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What’s In Your EDC?
This was my third speech for my local Toastmasters club. I discuss things that my fellow club members should consider including in their EDC. For most of my readers, this is probably akin to a 101 of EDC.
H&K Going Bankrupt?
According to the Military Times, Heckler & Koch is very close to bankruptcy. It’s bad enough that their auditing firm, KPMG, questioned whether the firm would be able to continue on beyond 2019.
For those of us in the gun blogosphere, we know H&K’s reputation towards civilian customers as “you suck and we hate you.” It looks like that neglect of the civilian market is going to come back and bite them.
Metal Tuesday- Falconer- Perjury and Sanctity
Most of the time Falconer is just background music. Then they pop up something like this and it reminds me why they’re in rotation.
Comments on John Wick
The Wife and I saw all three John Wick movies last weekend. We had to fast forward through the puppy death in the first one, because The Wife wouldn’t be able to watch the rest of the film otherwise. We enjoyed them, but they are violent – particularly the third.
So, this comment from The Wife kicked over my giggle box:
We watched all three of those movies, but they were so ‘roided up, it was like watching six shoot ’em ups.
Friday Quote – KrisAnne Hall
If society is honest and historically accurate, the only question that has any relevance to the gun control debate is, “Do you trust those in government, now and forever in the future, to not take your life, liberty, or property through the force of government?” If the answer to that question is “no,” the gun control debate is over.
One Step Closer to An AWB on the Ballot
The Sun Sentinel is reporting the backers of putting an assault weapons ban on the 2020 ballot collected the 100,000 signatures needed to trigger a Supreme Court review. That’s the bad news.
The good news? First, they need to collect about 625,000 more signatures to actually put it on the ballot. Second, Governor DeSantis signed into a bill into law that makes it harder for out of state interests to push their BS onto the Florida constitution. Seriously, read the link. It’s a fucking hoot of pearl clutching goodness.
This also means that I no longer feel constrained if I see them collecting signatures. Oh, I’ll be polite, but I am going to ask the hard questions. I don’t expect to change the minds of the people collecting the signatures. I’m hoping to change the minds of the people within earshot.
My Toastmaster Speech On Prepping
I know a lot of my readers are going to cringe on how much I missed or just skimmed, but it’s amazing how hard it is to cram prepping in 5 to 7 minutes. And I came in at 7:46.
Metal Tuesday- Messiah’s Kiss -Road to Exxstasy
Pretty standard power metal that pops up on my playlists.
What To Do If Your Doc Asks About Guns
I found this article from Doctors For Responsible Gun Ownership discussing what you, as a patient, should do if a doctor asks about guns in your house.
Should a medical professional ask about guns? Yes, but only in a few limited scenarios. The big one is if they believe the patient is imminent danger of causing harm to him/herself or others.
As a routine question? Nope. Any more than they should ask how much you drive (which is a bigger danger).
The article also specifies to find out who is actually asking the question, the doc or the healthcare system. Having worked in healthcare on the administrative side for more than a decade, I’ve seen a lot of stupid stuff foisted on the front line staff because someone in the upper echelons thought “it’s a good idea.” I’m not going to take actions against a doctor who’s being forced to ask questions because of some bureaucrat.
Fortunately, my doctor has not asked. I’d like to think he respects me enough not to pry into affairs outside his scope of practice.