The Glock 19: Perfect for the Arizona shooting

""I don't think anyone was surprised it was a Glock 19," says Scott Patrick, owner of Shoot Straight gun shop in Tampa. "That's our most popular gun. We sell about 30 a month.""(Read more here)


Here's another interesting tidbit about this weapon...


"The New York Police Department and Israel's Shabek are two notable forces that use a modified Glock 19 as its standard issue service pistol. The NYPD has 12 point NYD connectors in its pistols; and the Shabek, uses the Glock 19C which features an extended slide stop, meprolight night sights, an extened magazine release and a 3.5 pound trigger." read more here


Despite the howls from the gun-grabbers - it seems that the Glock 19 is a weapon worthy of your tax dollars - that is - when it comes to arming the enablers of tyranny.  If you are an American citizen you'd better get'em while they're hot.  


But what else is "interesting" when it comes to the Arizona shooting?  After all - isn't it something that there is no video of anything?  I mean damn - with all the cell phone video cameras etc... there is a dearth of expected footage.  But - maybe folks in Arizona don't carry video equipment.


When the shooting happened we were told the shot to the Representative's head came from the back then they changed their tune to say that the shot came from the front - or maybe it was the other way round?  Whatever.  We must expect incompetence when it comes to medical care in the United States.  And we should give a little latitude to the docs since the whole situation was a mess and they were probably busting ass trying to save lives.  But for me - I haven't seen any evidence of anything.  Nothing.
It is all hearsay - TV talk - but I haven't seen anything but the usual shills using this event to eliminate the Bill of Rights from Americans.  Pretty sad.  


Wait - that's an interesting thought - what if this shooting was planned?  I'm not saying it was or wasn't - but look who benefits from this tragedy.  Those intent on re-upping the NAZI PATRIOT ACT need an emergency to serve as smokescreen in the media while scaring the soccer moms into sending their kids into yet another war for oil, drugs, or other natural resources:


"Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) has introduced a little-noticed bill that intends to once again renew controversial provisions of the Bush administration's USA Patriot Act that are due to expire this year.

When the act was first signed into law, Congress put in some "sunset" provisions to quiet the concerns of civil libertarians, but they were ignored by successive extensions. Unfortunately, those concerns proved to be well founded, and a 2008 Justice Department report confirmed that the FBI regularly abused their ability to obtain personal records of Americans without a warrant."  read more here - (it should be mentioned that Mikey Rogers is a former FBI agent)

   Let's be honest with ourselves - the US public is sick of this police state and they want their "representatives" to stop the madness.  Although the cowardly congress would prefer to ignore the ever-awakening public - they are realizing that they will be unemployed soon if they don't start to do what they were hired to do - represent WE THE PEOPLE.  


But the puppetmasters that bankroll our representatives-in-name-only - know that they must do something to ensure that the representatives remain more scared than the US propagandized-public.   And when it comes to herding the Congress of the United States like the sheep they are- what better to get said sheep to run like "Chicken Little" and pass anything in a paroxysm of fear than for a "lone gunman" to shoot a Congressperson?  Mighty convenient huh?  And what a weapon to do it with - that is - if you had a coupla' shooters there to make sure the body count and intended victims dropped as necessary:


"*** Glock 19 ***

Glock 19 Specifications Caliber 9mm (9x19mm) Magazine Capacity 15 rounds Overall Length 6.85" 174 mm Height (Including Mag) 5.00" 127 mm Width 1.18" 30 mm Length Between Sights 6.02" 153 mm Barrel Length 4.02" 102 mm Barrel Rifling Right, Hexagonal Length of Twist 9.84" 250 mm Weight (Without Mag) 20.99 oz 595 g Empty Mag Weight 2.46 oz 70 g Full Mag Weight ~8.99 oz ~255 g Trigger Pull ~5.5 lbs ~2.5 kg Trigger Travel 0.5" 12.5 mm Action Glock Safe Action Number of Safeties 3

The Glock 19 takes the opposite direction of the longslide G17L: compactness. The G19 is essentially a reduced version of the G17. It's a half inch shorter, a half inch longer and hold 15 rounds instead of 17.  read more here





It seems that the Glock 19 has a special feature making it difficult to trace the origins of the bullets.  I didn't say impossible - but....:

"Polygonal rifling prohibits the examiner from measuring the width of land and groove impressions because the lands and grooves have a rounded profile instead of a well-defined rectangular profile.

Polygonal rifling is most frequently observed in firearms marketed by Glock and Heckler & Koch. In the FBI GRC file, the land and groove widths for these firearms are listed as 0.000." Read more here

Stay tuned for more gun-grabbing legislation in violation of your Second Amendment RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS - stay tuned for legislation to limit your FIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOM OF SPEECH.  Stay tuned for more people to be shot with Glocks when somebody needs a bloodbath to ram their favorite pre-written legislation through the panicked pusillanimous Congress - as they run like cowards for cover from the public they are supposed to represent.

Just some thoughts - but as always:  make up your own mind as to whether or not it is possible that motive exists for those intent on taking away your first and second amendment rights are ruthless enough to actually kill someone.  Although I don't like giving advice (Advice:  fools don't heed it, wise men don't need it)  I would ask you to consider that ruthless people may not share your values.

Bullsh#t: Armed bystander almost shot hero that disarmed AZ shooter?

"I saw another individual holding the firearm. I kind of assumed he was the shooter. So I grabbed his wrist and you know told him to drop it and forced him to drop the gun on the ground. When he did that, everybody says, no, no, it's this guy."
read more here
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Note:  Almost shot?  Isn't that the same as didn't shoot?  Nothing happened.  This story is typical anti-second amendment crap for public consumption.  Nothing happened.  But look at the way the title of this article is written to make it look like somehow somebody did something wrong.  Complete BS.

Judge John Roll, Tucson shooting victim, mourned

"Kicanas, 69, a leading voice in U.S. Catholicism, called Roll's widow, Maureen, from Jerusalem. He assured her, he said: "John went to the Lord.""
Read more here

Who Incited Jared Loughner to commit murder? On Properly Placing Blame

"Example has more followers than reason.

- Christian Bovee

Example moves the world more than doctrine.

- Henry Miller

Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.

- Edmund Burke

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing."

- Albert Schweitzer*
**pic of Michelle from here

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Shills on the shooting...

The bombshell Tucson, Arizona shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, U.S. District Court Judge John Roll and others this past Saturday leaves Americans choking in a cloud of divisive fallout from the left and right political wings as each "side" of the phony political side-show manipulates the available data to best make their opposition look bad since neither side has done a damn thing of tangible value for the American public.


The Blame Game


Republicans and Democrats alike have had their chance wielding the once-mighty power of the United States.  They both talk a good game, but the proof being in the pudding, both have contributed to the decline of our once-great Republic - which they continue to pretend is a "democracy."  They somehow hope that by repeating this lynch-mobbish term often enough - we are going to forget about the Republic for which our Flag is supposed to stand.


Republicans and Democrats alike blame the other side for causing the shooting in Tucson by somehow inciting a 22-year-old young man to violence.  Although each side claims to have a better case - let's at least  examine a few of their arguments for fun, since that is all it is, a fun-house of irrelevant distortions to keep Americans divided - rather than using this event as an opportunity for self-examination.  An opportunity to put the rhetoric away, agree on a common set of goals, and actually get something done for the people of America.  


The Democrats came out calling Jared Loughner a "right-winger" citing various violence-inciting statements made by members of the Republican media machine, also known as radio personalities, Sarah Palin etc... . The "progressos" ...er progressives... opened up their usual canned slurry claiming that the right wing rhetoric is too inflammatory for the virgin ears of the public.  Some bitched that the magazine in the gun held a lot of bullets which is also to blame for the many deaths and injuries.  


The Republicans, also distancing themselves from the shooter, called Loughner a "left-winger" since he listed the "Communist Manifesto" and "Mein Kampf" as favorite reads.  


All present politically-motivated arguments designed to harness as much propaganda gain from this tragedy as possible.  While both sides pretend to disagree on just about everything in words - their actions belie agreement with the words of Rahm Emmanuel:



Who is Really to Blame?


Since the propagandists feel that it is important to place blame - I'll follow their logic.  So let's think about who we can blame?  Who is setting the tone?  Who is setting the example - the gold standard the younger generation can strive to emulate?  

From (CLICK HERE) this link we read:

"On TV and in the movies black men are usually portrayed as dangerous men who should be feared. We are all familiar with the media stereotype of the African American man as a pimp, thief or gangsta. Barack Obama has smashed these pernicious stereotypes; we were amazed an encouraged by the grace and calm that he displayed during the presidential campaign, and we are convinced that he will display these same traits as President of the United States. 

I hope that all children, but especially black kids, will consider Obama a worthy role model. Too many black kids see sports and the entertainment business as the only way out of the inner city. But Obama has proved that a black person can achieve success in any arena, and that there is no ceiling that a person of color can`t shatter."

So the president of the United States is a role model for our youth.  He really does set the tone for our nation - and the schools tell the kids to look up to him.  Let's see what kind of example our president and congress and judicial system have settled upon as the status quo today in the United States.

The (CLICK) scene above is just one example of the results of the actions of our commander-in-chief.  Check the article out.  Not to minimize the deaths of those killed by the shooter, but what about these people?  President Obama has presided over much military activity, continuing the wars based on lies based on torture started by his simian predecessor.  Perhaps the 22-year-old Jared Loughner took such almost-daily acts by his leaders and role models as examples to follow?  

Do you recognize the human being in the (CLICK to read) picture above?  If the outfit triggers a fight-or-flight " media-implanted Pavlovian terror-response within your nervous system I may be wasting my time telling you that he is an American citizen targeted for extrajudicial murder by President Barack Obama.  Here is a snippet from the excellent article written by Greenwald on this fine example set by our role-model Prez:

" ...The Washington Post's Dana Priest had noted deep in a long article that Obama had continued Bush's policy (which Bush never actually implemented) of having the Joint Chiefs of Staff compile "hit lists" of Americans, and Priest suggested that the American-born Islamic cleric Anwar al-Awlaki was on that list.  The following week, Obama's Director of National Intelligence, Adm. Dennis Blair, acknowledged in Congressional testimony that the administration reserves the "right" to carry out such assassinations.

Today, both The New York Times and The Washington Post confirm that the Obama White House has now expressly authorized the CIA to kill al-Alwaki no matter where he is found, no matter his distance from a battlefield.  I wrote at length about the extreme dangers and lawlessness of allowing the Executive Branch the power to murder U.S. citizens far away from a battlefield (i.e., while they're sleeping, at home, with their children, etc.) and with no due process of any kind.  I won't repeat those arguments -- they're hereand here -- but I do want to highlight how unbelievably Orwellian and tyrannical this is in light of these new articles today.

Just consider how the NYT reports on Obama's assassination order and how it is justified..."

So who really is to blame for the actions of citizens when they turn to violence?  Perhaps we should go right to the top of the organizational chart.  Harry Truman had a sign on his desk when he was President of the United States that said:  "The Buck Stops Here."  I interpret this to mean that he not only understood, but made a placard to ensure that in no uncertain terms:  He, the president, is ultimately responsible for the actions of our ship called the United States of America.

Our government, including the Congress of which one of the shooting victims was a member, have collectively agreed that the normal state of existence of the United States of America, is that pre-emptive strikes are OK, murder without trial is OK, torture is OK - and all will go unpunished - that is - unless these sick, unlawful standards are directed right back at the very government at the vanguard of the campaign to justify these exact actions when they find murder, torture, and other violations of the law of the land, or natural law convenient.

Remember - when you point a finger of blame at someone - you have three fingers pointing right back at you.

Until the USA starts ACTING in concert with the values inherent in the good people that compose this country - we will continue to see both random acts and false-flag attacks - all with common or disparate causes.  We must all realize that these acts are the risks taken by free and independent citizens of a republic.  This is the price you and I pay to be free.  

I'd rather take my chances with the "terrorists" than hope for some fantasy change that promises to make me safe.  If safety is number one - don't get out of bed.  Otherwise take the risks required of the free citizen and exercise those rights.

Let's hope our government will be careful what they wish for when they set examples, because they may get what they wish for.  Maybe the Tucson shooting will provide the mirror they need.


Maybe we can all learn a lesson from the father of one of the victims involved in the shooting:

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*Quotes borrowed from HERE

Exclusive: Loughner Friend Explains Alleged Gunman's Grudge Against Giffords

"But in this world, Loughner seemed ticked off by what he believed to be a pervasive authoritarianism. "The government is implying mind control and brainwash on the people by controlling grammar," he wrote in one YouTube video. In another, Loughner complains that when he tried to join the military, he was handed a "mini-Bible." That upset him: "I didn't write a belief on my Army application and the recruiter wrote on the application: None," he wrote on YouTube. In messages on MySpace last month, Loughner declared, "I'll see you on National T.v.! This is foreshadow." He also noted on the website, "I don't feel good: I'm ready to kill a police officer! I can say it.""
Read more HERE
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Note:  The "progressive" media is going to town with this one trying to make political points - just like they used the 911 firefighters bill to make a stink about why the Republicans suck more than they do.


This shooting is strange indeed.  But this is the risk free and brave citizens of a republic endure as the price to be paid for their liberty.

Father of 9-year-old Tucson shooting victim sets the standard for Americans

The next time you hear someone telling you to "be afraid - be very afraid" - or that "we have to kill them over there before they kill us over here" - think about the inspiring words of this man.

Too bad our own imperial jingo-government cannot fathom the simple concept that, in the end, guns don't solve problems.  They do act as a deterrent to an over-zealous police-government.  But the problem-solving occurs when everybody eventually sits down to sort things own and come to agreement.  Agreement that our rights cannot be taken away and cannot be given away.