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Obituary for Robert Adolph Boehm
Robert Adolph Boehm, in accordance with his lifelong dedication to his own personal brand of decorum, muttered his last unintelligible and likely unnecessary curse on October 6, 2024, shortly before tripping backward over “some stupid mother****ing thing” and hitting his head on the floor.
Robert was born in Winters, TX, to the late Walter Boehm and Betty Smith on May 6, 1950, after which God immediately and thankfully broke the mold and attempted to cover up the evidence.
Raised Catholic, Robert managed to get his wife Dianne pregnant (three times) fast enough to just barely miss getting drafted into the Vietnam War by fathering Michelle, John, and Charlotte between 1967 and 1972. Much later, with Robert possibly concerned about the brewing conflict in Grenada, Charles was born in 1983.
This lack of military service was probably for the best, as when taking up shooting as a hobby in his later years, he managed to blow not one, but two holes in the dash of his own car on two separate occasions, which unfortunately did not even startle, let alone surprise, his dear wife Dianne, who was much accustomed to such happenings in his presence and may have actually been safer in the jungles of Vietnam the entire time.
While the world was in conflict elsewhere, Robert made due by learning to roof, maintain traffic signs with the City of Amarillo, and eventually becoming a semi-professional truck driver—not to be confused with a professional semi-truck driver.
With peace on the horizon, Robert’s attention somewhat counterintuitively drifted to weapons of war, spanning the historical and geographical spectrum from the atlatl of 19,000 BC France, to the sjambok of 1830s Africa, to the Mosin-Nagant M1891 of WWII-era Soviet Union.
So many examples of these mainstream hobbyist items litter his small Clarendon, Texas, apartment that one of them may very well have been the item referenced in his aforementioned eloquent final epitaph.
A man of many interests, Robert was not to be entranced by historical weapons alone, but also had a penchant for fashion, frequently seen about town wearing the latest trend in homemade leather moccasins, a wide collection of unconventional hats, and boldly mismatched shirts and pants.
Robert also kept a wide selection of harmonicas on hand—not to play personally, but to prompt his beloved dogs to howl continuously at odd hours of the night to entertain his many neighbors, and occasionally to give to his many, many, many grandchildren and great-grandchildren to play loudly during long road trips with their parents.
Earlier this year, in February, God finally showed mercy upon Dianne, getting her the hell out of there for some well-earned peace and quiet. Without Dianne to gleefully entertain, Robert shifted his creative focus to the entertainment of you, the fine townspeople of Clarendon, Texas. Over the last eight months, if you have not met Robert or seen his road show yet, you probably would have soon.
We have all done our best to enjoy/weather Robert’s antics up to this point, but he is God’s problem now.
Robert’s farewell tour will be held Monday, October 14th, at 10 a.m. at Memorial Park Funeral Home, 6969 E Interstate 40 Hwy, Amarillo, TX 79118. The family encourages you to dust off whatever outdated or inappropriate combination of clothing you have available to attend. A tip jar will be available in the front; flowers are also acceptable.
We told you back in 2022 how U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, worked with President Joe Biden and Democrats in the U.S. Senate to help pass the so-called Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA), which the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) later utilized to issue several more Final Rules further restricting firearm ownership.
Now, in the midst of a reelection campaign that sees him running neck-and-neck with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Cornyn is denying that he worked with the Democrats to help get the anti-gun measure passed.
According to a report at dallasexpress.com, the pro-gun rights group Texas Gun Rights recently posted on social media: “Speaking of shooting, remember when you teamed up with Biden to spearhead gun control legislation?” Cornyn’s reply was a simple, “No.”
Either Cornyn’s memory is failing him or he’s trying to hide the fact that he was instrumental in the passage of the measure back in 2022. In fact, that’s the point Blaze Media personality Sara Gonzalez was making when she asked on social media: “Is John Cornyn senile, a liar, or both?”
The denial also gave Texas AG Paxton a chance to take a shot at Cornyn, who he’s seeking to unseat in the U.S. Senate.
“My promise to voters of Texas is that I will never be thanked by Joe Biden for helping him pass gun control legislation,” Paxton posted on X. “I wish John Cornyn could make the same promise.”
In fact, Cornyn’s denial isn’t even plausible. There’s no doubt that he aided in the passage of the bill, even voting “yea” when the final vote on the measure was taken.
At the time, Cornyn should have known better than to help with the bill. Despite his claims that he “thought it was important to demonstrate the Senate could work,” the National Rifle Association publicly opposed the legislation, warning that its vague language gave anti-gun officials nebulous authorities that could be abused to target law-abiding gun owners and firearm-related businesses. That assertion, of course, turned out to be correct.
Cornyn’s denial of being involved with the legislation comes only three months after Texas Gun Rights penned a letter to President Trump in which it aired its grievances over what it believes to be Cornyn’s lack of support for the Second Amendment.
“Dear President Trump, We, the members and supporters of Texas Gun Rights, write to you as dedicated defenders of the Second Amendment,” the letter stated. “We urge you in the strongest terms not to endorse Senator John Cornyn in his bid for re-election to the U.S. Senate.”
An Emerson College Poll released August 15 showed a statistical tie among GOP primary voters, with 30% backing Cornyn, 29% supporting Paxton and 37% undecided.
This is the damage cause by an AR-15 chambered in 22LR.
Random people should not be able to buy weapons of mass destruction under the gun show loophole.
