the discussion likely encompassed self-protection and police response times.

“You both made comments about people who live too far from police coverage and how risky it is for them to be safe when the police are so far away. To me, this felt like fear mongering. How many times does this happen really? Are there documented cases in New Hampshire of people calling the police for protection,

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The Anthony “Weiner Of Worcester,” Massachusetts

September 26, 2018March 22, 2013 Rick Olson

“We’re trying to get to the bottom of where the picture came from, and we’re trying to get to the bottom of what it’s of and who it’s of.” —Anthony Weiner

Representative John P. Fresolo, (D) 16th District a/k/a the "Worcester Wiener" — Representative John P. Fresolo, (D) 16th District a/k/a the “Worcester Wiener”

Pre-Raphaelite Artist John Everett Millais was subtle in his 1848 painting of Isabella, where back in September, it was discovered that Millias had eluded on canvas, a character in the foreground with what appears to be an erection. But oh how those progressive sensibilities have become so callous! Enter the era of the New York Weiner…ergo, the “Worcester Weiner.”

State Representative John Fresolo, a Worcester Democrat, was placed on (paid)leave today for taking lascivious photos of his “phallic enrichments,” thereafter posting them to the computer of a female State House aide.

Tobacco Tax Increase: The Progressives Racism And Class Warfare?

September 26, 2018March 21, 2013 Rick Olson

“Every man who repeats the dogma of Mill that one country is not fit to rule another country must admit that one class is not fit to rule another class.” ? B.R. Ambedkar

I read Steve’s entry this morning on the tobacco tax increase the house progressives just passed. HB 659-FN-A passed 193 to 167 largely right along party lines, bringing along the usual recognizable (and some Freshman) RINO’s. I think anybody that follows house voting behavior is not at all surprised or intrigued because those RINO’s sipping the progressive Kool-Aid ascribe to the notion that somehow fewer kids will smoke as the price of a pack increases. But the fact is, kids do pay taxes. When a 13-year-old

The Ugly Face Of Tyranny

September 26, 2018March 20, 2013 Rick Olson

“We just can’t trust the American people to make those types of choices…. Government has to make those choices for people.” — Hilary Rodham Clinton

Why The Town Of Durham Is Arbitrary To Landlords

September 26, 2018March 20, 2013 Rick Olson

“Even in Hell the peasant will have to serve the landlord, for, while the landlord is boiling in a cauldron the peasant will have to put wood under it” —Russian Proverb

The Union Leader featured a story on Monday night, “Durham to landlords: Safety standards stand.” Landlords (or to use the contemporary term) Property Owners, get a bad rap. When one reads the aforementioned story, it paints a very glib picture…allows the reader to “fill in the blanks.”

For Rental Property Owners

September 26, 2018March 20, 2013 Rick Olson

Never ignore a gut feeling, but never believe that it’s enough.” —Author Unknown

So reads the quote at the top of the Landlord Connection, Inc.‘s website. I very rarely outright endorse a service in any of my writings. But today, if there is a service never more worthy of such, it is Landlord Connection. I have used Landlord Connection for over 12 years to screen prospective tenants seeking to rent from me.

Any person who owns rental property and does not have

Gun Grabbers and the Firearms Commerce Stream

September 26, 2018March 19, 2013 Rick Olson

“A charlatan makes obscure what is clear; a thinker makes clear what is obscure.” —Hugh Kingsmill (British writer and critic. 1889-1949)

USA Today: February 13, 2013: “Gun Dealers Report Shortages of Ammunition”

The Inquisitor: 2/18/2013: “The Great Ammo Shortage Of 2013 Continues.”

CNN Money: 3/12/2013: “Gun shops face massive ammunition shortage”

Huffington Post: 1/16/2013: “Ammo Shortages Widespread, Gun Stocks Surge As Obama Pushes For Tighter Controls .”

The Daily Caller: 2/18/2013: “Gun dealers report striking ammunition shortages.”

Petition to Oppose HB 135

September 26, 2018March 18, 2013 Rick Olson

A petition was set up at the website, “SignOn.org” a website variant of MoveOn.org. The lefties originally began a petition to support HB 135, and at the same time another petition was started to oppose HB 135. HB 135 is the bill seeking to eliminate “stand your ground.” Now that the petition started to outpace … Read more

The “Gun Nuts” Liberals Pretend Do Not Exist

September 26, 2018March 18, 2013 Rick Olson

“Eight more days and I can start telling the truth again” —Sen. Chris Dodd, on the campaign trail.

There certainly is no shortage of left-wing talking points disparaging those of us who are vocal, unapologetic and loud in defending the individual right of citizens to, “keep and bear arms.” Remember Obama’s quip,

“And it’s not surprising then they get

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More Liberal Lies About Background Checks

September 26, 2018March 18, 2013 Rick Olson

“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” —Mark Twain

Since January, Gun Grabbers have been tossing numbers around in support of why we need universal background checks. President Obama parroted the talking point back in January stating, “As many as 40 percent of guns are purchased without a background check.”

The New York Times, USA Today, The LA Times, the Washington Post, The Brady Campaign, and a whole host of others have repeatedly made the claim. On January 24, however, Professor John Lott, in writing for

Gun Control Works

September 26, 2018March 18, 2013 Rick Olson

Conservatives Financially Supporting American Progressivism?

September 26, 2018March 15, 2013 Rick Olson

“Progressive rhetoric has the effect of concealing social crisis and moral breakdown by presenting them as the birth pangs of a new order.” —Christopher Lasch

Yes. It is true. Wittingly or unwittingly, Many liberty-minded, Constitutional Conservatives are financially supporting Socialist-Progressive causes in America. Want to know for sure? Talk insurance. Specifically, Progressive Insurance. You know whom I speak of. The insurance company with the ubiquitous cute ads featuring “Flo”.

Gabby Giffords Husband Buys An AR-15…NOT!

September 26, 2018March 14, 2013 Rick Olson

“A word to the wise ain’t necessary – it’s the stupid ones that need the advice.” —Bill Cosby

mark-kelly-gun-store — Mark Kelly making a gun purchase – Breitbart.com

On 9 March, Breitbart’s AWR Hawkins reported that Former Astronaut and Congressman Giffords husband Mark Kelly, “purchased” an AR-15 and subsequently announced on his Facebook page that he was not going to keep the AR-15, which he has yet to pick up from the store.

Days after making the purchases, Kelly wrote on Facebook: I just had a background check a few days ago

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Lunch With Sociologist Opining About Guns

September 26, 2018March 13, 2013 Rick Olson

“We’re uncomfortable about considering history as a science. It’s classified as a social science, which is considered not quite scientific.” —Jared Diamond

I had lunch recently with a close friend with whom I attended college some years ago. He continued his education and is now a PhD. He is not a “lefty” sort of guy, but he isn’t a conservative-libertarian either. But with Social Scientists now weighing in on the gun debate, attempt to convey clarity, ambivalence is the net product. In our conversation over lunch he conveyed his thoughts about guns. Specifically, this thought:

“All too often following one of these mass shootings that garners national attention, the attempt to meaningfully discuss solutions to gun violence in America is muted and we fail to find any meaningful consensus regarding what we as a society can do to address gun violence.”

To qualify his remark he added,