So, if I had a gun, why do I look like this?

By the time I get to Arizona:

An individual or group of individuals commits domestic terrorism if the individual or group of individuals are not affiliated with a local, state or federal law enforcement entity and associate with another individual or group of individuals as an organization, group, corporation or company for the purpose of patrolling to detect alleged illegal activity or to individually patrol for the purpose of detecting alleged illegal activity and if the individual or group of individuals is armed with a firearm or other weapon.

No shit? That’s shocking.

SHOT Show Round Ups at The Gun Blogs and The Kallini Brothers and Defense Review.

And here’s the second amendment carnival.

Received today:

Say Uncle!?

Why shouldn’t I sue your ass for repeating and posting Les Jones libel against me too!?

You Rightwankers get a little carried away don’t you? Like piranhas feeding.

My lawyer is one of the absolute best around! Brian Krumm, UTK law professor so I
would suggest that you remove all that horseshit about me les posted and the other inbreds comments from your Bubba babbling web site now!! – Larry Henderson

Here’s his webpage. Brian Krumm is listed as a professor at UT’s Political Science Department.

My reply:

Sue me for what, exactly? For linking to and allowing Les Jones to comment on a website I pay for? And a website that you agreed to abide by the rules of when you commented there? You did read the terms of service?

If you sue me, you have a pretty stupid lawyer. Or a smart lawyer who likes to take money from idiots.

Given your history of threatening to shoot people with whom you disagree, if you contact me again, I will have a restraining order taken out against you. Future correspondence with me should be from your lawyer at this email address should you decide to waste your money losing a lawsuit. I will happily forward his correspondence to my retained legal counsel.

Regards,

For the last several months that I’ve read the WKRN blogs of Brittney and AC, they have each been out sick more times than I’ve been out sick in the last ten years. And that’s counting the times I’ve called in Sick of Work^tm.

Update: I was just having a bit of fun and, in comments, ACK makes feel like a bag of dicks. Sorry about that.

Heh.

While residents in DC generally can’t own guns, those who do have safe storage requirements. But the FBI doesn’t and lost some subguns:

Seven weapons, including two submachine guns, were stolen last weekend from an FBI agent’s vehicle in Southwest Washington, the agency said yesterday.

Also taken were ammunition, a police radio, bullet-resistant vests, body armor and photography equipment, the FBI said.

…

The FBI vehicle belongs to a 35-year-old member of a special response team who was authorized to take it home. It was one of about 20 vehicles randomly vandalized in the 800 to 1100 blocks of Water Street between midnight Friday and 3 a.m. Saturday, according to D.C. police and the FBI.

Oops. I love this bit:

“We understand the seriousness of those weapons in the hands of untrained individuals,” said Joseph Persichini Jr., head of the FBI’s Washington field office.

Well, SayUncle (an untrained individual) doesn’t leave his guns where they can be stolen. Well, without considerable effort any way.

Just to own one: $439. Gun not included. And, remember, disarming poor people is a common sense gun law.

Gluttony? I can see that. I do blog a lot about vices like gambling, porn, chicks with stars on their nipples, and all sorts of other things.

The feds have raided marijuana facilities in California, some of which produce the drug for medical purposes in compliance with state law. I thought Republican administrations were supposed to be about the federalism?

The FN FiveseveN is, once again, the latest bogeyman of the anti-gunners.

It’s full auto-day. Well, yesterday was and since (as HL discovered here) I run a day behind, now yo know. So, go scroll for some MG goodness.

Is there a stereotype about black people’s lawns always looking like shit? Because I’m thinking about starting one.

Update: Ok, ok, fine. It’s in bad taste. It’s a joke, get over it. BTW, the Mexicans who live up the street have an immaculate lawn.

Sometimes, I hate Google. Other times, I like it. Check out #3.

David Hardy notes a bill that requires registration of bloggers with more than 500 readers, and who comment on policy issues. Violation would be a criminal offense.

He has the text of the bill there.

Looks like they now make a Galil and a M53 Belt Fed Semi-Auto Rifle.

Via TD.

There’s a lot of us. Here’s another.

Interesting read. Via David Hardy, who notes: Sounds a little as if the reporter wanted to write an anti-gun story, but came up with no material.

A couple of videos of defensive gun uses and commentary here and here. And more commentary here. You might learn something.

A while back, the US banned online gambling. Well, that’s not true. They banned banks from processing payments to and from sites that offer illegal gambling. Illegal gambling is undefined, of course. Excluded from the ban was horse racing and other gambling that rich people engage in but people like me who enjoy their $0.25/$0.50 no limit hold-em games are out of luck. Party Poker pulled from the US market and its stock price went from about $160 to less than $40 per share instantly. After the bill passed, yours truly pulled his money out of Party Poker.

The US Ban takes effect 270 days after the bill was signed. The bill was snuck into a larger port security bill under cover of darkness. The bill also cost the author of the bill his congressional seat. Seems people don’t re-elect dickheads. The bill is also why Bill Frist will not be our governor, count on it. Some poker sites fought on, like pokerstars and continue to allow US residents to play. Good for them but when the ban goes into effect, no US banks will transfer funds. Enter Neteller.

Neteller, which is not a bank, still offered money transfer services to gaming sites. Well, until this week because US agents arrested the founders of the site for . . . well, I’m not sure what for. The article states it’s for handling billions of dollars in illegal gambling proceeds. Well, that doesn’t exactly sound illegal if you take out the word illegal. And since illegal is undefined, I’m guessing it’s just bullying. Neteller has pulled itself from the US. This is devastating the online gambling industry:

According to gambling portal Gambling911.com, Full Tilt Poker depended on NETeller for 75 percent of transactions, and the world’s biggest site, Pokerstars, used NETeller for around 60 percent of wagers.

CJ has a details on how this affects your neteller account.

Speaking of the sex industry.

You’ll recall that some senator from our fair state wants to infringe on the first amendment (rather than let people exercise their right to change the channel) by fining TeeVee stations that air those girls gone wild commercials. Well, now this guy is getting some national attention for the same reason Tennessee usually gets national attention: Because someone is being stupid. Terry Frank says that:

I much prefer a State Senator getting national coverage for drawing attention to a worthy debate on obscenity instead of the ability of Tennesseans to eat road kill.

I’m gonna disagree. Sure, eating roadkill is stupid but it affects the people who eat it. This bill is stupidity that affects other people and their revenues. And, you know, free speech rights. These commercials air on cable channels that people pay for. Not the big three. People can change the channel or not buy cable.

Terry Frank tells us that Stacey Campfield wants to get rid of the tax on food and replace it with a tax on porn. Now, I’m all for getting rid of the tax on food. Heck, I’m all for getting rid of taxes in general. But this is a stupid idea. It’s stupid for a few reasons but the main reason is that porn is free. It’s true. Ever since Al Gore gave us the Internet, porn has been free. It’s everywhere. You can even Google it up. And it’s piped into your home for free without having to go to the local porn store and, you know, run into your boss or something.

It’s also stupid because I doubt there’s enough volume of porn to compensate for the amount of groceries bought. So, Stacey, here’s an idea: Cut the tax on food and cut spending. Novel concept! Stacey writes:

The items I am considering are magazine’s, videos (online, cable purchase or hard copy) or items that you have to be over the age of 18 to view or purchase due to sexual content. R rated movies will not be included. Strip club fees and purchases of services at strip clubs and Escort services will also be included.

Aren’t escort services illegal if they involve sex? And today’s funny comes from the News Sentinel:

Kristi Dunn, store manager of Inserection Adult Fantasy Store, 501 N. Broadway, does not think the proposed tax will be of much concern to the store’s patrons.

Ha! That’s funny.

Not of the guns but of the babes working the booths.

Oh no, this again?

It’s exactly what you’d expect of a Democrat from Chicago.

Update: I’m not the only one.

Update 2: Since someone asked, they were reading this and this. My response is that at least they weren’t visiting my house this time. Heh. Hi, guys!

WBIR news coverage of the Term Limits debacle as various politicians give their thoughts as to the best way to handle the situation. Caution, you are entering a spin zone. You may need a good sense of humour and/or a sickness bag.

Reader Jack mails that the NY Sun has covered the Idaho mayor’s withdrawal from Bloomberg’s anti-gun group:

An Idaho mayor has dropped out of Mayor Bloomberg’s coalition against illegal guns, city officials said.

The mayor of Idaho Falls, Jared Mr. Bloomberg’s coalition in October, but withdrew earlier this month because of pressure from constituents and what he told a local news organization was a sense that the coalition had an ” agenda” of preventing guns from entering the hands even of law-abiding gun owners. The coalition is called Mayors Against Illegal Guns.

Mr. Fuhriman declined to comment for this article.

“I found there’s probably a little more of an agenda coming from Mayor Bloomberg’s office than I anticipated,” he told Channel 3, KIDK, on January 2. “So as I looked into it, I could see there was a conflict with the NRA and some of the beliefs we have here in Idaho.”

Politically Incorrect Dog is possessed. What’s more, we’re fairly convinced that he is possessed by the spirit of Politically Correct Dog, who passed away last year after battling cancer. Politically Incorrect Dog has taken on some traits he never had before but which Politically Correct Dog always had. Politically Incorrect Dog never much cared for treats nor was he ever inclined to beg for food. But Politically Correct Dog was all about some dog biscuits and begging for scraps. In the evening, Politically Correct Dog would hover around the cabinets where we kept the treats and whine until we gave him some. It was the evening routine. Politically Incorrect Dog would take the treats if you gave them to him but he never was much for begging for them. Recently, Politically Incorrect Dog as started to beg for his evening treats.

Also, Politically Correct Dog had the most bizarre habit of burying his head in the carpet while sticking his rear in the air when you’d scratch his head. Suddenly, Politically Incorrect Dog has started doing the same thing.

Politically Incorrect Dog has also started begging for food during dinner, which he never really did before but Politically Correct Dog did all the time.

Odd, indeed.