On the O’Donnell flap, looks like the fix is in. It fits the narrative mentioned here.

On permitless carry:

This is simply a bad idea and would put TN HCP holders at a disadvantage in other states. My TN HCP allows me to carry is most other states, without it I could not legally carry outside of TN.

IIRC, Vermont has a permit if you want it for just such a reason. Or you could get an out of state permit.

Sorta right:

“Where in the Constitution is the separation of church and state?” O’Donnell asked him.

Ok, with you there. It’s actually not in the Constitution. So far, so good. But:

When Coons responded that the First Amendment bars Congress from making laws respecting the establishment of religion, O’Donnell asked: “You’re telling me that’s in the First Amendment?”

Uhm, yes. it is. She later clarified her point was that there is no statement about separation in the constitution. And she’s right.

That fits the narrative. This doesn’t:

Chris Coons can’t name the five freedoms in the First Amendment

[…]

Coons named the separation of church and state, but could not identify the others — the freedoms of speech, press, to assemble and petition — and asked that O’Donnell allow the moderators ask the questions.

Unnamed Democrat chimes in:

While I am a strong supporter of second amendment rights, I am shocked at Bill Haslam’s lack of common sense and total disregard for public safety. This is irresponsible” said McWherter. “Bill Haslam is willing to put the safety of Tennessee families in jeopardy, and this speaks to the core of his character.

You know, like all that danger folks are in in Alaska, Vermont and Arizona, who have similar laws.

Looks to me like the TFA meeting turned into a sort of threeper love fest. Haslam seemed to handle himself OK, I hear. It’s a tough crowd.

Every time Jeff Woods says gun freaks, it makes me smile.

Seems the various discussions of the rules take everyone all the way around their butt to get to their elbows. Where they ultimately agree but aren’t happy about it. It’s what gunnies do.

Meanwhile, I’d like to pass along my fifth rule because, maybe, someone will read it one day and it may save their life:

Do not try to catch a dropped gun

Sure, covered by other rules. But worth pointing out.

13 geeky Halloween costumes.

And 15 cool creepy foods for Halloween.

Lest your neighbor download child porn and the authorities decided to bust your door down thinking it was you.

Caught wind of this yesterday. At the TFA meeting, Haslam was asked about the requirement of getting a permit in Tennessee to carry a handgun. He answered:

Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Haslam told a Nashville meeting of the Tennessee Firearms Association that if lawmakers abolished the handgun-carry permit system and allowed people to go armed without permits, he would sign it into law.

The TFA’s executive director, Nashville lawyer John Harris, confirmed Tuesday night that an audio clip of Haslam’s exchange with TFA members on the issue at a forum Monday night was accurate and that his organization will likely push for repealing the carry-permit soon.

And to think, just a few years ago, he was a member of the most powerful anti-gun lobby in the country. They grow up so fast.

Pitchforks will do.

Leads to training enterprise.

Do want.

Good for him. But, honestly, why strip search a pilot for bombs and such? He can already carry a gun if he wanted and, of course, he could just fly the fucking plane into the ground. But he better not have more than 3 ounces of toothpaste or the bureaucracy gets displeased. Idiocy.

I laughed at this quiz. Bob Barr is hard.

Is sorta required for some political ideologies.

I thought VZHAUNTEYUANDAIJZYRE was a girl’s name?

And you will too.

You decide.

LA sheriff won’t abide by law if it passes.

Colt 22LR

Man, that is ugly

Idaho people

Boomershoot pics.

High-Powered Rifle Fires Shots Into South Side of Pentagon

Robb with a pic of this dreaded weapon.

More oozie stories here.

Good:

The right of photographers to stand in a public place and take pictures of federal buildings has been upheld by a legal settlement reached in New York.

In the ever-escalating skirmishes between photographers and security agencies, the most significant battlefield is probably the public way — streets, sidewalks, parks and plazas — which has customarily been regarded as a vantage from which photography cannot and should not be barred.

Alan on the four rules of firearms safety. A sample:

They’re semi-sacred because Saint Cooper delivered them unto us and they’ve been drilled into the heads of shooters in one form or another for decades.

The problem with Rule 1 is that guns ARE unloaded and we all know it.

And he has charts!

Speaking of crap sandwiches

Melissa Clouthier is none too happy with those worthless Libertarians who don’t want to play the game:

Kvetching about the social issues of a Christine O’Donnell while ignoring the economic liberties that Mike Castle would have assuredly stripped had he had his way makes no sense. How on earth can a true Libertarian even worry about such irrelevance?

All I can come up with? It’s just an excuse to not put skin in the game. It’s a hedge so that when the new Congress is, yet again, human, fallible and horrors! political, the libertarians can be smug, superior and say, “I told you so.”

This condescension and this cynicism is worse than useless.

If you are not willing to get in there and make a difference. STFU.

It’s odd to me that someone can, objectively, look back and say that there’s a difference. Or that there will be. The Republicans are not going to fix this. They had their shot to stick to their smaller government principles. And they failed miserably. They made the biggest government ever up to that point. Obama is just continuing that. How is anyone gullible enough to believe that this time it will be different? Honestly.

Sure, we have some of these tea party candidates. And, you know what, I hope they do change things. And if they had a shot at winning here, I’d support them. I wish them luck. But I have my doubts they’ll change anything.

If the choice is between not making a difference and being left with my smug sense of self-importance or not making a difference and no smug sense of self-importance, then it’s not really a choice.

The only reason I ever vote for Republicans is because I like their court picks better.

Rob has a look

He lost his case. Seems that marking up the NFA forms is considered executing them.

And he asks Haslam about gun permits.

First, Mike’s chili recipe. It is awesome. And has beans, to annoy the purists.

The opening shot, starring yours truly. I was not 100% certain, from the directions, if I had it together right. And given the amount of pressure from a .50, I wasn’t going to take the chance that I did it wrong and have my head anywhere near the part that goes boom.

Pics and a report from Richard, including a nice fireball.

Les Jones: I learned something about using a Surefire light on a 12 gauge

Here. I went with: Now, where’s that golf ball.

DHS monitoring social networks. No doubt, lookin’ for terrorists who like posting pictures of what they had for breakfast.

North Carolina wants Amazon’s customer data.

Because the police don’t report it all.