Someone asked for my pickle recipe, and I answer.

From Home Life

For my pickling spice, I use the following:

2 tablespoons mustard seed
2 tablespoons coriander
2 tablespoons peppercorn
1 broken to bits cinnamon stick

In each jar, I put one to two tablespoons of this concoction depending on jar size. Then I put in a couple cloves of garlic, one cayenne pepper, and 3 to four sprigs of fresh dill. Then, fill the jar with whatever you’re pickling. Pack it as tight as you can. In the pic above, from left to right, are cucumbers, garlic and cayenne peppers (with a few serranos thrown in).

Then, bring to a boil a mixture of 3:1 water to white vinegar ratio. Add kosher salt to taste (about 3 – 6 table spoons). Once it’s boiling, fill jars up with the mixture and put the lid on it. Let them cool and place in the refrigerator. The vinegar and spices will steep the veggies. Will be ready in 3 to 7 days. Keeps for months.

Sort of mood. Junior and I made some pickles, pickled garlic and pickled peppers:

From Home Life

Noms commence in a week or so.

More guns, fewer firearms deaths.

Billy Beck on Gates:

He could have been a real somebody on this front.

Indeed.

Mr. C. announces that LuckyGunner will be attending the Gun Blogger Rendezvous. I was unaware but lucky gunner is a local to outfit.

We joke about how Obama’s plan to cure what ails us usually involves pixie dust and rainbow farting unicorns. Turns out he frolicks with the rainbow farting unicorns naked.

Like Nashville, it appears that Knoxville already has a law on the books that prohibits the possession of firearms in parks:

Hunt, trap or pursue wildlife at any time. No person shall use, carry or possess firearms of any description, air rifles, spring guns, bows and arrows, slings or any other form of weapon potentially inimical to wildlife and dangerous to human safety, any instrument that can be loaded with and fire blank cartridges, or any kind of trapping device. Shooting into park areas from beyond park boundaries is forbidden.

Via Knoxview.com, who notes:

Knoxville City Council Workshop, re. Resolution to prohibit handguns in public parks and other public places, Thursday, August 20, 2009, 5:00 pm, Main Assembly Room of the City-County Building, 400 Main Street.

Interesting.

Ammo comparison photo.

A, uh, I don’t know what that is.

Robert shooting the calendar

JC Higgins Model 20 pump-action 12 gauge shotgun.

S&W 642 and 442 with Mag-Na-Ported-Barrel

Now, Brownell’s is in the AR barrel game.

Stuff to do. Maybe later.

Knoxville News Sentinel Editor Jack McElroy on why it’s OK to be the propaganda arm of the anti-gun crowd:

Because alcohol service was the critical factor addressed by the law, and because all bars were deliberately included in the bill, calling the law a “guns in bars” law is really a fairer description of the legislation than the “guns in restaurants” title its proponents put forth.

Odd. Since, just before that, you noted there is no definition of bars in the TN code. Seems pretty twisted to me. After all, bars is a difficult term to define since the law doesn’t spell it out. And establishments that serve alcohol is definitely a more accurate term and factually correct in nearly every case.

But that’s not the best part. This bit in the KNS a couple weeks ago makes it funny:

A proposal allowing off-duty law enforcement officers to carry their weapons in Tennessee establishments that serve alcohol has been signed by the governor.

Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen signed the measure late last week and it takes effect immediately.

Supporters of the law say it’s necessary to make sure law enforcement officers receive the same privileges as handgun permit holders under another new law that takes effect Tuesday. Under the measure, handguns can be carried in bars and in restaurants that serve alcohol.

Note in this article it’s not until handgun carry permit holders are introduced that establishments that serve alcohol mysteriously become bars.

When it’s for police they refer to establishments that serve alcohol. When it’s for handgun carry permit holders, they’re bars.

Nope. No bias here.

Water is wet. The sky is blue. And PayPal is anti-gun. Kevin is raffling off a pistol to benefit Soldiers Angels, an organization that helps soldiers in their time of need at home and while abroad. But because it’s a raffle for a firearm, PayPal is being problematic. My experience with PayPal can be seen here.

M320 Grenade Launcher.

Breda hitting it with a 1919.

Firearm production by type year, etc.

HT The Duck.

Wow: Final Tenn. elk tag sells for $17,700 on eBay

Anti-gun hysteria in NY over water pistols.

It should come as no surprise that Dan Ra^ther wants the government to get in the media game. Of course he does. He’s a statist.

A legal battle brewing over regulating an flintlock.

Did a post a bit back on the tactical pea shooter:

From Gun Porn

Turns out, it’s probably illegal in California.

Post Office in decline.

guess who the Democrats are. (Helpful hint: there are four of them.

Beretta: June sales are up 219% compared to last year.

Ruger: Our firearms sales grew 94% from the second quarter of 2008 and 14% from the first quarter of 2009.

Most crime guns originate in the US. Probably because we make more here, so no shocker. But once the leave the factory, the sources are quite different:

insiders’ illegally sold over 3000 firearms recovered in crime or surrendered in amnesties to the Metropolitan Toronto Police Service.

And in Mexico:

The Small Arms Survey 2008 showed that weapons diverted from police and armed forces are a major and sometimes the main source of illicit weapons in many countries.

Odd. I thought it was gun shows.

At Michigan State:

The old rule at Michigan State University completely banned guns from campus. The new rule allows permit holders to carry concealed weapons — although there is a catch.

In Chicago: Policy Would Allow Cops To Shoot At Fleeing Cars. What could possibly go wrong?

LA Times:

L.A. guns to be crushed today, turned into steel rebar

That song wasn’t that bad.

Browning has a new “tactical” gun safe.

Pandora free internet radio. Never thought much about internet radio because I don’t usually listen to music while at a computer. But Pandora has an application for my Blackberry. And I have one of those wireless transmitters for the car stereo. So, I can listen to personalized, commercial free radio in my car. I’m still trying to figure out how they make money, though.

Seen at Insty’s: 46% More Likely To Buy Ford ‘Cause It Didn’t Get A Bailout.

I have a Ford. Been happy with it. And, in the next year or so, I’ll likely need a new ride. But I’ve decided I’ll quite likely not buy any GM product due to bail out nonsense. And it’s a pity because I kinda had my eye on a Chevy Avalanche.

Heh.

BTW, on the radio there was a poll this morning about the birther issue. When I last listened, it was about 3:2 that he was not a citizen. Seriously. The poll on line is even money.

Funnier still, are the comments in that thread. Oy

Two handgun carry permit holders are in a fender bender. And along comes a police officer, whose son turns out to be one of the two permit holders and is also who caused the accident. Can you guess which of the three assaulted someone?

Knoxnews:

The decision of whether the city of Knoxville should opt out of the new “guns in parks” state law was postponed until Aug. 25 by City Council members Tuesday, albeit begrudgingly by some.

The postponement, unanimously approved, was proposed for the sake of waiting until all nine council members could be on-hand to discuss the hot-button issue.

And this is troubling:

Pelot said she’s still undecided — she was leaning toward the side of gun-rights advocates on the issue, until recently when the tone of many of their e-mail messages became more “alarming.”

“I haven gotten the most mean-spirited e-mails … from these so-called well-trained, law-abiding, permit-holding people,” Pelot said. “If they can e-mail me in those tones, how do I know they’re not just as dangerous (as criminals)?”

Well, words are just words and do not translate to being dangerous.

Via RedDog comments:

Are our supporters “shooting us in the foot”?

When you (and I’m not saying it’s you) correspond with your representatives, being hostile is usually not a good idea. Be friendly and matter of fact. Writing nasty letters isn’t the best approach.

Ya know, the two groups of people who seem to constantly get busted for hypocrisy are your moral values right wingers who seem to always get caught diddling someone they shouldn’t be. And those guys who tell you how you should live so you can save the world from global warming but don’t do it themselves.

Sebastian looks at the change for pinning and welding of short barrels.

At Lew Rockwell: What Are Your Gun Choices for Personal Protection?

When dealing with bears, it’s better to have a gun than not.

Rare French rifle found in Aberdeenshire.

Teaching about snapping in.

Apparently, guns cause aggression. As measured in ounces of hot sauce. Or something.

Pocket pistols for survival. I am quite fond of my Kel-Tec.

SUV goes on murderous rampage.

Shiny new Daniel Defense Carbine

Three shot Taser

Item 11.O on tonight’s City Council Agenda is:

A Resolution to prohibit handguns in public municipal parks, natural areas, historic parks, nature trails, campgrounds, forests, greenways, waterways, or other similar public places.

You can contact the council members using info at this link.

Caleb:

tonight on Gun Nuts Radio at 9pm we’re going to be talking some Camp Perry, in addition to our news roundup and info session. We’ll be joined by the Texas Highpower champion, as well as special guests from NRA, so don’t miss out on the show this week.

And a bonus:

for every new caller that has never called in before on the show, I’m going to donate $5 to NRA-ILA to help preserve our right to keep and bear arms

Ry on the NFA handbook changes:

The April 2009 edition of the NFA Handbook has removed pin & weld from the methods that are allowed to extend barrels to the minimum (16″ rifle, 18″ shotgun) length to avoid paying an SBR/SBS tax.

What happens to the millions of barrels out there that were pinned and welded?

All the people who own M4 length barrels with pinned and welded 1.5 inch flash suppressors should be concerned.

Sebastian on his 6.8 experience.

Guns and Hunting has a look too.

CNN on the ammo shortage

Heh

Firearm sales in June trend up

Mother defends two children from two prison escapees trying to break into her house.

82 year old man kills invader

74 year old shoots carjacker

Couple wards off home invaders

If I’m ever in town, I’ll stop by:

Since the legislation passed that would allow people with concealed carry permits to bring firearms into restaurants that serve alcohol, Johnny Brusco’s general manager Kyle O’Keefe has given some serious thought to getting his own permit, so he could carry his own gun into work to make himself feel safer at night as he closes down the restaurant.

“I feel that people who are going to be carrying handguns illegally are going to carry them anywhere they want to and they’re not going to have any regard whatsoever for the law. People who carry legally should be able to carry anywhere they want to,” O’Keefe said.

Unlike other restaurants and bars in the city, Johnny Brusco’s plans to allow concealed carry permit holders to bring their firearms into the restaurant.

Perry Bigley to a 911 operator:

I have the robber in one hand and the phone in the other

I don’t follow NASCAR. I was surprised to learn that a driver could get a ticket for speeding. At the race.

If You’re Reading This, You’re Probably a Federal Criminal

More from Radley.

A look at Brady fundraising numbers in Illinois:

In short, Brady PAC Illinois seems to have paid out roughly as much to put on its first fund-raiser as it raised in the process.

The Bed Bunker is a gun safe that hides under your mattress. More pics here.

An idea that never caught on is coming back:

The first issue of the Fortis Pistol will be released as the Bren Ten.

HT to Steve.

A local paper:

“He doesn’t have a permit for the gun as far as we know,” Monroe County Sheriff Bill Bivens said. “Some people have said this shooting happened because of the ‘guns in bars’ law, but I’m not sure it applies here as he didn’t have a permit to start with. And while it might seem obvious alcohol was involved, we don’t know yet whether anybody involved was drunk above the legal limit.”

As we said here yesterday, no permit. Shooter had a criminal record.

Item 11.O on tomorrow night’s City Council Agenda is:

A Resolution to prohibit handguns in public municipal parks, natural areas, historic parks, nature trails, campgrounds, forests, greenways, waterways, or other similar public places.

You can contact the council members using info at this link.

MKS reports the shooter in the bar incident was not a handgun carry permit holder.

Bacon: Weapon of Mass Destruction.

Tennessee’s AG says:

In an opinion released Monday, Cooper says the state’s new law to allow permit holders to bring their guns in city and county parks does not prohibit schools from using those facilities. But once they do, guns could would be banned there.

Cooper cites state law that bans guns in any area “owned, used or operated by a school.” He writes that non-student permit holders can store their guns in their cars while school-sponsored events are going on.

Look at me! I’m unconstitutional. Soon to be a collector’s item.

Tom Humphrey:

Basically, the majority said that illegal drugs are not subject to taxation under the state constitution, which authorizes taxes on “merchants, peddlers and privileges.” The tax is on possession, they reasoned, not sales so the possessors are not merchants or peddlers. And since possession of the products in question is outlawed, it’s not a legal privilege subject to taxation.

The majority did reject arguments that the law violates the U.S. Constitution’s provisions against self-incrimination and double jeopardy. In theory, that means the Legislature could revise the law – as in making the tax apply to sales of the drugs – and the statute could pass legal muster.

I think this is about the fourth time the tax has been ruled unconstitutional and about the third different reason.

Over at Knoxviews.com, Rikki tells us the law is going as anticipated since there was a bar shooting in Tennessee. Checking out the records, there are two Joshua Andersons that have handgun carry permits but none are from the area where the shooting occurred. I imagine it’s a common name and the guy could have a permit. But if it was confirmed, I’m sure all the local papers would be blaring it at us. And they’re not. Another news source says it happened at a campground, and doesn’t mention the karaoke bar. The establishment is on a campground and the only bar I know of in Tellico Plains isn’t this one.

Update: That was fast:

Authorities release man in fatal karaoke bar shooting

Investigation ongoing.

Update 2: According to my sooper seekrit sources, the place has a permit to sell beer.

Update 3: MKS reports the shooter in the bar incident was not a handgun carry permit holder.

One more Mayor Against Guns goes down for corruption. That would be eight.

Pea shooter:

From Gun Porn

Hippie, please.

This came in handy for me this weekend: Disassembling, cleaning, and reassembling a Ruger 10/22 rotary magazine. With handy video. It’s by Arizona Rifleman.

Breda heads to the range

Les Jones: The Obama-inspired gun-buying rush is over

Larry Correia has a book out. It seems that in addition to being an HK fan boy, he likes to write. It’s called Monster Hunter International and you can get it at that link.

Agent expected to testify they got a warrant illegally. Via David, who sums it up: Vince Cefalu, an ATF supervisor, and lead supervisor on the case, has testified that investigators perjured themselves to get a wiretap order, and that when he objected to this, he was taken off the case.

Cool Game: Endless Zombie Rampage

Dillinger’s Derringer

Camp Perry on the horizon

Wall of guns

If it’s on the site, they have the ammo in stock at LuckyGunner. A novel concept these days since my latest order has been on hold for almost 8 weeks.

Electronic tattoo display runs on blood

I was lied to. I was told all our problems would be solved by a rainbow-farting unicorn. It’s a rainbow-farting terrier.

An image of the Governor of California breaking the law.

Update: Seems to be some disagreement on the legality of the knife.

Bob: an ATF official testified in Congress that only eight percent of weapons recovered in Mexico came through licensed U.S. gun dealers.

I thought it was 90%? That’s what the press, the administration, and the anti-gunners (but I repeat myself) tell me?

in N Carolina

Rob Pincus is blogging at DRTV!

The mythical shrike

Smooth Operator

VEPR

Garand

News photos for gun nuts

AR-15 happiness

Les Baer HC 40

The LAPD on the FN FiveseveN:

Authorities have noticed an increase in high-caliber weapons in Los Angeles. One of the most startling incidents was when a Fabrique National 57, an assault pistol used to kill big game, was found in a victim’s car by detectives investigating a double-homicide last year in North Hollywood.

“You use it on large lions, tigers and bears,” said LAPD Deputy Chief Michel Moore, commander of the Valley Bureau.

The FiveseveN, coincidentally, is banned in California.

Yeah, the 13 year old caught with a machine gun in England? It looks like an airsoft.

Blogger criticizes local politico. Politico’s cronies tell his boss.

Told you we went fishing:

From Kids

At the pond with Junior. Blog later. Maybe.

NRA to score votes on Sotomayor’s confirmation.

The kids dig watermelon. Trouble is, we can never eat a whole one before it goes bad. So, I started making watermelon popsicles. Fill your blender with watermelon and hit the juice setting. Then strain to get rid of pieces of seed. Place in a popsicle tray overnight and the kids love them.

Also, the latest creation is, and I am not making this up, cucumber popsicles. Our cucumber plants are out of control and, frankly, we can’t go through them all, even giving them to our neighbors. This is a bit more work but is delicious. Put a quarter cup of lime juice and a half cup of sugar in a pan and heat it up. While the sugar is dissolving, seed and peel 3 whole cucumbers. Put them in the blender and add your sugar and lime juice mix and hit the juice setting. Freeze in popsicle trays over night. No need to strain these.

I laughed: It took President Obama six months to pick a dog for the White House, but he wants Congress to pass a massive health care reform bill in two weeks!

I mentioned before the .gov’s plan could kill people by banning electronic cigarettes. Now, the FDA has stopped some shipments of them at the border. Jacob Sullum notes the weak testing standards of creation science:

It seems clear that the FDA already has decided to ban e-cigarettes and is now seeking evidence to back up that decision. This approach, which replaces science and consumer protection with puritanism and bureaucratic pigheadedness, sacrifices the interests—and possibly the lives—of smokers who could dramatically reduce their disease risks by switching to e-cigarettes.

An independent film made in East Tennessee. Via MKS.

And the effects of gun control.

Tennessee passed a law banning texting while driving. I called it stupid because endangerment already covers that and I said it would be unenforceable. Seems that most phones do other things. My phone is a word processor, data processor, camera, video camera, Mp3 player, web browser, GPS, data storage, email reader, RSS aggregator, other stuff I can’t remember and I think it’s even a phone too. So, if I am using a lawful application (like making a phone call since dialing is lawful, using my GPS, or hitting next on the MP3 player), how can officer friendly determine if I’m doing something lawful or texting? Well, he can’t.

I mentioned before their highly scientific method of scanning news reports to count incidents involving folks with handgun carry permits. Tom Humphrey notes what I mentioned then, that the study excludes three incidents in Tennessee. And it does. Of course, the study also includes some folks who did not actually have a carry permit and includes folks who were charged but were never convicted. Linoge notes:

they used the word “killed” and not the word “murdered”, and they specified “criminal charges”, but not “criminal convictions”. Both of those are remarkably significant rephrasings of the debate

And, of course, that’s out of over 3.5M permit holders nationwide.

Via Mike, we learn that the press is suddenly concerned about state sovereignty:

Concealed-weapons measure shoots holes in state sovereignty.

Go on.

It makes no sense to make cities such as Los Angeles and Boston, which have significant urban crime, to conform to the politics of rural places. Nor is there much sense in forcing urban police officers to make instant decisions on the legitimacy of pieces of paper handed to them by menacing looking people packing heat.

Yet, the same press is usually willing to support forcing rural areas to comply with urban policies.

Also, the article is called Our view on fighting crime, equating lawful handgun carry permit holders with criminals.

This seems kinda stupid:

You can order thousands of dollars of $1 coins on your credit card at face value, and the mint will ship them to you overnight free of charge. They are treated as a purchase, not a cash advance, so not only do you not pay finance charges, but you earn airline miles or cashback rewards just like a regular purchase. You can then immediately take the coins to the bank and deposit them to start earning interest, and you don’t have to pay for them until the due date on your next credit card bill.

And, hey, if you’re about to default on your credit cards, why not order a ton of money and have it shipped to your door!