From facebook:

Memo to those in the Occupy Boston crowd flying the Gadsden flag. “Don’t tread on me” is not the same as “Give me more of that guy’s stuff.”

Yup. I’m with them to an extent on some of the trouble with respect to our country, as a policy, privatizes gains but we all share in the loss.

But, seriously, go occupy a frier and a spatula.

Only that is a lie:

When Associated Press reporter Pete Yost uncritically repeated claims by anonymous Department of Justice officials that the Bush-era Operation Wide Receiver was “the same tactic” used by the Obama Justice Department in Operation Fast and Furious and other operations, I called him out, knowing the claim was incorrect.

Doesn’t fit the narrative.

At the Justice Department, over Gunwalker.

Rich reconsiders his drug legalization stance. Like most social issues, it’s a complex one. And the one thing I can sure of is I don’t want the government involved in it.

Editorial sticks up for gun rights for medical marijuana users.

Major paper says homicide rates not linked to gun control.

In Green Bay, a victory. I love this: We have people that have gun phobias, that’s all we have here.

NY State Senators on the first amendment: this freedom should be treated not as a right but as a privilege

Sullum: Dueling Tests Yield Conflicting Conclusions About the District of Columbia’s Gun Controls

CBS news silencing its gunwalker reporter?

Shake up at ATF.

Indict Holder

Heh: Extradite the ATF.

An article by Oleg Volk.

I think I want this shirt.

Nice to see two things in this article. That major websites are picking up on police abuse. And that layout is the coolest Steve Jobs tribute I have seen.

The XO-26. A short AR with no stock and a vertical forward grip and the ATF have said it is neither a Short Barreled Rifle nor an Any Other Weapon. I expect that ATF would change its mind. Apparently, at 27 inches and being designed to be shot with two hands makes it an odd bird with ATF’s arbitrary regulations.

A read on the various complexities here. Act at your peril.

Said before I thought it sounded full-auto. I was right. It was illegally converted.

In Brady’s highest rated state.

Mentioned that SOCOM bought some suppressors a bit back. I did not know that they were called Muzzle Brake Suppressors.

Millionaire is not a salary.

No secret I don’t care for Apple’s business model. However, Steve Jobs was an innovative guy. He changed how Americans viewed and used the phone, personal computers, and how the world enjoys music.

Godspeed, Sir.

Ok, then.

Tiny Menace

Megatron, is that you?

Does this make my butt look big?

Caught on tape. The dog was wagging its tail and, generally, being passive. While restrained.

Wish I hadn’t watched that.

The police are minutes away.

So, it has voice commands like my Android based phones have had for years? Cutting edge there!

Also, this past weekend, my DroidX did a software upgrade. The thing I noticed most about the upgrade is that they tried to make the software look more iPhony with flashy rotating screens, rounded edges, and how the windows move. Much more iPhone in appearance.

We’ve known for a bit about Operation Wide Receiver, which was a Bush era operation that sent RFID tagged guns to Mexico. Apparently, the latest spin is that, because ATF did it under Bush, that makes it A-OK with everyone:

The federal government under the Bush administration ran an operation that allowed hundreds of guns to be transferred to suspected arms traffickers — the same tactic that congressional Republicans have criticized President Barack Obama’s administration for using, two federal law enforcement officials said Tuesday.

But Issa doesn’t relent:

whether it’s Operation Fast and Furious, Operation Wide Receiver, or both, it’s clear that guns were walked, and people high in the Justice Department knew about it. There’s no excuse for walking guns, and if there are more operations like this, Congress and the American people need to know.

What happened the the mythical undetectable plastic gun?

I saw it in Die Hard 2.

At a parade in FL, guns are OK but other weapons are not.

I notice quite a few knives and guns.

A series about a woman getting a gun in DC:

I want a gun. I don’t feel safe living in Washington, D.C. and want to protect myself. I’m starting today by going down to City Hall to find the gun permit office to tell them, “I want a gun.” This series will follow me as I navigate the city bureaucracy and outdated rules in order to legally buy a firearm.

A good review on the carbine.

Pics and a report

Bloomberg on why you shouldn’t be allowed to make your own decisions:

There are powers only governments can exercise, policies only governments can mandate and enforce and results only governments can achieve. To halt the worldwide epidemic of non-communicable diseases, governments at all levels must make healthy solutions the default social option. That is ultimately government’s highest duty

You can just fuck right off.