I notice we don't see any videos of that kind of thing from the recent gathering of motorcycle enthusiasts in Sturgis, South Dakota.      We've had some rodeos here over the summer and a few county fairs that also seem devoid of any such activity.   I'm guessing the venue has quite a bit to do with the chance of an outbreak of a "peaceful protesting" .       

The bigger problem is the commies in local positions of power giving them a pass.   You'll notice that the POS that got his arm shredded in Kenosha isn't in jail even though he was trying to shoot someone with a Glock and had a prior rap sheet that probably would have disqualified him from legally owning it.

We're not going somewhere good and I don't see things turning around. I just hope enough good people are out there that we don't end up with the worst possible outcome.   

Apparently your olde home town got serious about curtailing stupid as well.   

Yeah, just saw the news: Lancaster put the boot down hard.  Deployed the Riot Police from the get-go and apparently dispersed everyone (and arrested quite a few "troublemakers") in very short order.

Apparently the judge wimped out and reduced bail.      

 

That actually doesn't surprise me, since Lancaster the city is pretty liberal (and home to Franklin & Marshall, which was a rather liberal school 15-ish years ago when I was college hunting, don't want to imagine what it's like now), but at least they were actually arrested and charged, vs. the whole catch-and-release bullsh*t that most other cities are doing.

Not surprising, really, when you think about what a clusterfluff this year has been.  Its been hard enough to just keep up with everything this year - much less take on something new.   I can well understand the feeling of wanting a loved one to teach the important stuff as my own mother reacted in precisely the same way.  The basic rapport is already there which fosters trust in the outcome of something that seems new and strange and potentially ominous. 

There is always going to be a learning curve but having absolute trust in your instructor removes an important variable and is an important thing to a novice.  It also removes the fear of making a mistake or not keeping up with a group in a more formal setting that was paid for with hard earned cash.  Basic instructions and knowledge reviews can be done at home as can gun handling and dry fire drills.  That is where you really reinforce the triad of "mindset, skillset, toolset" and begin to build competence.  IMO.   

Mr. Olbermann ( hereinafter referred to as TAO ) is one of those "gifts" that just keep on giving.      We seem to be awash in idiots with bullhorns these days but TAO seems to have made it to the pinnacle of that particular group.   I imagine a transcript of his remarks will be easy to find in the next few days while its being dissected and fashioned into a sharp stick with which to poke leftist/statist types concerned with the outcome of the general election. 

It is always easy to dismiss the lunatic fringe of any ideology and comfort oneself with the presumption that most involved with it would stop any sort of truly radical thinking and violence by its members out of enlightened self interest.   Unfortunately, that phenomenon seems to be entirely absent of late.  The "wake-up call" you refer to is beginning to work its way through the populace despite large numbers of us being determined to ignore it yet again and count on the status quo being maintained by sheer cultural inertia.  That approach has been tried for millennia and has a history of catastrophic failure that is impossible to ignore. 

Videos on line are helpful.  Watching a detailed, slow motion video of someone actually handling a gun like one you will have to handle is instructive but no substitute for actual hands-on experience.  Perhaps a trip to a local gun store might be in order to allow her to handle a few and experience a dry firing cycle prior to a range trip.  I wish I had a better answer but your situation is a difficult one - especially with PR not fully on board yet.   

Maybe by then we'll know the outcome of the election and all that can get thrown into the mix.  Good times.   

Yup.  TAO is trying to tap into that vein of poisonous hatred and insanity that is present in some on the left and I fear he will be at least partially successful given his name recognition and the size of his previous audience.  I hope I'm wrong but I wouldn't bet money on it at this point.

A well reasoned assessment sir.   

If Raptor can tell his mother one thing, let it be this: The next Holocaust is already rolling.  We can stop it, maybe to a degree, but it is happening.  And make no mistake, 'we' are the ones marked for the gas chambers.

I've been sayin' it and sayin' it and sayin' it for at least 2-3 years.  But I can't get the idea of "they hate you because you exist" to sink in.  I think, at some level, that I'm still considered either a stupid kid who doesn't know what he's talking about, or else I'm overexaggerating things (as I admit I was want to do in my youth).

Maybe I should just start taking my own advice: you can't save anyone who doesn't want to be saved.

It is always easy to dismiss the lunatic fringe of any ideology and comfort oneself with the presumption that most involved with it would stop any sort of truly radical thinking and violence by its members out of enlightened self interest.   Unfortunately, that phenomenon seems to be entirely absent of late.  The "wake-up call" you refer to is beginning to work its way through the populace despite large numbers of us being determined to ignore it yet again and count on the status quo being maintained by sheer cultural inertia.  That approach has been tried for millennia and has a history of catastrophic failure that is impossible to ignore.

I believe this amplifies your comment...