Recent content by jackie treehorn

http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/commentary/wb/188182 You can discuss it here: http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/roundtable/2008/12/19/discuss-fridays-commentary-and-letters-38/#comment-32462 Hope you enjoy and participate in the round table blog. Jackie Treehorn

Use your common sense... ...on the poll. I carry a Walther P99 Compact with no external safeties (same as a Glock). Guess what condition it is? ZERO. See, the "safety" is off because there is not one and there's one in the chamber. If you don't carry a round in the chamber, then fine, I guess...

OK, here goes. Last night I had a friend over to watch the Giants-Cowboys game. In the course of the evening we discussed the Plaxico Burress situation, which is an embarrassment to all gun owners as far as I can tell. We agree that he was a fool. Some background on my friend: He is an...

OK, so when the SHTF many people talk about leaving and I figure to go to the mountains or National Forest. So, if you already lived there, what would you stockpile, knowing that chances of your leaving are slim? I have a few guns that could be used for hunting, but no home-defense type...

"Why not go all the way and buy a Sig Sauer P232 380acp which also resembles the PPK ? More money but better than both the Bersa and Walther." Because the P232 is just a copy of the PPK / S. I'll put my Walthers up against any Sig any time. Sorry, the P232, I owned and sold because it was...

When will we ever learn? The police are not your friend. They make veiled threats, etc., because they know that they can't do it legally. I doubt any judge would have issued a warrant for your gun, as the police already had their guy in custody. Regardless, when the police want something...

Get as many as you can... ...so she doesn't notice when there's a new one. I just add a new one to the collection and she (like others have said) thinks they all look the same so I am in the clear. Two words of advice from my two uncles: 1) Just get so many guns that she couldn't even tell...

LOL! Hilarious!

Agreed... After reading all of the posts (I am stuck at the airport in Portland, ME so I've got time to kill), I have to agree that Sans invoking the natural v. positive right argument is futile. Look, we live in a society of laws. YOU may not like that, but the fact still remains. I am no...

We're all missing the most important points: 1) This ruling is a Blackstonian "preexisting" right to self-defense. SCOTUS ruled about "in the home", but only because of the case before them. Not even Brady can argue that self-defense is moot outside of the home (well, they probably will, but...

Sen. John Edwards... ...is my senator. I wrote him the following: Dear Senator Edwards, I would like to extend my gratitude to you for your vote in committee to reject the background checks legislation. You took a stand for law-abiding citizens and we all appreciate it. Thank you for...

Hi all, I may or may not be the author of the article :-). I found her use of the suicide rate fascinating, but even more intriguing was the Madison and slavery argument. "There is also strong scholarship to support the argument that James Madison wrote the amendment primarily to allay...

One of my all-time favorites: Bounty hunter #1: You're wanted, Wales. Josey Wales: Reckon I'm right popular. You a bounty hunter? Bounty hunter #1: A man's got to do something for a living these days. Josey Wales: Dyin' ain't much of a living, boy. Clint Eastwood in The Outlaw Josey Wales

"When I held that gun in my hand, I felt a surge of power...like God must feel when he's holding a gun." - Homer Simpson "We live in a society of laws. Why do you think I took you to all those Police Academy movies? For fun? Well, I didn't hear anybody laughing, did you?" - Homer Simpson

USA Today gets it...kind of. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-12-10-3279401414_x.htm "When a black-clad gunman walked into New Life Church on Sunday and started shooting, he was met with the church's first line of defense: a congregant with a concealed-weapons permit and a law...