Comments on Pro Libertate: How To Handle Draft-Nappers -- A Fantasia

Fine writing, as usual, Mr. Grigg. I suspect many...

2009-02-11T12:39:00.000-07:00

Fine writing, as usual, Mr. Grigg. I suspect many of us have had similar fantasias throughout our lives (personally, I lost count at least a decade ago).

My comment is not about the point (excellent!) nor is it about the hardware (the Argentine is perfectly serviceable), but rather it is about technique. (Please pardon the pedantry; I absolutely love your work.)

"...taking the safety off my Ballester-Molina .45 and putting it on the desk within easy reach..."

This is a Hollywood-ism. No serious student of pistolcraft would move a safety lever to "Fire" and then put the pistol down.

"...imagining them being fed into the maw of the War Machine, I chambered a round and fixed the professor with a dispassionate stare..."

Fantastic imagery, but seriously...you brought an unloaded gun to a gunfight? Jeff Cooper would have scolded you mercilessly for this. Again, this is a Hollywood technique, inserted solely for dramatic effect.

Alternate suggestion: remove the gun from the holster, ostentatiously chamber-check it, and reholster.

"...I continued, pressing the barrel of my gun to his forehead..."

The price paid for this (powerful) image is a grievous tactical error. You do not go into "the hole" on purpose, when you have a precision remote-control weapon at your disposal.

"...Casting the gun aside..."

A serious pistolero would never do this. He would holster. On safe, of course.

"...the gun I hadn't really intended to use..."

This is a violation of good sense, of course, but that piece of license is rather central to the fantasia. :-)

Finally, the choice of weapon is indeed conceptually wrong. The fantasia posits an opportunity to intimidate those who would enslave us. Intimidation is inherently an act of offense, not defense. The pistol, your defensive weapon, is properly holstered and on-safe, and preferably discreetly concealed on your person. For offensive intimidation you use an offensive weapon, which is a rifle--preferably a military-style, scary looking "black rifle", from which you could deck your target from...well, from Horiuchi distance. (But I digress.)

Again, Mr. Grigg, excellent fantasia, but it would be even better with unimpeachable technique. (We may forgive the protagonist his manners, since the entire thing can be considered a response to unprovoked aggression.)

By all means, keep up your work. We need it now more than ever.

I would humbly suggest that you put the reverse-en...

2009-02-11T07:08:00.000-07:00

I would humbly suggest that you put the reverse-engineered B/M back in the museum case where it belongs.

If indeed you are serious about protecting yourself, and you are enamored with 1911 style handguns, take a serious look at the following:

STI
Caspian Arms (do not sell complete guns - only premier parts)
Kimber
Springfield Arms

With these, you can feel secure that it will go bang, go bang again, and send the bullet where you aim it with precision.

Over and over and over.....

+1 on the XD .45 - That thing is a junkyard dog th...

2009-02-11T06:38:00.000-07:00

+1 on the XD .45 - That thing is a junkyard dog that will eat any type of ammo out there - even the overcharged loads we create that have the same case pressures as a .44 Magnum. Try that in a pretty little 1911 :)

Mr. Grigg keep up the good work.

Molon Labe

Another German word may (God forbid) enter the En...

2009-02-11T03:54:00.000-07:00

Another German word may (God forbid) enter the English lexicon just as Schadenfreude did a decade ago: Reichstagbrand.

"You're exceptionally fortunate that I'm a Christi...

2009-02-11T02:05:00.000-07:00

"You're exceptionally fortunate that I'm a Christian and therefore absolutely will not kill, except in self-defense or defense of my family,"

Huh? Could you please provide New Testament support for this position? How many people did Jesus kill in self-defense (in the example he provided in his life on Earth)? How about Stephen? Peter? Paul? How many Roman soldiers do you think the average Christian "took out" before finally being subdued enough to be fed to the lions?

Wouldn't it be ironic if the first African-America...

2009-02-11T00:23:00.000-07:00

Wouldn't it be ironic if the first African-American president of the USA reinstituted slavery?

"The State has no right to force people to kill an...

2008-07-14T01:58:00.000-06:00

"The State has no right to force people to kill and die on its behalf, and any government that cannot inspire volunteer efforts in its defense not only deserves to die, it must die."

Let us all hope that the "inspiration" that the government uses to effect more volunteers is not another 911, or Pearl Harbor, or some other staged blood sacrifice that I am too uneducated to know about. God help us and be merciful to those who love you.

dixiedog,When you say "Don't worry so much about c...

2007-05-24T21:45:00.000-06:00

dixiedog,

When you say "Don't worry so much about conscription, Will. If you're even a moderate richie, simply PAY the piper the required fee...," what do you mean by "required fee"?

During the Vietnam War, common ways to get out of the draft were going to college, getting a medical exemption, and moving to Canada. Just wondering if I'm missing something. Are you suggesting that bribing draft board members, or making "campaign contributions" to elected officials to get one's kids out of the draft were widespread?

For a good read, check out War Is A Racket by Majo...

2007-05-24T10:35:00.000-06:00

For a good read, check out War Is A Racket by Major General Smedley Butler...

You, Sir William (nod, wink) are my new Hero! Powe...

2007-05-23T08:18:00.000-06:00

You, Sir William (nod, wink) are my new Hero! Power on!

Every time I think I'm crazy, that I'm alone in re...

2007-05-23T06:52:00.000-06:00

Every time I think I'm crazy, that I'm alone in rejecting the national service schemes as senseless power mongering, I read something like this.

Sir, I salute you with a fully-full-on goat throw --> \m/

Also, I personally prefer the XD .45. To each his own.

The Ballester-Molina is a fine pistol Will, but I'...

2006-09-11T21:08:00.000-06:00

The Ballester-Molina is a fine pistol Will, but I'...

2006-09-11T21:05:00.000-06:00

The Ballester-Molina is a fine pistol Will, but I'll stick with my trusty Springfield 1911A1 or my S&W M19 (the finest combat sidearms ever devised, IMOHO).

Seriously though, I've never been thrilled with the idea of conscription. If one wants to volunteer for military service, then that is the individual's choice. My problem with conscription lies in that theoretically I, my wife or my children might be forced into a situation where we are required to kill someone without just moral cause (as opposed to government-sanctioned “legal” cause). I agree with the notion that the USA is not the world's police force. The US has been involved in conflicts that we should have not been involved in the first place. If an individual volunteers for military service, I hope that they do so with the understanding that they may be called upon to fight such a war. Conscriptees do not have the luxury of making that choice and being put in such a position involuntarily is untenable as far as I am concerned. Don't get me wrong...I would not hesitate for a second to take up my Mini-14 (I live in the People’s Republic of California where the government feels that non-government entities are either too stupid or criminal-minded to own as AR-15, AK47 or other suitable fighting rifle) in defense of my family and myself. I am willing to take up my rifle in defense of our country if we were invaded, but I reserve the right to take up arms in a foreign land only if the cause is something that I believe to be morally justified. As a conscriptee, I have no choice in the matter. As I said before, this is an untenable position for me morally.

hey all,isn't it amazing that under clinton the ra...

2006-09-07T16:43:00.000-06:00

hey all,

isn't it amazing that under clinton the rant was lessen the military committments, but under bush it's increase the military? mind, i can't stand either of them. it's simply amazing that those who will not fight want to bring back the draft and increase the side of the military instead of getting us out of every country from afghanistan not zimbabwe. america will get what it deserves with a large standing army. today many "support the troops", i wonder if tomorrow they'll say the same when that desert tan boot is pressed agaisnt the side of their face, in their house, in some future time. i think we could cut the army down to 4 divisions and still be able to protect the shores and mainland. could probably get it down to 3 , maybe even two, if the 2nd amendment was actually enjoyed by all americans except govt employees and law enforcement.

the draft? i'm like you. though not yet married, if someone came for my kids, or even my ife, to come serve in their war/whatever you wanna call it, i'd have to shoot them. it amazes me how these chumps can speak up for what somebody else's kid should be doing.

maybe the solution to the problem is that we register as an endagered species...you know, some sort of animal. being that they seem to have more rights than we do. i wonder if that professor has any kids? probably hates them if he does.

denny,

good point. won't work in court though. not like we have any laws any more. after all, we have the 13th, yet we still have stop loss. what has happened is that the govt gets you with your SSN. read the back of your selective service card and it basically says, "if you receive a govt benefit, then you must register." the funny thing is is that if you try to get out of social security, they won't let you. don't bother asking them how to do it, they'll lie to you if not straight out tell you that you can't.

what a mess.

Don't worry so much about conscription, Will. If y...

2006-09-07T13:46:00.000-06:00

Don't worry so much about conscription, Will. If you're even a moderate richie, simply PAY the piper the required fee, or make sure your Kinder are all enrolled in college after HS (home school) with a sufficient GPA and they are out of the draw. Simple as that, just like it's been in previous mandatory drafts, i.e. Vietnam, Korea, et al. There was a draft exemption fee during the Civil War as well.

Please don't tell me that you honestly believe that conscription (or being drafted into the military machine) will be a fait accompli for everybody do you?? No Will, it'll still remain largely the domain of the economically underprivileged and uneducated, maleducated, or rather, I should say, non-college educated just as the "voluntary" regimen is. It's always been this way historically concerning drafts. This is where the commoner, as usual, is constantly being fed a load of scat and they eat it all up. I could start a riot if I could gather a large enough collection of commoners, who basically loathe richies for some right, but too often for the wrong reasons, into a group and pound the truth of the matter into their brains, thusly:

"Look, can't you see that a draft is not a 'share the misery' arrangement of servicing the war machine as I suspect most of you folk believe and would hope to be the case!!?? The richies simply PAY the pipers in Rome (uh, I mean Washington, sorry) an exorbitant exemption fee and their Kinder are exempt from the draft. Or, if their Kinder are enrolled in a university possessing an acceptable GPA, they're exempt! Get it??!! How else do you think those hippy '60s freaks always had time to protest in the streets of America, live comfortably, and otherwise drink and be merry while your Kinder were slouchin', sloggin', killin', and dyin' in the jungles of Vietnam in misery?? Because, once again, their richie parents paid the piper the exemption fee and/or their hippy kiddies were safely ensconced in a university!!"

This is just one of the many reason why I loathe the entire military complex as I said in a previous thread.

You worry way too much, Will. Relax!

Why hadn't I heard of your blogspot before now??!!...

2006-09-07T12:48:00.000-06:00

Why hadn't I heard of your blogspot before now??!! Great stuff in true Mogambo style (TMS). Loved it!

BTW, military conscription was outlawed by the 13th Amendment, not that it makes any difference to the criminals pretending to be our government.