A mini review

Via Ben, Chai Vang has been sentenced to life in prison. More posts on Vang are here.

Owen tells us that Chai Vang, who I blogged about quite a bit, is guilty on six counts of first degree murder. This post of mine has some comments from those in the area after it happened.

Ben has the latest update on Chai Vang.

In an update to the Wisconsin hunter murders: A man accused of opening fire on hunters who confronted him about trespassing, killing six of them and wounding two others, pleaded not guilty to the shootings Wednesday. Chai Soua Vang, 36, of St. Paul, Minn., waived his right to a preliminary hearing and will stand trial […]

Lady Liberty has a run down.

In a record for me, the comments to this post are out of control and that’s considering that I’ve deleted about 15 of them for some generally offensive comments. I may have to shut them down. A comment there provides more information on the Chai Vang incident than the press is giving us. It is […]

Chai Vang has had charges brought against him: A Laotian immigrant accused of shooting several hunters in Wisconsin was charged with six counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder on Monday, authorities said.

Local reporter Bob Hodge writes that the SKS is not an assault rifle: “By the literal definition of an assault weapon an SKS is not covered because it doesn’t have the function of being fully automatic,” said Ryan Patrick, one of the co-owners of Guns & More on Kingston Pike. “It wasn’t covered by the […]

Drew at Darn Floor has the most detailed account of the Wisconsin hunter shooting that I have seen. It includes Vang’s and others statements to the police. As it stands, it would seem to me that he was taunted and even shot at. However, that action doesn’t warrant hunting down and shooting unarmed people in […]

New info on Vang’s gun: Vang was later apprehended by Wisconsin DNR Warden Jeremy Peery. Vang was still in possession of his hunting gear, including back tag and also his rifle. The rifle was a Saiga SKS 7.62×39 caliber, serial number HO-3104079 I don’t know that there is a Saiga SKS. There is the new […]

Kevin has a good piece on the VPC, England and more. Reasonable Nut on the alleged Hmong racism that may have lead to the shooting. He notes that it is odd that among 20 hunters, there was only one gun reported. If true, it shoots a rather sizable hole in the claim that the dead […]

Bloomberg discovers the Office of Civilian Marksmanship Program. Freaks a little: At a time when Americans are sharply divided over the place of firearms in society, the U.S. government has, in effect, subsidized the metamorphosis of CMP into a deep-pocketed, nationwide evangelist for youth gun culture. The group has survived and thrived, despite repeated attempts […]

Interesting analysis by Sebastian. I’m not certain why the evangelical vote is going for Trump, since Cruz, as Sebastian points out, is tailor made for them. But that does mean that they don’t just vote their religion, which people presumed was Romney’s undoing. This will election will be interesting. A clusterfuck. But an interesting clusterfuck.

Get a collectible flintlock, get ten years: Simone reported that Gordon was arrested last November while heading home after lunch. A Cumberland County Sheriff’s Deputy pulled over Gordon for a traffic violation, but wanted to search his car. Upon discovering a flintlock pistol in the glove compartment, VanGilder said that another deputy wanted to let […]

From the guy that lost. The GOP is a real head-scratcher these days. Reminds me of a conversation I had today on the GOP’s issues. Democrats march lock step with democrats. They just do. Republicans have in their base conservatives, tea partiers, libertarians and evangelicals. And more, certainly. It’s why you had roughly 57,000 primary […]

Raven Concealment VanGuard2 is an interesting looking “holster”.

Reader Tim emails this Weatherby Vanguard Sporter in 30-06: From Gun Porn H undh K P30L Crystal bejeweled AK It’s an ax and it’s a gun. Series 70 Stainless Colt

What the most commented on posts to this site were. Well, the top 5 are: A round up of Chai Vang Me v. a trans-gendered bigot who complains about bigots #9 asks: Are Global Warming Skeptics Criminal? Me, birds, threepers, and douchebags! The only highly commented post that’s about guns: What gun controls will you […]

We’re winning: The number of Floridians with permission to pack heat has jumped nearly 50 percent in three years. In 2005, one year before the state Legislature’s decision to provide anonymity to people holding concealed weapons licenses, there were 347,350 active permits statewide. Now, that number has swelled to about 520,000. Some states ask applicants […]

Aunt B.: I’m going to close just on a note to Conservative Christian folks. A day is coming, and it is coming soon, when you will have to face that continuing to align yourselves with the Republicans will mean the ruination of evangelical Christianity. You cannot tie religion and politics so closely without religion being […]

It’s only racism when your side does it. 1/3rd of evangelicals vote Democrat. And, as reported here before, voters still hate gay cooties and Godless heathens.

Ok, two quotes. First, Jody in comments here: I think there’s a difference between a libertarian and an anarchist. Unfortunately for libertarians, many anarchists don’t know the difference. And Tam: The last time we had a populist moralizing evangelical in the White House, we gave away the Panama Canal… Heh and double heh.

Some mediocre political commentary. First, the Dems: Obama: Represents change. Yet, no one can tell me what he’s going to change. I mean, looking at the issues, it seems to be the same old pie in the sky that folks with Ds after their names have been pushing for years. Minimal specifics. Hillary: It’s probably […]

Boy, were my predictions hopes wrong. I actually figured it would be Huckabee then McCain. I was completely wrong on the Democrat primary. I thought (snark aside) that it would be Clinton, Edwards, Obama. My thoughts? I hope Iowa isn’t indicative of the rest of the country (though they have a history of predicting eventual […]

No, not that crappy TeeVee show. That’s how many rounds were fired by the SWAT team that raided the wrong house. Don’t get me wrong, I’m thankful that no one got hurt. But, in terms of training, doesn’t that indicate the SWAT guys need to spend more time at the range and less time raiding […]

This time, the homeowner was not killed but a police officer was shot. A Minneapolis police SWAT team kicked in the wrong door yesterday during an early morning raid, prompting the man of the house to grab his gun and open fire on the officers who entered the house. “He took out his shotgun and […]

Remington 870.

Some time today between 5:00 to 6:30 PM Knox County Commission will convene in a special session for the results of the travel audit of Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale and his staff. This is one of the most serious and potentially criminal audits the Mayor and his staff face. It will be covered on […]

Guess who they’re talking about when they say a billionaire, Boston-grown evangelist for the nanny state?