Long ago, I saw this black comedian’s stand up routine. I forgot who it was. But one of the funnier bits of his show was when he talked about how it was unusual being a black guy in a large group of white people. And if he was out with a large group of white people when another black guy did or said something stupid, all the white people would look at him as if to say what are you going to do about that? Well, let’s stop doing that to Barack Obama. Asking him about Kanye West or calling the country Obama’s America after a bunch of black kids beat up a white kid as if he can do something about it is just stupid. He’s not just president of black people, you know.

US is a pro-gun nation.

Someone clipped the wife’s car in a parking lot and took off her passenger side mirror. That’s her story, and she’s sticking to it.

Anyway, she called up Honda and said she needed a new mirror. They were happy to do so for $300. Instead, we ordered one for $30, paid $15 to ship it and I put it on myself in about 30 minutes. You really can Google up directions for almost anything.

A good read:

What confounds me is the unmitigated refusal of county leaders to challenge law enforcement and to demand better — as if civil rights are somehow rendered secondary by the war on drugs.

Well, today, they are. That should be changed.

Paranoia about paranoiacs.

Bitter is tracking Mayors Against Gun press coverage.

Dumbest thing I’ve heard of but:

An Arizona couple accused of sexual abuse after taking bath-time photos of their children and then trying to have them developed at Walmart are suing the state and the retail giant.

Hope they win.

Rusty on gun polls:

Too many Americans still haven’t figured the term “assault weapon” means “a regular rifle that looks cool”.

Comparative chart of the cost of medical procedures in certain countries. I dunno that I’d have the same procedure at 1/10th the cost if it was in India.

National Police Shooting Championships thanks Brownells.

Brownells does a lot for the shooting sports and gun rights.

The WaPo:

Democrats Target Bank Overdraft Charges

A backlash is brewing on Capitol Hill against banks that charge large fees for overdrafts without asking or telling customers, the latest sign that the financial crisis is shifting the balance of power from banks toward borrowers.

Banks struggling to survive have become increasingly reliant on the fees, which could total $38.5 billion this year.

But congressional Democrats, who pushed through new restrictions on credit cards this spring, now are promising a crackdown on overdraft fees, using words like “criminal” and “rip-off” to describe the practice of letting people overspend and then charging them fees without warning. Most overdrafts are now incurred on debit card transactions.

The result of this will be either interest free loans or not covering written checks. And the fees for bounced checks are usually more because, in addition to a bank fee, the place you bounce a check to probably charges a fee for that.

Gun owners are terrorists:

This has nothing to do with the right to bear arms, and everything to do with keeping our country safe from terrorists

This is in response to the bill that allows passengers to check firearms on Amtrak trains, like people do on airplanes. This man is truly delusional on the gun issue. Not even the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership opposed this bill.

NSSF has launched a campaign to educate the press on AR-15s:

Obama administration says dismiss suit seeking benefits for same sex couples.

Heh

Senator’s Chief of Staff says straight porn will make you gay. Because it turns your sexual drive inward. Err, that’s masturbation, sparky. Not a case of the gay.

Fuz:

Have we been in similar circumstances before, where a Circuit is hearing (or rehearing) a case that bears very directly on another case for which the Supreme Court is weighing cert?

An interesting week or two.

My Fox DC:

At least 22 states that ban texting while driving offer some type of service that allows motorists to get information about traffic tie-ups, road conditions or emergencies via Twitter.

An auction of gun stuff near Nashville.

Nifty video of AR assembly.

AK buried in Africa for 18 years. Dug up, oiled a bit, and fired. Go to about the 2:00 mark.

DownRange.TV has the announcement and video of Rugers new AR-15-looking 10/22.

Firearm blog notes it’s similarities with another 10/22 based weapon. Also, not entirely dissimilar to the RB Precision Evolution Stock.

Glam Guns, must be seen to appreciate.

Hillbilly ingenuity

Kel-Tec “Freedom” P3AT

The maker of AKs and Saigas may go tango uniform. So, how do you make a weapon that costs $100 to make, sell it for $500 and do that?

You don’t say?

What’s missing?