Avalanche!

Pretty impressive footage from the Gravelly range in Montana



This was 2 days after someone died there in an avalanche doing the same thing on a similar slope. His buddy doesn't appear to have a shovel on his back either.

Tunnel

The snowbird tunnel. Ride the conveyor belt, have a beer, eat a sandwich, whatever.

Powder

Terrain you can take a traverse into.

Trouble

 

Montana is made safer by armed citizens

WE NEED MORE GUNS!!!!


By DANIEL PERSON Chronicle Staff Writer

HELENA - At a marathon hearing Thursday, backers and opponents of a bill to expand gun rights in Montana painted distinctly different pictures of the state and its gun laws.

Proponents of House Bill 228 said gun owners in Montana are now held captive by gray areas in Montana statute that could lead to them being prosecuted for defending themselves with their firearm, or even displaying a pistol to deter would-be attackers.

But opponents said the laws already on the books work, and that the expanded gun-rights bill would hamper law enforcement’s ability to prosecute people whom they believe had wrongly used a gun.

The bill, sponsored by Rep. Krayton Kerns, R-Laurel, is almost identical to a bill carried by then-Rep. Jack Wells, R-Bozeman, in the 2007 session.

If passed, the bill would, among other things:

= allow people to carry a concealed weapon without a permit;
= greatly strengthen self-defense protections in the state;
= allow people to display their gun to deter an attack;
= allow people to use a gun whenever at risk of physical harm;
= and, in shooting incidents in which the person who fired the gun claimed self defense, require the state to prove that it was not.

From one side:

“Too often, the victim becomes the criminal in our system,” said Brian Judy of the NRA.

Kerns told the House Judiciary Committee that Montana is made safer by armed citizens. He cited the recent shooting in Glasgow, and said while the assailant in that case killed one and wounded two others, a private citizen with a gun was reportedly able to prevent the shooter from causing more damage.

From another:

Dennis Paxinos, Yellowstone County attorney, said the bill fixes a problem that doesn’t exist.

“There is no case, there is no reason, for such a huge change in our criminal code,” he said.

Paxinos described a scenario in which two gangs approached each other in a public park. Under Kern’s bill, he said, it would be legal for both gangs to display their weapons to each other, then open fire.

“It eviscerates the tools we use now to combat these idiots,” he said.

lots more

http://www.kutv.com/content/news/local/story/Troopers-ask-for-help-to-solve-Fridays-interstate/S83_kGUKGUihRp1gnZ-2Ww.cspx?rss=991

Police: Gun pulled in road rage dispute

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated: 01/12/2009 07:14:05 AM MST

A driver brandished a gun at another driver Sunday in what investigators are calling an act of road rage. A motorist reported another driver was pointing a gun at him at about 1:30 p.m. while both were driving south on Interstate 215 near State Road 201, said Utah Highway Patrol spokesman Jesse Valenzuela. The gun-wielding driver was pulled over in his Chevrolet Suburban at about 3700 South. He was taken into custody but later was issued a citation and released, Valenzuela said. It isn't clear what initiated the dispute, Valenzuela said. Police are investigating whether an unrelated shooting Friday on Interstate 15 was also a road-rage incident.

Erin Alberty

These people need more guns

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090114/ap_on_fe_st/odd_toilet_shot

Skiing

Picture links to more. Went camping and skiing in the Oquirrh Mtns. (Oker) Was sunny and warm except for the ridge-top wind with a good view of the mountains and the city smog. These mountains don't get the snow the rest do so the snowpack is one solid chunk at the moment, although most places don't have enough to qualify as snowpack.

TREES CAN NOT DEFEAT ME!!!

Reckon I'll start posting stuff again. Went to Solitude yesterday then got drunk later, the usual Sunday routine.

Murph.