Court rules state has no compelling interest in prohibiting a person with non-violent misdemeanors related to drugs from owning a firearm.

More of the limited impact that Heller and McDonald are supposed to have on gun rights, I guess.

Some one should probably take that down.

We know the four rules. I’ve advocated a rule 5. Rule 6 would definitely be never give a monkey a gun:

From Stuff

Cops search neighborhood homes for guns and drugs. Says they had a warrant. Can you get a warrant for a neighborhood? The press account is light on details and they may have the facts wrong. But that is what it sounds like.

Ok, then.

From yesterday’s post on Thirty One, comes someone who already had my idea:

Steve has a video of a new stock design that makes bump-firing easy. My first thought is that it sounds a lot like the Akins Accelerator. The stock even comes with a letter of approval from the ATF. Just like the Akins Accelerator did. But that didn’t stop ATF from later determining that the Akins was a machine gun. The difference seems to be that this stock has no mechanical parts. Here it is in action:

Would I buy one? Probably. But only if I were willing to lose the $319 it cost after ATF changes its mind. If it worked for 22LR conversions, then definitely.

Nifty.

Again. Jesus, this is getting stupid.

Robb reviews 380 ammo.

Well, Kentucky has a rifle so Utah can have a 1911.

Junior with the Zel Custom .50 Caliber:

From Kids

Last night, the wife hosted a Thirty One party. This is like a tupperware party except that they sell monogrammed bags, pillows, blankets, and other girly stuff at ridiculous prices. Flipping through their catalog, it seems they make their money selling you $30 bags for $69. And, of course, it has that whole direct marketing, pyramid thing going on. But, hey, the group of women at the house seemed to enjoy it.

Then it occurred to me. The food and the social interaction were apparently worth spending the extra money on bags for. So, I’m thinking that gun nuts would be stupid enough love to get their own monogrammed range and bug out bags. They’d be willing to sit around, have some good food, yammer on about guns and they wouldn’t mind spending way too much money a reasonable price on these things? Throw in some holsters too.

How the ‘three shot rule’ works.

One of the largest armies in the world hunts deer

One dead target

A list, that I do not agree with. If I was going to carry the number one choice on the list, it would be as back up gun to my back up gun. Via MJM.

With video. That is one big cartridge.

Honor student faces expulsion for bringing gun to school. The student council member and cheerleader left her hunting rifle in her car.

Four years ago, a guy buried some ammo a gun and some holsters. He dug them up and had a look. I find it interesting but if it’s time to bury guns then it’s passed time to use them.

Not a secret I’m no fan of the Taurus Judge and I don’t get its appeal. But apparently they’re selling like mad, so I could be wrong. Friend of mine bought one and I had to shake my head. Apparently, Magnum Research got into the game with the BFR. It’s a bigger, more expensive Judge. American Rifleman compares the two. You know what numbers always missing when gun writers talk about The Judge? Anything mentioning penetration of .410 shells out of little, bitty barrels. You can, however, use some of the specialty ammo and, from what I hear, it’s decently effective.

A cool list and some are new to me. I did not know about the Reader app.

Homeland Security to team up with Wal-Mart to watch and tattle on you. Because you look like you might be up to something.

Another reason to use FedEx: UPS now requires photo ID to ship packages.

Tam on Kimber. It has been my experience that, as far as internet fan boys go, Kimber fan boys are just below Glock and HK fan boys in terms of proselytizing.

Pretty cool concepts. Via David Hardy. I remember reading about attempts at caseless ammo a bit back. With advances in technology, who knows what the future of ammo holds.

Heh.

Josh Horwitz compares the plaintiff in the Texas carry case to the Columbine and VA tech shooters. I wonder if the dinosaurs sounded this whiny when they went extinct?

New 10/22. Everyone should have one of those.

autonomous robot gun turrets. Everyone should have one of those too!

US Citizen’s online gun store.

Knives.

Is Gun Blogging Getting Harder?

Not really. Just come up with a few catchphrases and repeat them every once in a while. Link to pretty pictures. You know, the usual. That’s presuming you have an audience, of course. If you don’t, then it’s harder. After all, why would someone read you when they probably already read someone who does that?

It is a bit interesting to me that gun blogging is quickly becoming an echo chamber. All the blogs link to and comment on the same things (just like this post). They even say the same thing. It really is hard to stand out. And hard to be successful at it. After all, there are a lot of us. And even I, who reads the whole internet every day, can’t keep up with every thing going on.

Pretty much, there’s a few types of gun blogs. The linker, who keeps you up to date on everything but not in much detail. The thinker, who usually examines legal/social issues in detail. The icanhazcheeseburger model of putting up a pic and linking to something discussing the pic (almost just like the linker but with more gun porn). The personal blogger, who blogs about their experiences. And the new media working for the gun company man sort, who do good blogging but, because of blogging, are likely blogging for pay. I read some of each and like them all just fine.

Lately, I’m reading the personal blogger folks more since they’re the ones who are not talking about stuff I’ve already read. If I go to ten blogs and they’re all talking about stuff I’ve already seen, I just go on.

And next thing you know, we’re all blogging about blogging.

Could be that it has peaked. And maybe some new blood will take over soon.

The NYT thinks that armed humans are a threat to park rangers.

Bob looks at some cool training toys.