Breaking: SCOTUS to hear Chicago case.

States that ban lawful carry where alcohol is served.

The headline heard all around Tennessee: 70 cities say no to guns in parks. But the truthiness:

The Union City Daily Messenger printed an article from The Tennessean stating that 70 cities have banned guns in parks.That may sound like alot but below you will find the facts. According to Tnhometownlocator.com there are 95 counties and 343 incorporated cities in Tennessee,that is 438 entities combined.That leaves 368 that have not voted to opt out,or not voted at all.If my math is correct that means 5 out of 6 allow it.So much for fair and balanced media.

Michael Silence at the local paper on the guns in parks stuff:

The shameless grandstanding on this meaningless topic has been pathetic pandering. And by the way, how much time has been spent by various state and local lawmakers this year on guns-in-whatever topics as opposed to say, oh, education?

Trouble is, the pandering by lawmakers, time spent on the issue, and the bogus claim that it was the year of the gun are all overstated and exist largely in the imagination of Tom Humphrey. This year, the legislature passed five or so gun bills out of how many total bills? Hardly a giant margin. Knox County passed one gun resolution, out of how many? Thirty or so? A whopping 3ish%? Hardly an indication of how much time is spent on this.

Where most of the time was spent on these non-issues was at editorial boards and opinion pieces at your paper. Just saying.

Back when the legislature was in the process of passing the guns in restaurants that serve alcohol bill, one of the vocal opponents of that bill was Mike Chase. Mike Chase yammered on about Wild West shootouts and whatnot along with a host of other ‘ifs’. (So, Mike, how many shootouts you had?).

Anyway, I find it ironic that this righteous crusader reportedly hasn’t banned guns at his own establishments.

Tennessee’s AG, who is ordinarily a pretty pro gun guy, has issued an odd opinion. Essentially, the opinion states that whenever a park is in use by schools that triggers the no guns in schools laws. So, I suppose that if the schools plan a meeting or trip to some other government owned property, those properties mysteriously transform into schools too? An odd opinion, to say the least. And, as a reminder, while the AG likely has considerable sway, his opinions are non-binding.

the local paper rounds up the guns in parks stuff. And they gratuitously mention some one you may have heard of.

Converting Your AK-47 to be 922(r) Compliant

Grandmother arrested for buying cold medicine.

Suppressors for shotguns. Not available in the US.

Driving the point home.

Also, a new shooter report.

Unflattering gunbroker listing on the Colt Umarex 22 AR.

More pics of Kendra learning to shoot.

Amazon wants me to let you know that they have the Wii on sale. I have one and they are great fun.

Kenn Blanchard interviewed. Kenn’s website is here.

Alice in Chains has an album out. Socialized medicine is failing to pass. Clinton yammering on about the vast right wing conspiracy. It really is 1994 again!

Chiappa Rhino Revolver. That is odd looking.

More silencer shoot pics

Spiegel has more. The blame is on a slump in arms exports and competition. The latter being unfamiliar to former commies.

Joyce Foundation buying anti-gun research.

Good discussion:

conventional wisdom says this is a bad idea, because a prosecutor could try to argue in court that you custom made an extra lethal load, and your hand loads won’t be as reliable as factory ammo.

At least, that’s how I read this.

Colt to make the M240?

Now better, when coupled with the ability to disarm the oppressive patriarchy.

CostCo now sells a 6 Month-4 Person food supply for about $2K.

Reading the news media, you would think that a federal judge shut down Bulls Eye Shooter Supply because the DC sniper stole a gun from there. But it’s not true. You see, Bulls Eye Shooter Supply is still in business. The former owner had his FFL revoked and the new owner just got a shiny new one and plans to be in business for a long time.

There’s a pretty active media campaign portraying the NRA as bullies picking on the poor, hapless little mayors in Mayors Against Guns. It fits the narrative that NRA = bad. Unfortunately, the truth is more like quite a few mayors didn’t know what they were signing up for and, in fact, some didn’t even sign up at all and discovered they were members. Anyway, the press says you should lighten up about all that.

You commit three felonies a day. And intent? Never heard of it.

It’s funny watching our Tennessee lefty blogs. 99% of the time they march lockstep together. Not usually any varying opinions there. And when they do disagree and fight about it in public, it’s over something stupid. The latest is there’s this Tennessee politico named Jim Cooper. And Jim Cooper hasn’t taken a nice big healthy swig of the free health care insurance for everyone kool-aid. You know, probably because he has at least a rudimentary understanding of economics and wants to get reelected. Apparently, the idiots at Kos decided to take back his progressive decoder ring and launch an all out blitz on the guy. If I was Cooper, I’d be happier than a pig in a nice big pile of Kos given their history of backing losers. Based on odds, it’s definitely a good thing.

Oh, and there’s that other thing. See, they don’t even have another candidate yet but they’re talking about beating him in the primary. Man, these dudes are smart.

And the good little kosmonauts are quick to throw their otherwise like-minded friends immediately under the bus. While under the bus, look around for ending the war in Iraq, opposing the PATRIOT Act and all that other stuff our progressives were yammering on about a few short months ago but have since forgotten about. Good times.

Good way to spend a Saturday: Taking some kids shooting.

The County votes in favor of allowing guns in parks. Now, when I go to parks, I’ll have to remember if I’m in the city or county since they have different rules. These little local differences will lead to state preemption.

Some video interviews with David Codrea.

So, you’re thinking of buying an AK-47

Varmint ARs.

Wilson Combat Classic 130 Master Grade 1911 Pistol

Feds drop machine gun charge. Man says it was a wall hanger and didn’t know it worked.

The du Toits are set to return to the internets: The Kim and Connie Show.

I told you they’d be back. Everyone comes back.

Via Bob.

A point I’ve made before is that insurance is not care. Insurance companies do not deny you health care because they don’t provide it.

54 is kinda old for child, I would think.

Nice:

A South Carolina candidate for state adjutant general said about 500 people attended a campaign event featuring a drawing for an AK-47 rifle.

Dean Allen, 58, said people attending the “machine gun social” Saturday at Allen Arms Indoor Shooting Range in Greenville paid $25 for barbecue and ammunition for target practice with a gun of their choice, the Greenville News reported.

Allen, who served two tours in Vietnam with the U.S. Army, said the event, which featured a drawing for a free rifle, was aimed at highlighting his support for the Second Amendment and opposition to gun control.

“In politics, you have to stand out,” he said. “If you stand out in something, you’re going to get a little more attention.”

Allen said the AK-47 winner will have to pass a background check before taking possession of the rifle.

“I like to tell people I’m not the country club conservative,” Allen said. “I’m the machine gun one.”

Woman auctions late husband’s 1851 Colt Navy Pistols. For $130K.

Ammo is easier to find and that is making the news.

Long story that I won’t get into but I’m firing Dishnetwork. They suck and I hate them. I’ve had four DVRs in six months and they’ve all gone Tango Uniform. And every time, we lose all our programming. And every time, we have to set it all back up. Be kinda nice if they had a back up function.

That said, I’m looking at TeeVee options. Charter has decent cable and on demand things. We used to have Directv but dumped them once they dumped TiVo. I’ve even been pondering getting one of those Windows Media Center PCs. Anyone have any experience with the Media Center set up? And experience with Charter? And does Directv do TiVo again?

I’d appreciate any input.

update: Looks like TiVo and Directv kissed and made up.

My kids are into songs by They Might Be Giants. My son really digs Particle Man. But we don’t know why Triangle Man is such a poopyhead.

Also, he’s into Peaches by POTUSA, which is the greatest rock video ever because everything is better with ninja fights:

With bonus gun porn

Frank James:

no handgun and its chambered caliber is going to work 100% effectively, 100% of the time for 100% of the occasions where it’s needed whatever the target or threat is.

Read the whole thing.

Kendra learns how to shoot.

More allegations that MAIG listed people who never signed up:

Mayor Dale Strasser says he is a member of the National Rifle Association and has never supported any gun control organizations. So he was surprised to discover that pro-gun control organization Mayors Against Illegal Guns said he was a member in its promotional materials.

“My name should have never been on that material,” Strasser said. “They used my name without my consent.”

Seems the wheels are coming off that bus. Another connection to the Brady Campaign. And MAIG is connected to the CeaseFire incestuous circle jerk. Once again, it is shown anti-gunners really have no grassroots and it’s mostly the same people starting different organizations.

On the PATRIOT Act:

Only three of the 763 “sneak-and-peek” requests in fiscal year 2008 involved terrorism cases, according to a July 2009 report from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. Sixty-five percent were drug cases.

Odds a newspaper accurately reports on guns:

The Tennessean is the only Nashville news outlet to correctly report that felon who sold the gun that killed Steve McNair plead guilty to felon in possession of a firearm.

A summary and why it’s important from Derek.

No, not that they both have lots of whores. It’s that the majority of their content is free on Al Gore’s internets.

They either support gun control or support gun control. Cammack even says we crazy gun nuts need to stop being all gun nutty because we’re making people nervous. Well, outside the lefty blogs who get twitchy over anything gun related, I haven’t noticed a lot of nervousness.

Meanwhile, though not a Democrat, Haslam releases a presser clarifying his rather unclear statements before. Only, it doesn’t seem to have clarified much. He seems to be saying that those who break the law should be subject only to civil penalties and not criminal penalties.

A look at what the bill does.

Mass says start writing.

The real impact of the bill.

Nuisance laws and their real purpose.

I don’t know who these guys are and am not affiliated with them. But I might need one of these shirts.

Sights For My Sistema

More Silencer Shoot Pics

Kahr for MA.

Wifey says to me that I write too much on facebook. And that she ignores people who write too much. I say ‘well, if you ignore what I say on facebook, it will be just like real life’.

Odd how the real violence from G20 protests is not getting as much play as the non violence from the Tea Party protests.

I was going to comment on how the FBI basically held little Johnny Jihad’s hand and walked him through how to blow up a building so they could arrest him later. And how we’re all supposed to be impressed by that. I mean, gee, brainwashing an impressionable youth into doing something stupid is so hard. I held off that comment until I realized other folks were having the same thought.

Proving once again that they have no grassroots and are all intertwined, the connections between MAIG and the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership.

Seen at Michael’s:

Rep. Steve King (R-IA) declared in a radio interview that same sex marriage is part of a socialist agenda to undermine “the foundations of individual rights and liberties.”

Yeah, they’re the ones doing that. It was totally the gays who passed roving wiretaps; mandated two flush toilets; made it a felony to import lobsters in bags and not boxes; eliminated my right to choose which light bulbs I can use; mandated that all my banking transactions be monitored; and said I needed a proctological exam to board an airplane. That was the gays alright and not boneheads whose names start with Rep.

NY Governor:

“You heard the mantra, ‘Tax the rich, tax the rich,”‘ Paterson said Wednesday at a gathering of newspaper editors at an Associated Press event in Syracuse. “We’ve done that. We’ve probably lost jobs and driven people out of the state.”

Hats off to Joe, for taking another shooting.

Survivalist Blog:

personally I think the whole stopping power debate is a load of crap and a waste of time. Get a reliable weapon and learn to shoot.

Seen at David’s: Environmentalists Seek to Wipe Out Plush Toilet Paper

Hats off to Al Franken, of all people:

Franken, who opened by acknowledging that unlike most of his colleagues in the Senate, he’s not a lawyer, but according to his research “most Americans aren’t lawyers” either, said he’d also done research on the Patriot Act and in particular, the “roving wiretap” provision that allows the FBI to get a warrant to wiretap a an unnamed target and his or her various and changing cell phones, computers and other communication devices.

Noting that he received a copy of the Constitution when he was sworn in as a senator, he proceeded to read it to Kris, emphasizing this part: “no Warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

“That’s pretty explicit language,” noted Franken, asking Kris how the “roving wiretap” provision of the Patriot Act can meet that requirement if it doesn’t require the government to name its target.

Via Phelps.

It is on hold until June.

Oral arguments here.

Facepalm.

I mentioned before that one cannot possibly keep up with all the genres and sub-genres of heavy-metal. Now, there’s a flowchart.

Best SHTF gun?

Over on the left, you’ll see an ad for Ultmak. Not only are they advertising here, but I endorse their products. I was happy with mine. More here and here.

Model 13

News photos for gun nuts

More silencer shoot pics

A look at the new Hi-Point carbine.

Nemesis Arms .308 Windrunner

Travel case

A summary.

One of my criticism of the various municipalities banning carry in parks was that it would create a patchwork of laws that no one could keep up with. And that if you happened to wonder through a park while otherwise lawfully carrying, you’d break the law, like if you cut through the World’s Fair Park as a shortcut while perusing Knoxville’s downtown. Well, Tennessee’s AG says that’s not the case. He also answers a whole mess of other questions, such as sign posting requirements. But this is a bit dangerous:

A handgun carry permit holder who carries a firearm into a county or municipal park where the county or municipality has prohibited such carrying could still be convicted of violating Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1311 even if such county or municipality failed to comply with the posting requirements that are set forth in section 2(e)(2) of Chapter 428.

Update: A reader emails:

This might be a good time to remind folks that an A.G. opinion is just that, an opinion. Courts are not in any way bound by such opinions and regularly ignore them.

Good point.

Covered the case before. Now, I see that they are having a sale to raise money for legal fees. And, in what seems to be a trend illustrated also by CavArms, no charges have ever been filed. KT’s website is here.

TN Democrat Gubernatorial Candidate Roy Herron praises the guy who’s the plaintiff in the restaurant carry case. You know, that case that’s really stupid and will fail. But I’m glad they’re doing that instead of something.

Via ACK, who notes that, oddly, Herron was a cosponsor of the guns in bars bill.

Four police officers shot in no-knock raid. I thought the justification for no-knock raids was so they wouldn’t get shot and so evidence couldn’t be destroyed.

A census worker has been found dead from hanging with the word fed written on his chest. The blame is coming soon.

Via BB.

Been hearing a lot of these commercials on the radio about supposedly closing post office locations. Seems that congress is looking to close some branches. Not surprising. The free market does it better, faster, and guarantees results. The USPS, not so much. And then there’s email, faxes, etc. and those are cheaper and faster than mail. The ads depict doom and gloom about your mail being slow and blah blah. But at the end of the ads, they say something like this ad brought to you by your postal employees. Is the USPS buying ads to save its own skin or is there a union that does that?

Via Bruce, we learn that Bloomberg is a hypocrite in addition to being a loon.

Cool: 86,000 M1 Garands and 22,000 M1 Carbines may be on their way from Korea

The White House:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 26, 2009, as National Hunting and Fishing Day.

In Toronto.

TriggerFinger blogs again and notes the return of Total Information Awareness:

As predicted, it was renamed and funded from different sources and didn’t miss a beat. And it’s already being used in domestic criminal investigations — notably unrelated to terrorism. Data from car rental companies, hotel chains, and even department stores is being correlated.

There had to be some way to make that song good:

Heh.

Via Tam.

NEVER LET THE MUZZLE COVER ANYTHING YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO DESTROY

The War on Food Poor People Eat. Same as why the taxes on cigarettes are far higher than the taxes on cigars.

Apparently, Libya’s leader of indeterminate spelling, travels with 40-50 armed female body guards. In NY. So, in NYC, even tinpot dictators are like you and me only better.

I hear that you can follow a live twitter feed on Nordyke here.

Via David

HOV lanes: Racist!

Half of mobile homes in the south. Which would put the other half in the north?

Fictitious assault rifles for sale.

Steyr’s 22LR trainer

Videos from the AAC Silencer Shoot

WizardPC is none too happy. And he has video of Haslam’s remarks. I found it interesting he consulted TFA on how to strengthen his second amendment bona fides and then disregarded that advice.

Yesterday’s Yahoo front page had this article on the great ammo drought. Seems to me ammo is getting easier to find these days.

Also, a look at gun sales after Obama’s election.

Yup:

A substantial number of member of the coalition have been indicted in recent months, on felony charges. Here in the US, conviction of felony means the immediate loss of both the right to vote and the right to own a gun for the rest of one’s life. This is an organization that espouses doing away with “illegal guns”, yet a surprising number of their members have made choices in their lives that have set themselves on the path to being disenfranchised from ever owning a gun.

Jeff Woods bring us July’s news, today.

Major case of teh st00pid breaks out at about 7:45:

Idiots.

Update: Video yanked.

Knoxville banned the law-abiding from going armed in their parks. And that ban will stand. Now, only criminals will be armed there. No surprise there. But this is a bit interesting:

Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam, who’s seeking the Republican nomination for governor, didn’t vote but gave the vote his support, saying the intersection of greenways and gun-free zones such as schools would make repealing the ban impractical.

“I think the best course of action would be to keep the ordinance we have,” he said.

This could be an issue for Haslam later.

Katherine Mangu-Ward:

I’m the average American: Take 30 percent of my paycheck and I’ll shrug. Nationalize the car companies and I’ll change the channel to cartoons. Add 10 cents to the cost of my Cherry Coke and, so help me God, I will start a revolution.

It doesn’t make a lick of sense, but that’s the way people are. Tea parties notwithstanding, trans fat regulations, smoking rules, parental advisory stickers, and light bulb bans have long been some of the best recruitment tools libertarians have.

First, let’s get this one out of the way. the Commercial Squeal:

Four months after the adjournment of a state legislative session dominated by gun bills

Ah, hyperbole. There were, what, four or five gun bills out of how many bills? Anyway, this isn’t a post about that, it’s a post about this:

Lawmakers heard testimony on a bill to allow people with handgun-carry permits to keep their guns in their locked vehicles on their workplace’s parking lots regardless of their employer’s policy on the issue. Current law allows employers to ban weapons from all their property, including parking lots.

The Rep asks whose rights are superior?

On one hand, a property owner can decide what otherwise lawful activities they allow on their property, which is also why I oppose smoking bans and such. On the other hand, my car is my property and their parking lot is available to the public.

Not a bill I’m particularly excited about.

Roger Abramson on drugs.

You know what will protect women? Restraining orders that are easier to get. Because that’s the problem. They were hard to get before.

Under threat when you disagree with the establishment.