Brady ranks and violent crime.

But Joe talks about what angers gun owners.

90. That includes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

They only know one song.

The NYT has a bit on ammo marketing. Oddly, for a brand I’ve never heard of. The ‘viral’ video they mention has 103 views.

Oleg has been taking pics:

PF9

Sub2000

RFB

News Alert: A federal judge has ruled Seattle’s ban on carrying firearms in city parks and community centers is constitutional.

Heh.

If you’re the sort of sicko who walks through Wal-Mart punching kids because of the excitement of being able to do it and get away with it with the parents right there and we cross paths because you happened to choose my kid, the next excitement that you will experience will be the excitement of trying to simultaneously coddle your aching balls while picking your teeth up from the floor.

There are some seriously disturbed people out there.

Tam brings the why for, coupled with snark.

And an official statement from DOE.

Personally, I think giving every federal agency law enforcement authority is a huge mistake.

Folks are probably gearing up for tax time. In years past, I did posts on Happy Fun Tax Facts but those got too depressing. But let’s talk taxes.

Me, quite sarcastically, circa February 2006:

Been doing my taxes. I hate it. Going on three hours now. Then it occurred to me. Since the .gov has such broad authority despite my right to abortion err privacy to poke around willy nilly in my financial dealings, my various financial institutions are obligated by law to report when I do something out of the ordinary, and all my wage info is sent automatically to the .gov via payroll providers, why don’t they just go ahead and do my taxes for me?

Seriously. Hell, if my privacy can be violated like that, why not get some benefit from it?

Now, it seems as if lawmakers are considering it:

[the Bipartisan Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 2010] dramatically streamlines the tax system, eliminates key deductions, and — crucially for taxpayers — invites the IRS to prepare easy-to-understand tax returns for payers to read and sign.

What could possibly go wrong? Could be done for the 52M (or 36% of folks) who don’t pay taxes at all.

Meanwhile, Carly Fiorina has a beautiful idea:

U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina today issued the following statement in support of HR 4735, legislation proposed by Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and co-sponsored by Congressman Darrell Issa (R-California) to allow for the termination of federal government employees for failure to pay their federal income taxes

Don’t pay your taxes, don’t get paid in tax dollars. Sounds good to me. But we’d probably lose half of the current administration. Which also sounds good to me.

Drunk cop leaves gun on sidewalk.

If you’re a teacher with a concealed carry permit, probably a bad idea to leave the gun in your car while you drop it off at shop class for an oil change.

It hasn’t applied to citizens in a while so why should it apply to congress?

Officer’s missing AR-15 found in drug raid.

Not really but a recreation of an Afghanistan village for training purposes.

Activist, extremist? What’s the difference?

Ed asks why them why they need them and gets an answer. Seems that they have problems with internal theft and they like to get all ninja when they go arresting them. Instead of calling, say, the FIB or something.

Meanwhile the press, who likes to screech that bloggers just steal content from the media, writes a story about something blogs covered already.

Radley Balko has more on the guy who was arrested and had his guns taken without actually committing a crime:

Now perhaps a recent layoff, the legal purchase of three guns, and concerns from former co-workers are indeed red flags that someone’s planning a rampage. And maybe this arrest really did save lives. But there’s a phrase we use to describe the sort of society where the police can come into your home, arrest you, commit you to a mental facility, and confiscate your legally-obtained property on no more than a hunch that you might commit some crime in the near future.

And in an update, the guy is out (was only there a few hours) and wants his guns back. But the police are stalling:

The guns, along with another handgun and a shotgun the man also owned, were seized for “safekeeping” Monday, police said. The man was taken to Rogue Valley Medical Center for a mental-health evaluation, police said. He was released several hours later.

Now, Pyles wants his property returned.

Medford police Lt. Bob Hansen said police try to return found, stolen or seized property to its rightful owner as soon as possible and have a procedure for doing so. If the property was seized as evidence, courts have the final say on when it can be returned.

Hansen declined to discuss Pyles’ request, but described the department’s process, which can take several weeks. Processing weapons takes longer than other items, he said.

When a person requests the release of property held by police, first the officer handling the case confirms that the item is no longer needed for the investigation, he said. Property control specialists confirm the owner’s identity, then, for weapons, send information to Oregon State Police to determine if the person can legally have the weapon. OSP checks criminal records and looks for medical holds that might block gun ownership, Hansen said. Local police check additional municipal court records.

I also hope this guy has lawyered up.

Dan Lamothe:

Before Marines in Afghanistan received enhanced 5.56mm rounds last month, an influential four-star general advocated behind the scenes for an option that packs even more punch: 6.8mm ammunition.

Three sources with knowledge of the Marine Corps’ acquisitions process confirmed Gen. James Mattis’ interest in the 6.8mm round, saying the head of Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Va., lobbied for it as recently as December while pushing broadly for better service-rifle ammo.

Pretty easy to change existing inventory. New barrels, bolts, and magazine followers would do the trick. And I know a good 6.8 barrel supplier.

Accurately Using A Double Action Trigger

Here

Suppressed Kel-Tec

FN SCAR in black, just shy of $3k.

RFB

1911s

Ruger pocket pistols

Check didn’t show OSU shooter’s criminal past.

Ok, then

The Beeb on open carry

The tactical penguin.

The other biased Washington paper:

The National Rifle Association has a higher mean approval rating among likely voters than Barack Obama. This and other fascinating facts emerged from the Democracy Corps/Third Way national security survey released this week. According to its liberal authors, the “sobering” results of the survey provide “a wake-up call for President Obama, his party and progressives on national security.”

The Daily News:

The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared ready to overturn Chicago’s handgun ban in a case gun rights groups plan to use against firearms laws in New York City and nationwide.

Mayor Bloomberg and the city chose to sit out the case and did not file a brief with the court supporting President Obama’s hometown of Chicago.

“We don’t expect it to impact on New York laws,” a Bloomberg spokeswoman said of the case, McDonald vs. Chicago. But both gun rights and gun control groups predict a rash of suits aimed at loosening the city’s rules on gun permits.

This morning’s discussion on the local vast right wing conspiracy radio was that, in Mississippi, a high school student wanted to take her lesbian partner to the prom. The school said no. The ACLU said yes. So the school just cancelled the prom.