Archive for March, 2010

March 19, 2010

Sometimes he’s nutty

or corny

The Brady Campaign PSH Chart.

Really unpossible

Believe it or not, you cannot actually profit from loaning money to yourself.

NRA convention and carry

This year’s convention is held at a place that doesn’t allow concealed carry. This has happened before. IIRC, Louisville was the first one that allowed it. It’s because of the venue and not NRA policy. Curt says he won’t go because of it. Sebastian says it’s an issue but there are other considerations NRA has to factor in to its choice of venue.

I’m going. Already got a room.

ETA: Some doubt as to whether Louisville was the first and I cannot find where I read that. So, maybe not.

Cool find

Lewis gun found in Illinois. More pics here.

Hypocrisy list

Top 10 Anti-Gay Activists Caught Being Gay

It only took 50 to notice

Computer snafu is behind at least 50 ‘raids’ on Brooklyn couple’s home

Shall issue in Iowa

I had always assumed it was shall issue. Turns out, sheriff’s have broad discretion. A bill in the works to fix that.

Fact checking your ass

Target: Snapple.

Why we win

A comparison.

Guns in parking lots

Governor of Indiana signs bill into law.

Gun Porn

Rooney

World’s fastest bolt action?

MM23e

Bersa Thunder, refinished

Davy Crockett’s first rifle

How to

Estimating Range With A Mil-Dot Reticle

It causes everything

Add to the complete list of things that global warming causes that Russians may invade Canada.

Strike Force Manufacturing

Looks like Todd Jarrett’s new gun company is about to gear up.

Holy crap

Scary.

Via guav.

March 18, 2010

How to deal with NFA and non-NFA firearms in a will

Specific to Florida but still worth the read.

Crack Seed and Checkers and Pogo

Some combination of websurfing last night brought back a flurry of childhood memories. Not quite sure how I got there. But I managed to stumble across a few things that reminded me of when I was a kid and dad was stationed in Hawaii, in the late 1970s. Every day, after school, me and my sister would watch Checkers and Pogo, a show I’d honestly forgotten the name of until I somehow stumbled across it last night. There’s even youtube videos of it.

Then, that got me to thinking about other things there. One of those things was my favorite candy as a kid called Salty Seeds. It was made by a company called Yick Lung. And whenever mom took us to the commissary, she’d give us a dollar to buy candy. And you could get 5 various candies for that dollar. I’d get five packs of salty seed. Loved them. In 1999, I started working in public accounting. One of my co-workers was from Hawaii and I asked him if Yick Lung still made Salty Seeds. He got me some. Just as good as I remember. We’ve lost contact and I’ve not been able to find any since. Until I discovered this site. May have to order some.

Then, further searching lead me to pictures of Rabbit Island and Turtle Island, which we could see from one of the beaches we used to spend our weekends at.

If Hawaii wasn’t such a racist place, I might go back to visit.

More Starbucks

Shorter Brady Campaign: Well, that didn’t work. Let’s try a different lame accusation!

Obviously, compensating for the size of her penis

82 year-old grandmother ends beating by drawing her gun.

You can send it to me

Wisconsin town disbands police department. Not sure what to do with 58K rounds of ammo laying around.

Thanks, Al

Americans less worried about environmental issues.

Well Played

Reader kristopher on the recent going ons in Belle Meade:

He forced these victim-disarmament ninnies to change their law … and make it fall under state pre-emption.

Well played, actually.

A grandfathered gun law is now vulnerable to legal attack.

You can polish a turd.

Nature: not so different from sumdood

Tam:

What I want to know is how come the same person who would never walk alone through a dark alley in New York City will go and “experience” the wilderness by themselves without so much as a dull butter knife to their name

Covert Backpack

Looks pretty handy.

More praise for Starbucks

Handled the gun fight with civility.

It also marks a change. In the past, the Brady Campaign could bleat at some company and it might cave. If you can’t get the hippie culture at Starbucks to look your way, well, I’d say you’ve got your work cut out for you.

Response from Insight Firearms Training Development

Bane sent them an email over their opposition to unlicensed carry and gets a response.

When your only tool is a hammer

IRS gets all IRS on someone over $0.04.

Chicks and guns

Girls Beat Boys as TCU Wins NCAA Rifle Championship

Quote of the Day

Greg Gutfeld:

I became a conservative by being around liberals and I became a libertarian by being around conservatives.

Also via phelps.

Unfunded Mandates

Idaho gets firearm freedom, only with health care.