A look at thumbs forward grip of a revolver. Well, (graphic pic no clicky if squeamish) that guy who blew his thumb off with a 460 revolver might disagree.

Some McDonald case blurbs:

Kevin looks over the transcript.

A round up from Linoge.

A great day

Xrlqy Wrqly will welcome Chicago back into the union.

Kopel looks at “reasonable regulation”

Orin Kerr has a few thoughts.

As to what I think? I think it went for the good guys and we’ll get five justices to say that states/locales cannot ban guns. The P&I argument seemed to to lose steam really quickly but the due process argument will hold. Gura did an excellent job. He went for the gold. And NRA’s lawyer brought up the rear, ensuring a silver.

Gura to the “wise latina”:

Justice Sotomayor, States may have grown accustomed to violating the rights of American citizens, but that does not bootstrap those violations into something that is constitutional.

Word.

Edmunds.com challenges participants to demonstrate in a controlled environment a repeatable factor that will cause an unmodified new vehicle to accelerate suddenly and unexpectedly.

In Lawrenceburg, TN, the police raid the wrong house. Then allegedly try to cover it up.

In MD, SWAT teams are deployed 4.5 times per day.

Couple mistakenly receives 33 pounds of marijuana via FedEx. Says the woman:

I don’t want them coming through my door with guns drawn, because I love my dog.

The internet meme is real life now.

A bill in WI:

Dealers would have to check the mental health histories of handgun buyers before selling them firearms under a bill passed unanimously Tuesday by the Senate.

Senators also advanced a bill that could lead to limits on the areas where tickets for Milwaukee Brewers and Green Bay Packers games could be resold outside the stadiums.

Except the actual bill doesn’t really do that. What it does is say that those adjudicated as mental defectives be reported to the DOJ for exclusion of NICS.

Gun rights leader in AK charged with assault.

a teaser

Despite having a bit of fun with how gun magazines write articles earlier, I learned today that an editor will politely tell you that Yeah, we avoid using [the word] “suck”.

Who knew?

David Hardy thinks we have the votes.

Oral argument transcript here.

Quick note on the transcript: Seems the side that is against civil rights had a nasty habit of telling justices what they wrote. And then argued with the justices about it. And the justices who wrote it seemed to be unamused.

On the Chicago Gun Case.

Analysis: 2d Amendment extension likely

Update: Not good for privileges or immunities:

The first argument to collapse as the hearing unfolded was the plea by the lawyer for gun rights advocates, Alan Gura of Alexandria, VA, that the Court should “incorporate” the Second Amendment into the 14th Amendment through the “privileges or immunities” clause. In the first comment from the bench after Gura had barely opened, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., noted that the Court had essentially scuttled that argument with its ruling in the SlaughterHouse Cases in 1873. And within a few minutes, Justice Antonin Scalia — the author of the Heller opinion and the Court’s most fervent gun enthusiast — was sarcastically dismissing the “privileges or immunities” argument.

The big day. Today, the supreme court will hear arguments in The Chicago Gun Case. I’d have liked to have gone but it’s a busy time at the office. Bitter and Sebastian are there and you can follow them on twitter at those links. Sebastian brings the funny:

Peter Hamm is here. It’s cold out. Maybe I should be a nice guy and get the Brady folks some @starbucks.

David Hardy notes that the audio will not be available like it was in Heller. Transcript will eventually be available here later.

If you get any news on the case, post it in comments.

Update and bump: New York Times: Gun Control OK, Slaughterhouse “Terrible”

A lot of folks are upset that Obama’s physical revealed that he is still smoking and should cut back on his drinking. Me? I don’t care. He’s a big boy and can do what he wants. But what I wonder is the logistics of burning one? Federal property is smoke-free. I recall the White House saying it would remain smoke-free. The White House is under constant surveillance by reporters. So, if he stepped out to have a puff, some reporter would have snagged a photo and published it, I would think. But no photos I’ve seen show the prez puffing away. So, where’s he smoking?

Update: Obligatory mention of how it’s funny he wants to reform health insurance but engages in unhealthy activities omitted. After all, we all engage in some unhealthy activities from time to time.

More guns, less crime:

The District of Columbia’s murder rate plummeted by an astounding 25 percent last year, much faster than for the US as a whole or for similarly sized cities. If you had asked Chicago’s Mayor Daley, that wasn’t supposed to happen. The Supreme Court’s 2008 decision to strike down DC’s handgun ban and gunlock requirements should have lead to a surge in murders, with Wild West shootouts.

Unpossible!

Remember, you don’t need guns in parks because the odds of you running into a violent criminal or wild animal are slim. Except that part where Mexican drug gangs are commandeering land in the parks to grow marijuana:

Not far from Yosemite’s waterfalls and in the middle of California’s redwood forests, Mexican drug gangs are quietly commandeering U.S. public land to grow millions of marijuana plants and using smuggled immigrants to cultivate them.

Pot has been grown on public lands for decades, but Mexican traffickers have taken it to a whole new level: using armed guards and trip wires to safeguard sprawling plots that in some cases contain tens of thousands of plants offering a potential yield of more than 30 tons of pot a year.

See, America’s lax park laws are contributing to drug violence. Just like our lax gun laws.

White students win historically black competition. Black students have no problem with that. No, I kid. They’re pissed off.

In other news, the AP still hasn’t mastered hyperlinks and didn’t link the video of the performance and the booing.

Holster Site’s custom holster The Red Racer.

This person could not have been shot at a night club since Tennessee law says no guns allowed in places that serve alcohol.

No doubt a tea bagger! Wait, what?

And other right-wing terrorists. Wait, what?

And:

Baby girl survives after being shot in the chest in parents’ ‘global warming suicide pact’

Wow.

Limit papers to one editorial per month.

Heh:

Instruction From The Editor To The Journalist:

Frangible Arms just bought a four page color ad in our next issue. They sent us their latest offering, the CQB MK-V Tactical Destroyer. I told Fred to take it out to the range to test. He’ll have the data for you tomorrow.

Feedback From Technician Fred:

The pistol is a crude copy of the World War II Japanese Nambu type 14 pistol, except it’s made from unfinished zinc castings. The grips are pressed cardboard. The barrel is unrifled pipe. There are file marks all over the gun, inside and out.

Only 10 rounds of 8mm ammunition were supplied. Based on previous experience with a genuine Nambu, I set up a target two feet down range. I managed to cram four rounds in the magazine and one in the chamber. I taped the magazine in place, bolted the pistol into a machine rest, got behind a barricade, and pulled the trigger with 20 feet of 550 cord. I was unable to measure the trigger pull because my fish scale tops out at 32 pounds. On the third try, the pistol fired. From outline of the holes, I think the barrel, frame, magazine, trigger and recoil spring blew through the target. The remaining parts scattered over the landscape.

I sent the machine rest back to the factory to see if they can fix it, and we need to replace the shooting bench for the nice people who own the range. I’ll be off for the rest of the day. My ears are still ringing. I need a drink.

Article Produced By The Journalist:

The CQB MK-V Tactical Destroyer is arguably the deadliest pistol in the world. Based on a combat proven military design, but constructed almost entirely of space age alloy, it features a remarkable barrel design engineered to produce a cone of fire, a feature much valued by Special Forces world wide. The Destroyer shows clear evidence of extensive hand fitting. The weapon disassembles rapidly without tools. At a reasonable combat distance, I put five holes in the target faster than I would have thought possible. This is the pistol to have if you want to end a gunfight at all costs. The gun is a keeper, and I find myself unable to send it back.

Indeed: Out-gunned by whom?

People say to me Hey Uncle, if you could see any ten things what would they be?

And I say I dunno. But I’m guessing Lara Croft and Princess Leia dressed in the slave costume having a snowball fight would be right up there.

Via.

Colt to civilian market: please take us back.

CNN Gun “expert” says 5.56 rifle good for elephants.

Upside down Enfield for lefties

Bill would shield property owners from gunfire liability

Android car finder app makes $13K per month.

Video from the American Rifleman.

Heh

Four chords, 36 songs

And all songs are Pachelbel’s Canon. See you in Hell, Pachelbel.

B Smith on zombies having free speech rights:

You STILL can’t moan “Braaaaiinnnnss” in a crowded theater.

They taste sour.

I’m sure Tom Humphrey will start calling it The Year of the Booze.

Les Baer Premiere and range report

Kel-Tec SU

Kel-Tec PLR

Remington 887

Remington VTR