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I'm Back! |
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Gregory Morris, 12/3/11 6:53:14 pm |
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CONUS for good now. Don't expect much bloggy because I am in vegetable mode for the rest of the month, including some time on the beach in Akumal. |
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Kuwait |
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Gregory Morris, 11/5/11 5:43:31 am |
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In Fintas, Kuwait... just for the day. Man, I wish I had more time to do some culinary tourism here. Some of the restaurants here look amazing. Unfortunately, I'll be heading out to a base in the desert, where I will continue to eat crappy DFAC food. |
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On the Move |
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Gregory Morris, 11/4/11 4:29:04 am |
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Back in Baghdad for the day, then it is off to Kuwait for my last month of deployment.
I'm ready. |
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Notes From Iraq: Not Many Notes |
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Gregory Morris, 10/2/11 3:26:17 pm |
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I'm still here. I might qualify for the "Worst Blogger of the Year" award. The internet connection here just sucks, and even if it didn't, I just don't have much time.
I also don't know when I'll be home... but I do intend to get back into regular blogging, hopefully by some time in December.
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Notes From Iraq: There and Back Again |
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Gregory Morris, 8/25/11 3:24:06 pm |
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I had a nice R&R. Not long enough, but are they ever? Beth and I went to see Cirque du Soleil in Orlando, we took a biplane tour out of St. Pete, we ate lots of good food, hung out with friends, and generally just relaxed. I definitely needed that.
Now I'm back in Iraq. I just took a helicopter ride from Baghdad to Al Asad... neato! I've always loved helicopters, but this was my first time riding in one. Instead of that cheesy tour in Orlando, I got a tour of the Euphrates River. The same river mentioned in Genesis, Exodus, Deuteronomy, Chronicles, Kings, Joshua, Samuel, Isaiah, Jeremiah, a few of the Psalms, and likely other places in the Bible as well. Isn't that cool?
They wouldn't let me be the door gunner though. |
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Woot! Moar Guns. |
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Gregory Morris, 8/12/11 6:20:53 pm |
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My collection of Ruger firearms has increased by 3. Included is a 10/22 USA Shooting Team edition. What a sweet little gun. |
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Ammo Organized |
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Gregory Morris, 8/10/11 6:05:19 pm |
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That didn't take nearly as long as I expected. Only 13 .50 cal cans, 4 .30 cal cans and 6 Cabelas dry boxes. Now to build some shelves in the garage. |
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Back Home |
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Gregory Morris, 8/8/11 2:11:27 pm |
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...for a few weeks, anyway.
Before I left Baghdad, the Camp Victory Cigar Club announced last Saturday that they are donating the balance of their account to the Wounded Warriors Project. Somewhere in the neighborhood of $10k. Glad I could be part of that.
Now, for a cold beer, and some floating in the pool. |
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Found: Shoulder Thing That Goes Up |
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Gregory Morris, 7/28/11 3:46:10 am |
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This rifle actually has one. I never knew what Carolyn McCarthy was talking about, before now. |
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Gun Safety |
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Gregory Morris, 7/24/11 7:40:32 am |
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This article mentions gun control, but I saw no specific mention of any gun control group.
It seems to me the correct people to turn to in order to prevent this type of accident would be someone who teaches gun safety. Like, I dunno, the NRA.
Gun control? Really? How about proper training for children, like Eddie Eagle, mandated in schools across America. That might actually make people safer, instead of just making them think they are safer.
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Isn't That Like Reorganizing A Man's Tackle Box? |
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Gregory Morris, 7/8/11 7:19:05 am |
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My wife informed me today that she reorganized my gun stuff into "categories". I'm afraid what that might mean.
O_o
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Notes From Iraq: Calling Home |
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Gregory Morris, 7/5/11 1:28:07 pm |
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I call home every night. Usually my wife answers with her lovely cheerful voice, which brightens up my otherwise monotonous day.
Today I called. No answer. Then I get an email a minute later: "at gun range".
This is me being jealous.
Update:
Oh no.
Absolutely not. Dammit.
She took my new Kimber to the range, which I haven't even gotten to shoot yet, and decided its hers now. "But it is so much nice than my Glock". Grrrr.
She also tuned up the new Crimson Trace laser grips on her pink Charter Arms revolver.
AND she had the nerve to complain about how I organize my ammo and shooting accessories in the closet. |
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Dropped French Rifles |
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Gregory Morris, 6/29/11 1:15:41 pm |
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France ... confirm[ed] on Wednesday it had dropped assault rifles
Ok, not really what you think, but those were the first thoughts that crossed my mind. |
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QoTD: 49 Down, 1 To Go |
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Gregory Morris, 6/22/11 7:31:27 am |
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Tam:
Now, about Illinois... Sure, we can celebrate a victory for civil rights in Wisconsin, but Tam's closing statement is more poignant. There is only one state left in the union which completely restricts the right of her citizens to self defense.
That needs to change, of course. I predict it will in the next 10 years, if not sooner.
Now, while we're working on Illinois, we will also work on fixing the last few "May Issue" states, as well as getting "constitutional carry" passed in a few more states.
As much as I worry about the decline of liberty in America, we are making great gains at universal protection of the most basic human right.
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World Take Note |
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Gregory Morris, 6/16/11 8:01:23 am |
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This is what happens when you run out of other people's money. |
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Apple Employees Union? |
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Gregory Morris, 6/13/11 3:06:56 pm |
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Cry me a river.
"Oh no! I have a high end retail job when a lot of Americans can't find shit for work, but I want to start a union so it will be more 'fair'."
My free advice to Apple: Fire this loser. |
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Calibers on Hand |
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Gregory Morris, 6/9/11 3:58:20 am |
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Following Tam's meme...
I keep a decent list of calibers on hand, but nowhere close to Tam's.
- .22 LR
- .22 WMR
- .38 Spl
- 9x19mm
- 9x18mm
- 7.62x38mmR
- .45 ACP
- .30 Carbine
- 5.56mm
- 8x57mm Mauser
- 7.62x54R
- 7.62x39
- .30-06 Sprg
- 12ga
- 16ga
- .50 cal round ball/patch/blackpowder/cap
Aside from the ones I don't ever expect to shoot much (7.62x38, .22 WMR) I generally keep at least 500-1000 rounds in stock. More for ones I shoot a lot (9x19mm, 12ga, .22lr).
I also have a few boxes of ammo for .32ACP and 20ga, for which I don't actually own a gun in that chambering. I guess that is a better question of your gun-geekiness: how many calibers do you have on hand which you do not have a way to shoot?
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Notes From Iraq: Bang Bang |
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Gregory Morris, 6/4/11 2:45:24 am |
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Haven't posted anything in a while... haven't had time. So until I do have time, here's some pictures of old AA guns I've taken over here.
Enjoy. |
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California Gun Laws and Smuggling Guns to Mexico |
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Gregory Morris, 5/29/11 2:31:18 am |
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According to Eric Olson, "Our assumption is that California's laws have had a dissuasive effect on traffickers purchasing weapons in the state."
That's a big assumption there bub, considering all of the other factors that could just as easily explain the small (although not really small) number of guns traced back to California gun shops. Maybe the ATF just didn't want to deal with California's bureaucratic nonsense while they were actively involved in getting guns from the US to Mexico?
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The Good Old Days |
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Gregory Morris, 5/25/11 3:51:48 pm |
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It used to be easier to deal with psychopath murderers.
Rope. Tree. Simple.
Ah, progress. |
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There Are No States Rights |
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Gregory Morris, 5/25/11 3:32:47 pm |
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As demonstrated here, the Federal government seems to think the states have no control over anything the fedgov wants to have control over. This is a terrifying precedent, folks.
By no means am I a threeper. I don't fly a Gadsden flag. I don't scream about watering the tree of liberty with the blood of tyrants. I've never said it is time to "shoot the bastards."
But damn, if they aren't making me think long and hard about it.
If I lived in Texas, I would already be supporting this bill. After this affront, I'd damn well be screaming for it. |
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Inflation? |
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Gregory Morris, 5/22/11 1:38:22 pm |
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It wasn't that long ago you could get a Steyr 95 Stutzen Carbine for like $60. It seemed that import companies were begging people to take them...
Well, I never got one because I didn't need another rifle chambered in another hard-to-find, expensive caliber.
Just like the cheap kick-around M44 jumping from $60 to $200, the price has gone up.
I don't fault JG Sales, of course. They charge what the market price is, and usually have some of the best deals out there anyway. But jeesh... one hundred and eighty smackaroos for a Stutzen?
Now I wish I would have gotten one when they were cheap. |
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Sin Stocks? Really? |
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Gregory Morris, 5/22/11 4:32:59 am |
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Gun manufacturers as sin stocks? Alcohol, tobacco, casinos... sure. But I thought self defense was a basic human need. I'd lump them in with energy, utilities, healthcare, etc.
But what do I know about investing in the stock market? |
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In Case of Rapture, This Blog Will Be Unmanned |
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Gregory Morris, 5/21/11 7:09:35 am |
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Heh. Couldn't help it.
Happy Apocalypse day. |
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Notes From Iraq: It Keeps Grinding On and On |
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Gregory Morris, 5/15/11 2:17:26 am |
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It has been a few weeks since I've posted anything. I'm sure I have already been nominated for the "worst blogger of the year" award.
I don't really have much to say though. Still busting my ass out here in the desert... well past the date I was supposed to be home for good. It is starting to get hot again, but I already told you all about how shitty it is out here this time last year. Nothing exciting is happening (that I'm allowed to talk about anyway.) And the stuff I'm not allowed to talk about isn't really that exciting anyway.
Good news is that I think Beth and I will be going to Greece for my next R&R. It is a shorter flight for me, and we've both been dying to visit. Even though it is months away, a the thought of few weeks of relaxation on a beautiful Greek island does wonders for my mental health. |
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