Obama adviser David Axelrod on the healthcare bill:

people will never know what’s in that bill until we pass it

And every promise has an expiration date.

And it’s legal because the president says so:

Obama quietly issues ruling saying it’s legal for the FBI to break the law on accessing phone records

That’d be those unlawful ones from a week or so back.

One of Breda’s students getting a carry permit.

Don’t believe I’ve ever seen one of those.

A few here, including STI’s subcompact.

Some new ones.

On those arrests for what is considered normal course of business to anyone who has had dealing with countries out side the US, John Haughey notes:

That’s $46.875 million of your tax money to arrest 22 people, or more than $2.1 million each.

That’s the rumor. Too bad those of us who were waiting already got Droids.

Penny shooter business card.

A new album by libertarian punk rockers Right Arm of Wyoming.

Dr. Helen’s interview with Lawrence Kane, the author of the Little Black Book of Violence

NRA ILA: U.S. Supreme Court Grants NRA Motion for Divided Argument in McDonald v. City of Chicago

I recently bought an S&W TacPen:

This is a tactical pen (yeah, I know, I make fun of tactical stuff a lot). In true tactical form, it is both black and more expensive than a regular pen. They can be had at Amazon for about $26, substantially lower in price than similar products. As to what it really is, well, it’s a writing instrument and also a weapon. And it looks cool. It’s just over 5.5 inches long and takes Hauser Parker refills. Also, it is CNC machined from 6061 Airorated Aluminum and Type III hard anodized. I don’t know what that means but since this is a gun blog, I gotta use technical gun type words. It is solid, heavy and, in my limited testing, will go clean through a cantaloupe. Here it is compared to my EeePC for scale:

Here it is with the cap off:

And here it is field stripped:

In addition to slaying melons, it also writes really nice.

Quite happy with it.

ETA: Higher quality pics can be seen here.

I’ve seen quite a few such pieces that were so stupid that a rebuttal is a waste of time.

Likely DOA

Video here.

TD with thoughts on SHOT.

Big enough to hold ammo for my bullet hose.

US enabled Chinese hacking:

In order to comply with government search warrants on user data, Google created a backdoor access system into Gmail accounts. This feature is what the Chinese hackers exploited to gain access.

Not quite working out, is it?

Femtrooper round up.

Another law-abiding permit holder handcuffed and detained by the police.

Cara has some purse cam pics from SHOT.

Everyone love cash for guns. In the Bronx, they’re paying $200 per turned in gun. I have an old revolver around here somewhere that might be worth $20. Also, note the gun in the pic. It’s a Thompson. The handguards look plastic to me and their may be something on the barrel. I’m thinking it’s probably airsoft.

Gun Shop Goddess has her doubts.

iPhone keeps man alive in Haiti.

40 Round PMags.

A gun ban for the university?

Another for the droid

NRA ILA: Glenn County Board of Education Reverses Student Expulsion

The first and second amendments.