-Lt.Col. Jeff Cooper

I've open carried around here since I was 21 and most people don't notice. Of the people who do notice most are supportive or at least indifferent. The police are never called, nobody ever shrieks, the most common comment is "nice pistol", and folks are as polite and friendly as ever.

I hear stories from a lot of other places around the country where the public isn't so tolerant. I'd hate to have it become like that around here and I think this is the best reason there is to continue open carrying. A right unexercised becomes a right denied, and that more than compensates for whatever I might give up in the "tactical advantage" or "element of surprise" that are so valued by people who insist that a defensive handgun should always be concealed.

On June 4 I ordered a holster and belt from El Paso Saddlery to go with my new revolver (see previous je).

My leather finally came in on Monday, 10 weeks after I placed the order. Boy was it worth the wait!

El Paso Saddlery 1880S 'Ranger', Mexican double-loop style holster, and 'Texas' gunbelt with 24 .41 sized cartridge loops.
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I'm not really a Western Wear kind of guy, but I just couldn't see carrying this gun in a tactical kydex rig or a cheap Uncle Mike's nylon pos.

I just finished putting together my first AK kit. It's A Romanian 'G' kit built on a NoDak Spud receiver.

I did a full on rivet build, rather than screws or U-drive screws, and finished it with Aluma-hyde II and did the furniture in green wood stain and polyurethane.

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I just ordered a new gun. You can see it here.

I wanted something different for hiking, plinking, and possibly hunting; and I think this should do pretty well. Also, the .41 Magnum cartridge has appealed to me for quite a while now, even more so after I read The Probability Broach(see here for the graphic novelization).

These are my EBRs. My favorite toys and my go to guns if ever necessary.

Olympic Arms PCR-5

Romanian WUM-1

I'm learning something new every day.

Today I learned that what's worse than peeing your pants - having someone else pee your pants for you.

Wow, I have been making some observations that the stories on slashdot have been comming in politicly slanted leading into the fall elections. I made some of these observations known in several posts.

Now recently, I have been locked out of commenting on several threads. Not by being modded down, Not by being labeled as a troll and getting those too many comments from you subnet ordeal. But by something on the systems stoping me from seeing a reply button in those threads. I have as few pages in a tab that let me post to the stories by when going into the user's post section of the profile or checking email notifications I cannot reply.

Now I though maybe the the story has been locked or something even though it has only be one day. So i checked it from another computer not logged in. It let me post anonymously. So I called a friend and asked him to post something to one of my posts, Sure enough it posted. So I went to his house, Logged in as my user name and poof- no reply button.

I'm sure my comments that the democrats have been already making statments that they won't be able to do much of what they claimed when running for office. Things like the war in Iraq, different survailence programs and such. My position is they are doing this now because they are either going to wait until 2008 and claim we need the presidency to maek a difference or they actualy cannot do much of what they campaigned on. Of course in the later, It means they told the voters "i will do this" when they knew they couldn't and are probably afraid pointing it out now won't look too good in 2008. The previous means they aren't going to try anything major so they can keep it as an issue in 2008. Either way, My comments of things won't be too different because they won't change to much is true.

So, I am writing this because some one in a position of power at slashdot has back doored my comments that are critical of the democrats expected performance after winning the elections. I am wondering how long this will last. My karma is rated as "excellent". Non of the usual too many complain messages have appeared- nothing except not being able to find a reply button on any of the messages associated with the threads I posted in concerning the democrats. And they apear if i'm not logged on or logged on as a different use.

Saw a technical analysis of the aftereffeects of a 10KT (small by nuke standards) detonation in the Port of Long Beach - wiping it and Port of Los Angelese both out. Container form North Korea and Iran on a ship is detonated in the port facility just before unloading. The port, its facilities and most importnatly, 60,000 people woudl die either immediately or within hours formthe initial radiation, blast and heat.

Fallout would be quite harsh due to the shallow draft, and the abundance of water in which radioactive material would be carried by the superheated steam. Initiall there are the heat and overpressure effects - followed by the probability of 500 sq miles of contaminated area that would cause the evacuation of 5 million people. On top of that the loss of most of the refining capacity, and a large number of industries in the area (entertainment, eletronics, etc).

The losses would exceed 3 trillion dollars (for comparison, 9/11 was mayb 50 to 100 billion - less than 5% of that impact fiscally).

Truly scary stuff. And unlike the Soviets who truly loved thier children too, the guy in North Korea and his Apocalyptic friend in Iran would use such things with no regard to anything other than thier wierd cult of personality (Kim Jong Il and his potemkin world) and the violent apocalytpic Koran version that the Iranians use.

Scary to have so many lives riding on such thin reeds of irrationality.

The potential cost of inaction is very very high - millions of Americans depend on this - and probablytens of millions of Iranians and North Koreans as well (who would die in US retaliatory strikes).

Many would have shot Hitler and Tojo before WW2 had they know the horrors those 2 were to unleash on the world.

Should we be considering doing the same to Kim Jong Ill and the Iranian Mullahs?

How do we look into the abyss without the abyss looking into us? How to destroy our enemies without becoming like them?

No easy answers.

All the stupid positive ads of Candidate Bob with his wonderful family, soft lights and easy listening music (but devoid of positions and facts) are gone. replaced by stupid nasty attack ads full of innuendo, mischaracterization and lies and are equally devoid of positoons and facts.

And they are the same from BOTH sides.

If people wonder why we distrust our politicians, simply go check the negative ads run against the person who wins - plenty of reason to distrust the winner, and then check the negative ads they put against their opponents - even MORE reason to disrespect and distrust the winner (no matter who it is).

When will they give me someone to vote FOR instead of against?

Probably never.

Well, we're home from the hospital. Everything is going pretty well. Melissa is recovering from her c-section. She still needs help getting in and out of bed, but she's in good spirits.

Tristan (aka. Mr. Squishy, the Angry Tomato) is doing an excellent job of making sure we don't get dangerously long sleep durations. He's got nursing pretty well figured out and enjoys it immensly.

In reply to rk, yes, he's our first, a much loved and appreciated testament to the fallability of birth control. We wouldn't trade him for anything.

Thanks for all the congratulations.

Just a quick post here.

Melissa had our son, Tristan Joseph Lambert, by emergency caeserian last night (exactly 3 weeks early) at 2147hrs. Baby and Mom are doing well. He's 7lb 4oz.

I'm so excited. He beautiful.

I'm running on caffeine, adrenaline, and 4 hours of sleep in a chair.

I saw the thing on the front page yesterday about the Dell Laptop battery recall. I checked out the Dell website and it turns out that my laptop was affected. I filled out their online form to get a replacement battery and they confirmed they would send me a new one within 20 days.

I just got it delivered to my desk! Less than 24 hours from me filling out the form. Impressive.

I know a lot of the people I've friended and some who have friended me enjoy firearms. So I wanted to ask, what have you all got? What are your favorites? What calibers? I know a lot of people don't like to dicuss it with strangers on the internet, so if that's you, no offense intended.

Here's my collection:

The .22 rimfires:
  Ruger 10/22 carbine. Lotsa fun.
  3 Remington model 37 target rifles. One is just a barreled action.
  Winchester 52 barreled action
  Winchester 67A bolt rifle
  Ruger 22/45 semi-auto pistol
  H&R 922 revolver
  Thre more bolt rifles. Remington & Marlin. Can't remember the models.

The Centerfire Pistols/Revolvers:
  AMT Backup 380. WORST. TRIGGER. EVER.
  Smith & Wesson Military & Police 38 special
  Arcus 94 9mm Browning Hi-Power Clone
  Luger P08 9mm
  Daewoo DH40. My everyday carry gun.
  Ballester Molina .45ACP. Argentinian Police Sidearm, 1911ish
  Colt M1911. Made in 1917, was great grandad's sidearm in the army air corps.

Centerfire Rifles:
  WUM-1 Romanian semi-auto AK-47 clone
  M44 Mosin Nagant, soviet battle rifle
  1896 Krag carbine
  Mauser 98 in 30'06. Kinda express rifle styled.
  Springfield M1903, sporterized.
  Smith-Corona M1903A3, sporterized, chambered in 308 Norma Magnum.
  Mauser 98, sporter in 22-250
  Mauser 98, sporter in 6mm Remington
  Carl Gustaff Mauser 96, sporter, 6.5x55 Swedish

Shotguns:
  Winchester Model 12s in 16 and 20 gauge
  A.H. Fox 12 gauge side-by-side
  Savage 220A 28 gauge

Other:
  1862 Colt, in 38 rimfire. Looks just like this.
  Uberti 1858 Remington reproduction. Blackpowder revolver.

And I want more! I need a couple lever actions, a modern 1911, and an AR.

http://www.nationstates.net/jesseonia

Last night, Melissa (now six months pregnant) got hungry. She wanted a sandwich. She wanted a sandwich with American cheese, dill pickles, Harvest Cheddar(tm) Sun Chips(tm), and smelt roe(!). We didn't have any smelt roe but she thoroughly enjoyed the sandwich I made with the rest of her requested items.

Aside from the cottage cheese with grape jelly and black pepper she had a month ago, this is the first of her really weird cravings. I hope it doesn't get any weirder.