An Inside look at the Drag Queen Storytime

Update: Drag shows at hockey games now but why? "Some noted how while they have no problem with drag shows, they did not pay to go to a hockey game to be entertained by one."

Drag Queen Summer Camps for Kids. That's called Grooming.

With the news of Lady Marmalade joining the New Trans World Order I thought it would be timely for me to comment on the Drag Queen Storytime and the conflicting protests that surround it. Everyone has become so polarized and extreme they seem to forfeit reason and common sense.

There has been a great deal of controversy over the drag queen story time for young children. Is it homophobic or is it pedophelia? Let's find a balance between the extremes. First of all let's address ANTIFA hate because hate is what ANTIFA is and hate is what ANTIFA does.

ANTIA's roots go back to East Berlin. The Communists built the Berlin Wall. They said it was to keep the Fascists out thus they called themselves Anti Fascists. Only the Western Allies had just defeated the Fascists in the trenches. The Western Allies weren't the Fascists, Hitler was. So the founding premise of ANTIFA was a lie. They built the wall to stop people from escaping.

Now let's fast forward to RuPaul's Drag Race. In my Lady Marmalade post I posted an excerpt from one of the episodes where three of the competitors were lip syncing the song Lady Marmalade from Moulin Rouge. The show appears to be a competition to find the best drag queen while competitors who don't make the grade are knocked off one by one like a singing or a dance competition. Notice they're looking for the best drag queen not the worst. I'm pretty sure the guy in the picture with a full beard and hairy chest would get knocked out in the first round. The three competitors they had were actually pretty good.



I want to be clear in that I have absolutely nothing against drag queens. I'm against the sexualization of children just like the Muslims and the Gays Against Groomers are.

If a gay couple wants to adopt a child then by all means feel free. One mom, two moms, no mom, families come in all shapes and sizes. Some homophobes are worried that a gay couple will molest a child. We need to be clear that just because someone is homosexual, that doesn't mean they are pedopiles. There's a big difference. Some heterosexuals are pedophiles but not all are.

The same with drag queens. Not all drag quees are pedophiles just like not all hereoexuals are. If drag queens want to read stories to kids there's nothing wrong with that. However, what are they reading and what else are they doing? If you're reading them a book about incest that normalizes rape, then that would be inappropriate. If you're reading a young child a book that talks about sex, then that would be inappropriate. It would be inappropriate if anyone did it.

In the video clip I posted from the Drag Race one of the competitors was making a motion with their hand like they were performing oral sex and RuPaul giggled. That's fine for consenting adults but that would be inappropriate in front of children. It would also be inapropriate for a heterosexual to do that in front of young children. As the line from the Pink Floyd song Another Brick in the Wall says, Hey! Teacher! Leave those kids alone! The sexualization of children is a valid concern. It doesn't matter what you wear, what your gender is or what your preference is.

As Tara Henley pointed out the CBC is lost in space. They're trying to say that oposing the sexualization of children and the normalization of pedophelia is the promotion of hate. No it's not. The sexualization of children is hate. Let's be real. The fake news bows to the agenda of the WEF and the Communist Party of China who are joined at the hip. They are promotng a sinister plot.

It is no secret that what you see on TikTok in North America is not what you see on TikTok in China. China is trying to destroy America through TikTok. They are trying to erode us and wear us down. I remember when I dropped my son off at University. We saw a poster that said Hot Tub Party. Bathing suit optional. We both looked at each other with our eyes popping out. I turned to him and said, Son, there is a huge potential here. There's a huge potential for good and there's a huge potential for evil. Choose wisely. I left it at that and sent him on his way.

If a heterosexual stripper was teaching young children to grind and take their clothes off, that would be completely inappropriate. If a heterosexual stripper was joking about having oral sex in front of young children, that would be completely inappropriate. The normalization of pedolpelia is not normal and the sexualization of children is not acceptable.

However, the normailization of pedophelia is just one aspect of their master plan. The Devil has many names. The father of all lies is one. That's self explanatory. The enemy of all righteousness is another. Their second objective is to erode morality. They start by ernosly claiming morality is tied to religion and religion is bad so morality is bad as well. That logic is very flawed.

Religion teaches bad men to be good and good men to be better. There's nothing wrong with that yet religion doesn't have a monopoly on morality. You don't need a religion to have morals.

The book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance states that it is an inquiry into values. The title page of the book states "And what is good, Phaedrus, And what is not good. Need we ask anyone to tell us these things?” No, we dont. We all know what is good and what is not good. We don't need a religion to tell us those things but religion does remind us in case we forget.

Sometimes we can get led astray. Babylon claims that there is no place for religion or morality in the courtroom. That is not true. I do believe in the separation of church and state but the freedom of religion is protected by law and all our laws are famed with morality. Stealing is against the law. Murder is against the law. Those are moral values and important principles.

The reason Babylon strives to erode morals is because they strive for lawlessness. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. That is the goal of Satanism. Morals aren't oppressive or evil. Immorality is evil. Morality lifts us and inspires us to be better.

Xi Jinping and the set up in the Ukraine

Before I dive into the New Trans World Order I want to point out an obvious scam that anyone with a brain can plainly see. Rebel News is reporting that "French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit this week to China for a face-to-face meeting with President Xi Jinping was less than fruitful when it came to the question of Ukraine. During Macron's state visit to China, the two leaders held talks in Beijing, focusing on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, Politico reported. According to the publication, Macron appeared to annoy Xi when he used his platform to condemn Russia and spoke twice as long after Xi delivered his prepared remarks."

China wants to look like a peacemaker when they themselves are responsible for creating the conflict in the first place. This is Poland dejavu. Remember what happened to Poland? First they sent in the Fascists to exploit them. Then they sent in the Communists to liberate them from the Fascists. That's when their slavery was made complete. This is what Xi is doing to the Ukraine.

The conflict in the Ukraine was clearly provoked. Putting nuclear missiles on Russia's border is what created the Cuban missile crisis. It's an act of aggression. The boycott of Russian oil was to assist the Saudi monopoly so they could raise gas prices and gouge consumers which is part of the World Economic Forum's quest to turn consumers into slaves.

Then there's the Nazi's. Funding the Nazi's in the Ukraine to bomb the Donbas gave Russia justification for military action. Yet who was funding the Nazis anyways? We were - because of Xi Jinping. The Biden family have been involved in a ship load of shady business deals in the Ukraine. They were laundering money there for the Communist Party of China. Joe Biden is Winnie the Pooh's puppet. The WEF demonized Russia so that China could come in and make the peace in a war they created. Xi Jinping is the common denominator.

Xi Jinping controls the WEF. Xi Jinping controls Joe Biden. Xi Jinping controls the UN. Xi Jinping even controls NATO now. When you connect the dots and do the math, it is clear that Xi set up the Ukraine just like Stalin set up Poland. Fascism is bad but Communism is no better. They're both bad. Communism uses Fascism as an excuse to destroy civil liberty. That's their end game.

Police seize 90 kilos of cocaine in Calgary

The Calgary Herald is reporting that "Two men including one from Calgary have been charged after an investigation led to the seizure of about 91 kilograms of cocaine." Calgarian Steven Christopher Fera, 45, and Jason Jamie Chan, 38, of Surrey, B.C. have been charged with two counts of possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. Well done. That saves lives.

Saudi announces surprise oil cuts: That is haram.

NPR is reporitng that "Saudi Arabia and a handful of other countries stunned the world on Sunday by announcing significant cuts in their oil production – totaling more than a million barrels of oil per day – starting in May. The decision was unexpected because it did not come as a typical, negotiated OPEC+ agreement reached at a regularly scheduled meeting. Instead it was undertaken by Saudi Arabia and other producers including the United Arab Emirates and Iraq, and announced without warning." Oil markets have responded with a price jump. Big surprise that's what happens when you cut production. That's why they did it. That is haram.

This is about greed and exploitaion. Both of which are haram. This gas fraud has become so obvious and so evil it boggles my mind. Say what you want about Donald Trump but the fact remains Donald Trump got the United States off Saudi oil and Joe Biden got them back on it. Once Saudi regained the monopoly they started cutting production to raise the price so they could make more money by screwing over everyone else in the world. That is pure evil.

Oil companies are like drug dealers. They commit murder to obtain a monopoly on the market. Once they obtain a monopoly they jack up the price to make more profit. Just like the pharmaceutical companies and their drug patents. Joe Biden recently visited Justin Trudeau in Canada and it was like a scene from the movie Dumb and Dumber. Only they're not just stupid, they are criminally insane because there is a method to their madness.

Cutting domestic oil production has nothing to do with protecting the environment any more than banning fertilizer does. Both lies reveal a sinister plot. Pipelines are green. They reduce CO2 emissions from transportation to zero. Importing oil from Saudi creates a lot more CO2 emissions then building a pipeline does. They hide their agenda with a lie. Many lies.

This gas fraud also reveals that the CIA have been lying about their motive as well as their method because Saudi is joined at the hip with the CIA. That's where the CIA does its money laundering and arms dealing out of. MI6 and the CIA erroneously claim their sole objective is to promote the financial wellbeing of England and America. They use that lie to justify their method. The end does not justify the means. So even if their objective was true, which it is not, that would not rationalize drug trafficking, torture, coups and a host of other dirty deeds done dirt cheap.

Vito's son Leonardo Rizzuto shot in Laval

Update: Hells Angels investigation continues with more search warrants in Quebec

Last month CTV reported that "Quebec provincial police are asking for the public's help in solving the attempted murder of Leonardo Rizzuto, the son of the late reputed Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto. The suspect pulled up beside the car as it approached the exit for Highway 13 and fired several gunshots toward the Mercedes, before driving off, according to police."

"Rizzuto, 53, was shot in the leg while driving a black Mercedes on the westbound Highway 440 in Laval Wednesday afternoon. Rizzuto managed to stop the vehicle in the parking lot of a funeral home just off the highway. Police officers found the vehicle riddled with bullet holes, including at least two that pierced the driver-side window." That is big news. Laval is Red and White.

The Quebec Hells Angels were Rizzuto associates. The Ontario Hells Angels were Rizzuto rivals. They supported the Calabrian in Hamilton when Vito was in prison before he was killed. The Hells Angels in Quebec were raided last week but we have yet to hear the results of that raid.

"According to reports, investigators from the National Organized Crime Enforcement Squad (ENRCO) are raiding the residences of half a dozen individuals, including Montreal chapter Hells Angels Martin Robert, Stéphane Plouffe and Michel Lamontagne."

"The homes of other individuals, including the former lieutenant of the Rizzuto clan Francesco Del Balso, now considered by the police to be close to the bikers, were also searched. The suspects are suspected of being the heads of a network of narcotics traffickers and distributors active in Montreal and in the North and South Crowns. This is the first wave of searches carried out during the investigation and intended to gather clues, because since the Supreme Court's Jordan decision, which limits judicial delays, the police and the prosecution want to be ready to release their evidence as soon as a suspect is arrested and charged."

A Lecture on Faith: The ability to trust one's self

A lot of Christians support the freedom movement and I'm a big fan of the freedom of religion. When Christ was on the earth he healed the sick and performed miracles. I'm not a big fan of miracles. It reminds me of the Steve Martin movie Leap of Faith. I had a companion on my mission that used to always say if you're converted by a miracle, it's a miracle you stay converted. I suppose it coincides with the sign seeker analogy.

On one occasion we were speaking with a couple of housewives whose husbands were away on business. The subject of sign seekers came up. I laughed and said oh you don't want to be a sign seeker. The lady was quite persistent and kept asking why not? Why don't I want to be a sign seeker? My companion just looked at me as if to say yo bro don't do it. Don't do it.

She was persistent so I explained that the Bible claims sign seekers are adulterers. People who demand a sign are having an affair. She just looked at me with tears in her eye and all of a sudden it got awkward. My companion rolls his eyes as if to say yo man I told you not to do it.

We left then came back later on that night to drop something off. Only she had a guest and it wasn't her husband. We didn't interrupt them but said yeah that's what we thought. Nevertheless faith is an important part of the gospel. Mormons rightfully believe the first two principles of the gospel are faith and repentance. Faith in what? Faith in Jesus Christ.

Which Jesus? The same Jesus. The one who healed the sick, confronted the hypocrites and was rejected so that he could suffer and die for the sins of the world. As Isaiah said: "He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed."

Hebrews 11 is a lecture on faith. They say faith precedes the miracle. Yet faith is not blind. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. If ye have faith ye hope for things which are not seen, which are true. If I have faith that the world is flat, that is not faith, that is a falsehood. Faith is a belief in things that are unseen which are true. Like electricity.

Faith is the moving cause of action within us. I have faith that the light bulb will go on when I flip the switch so I get up to turn it on. If I didn't have faith, I'd stay in bed and wouldn't do anything. Faith is the reason we work. Work is the means of all accomplishment.

Martin Luther King taught "the belief that God will do everything for man while he himself does nothing is not faith but superstition." Martin Luther King understood this principle.

Years ago we used to serve at the Habour Light food line in the DTES. They had a very powerful mural on the wall. It was a picture of Christ walking on the water reaching out to Peter who tried to walk on the water but began to sink. I suppose it was somewhat allegorical. A lot of people in the DTES are kind of drowning and need a helping hand to get back on their feet. Keeping them under water in not in their best interest. This other picture is from a different angle.

Many years ago Tut spoke at a conference in Minneapolis that I attended. He spoke about their crack down on crack campaign in Florida West Palm Beach which was profound. Then he shared an experience he had patrolling with the brothers in Atlanta. He said Atlanta was the Bible belt. A lot of the members there were Christians. He said one time they were getting ready to leave on a dangerous patrol and one of the brothers asked Tut if they could say a prayer first. He said no.

I kind of raised an eyebrow and heard him out. He told the guy that he needed to have faith in himself. He needed self confidence. I understand what Tut meant. I probably would have said go have your prayer in private. Yet the idea that you're supposed to have faith in yourself isn't really something we are taught at church. We're supposed to have faith in God not faith in ourselves. Yet both statements are true. If you didn't have faith in yourself you wouldn't try to follow God. If you didn't have faith in yourself, you wouldn't try to get off the drugs and get clean.

I have heard it said and I can't remember where that God is a saved being because faith dwells in him independently and men will become saved when they become like God and faith dwells in them independently. Now I know a lot of born agains have a big problem with the concept of eternal progression. They're pretty quick to pick up a stone and cry blasphemy.

Martin Luther King said "Man is more than a whirling vagabond of electrons. Man is a child of God." So what exactly does it mean to be a child of God? The book of Genesis says we are created in God's image. So what does that really mean? The Bible talks about how the faithful will become joint heirs with Christ yet no one can explain what that really means.

I realize what it means doesn't really matter. Whether the pearly gates swing or slide is irrelevant. What we need to concern ourselves with is living the kind of life that will make us worthy to pass through them because not everyone will. Hence the Netflix series The Good Place.

Jesus said "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven." Many will say bla, bla bla "And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity." Kinda kills the born again do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law argument.

My point in this lecture on faith is that faith dwells in God independently. The purpose of life is for us to become more Christlike. We are suppose to strive to develop the qualities that God has. If faith dwells in God independently, then we should learn how to develop that kind of faith so that it also dwells in us independently. I'm not claiming to know what that means. I'm just saying it's food for thought. Maybe is has something to do with the commandment to love yourself. It's kind of what I've been thinking about lately. We need to be able to trust ourselves.

Charter violations in the Chris Barber trial

Police on Guard posted an interview with their chairman, Clay Farnsworth discussing the Charter violations in the Chris Barber trial. The interview begins at 7:40 in the video. This video reinstills the fact that the mainstream media vilify and demonize good people who support civil liberty and oppose the WEF's agenda to remove civil liberty. As Rob Smith pointed out they punish anyone for questioning them. Criminals claim all police officers are bad. That is not true. Most criminals are bad. That's why they're criminals. Danny Bulford is a hero and a role model. So is everyone over at Police on Guard. They belief in law enforcement and recognize the Charter of Rights is the highest law they have sworn an oath to uphold. They do great work. Important work.

They also started a series called Demonstrably Unjustified. The first episode contains an interview with Chris Barber and Keith Wilson. The CIA wants to convince us that all Hells Angels are criminals and all police officers are bad. Why is that? Because the CIA wants to destroy civil liberty and the Constitution that protects it. Remember lying is the CIA's MO. They lie about their method and their motive. They lie about everything. CSIS is a shadow club for the CIA.

The CIA have a significant amount of influence over the fake news. The fake news promote what they tell them to promote. The Chris Barber trial is another example of how the media will punish and vilify anyone who questions the WEF and dares to stand in their way.

The Oath Keepers in the United States are a noble group of law enforcement officers and military personnel who believe in keeping their oath to defend the Constitution from all enemies both foreign and domestic. Keeping that oath is a good thing. Breaking that oath is not.

Yet the media continues to vilify them and portray them as extremists for simply supporting the same oath all Americans make. Every American pledges allegiance to the flag and the free republic that flag represents. That free republic is defined by and protected by the Constitution. To destroy the free republic they have to first destroy the Constitution. That is why they vilify the Oath Keepers who believe in defending it. The Oath Keepers state that if they are given an order that violates the Constitution which they are sworn to uphold, then that is an illeal order and they will not obey it. That's not controversial. That's noble.

Shootings in Edmonton and Chilliwack: Update

Update: Chilliwack cemetary shooting was indeed fatal

2nd Update: Abby News is confirming that Sujjad Ali Jalal was the victim in the Chilliwack shooting. He was visting his brother Amar Najat Jalal's grave aka Adam on his birthday. That's pretty messed up. This is the same cemetery where two UN members were buried and some low life POS stole a couple of lion statues from the grave site. The red and white is getting punitive.

The Abbotsford News is reporting that "For the third time in eight days, Chilliwack residents in the Sardis area are asking questions out about a shooting, this time with a possible fatality. Emergency responders, including the Chilliwack Fire Department and ambulance paramedics, and the RCMP attended to the Vedder View Gardens Cemetery before 8 p.m. on Saturday after a report of shots fired."

CTV is reporting that "The Edmonton Police Service is investigating after gunfire was exchanged near a north Edmonton strip mall. EPS says officers were called to a weapons complaint near 97 Street and 125 Avenue, where two vehicles reportedly shot at one another."

CTV is also reporting that "Two occupants inside one vehicle were taken into custody, one of whom — a 30-year-old man — was taken to hospital with a non-life threatening gunshot wound, EPS added. No other injuries have been reported. Investigators say a firearm was recovered from the vehicle, and the other occupant, a 23-year-old man, faces multiple firearms-related charges. A photo and description of the other car police believe was involved in the drive-by shooting was released Saturday evening. Police are seeking a black Hyundai Sonata with a license plate ending with the digits 073."

Alberta electronic voting is a red flag for everyone

True North is reporitng that "Albertans concerned with Elections Alberta’s use of electronic voting machines in the upcoming provincial election have retained legal counsel, which is arguing that use of the tabulators would reduce election integrity."

With all the smoke and mirror distractions the circus freak sideshow is bombarding the fake news with, this is the single most important issue we all face. Electronic voting is not secure.

"Grey says he’s become aware that Elections Alberta intends to enable machine tabulator counting in the upcoming provincial election. The letter argues that the Alberta Election Act clearly intends for witnessed hand counting of ballots.” Elections need to be able to have disputed results clarified by witnessed hand counting of ballots. There is no question about that whatsoever.

Election fraud affects everyone because if one side can do it so can the other. George Bush used election fraud in Florida. Clint Curtis testified before a Congressional hearing that "while working for Yang Enterprises in Florida, Rep. Tom Feeney (R-FL) asked him to write a program that would covertly flip the vote 51-49 to whoever you wanted…to win.”

It's like the creation of a mercenary army. If you hire a mercenary army to protect you, your enemy can hire the same mercenary army to defeat you simply because they are a mercenary army. Erik Prince is a bad man. That dirty a*s spook we had on here can go f*ck himself.

We have two concerns on the table. The first is electronic voting. The second is Dominion Voting. Both tie in to the sad state of the mainstream media and their constant barrage of misinformation.

Fox News is not perfect. It's a whole lot better than CNN or CBC and even Postmedia News but it too can be compromised. As I said before, the Devil will tell you nine truths to get you to believe one lie. Fox News has a history of endorsing Republican globalists in the past like Bush and Romney. It's support of Donald Trump now is just damage control. Donald Trump is not perfect. He too can be misled by the CIA. That's what that whole QAnon farce was about.

Everyone needs to be accountable. Everyone. We need a way to verify the validity of elections because right now our Democracy is under attack like we have never before seen and they will gladly use electronic voting to highjack elections so they can implement their agenda.

Rob Smith said the latest Donald Trump witch hunt is the perfect example of how they will punish anyone who question them and that is completely true. The fake news vilifies anyone who questions them. Hillary Clinton claimed the 2016 election was hacked and never shut up about Russian interference when that was a ridiculous lie. She went on and on and on about it. She never shut up and the media stoked and promoted that false conspiracy. Yet that same fake news vilified anyone who dare mention the obvious irregularities in the 2020 election.

The Hodge twins show a surveillance video of them pulling out a suitcase of ballots from under the table after they had kicked out all the scrutineers. Then the fake new claimed that was a false allegation because it was a box of ballots not a suitcase. It looked like a suitcase to me. Suitcase, box it doesn't matter. They started counting a sh*t load of shady ballots after they kicked out the scrutineers. That is a valid concern. They also pointed out that the delays were suspicious.

In the 2020 US presidential election, all the obvious Republican and Democrat states were called right away but there was unusual delays in the reporting of swing states. It was as though they waited to see how many ballots they needed to flip the vote. When they didn't have enough they kept saying wait a minute, we found more mail in ballots.

We saw a video with stacks of mail in ballots on the dash of a car that confirmed our concerns. The documentary 2000 mules showed video evidence of organized election fraud through the use of mail in ballots. Yet the fake new refused to run that and vilified anyone who implied it.

Then there were the electronic glitches that were repeated in the 2022 Arizona mid terms. An unusual increase in voter turnout in a swing riding is an election irregularity. An unusual flip in the affiliation of a swing riding is an election irregularity. The fake news vilified anyone who questioned these irregularities and insisted there was none. It was kind of like them saying follow the science during Covid then censoring any medical opinion that disagreed with them.

Then there as the insane misrepresentation of the January 6th set up. We saw videos of the police waving people in past the barricades. We saw them open the doors and let the protesters in to the Capitol building. One protester was suspicious and said watch them lock us in.

We know the guy walking around with the podium was BLM. We know the QAnon Shaman was planted by the CIA. Recently released surveillance videos showed the police giving him a personal escort through the Capital building into the senate. The media lied and claimed the protesters killed a Capitol hill police officer when the released video shows him alive and well waving protesters into the Senate. The media lied about that and never ran a retraction.

Just like the media lied about the truckers convoy and vilified the organizers of the largest most peaceful and inclusive protest in Canadian history. That was the wake up call for Canadians. We all saw what the media did. We were then force to ask, if the media lied about that, what else are they lying about? Well, quite frankly a lot. Their credibility has sunk.

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9mm Ballistics from Ammo dot com

Sam Jacobs from Ammo.com sent me a few links to some articles they've been working on comparing the ballistics of the 9mm with the .357, the .38 special and the .45 APC. 9mm is very common. I started my daugher off on a 9mm and kept her there. That's what she prefers. She likes semi automatics. She hates revolvers. I like both. If you use your thumb to cock the hammer the trigger pull on a revolver is much better. If you don't it's kind of irritating for a target shooter. The trigger pull on a revolver is painfully long if you don't cock the hammer first.

The first article is entitled 357 Magnum vs 9mm: Revolver or Semi-Auto for Self-Defense? For those of us in Canada that is totally hypothetical because handguns aren't for self defense here. They're just for target shooting. However, we do have some American readers that might find it interesting. Canadian readers will find it interesting because it explains how much kick you can expect when shooting it at the gun range. However stopping power is important for hunting.

You can't hunt with a .22. You can only shoot gophers with a .22 and why the hell would you want to shoot a gopher. You can't hunt with handguns in Canada but you can hunt with lever action rifles that are chambered in .357 and .44 magnum. You can shoot a deer with a .357 and you can shoot a black bear with a .44. I dunno about a grizzly. Best to have a shotgun for that. Shooting a grizzly would be just for self defense. They're protected. In Churchill they have polar bear tours and all the guides carry shotguns. They don't shoot the bears. They use blanks and shoot in the air to scare the bears so no one gets attacked.

The second article from Ammo dot com is entitled .380 ACP vs 9mm: The Concealed Carry 9mm Showdown. Again entirely hypothetical for those of us in Canada because we don't have conceal carry permits. It is of interest because it compares the .38 to the 9 mm which are very similar as far as kick goes. The third article is entitled 9mm vs 45 ACP:The Greatest Pistol Caliber Debate.

My grandfather had a Colt .45 after the war. That's probably the most practical as far as stopping power without too much recoil. He passed away when I was very young and my parents got rid of it because they hated guns. I would have loved it but I was too young at the time. I haven't shot a .45 much. Certainly not recently but I have shot a .44 magnum lots. That's my favorite caliber now. Not too big and not too small. Just right. It does have a lot more kick then a .357 but it's very manageable in a lever action rifle. I don't waste my time with a .50 cal. Too much kick and you can't hit anything like the big rock and the small rock analogy from the movie Braveheart. I find a 12 gauge shotgun with a pistol grip very uncomfortable to shoot. 9 mm is very comfortable.



OK so I'm not going to get in a pissing match over this. IMO a .22 is a child's gun and a pink .22 is priscilla's gun. Everyone has their own preference. For me a .22 is too small while a .50 cal is too big. That's just me. That's my preference. My son hates guns. I've never taken him to the range because I have respected his preference. He's a great person. At least I don't have to worry about him shooting anyone. Taking a life, unless it's to stop them from taking a life, is a horrible thing.

Shooting squirrels is kind of Dr Phil. I'd have to be pretty hungery to eat a squirrel or a rat for that matter. They resorted to eating rats when the castle in Derry was under siege. I'm a hiker not a hunter. When I see wild life I want to take it's picture not shoot it. For me, moose tastes a bit too gamey. Deer is OK but who wants to shoot bambi or a rabit for that matter. We had rabbits for pets. I prefer beef but if the manufactured famine hits, being able to hunt is important. If you want to eat squirrels and pigeons go right ahead. I'm going to try and find something else.

A few years ago I was taking the gondola down from the Sea to Sky. There was a couple with a dog there and the attendant wanted to know if I was OK sharing a gondola and he asked me do you like dogs? I said naw I prefer beef but I'll be happy to share the gondola. They didn't appreciate my sense of humour nearly as much as I did.

In Canada the most common hunting cartridges are the .30-06 and the .308. Both fire a .30 cal projectile. The .308 has a little less powder behind it than the .30-06. The .30-06 came out first back in 1906. American soldiers used the .30-06 in WWl.

The .308 came out in the early 1950's. The M1 Garand was used in the Korean war and has an internal magazine like the SKS except it fires a .308. I'm pretty sure that's what Clint Eastwood had in the movie Grand Torino. The idea was the .308 had almost the same stopping power as the .30-06 but it was a bit lighter. You could fit more bullets in a box when shipping them to war. The .308 in a bolt action is my personal preference for a hunting cartridge.

The Americans love their .223. That's even lighter than the .308 and was designed for the M16 which is fully automatic. When you're shooting full auto, you don't want an overly heavy load. We don't shoot full auto in Canada. We're not allowed. The .223 is also used in AR 15's. That's why it's America's most popular cartridge. Every American home should own an AR 15. Just like every Candain home should have a refurbished SKS with a synthetic stock. They sell freedom buckets of .223 ammo. Those are pretty cool. However, you can't really hunt with a .223.

There's a debate about whether or not it is ethical to shoot a deer with a .223. The experts say yes it is depending on placement. If you shoot it in the head or heart it's an ethical kill. They say the .223 is good for hunting coyotes but then again, who wants to hunt a coyote? Are you gonna eat that? I'm not. You can hunt with an SKS but you can't hunt with a full metal jacket because it goes right through the animal without killing it. You need a soft point or hollow point for hunting.

Another factor is cost. Ammo is expensive now. Everything is. The bigger the bullet the more expensive it is. The nice thing about the .22 is that it's cheap to shoot. You can buy 9mm by the case fairly reasonably. The nice thing about a .357 is that they also fire a .38 special which is a bit cheaper. You can buy those by the case as well. .44 magnum are a bit pricey. I save my brass for those because I'm going to start reloading my own .44s. .223 is a little bit cheaper than a .308 but it's still about a buck a round out of the freedom buckets with 300 rounds. So, find your preference and don't forget, you can rent them at the gun range and try them out first.