Yesterday, Arizona’s Constitutional Carry law went into effect. This law reestablishes the right to keep and bear arms. It allows Arizonans who are lawfully able to own a firearm, to carry their firearm discreetly with out the need for a permit.
With this greater freedom however – there is a very important thing that should not be overlooked. Responsibility. Now, many Arizonans have been exercising their Second Amendment rights for some time, and are no stranger to the responsibility needed to go along with owning firearms – but there are many people who may now be carrying firearms who never did before.
Just this last weekend I was visiting a gun store in Payson Arizona when a couple came in asking “what will women be carrying in their purses now with this new law”. During their conversation with the shopkeeper it became very clear that while she had had experience with firearms – she had no notion of carrying one daily before now.
To get to my point: got a gun? Get some training. You owe it to yourself, and your neighbors to learn how to operate the firearm you are about to start carrying. Familiarize yourself with the gun laws in this state. Learn what you can and can not do and where you can and can not go.
There are many reputable training facilities and instructors in this state. Ask at your gun shop, or ask me.
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Time for a little more gadget geekery here on DesertDefender.com.
Looks like there are now a couple different android based tablets available for purchase in the US.
The first one was the Augen GenTouch which has a 7″ screen and is available at KMart for $150. In my opinion its no so impressive so I’m going to lend most of this post to the FlatPad A10.
The Flatpad A10 is a tablet that looks like it may be able to take on the iPad pretty well. It has a bunch of features that the iPad does not and it only costs $285.
Here’s the feature list:
- ARM Cortex-A8 Processor 1GHz+
- 2GB Flash Memory
- 256MB RAM
- microSD memory card slot up to 32GB
- 10.2” TFT ,1024×600 RESISTIVE Touchscreen Display
- WiFi support
- Accelerometer
- WebCam
- 1-USB 2.0 Host port and 1-USB 2.0 OTG port
- 2400 mAh battery (5-7 hours battery life)
- Built in stereo speakers 1Wx2
- 1080p video playback support
- Google Maps
- and of course an Android 2.1 operating System
See this post on DroidForums.net for more information, pictures and videos. (This post is also where I ripped off the feature list from!)
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Some people protesting SB1070 yesterday decided it would be a good idea to stop in the middle of the freeway open up the back doors of their vans and throw tires covered in paint, tar and broken glass into the roadway.
Traffic on Interstate 19 was halted because of it, and DPS had to come out and clean it all up before people could start moving again.
A group called “Freedom for Arizona” apparently is taking credit for this. Wasn’t the act a federal crime? So far I see nothing reporting that any action is being taken. Hopefully someone got a license plate number and turns it in.
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SB 1070 protesters said they would block the Maricopa County Jail. Good Ol’ Sheriff Joe said he’d put them in it. I guess this guy didn’t take him seriously.
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Mexico is bracing itself for the influx of its own citizens, coming home.
Seeing Red AZ
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Some parts of the bill will be enforced, while others are on hold. Looks like this is going to be a long and tough fight.
U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton blocked several provisions including one that required a police officer to determine the immigration status of a person detained or arrested if the officer believes the person is not in the country legally.
The judge also put on hold provisions requiring immigrants to carry their papers at all times, and which made it illegal for workers without immigration papers to seek work in public places.
[full article]
Also see this article.
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Last night, I just started throwing things together and made a pretty tasty pasta dish.
Put some olive oil in a pan with some fresh garlic and sauteed it a bit. Chopped up a couple chicken breasts and threw that in with the oil. Added chopped up bell peppers and once the chicken was finished cooking, added some cherry tomatos. Covered it all with a generous sprinkling of this sea salt/pepper/garlic mix I have.
Then I boiled some penne and when that was done, put everything in a pot with some sun-dried tomato flavored alfredo sauce until the sauce was heated.
Dished it up and put a little more of my salt/pepper/galic topping on it. Boy was it delicious. It was like eating at Macaroni Grill, except tastier and less expensive. Had some cheap Cafe (by Gallo) red zinfandel to go with it.
I think next time I’ll add some bacon to it.
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H.R. 5741, the Universal National Service Act:
To require all persons in the United States between the ages of 18 and 42 to perform national service, either as a member of the uniformed services or in civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, to authorize the induction of persons in the uniformed services during wartime to meet end-strength requirements of the uniformed services, and for other purposes.
Isn’t that a bit unconstitutional?
13th Amendment:
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Source: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h111-5741
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Thanks to Ammoland, we find out that the new Bodyguard pistols are finally going to be hitting the market. Guess I should save a little money!
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