I mentioned I scored a reasonably priced lower receiver. Flaw in the plan: can’t find a lower receiver parts kit. Well, I found one. For $99.99. That’s more than double the price I paid last time I bought one.

Randy Neal at KnoxViews has a good catch today. His advice? Get a room.

Thus begins the Haslam love-a-thon. Can action figures be far off? I want the cowboy one with the six gun.

Even the most jaded reader will get a little verklempt as Metro Pulse commenter Joe Sullivan writes, “Yet for me the rewards of having someone of Bill Haslam’s caliber as governor outweigh the risks of a temporary dislocation of city government.”

He had me at caliber.

Given what long time readers know of Politically Incorrect Dog’s flatulence, it should come as no surprise that the new dog food we’ve got him on is not going well. Seriously, never change a bully’s diet, if you can avoid it.

So reports NRA: An NRA-led coalition of self-defense civil rights groups including the Second Amendment Foundation and the California Rifle & Pistol Association (CRPA) has prevailed in a Second Amendment lawsuit challenging a ban on firearm possession in San Francisco public housing residences.

Or Meet the new boss.

The first federal evaluation of mass-transit security shows that more than 75% of the nation’s major rail and bus systems aren’t meeting Homeland Security guidelines.

By contrast, 96% of airlines are complying with security requirements, according to a new report by the department. The report doesn’t identify which rail and bus systems fell short.

The assessment comes as new Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says she plans to focus more on mass transit, possibly through “redeployment” of resources from other areas.

That mean taking the Security Theater from the airport and putting it in the bus & rail stations where it will do just as little?

Saw this at ar15.com. Thought it was a good question.

My list includes: AK, MP-5, and HK91. Then, it occurred to me that there were more. And they all had one thing in common. Stamped receivers. I guess I just don’t like the clank sound.

Clearly, the Violence Policy Center thinks that blacks should not be allowed to own guns.

That’s sarcasm for people who need to be told that.

Glenn and Helen sat down to interview Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam. You can see the interview here.

They ask him about his membership in Mayors Against Guns. He says it was probably a mistake to have joined. And that when it started, Bloomberg wasn’t in charge. He does not favor any more gun controls. He even bought his son a shotgun for Christmas.

Now, I’m pretty sure this has been a Bloomberg operation from the beginning. Haslam makes it sound as though there was a petition passed around at a mayoral meeting and a bunch of people signed it, including him. And since then, the focus of the group has changed. After all, what politician isn’t against illegal guns? Little did they know, they meant illegal guns in NYC, which is most of them.

I think Haslam laid out his case pretty well. He thought he signed up for one thing and it turned into another and he’s not real happy about it. He once again distances himself from Bloomberg. I still think he should withdraw from the group since his opponents have already distorted his record based on membership in the group and will likely continue to do so.

And they might mention someone you know. And that that someone was defending Haslam, for once.

More discussion of what to keep on hand.

STI now making AR-15s.

A Sig P220.

KNS writer Tom Humphrey is blogging.

Heh.

I think if I hacked a sign, it would say Mmmm, brains. That way, it looks like the zombies got to the sign.

Alan Gura reports that an appellate brief has been filed in the Chicago gun case:

All three remaining Chicago-area cases, ours and the two brought by the NRA against Chicago and Oak Park, have been consolidated on appeal.

NSSF promotes gun safety in Chicago.

Looks to have passed the house. Probably a done deal. But only 12% is actually, you know, stimulus. The rest is vote-buying.

We’re screwed.

I personally like the PRADA M-16A3

I mean, other than an unstamped NFA item of course.

In FL:

Pick up the phone, report an illegal firearm and pad your wallet by a $1,000 – that’s the crux of a new program being unveiled by Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers.

The new “Illegal Gun Bounty Program” has been in the works for months.

Seems to me it targets criminals with guns. Those guns technically aren’t illegal. However, a criminal in possession of one is illegal.

A comparison of popular calibers.

A push in Arizona.