We had dinner at a friends house and then I retired to let the girl talk begin. At midnight here in the Azalea District, the neighborhood heated up like Tet.
Easy to tell the sound difference between fireworks and firearms. (Possession of fireworks inside the city illegal as well). You could hear mag changes and revolver reloads. I expected to hear a hot nine hit the metal roof of the house but I guess we were lucky.
Tyler has written laws against this kind of thing, increased the penalties and issues a warning from the police before New Years every December. It only gets worse.
I bet there is a lesson in there somewhere.
Our neighborhood has a lot of Mexican immigrants in the apartments and rental houses. I'm glad they are armed with functional firearms. An impromptu fireworks display that breaks out at the little park on Vine and Lindsey Lane every year. They take the kids. All illegal. Don't seem to worry about ICE.
I thought about stepping out on the third-story stair and putting an 8-ball or Garand in the air, but I've gotten too old and cautious. Plus I wasn't coming out of cover with so much lead in the sky.
Happy New Year! Here we go!
Update: Something very Juan Gaulto about a whole population that ignores the Feds, the locals, the city and the state and just lives their lives as they please. Family folks. Church goers. Gotta love 'em.
Update II: In the 100 arrested cockfighting story, near the end, the Parker County Sheriff Larry Fowler says he had NEVER seen cockfighting in his county before. Hahahahahahahahahahahaha! Good one!
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I'm thinking about marketing a line of kevlar party hats for new years eve next year. Same theory as when bomber crews would sit on their flak vests during WWII - 'cept in reverse.
Better make them as big as coolie hats for my neighborhood.
Second Chance, the body armor people, used to make a baseball cap that was heavily layered kevlar. Supposed to stop a 38 special. I always wondered if anyone tested it. Blunt trauma would've killed anyone stupid enough to do so. Marketing is a wonderful thing.
Nothing wrong with being ignorant. Something wrong with STAYING ignorant. Who is Juan Gaulto??
Thanks in advance!!
STxRynn
Juan Gaulto = John Galt (See Ayn Rand, "Atlas Shrugged")
It was relatively quiet in our neighborhood this New Year's Eve. In the past we have actually had neighbors lighting off machine guns (possibly a Thompson, and an M-16). I would not have awakened this year except for the fact that the dog didn't like the few fireworks in the area. I didn't hear any gunfire at all, and chalked it up to the cost of ammo.
Robert,
Long time ago I was shooting at this impromptu range outside Tyler near HWY 110 going towards Van.
Well there I was shooting a good .22 rifle at targets from a sitting position. I looked up and back and there was this older Mexican man I had met there the week before with three other Mexicans (and a Mossie 12 gauge cruiser!
Now being Sunday, he had his wife and three children. All dressed for Sunday church. He had a Rossi .38 he wanted to test fire.
So we all got to shoot his .38.
He was not bad guy. Just a good church going Joe with his house protection piece and family doing a Sunday afternoon shoot.
But after that I decided to start packing a spare loaded piece while practicing just in case.
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