Today Is: GUNED believes in FREEDOM and the security of the United States of America GUNED thanks you for years of support. LOG IN Supporters... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Do you know who David Olofson is? If you don't, you better get off your ass and find out real fast. To all GUNED members and supporters, THANK YOU. And a BIG thank you to my longtime friend Larry Pratt at GOA. Now, this reminder will stay right here on top until justice is done. Type David Olofson on your favorite search engine and click the links below. If you don't, I'll find out and you'll wish you helped long ago: Gun Owners of America Broken gun conviction upheld Army Reservist guilty Supreme Court denies cert Duct Tape, Plastic Ties and Chains Herb Titus, Lawyer apealing the David Olofson Case on behalf of Gun Owners of America is interviewed on Lou Dobbs Tonight CNN Do you want the ATF to answer: Cooked Agency ------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States Citizens Win!!! Second Amendment Foundation US Supreme Court ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pfc. Ross McGinnis of Knox, Pa., is the ultimate HERO. He is receiving the nation's highest military honor. McGinnis was perched in the gunner's hatch of a Humvee when a grenade sailed past him and into the truck where four other soldiers sat. He shouted a warning to the others, then jumped on the grenade. The grenade, which was lodged near the vehicle's radio, blew up and killed him. Lt. Col. Anne Edgecomb, an Army spokeswoman, said McGinnis easily could have jumped out of the truck and saved himself. "The instinct is, jump out of the vehicle, but his four buddies were in the vehicle with him ... and he chose to place himself on top of the grenade and absorb the impact, and it saved their lives," McGinnis was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, in Schweinfurt, Germany. He died on Dec. 4, 2006. Three others have also been awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for their actions in Iraq. They are Army Sgt. 1st Class Paul R. Smith, Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor and Marine Cpl. Jason L. Dunham. CENTCOM sent an email that describes McGinnis on patrol, on December 4th, standing in the turret. McGinnis was manning his armored humvee's machine gun. His Platoon Sergeant, SFC Thomas, was the vehicle commander. From a position above the humvee, an insurgent lobbed a grenade that arced through McGinnis' hatch and fell to the humvee console lodging in the radio at McGinnis' feet. McGinnis shouted, "GRENADE! IT'S IN THE TRUCK!" Nineteen year old Private First Class Ross McGinnis had a choice to make - get the hell out of the truck through the hatch or... SFC Cedric Thomas: "I looked out of the corner of my eye as I was crouching down and I saw him pin it down." McGinnis did so even though he could have escaped. "He had time to jump out of the truck," Thomas said. "He chose not to." Ross Andrew McGinnis Arlington National Cemetery. Copyright GUNED.COM© 2000 - 2009 GUNED© - All rights reserved.