Good Idea

I have no idea who this is, but he's got the right idea!

More guns = more safety

The following article is copied from thegunsource.com, an online gun dealer in Green Bay, WI.

GREEN BAY – A regrettable tie to two mass murders on college campuses is spurring a firearms dealer to forgo profit for the sake of preventing future loss of life.

Eric Thompson’s company, TGSCOM Inc., sold Virginia Tech shooter Cho Seung-Hui a Walther P22 through the Web site www.thegunsource.com. Steven Kazmierczak, who killed five people at Northern Illinois University (NIU) on February 14th, received two 9mm Glock magazines and a holster he ordered from the TGSCOM Inc. Web site www.topglock.com.

Ever since the NIU shootings, Thompson has been using his unfortunate coincidence to press for changes that will make it easier for law-abiding citizens to carry a gun to protect themselves, the people they love and their neighbors.

Today, Thompson is backing up his words with actions. For the next two weeks, Thompson will not take any profit on firearms sales from any of his over 100 Web sites. Instead, Thompson will offer guns to customers for the same cost he pays for them.

“I hope and pray I will never again be in a position where I am asked questions about selling items used in a crime,” said Thompson. “The next news story I want to be involved in is how I sold a firearm to someone who helped stop a mass murderer. By forgoing a profit, I hope to help give law-abiding citizens the tools to prevent tragedy.”

By logging onto www.gunsatcost.com, law-abiding citizens will have the chance to purchase a firearm to protect themselves and their loved ones. Customers will have over 5,400 different kinds of firearms from which to choose.

Since learning of the unfortunate and random twist of events that made Thompson’s company a part of both the NIU and Virginia Tech shootings, Thompson has said he has “a special responsibility to work to prevent future tragedies.”

Thompson has since launched a Web site, www.gundebate.com, to help spur a dialogue in search of solutions to stop future mass shootings and also to act as a clearing house for public safety ideas.

Thompson also announced that he plans to visit Blacksburg, Virginia on Thursday, April 24 to speak at a Virginia Tech Students for Concealed Carry on Campus event. Thompson will use the speech to highlight his support for giving law-abiding citizens the right to protect themselves from criminals.

Thompson recently partnered with Students for Concealed Carry on Campus to provide hundreds of holsters donated by his customers and gun manufacturers to nearly 30 colleges and universities for students to participate in the second-annual “empty-holster protest.” The purpose of the protest is to object to state laws and university policies that forbid law-abiding citizens from carrying concealed weapons on campuses.


I heard this article on NPR this morning and was completely shocked at the logic. Both of the killers purchased the guns as "law abiding citizens." I guess, I mean, if you're in the market for a gun, and agree with this man's politics and rationale...well...there's no better time to protect yourself.

Spring

I think Spring is finally here, nice temps, rain off and on. It's not too bad. Megs and I have been getting some work done. We purchased all our seeds for the garden. It's going to be huge. We still need to get a couple of starter plants - Tomatos and maybe something else...I can't remember what. Here's what we've got: Peas, beans, carrots, green onion, broccholi, garlic chives, zucchini, bell peppers, anaheim peppers, raddish, iceberg head lettuce, royal red lettuce, corn catnip, dill, cilantro, basil, rosemary, oregano, and garlic.


We also put some time in pruning our grapevine, it was pretty out of control, and the fence needs some work.

Tough one

I'm stuck in a tough spot. Helping my friends at the H8TR and having a lot of fun, or doing what's best for our business and financial well-being. I've been making these decisions for quite some time now, since July or so. Putting everything else in front of what I want. I thought this race was my chance to have guilt-free fun...it's turned out that is not the case.

Everybody hurts

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oh, that kinda hurts

I've been squeezing in miles whenever I can - ZERO of them have included saddle time. I'm hoping that foot fitness - walking and running - will transfer (at least a little) to cycling fitness in time for the H8TR. I'm a little stiff today, I put on 6 miles hiking/walking (3 in the morning, 3 in the evening with the dogs) both of hikes I lugged my 60lbs camping pack along. I also ran 3 miles during my lunch. My legs are unhappy today, it's a nice burn, though. This morning I put on another 3 miles with the pack and the dogs. I skipped the lunch run in favor of making today an "easy" day.

So yeah, I think everything is going to work out pretty good.

Weight report: I've lost 2# (probably dehydration) so I'm under 190# now. I'd like to get under 180# for H8TR and be down to 170# or less for 24-9. I'm still up in the air for what I'll be signing up for, I'm leaning towards a 12hr solo. If I can walk/run 9 miles a day, what's 12hrs on a bike? I can coast on a bike.

No means NO!!

I said GO AWAY, IT IS TIME FOR SPRING, BIRDS ARE HERE, RIVERS ARE FLOODED AND THE TULIPS ARE STARTING TO COME UP. GO AWAY!!!

Thursday
Colder. Periods of snow. Snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches. Highs in the mid 30s. Northeast winds 5 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of snow 80 percent.

Forcast from the always reliable Weather Underground

Officially, the Madison area has recieved 100.4 inches of snow this season. Looks like a little more won't hurt too bad. I wasn't really interested in starting my garden until July anyways.

not spring yet

Yesterday was the second day of spring, 12 inches of snow fell in roughly 14 hours time.

The new VW rabbit did pretty well considering those fancy boy wheels and low profile tires.
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That ol' familiar ache

I've not had time to ride, between stupid drives to work and walking dogs, my bikes are getting dusty. The H8TR100 is coming up, lots of the folks have been stacking on miles, not me. I best hope is to keep that bastard attorney in my sights. Anyway, I've been lugging a 60lbs pack with me on the dog hikes. Today we went a bit longer - about 3 miles. My legs hurt, and I'm sure they'll be a lot worse for the H8TR bloodbath.

Stone Cold Killer

Well...sort of. As I've mentioned before, our dog Lucy has killed a few little varmits...and a couple of Raccoons, too. Returning home after our walk the other day, Lucy and the 3 other dogs took off, barking and charging. It turns out that there was a possum eating our trash, the dogs were circling it, barking and growling and taking turns lunging at it. The possum was playing dead. I rounded up the dogs and got them inside, I went back outside to see that damn possum back at it - eating our trash!!! I tried to shoo it away, but it wasn't having any of that. So I went back in and told Megs, "honey, there's a possum out there eating our trash, so watch out." She said, "you have a gun, kill it." I figured, she's right, so loaded up the old .22 and marched out there, that little bastard was still eating away, I tried once again to shoo it away, then shot it. I cleaned up the trash bag he got into, put him in with his trash and took him in to the dump.

Real gangsta-ass niggas don't talk much
All ya hear is the black from the gun blast