smile for today

tiny gun is tiny

I went to the range recently and saw a little Ruger LCP, looking sad and lonely in the glass case after its original owner had resold it not two weeks after acquiring it. I was told he was a burly ham-fisted fellow (actually, the direct quote was " he had these giant sausage fingers") who, after shooting it twice, decided the LCP was a bad fit.

But for someone, say a petite, slightly curvy, librarian type person, who has trouble concealing even a Bersa Thunder .380?
It's just right.

daily arsenal

I made sure to shoot it after purchase, just to get acquainted..

first two mags - 12 rds., @25 ft.

The recoil is a bit sharp and I admit it caused my groups to spread out after about 35 rounds. I kept all 50 rounds (mostly) in the red circle which is not great, but good enough to get the job done. I'm sure I can get better with practice.

And as a carry experiment yesterday, I put on my tightest jeans, a tank top, a long sleeved tshirt, a gunbelt, my new IWB holster (which is so small I admit I laughed out loud when it arrived via UPS), and the LCP. I had a spare magazine in my front pocket. When Mike came home from work, we chatted while I puttered around in the kitchen. He kept not mentioning the gun. Finally I stood directly in front of him and asked, "Well? Notice anything?"

He looked. Looked again. Nope.

Perfect. 

Precious metals

My blogshoot hostess gift of "ammo" from Newbius:

Chanel Peridot (aka My Precioussssss)


Just look at the duochromey goodness, look!!

How I wore it:


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an apple a day

But TWO apples?? zOMG!!

Still too loud

Shhhh...

But thanks for thinking of me, Mr. Sorrentino - perhaps I'll join the Luckygunner fun next year.


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trendsetting

Women, when joined in a common cause, have long been a driving force for change in western culture. We fought for suffrage, threw off our corsets, and got to work. The world has not been the same since.

So here we are now, women as purely free people - able to control our own destinies and to be as strong and as bold as we desire. Liberties abound, ours for the taking, and the choices we make today as gunowners can ensure that future generations will be able to scoff at the idea that we were once somehow less, and even more so that someone dared reinforce the notion. "How absurd," they'll say, the concept of women being victimized as the weaker sex as barbaric and abhorrent as the practice of footbinding is to us in the present. "Why didn't they just carry a gun?" And why not, indeed.

So, women, carry your guns.

You can create the future while securing your own.

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*special thanks to NancyR for loaning me her Sweet Daughter for an afternoon during the 2011 NRA Annual Meeting. We ate brownies, got free tactical hats, giggled at kitty videos on the internet, rode up and down (& up and down) the escalators, carried a stuffed bunny around the exhibit hall...all while I carried a gun on my hip - and it was fun! The new normal, one girl at a time.

** And EXTRA special thanks to JayG, my own personal paparazzi.

A real to-do.

The NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits in Pittsburgh is fast approaching as is The (2nd Annual!) Breda Fallacy Blogger Reception. Alan Gottlieb must have had a good time at the party in Charlotte because this year, the Second Amendment Foundation was kind enough to co-host, offering both a venue and refreshments. (cash bar, though, so you all can fight over who gets to buy me a drink)

I am really excited about this. So very excited, in fact, that I bought a dress and red lipstick for the event and insisted that Nancy R. absolutely MUST wear her new shoes. I'm told gunnies can clean up real nice so it's bound to be a lovely evening. There's even rumors of an afterparty.

Also, if there's any new bloggers/first-time convention goers who would like a media pass, please send me an email (bredafallacy AT gmail DOT com) and I'll help you out. Since I've been doing exactly this for a couple of months now anyway, I thought I'd put up a post today to spread the not-quite-last-minute word. Bloggers are changing the way the world finds information and the NRA knows it. They do a great job of reaching out to and encouraging new media, and it's honestly wonderful to be a part of the whole endeavor. A media pass not only grants you access to a great number of fun activities, but will hopefully inspire a great number of blog posts as well.

See you soon! (Why, yes, I am stifling a squee.)

Spring.

Such a tease.




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Little, big

(click for unpixelated, better view)

Desmond & Fae. Littermates, if you can believe it.

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New iThingy

Can anyone explain to me how over 300 songs can fit in something smaller than a matchbook?



On second thought, don't. I think I prefer the mystery.

Sometimes it's hard to tell if the novel we're living in is either sci-fi or fantasy. Still, it's definitely the future - and I'm so glad I'm here.

(got this to use during my workouts. Much more convenient than sticking my iPhone in the waistband of my yoga pants.)

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Surprise!

Look what I found in my post office box...



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packed & packin'

Lipgloss? Check.

Spare mag? Check.

Tactipanties? Check.

Pocketknife? Check.

Zombie socks? Check.

Yep. I'm ready to visit Detroit. (POGUES SHOW TONIGHT!)

Bjork explains TV

Friday elfin cuteness, Icelandic-style.


Watch the whole thing to hear the moral of her story!

the big time

For a (former) kid who spent a lot of time hoping to find her unusual, often-mispronounced, Gaelic name on some pink sparkly pencils, this is super cool.

My name on the Cam & Company big screen! Beats '80s kitsch any day.


Cam Edwards, who is an awesome guy and a total pro, made my interview a lot of fun despite a serious case of the jitters. So, in case you missed it, here's the link. I'm on at about 1:23:00.

point, click & play!

Remember how I mentioned I was craving color?

This helped.

After the page loads, use your mouse to get the full effect. Enjoy!

Milestones

Filling out your first 4473 is always a special moment. There is a heady mix of excitement and hesitation. You think, "Did I fill it out correctly? Is there something I don't know about in my permanent record?" You fill in the blanks, neatly fill in your X's and 10 minutes later...

Mom passed and is now officially a gun owner! (And it's a beaut!)

She's already talking about needing some pink grips and since the pistol came with only one magazine, I guess we'll be hunting for accessories (which seems to be a search akin to the one for the Holy Grail. My librarian fu has turned up nothing so far)

Range report coming soon!

gunchicks, next gen

One of the things I most enjoy reading in the gunblogger community is posts by all these proud papas who take it upon themselves to teach their little girls to shoot.

TheUnpaidBill has joined their ranks, taking a very reluctant daughter to the range. It's a great story, without a surprise ending. But you'll love it anyway, I promise.

Best gun for a woman?

I'm going to go with this one...



special thanks to videographer extraordinaire, JayG!

grand gunchicks

Maxim has a list of older actresses who have packed heat on film.





But I know for a fact that it doesn't only happen in the movies. Everyone congratulate Mom Fallacy on buying her first gun, a Beretta 70 Series .22!

Northcoast blogmeet pt. 3

JayG and Tbolt have excellent after action reports, so I won't rehash everything that's already been said but I will share some photos...

We had guns. Lots of guns. Glorious guns. Two trailers full. (no one counted how many but, really - it was almost obscene levels of gun porn.) Here's just a few...



And, of course, all those guns needed shooting.

Old guns...
New guns...
Pink guns...
Evil black guns...
Shotguns...
...which I didn't get a photo of because they and I still do not get along at all, and I'm terribly annoyed about it. I dream of blogshoots where the shotguns come out first, not as the sun is setting and my arms are like wet noodles.

Handguns...which I didn't get any action shots of because I was just way too busy having fun shooting them!

And, of course, my favorite of the day....Newbius's 308. I am rarely as happy as I am when I'm proned out with a rifle, getting a gorgeous bruise as a souvenir. I made a smiley face on my paper plate target. Shooting through the same hole over and over can get so boring, don't you think?

And for good measure, here I am trying out a Garand with a scope. Brilliant.