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September 02, 2010

State of emergency

In NC, it has been declared. That your rights are suspended in states of emergency is at issue in the courts.

And:

Starting Saturday at 12 noon, many thousands of North Carolinians will likely be guilty of an act that is a Class 1 misdemeanor for that is the opening of dove season.

Cruffler

Sounds so dirty. A how to.

Adjust your dials

Breda and Bonnie to discuss the Bystander Effect.

Widener’s Explosion Update

No one was hurt. And the folks at Widener’s say it wasn’t them.

That’s racist

Look at that picture. Don’t those armed black men scare you?!

In Philly, the police are disarming black men who lawfully carry firearms:

In the last two years, Philadelphia police have confiscated guns from at least nine men – including four security guards – who were carrying them legally, and only one of the guns has been returned, according to interviews with the men.

Eight of the men said that they were detained by police – two for 18 hours each. Two were hospitalized for diabetic issues while in custody, one of whom was handcuffed to a bed. Charges were filed against three of the men, only to be withdrawn by the District Attorney’s Office.

They’re suing. And I hope they win.

Korean Garands Updated Again

Via Kopel, Maxim Lott discusses the Obama administration’s role in this:

The South Korean government, in an effort to raise money for its military, wants to sell nearly a million antique M1 rifles that were used by U.S. soldiers in the Korean War to gun collectors in America.

The Obama administration approved the sale of the American-made rifles last year. But it reversed course and banned the sale in March – a decision that went largely unnoticed at the time but that is now sparking opposition from gun rights advocates.

A State Department spokesman said the administration’s decision was based on concerns that the guns could fall into the wrong hands.

“The transfer of such a large number of weapons — 87,310 M1 Garands and 770,160 M1 Carbines — could potentially be exploited by individuals seeking firearms for illicit purposes,” the spokesman told FoxNews.com.

Lott’s piece is not consistent with what the ODCMP is telling people, which is that the guns are actually a lend/lease arrangement. And the .gov already owns them. This situation is interesting.

Disarmed

Gil Ronen:

One of the people murdered by Palestinian Authority terrorists Tuesday used to carry a gun for self-defense, but Israeli authorities took away his permit in late 2009 – leaving him defenseless.

A warning

Heh.

ETA: Not saying it’s a good idea. Just that it’s funny.

TT Gun Leather – IWB Holster

A review with photos.

Cool

Photos of bullets passing through water droplets.

We’re winning

Obama appointee from Chicago distancing administration from Brady Campaign agenda.

Zombie Show

Trailer for The Walking Dead:

Excessive, much?

Man shot by police after being confronted for whittling.

Not toys

Man dies after being shot with a BB gun.

And this is why we go to gun school

Tam has notes from class.

Power source for AR-15

Looks more like a solution in search of a problem to me. But it is pretty cool.

The narrative

Crazed right-wing gun man takes hostages . . . wait, what? I eagerly await the press doing some in depth investigative reporting into the rise of eco-terrorists.

Also, if you think we need to rid the world of humans, just point the gun at yourself. It’s easier for everyone.

Gun Porn

Suppressed 44 Deagle with a suppressor and EOTech. And why not.

Cool lower (note: link is SFW but any link from there may not be)

KRISS Super V

Sirt pistol

Making a 1911

This post is actually a gun

A question:

What’s cooler: Guns disguised as ordinary objects or everyday items that look like guns?

Things that realistically look like guns are kinda stupid and can get you into serious trouble.

Win a Mercedes

If you buy a Sig.

Obviously compensating for the size of her penis

69 year-old grandmother shoots intruder who was in her bedroom.

September 01, 2010

Explosion at Widener’s

In Johnson City:

Firefighters are on the scene of an apparent ammunition storage facility explosion near Indian Ridge Road and Locust Lane.

Johnson City, Jonesborough and volunteer firefighters were called to at Widener’s Reloading & Shooting Supply Inc. in the area of West Market Street and Indian Ridge Road just after 10 a.m.

Traffic is reportedly being diverted from the area because ammunition is cooking off and shooting across West Market Street.

Update: Via twitter: I am over a mile away and it rocked my windows. Plume looked like a nuke went off #jcexplosion No doubt ppl died

Follow tweets here.

Update and bump: Thread at arfcom.

Coverage at tricities.com, with pic.

Update: more from Michael.

TOSHA complaint on guns in restaurants

WizardPC:

. . . a server has filed a TOSHA complaint that argues it’s unsafe for bars not to post 1359 signage, because “an employer has a duty to protect and safeguard employees against recognized hazards to human health, safety and life.”

And bonus:

According to the complaint, the server has seen handguns carried into the restaurant and patrons forcefully ejected from the property.

And no shoot outs?

Clearing that up

Regarding this, the Cali OC ban has been defeated.

M3 Pistol Light Kabooms

Pics and a report. Looks like a battery failure.

What a pink rifle needs

A pink tactical sling. I got the pink webbing from strapworks.com.

From Pink AR
From Pink AR
From Pink AR

SAF in SF

The Second Amendment Foundation (the fine organization responsible for the McDonald case) is holding their Gun Rights Policy Conference this month in San Francisco. Their advertising campaign is making a splash on San Fran streets.

Side rant: I’m sure all those people who righteously boycotted the NRA convention in Charlotte because of NC law prohibiting carry at the convention center will just as righteously come down on SAF for having their shindig in one of the most anti-gun cities in the US. Right?

Park carry, one year later

Blood in the streets, fathers killing other fathers at little league games. Wait, none of those doom and gloom predictions happened.

We’re winning

Sign at a bank in Chappell Hill welcomes lawful handgun carry.

Crimson Trace News

They have launched a new division targeting military sales.

Chicks and guns

A new shooter

Good question

Why won’t NRA give proper credit in McDonald case?

In Cali

The Open Carry Ban that didn’t pass has now passed the senate. Off to the governor. A part of me wants it to pass so the law can be challenged.

ETA: Or maybe not. The press has released a couple of stories about it that don’t seem consistent. Stay tuned.

Quote of the Day

Anti-gun shill Garen J. Wintemute (and others):

Federal law makes no distinction between sales occurring at gun shows and other sales; there is no such thing as a gun show loophole.

Been saying that for years.

Times change

Roberta:

Americans used to watch in varying degrees of horror as hapless Europeans were importuned by uniformed d00ds, usually German, “Papers, pliss?”

Hope and Change

Stop. Miller time.

Gun Porn

Garands

Aimpoint clone

Custom Spartan

I dunno what that is but it looks cool.

I, terrorist

Ugh

Congrats

Aunt B. is selling her book. And there’s a website.

See Shark, Jumped

Tactical Taurus Judge? And with that, The Judge has jumped the shark.

Reasonable Gun Control

Should be about behavior and not objects. Though the statute is poorly defined, it’s at least not demonizing objects.

When I was in Louisville for NRACon

I met a couple of folks who were showing up at the blogger functions. I asked about their blogs and they said they had to take them down for legal reasons, which I thought odd. A few months later, I figured out who they were. And now they can talk about stuff.

And if you haven’t figured out who they were, click here.

August 31, 2010

BTW

That last post there was post number 40,000. And yesterday was the 8 year anniversary of this blog. Holy crap.

ETA: And, in the next month or so, it will hit 5M visits and roughly 9M page views.

Kid meets GPS

I was driving somewhere the other day with my son in the car (he’s four). I didn’t know the location and typed it into the GPS. I’d never used it with him in the car before. He stared intently, realizing that it was a map of where we were, the roads, and where we were going. For the whole 20 minute trip, he was enthralled with it. Finally, he asked me Daddy, why aren’t the other cars on there?

And I laughed.

Then I wondered exactly what percentage of cars actually have GPS systems? I’d say quite a few. And if the GPS systems transmit as well as receive? Mine transmits since it’s a Droid. Then it occurred to me that if cars with GPS systems transmitted their location, then someone could use that information for live traffic reporting. A bunch of GPS systems in one spot would indicate a problem.

Technology is kinda scary.

Zombies are racist

Racism in Resident Evil:

A controversy raged about whether the game was racist or not. For my part, I’ve written elsewhere how the bugged-out eyes and animalistic savagery of the zombie attackers in “Resident Evil 5″ reminded me of racist imagery used to perpetuate stereotypes and ignorance about black people.

Even more pathetic is the promise of increased cultural sensitivity. In a game about killing zombies. I shit you not. And folks wonder why accusations of racism are yawned at.

In other news, I don’t care if you’re a white zombie or a black zombie. I’m braining you. Especially white zombies because their music sucks.

Easy: They have more to live for

Why Do Heavy Drinkers Outlive Nondrinkers?

Via Les Jones, whose headline wins the internet.

Fall is coming

This morning, I woke up and it was 68 degrees at my house. That’s the first sub 70 temperature I can remember.

Unsure who they work for

Roll your eyes at a public meeting and your elected officials kick you out.

Chicago: Ezell update

Chicago decided to play some dirty pool and get the case reassigned as a delaying tactic. And Gura tried to get a temporary restraining order, with no luck. I’m not a lawyer so that’s my limited understanding. More from Sebastian.

I’ve uploaded a transcript here

Double standards

Only racist some of the time.

Boom

Exploding Blog! Stuff blowing up, what more could you want?

Via david.

City’s Restrictive Gun Laws Are Rarely Enforced

This is my shocked face. If you’re a gang banger, not big deal. When you apply for a permit to lawfully own a handgun, the full force of law comes into play pretty quick.

Isaiah Jennings All-Metal Breechloading Flintlock Rifle

That is pretty damn cool.

Bounty

Not a war of ideas:

It is time to pop the tea baggers’ favorite balloon (so what if it will be replaced by another?), and with that in mind I hereby offer to negotiate a $100,000 payday to the person who will come forward with a sex tape or phone records or anything else that succeeds in removing Glenn Beck from the public eye forever.

Classy.

Hope and change

Unnamed Republicans have 10% lead over unnamed Democrats.

Signs

Handgun carry at Carrabas: Does their sign comply with the law?

Bear in mind that while it may not be a criminal offense, if they ask you to leave and you do not, you are trespassing.

May as well get some use out of big government

Me in 2006:

Since the .gov has such broad authority despite my right to abortion err privacy to poke around willy nilly in my financial dealings, my various financial institutions are obligated by law to report when I do something out of the ordinary, and all my wage info is sent automatically to the .gov via payroll providers, why don’t they just go ahead and do my taxes for me?

Now, the presidential advisory board says it’s actually something to think about.

Doing a press check

And, shocking, there’s not a lot of realistic gun handling in movies.

Tolerance & Diversity

Not so much.

Unpossible

You can’t have a gun at a school. That’s illegal.

And hats off to student resource officer Carolyn Gudger, who appears to have handled this situation darn near perfectly.

Gun Porn

Sig Enhanced Elite

Shorty

Arfcom gun porn thread

What media bias?

or uncertain what the term ‘fleeing‘ means. Fleeing is apparently a synonym for turning around and trying to shoot you.

ETA: The word ‘fleeing’ has gone down the memory hole.

In Cali

The California senate rejects the open carry ban.

Uhm, where do you put the bacon?

Fried beer?

Quote of the Day

So much fail:

The GOP built its power on the Southern Strategy. After the Democrats finally, a hundred year too late, did the right thing and removed the racists from their party, the GOP welcomed them with open arms.

Yet, it’s taken as gospel truth among Democrats.

August 30, 2010

Changes In Tennessee Handgun Carry Laws

Coal Creek Armory has some links about the recent changes.

Harry Reid’s Non-Endorsement: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

For NRA, the dust up over whether or not the support him could never have ended well for them. The problem is the methodology for determining grades, which usually (but not always) is the basis for their endorsements. While a politician like Reid has a good record voting for gun rights, other actions overshadow those votes, such as support for anti-gun Supreme Court Justices. And toeing the party line.

The good: NRA listened to its base and learned they were not happy. Apparently, they were serious about this Supreme Court justice business.

The bad: this brings to light flaws in the ranking of the yay or nay voting system.

The ugly: Reid kept a lot of anti-gun bills from ever seeing the light of day. And Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.

Name change

Obsolescence, a new name for eminent domain.

Christina Walsh:

Imagine you come home from work one day to a notice on your front door that you have 45 days to demolish your house, or the city will do it for you. Oh, and you’re paying for it.

This is happening right now in Montgomery, Ala., and here is how it works: The city decides it doesn’t like your property for one reason or another, so it declares it a “public nuisance.” It mails you a notice that you have 45 days to demolish your property, at your expense, or the city will do it for you (and, of course, bill you).

Your tab with the city will constitute a lien on your property, and if you don’t pay it within 30 days (or pay your installments on time; if you owe over $10,000, you can work out a deal to pay back the city for destroying your home over a period of time, with interest), the city can sell your now-vacant land to the highest bidder.

Big brother and polling

One in five people are OK with warrantless GPS tracking of citizens.

Violent Religions

Gods don’t kill people. People with gods kill people

In Murfreesboro, TN, a mosque is expanding. Folks are upset about it. At the site, there’s been arson and shots fired.

CMP News

Rusty has the latest.

Defending you local range

Mike discusses defending against legal threats to your range. More here.

Gun Blogger Rendezvous Stuff

Win a Leupold scope.

Round up of other goodies here and here.

Discrete rifle case

Makes you look like a hippie and everything.

Layers of oversight

Oops

Everyone likes tactical pens

Top selling item at the NRA Store. I have two and love them.

Chicks and Guns

Jennifer on taking women to the range.

The women of NRA: Laura Whitlock.

Shoot like a girl

Gun Porn

Rock River PDS Pistol

Suppressing a HK P7. I see what you did there.

S&W Model 625 45

Suppressed 30/30

Kimbers from The Expendables.

Silencers

Gizmodo on how suppressors really work.

Frikkin’ Laser Beams

Ok: Pentathlon switching to laser pistols for 2012 Olympics

August 28, 2010

EPA: no ammo ban

The petition to ban lead ammo has been denied. Good.

August 27, 2010

Harry Reid: No Endorsement

Chris Cox:

After careful consideration, the NRA-PVF announced today that it will not be endorsing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for re-election in the 2010 U.S. Senate race in Nevada.

They were serious about this Kagan and Sotomayor stuff.

Behind the Scenes of Top Shot

By Iain Harrison.

The Racist Roots of Gun Control

Tennessee has a law that has long been credited with being the start of the trend of infringing the right to arms for black people. That law specified it it was unlawful to carry a weapon with the intent to go armed, unless it was a Army or Navy pistol which shall be carried openly in the hand. And those pistols were expensive. Now, the city of Belle Meade is looking into getting rid of the ordinance:

That proposed ordinance passed on first reading Feb. 17 but has been deferred ever since.

After the board introduced the first proposed ordinance, rumors spread that the city would ban the public from carrying handguns, prompting the March website posting by the commissioners.

But as Mayor Gray Thornburg told The City Paper, the city just looked to remove the antiquated law from its books and anyone with a state issued handgun carry permit can carry in Belle Meade.

“The long and short of it is,” Thornburg said, “we realized that we had an ordinance that a) was not appropriate and b) more importantly was very discriminatory, and so we needed to make a change.”

They are looking to repeal the law that specifies open carry of a specific type of handgun. Seems the police only enforce state law anyway.

Evil Black *any color* Rifles

Painting and camouflaging your rifle.

Korean Garand Update

Looks like they can’t be sold to the US because they actually belong to the US.

Silencing Speech

Chuck Schumer (D – ranged) doesn’t like you calling him out.

Chicks and Guns

Raising our daughters on the range.

Worst firearms

The worst Jay has owned. I’ve only hated two. I just don’t like AKs. And the other was a S&W 6906. That thing was awful.

Quote of the Day

Jon Stewart on the community center at ground zero:

One side says, ‘Our weakness emboldens jihadis.’ The other side says, ‘Our strength embitters jihadis.’ How about we try a new system where we don’t give a fuck about what they think?

Indeed.

How to

Putting a scout type scope on a Mosin.

Local knife business banned at Amazon

Knives and More addresses Amazon’s accusations.

The better question is: will it stop them?

No, the EPA does not actually have the authority to ban lead ammo. But that doesn’t mean they won’t try.

Sub Compact Guns

Caleb has a look.

Gun Porn

Suppressed AR

Suppressed 226

MP2 submachine gun

150 round drum

The Nuge poaching deer?

Pleads no contest. Charged with poaching deer and they caught him because he was seen doing it on his show on TeeVee.

What government does

Advocates better technology to collect a tax on sliced bagels. You really just can’t make this shit up. And they really have nothing better to do.

Major Announcement

For the Gun Blogger Rendezvous? Kinda bummed I can’t make it this year.

Don’t be fooled, it was clearly a Skynet test run

Navy lost control of flying drone for a little bit.

August 26, 2010

PDA

I don’t mind either one. But people usually do conceal guns, or the cops get called.

ETA: Tam:

I wonder when was the last time the person in this photograph got gunned down by the cops in a Las Vegas Costco for the crime of holding hands?

Remember, I do this to entertain me, not you.

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