Updated Photographs

Well its certainly been a while since I last had time to update this site with anything usefull. The kids are growing like weeds!

Ian started Kindergarten this year and while he is having an absolute blast, he is also struggling with some of the rules. He is working on it though and getting much better. He is one smart cookie!

Sean is, well Sean. He still has the crazy temper and acts just like Grandpa most of the time. ;-) He has finally graduated up to the big boy school (AKA Preschool) and seems to be doing just fine. They are enjoying the the fall right now and are planning on carving up some pumpkins this weekend.

I have added a couple new pictures to our online photo albums. Please check out:

http://photobucket.com/amw575_fall08

I have a couple of new photographs uploaded there. Also the other photo albums are still there with the link http://photobucket.com/amw575 , if you want to check them out too.

Hope all is well! Take care and be safe.

~A

Indiana 2nd Amendment Rights Attacked

There is already an attack in motion to further erode personal liberties in Indiana. One that was initiated in January 2008 with little publicity, as far as I know. That is Indiana House Bill 1260 which was proposed by House Representative Bill Crawford. This bill has one aim, to infringe on Hoosier rights to hunt and for personal protection.

No this bill isn't another attack on actual firearms (thank goodness), but instead its an attack on ammunition. If passed, a database would be setup to store information on ammunition purchases and buyers. It would also assess a penalty of $.05 per bullet for each round purchased. It would also require each round to be factory stamped with serial numbers which would be used to record information in the database about the purchases and buyers of the ammunition. It also specifies that if you own any of the un-registered, non-stamped ammunition after July 2011, you would be required to dispose of that ammunition.

Citations Affected: IC 10-13-7.


Synopsis:
Encoded ammunition. Requires ammunition manufacturers to encode all ammunition: (1) provided for retail sale in Indiana; and (2) used in handguns and assault weapons; by July 1, 2009. Prohibits a person from selling ammunition at retail after June 30, 2009, unless the ammunition has been encoded by a manufacturer. Requires the superintendent of the state police department to establish and maintain an encoded ammunition data base before July 1, 2009. Requires ammunition manufacturers and persons who sell ammunition at retail to provide certain information concerning encoded ammunition sales and persons who purchase encoded ammunition to the superintendent for inclusion in the data base. Imposes a fee of $0.05 per round on the sale of encoded ammunition that is sold at retail. Requires the fees to be deposited in the encoded ammunition data base fund to operate the data base. Requires a person who owns ammunition for a handgun or assault weapon that is not encoded ammunition to dispose of the ammunition before July 1, 2011. Makes an appropriation.


Effective: Upon passage; July 1, 2008.

This is a ridiculous attempt to:

1. Limit Hoosier Second Amendment Rights further by making the cost of ammunition for hunting, sport shooting, and personal protection rise significantly. These ridiculous stipulations would result in manufacturers either having to increase production costs (thus raising the prices to consumers) or cease sales in the state.


2. Sneak in tax revenue from a select group of law abiding, responsible Hoosiers. The extra $.05 per round ($2.50 per box of 50 rounds O.O ) to help fund the newly required database.


3. A round about way to start gun registration. Face it, "Requires ammunition manufacturers and persons who sell ammunition at retail to provide certain information concerning encoded ammunition sales and persons who purchase encoded ammunition to the superintendent for inclusion in the data base." simply means start making a record of the types of guns each buyer of ammunition has. What other possible "certain information" about persons ho purchase the ammunition mean?


4. Effectively stop the art of reloading, as you would obviously not be allowed to buy used brass or reload your own.

Rather than address the issue of criminals and the lack luster enforcement of the existing laws, our law makers are going to further erode the rights the law abiding citizens rather than deal with the real problems. Look out Indiana, unless common sense prevails and historically thats not always the case in Hoosier politics, we could be in for more right infringement.

Monroe County GOP - Sailing With No One At The Helm

According to the Herald Times Online:

All officers of the Monroe County Republican Party have resigned, leaving the party without any official leadership going into Tuesday’s primary.

Interesting. Where do I sign up to replace them? That's what I want to know. As a disillusioned Monroe Republican, fed up with our local leadership, I cannot say I am sorry to hear that they have dissolved. The leadership in this county for the Republicans has long been lacking IMO. Pushing personal agenda's and handpicked puppet candidates to try and fill crucial offices, have long been detrimental to getting good Republican officials elected. Perhaps this will lead to a rejuvenation of the party locally, an infusion of fresh blood would be much appreciated.

So where do I apply to join the new officers and get things started towards positive change? Can you see it now?

Aaron Williamson for positive change in Monroe County!

A run for Mayor wouldn't be far off would it? :-P Something tells me they won't be knocking on my email ( amw575@gmail.com ) anytime soon. I just hope whomever they come up with, its a fresh outlook and helps the product into the right direction.

Switchover From Insight To Comcast

Well as many of you know, Insight (InsightBB) was aquired by Comcast and now we are in the middle of transitioning everything from insigtbb.com accounts to new comcast.net accounts. This may be a learning process. ;-)

As for the current status, all email accounts should be forwarding to the accounts (which have changed for those who know and use them). Therefore new updates to your address books may be in order. For the record, we plan on shifting to a more permanent G-mail account so we don't have to worry about changing things in the future.

Also that means forced changes to http://awilliamson.home.insightbb.com are on the horizon. The process has already begun to switch over to http://amw575.home.comcast.net but it will be slow. In fact, due to my lack of formal site design training ( ;-) ), many links pointing back to the old site will need re-written. I may just scrap the whole thing and start over pretty soon. For now both sites are up with then new site only being a home page pointing back to the old one.

I think what I may plan on doing in the near future, is migrating this blog and the website over to a Wordpress.com blog/site. I have seen that to be a very easy and updateable platform for transmitting the type of information we normally do now. It may actually mean that we update this site more regularly for the family members not seeing the boys everday. :-D

Anyway, just wanted to drop a fresh post on here to bring everyone up to speed. Hope everyone is safe and doing well!

Regards,
AW

Family Loss

Today the Williamson family is mourning the loss of our Mother, Grandmother, and Great-Grandmother - Martha Williamson. 

You will be forever loved and always remembered.

Hearld Times Online Obituary - PDF Viewable/Download

Martha Sue Williamson, 87

SEPT. 19, 1920 — JAN. 5, 2008

Martha Sue Williamson of Bloomington died Saturday, January 5, 2008, at her residence. She was 87 years old.

Born September 19, 1920, in Bloomington, she was the daughter of Frank and Nell (Sparks) Goodman. She was a 1938 graduate of Bloomington High School. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star Lodge #223 in Bloomington and a member of the Fairview United Methodist Church.

Martha is survived by three sons, Kip Williamson and his wife, Judy, of Bloomington, Dennis Williamson and his wife, Sherry, of Ocala, FL, and Randy Williamson and his wife, Melinda, of Bloomington; eight grandchildren, Aaron Williamson and his wife, Jennifer, Adam Williamson, Christopher Williamson and his wife, Rachel, and Brett Williamson and his wife, Amanda, all of Bloomington, Scott Williamson and his wife, Beth, of Tennessee, Kelli Hoff and her husband, Matt, Leslie Batcho and her husband, Jim, and Justin Williamson. all of Bloomington; and 11 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Edgar E. Williamson, in 1978; and a sister, Betty Jane Goodman.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, January 10, 2008, at 11:00 a.m. at Allen Funeral Home, with Rev. Curtis Hurley officiating. Interment will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery.

Visitation will be held on Wednesday from 4-7 p.m. at the funeral home and one hour prior to the service on Thursday. Memorial Contributions may be made to the Fairview United Methodist Church.