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Knights Armament SR15 and a review

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I just discovered that Droid is also a phone.

The Fort Hood shooter will be tried in military court. He could get the firing squad but that presumes Obama has the stones to sign that order.

And the DC sniper is set to die tonight by lethal injection. One shot, one kill. Make it two shots. I’ll have some bourbon at 9:00 to commemorate the event.

Droid didn’t come with a detailed manual or how to. But you can download one here.

Think this case could be prosecuted under the federal thought err hate crimes bill?

An alleged first hand account of the Fort Hood shooting. Cannot attest to its validity so take with huge grain of salt. Snopes says undetermined but, given their accuracy, I wouldn’t bet on that either.

Tomorrow is Veterans Day. And you should take a vet to lunch. Pass it on.

So says Rob Curtis:

Surefire sued the pants off them in district court back in April 2008. The suit was against Pentagon Scientific Corp’s infringement on Surefire’s lockout tailcap switch patent. Six months later, the court found in their favor. The company bought back some of its inventory from its dealers but never put out a statement about its demise. So, even though it’s old news, there are still people wondering if PentagonLight is really gone. It is.

I got my first copy of NRA’s Shooting Illustrated last week. To make the FTC guys happy In the interest of fairness, I should point out that it’s complimentary. It’s a good magazine that focuses on shooting and not gratuitous gun porn. Article on all sorts of mousegun .380s and one on clearing jams in your AR-15. I was impressed with it. I get quite a few gun magazines and all but two are disappointing. I like Shooting Illustrated (after just one one issue) and Guns Magazine, because it has more pix than most other magazines.

Update: Looks like I‘m not the only blogger who 1) got a copy and 2) likes it.

Heh.

They were against it before their guy was for it.

Picking on media matters isn’t very sporting (too easy). But this is a good read. Hacks are all for big government when their guys are in charge.

At the firearm blog.

I mentioned before how I inadvertently open carried and an amazing thing happened: nothing. No one noticed. No one said anything. No big deal.

But if I was a hot librarian, it’d probably be different.

Curt: According to the local NBC affiliate, Chicago has seen a 17% increase in the use of machine guns in crime…machine guns that were purchased legally at gun stores in Indiana.

Evan Nappen, expert gun lawyer, looks at the Firearms Freedom Acts:

Both Montana and Tennessee have passed FFAs, and they are to be commended for their commitment to the right to keep and bear arms. Unfortunately, the FFAs passed in Montana and Tennessee have serious problems that make their probability for success in the courts highly unlikely. Both states’ FFAs contain items regulated by the federal government not under its power of interstate commerce, but under the federal government’s power of taxation. It specifically includes silencers and destructive devices (firearms over .50 caliber).

Grenade turned in at gun buy back program. Well, they say no questions asked.

Limbaugh, that is.

Seen at DT’s:

This pimped IDF M4 rifle has been outfitted with an off duty carry clip that keeps the 30 round 5.56mm (.223) Magazine at the ready but in a completely safe position.

Or how to actually prevent gun deaths

Whenever there’s an accidental shooting, the press uses passive words about how someone was shot. Or how an object did an action like gun went off. The list goes on. But, generally, they don’t say anything about gun safety and things that actually may be helpful to other people. So, I was rather surprised by this bit in the St. Petersburg Times:

Basic gun safety in Hillsborough County shooting could have saved daughter

Firearms experts across Tampa Bay on Monday said they knew what could have saved the life of federal public defender Melissa Kupferberg.

Basic gun safety.

A message the bears repeating. Basic gun safety would eliminate nearly all accidental shootings. Hats off to the press here for getting that message out.

Update: NSSF has more, along with some resources for the press.

30 new jobs to be created when gun-barrel maker Precision Machine opens plan in Sturgis, SD

Of course: Auditors in the state Comptroller’s office has completed an audit of the state Comptroller’s office. There was no finding of anything improper.

Over at Third Power’s place.

It’s here.

New Firearms & Stuff from the 2009 NASGW Show

AR receivers in living color from Hero-Gear.

Ping

Bob Owens has a look. Don’t forget, ATF said the ammo isn’t armor piercing.

Because you’ve not had enough yet.

And, while I have not heard any reports of people not being able to buy Droid phones, I’ve been unable to find any accessories for it that I want. The local Verizon store at the mall in Maryville had none. And the online store at Verizon appears to be out. So, I cannot find a carrying case or the docking station.

It doesn’t sync media players and your media has to be dragged and dropped from your PC via USB connection. Personally, I prefer that. I always hated itunes and windows media player sync applications. They duplicate things, take too long, and suck. So, not a complaint for me. But it may be for you.

At first, I didn’t dig the keyboard. But now that I’m used to it, I find it a bit more user-friendly than my crackberry. Keys are bigger and the shift/alt functions are a bit more intuitive.

Droid’s desktop (for lack of a better term) has three panels that you can scroll through. On the center (or main) panel, you can’t put shortcuts where it looks like the top row is. I can on the other two panels. I’d like to get four more apps on the main screen.

Another complaint I have is that the cable that came with it is too short.

Some folks may not like the fact that you really need a Google account to play with all the pretty things.

It looks like Verizon is about to make a mistake and charge a ridiculous fee for tethering your phone to your PC for internet connectivity.

Also, another review over at Knoxviews. The docking station looks pretty cool.

Update: Since someone asked about call quality, I’ll say it’s good. With the blackberry, my wife and others would complain that they couldn’t hear me when they called me at the office. My wife says she can hear me much better on this phone. Also, phone calls I receive are just fine.

The economics of customizing guns are discussed by Chris and Tam. They note that such undertakings should be for your own enjoyment as you’ll never recover your costs. True.

Les Jones, however, notes that you can get awesome deals on other people’s custom guns.

You know, computer viruses are usually pretty nasty by tracking keys or deleting files. A new one can make you a felon by downloading child pornography to your computer.

Armor Piercing Projectiles Bounce Off Bullet-Proof Ignorance. Tam tells you about the ammo restrictions.