Tam on not going to the range regularly. Also, last few times I made it to the range, I discovered something: vision in my right eye is not what it used to be. I’d have never noticed was I not trying to line up a front sight and a target.

I shit you not LOL – I fell for it:

The Golden Girls: How One TV Show Turned A Generation Of American Boys Into Homosexuals

Update: That’s pretty funny.

Here’s the cats of war. Not quite as adept at parachuting as the dogs.

Ron Paul at GOP debate agrees heroin and prostitution are an exercise of liberty. He was cheered and applauded.

Speaking of Chicago

Mayor Daley opposes gun ownership. But he has no problem asking the city to provide him with around the clock security detail after he retires.

Such hypocrisy.

Smyrna gun shop loses another round in Bloomberg suit. I’m trying to figure out how this is happening in NY court.

Five steps, $265 not counting the gun, and waiting for up to 94 days.

Seems ripe for a lawsuit to me.

Seen at the NRA annual meeting, from Tactical Solutions:

From 2011 NRA

Speaking of gun ownership, statistics show more women are purchasing firearms.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation tells us that the Violence Policy Center’s bogus study is, uhm, bogus. Of course, we knew that.

A good summary on the over 1,300 guns ATF let into Mexico.

A look at the Pakistani gun market, where they make AK-47s.

Aunt B.: Hank Williams Junior is the nexus of everything that’s wrong with white people

Mike W.:

Anti-gunners, who will talk about “morals,” “compassion,” “human rights” etc. are full of shit. Telling the most vulnerable among us that they must walk amongst the wolves without the benefit of an egalitarian, equalizing tool is the antithesis of morality, compassion, or human rights.

Read the whole thing.

Looks like they’re going for a zero on the Brady Campaign point system.

Which reminds me, since AZ has a 0 already, if their Gov had not vetoed two pro gun bills, would they actually get negative scores?

From Rogue Six

DIY

Ballistic database in NY cost $40M and has solved zero crimes.

They jump out of planes and have titanium teeth that cost $2K per tooth. Ok, then.

Nearly half of Detroiters cannot read.

Words that are fun to say: Chiappa

Suppressed .338 Spectre

Jay’s PA carry rig.

Guns N Roses. Well, OK, not roses really. But still, flowers.

Seems the gun used to kill Osama (a Sig p226) is popular now. But they couldn’t have used that. It’s a 9MM and all those tactical food court teams tell that the 9mm is only good for wounded kittens. And they just bounce off.

Turns out, being on the wrong side of history doesn’t draw much of a crowd.

Mentioned them yesterday but last night I tried them out on an onion and some mushrooms. I’ve never cut onions that thin before.

It was a good time. Smart and funny people. Lots to do and I was busy.

I’d like to thank Dustin at LuckyGunner and Dan at GunUp for picking up the tab at my little shindig. It wasn’t expected but I do appreciate it. And thanks to all the readers and bloggers who stopped by, it’s good to meet people I’ve known for a long time for the first time in person.

I’d also like to thank Iain at CrimsonTrace for the Friday get together. It was a good time. And I was surprised to learn that Iain (who won TopShot, if you didn’t know) actually reads my site. And, because of him, I’ll never shave my head.

And a big thanks to Breda for putting on a helluva party. And thanks to the Second Amendment Foundation for the accommodations.

And another thank you to Old NFO for, well, he knows what he did.

A year ago, a lot of anti-gunners and editorial boards (but I repeat myself) were saying there would be blood in the streets and shootouts at the OK Corral if Tennessee removed the prohibition on carrying guns where alcohol was served. But, like sensible people predicted, it didn’t happen. Even the local press is taking note:

“Honestly, not a whole lot has changed. It isn’t like the okay corral with people walking in with guns in the restaurants,” said Bart Fricks, COO of the Copper Cellar Corp., which owns more than a dozen restaurants in East Tennessee.

“A lot of it was much to do about nothing,” Fricks added.

We got the same response at Mulligan’s in West Knox County. “We haven’t seen anything. We do have music. We do have a bar, but we do welcome kids. It’s very family friendly. It really hadn’t bothered us at all,” said owner Patti Anderson.

There haven’t been any problems at the Crown and Goose in Knoxville’s Old City either, but their stance is clearly posted to let customers coming in the door know that firearms are still banned there.

Note to self: don’t go to Crown and Goose.

And:

In fact, the Knox County Sheriff’s Office reports that out of 61 calls in the last year from businesses that serve alcohol, none of them involved a gun. “This law hasn’t changed your job at all. Not a bit,” said Knox County Sheriff’s Assistant Chief Deputy Rich Wilson.

Amazing. Any time a pro-gun bill is put forward, there are cries of increased violence and death. And that keeps not happening.

Yesterday, I mentioned the Flashbang holster that attaches to a bra. Well, Mattew found video of it in action:

I’m kinda meh about the holster. But I do love the name, which judging from the video it doesn’t live up to.

The guy who opened fire on police is dead and likely regretted not putting the truck in park.

Seen on the show floor:

From 2011 NRA

Cigar smoking 101.