So my brother. We are from the same parents, same household, same value set.......but were night and day in our early adult lives.  My brother choose the path of the hipster, the liberal, the pacifist.  He went to work in the movie industry.

I choose a different path. I've always been a conservative-hardcore conservative at times. I went to work in a different industry......one where I cut my hair really short, played with face paint, and used violence as a way of life (an old wise Col taught me as a young cadet that "he who controls the violence the best wins the battle")


Well, one thing we definately shared is some God-given common sense and intelligence.  He just contacted me about getting an EBR.  He's not a "sportsman".  He doesn't want to "target shoot".  He doesn't "hunt".  He wants one for it's original intended purpose.  

He's obviously has done some soul searching over this as owning a firearm is almost anathama to his personality.  He visited over the holidays and during a conversation let it slip that he has started a small stock of "emergency food supply". My face was .  But inside I was like .  With this last conversation about the EBR I felt like this.  But also realized that if someone like him can come to the conclusion about the need to own one then we should all feel a little .

TImes have changed.  

Anyway, I had a few last firearms that I was selling off as recent financial situations dictated that necessity. However, I've decided that I'd rather make sure he gets what he needs instead of selling it off in this market.  I don't want him to have to drop 2-3K to try and get one.


oh, and for those that didn't get the reference: MENE MENE TEKEL UPHARSIN...................that was the "handwriting on the wall".  The handwriting is on the wall.  The question is: Can you read it?

Just got the last parts together to send him an AR.  Going to take him shooting as well.  


I was impressed that he voiced his desire to not only own the AR, but was adament that he wanted to learn to use it properly (and I don't mean just hitting pretty circles from 50 yards).


Score one for us.

Good for you.  Getting another in the fold never hurts.

You need to express the concept that the gun is not the weapon, it is the man who wields it. Tools are useless without the skill and resolve to use them.

That writing has been on the wall for a while now, but it didn't really slap me in the face until about three weeks ago when I was looking at that DebtClock.org (Or whatever it is) at work with some of my Airmen and saw some interesting stuff.

Most interesting was a tiny little window on the far right. The one that says "U.S. Population" and right below it was one that said "U.S. Income Taxpayers."

Only a third of the country is pulling the wagon. The rest are leeching.

We're circling the drain.

Yeah, the writing has been there for a while.......just few have been able to read it.