I have a standard A2 buttstock that I need to put on a lower. To install, I know I need a buffer spring, buffer body, buffer tube, spacer and spacer screw. Is that it? I’d hate place this order and be a part short.

I guess the media is in trouble then:

And in case anyone’s curious, a link from SayUncle generates a LOT more hits than one from the Boston Globe.

Seen at The KNS:

“In the current case involving threatening communications made to attorneys representing a defendant in the Christian-Newsom murder trial, the FBI’s investigation into this matter was recently and prematurely exposed. In addition, the News Sentinel revealed yesterday the precise subject matter of a federal grand jury subpoena it received concerning this crime, citing the “newsworthiness” of this development and the absence of an explanation by the FBI as to why the subpoena’s secrecy was important.

“While the News Sentinel’s disclosure may indeed serve “the interest of transparency,” the revelations made to date may also provide the person or persons who committed the crime with the strategic knowledge necessary to now successfully frustrate this important investigation. This is the reason the United States Attorney’s Office asked the News
Sentinel not to disclose the issuance or substance of the subpoena.”

Suddenly, my home internet connection will not go to certain sites. All computers and all browsers. I can’t, for example, access Post Politics. The connections time out. Been happening a couple days now. Any ideas?

Update: The internets have apparently unfucked themselves. So, it works now. I guess someone poked Al Gore with a stick.

Went by the local gun shop to pick up the latest acquisition. No dice. Seems the Tennessee Instant Check System is down.

Lou Dobbs says people shot at his house. I’m sure bloggers and news columnists will be out there blaming a political ideology for this one, right?

Two shot in LA synagogue. Still on the loose. Little speculation on this one in the press.

And the FBI killed the leader of a mosque in a raid. While the NYT won’t tell you a lot of things, Moe Lane will.

But let’s make sure we continue demonizing Oath Keepers, who the press will tell you are domestic terrorists despite not terrorizing anyone.

Update: Looks like Dobbs was the victim of a rule four violation.

The Commercial Squeal continues crying about its loss on the gun ban in Bartlett.

Attack with a ferret leads to charge of battery with a special weapon.

Can’t imagine why anyone would want one in a wilderness area.

Smith & Wesson Model 39-2

Gun sales to women up. In Illinois

Sebastian has a more in depth look into the recent court ruling.

Since 1984, over 112M firearms have been sold. Yet accidental gun deaths dropped.

This strikes me as a good way to get killed or sued.

The Internet’s. On this day, forty years ago, Al Gore created it. In other news, I’m younger than the internet.

Coolest thing you’ll see today.

Odd article, I thought.

This guy does a crappy photshop of this picture. Makes dicks jokes. You know, because all those gun owners are compensating for the size of their penis.

I’d have tried out for ATF director.

Hope and change:

More than 40% of President Obama’s top-level fundraisers have secured posts in his administration, from key executive branch jobs to diplomatic postings in countries such as France, Spain and the Bahamas, a USA TODAY analysis finds.

Twenty of the 47 fundraisers that Obama’s campaign identified as collecting more than $500,000 have been named to government positions, the analysis found.

And that’s from USA Today who, unusually, has some harsh words for the president. It’s like the new president smell has worn off or something.

Today, I am officially half way to what the average life-expectancy for me should be. Cheery, eh?

And apparently lots of other gun blogger sorts have birthdays in late October. Someone should do a study about that.

I love it when the anti-rights folks admit their defeat:

Never mind that H.R. 45 has no co-sponsors and has received no hearing in a House committee—meaning you’re more likely to see a pig fly than this bill passing Congress

A girl in Iowa was suspended for bringing a spent shotgun shell to Show-And-Tell.

TN attorney to challenge red light cameras.

Thought crimes now make stuff that’s already illegal even more illegaller. They call it a hate crime prevention act. Which it’s not. It just increases the punishment and adds something else someone could be charged with. It will prevent nothing.

NRA selling jump drives shaped like your favorite round.

A newspaper published a letter that advocated killing hunters. Now, I expect people to have such bone-headed ideas. I don’t expect a newspaper to publish stuff like that.

I am amazed at the amount of PSH coming from the press and the boneheads at the Southern Policy Law Center about the Oath Keepers being right-wing, neo-Nazi, racist, radical extremists and terrorists. They’re not. They have simply stated they will not violate their oath to the constitution by following orders that go against it. Granted, some of their pledges are for events that are quite unlikely to occur. That, to me, makes them a bit quirky but not inherently dangerous. They’re just following in the fine tradition of refusing to take orders.

More on the morons at SPLC from Jesse Walker.

Another Mayor Against Guns guilty.

Republican Congressman Jeff Flake regarding his vote against H.Res.784, a bill “honoring the 2560th anniversary of the birth of Confucius and recognizing his invaluable contributions to philosophy and social and political thought”:

He who spends time passing trivial legislation may find himself out of time to read healthcare bill

Well played, sir. Well played.

Tam has a look at firearm safety gizmos over the years. None, of course, are substitute for the four rules.

Even threats of violence do not counter our silly felons in possession laws.

Testing bullet resistant glass

Declan McCullagh:

A New Jersey appeals court has concluded that Americans have no Second Amendment right to buy a handgun.

Whoa! That goes against Heller. Oh, that’s right, they didn’t exactly rule that. What they actually ruled was that NJ’s onerous licensing scheme (which can deny you a firearm because some police chief doesn’t like you) was not affected by Heller. And noted that Heller did not strike down a gun ban but told DC to give a permit. Seems to me that requiring the permit did end the ban.

This is one of the issues with Heller. The Heller team wanted a win on the simple question of whether or not there is an individual right to arms. As such, the case was very narrowly focused. And pretty much opened up all sorts of room for legal maneuvering. I think once the Chicago case is concluded, this will change.

Yes, Heller was a win. But there’s plenty more to be done. And smart guys like Alan Gura are doing those things.

And why we follow them. Yes, you can make mistakes (I have) but in order to really ruin your day or someone else’s, you have to violate more than one of the rules. In other news, Rich is blogging again.

Murdoc’s AR

Comparison of pocket rockets

GunPal: Like Paypal, only not run by douchebags.

A lot of folks seem upset with the recent TN AG opinion that says a landlord can ban firearms on his property. Well, it’s the landlord’s property and so long as a tenant agrees in the contract or such a requirement is in the rules the tenant agrees to abide by, then that’s a matter of abiding by a contract. If you sign such a contract, you are bound by it. I can’t imagine many people would sign such a contract.

Win some custom 1911 Punisher grips.

Lemaricus Davidson.

This made me tear up a bit.

Looking at ten years in prison and a $250K fine for missing three inches of steel:

James Mathew Kennedy, of the 1000 block of 27th Avenue Southwest, took the AR15-type rifle into the gun show, where he went to buy parts, officials said. They gave this account: The rifle had a barrel length about three inches shorter than is allowed without first going through a lengthy federal approval process.

At the NRA convention, I met Ronnie Barrett of Barrett Rifles. Nice guy. This article says he may move the company out of state due to issues with the Tennessee Department of Transportation:

Barrett wants to widen Miller Lane and extend it by 550 feet, at no cost to the city or county.

Barrett says 4 years ago TDOT agreed to the project, but later changed its mind about allowing use of the public right of way along I-24.

He says, “They responded in writing, yes we’re in favor of this. The fence could be moved so the extension could go forward.”

FOX 17 asked TDOT for a comment but since a lawsuit has been field, state officials say they can’t comment on pending litigation.

Barrett recently completed a $4 million expansion, believing TDOT would allow the roadway extension.

Without it, the building isn’t accessible to commercial vehicles.

So popular, it has it’s own hunting magazine. Here’s issue one, complete with tank-top-clad hottie.

Via Bill.

Gun owners, that is. This post at Tam’s got me to thinking. Imagine if your local gun shop was ran like an internet forum.

Customer: Yes, I’m interested in buying an AR-15?

Gun Shop Person: I don’t carry those. They’re overpriced, finicky, and the round won’t even stop a small kitty. I carry AKs. You can fill the action with concrete then just add some motor oil for lube and it will fire. And it fires a man’s round!

Customer: But the AK has horrible ergonomics, the receivers are pounded into creation by cavemen with rocks and you couldn’t hit the side of a barn from inside the barn with one.

Gun Shop Person: Gamer

Customer: Cheapskate

**Pause**

Customer: Got any Glocks?

Gun Shop Person: Don’t even start.

Oddly, despite the internet’s various and sundry ABSOLUTE TRUTHS ABOUT ALL THINGS GUN, I’ve never had a gun shop employee try to talk me out of a gun. Unless they just didn’t sell it there.

Via NRA Blog, I’ve become aware of NRA’s Disable Shooting Services. The program:

guides more Americans with physical disabilities into hunting and outdoor activities than all other shooting sports organizations in the nation. Since its inception in 1994, NRA’s Disabled Shooting Services Program has offered services that have enabled thousands of Americans with physical disabilities to enjoy a variety of shooting activities, including competitive events and hunting.

A look at privacy rankings in the world.

Guns in parks: Despite the Commercial Squeal’s constant yammering, Bartlett did not pass a bill banning guns in pa http://url4.eu/gJnD

Guns in parks: Despite the Commercial Squeal’s constant yammering, Bartlett did not pass a bill banning guns in pa http://url4.eu/gJnD

First Cali: People leaving NY over taxes. Businesses will be next. http://url4.eu/gJnB

First Cali: People leaving NY over taxes. Businesses will be next. http://url4.eu/gJnB

Every body needs one or six: TD has no AR? And bonus QOTD from PDB in comments:
I would go ahead and get a Cav Arms A1 http://url4.eu/gJn9

Every body needs one or six: TD has no AR? And bonus QOTD from PDB in comments:
I would go ahead and get a Cav Arms A1 http://url4.eu/gJn9

Quote of the Day: Walgreen’s 10-K footnotes:
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Quote of the Day: Walgreen’s 10-K footnotes:
The Federal government has been considering proposals to reform the U http://url4.eu/gJn7

Where Great Britain Used To Be: Via TP, the police raid and crack open thousands of safety deposit boxes. That place is http://url4.eu/gJn3

Where Great Britain Used To Be: Via TP, the police raid and crack open thousands of safety deposit boxes. That place is http://url4.eu/gJn3

Despite the Commercial Squeal’s constant yammering, Bartlett did not pass a bill banning guns in parks.

People leaving NY over taxes. Businesses will be next.

TD has no AR? And bonus QOTD from PDB in comments:

I would go ahead and get a Cav Arms A1 rear sight instead of the carry handle, since it’s a rifle, not a purse.

Walgreen’s 10-K footnotes:

The Federal government has been considering proposals to reform the U.S. health care system. These proposals may increase government involvement in health care, increase regulation of pharmacy services, result in changes to pharmacy reimbursement rates, and otherwise change the way we do business. The effect of these proposals could have an impact on our results of operations.

Via Ben, who notes it’s not just Walgreen’s.

Via TP, the police raid and crack open thousands of safety deposit boxes. That place is done.

In Baltimore, an off duty police officer drinks and goes to a haunted house. Where he pulls a gun on one of the characters.

I’ve had a Wii for a while. Great fun even though I only have like three games. I was thinking about getting a shooting game. Hsoi seems to like the Nyko perfect shot as an accessory. But what other shoot ‘em up games are there and are there any shoot ‘em up games for kids?

But you can’t carry it in your pocket, now can you?

Seems everyone thinks they’re a dumb idea. Even me. That is, until I read the latest American Rifleman and it had a review of the Kel-Tec RFB. The author noted that the only way to check the chamber was to remove the magazine, flip it over, and look up the magazine well. I can see an indicator being handy there but I would not rely on it as a substitute for gun safety.

Why does Nashville have 9 helicopters with thermal imaging? More than NYC.

For serious:

On Friday, I’m taking part in a debate that will be broadcast on C-SPAN. Howard Dean and I will be crossing rhetorical swords with Dick Armey and John Kasich on the question “America’s Future: Can Capitalism Survive?” The event will be moderated by Joe Scarborough. I plan to make the point that what we have right now is not actually capitalism — it’s corporatism. It’s welfare for the rich. It’s the government picking winners and losers. It’s Wall Street having their taxpayer-funded cake and eating it too. It’s socialized losses and privatized gains.

AZ just went through the same thing Tennessee did with guns in restaurants. Kevin got his activism on.

Libertarianism at a high.

Some gun polls.

News photos for gun nuts.

$57K shotgun

Portrayed positively in the press? What’s going on here?

One shot, one kill: Sniper Muhammad to die by lethal injection. http://url4.eu/gCg4

One shot, one kill: Sniper Muhammad to die by lethal injection. http://url4.eu/gCg4

Sniper Muhammad to die by lethal injection.

Kalashnikov says he has regrets: About the firearm that bears his name:
Approaching 90, the inventor of the Kalashnikov http://url4.eu/g0jQ

Kalashnikov says he has regrets: About the firearm that bears his name:
Approaching 90, the inventor of the Kalashnikov http://url4.eu/g0jQ

NFA Transfers: People have been noting that NFA transfers for machine guns, suppressors, etc. seem to be taking longer t http://url4.eu/g0jK

NFA Transfers: People have been noting that NFA transfers for machine guns, suppressors, etc. seem to be taking longer t http://url4.eu/g0jK

Saying dumb things on the internet: Michael Silence notes:
The FBI has expanded its investigation of reported death thre http://url4.eu/g0jM

Saying dumb things on the internet: Michael Silence notes:
The FBI has expanded its investigation of reported death thre http://url4.eu/g0jM

Priorities: You ever notice how education is always the top priority in an election year as opposed to the rest of the t http://url4.eu/g0jH

Priorities: You ever notice how education is always the top priority in an election year as opposed to the rest of the t http://url4.eu/g0jH

Capacity: People say to me Hey, how could you possibly ever need more than a ten round magazine?.
I say I dunno, maybe i http://url4.eu/g0jG

Capacity: People say to me Hey, how could you possibly ever need more than a ten round magazine?.
I say I dunno, maybe i http://url4.eu/g0jG

About the firearm that bears his name:

Approaching 90, the inventor of the Kalashnikov assault rifle has one big regret:

The almost unstoppable Kalashnikov, designed in 1947, has become the weapon of choice for militants and rebels from Liberia to Afghanistan as well as gangsters and drug traffickers.

“It is painful for me to see when criminal elements of all kinds fire from my weapon,” Mikhail Kalashnikov said in a videotaped address to a conference of Russian arms traders and designers at a top-secret Soviet-era arms testing facility outside Moscow.

And I heard commies used it too.

I was surprised his list of regrets did not include short sight radius, poorly designed selector switch, awkward magazine well, and lack of a bolt hold open.

Also interesting:

Anatoly Isaikin, the chief of the arms trading monopoly Rosoboronexport, said counterfeit Kalashnikovs “tarnish the brand because these weapons are sold in conflict regions.”

“Of course, their quality can stand no comparison with those Kalashnikovs produced in Russia,” Isaikin said.
Rosoboronexport is negotiating draft agreements with foreign producers of the weapon to protect it and other Russian arms, he said. He said 30 foreign producers currently make Kalashnikovs.

Michael Silence notes:

The FBI has expanded its investigation of reported death threats against the attorneys for the alleged ringleader in the torture slayings of a Knox County couple.

The News Sentinel was served Monday with a federal grand jury subpoena for information related to a comment posted in September on its Web site, knoxnews.com.

On the advice of corporate counsel, the newspaper turned over the information late Monday to FBI Special Agent Gregg Harmon.

People have been noting that NFA transfers for machine guns, suppressors, etc. seem to be taking longer these days. Here’s why:

From Gun Porn

Received that via email and can’t find the original source. But the numbers are fairly consisent with numbers reported here.

You ever notice how education is always the top priority in an election year as opposed to the rest of the time when everyone couldn’t really give a damn?

People say to me Hey, how could you possibly ever need more than a ten round magazine?.

I say I dunno, maybe if my home was invaded by 16 people?

In Sacramento, they issued 37 handgun carry permits. The anti-gunners crap themselves. There’s probably 37 in my neighborhood.

The latest issue of Boy’s Life is also featuring gun advertisements. A trend, I hope.

NSSF: More Women Learning About Concealed Carry

Joe offers some self-defense advice:

In some of my training via Insights the instructor referred to the initial stages of a violent confrontation as being interviewed. The interview might be conducted in silence from a distance, it might be by asking you for the time or for “money for a cup of coffee”, and it might only take a few seconds. But almost for certain the bad guy will conduct an “interview” of some type before attacking.

A look at a new magazine compared to one that has been loaded for six months. Not much difference. I’ve always operated under the assumption that what’s actually hard on magazines is how many times they are compressed not if they’re stored loaded or not.

Governor of California was in a motorcycle accident. He doesn’t have a license for one. So, he’s getting a ticket right? Right?

Heh.

In Australia, they added the Maltese to the dangerous dog list.

S&W revolver with the cylinders blown apart. Says the poster: I guess a reloading book is in order!

Interesting product here. Anyone have any experience with these or similar sights?

Via Oleg.

Mr. C. reports from the AZ steel challenge.