Irish Joe Harrison has an extremely popular blog at BlogSpot. http://irishjoeharrison.blogspot.com/ We wanted to share some of our thoughts about him and share a couple of his blogs here. With his permission, we will do that occasionally. The American Refugee reads Irish Joe's blog every morning and encourages all patriots to do the same. Joe's blog's are focused and to the point and make excellent reading every day. Without further ado, we now include two blogs by Irish Joe and encourage all to follow him over at BlogSpot as well as on Twitter.
New Gun Owners
By Joe Harrison
Thanks to the liberal push to ban guns, there are now more
gun owners than ever. As a matter of fact, I think it’s safe to say that the
citizenry of the United States
is now better armed than it has been at any other time in history. I think this
is a great thing, they push to take guns away and we respond by buying them in
record numbers. Everywhere we go we are meeting people who are now carrying
guns, and doing it legally.
With this all being said, I felt compelled to share my
opinions on a couple of issues concerning gun ownership. Keep in mind that
these are just my opinions and you may agree or disagree, however, they are
based on ten years in law enforcement, during which I spent a year as a
firearms instructor and a year as a competitive shooter. I also survived
numerous shootouts and I really don’t care to discuss how many people I have
had to shoot during those years.
Many of the people we talk to have attended some sort of
firearms safety course and have fired their weapons at the range. They are
familiar with the basic operation of course but they know nothing about the
proper care of the weapon. One person had a .380 auto in his pocket, told me
that he had fired it and it worked fine, but had never broken it down and
cleaned it because he did not know how. He said it was OK though, because he
kept it sprayed down with WD40. I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that
it is not a matter of IF his gun is going to fail but WHEN. If you are in a
similar situation, take this tip, you can go to youtube, look up your gun and
there will be step by step instructions there on how to break it down. I have
yet to find a gun that was not there somewhere. It was my wife who said that
you should have a sort of personal relationship with your weapon and she was
absolutely correct.
Now let’s talk about caliber. .22 seems to be the most
popular but we also see some .25 auto and 380 auto. People give all sorts of
reasons for carrying these small calibers; everything from, it fits well in my
pocket to, it is really cute to, a .22 can kill you. Personally, when I carry,
which is pretty much all the time, I am going to have on a man stopper. Both my
wife and I carry .40 caliber loaded with hollow points as well as extra
magazines. Yes, a .22 CAN stop a person, if you have time to get really close
and pull off a well aimed calm kill shot, or you just get really lucky. My .40
WILL stop a person, even if I only hit them in the arm. Keep in mind that if
you are in a position to use the weapon, you are going to be in fear of your
life, your heart will be beating a million miles an hour and you will be
experiencing an overdose of adrenalin. The chance that you will be able to get
off a well aimed shot is pretty slim.
Now that brings us to one of the most important issues. I
can’t count the number of people who have told us that they don’t plan on ever
shooting anyone; all they will have to do is point it at them and scare them
off. Now, I consider myself to be one of the good guys, but everyone needs to
be aware that there are a lot of people like me out there and some of them are
bad guys. Somehow, some way, I was born without the ability to feel fear when
threatened. I can only perceive a threat and react to it, almost like a
machine. The fear of what happened usually doesn’t hit me until several hours
later. With that being said, if you were to pull a gun on me with the intent of
scaring me, you would immediately be shot because my reaction would be swift
and natural, I wouldn’t even have time to put any thought into it. Like I said,
if I am that way, there are many bad people who are the same. If you are not
prepared to fire that weapon and take someone’s life, then you are probably
better off not having it on you, it can get you killed. That fraction of
hesitation is often all it takes. Most armed conflicts last a matter of seconds
from beginning to end. You should also always keep in mind that the best way to
survive a gunfight is not to get in one.
There is a huge responsibility that goes along with carrying
a firearm every day. This sounds bad to say but you must be able to instantly
flip that switch in your head, changing you into a cold blooded killer. If you
don’t think that you can do that, you may want to leave the gun at home. Don’t
get me wrong, I would be fine if everyone carried all the time, I just would
prefer that everyone knew exactly what that entails.
Practice, practice, practice…you cannot train too much. When
you need to use that weapon it must be natural, there should be no thought involved
as to what you should do or how you should do it. Not only does that mean
regular trips to the range, but you should also practice mentally. You really
should prepare yourself mentally as well as physically to take someone’s life.
There is no other purpose for that weapon, it is there to kill someone in order
to protect your life or the life of someone else…that’s it.
The American Refugee
By Joe Harrison
Yesterday, it was my pleasure as well as my honor to appear
on a radio program called The American Refugee. This is a link to the recorded
program in case you are interested in listening http://www.blogtalkradio.com/americanrefugee/2013/04/23/the-renegade-the-refugee
The show is run by a gentleman named Roger C. D'Aquin and he
is quite the character. I think what impressed us the most was his sheer
passion for our cause, the cause of returning America
to the great country it once was. I can tell you that this is a guy that will
never give up, he will push and fight to the very end and it is people like him
who will bring victory to us all.
I strongly recommend that you check out his web page at
http://www.theamericanrefugees.com/
Spread the word about him. He is a little unconventional at
times, he has even been known to dress up as a superhero and walk the streets
handing out copies of the constitution. How great is that? I love it. He has
also literally given up everything in his life to pursue this venture. How many
of us would do the same? We should all be interested in what he is doing so,
follow him on twitter, facebook, or just check out the site every day. You will
not regret it.
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