The Black Sunday Society

Friday, June 1, 2012

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Joe Barrett host of Trigger Time Sunday nights on 55KRC posted a very interesting observation on Facebook. He warns against carrying Hornady's Zombie Max ammo because it could be used against you in a court of law.

I had a listener tell me he carried this ammo in his self defense guns, but heard someone say perhaps he shouldn't due to the "Disclaimer" from Hornady. Having read it, I have to say I wouldn't own it either. It doesn't matter if it really isn't any more effective than something else, THIS ONE comes with the instructions by the manufacturer that it should never be used against a human being, and I am guessing an attorney could make good use of that in a civil trial if nothing else. I hope Greg, David, Bill and/or some of the more experienced trainers will give their two cents on this topic.

Disclaimer: Hornady® Zombie Max™ ammunition is NOT a toy (IT IS LIVE AMMUNITION), but is intended only to be used on…ZOMBIES, also known as the living dead, undead, etc. No human being, plant, animal, vegetable or mineral should ever be shot with Hornady® Zombie Max™ ammunition. Again, we repeat, Hornady® Zombie Max™ ammunition is for use on ZOMBIES ONLY, and that's not a nickname, phrase or cute way of referring to anybody, place or thing. When we say Zombies, we mean…ZOMBIES!

http://www.hornady.com/ammunition/zombiemax

UPDATE: The disclaimer is not on the box. I looked at one today.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

The Reason I Write

The reason I write

is to make something

as beautiful as you are

When I’m with you

I want to be the kind of hero

I wanted to be

when I was seven years old

a perfect man

who kills

-L. Cohen

Wish you were here

Monday, May 28, 2012

Memorial

I got drafted at 19

Me and a bunch of boys from home

January ’43, drove out to Pine Bluff and signed on

Went to basic south of Birmingham

Put me on west coast bound train

Spent three days out in San Diego

And they shipped me back east again

Left a port out of New York

Slept for months in British rain

Tore it up down in London town

And they shipped me back out again

The preacher said “Boys he who is killed tonight will dine with the Lord in Paradise”

One boy spoke up, said “preacher come on, eat your supper with us

Never talk about those first days

Lots of friends left behind

But I made it all the way across France

And I fought at the Maginot line

Road a tank into Belgium

Like them better than the French

Like my daddy, thirty years before

I did my time in a trench

Lots of days there’s no water

But the liquor kept me warm

The cellars were stocked to the ceiling with booze

So I carried a bottle with my gun

The preacher said “Boys he who is killed tonight will dine with the Lord in Paradise”

One boy spoke up, said “preacher come on, eat your supper with us”

Three times I made sergeant

I’m not that kind of man

And pretty much just as quick as I could

I get busted back to private again

Cause taken’ orders never suited me

Giving them out was much worse

I could not stand to get my friends killed

So I took care of myself first

Now I know that don’t sound right

Don’t think too bad of me

Now it keeps me up nights

What I could have done differently

The preacher said “Boys he who is killed tonight will dine with the Lord in Paradise.”

One boy spoke up, said “preacher come on, eat your supper with us”

I’d be no guest at the table of the Lord

His food was not to be mine

‘Cause I cursed His name every chance that I could

And I recon that’s why I’m still alive

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Black Sunday

I hope you're in a better place with soul set free

I hope you're still singing loud with soul set free

Too bad you're not around for us to see

But I still feel you around

You

Never left us

...

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Hands & Feet

How easy is it to kill a man with your bare hands?

It happens more than twice a day, on average. Fists and feet were responsible for 745 murders in 2010, or 5.7 percent of all murders that year, according to FBI statistics. (The data on this have been remarkably stable in recent years. In the five preceding years, the percentage of murders perpetrated by fists or feet fluctuated between 5.6 and 6.1.)

Anecdotal evidence and boxing mechanics are discussed as well, but what is not mentioned is that a stat I vaguely recall that hands and feet cause more deaths than the dreaded evil "Assault Weapons".

"Assault Weapons" i.e. semi-auto rifles would only be a subset of All Rifles in the FBI Uniform Crime Report. In 2010 Rifles where used in 358 murders less than half the number for hands & feet. That trend continues back through the years.

It is a nice little stat to have in your toolbox and pull out next time you hear calls to renew the "Assault Weapons Ban".