Bed mounted shotgun rack.

Joe has a look at their objectives:

Practical or Combat shooting or any other shooting practice which involves the simulation of real life situations and/or the use of human shaped targets to be banned.

Difficult to do if you’re not aware of the laws but one way to alleviate the hassle is to buy weapons in state. Now, there’s a website for in state sales of firearms.

Breda takes a young lady shooting.

Aunt B. shot a gun for the first time.

Surface to air missiles for home defense?

Insty looks at reasonable regulation.

Mel has pics from her Ladies Shooting Camp here and here.

WBIR has video on three local women bloggers.

Well, SC sums it up:

Red’s Trading Post and various and sundry gun bloggers and activists are urging everyone to contact the Senate to insist upon a “NO” vote on Micheal Sullivan confirmation as director of BATFE.

David has a how to and instructions.

Just a reminder, we gun bloggers are meeting up at the NRA convention this year. List of attendees so far:

Who else is going? And, no, you don’t have to be a blogger to attend.

From a shotgun.

The Honolulu Star Bulletin thinks that the supreme court should uphold gun laws. Let’s look at why they think that and why they’re igorant:

Courts have ruled for more than a century that the Second Amendment allows reasonable restrictions on possession of firearms, but the federal appeals court for the District of Columbia has ruled that such measures are unconstitutional.

In DC, handgun ownership is outlawed. Possession of rifles and shotguns is heavily regulated to the point that you cannot have a loaded or assembled one in your home unless it is locked up and rendered useless. That is not a reasonable restriction.

Hawaii Attorney General Mark Bennett has properly joined three other state attorneys general in asking that the Supreme Court overturn the ruling to maintain public safety.

And the gun ban has done nothing for public safety.

In 1939, the Supreme Court agreed with decades of decisions by state courts that a sawed-off shotgun was not among the “arms” the Founding Fathers had in mind. The constitutional right to possession of a gun, that court ruled, should have “some reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia.”

Err, first of all that decades of decisions line is made up. Second, in the Miller case, the supreme court ruled no such thing. The case was not decided and the court asked for clarification about a short barreled shotgun. But making stuff up is easier than thinking. And here comes the PSH:

The dangerous ruling does not directly affect Hawaii and other states but, if it stands, will “cast a cloud over all federal and state laws restricting access to firearms,” Bennett and attorneys general from Maryland, Illinois and New York contend in a brief submitted to the high court.

Bingo. Hawaii’s strict gun laws are in danger.

Robb has more.

Parade (yes, that little rag that gets tucked into the comics section of the Sunday paper) addresses crime guns:

Even though crime is on the decline across the U.S., gun violence is actually on the rise. How do guns continue to end up in the hands of criminals? A small group of sellers is responsible: 57% of the guns used in crimes come from 1% of all dealers. Too often, they fail to run background checks or sell large numbers of weapons to traffickers who then resell them on the street. Due to weak laws and lack of enforcement, it can take an average of 11 years for authorities to order one shop to quit selling firearms. From 2003 to 2005, law-enforcement agencies reportedly traced an astonishing 1,424 guns used in crimes back to Trader Sports of California. The store had been investigated since the 1970s, but only last year was it forced to leave the firearms business. Progress is occurring, however. Under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the City of New York has sued 27 dealers in five states for engaging in illegal sales; so far, 14 of them have settled and agreed to stricter monitoring of gun sales and to tough penalties.

If a dealer fails to run a background check that dealer has broken the law. If a dealer sells a large number of handguns to one person (3 in a week) that info is reported to ATF. So, two strikes.

Also, if ATF wasn’t busy shutting down shops for failing to dot i’s and cross t’s, they might be able to go after bad dealers.

The ATF and others have noted that guns traced do not necessarily indicate the gun was used in a crime.

You can send the editor a letter at editor@parade.com.

Update: More at Ahab’s.

Only three prominent candidates answered Project Vote Smart’s questions about their positions.

Thoughts on the timing and the run up to the elections.

Sailorcourt reports on his M1 and SKS. Also, his various post on the M1 are available on CD.

Before gun control, about 800 Canadians were killed annually by firearms. After gun control, about 800 are killed annually by firearms.

Drew Carey on Eminent Domain.

Sig!

Remember that guy that said we had to change the definition of privacy because, err, not sure why? Well, turns out the reporter got it wrong:

The reporter got it wrong. And we believed it because it was what we wanted to hear. We want to hear how dangerous the government is. We latched on to that sloppy (I’m giving her, Pamela Hess, the benefit of the doubt) reporting and ran with it. Shame on us.

Yes, I know The Gun Blogs are down. My people are working on it.

We’re the only ones, err, chicks and guns. Oh, forget it. At least she doesn’t have her booger hook on the bang switch.

Send a dildo to a dildo.

As we all know, STI recently stopped selling weapons to law enforcement in California (good for them!). Now, Larry Correia is running a group buy to reward good behavior:

This is how it works. Pick any gun and options at www.stiguns.com and then e-mail me at larry AT fbmginc.com for a quote. We will arrange payment via e-mail. I can take checks, money orders, or credit cards.

I’m offering STI pistols at killer prices. By ordering them in bulk, I get a super discount, and I can pass that along to you.

Barrett also refuses to sell to Cali law enforcement.

State Sen. Tim Burchett wants to enact breed specific legislation mandating that pit bulls be spayed or neutered. The senator was also on the talk radio this morning saying that such programs in California have been successful. Unfortunately, such programs don’t exist in California as state law there prohibits breed specific legislation. It’s one area that Cali actually does correctly.

And breed specific laws are generally pointless for a variety of reasons, including:

Some breeds are hard to identify (pit bulls, for instance, refers to a class of dog and not a specific breed)

If a breed is regulated, people will just switch breeds

Pit bulls have a temperament rating similar to a Golden Retriever.

The factors that contribute to dog attacks occur irrespective of breed (see here and here). Those factors are, generally, the reproductive status of the animal (at least Burchett gets that part right); an animal that is not properly restrained; chained animals become defensive; and unsupervised pets and kids.

Update: Turns out, Cali does allow for spaying/neutering based on breed. I forgot about that. Cali still prohibits bans based on breeds, though.

That’s the lesson Robb is learning with respect to suppressors. I have a hard time understanding why he’d have to be fingerprinted four times. Here in Tennessee, LEO approval is required by law within 15 days unless you are a prohibited person. And you only get printed once.

Sebastian notes some bad stuff brewing in Pennsylvania:

* HB 18, which basically destroys our state’s preemption law
* HB 22, which limits gun purchases to one gun per month
* HB 29, which requires the reporting of a lost or stolen firearm to police under severe legal penalties. This bill has the potential to trap unaware gun owners who are victimized by crimes.

He says to write your reps.

Tam:

In my brief lifetime, the popular icon of the American law enforcement officer has gone from Sheriff Andy Taylor to Special Agent Jack Bauer.

Where the f___ did we go wrong?

Reminds me of this bit by KTK a while back: Where Have You Gone, Sheriff Taylor?

Ya know, when the extra crispy variety of left leaning sorts and the right leaning libertarian sorts look at this issue and see the same result, it speaks volumes.

In Idaho. So, they get a ranking of F from The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership. And we all know the truth about their grades which is that high Brady grades correlate to increases in violent crime.

Update: Link fixed. Stupid copy and paste.

Armed Canadian answers.

On the number of unlicensed vendors at gun shows:

The bottom line is that these people are brazen, unrepentant, blatant liars. Period.

On guns being dangerous:

Yes they are. That’s why we shouldn’t entrust them only to criminals and governments. But I repeat myself.

Ok, I lied about the brains.

Heh.

So, some of us gun bloggers are planning on meeting at the NRA convention in Louisville. Get thee hence and sign up to go. Should be some range time, new gizmos to ogle, and lots of fun.

BTW, thanks to Bitter who went above and beyond in putting this together.

It’s like pornography, I can’t define it but I’ll know it when I see it.

In which I remind casual readers that, yes, I really am a gun nut. Even though I don’t like scaring white people.

Breaking point seems to be the topic of debate on the gun blogs lately. Essentially, at what point is it time to shoot the bastards. As for me, I dunno. Joe lists examples that he thought would qualify, such as Ruby Ridge and Waco. I was a 20 year-old kid when those happened and only recall what I saw on TeeVee. And the revelations of the feds lying and being corrupt didn’t really come out until after these incidents were concluded. And, yes, the .gov got merely a slap on the wrist. But no such incident has happened since.

Sebastian says he’d hide is guns. Well, that’s great but you just got on the internet and told everybody that. And I know the feds read my site (hi, guys).

But the consensus among these two is that, generally, gun owners won’t do much. I dunno. First and foremost, I think the political process is working now. Most states have CCW, the JD has taken the individual right view of the second amendment, both houses of congress affirm that, and both political parties’ platforms in the last elections state that too. It’s not absolute victory but it shows that we’re heading the right direction. We’re winning*. So, first and foremost, gun owners should be active in the political process now. It’s not the 1990s any more. More importantly, the various anti-gun groups have about zero clout.

Chris disagrees that gun owners won’t do much. I tend to concur. Not all gun owners would but I think a substantial portion would.

As for me, what would I do? Turn them in. Ammo first.

* Update: note on we’re winning: except certain states (like NJ, NY, IL, CA, and MA) where it’s mostly hopeless.

Fringe benefits if you don’t like cats.

The WaPo notes that the DC handgun ban hasn’t done a thing to prevent crime.

Remember the reporter arrested for carrying a gun on school property and the video of the whole thing? Turns out, he wasn’t on school property. Charges have been dropped.

See, the left thinks they’re centrist. I’m moderate on lots of issues and right and left on many issues. I do not think I am a centrist but at least I have the mental capacity to understand that.

Another reporter channels SayUncle and notes the popularity of pink guns.

Reader Dale emails this letter to the editor:

Ijust (sic) wanted to say how much I liked the gun swap at the Convention Center on Saturday.

Over the last few years, I have bought several guns at shows for $15 to $20 each. Most were break-open shotguns or handguns that could no longer be fired but were good for spare parts. I turned in two Saturday and got $200 worth of free gas. Between the parts I sold and the turn-in, I cleared $185.

I would have turned in more guns, but I didn’t have time to get home and back before closing.

What a deal – free gas for the next month! Time to buy more cheap guns.

Sweet.

I’ve searched and cannot find the text of the Hughes Amendment to the FOPA. Anyone?

In countries where firearms suppressors are not regulated like machine guns are, they cost about $45USD.

Not today:

The Supreme Court on Tuesday announced no action on a new case testing the meaning of the Second Amendment. The next date for possible action on it is likely to be November 26, following a pre-Thanksgiving Conference set for November 20.

So, today the Supreme Court should announce if it will hear the Parker/Heller case. I think they’ll take it but wouldn’t be surprised if they didn’t. After all, they’re kinda skittish when it comes to anything controversial. If they don’t take the case, we win. If they do, we still could win.

Other thoughts:

Bitter is just waiting.

Kevin says it’s for all the marbles and has a lot of good info. I think it’s going to be for only most of the marbles.

Counter notes that the SCOTUS has affirmed the right to arms before in Dredd Scott:

It would give to persons of the negro race, who were recognised as citizens in any one State of the Union, the right to . . . to keep and carry arms wherever they went.

Joe notes it could be a big day:

I agree with those that say, in essence, the U.S. Supreme Court cannot be counted to rule in any rational fashion. They will rule however they want to rule without regard to original intent. Oh, they will find something someplace to hang their decision on but if they will have no qualms about putting on the blinders and steadfastly ignore data that disagree with how they want to rule.

He has a lot more.

Just one more law.

Can’t contest traffic tickets in DC. Of course, contesting them has been cost prohibitive for years in most places. Ya know, they could just put some credit card readers in the police cars. Sure, it’s still conviction without due process but it’s much less of a pain in the ass.

Shirley Katz, the teacher who wanted to carry a gun because of a fear of violence from her ex, lost her case.

Mossy Shotty.

All those safeguards for the new definition of privacy aren’t for shit if the people in charge have a history of violating them.

Following in the footsteps of Barrett, STI has stopped selling firearms in California:

The move by STI comes after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed microstamping legislation into law. “This law is not going to stop criminals, it is only going to hurt law-abiding citizens in the state,” STI’s Pauletta Skinner told Bullet Points. “We felt like we had to take a stand against this law.”

I guess soon Cali LEOs will have to buy only HK. Because you suck and we hate you.

Mel goes to Ladies Shooting Camp.

Mike Hollihan:

The crucial difference? It’s one word: ‘assault.’

That word, often used in reporting on rifles, is seen by many readers and viewers as a loaded word employed by those who support gun control.

Well, I think it largely indicates ignorance. Continuing:

If the AK-47 involved is in fact a true assault rifle, one with full-automatic fire, then that is news. Scary news. But if it’s the standard model available in America, then calling it an ‘assault’ rifle is needlessly inaccurate and distracting.

Ayup.

Shotguns are not a good substitute for a wrench.

Looks like the folks at Hellbender Press, a local environmental education group, have started blogs.

22LR suppressors for under $200. Specs and videos here.

Where Guns Are Concerned, It’s Not Worth The Paper It Is Written On:

We are now more than 20 years into the “assault weapon” debate, so you would think enough time has passed, and enough information is available on the internet and elsewhere, that even the laziest and least competent newspaper reporter could get at least a handful of the most basic facts straight on the issue.

You would think that, unless you read the Miami Herald.

Recently, the Miami Herald has come out with both barrels blazing on the “assault weapon” issue, making false claims about the functionality of guns defined as such under the now-expired Clinton Gun Ban and advocating the ban’s restoration.

In September, the paper ran an editorial claiming that a Glock 19 is an “assault weapon,” presumably because it is designed to use a detachable ammunition magazine. It also ran an article that claimed that a person can actually fire 600 rounds in 60 seconds with a semi-automatic AK-47.

My experience has been that even when you point out errors in reporting on the assault weapon issue, reporters insist they’re still correct. I cannot tell if the ignorance is willful or not.

That’s the percentage of NRA backed candidates that won in last Tuesday’s elections.

Good:

Take another unsettled legal question: whether the Second Amendment secures an individual right to bear arms. Here is what Judge Mukasey told me: “Based on my own study, I believe that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms.”

In other words, Judge Mukasey agrees with the Bush Administration when it comes to retroactive immunity and the Second Amendment.

Even if a court holds to the mythology that there is only a collective right to arms, they still don’t mean it:

The court essentially rules that since the State Guard can be armed by the State when activated, and the governor *probably* would do that, ownership of the guns was not reasonably related to its purposes.

An AR-15 piston upper when Kaboom!

It doesn’t mean what you think it means:

As Congress debates new rules for government eavesdropping, a top intelligence official says it is time that people in the United States changed their definition of privacy.

Privacy no longer can mean anonymity, says Donald Kerr, the principal deputy director of national intelligence. Instead, it should mean that government and businesses properly safeguard people’s private communications and financial information.

In other news, as is the trend, there is consideration for giving telecom companies immunity:

The most contentious issue in the new legislation is whether to shield telecommunications companies from civil lawsuits for allegedly giving the government access to people’s private e-mails and phone calls without a FISA court order between 2001 and 2007.

A time line of what lead them to where they are today.

Garand and Remington.

Armed Canadian ask of the Parker/Heller case:

What If We Lose?

Then, giddy up. Talk about energizing a bunch of gun owners.

Bargain AR-15s for $550! Via Rustmeister.

Today, the Supreme Court decides whether or not to hear the case. Decision to be announced on Tuesday.

ABC:

Exclusive: FBI: Al Qaeda May Strike U.S. Shopping Malls in LA, Chicago

The FBI is warning that al Qaeda may be preparing a series of holiday attacks on U.S. shopping malls in Los Angeles and Chicago, according to an intelligence report distributed to law enforcement authorities across the country this morning.

The alert said al Qaeda “hoped to disrupt the U.S. economy and has been planning the attack for the past two years.”

I’m surprised it’s not happened yet. Also, it could be misinformation given to the feds.

LA and Chicago? Well, slim chance of meeting armed resistance there.

Junior: I wanna hot dog.

Me: You just ate and didn’t finish your yogurt.

Junior: No I didn’t.

Me: Yeah, you did. Just making sure you’re hungry. You just ate yogurt.

Junior: No I didn’t.

Me: Are you lyin.?

Junior: I’m not lyin’.

Me: You just ate yogurt. I think you’re lyin’.

Junior: Lions don’t eat yogurt.

Heh. Lion = lyin’. I guess she was only lion half the time.

Ted Kennedy:

We’ll miss him in Massachusetts, but he’ll be a strong leader at ATF, and I look forward to working with him on key issues on gun control

He’s referencing the acting head of ATF, Michael Sullivan.

I noted this report and Sebastian has expanded on it and had some fun with math.

Some good stuff today.

1- At The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership, when life hands you lemons, you make bullshit:

Virginia Election Results
Good For Sensible Gun Policies

With Democrats taking control of the Virginia Senate and gaining seats in the General Assembly as a result of yesterday’s election, the outlook for sensible gun laws in the aftermath of the Virginia Tech tragedy is improved, leaders of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence said this morning.

Yeah, nevermind that one of those Democrats was the NRA endorsed candidate who defeated an anti-gun Republican incumbent. And nevermind that the NRA endorsed candidates won in 23 out of 27 in the Senate and 57 out of 62 in the house. And how’d that work in New Jersey? Even in defeat, they kick out the sternly worded press releases.

2 – The Violence Policy Center is so broke.

How broke is it?

It is so broke, it’s recycling supposed studies it did four years ago. Well, at least they’re not passing off Google searches as research.

3 Brady Campaign to Prevent Communicational Violence.

Win a gun for a good cause.

To PDB

A new Fred ad. Looks like someone in the Republican Party still caters to conservatives.

All kinds here.

And here’s a Colt.

They keep using that word. I do not think it means what they think it means:

Loopholes in Tennessee law allow citizens with pending felony cases, mental illness and other safety issues to obtain handgun carry permits.

In other words, people not convicted of crimes and people not adjudicated mentally defective can proceed. That’s how the law is supposed to work. You know, due process and all of that. However, interesting stuff on TN’s handgun carry permit:

According to the numbers, the background check for Tennessee handgun carry permits works very well. Out of the 25,224 permit-holders in Shelby County — more than any other Tennessee county — only 25 had their permits revoked in 2006.

But records show seven of those lost their permits for “…failure to provide documentation of disposition of charges.” They had pending criminal cases for charges like DUI, cocaine possession and aggravated assault, but the state basically had them on the honor system, hoping they would report their own criminal charges.

And more:

Wanda Adams, director of the state’s handgun permit office, says those people are often missed in the background checks because they have not been convicted yet. But she says when their pending charges are discovered, the state sends them a letter.

As I said, that’s how it’s supposed to work. And I was unaware but:

“The department of safety can no longer run name searches in the NICS index against the data housed there,” says Kristin Helm, spokesperson for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

In TN, we have our own instant check system. I sort of assumed it relied on NICS. Guess not.

1 We Built This City – Starship. Awful on every level. Dumb lyrics and the music sucks. Seriously, a group of musicians got together and this was the result?

2 Hero - Some whiny bitch err Enrique Iglesias. Seriously, I’ve heard this song twice. Once at the bank. It’s awful. It’s a whine fest and makes me want to choke random people or gouge out my own ears. Make it stop.

3 Warrior - Patty Smyth: lyrics:

Shooting at the walls of heartache
Bang, bang!
I am the warrior

’nuff said.

4 – I wanna sex you up – some more whiny bitches err Color Me Badd. Not only is it awful but the title makes no sense.

5 – Anything by Rob Zombie. Oh, look. Two chords over and over again. Just like the last song.

Now, a movie.

And, no, not that kinda movie that got everybody’s panties all bunched up. A look at women and guns.

New Suppressor. Seems to cycle recalcitrant barrels nicely and seems pretty quiet. Odd appearance, being squarish and all.

And no, David, you can’t get one. The guys at subguns.com say it’s an import.

Here. Ya know, a lot of people say that their AR spits gas in their face. I have never noticed it.

In a follow up, Insty notes this survival kit by S&W. Personally, for a bug out bag set up, I’m more of a carbine sort of guy. Sure, I’ll have a handgun too (who says you can’t take both) but the carbine is more utilitarian and accurate.

Meanwhile, in comments, Guav asks:

I’m in the process of putting together a large preparedness pack in the event of of some natural disaster or terrorists attack that results in the breakdown of law here in the NYC metropolitan area.

I’m going to order gas masks for my wife and I, some vegetarian MRE’s (I’d eat a deer if I had to, but right now I have the luxury of remaining vegetarian , water, first aid supplies, etc.

I’m trying to figure out what else I should include, as well as trying to figure out if I am allowed to keep any sort of firearm in my Jersey City apartment. All my guns are upstate at my friend’s house in NY.

I doubt my supplies would remain in our possession for very long without a means to defend them.

Well, my first preference in such a situation would be to stay at home. My family and I could live quite comfortably for weeks at my home even if power were cut off. We have plenty of grub, beverages, blankets, and such around the house. We even have a nice, clean creek running through our property for water. For those without creeks, make sure you fill all your pots, pans, and tubs with water just in case.

That said, at times, staying home might not be an option. So, what’s in your bag? I have a large plastic tub filled with our camping gear (gas stoves, knives, axes, fishing gear). But what else?

Personally, I’d grab Mr. Blasty and the Glock 30. I have a bout 10 loaded mags for the former and five for the latter. I’d probably also go ahead and grab El Nino for the Mrs. And I’d grab the bore snakes and some oil. And that’s it for guns. Though having a good 22 rifle is also a thought.

Other stuff includes:

food

toilet paper

flashlights: lots of them. My two favorites are my Surefire G2 Nitrolon (for lighting up the world) and my Streamlight TwinTask (which can light up the world and switch to LED mode for many hours of use)

tool box

extra batteries for everything (Seriously, I have the Sam’s Club monster pack of AAs)

First aid kit

Phones

Blankets and bedding

Kids meds

Radio

Knives and cutlery

Cups

Metal pots

Sanitizers (soaps and such)

Printed copy of the US Army Survival Manual (you can buy one, but it’s free here)

Tent

Propane for my stove

And other stuff I’m sure I’m forgetting. What’s in your bag?

Update: Perusing my archives, I found these items:

Kim du Toit’s items

Les Jones on the issue.

Counter on the issue.

Good stuff. I suppose I should revisit this issue every once in a while and keep my supplies updated.

Frank J nails it: Lapse of Assault Weapons Ban Causing Guns It Didn’t Ban to Flood the Streets!

45Superman notes CNN gun follies past. A folly CNN retracted.

Note in the CNN piece that when when the police have politically incorrect self-loading firearms, they are often referred to as merely semi-automatic rifles. When they’re not for the police, they are assault weapons. And notice also that, while non-police politically incorrect self-loading firearms are designed to be spray fired from the hip (a falsehood that comes directly from Violence Policy Center propaganda), when the police use them they mysteriously fire a single shot at a time and are more accurate.

No, this is not one of those lists where someone posts their favorite guns and then Kim tells us that Glocks and AR-15s suck. No, this is the top 10 guns used in crime as reported by the ATF (note data is from 2002):

1. Smith and Wesson .38 revolver
2. Ruger 9 mm semiautomatic
3. Lorcin Engineering .380 semiautomatic
4. Raven Arms .25 semiautomatic
5. Mossberg 12 gauge shotgun
6. Smith and Wesson 9mm semiautomatic
7. Smith and Wesson .357 revolver
8. Bryco Arms 9mm semiautomatic
9. Bryco Arms .380 semiautomatic
10. Davis Industries .380 semiautomatic

Notice 1) a trend and 2) what’s missing?

Update: From PN NJ in comments, FBI stats on guns used to kill police.

It’s all America’s fault.

Greg has prepared a quick guide for taking newbies to the range.

Over at Petzal’s, Fred fields some questions:

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives should have as its priority its efforts to combat violent crime, violent criminal gangs, and to interdict and disrupt the gun traffickers who supply violent gang members with firearms. While one way to curb illicit gun trafficking is to ensure that legitimate dealers maintain their paperwork in good order, these paperwork violations should in no way be BATFE’s focus. I would also consider giving BATFE a wider range of sanctions so that dealers’ simple paperwork violations do not result in license revocations. Finally, having a politically accountable BATFE Director, who is now subject to Senate confirmation, instead of a career bureaucrat should also help change BATFE’s priorities and make the agency more responsive.

As I’ve said before, going after the paperwork violations is a good way to inflate their numbers without the risk of, you know, getting shot.

Apparently, there’s a day for that.

Seen on a bumper sticker on the way to work:

Politicians and diapers need to be changed for the same reason.

School evacuated after finding a gun cleaning kit.

And I say that as a redneck. Glenn notes:

SO I WAS AT STAPLES THE OTHER DAY, and they were hawking this Grab ‘n’ Go Emergency Kit up front, next to the printer paper and the antivirus programs. Just further evidence of the mainstreaming of survivalism.

Mainstreaming of survivalism is an excellent way of putting it. After all, Disney is teaching our kids about survival kits and bug out bags.

Anti-gun Republican loses re-election bid. Good.

When they come pre-fisked, blogging is easy.

I was going to blast this bit by Paul Helmke in which he parrots untruths about Mexico and gun shows but Thirdpower reminded me that I already did.

And Paul gets the facts wrong on how the Columbine kids got their weapons.

Radley:

Why do candidates who propose abolishing federal agencies get painted as fringe wackjobs, while candidates who propose we create multiple new ones are viewed as inspiring visionaries?

Candidate A says, “This cabinet-level federal agency isn’t working, and hasn’t in the 30 years of its existence, despite an ever-increasing budget. Let’s abolish it and save the taxpayers money.” Candidate B says, “This cabinet-level federal agency isn’t working, and hasn’t in the 30 years of its existence, despite an ever-increasing budget. Let’s spend more money on it!”

Candidate A is invariably painted as a nut, while candidate B, who’s parroting ol’ Al Einstein’s very definition of insanity, is cast as the clear-thinking, optimistic guy with all the good ideas.

The status quo: it’s easier than thinking!

Now that Malaysia is getting into the M4 making game. I recall a bit back that China was starting to make M4s but there are several import restrictions on anything firearm related coming from China.

I don’t care who you are, that’s funny.

Man, I wish I could vote on my own raises and bonuses. Maybe I should run for Congress? Sadly, here in the real world, my raises and bonuses are based on, you know, performance.

More All AK All The Time.

Again:

It represents the worst sort of base appeal to emotions that the anti-gun side has to offer, and the article itself reads like a Brady Campaign press release. I’ll debunk the factual inaccuracies here.

Dustin notes:

This is a repeat of the same lies & propaganda spewed by CBS news earlier this month as reported in blog entries such as Days of our Trailers & Say Uncle, with new lies added in by CNN for extra putrid flavoring.

And, the funniest bit about this, comes from Carnaby:

Two days ago, on November 4, 2007, The Real Gun Guys Posted The Journalist’s Guide to Gun Violence Coverage. Two days later, on November 6, 2007, CNN.com publishd on the front page of their website Cops find themselves in arms race with criminals. Let’s have a rundown:

Sebastian: I mean, why even bother to fact check?

They don’t. They just take dictation from The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership.

All you need to know about Feldman’s book: Former ATF Director John W. Magaw, who at one time declared that the ATF is not anti-gun, has endorsed Richard Feldman’s latest anti-gun book Ricochet: Confessions of a Gun Lobbyist.