Layers of editorial oversight.

Update: the press notices.

News says Fort Hood killer used a a 5.7-caliber semiautomatic pistol. I think they mean the FN FiveseveN, which is close to a .22 caliber.

Why do we disarm our military?

Or Babes with Bullets:

I shot a gun for the first time on my 45th birthday. I admit to being scared in the beginning, but I was determined to find a new adventure to share with my husband. What I didn’t realize when I started shooting was just how much more than a new adventure I would find!

The gun that beat inflation.

The start of the next project:

From Gun Porn

Started off with a 6.8SPC marked lower from Tactical Machining. And I decided I needed a bit of color in my collection so I got some flat dark earth furniture from Cavalry Arms.

BTW, CavArms customer service is great. I called them up because for some reason the pistol grip screw I had was a bit long. I asked them if their grips maybe required a shorter screw (since their stocks don’t use a spacer, I thought it was possible). They sent me a screw and washer free. That’s good service.

By most accounts, it’s looking like a case of Sudden Jihad Syndrome. Seems the shooter was upset about being deployed overseas, which makes you wonder about his career choice since that line of work stands a better than average shot at being deployed overseas. Witnesses report he shouted allahu akbar while shooting.

And there’s that whole matter of him being investigated for his online postings of threats and suicide. So, why wasn’t he investigated? If not that, why not at least inform his commanding officers of his tendency to talk about suicide bombing? The hints were there. Another in a line of fatal intelligence failures, I suppose.

Also, Pattycakes tells us that the narrative is shifting. I think after this incident, most folks won’t approve of that kind of PC scrubbing. The press is loathe to speculate about the shooter’s religion and that being a factor. But within minutes they were speculating about stressed out soldiers going crazy. No one should be saying that Muslims are inherently violent. That’s wrong and bigoted. But tiptoeing around the issue that violent acts that have been committed by someone whose religion influenced them is not. It’s called reporting. And the press needs to stop acting like it doesn’t exist.

Of course, the press couldn’t get the guns right. In less than 44 minutes, the guns went from sniper rifles, to uzis, to M16s, and lastly we learn it was handguns. I’m surprised the press didn’t throw in a gratuitous AK-47 reference for consistency.

A look at ‘exploding’ bullets.

Saiga 20

Williamson Derringer

NRA opposes questions about gun ownership from adoption agencies. I don’t have an issue with the questions provided they are about gun safety and making certain the parents know gun safety. If ownership of guns is dis-qualifier, then that is problematic.

Man in England to be sentenced for dealing guns to criminals.

A phone call from NRA that doesn’t go well. I’m not a big fan of unsolicited calls either.

Shooter turns out to be not dead. And he also had been posting on the internet about suicide bombings.

So says Fox News. Lone gunman.

Updates as I get them at bottom.

At Fort Hood:

At least seven people are dead and 12 wounded in a shooting at Fort Hood in Texas, the base’s public affairs office told NBC News on Thursday.

The official would not give his name nor additional details. It was unknown whether victims are soldiers or civilians. One gunman was reportedly in custody and another was on the loose, NBC News said. A third shooter may be involved, according to NBC News affiliate KCEN.

Update: Shooters reportedly wearing military uniforms.

Started at a Soldier’s Readiness Center.

Update: possible third shooter.

Update:Third shooter confirmed.

Press says “sniper rifles”. CNN says “uzis”

Reports there was some sort of graduation ceremony there.

Update:NBC says possible terrorist attack but not confirmed.

Update:CNN exploring the stressed out troop angle.

Update:Military officials will not say if the shooters are soldiers or not. They do not know.

Chatter about fifth of November, Obama’s one year anniversary. But the latter the was on the fourth.

Update:Reports of M-16s by CNN.

Update:One shooter wounded. Happened at a processing center where people were filling paperwork to go to Iraq.

Update:9 dead.

Update: Fox says not a terror attack. Not sure how they’d know that definitively. But that’s the word.

Update: ATF on the way. Wait. What?

Update: Reports from local affiliate that more gun shots reported near base, possibly soldiers’ residences.

Update: Man in custody is in his 30s or 40s.

Update: FBI guy on Fox says no terrorist nexus. Probably means interview with guy in custody indicates it’s a civilian, contractor, or military guy.

Update: Preliminary reports are usually wrong. So, take the above with a grain of salt.

Also, nothing new being reported.

Press is now no longer using th terms 2-3 shooters but saying multiple shooters. Don’t know if that means there’s speculation of more or if they’re just not sure if it’s 2 – 3.

Update: reports of two in custody, one being an officer.

Update: More reports of more shooting near base.

Update: CNN says 12 dead now

Update: reports one shooter dead.

Update: 12 dead 31 injured.

Reports that two soldiers in custody.

Update: 2 shooters in custody and one dead. Reports that they’re soldiers.

Primary shooter used two handguns

Billy Beck:

This is culturally important, ladies & gentlemen. In some ways, this is much worse than an attack by foreigners.

Yup.

MSNBC:

KCEN, which quoted a source as saying at least one of the shooters had a high-powered rifle, reported reported that at least four SWAT officers were among those wounded.

Reports that all weapons were handguns. I often wonder why the press even bothers trying to ID guns. Started out with sniper rifles, then uzis, then M16s, and now it’s handguns.

Update: Shooter ID’d: Major Malik Nadal Hasan

Not a gun, a flashlight. Wait. What?

True story. I realized that my non-gun nut friends really dig the flashlights I had. So, for birthdays and holidays, I’d get them Surefire G2s. They liked them. A friend I’d gotten one for is a contractor. He was up in an attic looking to do some repair work. He set his G2 down on a crossbeam to look at something. A few minutes later, he smelled something burning. Looked down to see smoke coming out from under the flashlight. The heat of the lamp caused the wood to start smoldering a bit.

Seems the Wisconsin AG got some grief over not filing a pro-gun Heller brief. Turns out, he needs permission from the legislature. So, he got permission for the Chicago case.

Some news outlets are looking at the weapon’s reliability.

Members of MS13 were trying to get an assault rifle to kill a federal agent. I thought they could just walk into any gun show and they were just handing them out?

A push in Wyoming to make hunters carry bear spray. Even though that 300 WinMag they’re lugging around is probably a bit more effective.

Gun fighting from vehicles.

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership was for it before they were against it.

Mikhail Kalashnikov needs a guns safety lesson.

Now, with graphic goodness.

Maryland court does not incorporate the second amendment.

SAF and NRA file suit against Seattle.

A challenge to MA’s onerous storage requirements law, which, like DC’s, render guns largely useless for self defense. More here.

The push to get rid of their gun registry is moving forward.

All guns are always loaded:

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Vicente Padilla is recovering from a bullet wound in his leg after a target shooting instructor accidentally shot him.

[...]

Padilla handed the pistol to a shooting instructor, a former police captain, who didn’t realize there was a bullet in the chamber and shot himself in his hand, Padilla’s legal adviser Roberto Calderon told The Associated Press. The bullet also grazed Padilla’s leg.

G30 v. Commander sized 1911

Rubber band guns

38 Double Action 2nd Model, 1882

Suppressed Kel-Tec RFB

Taurus 9mm 1911

Yards v. meters: they’re important for bullet drop.

Ignore.

Bitter tells us that Mayors Against Guns just lost 16 more mayors in Pennsylvania.

Heh.

The idiots at Center for Media and Democracy are upset that gun makers want to do their part to raise money for breast cancer research. Smith and Wesson offered up a special edition Julie Goloski M&P JG 9mm pistol for a silent auction. Julie has a post detailing the weapon and other particulars at her blog. The auction benefits the American Cancer Society and Susan G. Komen for the Cure. It’s part of Shooters’ Supply Aim for the Cure.

But the Center for Media and Democracy doesn’t think us icky gun owning sorts should be involved in helping do our part. How petty and stupid. You can head to Julie’s for info on how to bid on the pink S&W.

Meanwhile, the pink AR-15 offered by DPMS to benefit breast cancer research that I mentioned earlier went for over $3000. I’m sure that would really annoy those ninnies at the Center for Media and Democracy.

WizardPC tells us that:

One of the lawyers that wants the government to prohibit carry permit holders from going in restaurants that serve alcohol is defending those restaurants for selling alcohol to minors.

I thought Will Cheek was all concerned about safety and stuff?

Dave Kopel calls last night’s elections Another good night for the Second Amendment.

Pics and a report.

Gun shop owner says he’s accused of racism if he refuses certain sales:

“People asking for Glocks, because they hear about them in rapper songs,” said O’Brien, who has worked in the gun industry for 12 years. “I try to steer them back to models more suited for first-time buyers, but they say: ‘No, I want a Glock.’ And they don’t know anything about Glocks or guns at all.”

But red flags trump profit.

“If I don’t feel right about a sale, I won’t sell it,” O’Brien said. “Because I’m white, bald and tattooed, they think I’m racist when I refuse a sale.”

Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Chip Forrester chastises the Republicans for hypocrisy.

An 8 months pregnant woman kills a car burglar

67 year-old shoots at two home invaders, killing one.

AL woman shoots home invading ex-boyfriend in self defense

Mas Ayoob says expect them to make some 1911s soon.