Subject: Best shot by 45 cal. Pistol

Owen John Baggett was born in 1920 in Graham, Texas. By 1941 he graduated from college and went on to work on Wall Street, but by the following year, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps (now USAF) when the United States entered the war.

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A studious man, he graduated from pilot training in just five months and was sent to Burma, flying a B-24 Liberator. What he happened the following year is one of those stories we just described.
On March 31st, 1943, Baggett and his squadron were sent on a mission to destroy a bridge of strategic importance. On their way, the B-24s got intercepted by Japanese Zeros which hit the squadron hard. Baggetts' plane was riddled with bullets to such an extent that the crew was forced to bail out.
While parachuting, a Japanese pilot decided that downing the plane wasn't enough. He circled around and started shooting at the bailed out pilots, killing two of the crew. Seeing this, Baggett did the only thing he could. He played dead.
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Not convinced Baggett was dead, the Zero pulled up to him at near stall speed, the pilot opening his canopy to check on his horrendous work. Not wasting any time and thinking on his feet (no pun intended), Baggett pulled out his pistol and shot the pilot right in the head.
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This is considered the best shot by a Caliber .45 M911 pistol of ALL TIME.
The last thing he saw was the Zero spiraling toward earth.
When he landed, he and the other bailed out crew members were captured and sent to a POW camp where they remained till the end of the war. They were liberated by OSS agents (World War II version of the modern CIA) and Baggett was recognized as the only person during the war to shoot down a Zero with a pistol.

American Gun Culture Club Monthly Meeting - Las Cruces, NM

Speakers for September 9th

Security Matters

We are pleased to bring back Pat Doyle from LCPD, formerly on the
Gang Task Force. He has our city's heartbeat in his head. Pat also is one of the fastest shooters in the West.......we are fortunate he pursues law & order for our community. 

And we have another guest speaker...Philip VanVeen. He is the president of Eagle Security Company and has been in the security industry 30 years. Currently Philip runs two businesses and is a candidate for Las Cruces City Council District Two. 

Come and join us at Pepe's Restaurant, corner of Valley & Picacho, Las Cruces.

Wednesday,  September 9th,   6:30pm. 

American Gun Culture Club

Pro- life, the first inalienable right!

> We still have a few raffle tickets for the Henry 1895 Lever action 45/70. It is a beautiful & balanced carbine. Check in at Stryker's Shooting World or Custom Cartridge, or call me, Bev for tickets: 575-642-1003.  I hope to give it away at a our agcc meeting on the 9th or the LCTP meeting on the 17th.

> Life Unlimited (Charlie Freeman  & I) are hosting a night shoot at Butterfield Range on the Evening of September 12th. This is where you learn to see your 'flash sight picture' and practice flashlight techniques. Many firearms incidents happen in low light. Come and join us if you want to increase your skill. Open only to CCW and advanced students.

American Gun Culture Club

Pro-Life - The right to life is the right to self defense

American Gun Culture Club meets monthly on the second Wednesday at 6:30 pm.

Location is Pepe's Restaurant, 1405 W. Picacho Ave. Las Cruces, NM 

For more information contact Bev 575-642-1003 or email; americanguncultureclub@gmail.com

Freedom's Cost is No Compromise
On America's Founding Principles
On the truth
For Freedom

Another good reason for Americans to leave the Democrat Party.

Fwd: GUNS & DEMOCRATS INBOX : This makes the rounds regularly! In 1865 a Democrat shot and killed Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States.   In 1881 a left wing radical Democrat shot James Garfield, President of the United States, who later died from the wound.   In 1963 a radical left wing socialist shot and killed John F. Kennedy, President of the United States.   In 1975 a left wing radical Democrat fired shots at Gerald Ford, President of the United States.   In 1983 a registered Democrat shot and wounded Ronald Reagan, President of the United States.   In 1984 James Hubert, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 22 people in a McDonalds restaurant.   In 1986 Patrick Sherrill, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 15 people in an Oklahoma post office. In 1990 James Pough, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 10 people at a GMAC office.   In 1991 George Hennard, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 23 people in a Luby's cafeteria in Killeen, TX.   In 1995 James Daniel Simpson, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 5 coworkers in a Texas laboratory.   In 1999 Larry Asbrook, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 8 people at a church service.   In 2001 a left wing radical Democrat fired shots at the White House in a failed attempt to kill George W. Bush, President of the US.  In 2003 Douglas Williams, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 7 people at a Lockheed Martin plant.   In 2007 a registered Democrat named Seung Hui Cho, shot and killed 32 people in Virginia Tech.   In 2010 a mentally ill registered Democrat named Jared Lee Loughner, shot Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killed 6 others.   In 2011 a registered Democrat named James Holmes, went into a movie theater and shot and killed 12 people.   In 2012 Andrew Engeldinger, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 7 people in Minneapolis.   In 2013 a registered Democrat named Adam Lanza, shot and killed 26 people in a school in Newtown, CT.   As recently as Sept 2013, an angry Democrat shot 12 at a Navy ship yard.   Clearly, there is a problem with Democrats and guns.   Not one NRA member, Tea Party member, or Republican conservative was involved in any of these shootings and murders.   SOLUTION: It should be illegal for Democrats to own guns.  =

Son of the Republic!

Today is President George Washington's Birthday.
In 1795, he gave his renowned National Thanksgiving Proclamation which declared the 19th of February as the day. Quote,"Our duty as a people with devout reverence and affectionate gratitude, is to acknowledge our many and great obligations to Almighty God, and implore Him to continue and confirm the blessings we experienced."

From our neighbors at The Westerner. Yes it is right to be irritated with the statesmen who trifle with the law of our land!
 


http://thewesterner.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-state-of-union.html#links

The Law Of The Land from "Citizen's Rule Book"

   The general misconception is that any statute passed by legislators bearing the appearance of law constitutes the law of the land. The U.S. Constitution is the supreme law of the land, and any statute, to be valid, must be in agreement. It is impossible for a law which violates the Constitution to be valid. This is succinctly stated as follows:

     "All laws which are repugnant to the Constitution are null and void."
 Marbury vs. Madison, 5 US (2 Cranch) 137, 174, 176, (1803)
    
     "Where rights secured by the Constitution are involved, there can be no rule making or legislation which would abrogate them."
Miranda vs. Arizona, 384 US 436 p. 491.

     "An unconstitutional act is not law; it confers no rights; it imposes no duties; affords no protection; it creates no office; it is in legal contemplation, as inoperative as though it had never been passed."
Norton vs. Shelby County 118 US 425 p. 442

     The general rule is that an unconstitutional statute, though having the form and name of law, is in reality no law, but is wholly void, and ineffective for any purpose; since unconstitutionality dates from the time of its enactment, and not merely from the date of the decision so branding it.

     "No one is bound to obey an unconstitutional law and no courts are bound to enforce it." 
 
16 Am Jur 2d, Sec 177  late 2d, Sec 256