Democracy inaction

A cop’s question about the drug war won Obama’s video contest for questions to be addressed. Says the cop:

Mr. President, my name is Stephen Downing, and I’m a retired deputy chief of police from the Los Angeles Police Department. From my decades of law enforcement experience I have come to see our country’s drug policies as a failure and a complete waste of criminal justice resources

And Dear Reader will not address the question.

Joe: [Dennis Burke] was a driving force behind the “assault weapon” ban of 1994. Operation Fast and Furious was secretly launched just one month after his appointment as U.S. attorney was confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

His anti-gun history makes the AZ press.

Barron with a good idea: let our troops participate.

DC circuit examines machine guns used in violent crimes. There is a 30 year minimum sentence for using a machine gun in a crime. So, the question is does it matter if the robber knew it was a machine gun. What is interesting to me, though, is that there is a 30 year minimum sentence for what is, basically, tax evasion. Seems so unusual.

And a lawyer looks at how the appearance of a firearm affects a jury. Interesting read, notably for how women’s views of guns affect sentencing.

60K jump in concealed carry permits in Iowa. Amazing what happens when arbitrary barriers are removed.

From Andrew

By hunting them.

NY teacher gets reprimanded for ogling 8^th grade butts. You’d think that’d be something one would get fired over. But, no. It’s good to be a union member. They just put you in a rubber room and let you draw full salary and benefits. And you cannot be fired.

Deporting tourists for twitter jokes. Because, you know, terrorists are going to broadcast their plans on twitter.

GOP to get rid of Tea Party favorite Allen West’s district.

Gawker notes a black market on the intertube where you can unlawfully buy guns.

Poof.

And who is paying for that?

MSJ with the video.

Mentioned Madison Rising’s Right To Bear a bit back. The full video is out and you can see it here.

Debutante hunters

A review of Dragon Leatherworks IWB/OWB Quantum Holster.

A self-guided bullet that can hit a target a mile away.

Federal jury says cops can’t arrest you for recording them.

SailorCurt has moved

Old NFO had a negligent discharge. That’s the thing about the four rules, it takes breaking two of them to put a hurt on someone. It happens to the best of us.

Les and Oddball have thoughts on USB drives for bugging out. Portableapps.com are apps that run from a USB drive. They look like a good idea.

A shirt

Ok, then.

Top 100 Android apps.

The super bowl of bacon

Marquis Belt Buckle Gun

STI 22 Conversion Kit

The Pope’s rifles

Laser Sights for LAW

FNS-9

Yesterday, I took my nephews to the gun show. They had a good time ogling and handling all sorts of shooty and stabby things. At one point, we saw two KPD officers escorting a man out in handcuffs. Turns out that the genius stole a gun from a dealer then re-entered the show to sell it. And the dealer he took it from, in an unrelated incident, managed to shoot himself in the hand.

What a weird one.

There was a pile up on I75 and several people were killed. The local radio was interviewing witnesses and a couple of them said it seemed like ‘supernatural forces’ were tossing the cars around. Ok, then.

Freedom Group buys Para.

Man teaching permit required for handgun carry permit course arrested:

On January 8, an undercover SLED agent attended Wykel’s concealed weapons permit training class with 15 other students.

According to the arrest warrant, the class – which is required by law to last eight hours – was finished in an hour. The warrant also states the students were given the answers to the test, and the class did not include the handgun qualification.

The 15 other students in Wykel’s class could also face perjury charges, as could his previous students. Wykel is a former South Carolina Department of Corrections employee.