Gun free zone follies:

As I have noted before, “gun free” zones are an exercise in fantasy. To some, a place without guns sounds like a great place to live. Unfortunately, others think they sound like a great place to plunder.

Americanized/Modernized Polish wz. 88 Tantal AK-74 5.45×39mm Tactical Rifle/Carbine. So that’s what TAPCO stands for. Err, wait.

Convention gun pics.

That’s how some in the press are referring to Mitt Romney with respect to his relationship to NRA. Mitt Romney has spoken at the last two conventions. He hurriedly joined the NRA on the presidential campaign trail and has tried to pick up the gun vote. Trouble is that Romney’s record on guns isn’t good. As governor, he never saw a gun control bill he didn’t like and he signed into law the state’s ban on weapons that look like assault rifles. No thanks.

Via David.

A journal of practical shooting and three-gun goodness. Here’s a review of the Tactical Solutions 22LR AR Upper.

The Christian Science Monitor is istorically anti-gun and not bashful lying about gun issues. There was that time they told us, for instance, that Obama’s views on guns lined up with yours and that time they lied about Florida’s gun laws and that time they advocated the gun industry create it’s own licensing and registration system. In fact, here’s a whole list of mentions of their anti-gun hackery on this blog. The list is long.

Anyway, I was a bit odd to see they were at the NRA convention. And writing about gun bloggers:

But here’s the real news: In the press box, bloggers outnumbered national reporters by a good margin. And officially, nearly 50 bloggers — compared to 100 mainstream print journalists — were accredited by the NRA press office to attend the 138th annual convention.

Excellent. But, really, there is no need for the press to show up? They’ll take dictation from the Brady Campaign or just reprint their documents as news items.

Who’s a sad clown:

“If you compare the pro-gun activity in the blogosphere versus the pro-gun-control activity, the scales have just tipped tremendously in their favor,” says Josh Sugarmann, founder of the Violence Policy Center in Washington, which advocates for more gun control in the US. “There’s much more engagement, more involvement, and they clearly have more free time than people on our side of the issue do.”

And you know what’s amazing? We do it on our own time. Josh Sugarmann is a reasonably well paid shill for an anti-gun group. And the only results from his efforts I see are a Huffington blog and google searches passed off as studies. What’s even more amazing is if you look at the list of goofs the VPC has made, you have to wonder how the press can lend them any credibility. I mean, assuming they don’t have an agenda.

It seems that Reasoned Discourse^tm could be in play.

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Be sure of your target and what’s behind it: Memphis Police tell myEyewitnessNews.com that 11 year-old Deontay Smith, the little boy who was shot while playing basketball with his friends, was hit by stray bullets from a makeshift firing range.

Guy uses handgun to defend self. Guy was within 1,000 feet of a school, which is a violation of some stupid law that shouldn’t exist. Word was that he would be charged with that made-up crime. Turns out, the District Attorney knows that this is not the proper application of the “Gun-Free” School Zone law. Good.

Pants-wetting from the Violence Policy Center.

Ammo Shortage Doesn’t Add Up. Actually, I think it is that people are stockpiling.

Heh! Dude, you’re famous on the internet.

LaPierre on Mexico. A freighter full of AKs that didn’t come from Texas.

Bane has thoughts on the political outlook on guns.

CrimsonTrace makes laser grips for the Bersa.

The Nuge definitely didn’t do his homework when he published Marko’s piece.

I wasn’t there. But a lot of people were, apparently. For your perusing:

Dick Heller opens up the workshop.

The new Para series.

AR-15 Natural Enhancement. Heh.

New Glock

Various pictures from the exhibits (keep scrolling)

Got an extra $36K?

Lots of pics and reports here.

Famous people

More pics.

Breda meets Cam.

So, that’s the big thing Ruger was pushing. Some reactions:

NUGUN at the convention filming Bane’s interview.

Tam says wait and see.

Marshal’ette Halloway takes it for a spin.

A look at the gas system.

Oh my god, it’s a $2000 Ruger

Damn. Countertop won a nice gun.

Suppressors.

There’s actually ammo at the NRA convention.

SR556 . Piston driven AR.

I knew that.

Update: more here

Update 2: More pics.

More here

Joe with the pointer.

Conversation from the Uncle Household.

Me: You know how I always dreamed that Politically Incorrect Dog could talk and he had a deep voice with a British accent?

The Mrs: Yeah.

Me: Well, in my dreams, Flash sounds like Samuel Jackson.

The Mrs: Why do the dogs always talk in your dreams?

Me: Guess they got shit to say. That’s what Flash would say.

All the cool kids have Kel-Tec P3ATs. And take pics of them. But the really cool kids put lasers on theirs. I like mine with the CrimsonTrace LaserGrip.

From Robb’s review:

The laser was absolutely SPOT ON when compared to what passes for iron sights on the P3AT. No adjustments necessary. The fit was tight, and once screwed down, didn’t move a millimeter. The weight difference was unnoticeable and the switch unobtrusive. The laser dot was bright and absolutely perfect for this weapon. I highly recommend that even if you’re not a laser type person but you own a small, pocket pistol like the P3AT, that you look into getting a Crimson Trace that fits for you.

I concur.

I really dig CrimsonTrace.

Big Government or Big Government with a side order of Jesus?

Another Million Mom Marcher is going to jail.

The scouts are decked out in tactical gear with airsoft MP5s and doing tactical drills like border agents. This is scary.

Women of the IDF.

NPR cries because the gun lobby has influence.

McCarthy (D-Futile) is introducing a bill that prohibits those on the no-fly list from buying guns. Of course, we have no way of knowing we’re on the list and the list has nabbed some senators before. So, what could possibly go wrong?

Report on a forum of ATF agents interviewing people who have bought more than five guns. Seems they’re trying to find out how these guns are getting into Mexico. If true, they’re using that gun registry we don’t have.

I did not know that pool chalk made for a fine reactive target. With video.

Time looks at the various gun bills states are passing to snub the feds.

Heh: Obama healthcare reform.

We joke about the press taking dictation from the anti-gun lobby. We shouldn’t:

SENT AS A COURTESY OF THE BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE

I’m sure they’ll print something sent as a courtesy from the NRA, right?