The Air Force had to decline the
customary flyover to honor these fallen men due to limited flying
hours and budget constraints; which is parade of the Obama charade,
like closing White House tours, to counter the sequester of Congress.
Major Howard Andre
However, the fallen aviators got a
flyover thanks to volunteer pilots of the Warrior Flight Team who
provided a flyover with a Douglas A26 Invader, the type of
aircraft Sizemore and Andre were flying when they were shot down 44
years ago. The Invader was joined off its wings by two P51
Mustangs.
Of course, the Washington
Postblames Congress for lack of the customary flyover.
Oliver
Fisher Winchester was born on November 30th, 1810
and died December 11th, 1880. His surname became famous in
the world of firearms when he manufactured and marketed the
Winchester repeating rifle, a re-design from the Volcanic
rifle that had not marketed so well years earlier.
Winchester began as a clothing
manufacturer in New York City and New Haven, Connecticut and during
that time he discovered that the Smith
& Wesson firearms company was failing financially. A
savvy businessman, Winchester put capital together and with other
stockholders acquired the S&W division of the Volcanic
Repeating Arms Company in 1850. Winchester was the principle
stockholder and relocated the company to New Haven, changing its name
to the New
Haven Arms Company.
Christopher
Miner Spencerwas an
American inventor [ June 20, 1833 – January 14, 1922 ] from Manchester, Connecticut, who invented the
Spencer Repeating Rifle
that was introduced in the Civil War
used by the Union cavalry. He was also the inventor of a
steam-powered vehicle called a horseless
carriage, a silk
winding machine, the first fully
automatic turret lathe and 38 other inventions.
The
Spencer rifle was developed in 1859, but was not used by Union
soldiers until 1863 after Christopher Spencer walked into the White
House carrying one of his rifles and some cartridges. Security was
not at a high level because he walked past the sentries and into
President Lincoln's office.
Firearms stored in a gun safe or safe
room or even a wood display cabinet can be subject to moisture
primarily caused by humidity and sometimes condensation if the
temperature fluctuates greatly.
To combat humidity and compensation there are dehumidifiers
on the market to solve this problem and prevent surface rust of
firearms from occurring. Never store your firearms in cloth or
leather gun cases or even leather holsters. Moisture can be retained
and create an environment that invites rusting.
There is an electric dehumidifier by Browning[see Amazon advertisement below] which works quite well, about a foot long to be
hung vertically at the front of one of the walls of your gun safe.
The heat will prevent condensation and only uses about 18 watts of
power or less. The best model is with tubes that are 1/2” in
diameter.
In a safe room, a small fan installed
with keep air circulating and helps to prevent condensation.
When you are out hunting, protect your
firearm stock with Carnuba wax, wiped thinly over metal parts
as well as the rubbed into the stock. Cleaning and lubricating your
firearm with Break-Free CLR is also a plus. When I was jungle
training in Panama, the arms room had no windows or circulation; so
we coated Break-Free heavily on our M16s and by morning there was a
film of rust formed under the coating of oil! However, wiping our
firearms of all that extra oil removed the rust because it was
prevented from adhering by the Break-Free. Expensive in comparison to
other firearm oils, it is by far the best – used by US armed forces
since it came out in the middle 1980s. It replaced the WW2 gun oil
that was used until that time.
So, whenever you return from the range
or out in the field, always take time to wipe your firearms with
Break Free. Your firearms will be happier.
If you must store your firearm for long
periods, the American Gunsmith Institute suggests to use Vacuum Food
Storage Bags (sealed) after giving it a wipe of Break Free. A test
revealed that compared to putting a firearm in a waterproof
container, the vacuum sealed plastic prevented corrosion by 100%.
Firearm owners and collectors usually
spend a good deal of money on their firearms – so take care of
them!
Representative Henry Waxman
(D-CA) is an odd-looking fellow who, as with other congressional morons on both sides of the political aisle, believe
that the United States Congress can legislate climate and weather fluctuations that has been occurring on planet Earth for millenniums.
In a statement, an example of Waxman's mindset, made on September 17th, Waxman stated:
We spend billions of dollars to
respond to each disaster and rebuild in the aftermath. Unfortunately
many members of Congress continue to deny that climate change is
happening.
Waxman does not realize that it is not the part of climate and weather fluctuation that people are denying, it is that there is something that can be done about it other than prepare and adapt. The air is cleaner that it was ten years ago and climate changes/fluctuations are not the result of man-made activities. The same ideological nonsense is applied to gun control, which is not really a mindset to control guns but the people.
Once again another tragedy occurs
involving multiple victims this time at a Washington Navy Yard where
twelve people were murdered by a deranged shooter, Aaron
Alexis, age 34 of Fort Worth, Texas who was a civilian
military contractor and who received a general discharge from the
Navy Reserve in 2011 after a shooting incident in his home. He was
previously arrested in Seattle in 2004 for shooting out the tires of
a vehicle.
Once again, the anti-gun folks raised
an outcry that this could have been abated if Congress had passed the
gun ban law proposed by Senator Dianne Feinstein and her
cohorts in Washington. The weapons used by Alexis was a shotgun,
handgun, and not an AR-15 as originally reported by the inaccurate media.
H.R.
2247, Collectible Firearms Protection Act
was created because of the recent Obama move against firearms by not
allowing M1
Garand
and M1911 firearms to be imported. These historical firearms are
favorite of gun collectors and the M1 is a favorite at competition
events.
This
action will also hurt the Civilian
Marksmanship Program.
Those operating the ATF are stating that these imported firearms from
countries who are phasing them out for more modern firearms is a
safety
measure.
Surplus
firearms create a more affordable market. Collecting surplus and old military weapons is an American tradition.
Obama has done it again - using executive orders to further his anti-Second Amendment agenda.
Call
your representatives and senators in Congress and get this bill passed.
Especially in the Senate. Election 2014 is just around the corner, so
remember how poorly [or how well] your congressional members have acted
during their last term. Clean out Congress of Progressives and RINOs and
get constitutionists back into Washington.
