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Last Friday, Robert Mueller delivered his report on Russian collusion to Attorney General William Barr. No further indictments. No reports of any collusion. #Libtards are quick to point out the many arrests associated with this investigation. None of the arrests had to do with collusion. All were either procedural arrest, or or wrongdoings in the past, unrelated to the Trump Administration. Some of the Rifleman's favorite tweets on this topic: Robert Mueller has delivered his report to William Barr. At 5:00 PM. On a Friday. Without any more indictments. The investigation is over. - @ARmastrangelo The collusion hoax is the biggest scandal in American history. It’s nothing more than a smokescreen to hide the Democrat’s collusion with Ukrainian & foreign intelligence to entrap Trump. The media has played a key role in the coverup. - @Dbongino I want all you Russiagate freaks to repeat after me After 3 years of investigating After FISA warrants, wiretaps, and le...

This question, or one just like it, crosses my desk multiple times per week.   "What do I need to learn about guns?" 1. Marksmanship. Be able to hit your target. 2. Be able to bring your gun to bear rapidly enough to make a difference.  3. Be able to remedy stoppages.  4. Be able to do 1-3 as smoothly and quickly as possible.  Every drill worth training is some version of 1-3. 

Why I'm not an NRA certified instructor. 1. I refuse to partner with someone who hates me. -   NRA backs bump stock bans . -   NRA supports red flag laws . 2. NRA gun courses are not in high demand. Show me one gun training school that makes the bulk of its money teaching NRA certified classes. 3. The NRA is not the only place to get insurance. At one point in time, it would have been very difficult to find insurance for gun classes. Now, all one has to do is perform a Google search. 4. NRA insurance doesn't cover enough. The insurance that one can purchase through the NRA basically only covers NRA certified classes. If people were taking NRA certified classes, then this would be important. 5. Source Material The reason NRA classes are not in high demand is because the NRA is no longer the sole source material for good shooting tips. In this information age, it's very easy to find exactly what material one needs to study. Folks are no longer paying for the mat...

Not my words but every word is gospel...... A couple years ago I was working security at a bar in northern Virginia. I overheard a table of college kids arguing about gun rights and gun control and it was getting far too emotional so I did what any sane combat veteran would do and attempted to exfiltrate. I must not have withdrawn as surreptitiously as I intended, because I was stopped in my tracks when a 5-foot-nothing brunette seemingly leapt in front of me and blurted out "excuse me, can you help us?" I'm sure I must have looked irritated as I cycled through the possible quips and excuses I considered available to me but being uncertain that she wasn't some Senator's daughter, I caved: "What's up?" She basically leads me to this table of 2 other females (probably both named Karen) and a very soft looking male. Becky: "So, we were just talking about current events and, you know. So, you look like you're probably in the military, right?...

Dick's Sporting Goods to remove guns from 125 stores . Usually, when Dick's are finished screwing people, they go soft. Also, these Dick's pull out when done with the screwjob.

Someone I used to call a freind... Why I no longer consider him a friend is beyond the scope of this blog post.  Suffice it to say he stole large sums of money from mutual friends. I used to give him brass from when I went shooting.  Thousands of pieces of brass.  In exchange, he would hand load it.  And he would give me some of the hand loads from time to time.   His 55-gr .223 hand loads were better than most factory loads.  I'd get 2.5 MOA from them.   However, his pistol loads were not.   He had given me 200 rounds of 9mm FMJ and another 200 rounds of 9mm hollow point.  From 5 yards, groups were fired.   The first group was with the FMJ. A 10-round group was fired that measured 8". Surprised at the lack of accuracy, I fired another 10-round group from a rest - as the first group was offhand.   The group did not tighten up! The hollow point ammunition grouped much better - under 3" offhand and reste...

The Rifleman reads many blogs. Many Twitter accounts. Many news outlets. Information is critical, therefore I try to take in as much as possible. A couple of outlets feel that President Donald Trump will win re-election in a landslide. Most believe he is doomed due to a "failure to live up to campaign promises." Among the promises these outlets feel Trump has failed on - the Wall, gun control (bump stock ban), and others.  The Rifleman is no prophet.  If I was, this blog wouldn't exist.  I'd be quietly retired somewhere.  So I certainly do not know who will win the presidency in the 2020 election.  But let's put it this way: I don't care.  See, it won't matter.  The next time a Dim gets into office, our Republic will be doomed.   We are too far past the tipping point.  We have voted our way into socialism.  The easy times have made for soft men, which have created the hard times we have now and that will come.  This is n...

A woman stole a rental car  because demons  told her to steal it.  Yes, it's from Florida.  Although there are many things in the story that do not add up, one that stood out to me was that the woman said the rental employees did not rent her a car, claiming they had no cars to rent her at that time. But then, she stole a car from them. Did she lie about that part? Or did she come back later and steal the car after it had been returned? Was that car simply reserved for someone else, and therefore not available? Did the rental employees lie to her, because they didn't want to rent her a car? Something else? During my rental days, this would have been called a " conversion ." The car had been converted from a revenue-generating state to a non revenue-generating state. Funny & sad story any which way you look at it. 

What Libertarians get wrong. Or... Why I cannot be a Libertarian.  A.K.A. - a Libertarian. Based on information  from their website . Free Trade and Migration We support the removal of governmental impediments to free trade. Political freedom and escape from tyranny demand that individuals not be unreasonably constrained by government in the crossing of political boundaries. Economic freedom demands the unrestricted movement of human as well as financial capital across national borders. Free trade and migration can only work when all other countries adhere to all of the same principles, have the same values, and have the same laws. Under our current system, we cannot afford to have free trade and free migration - the social welfare programs are bankrupting us already, and we don't need to add to that burden. National Defense We support the maintenance of a sufficient military to defend the United States against aggression. The United States should both avoid entangl...

The Twitter feed Tuesday morning suggests that Captain Marvel performed at outstanding levels this past weekend. This seemed odd - when I took my family to see it (at a usually busy time for hit movies), there were only four other families in the theater. So I went and did  some research . looks like the movie bombed, by MCU standards. From the link, Captain Marvel was number 20 out of 21 MCU films on opening weekend. Maybe that's just not adjusted for inflation. Let's look at that: As you can see, adjusting for inflation doesn't help Captain Marvel at all - 21st out of 21. Dead last.  Perhaps we should look at the global box office. Perhaps the USA is just stuck in the molasses of toxic masculinity. The news really doesn't get much better. It's the lowest global opening of a post- Avengers MCU movie. Perhaps Brie Larson shouldn't have gone full retard with the feminist propaganda right...

  The Transformed Wife  hits another one out of the park. Seriously, if you do not read that blog, you should start today. The wife and I both enjoy it tremendously. The subject of that post was why more men don't want more children. The author makes very good and accurate points. She is not wrong on any of them. The only thing I would add, is that some men don't want more children for (legitimate) fear of excessive child support in a potential divorce situation.  Naturally, there are some exceptions to the rule. However, The Transformed Wife has hit the nail on the head. The Rifleman has two children, one boy and one girl, and is very happy with that number. So is the Mrs. My brother has one son, and is very happy to have his son. My sister has no children, and she and her husband are happy with that. Growing up, my mother made children and babies out to be "gross." She would say that they had diseases and germs and things like that. She repeated the classic femi...

"In my work in the Army, I often come across men of a rather low order of intelligence whom no amount of practice will teach to shoot, chiefly because they have never learned how to use their brains. Any man of ordinary intelligence, who is not physically handicapped, can become a good shot. To become an expert shot requires both a good body and a good brain." – Col. Townsend Whelen,  The American Rifle  1918

Here is a funny story of a "before-and-after." Before Several years ago, The Rifleman was searching for a place to hold martial arts classes. Naturally, many different business entities we're call. Local YMCAs, strip malls with space for rent, and even some local churches. As his natural in business, the primary contact person was not always available at the time of each phone call. Therefore, The Rifleman left messages. As usual, The Rifleman was also expecting phone calls from several clients. No worries, most people will identify themselves. Most . Caller: "This is 'Mike,' you called me?" Rifleman: "Yes, sir. Remind me, who are you with?" Caller: "Well, you called me. I'm wondering what you want?" Rifleman: "Yes, sir. I've called many people over the last few days. Tell me, what company do you work for?" Caller: "well, if you don't know why you called me..." Rifleman: "Sir, I have cal...

Fact 1: DUI checkpoints not only are a poor use of police resources, they are also unconstitutional. Fact 2: If you pass through a sobriety checkpoint, data shows you’re more likely to get a citation for something other than drunk driving. Among the violations most often cited — speeding, following too close, texting and improper lane usage, among others. Fact 3: Uber and lyft have done more to prevent drunk driving than anything law enforcement has done. Meditate on this.  And let me know what you think. 

From a reader: Mr. Rifleman, Like you, I enjoy the classic guns.  I have an M16 clone. However, a lot of gun store employees and other guys say I need an M4 for more tactical training and operations.  What are the ins and outs? Great question! The M16A2 and M16A4 are excellent rifles.  Civilian clone rifles are similarly excellent.  Many major manufacturers produce 20" barrels and they and others make good A2 buttstocks. An M16A2 or M16A4 clone makes an excellent minuteman rifle.  Let's dig into this deeper. Advantages M16 clones have longer barrels. Longer barrels means greater velocity from the rounds.  This translates into better effectiveness.  Greater velocity also translates to longer effective ranges.  For outdoors, an M16 clone rifle can make effective hits out to 800 yards with quality ammo.  The rifle length gas tube, accompanied by the A2 stock result in an even lighter recoil impulse. The .223 / 5.56 is not a ...

Here is a map of the US, along with corresponding camo patterns that tend to work best. Obviously, the patterns used in this display are the more modern patterns. For most of the Eastern US, traditional Woodland pattern, A-Tacs FG, and Digital Woodland are just about ideal.

According to traditional church leadership typography, a leader can take the role of prophet, priest, or king.  Last week, Pastor Greg Locke of Mount Juliet was full on prophet.  Late last week, it was announced that an abortion clinic would be opening in Mount Juliet.  Naturally, this created an uproar.  Pastor Locke went to the front door of the facility on Friday and made a social media video. In that video, he stated the clinic wouldn't last a week.  On Sunday, the city commission held a vote the results of which will make it nigh impossible to open the clinic.  Particularly since they had not obtained the necessary permits.   Pastor Locke was at that vote and was asked to speak before the commission.   So, within two days, his prophecy came true.  And, more importantly,  no abortions in Mount Juliet.

Today would have been Pops' 76th birthday.  It's the first one he will celebrate in Heaven.