Some Photos of the NY SAFE Act Protest - June 11, 2013

The crowd was fairly big but not as large as in
January or February at previous rallies.

 

Could be a modern day Captain America.

 

Officer Joe Friendly? Very few guns were
evident at this pro RKBA rally. LIF, the group
I went with, prohibited guns on the bus.

 
 


Albany Radio Host, Melody Burns, a great speaker
for the RKBA and for the liberty to exercise it.

 

 

 

 

NYS Said it Expected Only 200 Folks to Attend This Rally
And Kept Us Off of The Grass With a Corral. They Also Failed
 To Supply Porta-Potties Which They Did Have At Prior Rallies.
FUCK NY.

 

 Steven McLaughlin, pro RKBA NY State Assemblyman,
another excellent speaker on our behalf.

 

 

 

 

Richard Mack, another great speaker
and former sheriff of Graham County, AZ

 

 

 

Former Westchester County District Attorney and judge,
 Judge Jeanine Pirro. You know her but did you know she is
a strong advocate for the RKBA!

 

She was pissed at Cuomo and the NYS Legislature.

 

I think she figured the sentiment in the
next photo was exactly the right one.

 

 

 

This sign got me to thinking.

 

I signed about 100 of these post cards. They were handed out by
a pro-RKBA group from a table set up at the rear of the assembly.

 

 

This rally was a bit more commercialized than the previous
two NY SAFE Act protests. Lots of shirts and stickers for
sale and there were 4 or 5 food trucks street-side.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think that state workers were, for the most part,
afraid to come to the windows to watch the protest.
Mind you - not afraid of us but afraid of being
fired by his majesty Der Fuhrer Cuomo.

 

 

Most of the Faithful Few, of the 8,000 strong membership, of
LIF who went on the bus trip to protest the NY SAFE Act.
This photo was taken by the trip organizer. Photo source:
http://www.longislandfirearms.com/forum/topic/73670-
albany-61113-open-discussion-pics-videos/

This is Roman, he was our bus captain and the guy
who organized the trip for Long Island Firearms
 members to protest in Albany. He did a great job!

Unless otherwise attributed in photo captions and that applies only to the group photo, all of the above photos are copyrighted by Glenn R. Bartley, June 11, 2013, all rights reserved.

All the best,
Glenn B

NY SAFE Act Protest - Albany, NY

Got up at 0345 this morning and was out the door by 0430 to make it to the Long Island Firearms' bus, to Albany, on time. I beat the bus there., so much for being on time. I think we filled all but a couple of seats on the us. Brendan could not make it and I could not get anyone to take the seat for free. Whoever would have taken the ticket did not even have to sit with me and I also offered anyone who would take it a free lunch at Subway's. No bites.

We got there just around 0915 or so. The rally began between 1130 and noon. Sadly there were less people there than either of the two previous NY SAFE Act protest, one in January and one in February. In fact, it was a lot less but still probably at least a couple of thousand of us, maybe a few thousand, and we were loud. Hopefully our voices were heard and I am pretty sure they were because there were folks in the Capital Building windows watching us. God damned Cuomo did not even supply Porta-Potties for us but a pro-RKBA diner across the street from the plaza let people use the facilities. The NYS government estimated that 200 of us would show up - fuck them! 

Lots of great speakers, even a sheriff from AZ. (No not Sheriff Joe - too bad but the other guy was great, sorry I cannot recall his name.) We also had a great bus captain, LIF Member Roman. He put most of this together and did it well.

Hopefully our rally will make some difference, I would hate to have gone three times already and it wind up being all for naught; that goes especially with how I felt today. For me it was a barely passable day. I felt and still feel on the miserable side but figured it was important enough to attend anyway. I got bitten by a tick about a week and a half ago and if it keeps up I will see the doc sometime this week. Maybe it's from the tick, maybe a light case of the flu, maybe a cold or maybe just a 24 hour or so bug. I slept some on the way up and slept fitfully most of the way back - woke up every time the guy behind me yelled some unintelligible shit like he had Tourette Syndrome or pulled hard on my seat like an epileptic grabbing hold during a seizure (he did both several times). I wanted to smack him but otherwise he seemed okay so I just went back to sleep each time. Next time, I will be sure to sit behind him.

Pictures maybe tomorrow. I need to hit the hay for the night, it has been a long day.

All the best,
Glenn B

13 Year Old Boy Fatally Stabs Mother's Assailant

If this happens more than once, you can bet that the libturds in NYS will be seeking to ban kitchen knives. Heck, they already have banned gravity knives, switchblades, double edged knives like daggers, and even wrist-rocket slingshots - so how can a ban of kitchen knives be far off after an event like this.

See:

http://online.wsj.com/article/AP987ac5c695dc43c6b465a33c40debf81.html

All the best,
Glenn B

Protest The NY SAFE Tomorrow In Albany, NY

Your last chance to protest the NY SAFE Act before the legislature's summer recess will be in Albany, NY tomorrow June 11th at the park outside the Assembly and State capital buildings. See: http://scopeny.org/

Be there to protest the SAFE Act and any form of gun control otherwise you may as well just give your guns to Cuomo.

All the best,
Glenn B

Put Em On Ice

Just rearranged the Blog Lists on my blog's right sidebar so that any blog that has not had any new content in 3 months or more is now under the new header of:
 
BLOGS ON ICE - EVIDENCE OF BLOGOSPHERICAL COOLING
 
There is one blog that I threw into that category that has been published to more recently but as for it, the blogger has a new URL for his blog Knuckledraggin my life away and the old one is not getting any new content. The new one is listed under:

GRUMPS, GEEKS, GUN FOLKS AND GENIUSES - All Nice Enough To Give Me A Courtesy Link.
 
All the best,
Glenn B

A Few Wedding Shots...

...and no they were not taken with the Glock but with a Canon.


The Soon To Be Bride and Her Mom
Just Before Leaving Home In The Limo.



The Beautiful Bride In The Limo
And On The Way To The Beach.

The Limo Party Crew Minus The Bride and Yours Truly.

Yours Truly Taking Self Portrait In The New Suit, New Tie
and Minus About A Pound of Hair I Had The Day Before.
The Suit Was Ruined At Reception - Don't Ask!

Her Answer To Me When I Asked Something
Like: Are You Ready To Exit The Limo
And Get The Show Started? I Kept Telling
Her There Was Time To Make A Train
To Get Away To Mexico or Canada.



Checking Out The Bride's
& Bridesmaids' Flowers.



The Paid Photographer -
Who Needed Him When They Had Me!

The Bride, Matron of Honor &
Bridesmaids (one bridesmaid
is missing for some reason).

The Bride and The Wedding Arbor.

The Bride & Groom.

Yowza, Not Married Yet!

Must Have Be Married By This One.
No Wedding Shots As That Is All Video.

 

Maybe The Next Couple To Marry,
The Brother of The Bride and His Girlfriend.



Father of The Groom And I Don't
Know Who - Either Friend or Family.

 

Best man, brother of the
Groom, and his girlfriend.

 


Best man's Girlfriend, The Groom
and The Mother Of The Groom.

The Groom's Beaming Mother-In-Law.
Yes that would be my wife.

All three of the bridesmaids.

Yes, It Is All Legal By Now Because
By This Point They Were married For Sure.

Time To Take A Break And Chow Down.
Well, Right After Someone Stops Taking Pictures.

The $550 cake. I Would
Have Preferred Enteman's.

Ouch, Are You Actually Cutting It!

Cheers.

It was their day on this past Saturday and you could tell that simply by looking at the bride and groom. Phil and Celina were beaming with happiness beforehand and once man and wife they were radiant with even more joy than could be imagined.

It could not have been a nicer day. As had been planned, the service took place on the beach. The sun started sneaking out a bit soon after we arrived at the restaurant for the wedding. Then it came out more and more once the service had begun and after a few more minutes it suddenly burst out in full force. There were plenty of clouds but not one to block the sun, it was as if the clouds were spreading out to let the sun shine through right on the wedding. The bride and groom were fantastic and the service, given by a justice of the peace, was truly memorable. We stayed outside for an hour or so, after the service, for the cocktail hour and then moved inside for the remainder of the celebration. All I can say is that it truly was excellent and that is coming from one hard to satisfy SOB (as in me). It could not have been better!

All the best,Glenn B