Drug War Rant has a commercial about it.

At stop the drug war.

Well, he can do it now with some dignity or wait until he’s forced out for being a felon.

Update: Lost his spot Joint Legislative Committee. No doubt, Nazis were responsible.

Update 2: That was fast.

Seems the Nintendo Wii has a controller that is shaped like a gun. Pants Shitting Hysteria ensues.

Pump action 22.

Making our case for us:

The 30-year-old law in question makes it illegal to posses a handgun inside the city but allows citizens to own shotguns or rifles. Most of the shootings in the city are committed with handguns.

So, the shootings with handguns happen even though possession is illegal? That’s unpossible.

AC wonders whether law enforcement priorities should include shutting down weed farmers. Like Chuck says, end the drug war and release the prisoners. It’s not that I think legalizing drugs would be a great wonderful thing but the instances of the cops shooting 90 year-old grandmothers or raiding the wrong houses would probably drop significantly.

Seen at David’s:

CALL Gov’s Sac number (916-445-2841)

Press 1 – for English
Press 2 – for Voice your opinion on Assembly Bills
Press 1 – for Micro Stamping Bill (AB1471)
Press 2 to OPPOSE the gun control bill.

Via RuffRidr, who says:

You don’t have to speak to anyone. This takes 20 seconds. That’s it! I repeat, you do not need to speak to anyone

In other news, there’s now an automated system to support or oppose legislation?

Sebastian notes his meeting with NRA folks:

I was also quite pleased that the NRA is realizing that they need to have a better presence in the new media, and want to work more closely with bloggers.

We look forward to it.

Well, sorta:

The city’s embattled police chief, acknowledging that police alone cannot quell a run of deadly violence, has called on 10,000 men to patrol the streets to reduce crime.

Sylvester Johnson says black men, in particular, have a duty to protect more vulnerable residents. He wants each volunteer to pledge to work three hours a day for at least 90 days.

Unfortunately:

The men who join Johnson’s program will not carry weapons or make arrests but will instead emphasize conflict resolution, similar to the Guardian Angels’ ground rules.

No word on whether or not targets will be painted on them.

AC scores a major scoop on Rob Briley (Briley background here):

Looking at Rob Briley’s police report you will find an interesting name at the bottom. Under the spot reserved for “nearest relative” is the name Mary Littlon and a telephone number.

The number matches the cell phone number of a registered lobbyist for the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association, one Mary Littleton.

Turns out, having a lobbyist as your personal lawyer doesn’t violate ethics laws. Governor Bredesen has called on Briley to resign.

Seems like Bredesen is finally getting it:

Gov. Bredesen says it may be time to shut down the state’s tax on illegal drugs because of a recent appeals court opinion the so-called “crack tax” is unconstitutional.

It is a stupid law.

If that were the case here, I’d be in prison.

You can’t make this stuff up:

Cornerstone Elementary School will review its zero-tolerance policy toward guns on campus this fall after fifth-graders were told to remove weapons from the hands of toy soldiers that festooned their graduation caps.

Wayne reports that The Nation of Islam is suing the NRA for, err, not sure exactly:

But the Nation of Islam is threatening to sue the NRA because we supported and lobbied for statewide firearms preemption in Pennsylvania.

According to Michael Coard, with the Nation of Islam’s “Millions More Movement,” the group is threatening to sue the NRA because members believe the preemption laws have led to more “guns on the street.”

Wow. So, you can sue people because the may have contributed to legislation you don’t like? Wow, I need to start a list.

How to make them from paracord.

Also, magpulls from inner-tubes (not to be confused with Al Gore’s Internets).

Magpuls from zipties.

Barry:

Have you ever seen a more scarily useless group of people running for president?

Thirdpower addresses why it’s bullshit.

Once in a while I read KnoxBlab. It has some good local information and some off the wall stuff like the latest YouTubes that are interesting. You can also find the latest Top five Songs of any category.

One of the local socialist anarchists wrote about 9/11, “On this the anniversary of an unfortunately successful criminal attack on our nation, I refuse invitations of a moment of silence. That is indeed the problem. Too many of us have been too silent for too long. To honor those who had all taken from them, who were killed in most ironic fashion as are all victims of “Holy Wars”, I pledge not a moment of silence but instead, a lifetime noisy, raucous, unwavering support for the Constitution that the criminals and their cowardly cohorts in our own government are attempting to fully obviate.”

I replied, “Criminal attack? Are you Bill Clinton? That was an act of War.”

So this brings the question, America was attacked on 9/11, was this an act of War?

See what happens when there’s actual reasoned discourse and not Reasoned Discourse^tm?

Man shoots self in the head with a Hummer mounted Gatling gun.

Update: folks at subguns.com say police list it as a shooting death. So, I doubt the guy shot himself.

Speaking of, Junior is doing show & tell at school. This week, she was to take something that started with the letter A. The Mrs. inquires about what would be a good thing to take. I reply with AR-15?

Woohoo, an event has been added: Show and Tell by Brownell’s. Last year, I won the range bag and must say it is very nice.

I recommend a suppressed Ruger 10/22. I hate geese.

Les Jones has a S&W Smith & Wesson 625 Jerry Miculek special.

Red’s has some 500 & 460s.

Insty links to 25 things a man should know how to do. Phelps is a man. And he also offers his far more, err, useful list:

Stop arterial bleeding

[…]

Read a children’s book aloud with funny voices

Useful skills to have. I think I’d add:

Clean a carcass

Purify water

Tie a knot (including one for a fishhook)

Know the lyrics to at least ten kids’ songs

Break up a dog fight

So, who’s in charge of hiring these guys:

… the local police chief denies charges that he sexually harassed a teen-aged driver on the job as a patrol cop seven years ago.

And it turns out that the cop in the video is himself a great story of American redemption: he was able to convince a judge to expunge his criminal record of theft and assault convictions. You know; so he could “protect and serve”.

Wow.

A good read on machine guns and NFA items in estates.

Heh: Beer truck overturns; nobody loots

There is no liberal bias in the media. Okay, maybe that is not reasoned discourse.

Maybe we should consult a different source.

The liberal media watchdog group has released a study saying syndicated columnists are dominated by conservatives.

From Editor & Publisher: His group found that 60 percent of the daily newspapers print more conservative syndicated columnists each week than liberals. Twenty percent of the papers are dominated by liberals and 20 percent are balanced. Media Matters had no information on local columnists.

The study also did not look at news decisions and placement, editorials, editorial cartoons, guest columnists, space used for liberal/conservative issues or letters to the editor. It also failed to survey the leanings of newsroom employees.

Nice try, Media Matters, but your study is like judging a vehicle by its tires.

It seems safe to say that liberals are mad as hell and they are not going to take it anymore. Do you think they hate Thomas Sowell because he is black?