Sunday, January 27, 2013

Personal Defense Weapon

Well, look what we have here. Here is a government definition of Personal Defense Weapon. I have highlighted some things I find interesting and have added my comments in highlighted and underlined text.

https://www.fbo.gov/utils/view?id=09c3d5e933bc24416b752b57294a17b3

The scope of this contract is to provide a total of up to 7,000 5.56x45mm North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO) personal defense weapons (PDW) throughout the life of this contract to numerous Department ofHomeland Security components. Wow, 7,000 PDW for what purposes?

Here are a few of the key elements of a PWD as defined by our own government.

The firearm shall be able to be operated by a left or right-handed user without permanentmodification.

The action shall be select-fire (capable of semi-automatic and automatic fire). Hmm, but we cannot have automatic fire for defense?

The action shall fire from a closed bolt.
The action shall be gas operated.

The action shall have a bolt catch that automatically locks the bolt to the rear upon firing thelast round in the magazine. The operator shall be able to manually use the bolt catch to lockthe bolt to the rear with the magazine removed from the firearm. When the bolt catch isdepressed the bolt shall return to battery position.

The magazine catch shall securely retain the magazine in the magazine well. The magazinerelease shall be spring loaded and be designed to prevent inadvertent activation. The magazinerelease, when depressed, shall disengage the magazine catch and permit the magazine to fallfree from the magazine well.

The action shall possess a firing pin designed to prevent accidental discharges if the firearm isdropped.

The firearm shall be designed in such a way that the operator can clear a malfunction usingimmediate action without the use of special tools.

The firearm shall be able to be safely operated by a shooter wearing gloves.

The action shall be capable of accepting all standard NATO STANAG 20 and 30 round M16magazines (NSN 1005-00-921-5004) and Magpul 30 round PMAG (NSN 1005-01-576-5159). Well, seems that they need greater than ten round magazines for defensive purposes, but we aren't allowed that privilege. The magazine well shall be designed to allow easy insertion of a magazine.

The receiver top shall be equipped with an integral MIL-STD-1913 Picatinny rail for mountingsights and other accessories. But, we cannot attach any accessories to our defense weapon.

The firearm shall be capable of being field stripped without the use of special tools.

3.9.13 The firearm shall be designed so that components cannot be readily assembled incorrectly or inreverse, thus rendering the firearm inoperable.

  1. 3.10 Fire Control Selector.

    1. 3.10.1 The fire control selector shall have three positions; safe, semi-automatic, and automatic. Theselector shall have positions which are clearly labeled for the mode of fire.

    2. 3.10.2 The selector shall operate manually without binding from one position to another when thehammer is cocked.

    3. 3.10.3 The selector shall remain in place in each position under spring detent.

    4. 3.10.4 The selector shall be capable of being checked for position both visually and by feel.

    5. 3.10.5 The selector shall be movable between the mode of fire positions by the operator withoutmoving the firing hand from the shooting position.

    6. 3.10.6 The selector shall be designed to allow for operation by left and right handed shooters with noparts changes or modification.

  2. 3.11 Trigger

    1. 3.11.1 The trigger shall return to its normal forward position under spring action after partial orcomplete trigger pull.

    2. 3.11.2 The trigger pull shall not be less than 5.5 pounds and not exceed 9.5 pounds.

  3. 3.12 Overall Length.

    1. 3.12.1 The overall length of the firearm shall not exceed 30 inches with the stock fully extended.

    2. 3.12.2 The overall length of the firearm shall not exceed 20 inches with the stock fully retractedand/or folded. What, a collapsible and/or folding stock for a defensive rifle?

  4. 3.13 Weight. The unloaded weight of the firearm (without magazine) shall not exceed 7 pounds.

  5. 3.14 Barrel.

    1. 3.14.1 The barrel shall have a rifling twist rate of 1 in 7 inches.

    2. 3.14.2 The barrel bore and chamber shall have a corrosion resistant and wear resistant coating ortreatment that is equal to or better than chrome plating.

    3. 3.14.3 The barrel shall be equipped with a flash suppressor and/or muzzle brake. But, does a personal defensive weapon really need a flash suppressor? The muzzle devicewill be rated on its ability to reduce muzzle signature. It is desired that the muzzle deviseeffectively reduces muzzle rise during firing.

    4. 3.14.4 A minimum barrel length is not specified. It is desired that the barrel length be as long aspossible while maintaining the overall length requirements of Section 3.12.

  6. 3.15 Caliber. The firearm shall be chambered for 5.56x45mm NATO.

  7. 3.16 Pistol Grip.

    3.16.1 The pistol grip shall be a fixed, vertical pistol grip constructed of a durable material.3.16.2 The pistol grip shall be designed for use by right or left handed shooters. Okay, now we've gone too far. It also has that evil people killing pistol grip!

    3.17 Buttstock.

    1. 3.17.1 The buttstock shall be easily adjustable for length of pull.

    2. 3.17.2 The buttstock shall be either collapsible or folding. Collapsible or folding. Seems like I see a trend here.

    3. 3.17.3 The firearm shall be fully operational with the buttstock either fully extended and/orcollapsed/folded.

    4. 3.17.4 The buttstock, if a folding design, shall not readily move from the folded position.

    5. 3.17.5 The buttstock, whether collapsible or folding design, shall be able to be deployed using thenon-firing hand without removing the firing hand from the pistol grip.

    3.17.5 The butt plate shall either be serrated, checkered, or be manufactured from a non-slip material.

    1. 3.18 Forend.

      1. 3.18.1 The front forend shall incorporate MIL-STD 1913 Picatinny rails on the top, bottom, and bothsides to accommodate the attachment of optics or accessories. A top rail and forend rail system. This is needed for a defensive weapon? What are they going to attach?

      2. 3.18.2 It is desired that the forend Picatinny rail sections be capable of being removed or added. Ifrail sections are removable, the sections shall be designed/constructed to not readily loosen.

      3. 3.18.3 The forend shall be constructed of durable, heat resistant material.

      4. 3.18.4 A one-piece monolithic forend/upper receiver is acceptable.

    2. 3.19 Sling Attachments.

    3.19.1 The buttstock shall have slots capable of accepting a 1 1⁄4” wide sling and/or have the capabilityto mount a removable sling attachment.

    1. 3.20 Finish.

      1. 3.20.1 The external finish shall be a non-reflective black, dark grey, or dark earth color.

      2. 3.20.2 The firearm exterior and interior shall be protected with a durable corrosion resistant coating ormade from durable corrosion resistant material.

      3. 3.20.3 The coating and materials shall be abrasive, impact, and chemical resistant equal to or greaterthan phosphated steel or anodized aluminum.

      4. 3.20.4 The interior and exterior surfaces shall be free of rough surfaces, voids, cracks or othermanufacturing defects.

    2. 3.21 Magazine.
      3.21.1 Magazines shall be compatible with standard NATO STANAG M16 design.3.21.2 The magazine shall have a capacity to hold thirty (30) 5.56x45mm NATO rounds.3.21.3 Two (2) magazines shall be supplied with each firearm shipped under contract. Why cannot I have 20 or 30 rounds for my defense?

      3.22 Sights.

      3.22.1 Front Sight Assembly.

      The front sight shall have a black or dark gray non-reflective finish. The front sight shall becapable of being removed and/or be a fold down design. The front sight post shall beprotected.

      3.22.2 Backup Rear Sight Assembly.

      The rear sight shall have a black or dark gray non-reflective finish. The rear sight shall have atleast one aperture of no less than 0.20 inches diameter. The rear sight shall be capable of beingremoved and/or be a fold down design. The rear sight shall be mounted at the rear of thereceiver. The rear sight shall not interfere with the mounting of optics. The rear sight shall beadjustable for windage and from at least 100 to 300 yards/meters elevation. But what are these 7,000 rifles going to be shooting at from 300 yards?


      This would be a similar weapon that is listed in the contract above.



      Well, there you have it. In our governments own words they have given us the definition of a personal defense weapon (PWD). It is good enough for their defense, but we are not allowed to have these for our defense. My question still stands....why does DHS need 7,000 of these rifles AND the 1+ billion rounds of ammo they have put out for contract? What are they expecting?

      Keep your powder dry folks.

 

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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Fiscal Cliff, Spending, CONgress, Ill-Informed Rant for 2012

Okay, it's only a few days to go to the dreaded fiscal cliff. Both parties are maneuvering to win the hearts and minds of their constiuants. Let's break down a few points.

 1. The Republicans are in a no win battle. They are struggling with what side to take. If they support raising taxes on the rich and leave taxes alone for the "98%" then they will likely lose many dollars in their re-election campaigns. Think about it...they get big bucks from the 2% not only in cash, but in bundling and kick backs. If they leave things alone and let the car drive off the cliff, well they lose votes. That's right, many people that are in the 98% will switch over to voting for someone who promises "not to raise taxes" instead of the clown that raised taxes while in office. They are struggling with what to do. No good answer for them especially if they come up for re-election in two years.
 2. The Democrats cannot lose. If the car does go over the cliff they point to the Republicans as the ones who made your take home pay less.  If the Repubs cave and allow the tax rebates expire for the 2% but keep the rebates for the 98% then they look weak and siding with the Democrats...and hence lose votes and money. Dems win either way.What is the real problem? Spending! Bingo, that's the WHOLE problem and no one, Repubs or the Dems want to face this issue. Why doesn't Boehner come out and say "we don't need to cut taxes or change the tax laws, what we need to do is have a balanced budget and only spend what we take in. In fact Mr. President, why haven't you had a balanced budget since you have been in office? Mr. Reid, why hasn't the Senate required the President to have a balanced budget or heck even a budget that the Senate can approve like is required by law?" No, we don't hear anything come out of his mouth. In fact, we don't hear anything like that come out of any politicians mouth. Where are our elected officials that took an oath to uphold the laws of this great nation?

People, I will tell you that this soap opera will continue right down to the 11th hour and then a deal will be made. A day after the "deal" we will see officials from both parties on the tube touting what "they" did, despite the opposing party, to help the people and "save America" from plummeting off the cliff. What saddens me is that NO MSM reporter will nail either party with the spending issue. They let this slide right on by and allow the politicians to dodge the real issue, spending.

We will hear that if nothing was done, then we would be laying off policemen, firemen, teachers and garbage will be piling up in the streets. The government will have to lay off employees in all departments and the Social Security checks and EBT cards will be stopped. Medicare and Medicaid will have funding reduced or stopped. Bravo Serria  on this.

Look at a few more points.
1. We now have Obama phones for people unemployed. Why you ask? Well they need to have a way for all the potential employers to contact them. If they don't have enough minutes, then they can purchase more. What! These people are out of work, have a free phone and can buy more time? Shouldn't they be spending that money on food, or utilities?

2. Food, well they get EBT cards. And now the amount of people receiving "food stamps" is 1 EBT holder for every 6.5 people employed.

3. Well if you are looking for a job, you need a computer. Yep, you guessed it. There is a government program to assist with a purchase of a computer.

4. A computer is no good without Internet. Yep, if you qualify, you can get free or reduced Internet services. All in the name of seeking jobs.

5. That computer doesn't run on solar power, (yet), so we need to allow them to have help paying the electrical bills, all in the name of getting a job.

6. The computer will get destroyed living in the woods, so we better help them with housing...enter Section 8 housing.

7. And how will they get to work when they get a job? Well I'm sure they will have a government program to assist with that soon, if it's not already in place now.

Spending is out of control and will get worse. We have 51% of our voting people that are ill-informed. They are also the majority of the people that are receiving handouts from the government. We are not going to get our budget under control until the CONgress gets their $hit together and stop pissing in the wind. The $2 trillion spending cuts that the President was proposing is over ten years. Yep, we would knock off a big $200 billion from the deficit each and every year. The ill-informed will look at that and say, well at least we are doing something. And they are correct, we are still going into debt a trillion dollars each year! 

Let's look at something else while we are talking about the debt. We are at $16 trillion currently and pay about a measly 2% interest rate (and you wonder why Big Ben is keeping the interest rates low?). That means we are paying approximately $320 billion just in interest payments. If the interest were to rise just 3% then we would be paying $800 billion. What, you don't think interest rates will climb? I would say...OPEN YOUR EYES! The borrowing rates for banks is essentially zero, it cannot go lower and can only go up. When, dunno. But I do know it will go up and when it does it won't just climb to 3% it likely will jump and jump big. But let's just leave it at 5% in four years. If we don't get spending under control and continue down the same path we are on now, we will have another $5-6 trillion in debt for a grand total of $21-22 trillion by the end of 2016. At a 5% interest rate that will be $1,000,000,000,000+ per year in interest and that doesn't include the principal payment. So in four years our interest rate jumps from 2% to 5% ( which I think is low) and our interest payment jumps from $320 billion to $1000 billion plus. WE CANNOT KEEP THIS UP! Where are the Statesmen? Where are our Patriots? Can you say III Congress? (look it up)

And QE 3 of $40 billion a month for mortgage securities and now QE 4 of another $45 billion a month forTreasury Bonds? Both programs are for infinety or until unemployment drops below 6.5%. has anyone told the idiots in DC that this has been tried before, enter Japan, and IT DOESN'T WORK! You cannot buy your way out of high unemployment. So now we are spending $85 billion a month (forever)...where are we getting that money? Do the math that's another $1020 billion a year. I guess since there is no written budget we can just add it in. Isn't that how you do it at home with your budget?

So, the President and CONgress want to lower our deficit by $200 billion a year for ten years but we increase our debt by over $1 trillion just with QE3&4 and another trillion just because we keep spending more than we take in. So, we really will be increasing our debt by $2 trillion per year so at the end of Mr. Obama's next four years we will be up to about $26 trillion in debt. Now that changes the interest rate scenario a bit...at a low 5% rate, we will be paying $1300 billion per year in interest! Folks, I believe this is a strong possibility of becoming a reality.  

The requested 2013 budget by the President is $3.8 trillion in expenditures with anticipated revenues of $2.9 trillion. Both those numbers will be adjusted through the year with the expenditures increasing and the revenues decreasing, count on it.

While I'm ranting, elected officials come to mind. Senator Inouye , who just passed away last week, had been in the Senate for 49 years. The MSM is seeing this as a good thing, (the time serving as a Senator not the dying thing). I cannot see that someone serving that long as an elected official in CONgress is a good thing. They get ingrained and bought by special interest groups. These groups donate en mass to these officials. Look at some of our members of CONgress.

John Dingell, (D), 57 years
John Conyers, (D), 47 years
Charles Rangel, (D), 41 years
Bill Young, (R), 41 years
Thad Cochran, (R), 39 years
Pete Stark, (D), 39 years
Don Young, (R), 39 years
Patrick Leahy, (D), 37 years
Max Baucus (D), 37 years
Chuck Grassley (R),37 years
Tom Harkin (D), 37 years
George Miller (D), 37 years
Henry Waxman (D), 37 years
Ed Markey (D), 36 years
Harry Reid (D), 26 years
Nancy Pelosi (D), 25 years
John Boehner (R), 22 years

When was the last time ANYTHING good came from one of these members? Have you heard from these "experienced" memebrs of CONgress on how is the best way to balance the budget? Fix the cliff thing? Fix the economy...oh wait you can do that by just spending what you take in...I had to help them a bit here. Increase the employment for the American people? Help small businesses...as they do employ approximately 70% of the workers.

Here are the term limits I would propose;
President-two 4 year terms and no other Federal office
Vice-President-two 4 year terms and only can serve one 4 year term as President then no other Federal office
Senate-two 4 year terms
House-three 2 year terms
Supreme Court-two 6 year terms

No person could serve more than 12 years at the Federal level.

Well, here is my rant for the end of 2012. Like it, hate it or deny it. Your choice. I know I'm not looking forward the the next four years and it's not just because who was elected in November. It's because of what is coming through the tunnel...and the bright light IS a freight train and it's just shifted into high gear and picking up speed. There are 535 people in DC making decisions for the 300 million living here legally (oh don't get me started on illegal immigration). Why can we not get them to listen to us? Oh, wait...maybe because there is still the 51%...the ill-informed. We are outnumbered. Get ready.
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Gun Control? Really? Not Needed!!

Obama's Hypocrisy Problem On Guns

Well there are many things that can and should be done to help avoid the violence, but gun control is NOT one of them as it would not matter. Read the above link all the way through as it is very insightful and informative.

Read
Resist


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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Expect Recession in 2013

This is being reported by a left-leaning, Obama praising media organization. 

Tangibles
Prepare
Pray



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Monday, November 26, 2012

Debt Ceiling Eliminated

Well, not yet....but it is coming.


Now, if he thinks this will solve the problem he is more of an idiot than I thought. The rest of the world will see that we are fiscally irresponsible (which they are starting to believe) and will sell off any dollars they hold. If that happens the trust in the USD will drop like a rock. You will see runs on banks, but that will be too late. We will head into a hyperinflation where we will be seeing prices changing daily or even every few hours. Look at Zimbabwe, or Wiemar Republic.

Tangibles
Gold
Silver
Food
Ammo
Real Estate
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Thursday, November 15, 2012

This Is Bad

Well, my teenagers say that math sucks. I disagree. Math when done properly tells the truth. I bet that Spend More Ben is thinking that math sucks though as he tries to figure out another way to offset the truth. It cannot be done as the math will always win.

The UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT came out today. The seasonally adjusted initial claims was 439,000, an increase of 78,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 361,000. The 4-week moving average was 383,750, an increase of 11,750 from the previous week's revised average of 372,000.

Now, they claim that it is because of the Superstorm Sandy. I call B.S. on that. Sure it probably accounts for some of the claims, but I would bet that the majority are from the claims that had been "back-logged" from the few weeks before the election.

Watch these reports through the end of the year, if they continue to decline or plateau, watch how the market reacts. 

Hold on!
Prepare
Food
Pay off bills
Silver
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Are You Prepared?

Now, we all presume that Obama has stolen, err, won the election, but are you aware of what is to come?

Also if you don't think there was voter fraud.... it seems that there was 141% voter turnout in St. Lucie County, FL in the Allen West vs. Patrick Murphy contest. Makes you wonder how there was a greater than 100% turnout, huh? And even if there was a 100% turnout, that would still raise suspicion. When was the last time you EVER heard of a 100% voter turnout?

Now take this statement made by Valerie Jarrett...

“After we win this election, it’s our turn.  Payback time.  Everyone not with us is against us and they better be ready because we don’t forget. The ones who helped us will be rewarded, the ones who opposed us will get what they deserve. There is going to be hell to pay.  Congress won’t be a problem for us this time. No election to worry about after this is over and we have two judges ready to go.” 
-WHITE HOUSE SR. ADVISER VALERIE JARRETT DAYS BEFORE THE 2012 ELECTION.



Prepare

Food

Ammo

Weapons

Mindset

Tangibles
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Friday, November 9, 2012

Veteran's Day 2012

Thank you to all that served....


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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

This Is Nothing

Well spoken words from Arctic Patriot.

Read it all, then put on your armor of Faith!
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012

A Noble Manner

Very well written.....


http://tlinexile.blogspot.com/2012/11/a-noble-manner.html

A Noble Manner

A post-election view of America might be very different from the norm. Traditionally, the election settles everything. Even the losers have to accept defeat and work hard to elect someone better next time. This president, however, has not been the President in any real terms, he has been a dictator, using the majorities he had in congress when he had the House and the Executive Order when he no longer controlled both houses.

Obama is the only president I ever heard use the pronoun "I" so many times when describing actions that could only be done by many, many people. "I got Bin Laden" is a favorite one at election time, but there is always the sense that there has been a hidden secret; some deal cut between the Muslims and himself, assuming for a moment that he is not one, which under Islamic culture would suggest that if his father was a Muslim, then he is as well, no matter what church he had to go to in order to become part of the American political scene. The fact that the church he chose was an American-hating Black Evolution church might say something to the compromise he had to make.

Think for a moment though about the October Surprise he might have planned for November 6th. The Black Panthers staged out in front of a polling place was not even prosecuted by the Attorney General, Eric Holder, because as he candidly revealed that it did not arise to the level to which "his people" had been kept from the voting booths for decades following the Civil War and all the way up to the Sixties. They want you to forget that it was largely Democrats that refused those voting rights, not Republicans.

Eric Holder, were he not in place to exonerate, or fail to prosecute the same type of strategy, only on a larger scale, would be the ideal person to have in place as Attorney General for a November Surprise, perhaps one reason that Obama selected him to begin with and has not forced him to resign over the Fast and Furious/Gunwalker scandal.

I am not getting all Conspiracy Theory on you, read on.

Obama has never balked at using union labor to do his leg-breaking in a political sense, even a literal sense, as documented by Breitbart on a number of occasions. He has never thought twice about calling up class envy or race hatred to do his bidding. By race hatred, I mean the other way around, black hatred for whites. He is at his core a community organizer, a person who stirs up civil unrest to intimidate people, he made a career out of it and has perfected it, why would he not use those talents and abilities to retain the White House and cement his Marxist transformation of America?

What he can not do legally and Constitutionally he has done illegally and unconstitutionally and no one has said a word about it, he has just cruised on without a second thought. Why would this close election be any different? His followers are lawless thugs, even the kind old teacher who sports the 2012 bumper sticker and speaks in a very soft, but somehow threatening tone.

I had hoped, after the last election, despite all of the Marxist propoganda he spouted, that Obama would ultimately heal the race tension and division caused by so many different events in American history over the past two hundred and thirty-six years, but he did just the opposite, he inflamed it; he used it; he fueled his campaign on two parts black hatred and one part white guilt.

I don't know what tomorrow will hold. It will be an election and an aftermath of an election the likes of which we have never seen, drowning out the uncertainty and disillusionment of the 2000 election of George Bush.

What I am hoping from the Patriot/Liberty Community is a pledge to act against the injustice of a stolen, fraudulent and manipulated election. If things run according to tradition and there is a winner and a loser and everyone goes home to celebrate or stew, fine with me, but if there is a concerted effort to intimidate voters, to threaten violence and manipulate the polls, that we act. Voting is the last act left to the people to right that which has been wrong and uphold that great American tradition of citizen government, once that is gone, what is there left to fight for?

The vote, while merely one of a hundred million, is a sacred bond between the people and their government. No matter how corrupt, vile and seemingly pointless it is, once we have allowed the institution of the vote to become just another corrupt government swindle, we have lost any hope other than revolution to rectify our condition.

This is a time and a place for any or all of us to stand up to the brutality of government against the people. We need no coordination or support. We need no communication or signal to go. All we need to do is recognize where voter intimidation is occurring and to remedy the situation ourselves. Consider it a duty. I would consider it a priviledge to give my life in such a manner, for my nation.
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