If you think money is cheap now, just wait. If this keeps up, it won’t be worth a dime.

Iceland’s government collapses despite an international financial bailout. Kinda scary.

A bit back, I asked for info on a good scope for a 22LR. Well, I ordered a BSA Sweet 22 with the illuminated reticle. Lots of good recommendations both on and offline. I really liked the Pride Fowler recommendation but it seemed a bit too spendy for my purposes.

I went with the BSA because, in addition to being reasonably priced, it has a bullet drop compensator for out to 175 yards (iirc). Should be a fun little scope. Will let you know after I try it out.

At Opposing Views: Would a nicer NRA be more effective?

Sebastian looks at malfunctioning semi-automatic rifles and NFA laws.

Constitutional scholar, author of The Founders’ View of the Right to Bear Arms: A Definitive History of the Second Amendment, and all around nice guy David E. Young is blogging at On Second Opinion. His first post is The Root Cause of Never-ending Second Amendment Dispute.

Some facts about gun shows. Rather surprising since it doesn’t fit the usual narrative.

Video here.

Readers of this blog have known for a while that Para is moving shop to the United States. Their move has made the Charlotte Business Journal.

That’s the meme in the press, once again, to talk up a ban on weapons that look like assault weapons. Robb notes something odd about the incident:

Now this is important. The police have NO idea who did this, NO information at all. But guess what? They know EXACTLY they type of weapon used

Political airbrushing from Nickelodeon.

Celebratory magazines.

The AT-14:

More from the firearm blog.

Space gun. Nice.

Springfield XD tactical.

.338 Lapua Magnum Modular Sniper Rifle

Well, kinda. I guess:

No one is galaxy-hopping, or even beaming people around, but for the first time, information has been teleported between two separate atoms across a distance of a meter — about a yard.