posted by Caleb on Jul 23
In case you had to get the memo, Squeaky is, to use the vernacular, my homeboy. Since we’ve started doing the show together, in addition to working on that we’ve had some time to compare notes on other items of interest - which is why when she put her post up on what amounted to gross sexism from KdT, I decided to have her back 100%.
What kills me about the original post that started all this ruckus is that I, as a man who is also not a pig was offended by the implication that I’m standing around waiting to leer uncontrollably at women who are apparently running around ripping off their tops. So based on that alone, I would have backed up Squeaks - but then she sends me IM telling me that someone called her a “stupid Nazi cunt” in an email because she had the temerity to disagree with KdT.
UPDATE #2: To the guy who created one of those temporary email addresses JUST to send me an email calling me a “stupid Nazi cunt”: you know, if your point was to make me feel badly for linking to KdT because he just happened to be the one using the phrase I found offensive, you’d do better to, you know, post a blog about it and link to me so that others can share in your oh-so-sophistocated opinion on the subject. That’ll show me, right? Yeah, I’m going to pronounce your efforts as EPIC FAIL.
That pretty much put me over the edge on this one, and though while being a fantastic example of epic fail it also completely proved the point we were both trying to make. I mean, aside from the fact that whomever sent her that email is essentially a completely balls-less coward, the fact that he had that kind of knuckle-dragging neanderthal reaction to Squeaks pointing out the obvious sexism would have been funny if it hadn’t been directed at my friend.
The point of all of this isn’t actually to call anyone out - well, except for the chickenshit who emailed Squeaks - but rather to illustrate a point that just because a certain amount of boorishness is often tolerated in the shooting sports, it’s still a pretty fucking stupid thing to tolerate. You want to alienate women from the shooting sports? Make the insinuation that women who shoot are a bunch of trollops, and see how many new shooters you bring in to the sport.
posted by Caleb on Jul 18
Gun Nuts: TNG now has a website to go with the radio show - you’ll be able to find old shows, gun blog round ups, and shooting sports news and information at www.gunnuts-tng.com - one stop shop for all your blaggy goodness!
posted by Caleb on Jul 18
This is the gun I’ll be shooting at Blackwater, roughly. It’s the Para 1911 LTC in 9mm.
With higher capacity, less recoil and a cartridge that’s been a world favorite for more than a century, this new 9mm LTC is destined to become an instant classic. It features a 4.25-inch ramped match barrel, 9+1 rounds of firepower and Para’s non-reflective Covert Black finish.
I believe that I may be the only person who elected to shoot a 9mm, which apparently makes me a girl.
What can I say, unlike some people I don’t feel the need to compensate for poor marksmanship with a bigger bullet. :D
posted by Caleb on Jul 16
Don Gwinn, the Armed School Teacher, was the lucky lucky winner of the 11th spot at Blackwater.
Although technically, with the inclusion of Sebastian and Bitter as Michael’s guests, wouldn’t that technically make Don lucky number 13? The 13th…Warrior? I’m so sorry, I couldn’t resist that reference.
I look forward to seeing him at Blackwater for “Summer Camp”!
posted by Caleb on Jul 16
I heartily enjoy finding gun blogs authored by women, so I’m pretty happy to add Pretty Pistolera to my blogroll. She was on the podcast last night along with the Breda, and it made for a pretty lively discussion of carry methods, training techniques, and my favorite, stupid gun guy stories.
posted by Caleb on Jul 12
Sometime yesterday while I was out blasty-blastin’ with my new Glock 24, Gun Nuts: The Next Generation had our 1,000th combined download of our shows. And that doesn’t count the people who have downloaded it via iTunes (which we can’t track).
On behalf of my gracious southern co-host and myself, I’d like to say “thank you” to everyone who listens live and who downloads our shows. We really enjoy doing the show, and we look forward to producing new episodes each week.
Tune in this week for “One for Ladies” as Bonnie and I discuss female concealed carry with none other than The Breda herself.
posted by Caleb on Jul 11
It occurs to me that I should probably thank all the people who were instrumental in my purchase of the Glock 24. Since it wasn’t on the list of guns that I initially wanted to buy, and I had never heard of it, of course my first email went to Tam, which essentially consisted of “There’s a Glock 24 with X extras for Y dollars, I hope you’re near a computer”.
The next email went to Robb, who is a notorious Glock guy, to let him know that I was going to the dark side and buying a Glock instead of another .45 caliber revolver.
The finally piece of the pie was The Breda who proceeded to tell me that I shouldn’t buy plastic guns; and although I don’t think I was able to convince her, she did eventually acquiesce to my decision.
I always get a little panicky when my gun store ideas don’t go according to plan, hence why I feel the need to reach out to the network of gunpeoples to either persuade or dissuade me from certain gun choices.
Thanks for helping me defeat my horrible gun ADD, guys!
posted by Caleb on Jul 10
If you’re not reading Breda, you should be. She is awesome, despite the fact that she counseled me against getting the Gloc 24.
You should read The Breda right now.
posted by Caleb on Jul 9
Thanks to everyone who tuned in live to listen to Gun Nuts:TNG - we appreciate your support.
For those of you that are waiting for the archive version, blogtalkradio is saying that’s it’s not available at this time (around 0015 Eastern) due to a “technical error”, but it should up and available tomorrow morning. Worst case scenario, I still have the raw audio of the interview with Michael Bane, which if BlogTalkRadio doesn’t fix their glitch, I will definitely post.
posted by Caleb on Jul 7
Tomorrow night at 11pm Eastern, Squeaky and I will be pleased to have Michael Bane, of Shooting Gallery, Downrange.tv, the Michael Bane blog, and all the other stuff he does on the show.
Due to scheduling constraints, we’ll be pre-recording the interview and broadcasting the audio portion of the interview during our 11pm Eastern show; feel free to tune in and call in at (347) 539-5436. No call-ins will be accepted during the pre-recorded audio with Michael, but after that we will take live callers.
That’s right, tomorrow night we’ll have Michael Bane on the show at 11pm Eastern time. Tune in at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/gunnuts for all your shooty/Para/Blackwater/sooper-seekrit AR goodness.
