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Review: Four Hundred Years of Gun Control
Last month when I went out for my AT-4 class I met Howard Nemerov. I bought directly from Howard a copy of his book: Four Hundred Yeard of Gun Control… Why Isn’t It Working?. I finally cleared it off...
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The Making of an Agent
A story of one class’s journey to become US Secret Service agents. A good read. It’s just a good story and a peek into the training involved to become a Secret Service agent. You can also pick up a few...
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The Bill of Rights – Preamble
Congress of the United States begun and held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine. THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at...
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The Bill of Rights – Amendment 1
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably...
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The Bill of Rights – Amendment 2
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. Source: The National Archives and Records...
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The Bill of Rights – Amendment 3
No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. Source: The National Archives and Records...
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The Bill of Rights – Amendment 4
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable...
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MHI – in progress
The gun blogger world is all aflutter about Monster Hunter International. I didn’t get it (it being everyone getting so gah-gah about the release). I guess I still don’t get it, but I guess if you know...
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The Bill of Rights – Amendment 5
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the...
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The Bill of Rights – Amendment 6
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district...
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The Bill of Rights – Amendment 7
In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any...
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The Bill of Rights – Amendment 8
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. Source: The National Archives and Records Administration, “The Charters of Freedom”...
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The Bill of Rights – Amendment 9
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. Source: The National Archives and Records Administration, “The...
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The Bill of Rights – Amendment 10
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. Source: The National Archives and...
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Monster Hunter International – Finished it
I just finished Larry Correia‘s book, Monster Hunter International. My early feel on the book bears out to the end. It’s a monster/sci-fi sort of thing, and while I can enjoy that stuff it’s not 100%...
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Kuk Sool action books
Check this out. The Adventures of Mark and JayLee: Modern Masters of Ancient Skill Came out just a couple months ago. Interesting bit? Martial arts. Hrm. Korean tilt to things. Hrm. There was once a...
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How apropos
Linoge shares with us a couple passages from his current read. “The woman with the earrings”. Indeed. Oh, while at the bookstore last night, it was pretty cool to see a big display for Atlas Shrugged....
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Movie Review – Where The Wild Things Are
The book Where The Wild Things Are is a favorite in our house. It’s been on our bookshelf for years, and of course with the movie now out the book found new life again. All 10 sentences of it, all...
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Happy Bill of Rights Day
Happy Bill of Rights Day. Go read it. For more on Bill of Rights Day, there’s an article here and here. Educate yourself about the basic rights that we US citizens are supposed to have, and that...
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Monster Hunter Vendetta
I finally finished reading Monster Hunter Vendetta by Larry Correia. You see, I didn’t want to give a hoot about the Monster Hunter books. It’s just not my cup of tea. But TXGunGeek loaned me his copy...
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on “Waiting for José”, and Harel Shapira
In “Bowling Alone”, [Robert] Putnam’s diagnosis of America’s decline is rooted in the loss of civic engagement and the decline in associated life. What America has lost, Putnam argues, are institutions...
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