Europe is not the Promised Land. Europeans can be intolerant, violent, ignorant, insular, selfish, etc., just like anyone else. I’ve met my share of racist European liberals. I’ve met European Joe-the-Plumber types who complain about their tax dollars going to lazy welfare bums.

Doctors Without Borders runs free clinics and other services in many European welfare states … Spain and Italy, but also Belgium and even SWEDEN. Yes, even Sweden. The clinics serve illegal immigrants, who risk deportation if they use government hospitals.

And I’m all about double-action revolvers. Just took my S&W Model 19 to the range after a 14-year hiatus. Still just as smooth as the day I bought it. Accurate and powerful enough to please the firearms conoisseur, yet simple enough that a n00b can learn to handle it in an hour. Try that with a typical high-capacity Wundergun. “This is the safety. Well, actually the thumb safety. No, that’s the slide release. And that’s the takedown lever. Well, that’s the decocking lever. No wait, you just activated the magazine safety. And that? It’s the trigg… BOOM!” 🙂