Via WizardPC, the Tennessee Firearms Association has posted the ruling here.

In England, the police are telling you not to buy your kids toy guns. Or they will be shot.

A review at GunBlast.

Ok, which one of you owns this thing:

From Gun Porn

It is for sale. Also, via Tam links a few more.

The Ammo Christmas Tree

Remember that Canadian who had 12 SWAT officers and helicopter come rough him up because he had a toy gun? Turns out the company that makes those is now overwhelmed with orders.

You can buy them here. But I don’t advise taking them to Canada.

A review here. Looks like a Glock with a hammer and decocker.

Yeah, not so much.

State bounces one of their IOU checks. It was for $1.35.

Sebastian reports that former American Hunters and Shooters Association Executive Director and former NRA attorney turned gun controller Bob Ricker has passed away. Bob was on the opposite team and the topic of quite a few posts around here.

My condolences to his loved ones.

In case you were unaware, it turns out that successful male athletes with multi-million dollar contracts have sex with lots of women. Who knew?

And this is neither.

An editorial over the recent case that overturned Tennessee’s guns in restaurants laws:

The ruling that the new law allowing people with handgun permits to bring guns into restaurants serving alcohol is “unconstitutionally vague” guarantees further debate on the issue when the Legislature reconvenes in January.

It does. And we will likely get even more pro-gun laws. But this ain’t a post about that, it’s a post about this:

Having done some more reading on the guns in restaurants bill, I’ve concluded that Claudie Bonnyman is almost sorta correct regarding trouble applying the law. The issue is not that the law is unconstitutionally vague or in any other way plain old vague. You see, the line is that Tennessee law doesn’t define bars or restaurants very well and one week a restaurant is a restaurant and then the next week it magically transforms into a bar. As such, this gun law is void. Which is dumb. Sounds to me like the laws defining restaurants and bars are what’s really at issue. And any person of ordinary intelligence can make the distinction on whether they are in a bar or a restaurant.

The other, more important, issue brought up is that a permit holder could inadvertently break the law. And this is the issue that they get right. The example given in the past by WizardPC is thus:

You, your wife, and your 2.4 kids go into your local latino restaurant (this is the example that Will Cheek used when arguing for the restaurant lobby) for dinner on a Saturday. You check for 1359 signage, and there isn’t any. You’re open carrying, because that’s how you roll. The hostess seats you, and the server brings you your chips and salsa. No one mentions your weapon, probably because they don’t notice. At the end of your dinner, you get up to pay at the front counter. Unbeknownst to you, Chief Ronal Serpas is also in that restaurant, and he knows that last week the restaurant was fined because more than 50% or their revenue came from liquor sales–they have a very good happy hour special on Margaritas.

Under the law cited above, it doesn’t matter that you didn’t know that.

And that is true. One could inadvertently violate the law.

Side note: Since it seems restaurant laws are unclear, any bets on whether the state will also use this as an opportunity to regulate the food industry more? I hope these restaurateurs like the increased regulation that will probably come down the pike for them.

For licking his house.

Steve notes rumors about which Fourth Generation Glock Models will be coming out first.

Also, rumors of a Glock in 22LR? That would be something I must have.

Taurus has a free shot timer for the iPhone.

The XD 3.8, a sub compact concealed carry piece.

Some guy opened fire in Baltimore with a machine gun. An Uzi

A few hours later, the story changes to fired one shot from a Tech 9.

we salute you, Mr. Behaves Like an Adult When He Makes a Mistake Guy.

Kevin got himself a gun for when he can’t carry a gun, a PF9. I have the P3AT myself. I like it’s small size and the fact that it, a Crimson Trace laser sight and pocket holster slip easily into the front pocket of a pair of shorts. I tend to agree that it is The Ideal Pocket Gun.

Kevin linked to a bit on how you can fluff and buff the weapon for more reliable function. I decided to do that. Using the instructions found here, I completely disassembled the weapon and polished the recommended parts. Areas to polish are detailed here. Never really had a reliability issue with mine but I figured this couldn’t hurt. I tried to do a bit of a trigger job as well. At GBR, I handled Chris‘ P3AT which had an excellent trigger. I’m not certain exactly how one would get to the trigger spring and trigger mechanism since you, apparently, cannot remove those without damaging them. So, I polished the parts I could reach. It did improve the trigger some but it’s not as nice as the trigger on Chris’ gun.

You’ll recall Dennis Henigan alleging pro-gunnies were gaming the system and giving his book bad ratings. Well, the anti-gunnies were trying too:

So out of their 16 5 star reviews, at least 5 are from professional gun control activists. Three of which are Brady employees. None of them acknowledged their connections.

Woman videotapes and photographs pictures at a surprise birthday party. Is arrested and charged with a felony because four minutes of a movie are playing in the background.

On his own land:

Engelking, 27, aimed to hunt deer Wednesday morning when he noticed a pipeline crew on his land. He hopped on his ATV and told workers they had no right to be on his property because he had received no compensation from Enbridge Energy Partners L.P. for an easement.

Engelking said workers told him he was in an unsafe place and asked him to come to an equipment staging area, where he continued to argue his case.

But just as he was turning to leave, Engelking said an officer from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department arrived on the scene and approached with a Taser drawn.

“He ordered me to ‘get down on the ground now!’ And he said that I was being arrested for trespassing,” Engelking said.

Joe Huffman:

Thank you ATF and Federal judicial system for doing the right thing.

50 best protest signs of 2009.

This past weekend, we took the kids to Secret Safe Place’s breakfast with Santa. It’s a tradition that we go every year. And it’s a good cause:

The mission of A Secret Safe Place for Newborns of Tennessee, Inc. is to protect the most defenseless among us, newborn infants, by educating and informing women and communities of safe, secret options under the Safe Haven Law.

So, if you got some money burning a hole in your pocket, why not give some to a good cause.

H&K 416 in 22LR.

Colt Lawman

Over at JayG’s.

A couple interesting bits:

TriggerFinger: the level of trust held by a populace in its government influences the murder rate in that society. When people trust their government and feel justice and respect can be obtained through the system without resorting to violence, murder rates are low. When the government is not responsive to the people, and is not trusted to deliver justice for its citizens, murder rates increase

And a link between traffic deaths and murders?

Remember when Alice Schroeder said Goldman Sachs employees were buying guns because they were afraid of an uprising against them? Turns out, not so much.

Never tried them. But here’s a look at them.