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Manda Bala is about corruption and kidnapping and gangs in Brazil. It’s almost an hour and a half of twenty minutes worth of story. In point of fact, there is more than enough information out there for a full movie, but not enough people to talk about it. It begins on a frog farm in Brazil, which is kinf of odd. There is a lot of talk about frogs, and the farming of said frogs. Then it moves on to the meat of the movie. Apparently, there was some scandal involving a frog farm. We learn about it later. Apparently, a very high-ranking politician, named Jader Barbalho, installed himself as the overseer of something called “Sudam”, which was a project funded by the government using taxpayer money that was designed to create business and boost the economic situation of the poor parts of Northern Brazil. Instead of creating business and enterprise, however, Barbalho created fake businesses, over 400 of them, and stole the money. Over two billion dollars. And one of the fronts he used to launder the money was a frog farm. So, there is the loose tie-in to frog farming.

The movie then moves on to kidnapping, which is the major criminal enterprise in Sao Paolo. At least one person is kidnapped every day in Sao Paolo, because it is easier and more lucrative than robbing banks. We meet a woman who was kidnapped and had her ear cut off, to be sent along with the ransom note. This is the persuasion method of choice for kidnappers in Brazil. We also meet a plastic surgeon, whose business is almost exclusively re-attaching or re-creating ears for kidnapping victims. And we see a kidnapper cutting off an ear on a tape that he sends along with the ransom. At least Reservoir Dogs cut away for that scene. It really is awfully tough to watch, even though it’s grainy and of poor quality.

But what’s really tough to watch is the movie itself. You have to turn on the subtitles, because a large portion of the film is in Spanish. But then there are interpreters at various points in the film, which means you get the subtitles, and then you get the English translation which is the same, and the movie drags on for twice as long as is necessary. The main problem with the film, however, is that no one wants to talk about this stuff. Understandably, they’re scared, but what it means is that the only people with anything constructive to add are a kidnapper with a hood on his face, a couple of members of the Sao Paolo SWAT team, a kidnap victim and a frog farmer. So there is very little information actually disseminated in the movie.

What we do learn is that kidnapping and killing are very easy for the people who live in the slums and who would never be able to live with a real job, because their neighbourhoods are so poor. And corruption is very easy for the people in charge of the government. This Barbalho was charged with embezzeling two billion dollars, and ended up walking. And then getting re-elected to congress. But that’s about all we learn, and it takes way too long. There are certainly some impressive scenes - the scene where the leader of the SWAT team shows his bullet wounds and scars, a scene where people who have purchased bulletproof cars take a course in defensive driving - how to get away when another car is shooting at you, and a scene where a microchip inventor describes his newest invention - microchips that can be implanted under peoples’ skin so if they are kidnapped their family will know immediately. 

But in the end, this is three different stories, which are tied together clumsily, and have a sort of connection at the end of the film, when the point is made that it is just as easy to steal with a pen as it is with a gun. And all we really get is a picture of Brazil as a really messed up place to live. And with interview subjects who refuse to say much, or won’t be identified, there isn’t much story beyond that. Brazil is certainly not perfect. Neither is this documentary.

BEIJING, April 30 — Police shot dead an alleged Tibetan independence “insurgent” in northwest China, state press said Wednesday, the first official admission that authorities killed anyone during recent unrest.

A policeman was also killed in the gun battle on Monday in a Tibetan populated area of Qinghai province, Xinhua news agency reported.

Tibet’s government-in-exile says more than 200 people have been killed in a huge Chinese military and police crackdown on protests against China’s rule of the Himalayan region that began on March 10.

Until Wednesday’s report, the Chinese authorities had insisted they had not killed anyone in the crackdown and blamed Tibetan “rioters” for the deaths of 20 people.

Monday’s incident occurred after police went in pursuit of the leader of a handful of “insurgents seeking Tibetan independence”, Xinhua reported, citing the Qinghai public security department.

The group had tried to incite Tibetan herders in Dari County to protest on March 21, a week after major protests erupted in Tibet’s capital, Lhasa, according to Xinhua.

“After a month-long investigation, the police moved on Monday to arrest the suspected leader. The suspect resisted arrest and gunfire broke out,” Xinhua reported, citing the department.

“The officer was killed in the gun battle, and other officers returned fire, killing the suspect.”

Xinhua identified the police officer as Lama Cedain, but did not release the name of the alleged “insurgent” who was killed.

*phayul.com

If you have a fear of flying, it probably won’t be eased by knowing that your trusty pilot is packing heat.

Even though a pilot’s handgun recently was accidentally discharged while landing, the Transportation Security Administration indicates that 9,500 pilots carry guns on domestic routes.

According to one article, “pilots must go through a week long training session before they are cleared to carry a .40-caliber semi- automatic pistol.”

This raises all sorts of questions, such as at what point is a pilot empowered to legally start firing away? Do pilots fly open holstered with the guns locked and loaded? What happened to the armed air marshals? How exactly does a shootout work in a crowded plane?

As far as we’re concerned, the safest part of the plane may be the rear seats, as far away from an accidental shooting as possible.

Excuse us, but whatever happened to the “friendly skies”?

Jorge Esquivel- Munoz, the 31-year-old Mexican who was discovered to be an illegal immigrant after Minneapolis Police arrested him for possession of a BB gun, is being deported on Wednesday, according to his girlfriend Judy (who wouldn’t disclose her real identity). Bail had been set for $5,000 on Monday, Judy says, but adds that by Tuesday, a federal immigration judge had already ordered his removal.

Tim Counts, a spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, says he can’t talk about the specifics of Esquivel-Munoz’s departure for security reasons. In general, however, “It is not uncommon for [deportation proceedings] to happen quickly for someone who is in the custody of ICE. It happens more quickly for them than it does for someone who is not in custody,” he says.

About 100 to 200 people may be in ICE detention centers in Minnesota at any given time, he adds. By contrast, the number of people slated for deportation statewide ranks in the thousands.

Counts says that Illegal immigrants from Mexico, like Esquivel-Munoz, are brought to places in Texas near the border, where Mexican officials can receive them.

BRIDGET MURPHY/The Times-Union

Jacksonville’s Andrew Jackson High School went on a “code red” alert just before early dismissal today after a report of a gun possibly being in a locker.

A school official announced over the loudspeaker that students weren’t allowed to go to their lockers before dismissal started at 1 p.m. The school was on lockdown for about a half-hour before students were allowed to head out to the buses.

Junior Loan Tran, 18, said school officials didn’t give students details about whatever threat was going on.

A fight between two students led to talk that one of them had passed a gun off to a friend, Sheriff’s Office Lt. Benny Reagor said at the scene. Several extra police officers were at the scene and authorities searched the school but did not find a weapon.

Bridget Murphy

They just don’t get it. Or they wont get it:

But “gun fatigue” has set in, and it’s unlikely any new gun bills will be brought up in Harrisburg this legislative session.

However, this represents a moment that Nutter could use to his advantage: exploit the political goodwill he has been forging in Harrisburg to help change the conversation about guns and find solutions. Face it: If anything substantial is going to change about the city’s ability to make gun laws, it will require a civil sit-down between Nutter and state leaders - something House Speaker Dennis O’Brien, who once kept gun legislation safely tucked away in the Judiciary Committee he once chaired - told this editorial board he’s willing to do.

Nutter was smart enough to build bridges with Harrisburg before he took office. We believe he’s smart enough to spark a more productive conversation with state lawmakers, and get them to see it’s in their interest to help the city grapple with our gun problem.

We are not passing gun control laws because the City of Philadelphia can’t control it’s crime problem. That’s off the table. Put it out of your minds now. It is not that we don’t care about the city’s problems, it’s that we keep telling you that you can’t fix your problem this way, especially when the city is doing little to enforce the laws they already have. Nutter and City Council are throwing this temper tantrum because they lack the political courage to tell their constituents something they don’t want to hear; that until they get off their asses and start taking responsibility for their communities and neighborhoods, and start working with the police to get rid of the criminals, drug dealers, and gangs, nothing is going to change. And most importantly, Philadelphians need to elect judges who are willing to put these individuals away for a very long time when they are convicted.

We have a lot of guns in this state outside Philadelphia, and we do not have a violence problem. The reason we don’t is that we would not tolerate it in our communities, and we’d hold the politicians and judges feet to the fire until they started dealing with it. Really dealing with it, not pretending to deal with it.

Residents of Philadelphia are being sold a bill of goods by their politicians and by the media, that their problems have an easy solution, and it has to start with gun control. As long as Philadelphia residents are willing to buy that line, and keep electing politicians who peddle that instead of doing something, nothing is going to change in that city.

Meanwhile the Counter continues to mark the now 14 days since Doug Ose pledged to release his tax returns.

Blooger’s Note - The response of the Ose campaign thus far has been to call Tim Macy a Racist. I guess it cuts both ways…

Press Release from McClintock Campaign Follows:

Gun Owners of America Strongly Endorses McClintock for Congress
The Gun Owners of America-Political Victory Fund has endorsed state Senator Tom McClintock in the fourth Congressional District of California.

“Senator McClintock has earned an A+ rating by Gun Owners every year that he’s been in office, and he will be a leader on Second Amendment issues when elected to the U.S. House of Representatives,” said Tim Macy, Vice Chairman of Gun Owners of America PVF.  “We strongly endorse Tom McClintock.”

“On issues important to gun owners and protecting the Second Amendment rights of our citizens, Doug Ose maintained a liberal voting record in Congress,” said Stan Devereux, McClintock’s spokesman.  “A liberal like Ose is completely out-of-step with this conservative district.” 

Ose has received a lifetime rating of “F” from the Gun Owners of America and “D+” from the National Rifle Association. 

Doug Ose’s Lifetime Ratings

Lifetime D+ from the National Rifle Association

Lifetime F from the Gun Owners of America

We’ve been perplexed about something here at GunGuys.com.

The NRA over three decades went on a successful campaign to make sure that every state but two – Illinois and Wisconsin – would allow people to carry (with varying restrictions) hidden handguns. These are known as CCW laws.

But one of the key rationales that the gun lobby has used for CCW laws is that “the bad guys” will keep away from armed citizens.

If that’s the case, why has it so often been that after passing CCW laws, the gun lobby comes back to ask that the records of people who carry hidden handguns be kept secret?

You know, that just doesn’t pass the common sense test.

According to a recent article in USA Today:

South Carolina last week became the latest in a growing number of states to make the names of people who have a license to carry a concealed weapon a state secret.

Five other states might not be far behind in a battle that pits a public policy of open government against the right of people to keep their gun ownership records private.

Bills that would make concealed gun permit records confidential have been introduced in eight other states this year — Alabama, Louisiana, Missouri, New York, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia — according to Janna Goodwin of the National Conference of State Legislatures….

Concealed-weapon records always have been confidential in many states, said Colin Weaver, a spokesman for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. Prior to South Carolina’s action, the Brady Campaign counted 26 states where the records are confidential.

So let’s get this straight, you need a handgun to intimidate others from attacking you, but you don’t want anyone to know that you are carrying one? Now that’s a head scratcher, to be sure.

As is often the case, the gun lobby wants to have it both ways – and in doing so ends up undermining their own argument for CCW.

But if logic had anything to do with guns, we would have had strong gun control in the United States decades ago.

Instead, “law abiding” handgun toters demand secrecy.

Now that’s elitism – and a bunch of hokum.

Diamond Back Gun Safe model GS5940H. Is the largest in Diamond Back Gun Safe lineup. It is made to the exacting standards of the companies owner, Keith Lavarnay. Also, a division of Cobalt Safes BUT nothing to do with the old company that produced “Cobalt Gun Safes”. They went out of business years ago. Before Cobalt Safes was born. The “H” series standards for Gun Safes is top notch in the import line up of Gun Safes. 

* 10 Gage Steel for body and door. Plus an added plate of steel within the door. PLUS, hardplate over the lock. Far exceeding CDOJ rating for firearm container.

* S&G group II lock with relocker and spyproof ring. Whats a spyproof ring? Its so only the person dialing the combo can see the numbers being dialed.

*Huge ball bearing hinges to support the door when open and protect against breakin.

*1 Hour Fireproof Safe protection.

*Adjustable shelving for interior. Can be used for guns or storage of a varity of objects.

* Multiple bolt down predrilled holes on floor. For supperior theft protection.

*Massive, over 4 inchs, thick door with back up bolt assembly making it extremly difficult if not impossible to pry bar open.

*Predrilled plugged hole for addition of a dehumidifier to keep contents dry and mold free.

*Semi gloss black paint extended life finish that is easy to repair scratches. Giving a lifetime of use and a good looking finish.

It is important to read my other comments in this post regarding Diamond Back Gun Safes. I try not to repeat myself too much. So you will read other tidbits about Gun Safes on the other areas. Also, check out www.safesblog.com for other opinions on SAFES. Or visit us at www.valuesafes.com

As I covered here several weeks ago, Philadelphia mayor Nutter signed into law 5 new local gun laws. Ignoring the fact that these laws will be useless with regards to fighting crime and gang violence, it was against Pennsylvania law for Mayor Nutter to create these laws with his signature. Pennsylvania has had a statute against pre-emption since 1976, and that statute was found legal by the Supreme Court in 1996. Which means that no city, town, or municipality can make their own gun laws in PA. Nevertheless, Nutter did.

Philly DA Lynne Abraham had told the mayor that the laws would be unconstitutional, but he signed them anyway. She has vowed not to prosecute anyone arrested for breaking them.

During a City Council meeting Tuesday, Abraham stated she admired the efforts of City Council and the Mayor, but added she could not approve criminal charges stemming from arrests under the five new laws instated last week.

“Because these laws appear to me, as an attorney looking at the laws of Pennsylvania, to be preemptive, they are, on their face, illegal acts,” Abraham said.  Abraham said a 1996 ruling upheld a 1974 law stating that Philadelphia does not have the authority to pass its own gun control legislation.

The NRA got into the mix and went to PA Judge Cutler Greenspan and got an injunction, but injunctions don’t last forever. I think this one is good for about a month. Today’s Scary News letter from the NRA/ILA (5 days late, but that’s how the NRA always is):

Friday, April 25, 2008

This week’s outrage comes courtesy of Philadelphia Police Commissioner, and former Washington, D.C. police chief, Charles Ramsey. As we recently reported, the Philadelphia City Council passed five gun control measures, which were subsequently signed by Mayor Michael Nutter in direct violation of Pennsylvania’s state preemption law. 

A Philadelphia County court granted NRA’s motion for a temporary restraining order against the new gun control regulations and ruled that Philadelphia is barred from enforcing the ordinances and moving forward on promulgating regulations. But the City opposed the injunction, saying they believed that the ordinances are both necessary and legal.

And while District Attorney Lynne Abraham previously advised Philadelphia’s city council and mayor that their gun control proposals were unconstitutional, the city pressed on, defying the state’s firearm preemption law in its attempt to circumvent the Pennsylvania legislature.

Enter Commissioner Ramsey, whose anti-gun leanings and arrogant, above-the-law mentalities have followed him to the City of Brotherly Love. Not content with his city passing illegal gun control “laws,” Ramsey is actually encouraging the City Council and Mayor Nutter to ignore the legal advice of city attorneys against enforcing the ordinances.  Not only is he in favor of enforcing the illegal measures, he was recently quoted as saying, “As far as I am concerned, the laws are valid, and we will act as if this whole conversation with the D.A. just didn’t take place.”

When the City’s Police Commissioner–the top law enforcement official–encourages the mayor and council members to ignore legal advice, that’s not just blatantly arrogant and anti-gun, that’s outrageous.

Oh it’s more than outrageous. This is the head of the police department saying he’s going to enforce laws that he knows are illegal. It’s a case of “it’s for your own good” stretched to the limits; the man who is the head of law enforcement is vowing to act illegally because it’s the right thing to do. Dude, you are so fired. Don’t forget for a second that this Commissioner Ramsey fellow is the guy who pushed Washington DC’s gun laws into place - the ones that are under review by the Supreme Court right now in the DC v. Heller case. They too will fall.

Now we have another dog in the fight, Philly political sock puppet and City Solicitor Shelley Smith, who is challenging Judge Cutler Greenspan’s injunction because she feels the NRA lacks standing. [ Now, I am not a lawyer, so I could be off, but my understanding of “standing” means that a law, no matter how obviously wrong, can not be challenged in court until somebody has been injured by it. And “injured” means charged with breaking that law, but I’m not sure if “injured” has to include being convicted and penalized. The whole concept seems pretty damn stupid to me, but I guess it serves some sort of legislative streamlining process, or else the opponents of every single law would be challenging them in court the instant they were passed. Wait, is that actually a bad thing? Maybe not, but it would be an expensive one.] And my guess is that Smith is correct: no person has been injured by this law because a) it hasn’t been enforced yet, and b) the DA has vowed not to prosecute infactions because the laws are illegal. But that reality has nothing to do with the theater of courtroom drama.

“They don’t deal specifically with the legal injury as it relates to each of the separate ordinances,” Smith said. “You have to look at what every ordinance prohibits and then figure out if any of the plaintiffs can allege any specific injury.”
…

Greenspan on April 17 approved the NRA’s request for a temporary restraining order to keep the city from enforcing the new laws.  She will hold a hearing on May 19 to consider the group’s request for a permanent injunction.  The NRA says the laws conflict with a 1996 state Supreme Court ruling that only the state can regulate guns. Smith says the city laws do not conflict with that ruling.  Further complicating matters, Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey had vowed to enforce the local laws before the restraining order but District Attorney Lynne Abraham said she would not prosecute anyone arrested for violating them.

So the whole thing is a washing machine full of bullshit, stuck in the spin cycle. The laws are illegal. The mayor knew full well the laws are illegal. The Police Commissioner knew the laws were illegal. The city DA told them so. The Judge saw immediately that the laws were illegal and issued an injunction. The city Solicitor is lying out her ass, but she has to take the mayor’s position. The only thing she’s right about is the lack of standing, so the injunction will fail. And there won’t be any standing because these laws won’t be enforced. So can the Pennsylvania Supreme Court take these laws on without standing, and bitch slap Philadelphia AGAIN for violating the pre-emption law? Wait and see. This is only the opening act in the latest theater of the absurd.

The five ordinances in question are largely familiar re-workings of state legislative proposals that have already been shot down: a limit of one gun purchase per month; no ownership of automatic, or combat weapons; the imposition of arrest or a fine if your gun is stolen and you fail to immediately report it to the police. These are the main points. Limiting gun purchases to one per month is the only proposal that even made it to the voting floor in pro-gun Pennsylvania, where it, too, was promptly defeated.

Wasting time and money in court on Monday will save no lives. And, isn’t that the point?

So, really, what is this all about? Mayor Nutter is a very bright man. What’s the hidden agenda on this apparent fool’s errand in court, and at taxpayer expense? The NRA has already persuaded the judge to issue a restraining order prohibiting the police from arresting anyone based on the new ordinances. Police Commissioner Ramsey has been through all this once before, in Washington D.C., where another local gun control law worked its way right up to the United States Supreme Court.

The clear intent of what Mr. La Pierre is calling “political theatre” is the faint hope that some court, somewhere, will entertain an argument that can lead to the possible invalidation of that rule of pre-emption in which the state keeps the good stuff for itself.

So really what we are looking at is the ultimate expression of the leftist mindset: they have passed laws that they know are illegal under current statutes, but they are counting on judicial activism to get those other laws twisted around so that they get their way. For your own good, of course.

No, NRA, this is far more than an outrage. This is nascent tyranny. 

1. We don’t carry firearms so that we can ignore other basics of personal safety. Every permit holder that I know realizes that almost all dangerous situations can be avoided by vigilance, alertness and by simply making wise choices about where one goes and what one does. We don’t walk down dark alleys. We lock our cars. We don’t get intoxicated in public or hang out around people who do. We park our cars in well lighted spots and don’t hang out in bad parts of town where we have no business. A gun is our last resort, not our first.

2. We don’t think we are cops, spies, or superheros. We aren’t hoping that somebody tries to rob the convenience store while we are there so we can shoot a criminal. We don’t take it upon ourselves to get involved in situations that are better handled by a 911 call or by simply standing by and being a good witness. We don’t believe our guns give us any authority over our fellow citizens. We also aren’t here to be your unpaid volunteer bodyguard. We’ll be glad to tell you where we trained and point you to some good gun shops if you feel you want to take this kind of responsibility for your personal safety. Except for extraordinary circumstances your business is your business, don’t expect us to help you out of situations you could have avoided.

3. We are LESS likely, not more likely, to be involved in fights or “rage” incidents than the general public. We recognize, better than many unarmed citizens, that we are responsible for our actions. We take the responsibility of carrying a firearm very seriously. We know that loss of temper, getting into fights or angrily confronting someone after a traffic incident could easily escalate into a dangerous situation. We are more likely to go out of our way to avoid these situations. We don’t pull our guns to settle arguments or to attempt to threaten people into doing what we want.

4. We are responsible gun owners. We secure our firearms so that children and other unauthorized people cannot access them. Most of us have invested in safes, cases and lock boxes as well as other secuity measures to keep our firearms secure. Many of us belong to various organizations that promote firearms safety and ownership.

5. Guns are not unsafe or unpredictable. Modern firearms are well made precision instruments. Pieces do not simply break off causing them to fire. A hot day will not set them off. Most modern firearms will not discharge even if dropped. There is no reason to be afraid of a gun simply laying on a table or in a holster. It is not going to discharge on its own.

6. We do not believe in the concept of “accidental discharges”. There are no accidental discharges only negligent discharges or intentional discharges. We take responsibility for our actions and have learned how to safely handle firearms. Any case you have ever heard of about a gun “going off” was the result of negligence on somebody’s part. Our recognition of our responsibility and familiarity with firearms makes us among the safest firearms owners in America.

7. Permit holders do their best to keep our concealed weapons exactly that: concealed. However, there are times with an observant fellow citizen may spot our firearm or the print of our firearm under our clothes. We are very cognizant that concerns about terrorism and crime are in the forefront of the minds of most citizens. We also realize that our society does much to condition our fellow citizens to have sometimes irrational fears about firearms. We would encourage citizens who do happen to spot someone carrying a firearm to use good judgment and clear thinking if they feel to need to take action. Please recognize that it’s very uncommon for a criminal to use a holster. However, if you feel the need to report having spotted a firearm we would ask that you please be specific and detailed in your call to the police or in your report to a store manager or private security. Please don’t generalize or sensationalize what you observed. Comments like “there’s a guy running around in the store with a gun” or even simply “I saw a man with a gun in the store” could possibly cause a misunderstanding as to the true nature of the incident.

8. The fact that we carry a firearm to any given place does not mean that we believe that place to be unsafe. If we believe a place to be unsafe, most of us would avoid that place all together if possible. However, we recognize that trouble could occur at any place and at any time. Criminals do not observe “gun free zones”. If trouble does come, we do not want the only armed persons to be perpetrators. Therefore, we don’t usually make a determination about whether or not to carry at any given time based on “how safe” we think a location is.

9. Concealed weapon permit holders are an asset to the public in times of trouble. The fact that most permit holders have the good judgment to stay out of situations better handled by a 911 call or by simply being a careful and vigilant witness does not mean that we would fail to act in situations where the use of deadly force is appropriate to save lives. Review of high profile public shooting incidents shows that when killers are confronted by armed resistance they tend to either break off the attack and flee or choose to end their own life. Lives are saved when resistance engages a violent criminal. Lives are lost when the criminal can do as he pleases.

10. The fact that criminals know that some of the population may be armed at any given time helps to deter violence against all citizens. Permit holders don’t believe that every person should necessarily be armed. We recognize that some people may not be temperamentally suited to carry a firearm or simply may wish not to for personal reasons. However we do encourage you to respect our right to arm ourselves. Even if you choose not to carry a firearm yourself please oppose measures to limit the ability of law abiding citizens to be armed. As mentioned before: criminals do not observe “gun free zones”. Help by not supporting laws that require citizens to be unarmed victims.

Via IowaCarry.org 

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In the next days I’ll publish a demo performing the model in an animated sequence, like the one already published and based on the models from “The Trenches”, but before I have to solve a problem about the transitions between sequences. If fact, as you can see in the old demo, the MDL animations are smooth, but often the passage between different sequences, even if thought to be connected, are too evident and unrealistic. Once this problem is solved, the models from “The Specialists” are going to behave perfectly also in APOCALYX

This is a curious book, pleasing in many ways. In the bottom of it, Gun, with Occasional Music is a hard-boiled detective story. It’s told in first person by a private detective, who becomes involved in a murder case that isn’t quite as simple as the law enforcement would like it to be. There are temptresses, gangsters, corrupt law enforcement, all the basic building blocks. However, there are also developed animals (one particularly nasty kangaroo, for example), legal drugs to keep the population happy, dystopian society where printed word is banned and asking questions requires a permit and all sorts of science fiction weirdness. The combination is slightly odd but as I said, rather pleasing. Lethem has created a monster, but it’s a good monster. The plot is filled with detective genre cliches, but it’s not a joke or parody. Events unfold pleasantly quickly and the final twist is delicious. This was a quick read, but left me rather satisfied. (Review based on the Finnish translation.) [ Gun with Occasional Music at Amazon.co.uk ] [ Gun, with Occasional Music at LibraryThing ]

The best way to learn how to handle a gun is to watch the methods of
an old hand. Never fire a gun when you are standing behind another
person. You may know that you are not aiming at him, but the
concussion of the air near the end of the barrel is terrific, and your
friend may have a split ear drum as a result.
A shot-gun is better for a boy than a rifle, for the reason that most
real shooting except for big game is done with a shot-gun, and
besides, it takes a lot of practice to shoot well with it. A shot-gun
is not a weapon for play but a real tool. In almost every section of
the country there is some small game to be hunted and there is usually
also an opportunity to practise at clay pigeons.
No one would think of hunting quail, ducks, or rabbits with a rifle,
and even if you were an excellent rifle shot at a still mark you might
not be able to hit moving game at all. A shot-gun is less dangerous
for the reason that its range is limited to a little over a hundred
yards, while a rifle may carry a mile. A cheap shot-gun is far more
dangerous than a cheap rifle. Until it is possible to buy a good one
it is better to have none at all. A good American-made gun can be
bought for about twenty-five dollars. A gun suitable for its owner
should fit just as his clothing fits him. When a gun is quickly
brought to the shoulder in firing position, there is no time in actual
hunting to shift it around. When you buy a gun, remember that your
canvas or corduroy hunting coat makes more of a bulge at the shoulder
than an ordinary suit and accordingly see that the stock is the proper
length. The “drop” of a gun is the number of inches that the stock
falls below the line of the barrel. If the stock is bent too much you
will shoot under your game. If it is too straight the tendency will be
to shoot over game. The average stock is made to fit most people and
will probably answer most purposes unless you can afford to have a
stock made especially. The principal thing is to do all your
practising with your own gun until it becomes second nature to bring
it up quickly and have the eye find the barrel instantly. A shot-gun
is not aimed in the same way as a rifle. The method of good shots is
rather to keep their eye on the game and when they “feel” that the gun
is pointed right to fire. Key hard information about the new real Ghosts Caught Camera updated last year. A skilful shot can tell whether he is
shooting too high or too low just as he pulls the trigger. The brain,
head, and eyes and trigger-finger must all work in harmony or you will
never be a good shot. Never flinch as you shoot. This is a very common
fault of beginners and it is fatal to becoming a marksman.

The Lee-Enfield was, in various marks and models, the British Army’s standard bolt-action, magazine-fed, repeating rifle for over 60 years from (officially) 1895 until 1957, although it remained in British service well into the early 1960s and is still found in service in the armed forces of some Commonwealth nations.[5] In its many versions, it was the standard army service rifle for the first half of the 20th century, and was adopted by Britain’s colonies and Commonwealth allies, including India, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada.

Canadian Sergeant sniper Harold Marshall carries a No. 4 Mk. I (T).

British Sniper in Ardennes Forest 1944

The Lee-Enfield was chambered for the .303 British cartridge, and featured a ten-round box magazine which was loaded manually from the top, either one round at a time, or by means of five-round chargers. The Lee-Enfield superseded the earlier Martini-Henry, Martini-Enfield, and Lee-Metford rifles, and although officially replaced in the UK with the L1A1 SLR in 1957, it continues to see official service in a number of British Commonwealth nations to the present day—notably with the Indian Police—and is the longest-serving military bolt-action rifle still in official service.

Total production of all Lee-Enfields is estimated at over 17 million rifles, making it one of the most numerous military bolt-action rifles ever produced—second only to the Russian Mosin-Nagant M91/30, which was itself a contemporary design.

one of the finest rifles in the history of warfare, used by the British Troops at El Alamein and Normandy.

finest rifle, i wish i can use this for airsoft games

more infos

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee-Enfield

i just got off the phone with my best friend from kindergarten. i’m going to visit her in las vegas in june. say thank you to myspace. without myspace i still wouldn’t know all about what she is doing these days in las vegas and her parents wouldn’t have invited me to go out there in june. old people hate technology. good thing i’m still not old.

june is going to be a pretty sweet month if i can get over this employment hurdle. i wish the poetry center had summer work study. today i cracked a work-related mystery using a filemaker pro database. it was incredibly satisfying. i’m really into filemaker pro but if you want to buy me software i’d rather have indesign. have you seen my flipbook? i didn’t think so. check back soon for pictures. i’m too tired right now.

my upstairs neighbors seem to have a furniture moving fetish or else two wooden legs. what is going on in that kitchen? only those people upstairs could tell you for sure.

my mom is coming on thursday. stop being so jealous. it makes your face ugly.

there was something else i wanted to say. oh i was directed by various people to this blog: soveryalone.com. i guess it won the blog award that my favorite dasbecca.com lost. and i can tell you for sure that she was robbed. robbed. but in a very strange way. i would say becca and alone are like direct opposites. becca: nice, positive, reliable, a girl. alone: mean, negative, a liar, a boy. maybe he isn’t a boy. i don’t know. i have a sneaking suspicion that he is in a creative writing program somewhere, or a high school. either place: not doing very well.

interesting. the internet is interesting. my dad always says something is interesting when he means it is offensively bad but he doesn’t want to hurt your feelings because he thinks you might really like it. i wish i had a funny example of something my dad has called interesting but my dad has really good taste so most of the examples make me look stupid. such as: “that thing you do is a very interesting movie lizzy.”

the wooden legs upstairs just hit something and now the kitchen is bright like the north pole. at least they stay in the kitchen. i am going to bed.