Pick which one you want torture tested.

Seen at Joe’s:

A judge found the actions of federal agents who refused to show Zanesville residents a warrant when asked are “completely unreasonable and unjustified.”

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At the suppression hearing in July, Marbley made it clear to agents with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and Assistant U.S. Attorney David Bosley, that he was unhappy with the way agents handled the search June 18 at the Thompson home on Kopchak Road.

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Marian Thompson said even though she repeatedly asked for a warrant, none was ever supplied.

Marbley stated in his ruling that “one of the purposes served by the warrant requirement is informing citizens that the executing agents are acting under proper authorization when they invade the sanctity of a citizen’s home.”

From DirtCrashr.

Oh my:

While DHS was busy putting tea parties and anyone who dares fly the official military Gadsen flag on the domestic terrorist watch list, a real terrorist was spouting off online, glorifying suicide bombings and our mission in Iraq. I mean, I’m sure if I drink enough I might be able to understand the perception that a bunch of middle-class people peacefully dissenting with certain Washington policies are way more dangerous than a dude who talked about terrorist stuff on social sites and had gotten authorities’ attention six months ago.

Via insty.

in Russia?

Breda shoots an M14.

Sad:

what have we come to when reading the bill is considered a threat?

Probably like a wallet gun.

The police have sent out an alert regarding a Mossberg shotgun hidden in a Supersoaker (with pics). Some question as to the legality of even owning such a gizmo and more on that discussion here. I would say that ownership of such a weapon may qualify as an AOW.

That said, pretty deplorable device if used criminally. Officer friendly or someone sees someone standing around with a Supersoaker then winds up getting shot.

Yammering because kids are wearing camouflage. Scary terms like dressed to kill. My kids don’t wear it because, well, we’re not a fan. But if they did, it’s not because they’re killers.

Brady Campaign draws ire from senator.

A look at the TN gubernatorial race.

Over at nonlogic comes some wailing and gnashing of teeth because a guy who is a state rep bought his four-year-old daughter a pink .22. My little girl shot for the first time at age five. And plans for her first gun are already in the works. And she’ll only have access to it when I’m around. And it will be a fun teaching aid to teach here about gun safety.

By Mas Ayoob. I also wonder why there were, initially, several ‘confirmed’ reports of multiple shooters.

That’s a helluva toy shotgun.

3 robbed at gun point in NYC

After the Fort Hood shootings, folks are wasting no time blaming the gun and ammo. The shooter used the FN FiveseveN, which fires the 5.7X28. The round is basically a glorified .22 magnum. There is an armor piercing variety of the ammo but that is not for sale commercially. Wired has a look at the issue.

In NY, fewer murders on rainy days.

A brief review. The phone is pretty much awesome. All sorts of free apps that work well. And it comes with a lot of gizmos. The voice activated search is pretty cool, though the kids aren’t that good at it since they tend to say ‘b’ instead of ‘v’.

The AK47 app is lots of fun and the kids like the bubble game.

Bar code scanner is nifty. Scan the bar code of anything and it will look up product reviews online.

I said earlier that I thought it had some sort of proprietary cable. I was wrong. It’s apparently the new micro USB and I had the older USB cables.

GMote is cool. Use your Droid to as a remote for your PC. Handy for watching netflix on the TeeVee and for operating media player.

Turn by turn directions are free. That is slick.

A few complaints:

There is a number in contacts that I did not put there. And I cannot delete it. Odd.

Keyboard was a bit difficult to get used to. I’d constantly hit two keys at once. Getting the hang of it.

I cannot uninstall some of the preloaded apps that I’ll likely never use.

The cool feature that it runs multiple apps at once has one drawback. It doesn’t really close a lot of them when you think you’ve exited. But there’s an app to close them called TasKiller.

Quite a few of it’s features rely on having a gmail account. I already had one so not a big deal.

Since I’ve played with it a lot, battery seems to drain pretty quickly.

I never owned an iPhone but I played with them a lot at the store. Always tempted to buy one but, at the end of the day, I just couldn’t switch to the horrible AT&T service. But in a day, I’ve decided I like the Droid better. If I’d owned an iPhone, that might not be the case.

Droid is an awesome gizmo.

Update: The manual leaves a lot to be desired and I haven’t found a help file yet.

Is the default droid sound effect. I send myself email just to hear it.

Worst thing about it is that the cable is some bizarre proprietary looking thing, which means the no less than 100 cables I had that worked with my blackberry don’t work. I’ll need a car charger and all of that.

I have one. It rules.

Greatest zombie movie ever.

About to start.

Layers of editorial oversight.

Update: the press notices.

News says Fort Hood killer used a a 5.7-caliber semiautomatic pistol. I think they mean the FN FiveseveN, which is close to a .22 caliber.

Why do we disarm our military?

Hero:

Kimberly Munley, hero and civilian police officer, saved lives when she put an end to the rampage by shooting Major Hasan 4 times, even while Officer Munley herself was wounded.

Grrl power. Never thought I’d see Egalia mention that someone armed was a hero.

Another mass shooting, in Orlando.

More info here. Suspect still at large.

Or Babes with Bullets:

I shot a gun for the first time on my 45th birthday. I admit to being scared in the beginning, but I was determined to find a new adventure to share with my husband. What I didn’t realize when I started shooting was just how much more than a new adventure I would find!

The gun that beat inflation.

The start of the next project:

From Gun Porn

Started off with a 6.8SPC marked lower from Tactical Machining. And I decided I needed a bit of color in my collection so I got some flat dark earth furniture from Cavalry Arms.

BTW, CavArms customer service is great. I called them up because for some reason the pistol grip screw I had was a bit long. I asked them if their grips maybe required a shorter screw (since their stocks don’t use a spacer, I thought it was possible). They sent me a screw and washer free. That’s good service.