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.

Scope leveling.

A chart comparing Mayors Against Illegal Guns and the Brady Campaign.

Assault and battery is not an accident. A case for CCW insurance.

Same reason all gun owners are violent rednecks with something to prove? Well, that’s my theory. Here’s Dadvocates.

Michael Bane on 10/22s, AR-15s, and hybrids of the two.

Living Colour!

David Hardy at 30,000 feet:

Bill Clinton is no longer NRA’s greatest recruiter. Obama has taken his title, and pushed membership back over four million again. It took the Brady Act, the AW ban, Lautenberg, and lots of lesser statutes, not to mention Waco, for Clinton to win the status, and Obama’s won it without lifting a legislative finger.

New shooter report!

Og makes his own holster. Cool.

Snubbie show down

Pics from AAC’s silencer shoot here and here.

NPSC’s prize table. Also, NRABlog has been doing a fantastic job covering shooting events!

Burglar leaves his Facebook page on victim’s computer

Is 9mm really less effective than .45 ACP?

Says Derek: I’m going to witness history. Where are you going to be?

He also has details on where to meet.

Now, a slideshow.