http://www.saysuncle.com Remember, I do this to entertain me... not you. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:40:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Looks like I may have lost a few posts and a few comments. Sorry about that. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/20/about-that-site-move/ WizardPC notes the ruling went the other way. I don't see how this ruling will stand. Seems that they presumed the onus of knowing restaurant laws was on permit holders. Bonnyman's ruling is pretty asinine. I mean, it's easy to tell if a restaurant serves food five days a week. ... http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/20/restaurant-carry-lawsuit/ New for 2010. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/20/amry-weapons-system-handbook/ I've linked to Daily Gun Pictures a few times, like this post. Then it was pointed out to me that the blog was just stealing content from other sites. Attribution is a good thing. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/20/stealing-content/ I received a copy of David Kopel's new book Aiming for Liberty yesterday (you can pre-order at that link). It's a look at civil rights in general and, specifically, second amendment rights. I'm but a few pages in and note that the book picks up on the bigotry against ... http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/20/aiming-for-liberty/ Starts today. Suit is kinda stupid. But WizardPC will try to blog about it if he can. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/20/tn-restaurant-carry-lawsuit/ The anti-gunners are parroting the lie that the Fort Hood shooter was on the terror watch list. And if we restricted those on the list (a list of millions that only shows name and has no appeal process) then the shooting would not have happened. Well, presuming he couldn't get ... http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/20/lies-and-the-watch-list/ 100 guns stolen from from Tchula police: Some of those weapons allegedly ended up on the streets of Chicago. No, those come from gun shows, remember? That's what they tell us. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/20/stolen-guns/ We don't have a plan or anything. But we like talking about it. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/20/fighting-gun-crime-in-memphis/ WSJ: Will Gun-Control Case Prompt a Constitutional Reawakening? http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/20/that-is-the-plan/ In the New York Times. Wait, what? http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/20/a-gun-review/ No, it's from the Greek Psyche meaning To Make; and ology meaning stuff up. And archaeology is from the Greek Archae meaning to dig; and ology meaning stuff up. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/20/a-correction/ A conviction based on the Lautenberg bill has been vacated. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/20/a-win/ CTD looks at handgun safeties. Note that none are a substitute for the one between your ears. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/20/safety-dance-2/ 91 year old man holds burglar at gun point. Bonus: while naked. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/20/obviously-he-was-compensating-for-the-size-of-his-penis-3/ Shooting Wire says they'll be making a 1911. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/20/remington-in-the-handgun-market/ ITM's Dual Barrel Machine Gun Remington 511 OTS 38 revolver. A new one to me. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/20/gun-porn-253/ So says the Law Enforcement Alliance of America: Holder wants a national, permanent gun registration system administered by law enforcement. A registration of honest citizens that have cleared the federal background check for gun purchases with those records permanently retained by and shared among law enforcement. Holder wants new federal authority to ... http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/20/holder-wants-gun-registration/ Audit the fed makes it out of committee. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/20/ron-paul-snakes-one-in/ No data loss. If you're seeing this, you're here. If not, no point talking to you. And thanks to Hosting Matters for their efficient response. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/20/site-moved/ Looks like the drive on the server could tank. So, touch and go here. May lose some data. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/19/site-issues-2/ On stopping power: try aiming. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/19/the-best-way-to-double-the-effectiveness-of-any-bullet-is-a-follow-up-shot/ No-tax Botox ends, Nancy Pelosi hardest hit http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/19/heh-39/ If you're in California. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/19/stock-up-on-your-pre-ban-teevees/ Open carry in San Fran. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/19/oc-2/ So anti-gunner Chuck Schumer is getting his catering to hunters on. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/19/its-an-election-year/ A reader emails me this sign on the door at The Rendezvous in Memphis: From Misc Note that it is actually one of the few TCA compliant signs that I have seen. But when you walk inside, you see: From Misc Ok, then. A place I won't eat. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/19/guns-at-the-rendezvous-in-memphis/ I was always amazed that TSA would take my nail clippers or pocket knife. Then, when I'd get on the plane, the flight attendant would hand me a can of beer or soda or juice. A can I could empty then tear open to make a bladed weapon. And I ... http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/19/air-travel-and-weapons/ Lyle of UltiMAK has a post over at Joe's place showing his new rail optic mount for Garands. Cool. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/19/optic-mount-for-the-m1-garand/ Be sure of your target and what's behind it. Tragic. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/19/rule-four-9/ A lot of shootings in NY lately. The NY Daily News has been calling it a gun plague. A gun plague? No way. Carrying guns there is illegal. It's easier to call it a gun plague than, you know, a black teenager plague. Which we can't talk about. ... http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/19/unpossible-70/ Date night at Range USA! I think I'd prefer zombie night. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/19/how-romantic/ Is today. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/19/national-ammo-day/ Quadruple barrel Classic 22s Chiappa Rhino BAR bullpup http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/19/gun-porn-252/ Why shooters shoot. Breda on the Zen of the rifle. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/19/zen/ No real point in having a trial if he's going to be detained even if acquitted. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/19/show-trial-2/ That dumb lawsuit about restaurant carry is back in court tomorrow. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/19/tn-restaurant-lawsuit/ TX gay marriage ban may have inadvertently banned all marriage. Now that's funny. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/19/ooops/ Who the Hell is driving Biden's motorcade? Three accidents in six days with one fatality. Get that guy off the road. ETA: And I mean the drivers, not Biden. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/18/speaking-of-holier-than-thou-vps/ Al Gore: the interior of the earth is extremely hot, several million degrees And this is the leader of a religion that wants me to have faith in their prophecies. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/18/then-why-is-it-a-planet-and-not-a-star/ Alt Weekly steals an image from Oleg Volk. Oleg is not amused. * misspelling intentional. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/18/alt-weakly-2/ The American Rifleman has an article on it. I note that this article is in the same issue in which Ugo Gussalli Beretta wrote a letter to the magazine expressing his displeasure that his gun was not included in the top guns list. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/18/happy-birthday-to-the-m9/ EY.com: Insight Technology’s Ken Solinsky named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 Winner in the Distribution and Manufacturing category Insight Technology makes some quality lights, illumination and aiming devices. Video here. I find it interesting that a company related to the gun industry is getting an award from a Big Four ... http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/18/a-major-award-2/ Good deals on Crimson Trace Laser Grips at Amazon of all places. Via The Duck. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/18/deals-2/ Caleb did a show about it. And a link to the FBI's Handgun Wounding Factors and Effectiveness. Round up of the topic from posts past can be found here. But I think this is the best visual on the topic. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/18/stopping-power-4/ Turns out guns work just fine: Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama on Wednesday for the second time in seven months, though private guards on board the U.S.-flagged ship repelled the attack with gunfire and a high-decibel noise device. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/18/novel-way-to-repel-pirates/ Criminals shouldn't use guns when robbing people. If they do, they run the risk of a convenience store clerk taking the gun from them and using it against them. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/18/pro-tip-2/ Josh was probably sitting around feeling bad getting those checks from Joyce and not producing much. And Kristen wasn't busy. Cant imagine she ever is. So, they Googled themselves up another study. This one is called CCW Killers and it looks to paint those with carry permits in ... http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/18/at-the-violence-policy-center/ The Mo. Supreme Court says it's not just a good idea, it's the law. Update: More from SIH: A man drunk at home is charged with having a firearms while intoxicated. It seems to me that the public has an interest in a person not carrying a firearm in public while intoxicated, ... http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/18/dont-drink-and-pack/ M1A Scout Squad rifle vs. the M1A Match rifle More at M1A rifles. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/18/m1a-stuff/ A County GOP group is ousting a member because he supports Ron Paul? http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/18/the-tent-gets-smaller/ Dave Kopel has a look. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/18/nra-brief-in-mcdonald/ Jay has a look http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/18/hollywood-and-guns/ The Silverdome cost taxpayers $55M. It just sold for $583K. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/18/what-government-does-2/ Treating guns like health insurance Surveys indicate that gun ownership is not spread evenly across U.S. households. In fact, chances are that a substantial proportion of U.S. gun owners have more than one weapon, so it's quite possible that fewer than 200 million Americans own those 260 million guns. That means ... http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/18/a-modest-proposal/ Nice. If I'm ever in the neighborhood, I'll stop by. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/18/welcome-sign/ You're walking down the street and you notice a couple of people following you. This goes on for a while. Finally, you decide to confront them by holding a knife at your side and asking them why they're following you. Except their police doing training. So, you go to jail ... http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/18/self-defense/ In comments, Lyle points out that the new AKs seen here looks familiar: Says Lyle: Immitation is a sincere form of flattery I suppose. Thanks, Izhmash. That forward rail of yours was my first UltiMAK prototype, so you’re starting to catch up to this Yankee after 60+ years, when I came up ... http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/18/on-the-new-ak/ THOR ZM408. You can buy those here. Tacticool AKs Auto Revolver http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/18/gun-porn-251/ FN to release S model next year. That's the 308 version. And the FN SCAR will also come in black next year. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/18/scar/ American Muslims To Fort Hood Shooter: 'Thanks A Lot, Asshole' Via Tom. In other news, The Onion seems funny again. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/18/yup-2/ The president of the Chicago school board could not have committed suicide with a gun because guns are illegal there. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/18/unpossible-69/ So, if I read this correctly, they're comparing checking firearms on trains (just like we do on airplanes) with the Madrid bombings? And the truth about that is buried at the bottom. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/17/guns-on-trains/ For their birthday, they got you a brief in the case. You can see it here. Wasn't that nice of them? http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/17/nra-brief-in-chicago-gun-case/ To the National Rifle Association. Formed on this day in 1871. You don't look a day over 137. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/17/happy-birthday-3/ FN Herstal: The FN Black Box: detects/discriminates/counts shots measures burst rates and burst lengths records firing sequences detects stoppages due to failures to cycle The armorer can therefore anticipate necessary maintenance actions and consult all previous maintenance operations when and as required. Interesting. The same concept is often applied to industrial machines. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/17/black-box-for-guns/ Don't tell Junior but her birthday present is in the works: From Gun Porn http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/17/more-color/ Sebastian does the math on the Glock single hand rack trick that was mentioned a while back. I know my G30 will not do it. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/17/tricks/ I do not think it means what you think it means. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/17/you-keep-using-that-word/ Alan Gura posts the brief and a presser. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/17/brief-filed-in-chicago-gun-case/ A primer on the 10mm http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/17/educational/ 1909 Colt Beretta 93R AR pistol 870 before and after http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/17/gun-porn-250/ Heh. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/17/the-narrative-illustrated/ What kinda pistol is that? http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/17/never-seen-that/ Federal Air Marshalls to get Sig 250s. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/17/gettin-siggy-with-it/ I thought those mortars and machine guns were coming from US gun shows? http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/17/mexican-gun-canard-2/ Now, they're not even found in the law. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/17/loopholes-3/ That was the subject line of an email I got from rabbit with a link to this story. Who says blogging is formulaic? http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/17/nd-in-gfz-psh-ensues/ Still digging Droid. Now, it's even cheaper at $150. Also, via insty, comes the iPhone v. Droid smackdown. I've never had an iPhone though I have played with a few. So, I can't really say one is better than the other in terms of the interface. But Droid has ... http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/16/droid-deal/ A little birdie told me existing users can now invite folks to sign up. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/16/google-voice/ Joe Huffman has a post on his thoughts on the subject as well as a lot of links to past discussions. Says Joe: I don't have a lot of information on the study but the basic result was that people see openly carried guns as "deadly force" and threatening/fear-causing which makes ... http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/16/open-carry-7/ 11 year old kills bear in Idaho in defense of home and sisters. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/16/obviously-compensating-for-the-size-of-his-penis-3/ Odd contraption. From a blog that's new to me called Daily Gun Pictures. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/16/antique-wrist-gun/ Range report and pics. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/16/glock-34/ Holder is backing off from his gun control initiatives: Attorney General Eric Holder is retreating on his commitment to pursue a controversial gun-control measure. Holder’s statements, recently delivered to senators in writing, clearly indicate the Obama administration is in no rush to reinstate the assault weapons ban, which expired in ... http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/16/administration-and-gun-control/ Newsbusters: NYT Columnists Who Blamed Conservatives for 'Right-Wing' Killings Ignoring Fort Hood Massacre http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/16/the-narrative/ Traction Control says go vote. I wonder why military and guns are in the same category? http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/16/weblog-award/ Izhmash has a new weapon that modernizes the AK-74M / AK-100 series by adding rails for optics and other accessories, as well as a few other minor improvements. Pics at the link. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/16/new-ak/ The press likes to tell us she's a dumb hick who can't walk and chew gum at the same time. So, I wonder why they spend so much time trying to demonize the woman. I mean, if she's that dumb, why spend time digging up the dirt? Palin's greatest ... http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/16/palin-derangement-syndrome/ FN is giving cash back on gun purchases. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/16/good-fn-deal/ Manteca club's women-only gun class teaches empowerment, overcoming fear More women are arming themselves http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/16/chicks-and-guns-93/ Chuck Schumer (D - his own gravitational field) is not a fan of it: Senator Charles Schumer held a press conference on Sunday to call on the Department of Justice to require immediate notification of the Joint Terrorism Task Force when a suspect of a terrorist inquiry attempts to purchase a ... http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/16/due-process-4/ Press discovers handguns have them. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/16/sporting-purpose-5/ Good riddance to long gun registry http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/16/in-canada-2/ Gearing up for a suit: Man carries gun into community center to protest ban http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/16/in-seattle-2/ At dentist. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/16/blog-later-2/ BRIGID: Then a few days ago someone kicked in my back door. In broad daylight http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/15/glad-youre-ok/ I have a gun. No, you don't. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/15/toys-2/ Some more info on it. A new recoil spring is not one of the rumors I'd heard. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/15/fourth-genaration-glock/ Over 7,000 guns confiscated this year in Chicago. Where guns are banned. http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/11/14/unpossible-68/