From The Memphis Flyer:

The conservative movement is wobbling like a punch-drunk boxer in the wake of Barack Obama’s knockout victory and widespread public eagerness to say farewell to President Bush and his disaster of a presidency. It is grasping at the thinnest of straws. (I’m still getting e-mails saying Obama was born in Kenya and therefore unqualified to be president.)

The thing is, we need strong, smart conservative voices in the U.S. (Paul Craig Roberts comes to mind.) Democrats are just as capable of screwing up the country as the Republicans and, as we know, absolute power corrupts absolutely.^* The last eight years have made that quite clear. But as long as the public face of conservatism consists only of clowns and Bush sycophants — Hannity, Limbaugh, O’Reilly, Coulter, Joe the Plumber, et al. — the movement is doomed to prolong its temporary irrelevance.

^*Or, as Countertop would say, pigs get slaughtered.

Michael Bane has a video report of the new Ruger LCR.

Blogs: Bringing you what will be covered in a couple months in a gun magazine, today!

At some point yesterday, the ol’ blog yardstick ticked over the 5,000,000 page view mark. At some point in the next several days, we’ll also hit the 3,000,000 visitor mark.

The latest from the TN house:

On Thursday morning, Democrats are expected to introduce a resolution creating a new position called Speaker Emeritus.

The plan is to put former Speaker Jimmy Naifeh, a Democrat, in that newly created job.

The Hog Blog discusses Media Day At The Range.

Keep Tennessee zombie free.

In an impressive update to my flashlight post, a hell of a recommendation by Unix-Jedi. Behold the 220 lumen, 4 hour run time (8 on half power) OLIGHT T20. Those are some impressive specs.

Or gun controllers once again disregard the law.

Members of Heeding God’s Call, a potentially a shill group set up by Bryan Miller, decided to protest a gun shop. Get off of my lawn ensued:

Supporters outside the store’s entrance applauded and thanked protesters as police carted them off, one by one, in handcuffs.

“You couldn’t talk them out of getting locked up,” said Lt. Joseph O’Brien, of the Civil Affairs Unit. “Usually you could talk them out of it.”

Others weren’t so impressed.

“It’s trespassing,” said Capt. William Fisher. “I gave them three warnings to protest on the sidewalk.

“They feel they have an issue and they feel this is how they can get the most attention,” he said.

The demonstrators spent the night in jail and are facing charges of defiant trespassing.

Once again, anti-gunners don’t respect the law. They think you’re like them and that’s why they want you disarmed.

An alleged foreign policy expert:

There are nearly 7,000 gun shops along the southern U.S. border, about three for every mile. They sell thousands of hand grenades, rocket-propelled grenade launchers, AK-47s, and “cop killer” guns and bullets that cut through Kevlar body armor. The weapons quickly flow south, again with barely a nod from U.S. Border Patrol.

Stuff made up out of thin air emphasized. You’d think an expert would know how to do some research and conclude that those items are illegal to sell in the US.

But, that doesn’t matter, Mexico needs a scapegoat.

That’s how Orange County views gun activists:

At the board meeting today, Orange County deputies searched gun-rights supporters, especially those wearing CCW buttons, according to those who attended the meeting. Although Sheriff Sandra Hutchens said she would let the permits expire rather than revoke them, her real disdain for freedom is shown by the presence of the SWAT team and the heavyhanded searches of law-abiding residents who wanted to attend the board meeting. Did the sheriff really think that gun supporters are somehow dangerous. I’ve been to gun shows and gun events and have never felt safer.

Ya know, at a public meeting of this sort, it’s probably pretty common to do weapons searches via metal detectors. But a SWAT team?

Further erosion of the fourth amendment:

The Supreme Court said Wednesday that evidence obtained after illegal searches or arrests based on simple police mistakes may be used to prosecute criminal defendants.

I have a feeling we’ll be seeing a lot more simple police mistakes.

Lots of gun porn:

Sig Sauer P238 .380 1911

DPMS ARs in 308.

Suppressed AR carbine.

Ruger LCR.

The Nashville Dog Trainer on the dirty pool in the state house:

The editorial board of this newspaper will say here that it shared the concerns of many Democrats about how Republicans might handle their newfound majority, and whether the GOP might use its narrow 50-49 edge in the House to ramrod through an agenda on gun rights, abortion, the state’s tax structure and other issues when a more moderate approach is needed.

Of course you do.

Is here.

Another Bloomberg Mayor Against Guns arrested:

Agents of the Department of Justice’s Division of Criminal Investigation arrested Racine Mayor Gary Becker at Brookfield Square Mall Tuesday and booked him into the Kenosha County Jail while seeking several charges including child enticement, according to the state attorney general’s office.

Thirdpower reminds us that that is number 7.

Wilson to buy Cooper Firearms?

Why Gun-Rights Advocates Are Opposing Holder

In SC, there’s a bill to outlaw public profanity. Well, fuck.

In Nebraska, cities can’t pass stricter gun laws than the state.