And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The holster looks a lot like a slightly larger one used to hold a revolver in a tower of a prison I once worked at. A guard one night missed the check-in call, so central control called him, no answer, so they sent a roving patrol to check on him. Seems he was practicing fast draws, lost track of time, so the phone ring startled him in mid-draw and he shot the phone.
Maybe the tape has a bad-boy connection, but just as likely is that in the days before neoprene grips, the old wood grips were just too slick. It's possible the tape was added for a better gripping surface. My dad did that to his old S&W .38 for that reason. I came of age in the gun world when neoprene grips were beginning to appear, and today I won't have a pistol without them.
Yep, it's been around.
ReplyDeleteFriction tape says Bad Boy throw-down. IS it sitting on an old evidence bag?
ReplyDeleteThe holster looks a lot like a slightly larger one used to hold a revolver in a tower of a prison I once worked at. A guard one night missed the check-in call, so central control called him, no answer, so they sent a roving patrol to check on him. Seems he was practicing fast draws, lost track of time, so the phone ring startled him in mid-draw and he shot the phone.
ReplyDeleteMichael dropped it as he was leaving a restaurant, been looking for it ever since.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the tape has a bad-boy connection, but just as likely is that in the days before neoprene grips, the old wood grips were just too slick. It's possible the tape was added for a better gripping surface. My dad did that to his old S&W .38 for that reason. I came of age in the gun world when neoprene grips were beginning to appear, and today I won't have a pistol without them.
ReplyDeleteIf we can believe Mario Puzo's "Godfather", the tape was put there to keep from leaving your prints.
DeleteI left it loud to scare away any pain in the ass innocent bystanders.
DeleteRecovered after Luka Brazzi found swimming with the fishes....
ReplyDelete"Drop the gun. take the cannoli."
ReplyDelete-Aesop