Ruger is dropping a hint at their site about redefining a platform. So, what gun design will they mimic next? I’m guessing an AR. But it could be a 1911.

Update: For the record, I know what it is now. I’ve been sworn to secrecy. So, I can’t say.

It occurs to me I use this site to get advice from readers. However, I am remiss in updating you on what I did. So, here you go.

Holster Beg: I just ordered a CompTac MTAC. The reason is that it seems similar to the Crossbreed but I can order new bodies for different guns.

Blu Ray: Haven’t gotten one yet. Still pondering.

Killing wasps in the attic: I consulted an exterminator. He said use a fogger. Most foggers don’t advertise killing wasps and bees. But he said that any fogger that kills ants or fleas is also good for stinging critters. So, I got up early in the morning when the wasps weren’t active. This does a couple of things. First, they’re unlikely to sting me since they’re sleeping. Next, it ensures that I kill them all and not just the ones that happen to be in the nest while the others are out scouting for food. I put two foggers (Raid Max) in the attic. Then, I waited a couple of days. And I went up and finished the nest off with a whole can of Raid Wasp Spray. Ok, I lied. I hate bugs and paid someone to go spray the nest directly. But I did put the foggers in the attic.

So, there you go.

Unpossible:

Last month, Ben Goeser was shot and murdered in a bar in Nashville. Neither Mr. Goeser, nor his murderer had Handgun Carry Permits, but Nicole Goeser did… and was forced to leave her firearm in the car, given Tennessee’s current laws barring handguns from restaurants that serve alcohol. However, that law did not stop Mr. Goeser’s murderer from carrying a firearm into the establishment

Nicole Goeser, the victim’s wife, writes:

My husband was gunned down right infront of me at Jonny’s Sports Bar here in the Nashville area. I cannot talk about the specifics of the case but I can tell you how I feel about the Restaurant Carry Bill that is awaiting Governor Phil Bredesen’s signature……

The current legislation before the state of Tennessee is vital to the safety of it’s citizens. My husband Ben Goeser was murdered right infront of me on April 2nd 2009 at Jonny’s Sports Bar. Please contact your State Representatives including Governor Phil Bredesen, and tell them about what happened to Ben. If I could have been allowed to carry my gun that night (because I do have a permit) perhaps I could have saved him. I can tell you that the odds would have been more in our favor. I had to leave my gun locked in my car in the parking lot that night because we have a law in place right now that makes innocent people “targets” and “helpless” and at the mercy of people with horrible intentions.

At Pelham Library, a teen did some research on the laws related to the concealed carry of a handgun. Someone at the library reported the suspicious activity. The teen was then called to the principal’s office and interviewed by police. Seems that reporting someone’s reading habits may also be a violation of the law. The library seems mostly unconcerned about this:

‘It is not our procedure to notify somebody,’ about the books people order, library Director Patricia Perito said Wednesday, the day after the incident. But, she said, she had to look into it. Since then, Perito has declined to provide any explanation of the incident or information on the instructions the library has regarding notifying authorities about questionable book choices.”

Is this weird, or what? Apparently, it didn’t stop there, but went on to the police. “Pelham Manor police Detective Ken Campion said the teen was doing research on gun carry and concealment laws, not on how to conceal a gun…. There was not anything to be worried about with regard to the teen, Campion said after interviewing him Tuesday. He did not break any laws.” He didn’t, but somebody did.

According to one of the comments on this article, the busybody in the library who called the school does this sort of thing all the time. It’s not clear if the person is actually a librarian, but it doesn’t matter that much. The director doesn’t seem too upset about it, and presumably she’s a librarian. She should have trotted out a high-minded speech about the ALA and privacy issues and told everyone she was going to fix this problem immediately!

No one’s looking out for your money: Are you telling me that nobody at the Federal Reserve is keeping track on a regular basis of the losses that it incurs on what is now a $2 trillion portfolio?

The Senate has passed the guns in parks bill. Overwhelmingly with 67 votes. NRA A-Rated Lamar Alexander voted against.

Also, bear spray is illegal in the Smoky Mountains. But authorities tend to look the other way. I wonder if that applies to my two brands of bear spray?

The Rangers are taking the FN SCAR into the war zone.

The dead are rising. And getting checks. Well, they vote so why not.

AAC stuff.

MG34

Heh.

Aunt B. is now blogging there.

Because it reduces cholesterol, it’s a drug. Via Robert, who says:

First of all, is General Mills a REAL General…or what? IF General Mills is a General, then he ought to order the FDA lined up and shot.

An AR-15 lower receiver made out of high-density polyethylene

For when you absolutely, positively need a gun in a hot tub.

And, they come in chocolate.

The Post:

State Police warned state Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith (D-Queens) about Sen. Kevin Parker’s temper just days before the Brooklyn Democrat flew into a rage and attacked a Post photographer.

Kevin Parker is a founding member of New York chapter of State Legislators Against Illegal Guns

DownRangeTV will be there. DRTV is also having a contest.

Bill Conroy:

Experts suggest Mexican weapons-bust press conference may have been staged event

[...]

there is just one problem with this narrative. According to U.S. law enforcers, specifically the ATF, the captured weapon is not what it appears to be, or at least what it was purported to be by the Mexican police commander.

In fact, according to Bill Newell, special agent in charge of ATF in Arizona and New Mexico, the so-called 800 rpm “anti-aircraft gun” isn’t a machine gun at all, but rather a WWII-era semi-automatic replica of a Browning machine gun made by a U.S. company.

LA gun buy program nets Luger valued at $10K.

The zombypocalypse starts. With ants.

Top-notch and credible news source prison planet reports that Gillibrand will introduce an assault weapons next week. It’s based on this article in which McCarthy says she’ll introduce one. And by she, McCarthy means McCarthy. And McCarthy is in the house and Gillibrand is in the senate. So, don’t put too much faith in the crack reporting from Alex Jones’ minions. Granted, Gillibrand has been a disappointment to gun owners. Wonder how NRA will grade the A-Rated senator in the coming years?

I’m so bad, that twitterer is probably not what they’re called.

See, I started a Twitter account. Now, it’s just a re-print of stuff I post here. Nothing more. I don’t even read my own twitter account. Apparently, I have followers on twitter. But I don’t really know what that means. And I don’t follow anyone. Nothing personal but I 1) don’t get twitter; 2) don’t even read my own account; and 3) don’t even know how to follow people or what that’s for. Does that make me a rude twitterer?

Also, it seems that a few of my ‘followers’ are spammers.

Also, can we stop with the articles on how twitter is going to either save media or be the end of it? It’s not that great.

Update: Speaking of articles on twitter saving everyone, here’s one right on cue.

Twitter: blogging for lazy people.

Update: Ok, I’m informed I can track my twitter-fu by this RSS feed. Thanks to bitter.

Cool cake designs

Jimmy Naifeh, some made up title, doesn’t like or trust gun owners.

Apparently, two issues the elitists are out of touch on are global warming and guns.

So, I asked earlier why they make me get a cashiers check as part of closing. So, at closing, I decided to ask. The title guy said it was required by state law. I asked if cash would have been OK and he said it would have been.

Also, we went to a local bank to close. The bank had nothing to do with the transaction other than, apparently, the title guy or mortgage lady rented a conference room from them that was convenient for us to get to. Heading into the bank, I was met with this sign that caused me to stop and laugh out loud:

From Misc

Wow. Relying on a sign. Why not put up a Robbing is Prohibited sign? And there’s the fact that their other sign prohibiting weapons does not appear to comply with Tennessee State Law which has requirements for signs prohibiting the otherwise lawful carrying of weapons by permit holders.

Regardless of that, I won’t be doing any business with BankEast.

Update: Heh:

Why didn’t they just staple a sprig of wolfsbane and a few cloves of garlic over the doorway while they were at it?

David Codrea: Does ATF want seized property notices noticed?

Robb’s new graphic is awesome.

No warrant needed for GPS tracking of automobile.

America, fuck yeah!

Multi shot, pump action grenade launcher.

Videos from man of steel.

Government spending is now 40% of GDP.

And the government is borrowing almost 50 cents for every dollar it spends this year.