en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/533658 Comments by Nanjing03 http://www.fortmorgantimes.com/ci_23714020/sheriffs-speak-out-gun-control-measures#IDComment685737997 Sheriffs across the country have been comforting allies to those of us who cherish and defend the Constitution. With the loss of the 2nd Amendment goes the 1st Amendment -- and ultimately all of the Constitution. All citizens in our constitutional republic need to be ever vigilent and get involved through our representatives and have our voices heard in social media. Membership in the NRA or a state level 2nd Amendment organization is not a bad idea either. Tue, 23 Jul 2013 19:46:05 +0000 http://www.fortmorgantimes.com/ci_23714020/sheriffs-speak-out-gun-control-measures#IDComment685737997 http://defensetech.org/2012/06/05/tanks-as-far-as-the-eye-can-see/#IDComment380160860 Wow, talk about a sudden and catastrophic failure of the national infrastructure. Those tanks -- for the most part -- are still basically sound in design minus current upgrades, but they were improperly stored for long term storage. Everything at this facility probably came to a sudden stop when the Soviet Union imploded in 1989. The size and age of those trees growing in and around the tank yard might give some indication of when site management ceased. Some enterprising Russian business ought to buy up the site with all of its tracked assets and go into business selling factory refurbished Soviet-era tanks and spare parts to the countries in Africa, and Asia that still use them. Middle Eastern countries are opting for newly built export versions of the M1A2, refurbished M-60A3s, and upgraded M113A3s. Wed, 13 Jun 2012 18:39:32 +0000 http://defensetech.org/2012/06/05/tanks-as-far-as-the-eye-can-see/#IDComment380160860 http://jobsforveterans.military.com/634/tips-on-job-interview-day/#IDComment339492084 Don't give up David. You've been through a ton and we all have our big test in life -- you're going through yours now. This recession has kicked us all in the butt but guys like you will come out of it. Just stay the course, be brave and cry out to God to stand with you in this struggle. Somebody somewhere will reach out to you just like you will some day reach out to them. Rich Sun, 15 Apr 2012 12:18:19 +0000 http://jobsforveterans.military.com/634/tips-on-job-interview-day/#IDComment339492084 http://jobsforveterans.military.com/634/tips-on-job-interview-day/#IDComment336776873 Good question. I hear that VA and other government agencies have so-called programs in place to get veterans employed in their agencies, but I don't see it happening. I "heard" that veterans are competing with other government preference candidates like Welfare To Work, AmeriCorps, and such. My state once had a pretty good policy steering veterans into decent state jobs and I was a recipient of that program. In turn, I promoted through the ranks from state correctional officer, caseworker, academy trainer, and a position in senior staff administration. I only left to recover from surgery, work a federal position which included service in Iraq, and finish college upon my return. I am trying to get back with my old state agency now. Of course, I keep looking elsewhere in and out of all levels of government and in the private sector. A full time private sector position might be better. My loyalty goes to the guy or gal who hires me. Until then, thank God for my part time and temporary jobs -- even at 1/3 the pay with no benefits, and the VA to cover our (my wife is a vet too) medical needs. Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:20:12 +0000 http://jobsforveterans.military.com/634/tips-on-job-interview-day/#IDComment336776873 http://jobsforveterans.military.com/634/tips-on-job-interview-day/#IDComment336729283 Well, I thought that it was just me, but after reading about all the talented and determined fellow vets out there that can't find a full time job, I am confident that the current recession (perhaps that's too light a term) is the real problem. Maybe the government will stop calling it a "slow recovery" and call it for what it is. Maybe I should have not gone back to finish college after surgery that led to my having to step down from my past career in the first place. I noticed that employers manage to get around government hiring programs for veterans by simply upping the “other” requirements. If you meet the education requirements, then they up the experience requirements at that level or the next lowest level -- not just government jobs, but private sector as well. I know I can’t get around my age of 54 years, so I am banking on my presentation and interview skills, excellent health, education, references, and past performance scores to possibly get me around all of that -- we'll just have to see. In the meantime, I am among the 30-40% of "under-employed" Americans working 2-3 part time/temporary jobs at a mere fraction in earnings of my last full time position. Again, I'm not complaining, but I am worried about the financial well being of my family, and the well being of this country. Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:46:43 +0000 http://jobsforveterans.military.com/634/tips-on-job-interview-day/#IDComment336729283 http://militaryadvantage.military.com/2012/03/new-vrap-gi-bill-for-unemployed-vets/#IDComment336486365 -Part 2 of 2- The best I can do since then is work as a substitute teacher. I'm not complaining. Teaching is rewarding, but I thought I could do better than 30 hours a week at 1/3 of my old state salary. Tried to get my old position -- or less -- in my old state agency, but in spite of excellent prior evals, being in excellent physical condition, having gained a wealth of experience both there and elsewhere, more education and great interviews -- nobody is burning up the phone towers to give me a job. When I first started with the state, I was 28 years old. Today, I'm 54 but just as healthy and a damn sight smarter -- but not smart enough to get a FT job. I'll just keep looking until “the recovery” comes my way -- or maybe I’ll start some business of my own writing history texts for school children. Didn’t mean to ramble, but I know as well as anybody here how tough it is these days. Thank you all for your fine service and hang tough. Wed, 11 Apr 2012 03:30:13 +0000 http://militaryadvantage.military.com/2012/03/new-vrap-gi-bill-for-unemployed-vets/#IDComment336486365 http://militaryadvantage.military.com/2012/03/new-vrap-gi-bill-for-unemployed-vets/#IDComment336486110 -Part 1 of 2- For what it's worth, I'm been out of FT work since 2008 -- currently working 2-3 PT jobs and still searching. I wasn't a Vietnam War or Persian Gulf War vet. Vietnam ended three months before I graduated HS and got orders to NTC. From there -- submarines. It wasn’t easy duty -- but it wasn’t getting shot at either. After that, the Chapter 34 GI Bill, extra money selling cars, and a BS in Criminal Justice. From there, 15 years through the ranks of our state corrections department from uniformed officer to case work, to trainer, investigator and administration before stepping down in 2003 to get two shoulder surgeries at the VA and enduring eighteen months of physical therapy and complete recovery. In 2005, I got a job at DoD which I held for three years with 7 months service in western Iraq moving throughout Al-Anbar by helo from site to site and yes -- getting shot at. Unlike a lot of you though, I couldn't shoot back. I left DoD in 2008 to complete another BS -- in History. Wed, 11 Apr 2012 03:29:34 +0000 http://militaryadvantage.military.com/2012/03/new-vrap-gi-bill-for-unemployed-vets/#IDComment336486110 http://jobsforveterans.military.com/634/tips-on-job-interview-day/#IDComment336429356 I am a Navy submarine service vet of the Cold War with later civilian Defense Department service in the Iraq War. Prior to my DoD position, I had to leave a good position as an administrator with a state correctional agency due to needed shoulder surgery through the VA. Since we are considered law enforcement in our state, I could not return until medically cleared even though I was an administrator. After 18 months of physical therapy and healing, I took up a position with DoD because our nation was at war. I left DoD after three years of service, including 7 months in Iraq, to finish college. Now I am trying to return to an equal or lesser position in my old state agency. I am a hit at interviews and I score far above the position requirements due to fifteen previous years of excellent evals and extensive experience. To date, though -- no hits on a job. I'm in perfect physical condition, medically cleared to work through VA, intelligent, quick and likeable. I dress well, display excellent communications skills, interview really well, and after each interview, I leave confident that I have the job. However, I am also 54 years old. I can't help wonder if age is playing into this. Wed, 11 Apr 2012 01:39:48 +0000 http://jobsforveterans.military.com/634/tips-on-job-interview-day/#IDComment336429356 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Hunters-fighting-to-stop-Thurston-Co-gun-ordinance-146372925.html#IDComment335341378 Yeah, kinda like when you "boohoo" laws that forbid you to smoke dope. Go get a life pal. Mon, 9 Apr 2012 15:19:38 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Hunters-fighting-to-stop-Thurston-Co-gun-ordinance-146372925.html#IDComment335341378 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Hunters-fighting-to-stop-Thurston-Co-gun-ordinance-146372925.html#IDComment335338795 There are a lot of these "900 foot" no shooting proposals suddenly popping up all over the country and most of them never get off the ground because they are such stupid proposals. We had a similar proposal of "no shooting within 900 feet (300 yards) of another residence" in my home state of South Carolina even if the shooting is done on private property under strict controls. The county in question is along the Atlantic coast. The proposal was shot down (pun intended) by County Council. Mon, 9 Apr 2012 15:14:50 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Hunters-fighting-to-stop-Thurston-Co-gun-ordinance-146372925.html#IDComment335338795 http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/gop-now-pushing-for-guns-in-kindergarten-classes/politics/2012/01/24/33578#IDComment286201809 Almost every mass shooting in an institutional setting occurred at schools, universities, other government properties, or private business workplaces which were designated “gun-free zones” and where the victims were powerless to defend themselvs because none of them were armed. Virginia Tech, Fort Hood and employment sites that forbid guns are well known. In spite of these islands of vulnerability, the declining violent crime and declining gun accidents where people can legally keep and bear arms more than just correlate to the successful "shall issue" and "unrestricted" policies of those jurisdictions. According to the DOJs National Institute of Justice /Bureau of Justice Statistics, and the FBI Uniform Crime Report every year for the last 20 years, there is a definite causal effect to more guns and less crime. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 13:11:07 +0000 http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/gop-now-pushing-for-guns-in-kindergarten-classes/politics/2012/01/24/33578#IDComment286201809 http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/guns-youd-think-that-if-a-congresswoman-got-shot-in-the-head-bloomberg-attacks/politics/2012/02/05/34163#IDComment286191692 This Congress is doing what the people elected them to do -- to stay off the backs of the American people and run interference from a rouge president and his cronies. We can include Bloomberg and Associates as some of those cronies. Bloomberg is sweating bullets (pun intended) because interstate concealed carry recipricity already passed overwhelingly in the House and has broad bipartisan support in the Senate. It won't be long before EVERY law abiding citizen with no felony convictions and no serious mental health issues, and who can clear the National Instant Check System can apply for a concealed carry permit and carry anywhere in this country. If Bloomberg doesn't like it, he can move to Mexico which has some of the most draconian gun laws on Earth -- and some of the most horrific violent crimes to go with it. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 12:52:03 +0000 http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/guns-youd-think-that-if-a-congresswoman-got-shot-in-the-head-bloomberg-attacks/politics/2012/02/05/34163#IDComment286191692 http://blog.heritage.org/2012/02/02/calls-for-gun-control-in-wake-of-fast-and-furious-ignore-current-law/#IDComment282406728 Wow, what was Eric Holder smoking when he made that comment? The only gun smuggling was DOJ's own BATFE launching a smuggling operation of their own into Mexico to create the illusion that Billy Bob's Guns and Sporting Goods was the cause of thousands of Mexican police, soldiers, judges, mayors and other bystanders -- not to mention the murder of an American Border Patrol official because of a Justice Department conspiracy to prompt more useless gun control. I'm surprised that Holder can keep a straight face through all of his lies. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 02:52:12 +0000 http://blog.heritage.org/2012/02/02/calls-for-gun-control-in-wake-of-fast-and-furious-ignore-current-law/#IDComment282406728 http://spousebuzz.com/blog/2012/01/no-more-bcg-lovin.html#IDComment277348311 Before everybody goes crazy over the fallout of this decision, just remember what happened when the "old" BCGs from the 60s and 70s were discontinued by the military. They became all the rage on the civilian market and everybody wanted them. Now watch for the same thing to happen here. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:45:45 +0000 http://spousebuzz.com/blog/2012/01/no-more-bcg-lovin.html#IDComment277348311 http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news/victims-fighting-back-with-firearms#IDComment260026944 Victims aren't just defending themselves in Hampton Roads. Just Google around and see so many people doing the same throughout America. Violent crime is down and gun accidents are down where law abiding citizens keep and bear arms -- according to the U.S. Justice Department's own National Institute of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, and the FBI Uniform Crime Report. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:51:34 +0000 http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news/victims-fighting-back-with-firearms#IDComment260026944 http://www.kimatv.com/news/local/133783388.html#IDComment222098707 The so-called "gun show loophole" is just a wedge issue to keep dying gun control in America on emergency life support. The reality,is that gunshows are not a problem. The probem is criminals and lax sentencing guidelines where incarcarated criminals are released as fast as they are processed. The best gun control is good sight alignment and consistant trigger squeeze -- with the rest of the training that goes with it. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:32:37 +0000 http://www.kimatv.com/news/local/133783388.html#IDComment222098707 http://www.kimatv.com/news/local/133783388.html#IDComment221767198 There is not much credibilty for more worthless gun control and not much popularity for it either these days. According to the Gallop Poll just three weeks ago, gun control was never less popular with only 24% for it. With violelnce and accidents down where ever there are armed citizens in America, it looks like gun control is rightfully dead Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:11:31 +0000 http://www.kimatv.com/news/local/133783388.html#IDComment221767198 http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news/norfolk/guns-on-campus-brings-protestors#IDComment215887473 The bottom line is that the anti-gun /anti-2nd Amendment group convinced nobody but themselves. The media is saying that the concealed carry /right to bear arms advocates won this hands down. The Virginian Pilot poll shows 79% for concealed carry on campus which is close to the 74% reported by Gallop last week. Gun control is as good as dead in this country. There won't be any returning to it. Wed, 2 Nov 2011 17:31:46 +0000 http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news/norfolk/guns-on-campus-brings-protestors#IDComment215887473 http://biggovernment.com/jlongenecker/2011/10/22/dont-believe-in-the-gun-believe-in-the-citizen/#IDComment211104949 Part 2: Just as the DOJ, NIJ/BJS, and the FBI are the hallmarks in research and statistics credibility, there are still entities like the Brady Campaign to Prevent Handgun Violence (formally Handgun Control, Inc.), the oddly named Violence Policy Center, and Michael Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Handguns that shamelessly cite discredited studies, or simply pull numbers out of thin air while crafting bogus arguments to piously stand in the way of continuing reforms. Gun control in America was a chronic failure and is essentially dead. It’s time to bury it where it falls and move forward. Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:16:25 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/jlongenecker/2011/10/22/dont-believe-in-the-gun-believe-in-the-citizen/#IDComment211104949 http://biggovernment.com/jlongenecker/2011/10/22/dont-believe-in-the-gun-believe-in-the-citizen/#IDComment211104589 Part 1: Today, 40 states have provisions for "shall issue" concealed carry permits, and 4 states simply allow law abiding citizens to carry without a permit. Five states -- which includes Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Hawaii, and California -- offer the more arbitrary and unworkable "may issue." In the "shall issue" and "unrestricted" states, per the U.S. Department of Justice's own National Institute of Justice /Bureau of Justice Statistics, and the FBI Uniform Crime Report, every year for two decades, there are fewer violent crimes and fewer gun accidents where law abiding citizens are allowed to keep and bear arms. Essentially, according to NIJ/BJS and the FBI, more guns = less crime. Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:15:06 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/jlongenecker/2011/10/22/dont-believe-in-the-gun-believe-in-the-citizen/#IDComment211104589