Five years ago when I started this blog I found myself writing about light-hearted, feel-good outdoor topics most of the time. Of course, it was different times back then…the Clinton assault weapons b…
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Indulge me while I get one last political rant off my chest…well, at least for now. This rant has been percolating in my mind now for nearly a month.
During the past month I have received numerous…
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Okay, it’s time to rant. I’m growing fed up with high school students being suspended by their schools because they committed the indiscretion of violating the zero tolerance for weapons policy. Yea,…
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Back in June I attended a conference on lead fragments in meat and watched as various state government departments wrestled with how to handle the potential health risks of a public consuming lead con…
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These days you hear a lot of people grousing about the high cost of fuel and home heating oil. Not to mention what it costs to simply put food on the family table. It sucks! It really sucks how our wa…
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A friend of mine passed this little gem along to me recently. I must say I found the message quite interesting, to say the least. As a concealed carry citizen myself it pretty much sums up my feelings…
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I’m taking a firearms safety class. That’s right…taking the class along with me is 7 young ladies and about 20 young men ranging in age from 11, 12 and 13–years old up to the ripe old age of 45 (yup,…
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Wow! What a day! If you’re a gun owner in the U.S. today was perhaps the most historic day pertaining to your gun-owning rights you will ever witness in your lifetime. Heck, for that matter, it could…
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The 30th Annual SHOT Show is one for the history books and in many ways the event is a good predictor of things to come. Just as Punxsutawney Phil was predicting six more weeks of winter from some Pen…
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Don’t you absolutely hate it when someone chooses to speak on your behalf and their message is…well, to state it nicely…a bunch of crap. Seriously, when this person or group spouts off claiming they have your best interests in mind only to later learn they have an underlying (and selfish) reason to be your mouthpiece that [...]
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