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The order said 100 yards from the Remington booth, which is right…here.

Marlin Model 336

“Eight years of one demographically symbolic president is enough.” – NRA Vice President Wayne LaPierre [via ibtimes.com]

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You may recall that BART policeman Johannes Mehserle shot Oscar Grant III to death when he mistook his gun for a TASER. Mehserle went down for that one, a killing caught on tape by a passerby. This time,  a police body-cam shows 73-year-old reserve deputy Robert Bates shooting and killing alleged gun dealer Eric Harris as he was fleeing arrest. Once again, a police officer claims he accidentally pulled his gun instead of his TASER. “I shot him, I’m sorry,” Bates says on the body-cam video.

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Being fit gives you confidence. It also plays merry hell on your knees. Well, it does when you reach a certain age. And while we like to highlight the fact that not all of our readers are OFWGs (Old Fat White Guys), a lot of you are. It’s also true that I’ve been to a lot of high-speed, low-drag defensive firearms classes where my first thought is, you guys need to lose some weight. Personally, I’m as fit as a fiddle. OK, I’m a fit as a Farfisa. Wooly Bully! Obscure cultural references aside, are you fit enough for armed self-defense? Or is armed self-defense important because you aren’t fit?

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