Archive for 2011

May 13, 2011

Genius!

Man-Cans: Candles for men. Scents include grandpa’s pipe, sawdust and bacon. Needs one for Hoppes 9.

We’re Winning

An art exhibit depicting phobias as holes at a golf course has one for hoplophobia:

Hoplophobia comes from the Greek word hoplon, meaning armor. One belief of people with this fear can be that the control of the weapon lies in the firearm itself and not in the handler of the weapon. In other words, guns do not kill people, people kill people.

Awesome.

Via John.

Apparently, the only place you have a reasonable expectation of privacy is in your closet under a blanket or at an abortion clinic

Courts rule it’s ok to attach a GPS tracking device to your car without a warrant:

Holbrook wrote that “a reasonable expectation of privacy” does not exist for those parking and traveling on public roads.

“The device was attached to a vehicle found on public property” and “monitored their travel in public and at no time did the defendant attempt to shield the vehicle from the public,” he wrote.

AARP and guns

They seem to advocate treating guns as a public health problem. And seem to endorse legislation:

There are a variety of ways of dealing with the problems caused by guns in society, and legislation is one of the methods most commonly used. Franklin Zimring has noted that laws that regulate gun use fall into three categories: those that limit the place and the manner of firearm use, those that keep guns out of the hands of high-risk users, and those that ban high risk firearms. Place and manner legislation sets out to do as it suggests, to limit certain uses of firearms in certain locations. Examples include banning the use of firearms in public places and prohibiting the carrying of a firearm (except for those carried by security personnel and police). This legislation is difficult to implement, however, without the active support of the police force, and that support requires additional funding to make sure that police monitor potentially violent events.

So much for gray dawn.

From the NRA floor

The RONI Glock Carbine Conversion Kit:

From 2011 NRA

Lane v. Holder

Josh Blackman looks at the latest second amendment challenge to DC’s gun laws.

Green Bullets

In times of war, it’s a good thing to know that the military has the time and money to research and deploy environmentally friendly ammo:

The cartridge, sometimes called the “green bullet” because it has an environmentally-friendly copper core instead of the traditional lead, has been getting mostly good reviews in the 11 months since it first deployed to Operation Enduring Freedom.

Priorities!

First they came for people with the sniffles . . .

Governor Haslam expected to sign sudafed tracking system into law. Yes, a sudafed registry.

Kent Williams gets it right:

“This is a feel-good piece of legislation,” said Williams, adding that Kentucky approved a similar bill a year ago and “it has done absolutely nothing to control meth labs.”

This is what you do instead of something.

Race and gun control

Glenn interviews Professor Robert Cottrol.

Chicks and Guns

Concealed Carry Clothing for Women

Guns in the workplace

Wal-Greens employee stops robbery, hostage situation with his carry gun.

He didn’t use facebook?

How bin Laden emailed without being detected by US

Gun Porn

SEE THE GUN THAT KILLED BIN LADEN. IT’S AWESOME!

Leupuld Mark 4 HAMR

The Kentucky Rifle is shorter than Breda

May 12, 2011

Zombie Awareness Month

May is zombie awareness month.

Here’s a handy chart for identifying zombies.

And, hey, more zombie jokes.

what legislators do

In Florida, ill-thought out law bans sex.

Quote of the Day

From Brownells facebook page: TECH TIP: When fitting two parts together, work on the cheaper of the two parts.

Heh.

there ought to be a law

Even though the market is already taking care of that:

“Let your fingers do the walking” could be replaced with “let your finger do the clicking” in San Francisco. It’s poised to become the first U.S. city to restrict delivery of Yellow Pages business directories.

The Board of Supervisors cast a 10-1 first vote on Tuesday to ban unrequested home and business delivery of the hefty telephone directories. There will be a second reading and final vote next week.

Robb Gets His Video On

Magtech First Defense Ammo Review

Mythbusters on sound suppressors

It was a decent show. They wanted to test the myth of whether or not suppressed handguns sounded like they do in the movie. They called the myth ‘plausible’, which I don’t agree with. After all, you have movies like Assassins where someone with a suppressed pistol is shooting at someone in a crowd of people and no one notices. And they only tested a 45 and a 9mm.

A couple of good bits were when Adam said (paraphrased) that police and military like them because they reduce muzzle climb and recoil; reduce the concussive force; eliminate flash; and make it easier to stay on target. He concluded with something like which make guns safer and easier to operate. He also specifically said these were not assassination tools.

Also, citizens love them too. They’re great for teaching new shooters and kids:

From Kids

Photo courtesy of The National Firearms Act Trade & Collectors Association, who Junior is modeling for and they were giving away those cards at the NRA Annual Meeting.

And they had a sound guy measure the db levels of suppressed and unsuppressed, and he noted the difference took them from dangerous to safe. Excellent.

Sound suppressors are the neighborly thing to do.

If I find the video online, I’ll post it later.

I’m brushing my wookiee suit

On Ron Paul: you’re just about the only guy on the big stage saying things that ought to be said.

Tactical Pants

Jay reviews reviews the Elite Series Tactical pants. I have one of their shirts that I need to write about.

Civil Rights Case

A bit back, a company offered firearms training and used billboards in the Phoenix area. The city then censored those billboards. Now, there is a lawsuit against the city.

Defensive Gun Use in NY

Undercover cop shoots would be robber.

The Rat Sniper

English Russia: Armed with a pneumatic sniper-rifle with a laser aim and silencer, (that costs over 3400 USD) he sets out in the evenings to his hunting grounds- in his case to the city streets.

That’s a pretty cool looking air rifle. Not sure what it is.

Oops

ATF detonates explosives. And creates a bit of a forest fire.

Indictment

Can people under indictment for felonies be barred from gun ownership?

Big Brother

The DOJ tells congress to make ISPs keep tabs on you.

And to make your phone company store data on you.

Because Mexico is more important

Nemerov: Obama’s ATF: Too Busy Gun Smuggling to Arrest Criminals?

Gun Law News

Governor vetoes constitutional carry bill in Montana.

Right to arms in Puerto Rico

In Ohio, bill removing restrictions on guns where alcohol is served has passed the house. Passed the senate earlier.

Gun Control Targeting Hunters

Been saying for years that they’ll come after those guys eventually. This time, with a lead ammo ban.

Remember, I do this to entertain me, not you.

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