The Wandering Minstrel

This is really funny. Clickable image (if you want to read the text).

One of the more positive things about our new (to us) shooting facility is that it is in a very scenic location in the high desert hills outside of town. We went to the range last Friday and I took some pictures of the range and some of the scenery in and around the area. Minstrel created the slideshow seen below. Click on the image below to start the show.

This is where I go to shoot - what does your range look like?

Two-hundred and twenty years ago on this date, the founders ratified the Bill of Rights. Take a moment to reflect on how the antis and others see this document as nothing more than old toilet paper. It, and the rest of the constitution, stands in their way as they pursue the quest to make us subjects as opposed to free men.

Note: We will be posting at a rate of less than one per day for a few weeks.

Happy Thanksgiving! Our dinner consisted of turkey breast, mashed taters, cinnamon carrots, green beans and The Better Half’s Thanksgiving Dressing all topped with her killer turkey gravy. We’re all stuffed now. Not shown are the dinner rolls and cranberry jelly. Clickable image.

Last week I got John Lott’s “More Guns Less Crime” in the mail. I have not started on the book yet, but plan to read it over the next couple of weeks.

We read Dr. Lott’s blog on a daily basis and read his articles in the media from time to time. He has an easy-to-read style and we get a lot of information about politics, guns and more from his conservative viewpoint.

This latest edition of More Guns has an additional ten years of case data since the initial published book. I look forward to getting more information about this interesting topic.

I was out surfing the internet today and ran across this interesting event at the Muskogee Gun Club. According to the event description, zombies will be overrunning the pistol range. It’s a free event offered to the public. While folks are shooting zombies, kids can shoot their pellet guns or .22 caliber rifles. There will be instruction for the kids on handling firearms. Both activities are free. What a neat way to celebrate the Halloween season! Clickable image.

The two-word menu above contains HOME and ABOUT entries. HOME gets you to the main page and ABOUT gets you to the page about us and our blog. Today, on a notion, I added The Better Half to the About page. She is often mentioned and regularly contributes her images to the posts we write so I figured that she should be on the ABOUT page, too.

Image: The Better Half shooting her Warthog, Miss Piggy, at the old indoor range.

Check out the ABOUT page. There are a bunch of other entries there besides us.

The Better Half and I are proud to have met Major Chuck Ziegenfuss at the Gun Blogger’s Rendezvous two years ago. Chuck was gravely injured in Iraq by an IED. We personally heard his story about his injuries and subsequent recovery. It was Chuck’s idea to distribute laptops and voice recognition software to injured military unable to use their hands. Please listen to Chuck’s message regarding Project Valour-IT and Soldier’s Angels.