Victims of Tactical Fashion

Much like the fashion industry, we too suffer from what is cool and what is not.  Fads and trends.  Often these tends fall away from what is practical or useful.  

The current tactical fashion is unnecessarily long handguards.  You see it with new production rifles, specifically the WS-MCR.  Even with the WK-180C people are in a mad scramble to change the functional handguard to something silly long.

It escapes me how this serves any practical purpose except for the LCF (look cool factor).  Extra weight?  Check.  Lower maneuverability and usability? Check?  Bragging rights like every other mouth-breathing wannabe cool guy? Check.

Perhaps the extra weight helps to reduce the hellish recoil of the 223 rounds?

Maybe they are worried that they might lick the barrel and thus want it covered?

I don’t know.

I had a guy try to justify this trend outside of LCF: he said that people wanted to put flashlights as far forward as possible.  Does his flashlight shine 5” farther than mine?

Another one I hear is: I want to shoot like Magpul tells me!  Navy SEALs do it!  I roll my eyes at this.  You know that Navy SEALs are generally not running around with full length rifles right?  You know that the Magpul method is not used in the real world like you think it is?

I can’t stand lies.  If you are one of these people, just be honest.  Tell me: I do it because that’s the cool thing nowadays.  I’ll respect you for it.

Fury, Disappointment, Sadness.

A mix of emotions today.  The CCFR’s injunction has failed.

Fury

We were our own worst enemy.  I read the decision that was released by the justice.  She said basically there was no loss because we could buy something else.  Or manufacturers could build something else.  This argument presented by the crown was validated by selfish surrender-monkeys in our own industry.  The Neville Chamberlains who gave up the fight and decided to build neutered bolt action AR-15s proved the Liberal’s case for them.  While we all suffer collectively, they are laughing all the way to the bank exploiting this tragedy for their own gain.  I hate them.  I hate them so much.  You can’t rage at the scorpion that stings or the Liberal who steals… that is their nature.  But the betrayal by people who were supposed to be our brothers.  Those who claimed to be with us but were looking out to exploit this tragedy.  I am at a loss for words.

Disappointment

I didn’t expect to win.  I didn’t expect to lose.  But I did expect that, with what was said in court, that the RCMPs rampant re-classifications outside the OIC would be curbed.  I had this tiny bit of faith that despite a legal system that is stacked in favor of tyrants, rapists and thieves that they would be forced to admit this one truth.

Sadness

This is the genocide of our culture as we slip into a dystopian socialist nightmare.  I may be called melodramatic but in every nation that socialism has destroyed, they first came for the guns.  Getting the guns is an uncompromisable, integral part of social engineering.  The trainwreck of poverty that socialism brings is nearly unstoppable now; the plan is going strong and uninterrupted.

Today In Court

For those who may not be in the know, the CCFR (Specter Arms is business member) had their day in court to challenge the OIC.

Although I am cautious about making any sweeping statements, one thing that popped out was the admission by everyone that the FRT is not law.  It was suggested that it was not law but still enforceable as such which drew a legal version of WTF from the judge.

With this in mind, I am confident that the guns banned outside of the OIC (such as the F12 Typhoon, the SLR and the Modern Hunter to name a few) will be saved.  This point alone will echo through the next round of proposed court cases as well as future government legislation.  This should also help ATRS in their lawsuit.  I’ve said it before, I will say it again: I hope Rick from ATRS crushes the government and retires to a tropical island surrounded by beautiful ladies sleeping on pillows full of cash. He deserves it.

I am on the fence about the efficacy of the arguments against the OIC itself.  I can’t find any one argument that fills me with hope or gloom.

A lot was said but I concentrated mostly on what the impact to industry was.

The Crown’s main argument is that manufacturers can make something else therefore they incur no loss.  They also argue that people can seek financial remedies through the legal system, therefore they suffer no risk to finances or livelihood.  Yes, it was brought up that the OIC planned for more bans as industry adapted.  I have always raged against the cowards who invest and develop these straight pull ‘AR-15’ rifles, those guys are the reason the crown’s arguments hold water and those guys will be indirectly responsible if the OIC stands. 

No decision yet.  I will post more when I know more.

Censorship - I Wonder How Long I Have?

 A popular American website, AR-15.com, was kicked off their hosting servers.  The excuse given to the site owners was that it violated their terms of service but would not explain what term was violated or to appeal the decision.  The same people who hosted AR-15.com also host 2 Hezbollah recruiting websites… those apparently don’t violate the terms of service.

This is just another in a long string of assaults on freedom of speech.  A day or two ago, a free speech platform hosted by Amazon was shut down after conservatives started to migrate over after years of censorship and bans.  They want to end any opinion that does not align with their narrow, dystopian view of the world.

This extends into the financial world was well.  Specter Arms has had its credit card processing revoked multiple times for selling the leftist-unfriendly firearms.  I can sell porn, gambling and children and get credit card processing but I can’t sell a shotgun.

It was pointed out to me that they can shut down any website they want but they can’t get rid of child porn.  My response?  They don’t want to.  It takes me 3 seconds to find a Joe Biden video where he is publicly feeling up an uncomfortable 7 year old girl.  This is not conspiracy shit.  Perhaps there is no connection but during the Trump presidency, arrests for human trafficking skyrocketed; would you have me believe this crime didn’t exist during Obama?

Now you have leftist techno-dictators silencing lawful commerce and elected officials.   The purpose of free speech actually serves the purpose of keeping the peace.  When people feel that they have no voice… when they are backed into a wall… they will attack.  This is basic Sun Tzu.

Expect more violence as more voices are made silent.

Alberta Survey

 As of this date, the Alberta government has an online survey relating to the recent firearms ban and thoughts on the newly appointed - made in Alberta - CFO office.

On the question of the CFO office, I had this to say....

As a former military intelligence analyst and someone who works commercially in this field, there are several recommendations that would be supported by the public as well as would improve public safety:

1) The firearms act provides for inspection of storage of firearms.  Using this provision, inspections of restricted firearms will deter and catch straw purchasing.  Analytics would be used to determine the most likely targets to efficiently use our resources.

2) End the adversarial model currently employed by the Alberta CFO office.  Develop partnerships with business and cultivate human intelligence contacts in the industry. Speaking from experience, I run into people trying to circumvent the law or do shady stuff.  People in the industry like myself are reluctant to pass this information on because it draws attention to ourselves.  With the adversarial model currently employed, a lot of useful law enforcement intelligence is lost.

3) Require that all CFO employees have a firearms licence.  Although the police act exempts law enforcement, most people in the CFO office are not sworn law enforcement.  They provide a function without understanding the entire rigorous system.  This contributes to the adversarial nature.  The CFO should provide a measure of public safety by friendly co-operation with the public.  They should not be seen as a system of social control.

4) Terminate those who make insulting comments like "Soldiers shouldn't be allowed to own guns because they know how to use them."

Welcome Hell: Population - You

 

Antifa and BLM terrorism have been welcomed with open arms with Antifa agitators in Ponaka two weeks ago, hitting old ladies with water bottles. The agitators were openly welcomed by the opposition leader Rachel Notley in a video praising their anti-racism message.

Just yesterday I saw a video of BLM terrorists rushing a line of Edmonton police bicycle cops screaming "move bitch, get out the way!"  The cops fled; probably wisely too as there is no media outlet in Edmonton who would ever show footage like that making any police response seem draconian.   Edmonton police have already had 11 million taken from their budget after a city hall "defund the police" meeting. 

Also in Edmonton, a tent city refuses to leave unless their demands are met.   Response?  The city capitulated proving, once again, that terrorism works.

Trudeau wanted to import racial divisions for a long time and now that it has appeared in small town western Canada, he knows his job is nearly complete. 

People call our prime minister a stupid man child.  And perhaps he is, but his actions (perhaps not envisioned by himself ) are nothing short of a stroke of sinister genius. 

Like Che Guverra, he is seeking to undermine our police and security services to make the people turn away from the government and welcome a system that is totalitarian and controlling of every facet of our lives.  Those that oppose this new wave Marxism will be happy to give emergency powers to the PM to stop their cities from burning.  Either way leads to the end of the tiny amount of freedom we have and a covert ceding of power to Trudeau's masters. 

Trudeau seeks to blame all our problems on one ethnic group overtly. He allows for anti semetism on the down low.  He has made public speeches condemning Christians.  And much like another socialist of years gone by, he uses a manufactured crisis to support his own goals by controlling the media, limiting debate and ruling like a dictator.  With the Liberal plan to regulate the internet, soon we will have a system like North Korea, where only state approved messages will be allowed. People like me will be silenced. Finally, he is treating the Muslims like useful idiots and cannon fodder in his cultural war.  Kind of like that same socialist in years gone by.  Evil, but effective. 

Poverty will force people into making more and more drastic choices as they struggle to survive and start to lose hope.  1930s Germany saw its primary political parties become the Communists and the National Socialists.  There were no moderates.  Prior to the last election the Liberals tried to set themselves up as the dominant far left party; an accolade traditionally held by the NDP.

I just can't help but think this was a plan that was a long time in the making.  What are the mathematical probabilities that all these factors that successfully propelled socialism to nearly conquer the world with racism years ago has randomly happened again with such precision? 

AR15 Straight Pull Bolt Actions - Farts and Fairydust

"People appreciate it when you tell the truth, until you tell the truth to them; then you're an asshole" - George Carlin



On 1May the long expected ban list was released.  Our prediction had an astounding 90% accuracy.  What was not expected was the overreach that happened next.
The RCMP, in a vengeful and petty fashion, decided to go above and beyond the 1May order in council (OIC) and ban many firearms as AR15 variants despite previous, documented opinions that they were in fact not. They named anything that remotely looked like an AR15 including a bolt action shotgun and a cheap 22 as variants. There was no consideration for action, mechanics or caliber.

Now this is the truth that will outrage people; the new crop of "defeatist" firearms such as the all the straight pull AR15s being released... Are going to be banned.

Don't kid yourself, they banned a BOLT ACTION shotgun because it looked like an AR15. They will ban your bolt action AR15 forgery because .... Wait for it ... It looks like a AR15. And surprise, surprise, unlike the shotgun, these new rifles are legitimately variants using a lot of the same internals and external furniture.

So the people who got kicked in the nuts with the AR15 ban are being tricked into taking a big ol' cock slap by getting stuck with even more banned firearms.

But the trustworthy government promised you a buyback... No risk, right?  Are you foolish enough to believe there will be a buyback? What party will pair with the minority government to vote for that? To give something to a group they distain? They already made the guns illegal... They already won, they don't need to make concessions.

Yes buying these guns is chasing good money after bad.  They could of built these designs to look externally like a SCAR or Tavor (both safe, un-bannable designs) or even did something original but they made the choice to make them look like AR15s in the hope of appealing to anger-blind gun owners for a quick buck.

Put your money into fighting for your real AR15 back or get a new gun; don't piss it away on a fairytale scam hoping to appease your Liberal masters.

Get up and fight