Snowflakes in Hell

Blogging was more light this weekend than the usual light weekend blogging because of my IHMSA match, which could have gone better.  It was cold, and the wind was up.  These are the kinds of conditions which seperate the men from the boys, and I’m just getting to the point in this where my voice is starting to crackle.

I got a 13 in Field Pistol in Production category, with my S&W 629 with Iron Sights shooting .44 Special.  Combined with my last score of 11, that qualifies me for an A rating.  Didn’t score all that well in small bore.  Wind was a killer there, and I don’t have enough experience to compensate for it.  Field pistol still remains my best game.   Hopefully in better weather, I’ll be able to score a A or maybe AA rating in small bore before the season is over.

Tomorrow I will be traveling to Harrisburg to attend the pro second amendment rally there.  I will be reporting back on the happenings as soon as I get home, but morning and afternoon blogging will probably be light.

“I have a dream. I refuse to accept the end of man. I believe he will endure. He will survive. Man is immortal, not because alone of God’s creatures he has a voice, but because he has a soul… a spirit capable of compassion… and sacrifice… and endurance. About America and Americans, this is particularly true. It is a fabulous country, where miracles not only happen, they happen all the time. As a nation, we have, perhaps uniquely, a special willness of the heart.

- Charlton Heston, “In the Arena” a 1995 Autobiography

Statement from Wayne LaPierre:

Today, my heart is heavy with the loss of Charlton Heston.

America has lost a great patriot. The Second Amendment has lost a faithful friend. So have I, and so have four million NRA members and eighty million gun owners. And so has every American who cares about the Bill of Rights, individual liberty, and Freedom.

My heart is heavy, but not without a sense of pride. Pride in a man who devoted his life to his profession with grace and dignity. Pride in an American who devoted himself to civil rights, to correcting injustices around him, and to standing up for what he knew was right. Pride in a friend who stood with me and stood with fellow NRA members to preserve our freedom for future generations. Pride in a patriot who believed with every fiber of his being that our Bill of Rights is the foundation of our freedom that makes Americans singular among the masses of nations.

And now, Charlton Heston has passed that duty to us – the next generation. I am as proud to continue his cause as I am to have known him as my friend.

But today, my thoughts cannot leave the Heston family. They have always had my utmost respect and admiration and, today, they have my deepest sympathy and most earnest prayers. And they will always have my friendship.

I don’t really have anything to add.