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Happy KILLDOZER DAY!

Heemeyer Muffler Repair
Poster’s location not shared ⋅ June 4, 2019

June 4th, 2019 marks the 15th anniversary of the Killdozer’s rampage through Granby, Colorado.

Sit down kids, and let me tell you a tale. A tale about a reasonable man driven to do unreasonable things.

Marvin Heemeyer was a man who owned a muffler shop in Granby, Colorado. The city council ordained to approve the construction of a concrete factory in the lot across from Marvin’s shop. In the process, this blocked the only access road to the muffler shop. Marvin petitioned to stop the construction to no avail. He petitioned to construct a new access road, and even bought the heavy machinery to do so himself. Denied.

The concrete factory went up in disregard to the ramifications on Marvin’s business. To add insult to injury, the factory construction disconnected the muffler shop from the city sewage lines. An indifferent city government then chose to fine Marvin for this.

His business and livelihood were in ruin. Rather than lie down and die, Marvin chose to fight back. Over the course of a year and a half, Marvin secretly outfitted the bulldozer he bought to save his business with 3-foot thick steel and concrete armor, camera systems, and enclosed bulletproof glass.

On June 4th, 2004 Marvin Heemeyer lowered the armored shell over top of himself, entombing himself inside the Killdozer to make his last stand.

He burst forth from the walls of his muffler shop and straight into the concrete factory that ruined his business. Over the course of the next several hours, Marvin drove his Killdozer through 13 buildings owned by those officials that had wronged him, including the city council building itself.

SWAT teams swarmed the dozer, but it proved immune to small arms fire and even explosives. Another piece of heavy machinery was even brought out to fight the Killdozer, but it too fell to the dozers righteous fury.

In the end, Marvin’s Killdozer became trapped in one of the buildings it was built to destroy. Marvin chose to take his life, the only life he took that day.

Today, we celebrate Killdozer Day and Marvin Heemeyer, the last great American folk hero. A man driven to the brink who chose to fight back against an indifferent system.

From notes left behind after his passing:

“I was always willing to be reasonable until I had to be unreasonable. Sometimes reasonable men must do unreasonable things.”

HAPPY KILLDOZER DAY!


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19 April — Celebrating and Remembering

Firearms Policy Coalition
Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 10:05 AM MST

By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world.
The foe long since in silence slept;
Alike the conqueror silent sleeps;
And Time the ruined bridge has swept
Down the dark stream which seaward creeps.
On this green bank, by this soft stream,
We set today a votive stone;
That memory may their deed redeem,
When, like our sires, our sons are gone.
Spirit, that made those heroes dare
To die, and leave their children free,
Bid Time and Nature gently spare
The shaft we raise to them and thee.

H/T Firearms Policy CoalitionTuesday, April 19, 2022 at 10:05 AM MST

H/T GhostGuns.comSaturday, April 16, 2022 at 6:28 PM MST

Naturally, we can’t forget Mike McNulty’s Waco: The Rules of Engagement[1]

— and McNulty’s follow-up film, Waco: A New Revelation[2]

Today we remember that on Monday, 19 April 1993, the Clinton Administration was so concerned about child welfare that they were willing to kill 27 kids by asphyxiation, incineration, and automatic-weapons fire to get at three adults accused of tax and paperwork violations.


FOR FURTHER REFERENCE

  1. Waco: The Rules of EngagementBing, Bitchute, DuckDuckGo, Freespoke, Google, IMDb, Infogalactic, Presearch, Rumble, Searx, Startpage, Wikipedia, YouTube
  2. Waco: A New RevelationBing, Bitchute, DuckDuckGo, Freespoke, Google, IMDb, Infogalactic, Presearch, Rumble, Searx, Startpage, YouTube

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Merry Christmas


NOTES

  1. Reposted —
    1. Personal blogs and micro-blogs — Bastyon, Diaspora*, Facebook, FetLife, Gab, Minds, X (Twitter)
    2. “Darth Mike”Facebook

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Trick or Treat — Happy AnCap-owe’en!


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The Perfect Response to an Order of Pineapple Pizza

I love pineapples.

I love pizza.

BUT

Some things just do NOT go well together.


H/T Jae B. Wells — Saturday, 2 September 2023 at 5:57 PM MST


NOTES

  1. Reposted —
    1. Personal blogs and micro-blogs — Bastyon, Codias, Diaspora*, Facebook, Gab, Instagram, Minds, Spreely, Truth Social, VK, Wimkin, X (Twitter), Xephula
    2. “Darth Mike”Facebook
    3. KCUF Media — Facebook

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Libertarian Second Amendment Caucus Statement of Principles, by L. Neil Smith

Every man, woman, and responsible child has a natural, fundamental, and inalienable human, individual, civil, and Constitutional right (within the limits of the Non-Aggression Principle) to obtain, own, and carry, openly or concealed, any weapon — handgun, shotgun, rifle, machinegun, anything — any time, anywhere, without asking anyone’s permission.
— L. Neil Smith, The Atlanta Declaration

Whereas the right to self-defense is neither socially conditional nor politically collective, but inherent in the basic nature of each and every individual human being, and implies an unlimited right to obtain, own, and carry weapons of any kind, and

Whereas the individual right to self-defense can neither be denied nor granted by kings or constitutions, by legislative or judicial acts, nor is it subject to regulation or to the democratic process, and

Whereas the individual right to self-defense includes the right to self-defense against the state — all power exercised by the state being derived from individual rights and being therefore inferior to them,

Be It Resolved that the individual right to self-defense necessitates repeal or nullification of any law:

requiring licensure or registration of weapons, weapons owners, weapons makers, weapons dealers, or gunsmiths;

taxing ownership or transfer of weapons, weapons accessories, weapons parts, or ammunition;

denying free choice of manufacture, price, acquisition, method of carry, concealment or concealability, caliber, power or form of ammunition, configuration, social acceptibility, quality, safety, or security of storage, ammunition capacity, operating mode or rate of fire;

regulating local, interstate, or international transport or transfer of any weapon or associated item;

restricting gas, electric, jointed, or edged weapons, impact-resistant clothing, or any other protective device; or

permitting the state or its employees to retain, sell, or destroy weapons taken from individuals.

Be It Further Resolved that government agencies charged with enforcing such laws be abolished, their records destroyed, that any individual ever arrested, indicted, or convicted under such laws receive unconditional release and restitution to all previous rights and property — and that the past and present employees of these agencies (rather than the taxpayers) be responsible for this restitution, and

Be It Further Resolved that any elected or appointed public official who advocates, introduces, sponsors, or votes for such laws — or has done so in the past — be removed from office as the 14th Amendment provides and prosecuted under felony statutes for violating his or her oath to uphold and defend the Constitution, as well as violating the natural, fundamental, and inalienable human, individual, civil, and Constitutional rights of the people of the United States of America.


NOTES

  1. Original article

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“Weapons of War,” by Robert Effler

Weapons of War
by Robert Effler

These days one hears news commentators and liberal politicians talking about “weapons of war.” Apparently a “weapon of war” is a type of gun that has no “sporting purpose” and that a civilian has no business owning. Hmmm? Let’s look into that.

Among the most popular sporting rifles in the U.S. is the model 700 Remington, a four-shot, bolt-action rifle. (The shooter has to rotate a bolt handle 90 degrees counter-clockwise, pull it back about four inches, shove it back forward, and then turn the handle 90 degrees clockwise between each shot.) There have been millions sold to sportsmen, mostly for hunting. If, however, you replace the shiny finish with a dull one and the pretty walnut stock with a synthetic one, you have a U.S. Army M24 sniper rifle or a U.S. Marine Corps M40 sniper rifle. It’s a “weapon of war.” A Remington Model 700 was the weapon used by Charles Whitman, the Dallas Tower shooter.

I’ve been in very few farmhouses in which one couldn’t find a “pump” (slide action) shotgun leaning in a corner to use to clear the varmints out of the henhouse or bag the occasional rabbit. It’s an extremely common type of sporting gun. This type of gun was issued to U.S. troops in WW1 for a “trench gun.” They have been a part of the U.S. Military inventory ever since. (It’s also the type of gun used in the recent “Navy Yard” massacre.) It’s a “weapon of war.”

Another classic sporting rifle is the M70 Winchester, another bolt-action. They’ve been around since 1936. Jack O’Conner, a famous outdoor writer, called it “The Rifleman’s Rifle.” A simple cursory examination will reveal that it’s merely a simplification of the Mauser M98, arguably the greatest bolt-action military rifle ever built, used by armies all over the world. It’s extremely popular among sportsmen “in the know.” It’s a “weapon of war.”

Go to almost any type of handgun competition event in this country and you’ll see that the M1911-type pistol is virtually ubiquitous. It was, of course, designed by John Browning for the U.S. military that used it as its primary issue side-arm from 1911 until 1985. They are everywhere and were actually sold by the U.S. government to civilians through the CMP (Civilian Marksmanship Program.) They’re everywhere. It’s a “weapon of war.”

Undoubtedly among the most popular civilian revolvers on earth are any of the many versions of the Smith and Wesson “K” frame. This gun began around the turn of the 20th century as the S&W Military and Police revolver. They were issued to U.S. troops as the “Victory” model. It’s a “weapon of war.”

The single-action revolver (aka Peacemaker) has always been a staple of western movies and TV programs. You’ll see them all over the place in several very popular “retro” versions of handgun competition events, such as those sponsored by the “Single Action Shooting Society.” Single-actions are also very commonly used for hunting both small and big game. These guns began as the 1873 Colt cavalry revolver, designed for the U.S. military. It’s a “weapon of war.”

Easily the most popular caliber of rifle used for hunting in this country is the 30-06. I have a book written by an ophthalmologist who used a single 30-06 caliber rifle to take every recognized species of big game on the North American continent. 30-06 rifles can be found all over the world. It was originally developed for the U.S. 1903 Springfield rifle and was subsequently chambered in the 1917 and 1919 machine guns, the U.S. M1 Garand semi-auto military rifle, and the BAR squad automatic weapon. It was our standard military cartridge from WW1 all the way through Korea. It’s a “weapon of war.”

Beginning in the 1930s, the U.S. government sold thousands of military weapons, 1903 Springfields, M1 Garands (semi-auto military rifles), 30 U.S. M1 carbines (30 shot, military, semi-auto rifles with detachable magazines) and M1911 military pistols through the Civilian Marksmanship Program. They had the idea that the U.S. would be stronger if the average citizen could shoot well. The government sold us “weapons of war.”

. . . and oh the infamous AR-15. Although not ever really a military weapon, it was the design basis for the M16 and M4 military rifles. AR-type rifles are becoming very popular among modern less-traditional hunters who aren’t concerned about cosmetics. (They’re not especially pretty.) There are all sorts of AR-based rifles now marketed specifically to the hunting and competition shooting community. They aren’t military weapons, but they look like “weapons of war.”

Among the most iconic types of gun on earth is the Winchester lever-action rifle. Introduced by Winchester as the Henry repeater in 1860, it was subsequently improved in 1866, 1873, 1876, 1886, 1892, 1894 and 1895. You can’t watch any Western movie without seeing “cowboys” cranking rounds into their Winchesters to repel rustlers or Indians. It’s difficult to visit any deer-hunting camp in this country without seeing one. Just before WWI, the Russian government bought 300,000 Model 1895s for issue to their military. It’s a “weapon of war.”

An extremely popular handgun for use in home-defense is the Beretta P92F 9mm pistol. I have several friends and relatives who own one. If you change the finish from shiny to dull, it becomes a U.S. military M9, the official side-arm of U.S. armed forces that replaced the M1911. It’s a “weapon of war.”

H/T Eric Szeman — Wednesday, 23 August 2023 at 3:35 PM MST


FOR FURTHER REFERENCE

  1. Two-Faced Laws Against Guns

NOTES

  1. Approximate reading level — 9.5
  2. Reposted —
    1. Personal blogs and micro-blogs — Arms Directory / Bastyon / Codias / Diaspora* / Facebook / Gab / Gettr / Gorf / Minds / Spreely / Wimkin / X (Twitter) / Xephula
    2. KCUF Media — Facebook
    3. Libertarian Second Amendment Caucus — Facebook page
    4. New Mexico Libertarians — Facebook group / Facebook page / Minds group / Spreely group / Wimkin group / Wimkin page
    5. “No One Wants to Take Your Guns” — Facebook page
    6. Stupor Bowl Sundae Feetball Shoot — Facebook page
    7. The Old Drunken Old Irrvelivents — Facebook page
    8. The Weekly SeditionFacebook
    9. Vote Dumpster Fire — Facebook page
    10. Vote the Air — Facebook page
    11. Wood Chipper — Facebook page
    12. LPUSA / FLPNMFLPBCNM Blog / FLPBCNM Official Facebook page

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My Favourite Meals Tend to Stretch Apart

H/T Mike Rizzo — Sunday, 13 August 2023 at 10:13 PM MST


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Attention: School board candidates

H/T Jeffrey Jarvis — Thursday, 10 August 2023 at 11:41 PM MST

Remember that the teachers’ unions are perfectly happy to certify your kids as proficient and knowledgeable, regardless of whether or not your kids can actually read, write coherently, speak proper English, or do any form of mathematics beyond counting on their fingers.[1]


FOR FURTHER REFERENCE

  1. The Weekly SeditionThanks, APS, For These Results (Thursday, 21 February 2008)

NOTES

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    1. Personal blogs and micro-blogs — DreamHost / Facebook / Gab / Minds / Spreely / Truth Social / X (Twitter) / VK / Wimkin / Xephula
    2. Absurdist Discordian Party of New Mexico — Facebook page
    3. Albuquerque Liberty Forum — Facebook page
    4. Discordian Absurdist Party of New Mexico — Facebook page
    5. Egg McMuffin for President — Facebook page
    6. KCUF Media — Facebook
    7. New Mexico Dissent and Expose — Facebook pagebr />
    8. New Mexico Libertarians — Facebook group / Facebook page / Minds group / Spreely group / Wimkin group / Wimkin page
    9. Resist Marxism New Mexico — Facebook page
    10. The Old Drunken Old Irrvelivents — Facebook page
    11. The Weekly SeditionFacebook
    12. Vote Dumpster Fire — Facebook page
    13. Vote the Air — Facebook page
    14. Vote the Air NM — Facebook page
    15. Wood Chipper — Facebook page
    16. LPUSA / FLPNMFLPBCNM Blog / FLPBCNM Official Facebook page

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Overkill, Exhorder, Heathen and SunLord at the Sunshine Theater on Sunday, 16 July 2023


Picture from the Overkill Facebook page — Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 8:00 AM MST

H/T the Sunshine Theater Facebook page — Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 8:29 AM MST

Overkill, Exhorder, Heathen, and SunLord at the
Sunshine Theater [120 Central SW, Albuquerque, New Mexico],
Sunday, 16 July 2023 at 7:00 PM

5:30 PM — I arrived at the Sunshine Theater. The entry line was just getting started (the end was right by the front doors of Bar Uno [108 2nd St SW, Albuquerque, New Mexico].

6:30 PM — Official time for the doors to open (see my ticket above).

6:55 PM — The doors actually open.

First up was Sunlord, from New York City [Facebook, YouTube] —

7:40 – 8:15 PM — Set by Heathen, finished by their classic songs “Goblin’s Blade” and “Hypnotized.”

 

8:30 PM – 9:10 PM — Set by Exhorder.

 
 

9:40 PM – 11:00 PM — Set by Overkill.

Overkill’s set list (I may have missed one or two) —

  1. Scorched
  2. Electric Rattlesnake
  3. Hello from the Gutter
  4. Powersurge
  5. Wicked Place
  6. Coma
  7. Horrorscope
  8. Long Time Dyin’
  9. The Surgeon
  10. Ironbound
  11. Elimination
  12. Overkill (from Feel the Fire)
  13. Rotten to the Core
  14. Fuck You

 
 

This concert was my fifth time seeing Overkill in Albuquerque, and my fourth time seeing them at the Sunshine, and each time, they only get better.


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