Fine, I get it. They’re not all numbers.

Brady Campaign Board Member writes opinion piece in the Chicago Tribune. Not disclosed that he’s a member. Also, what’s he saying? I mean it looks to me like he’s saying it’s OK to be racist when it comes to gun laws.

Off duty NOPD officer pulls not one but two guns on someone during a minor dispute.

Knives with interchangeable 1911 grips.

Little and big

Added to the list of guns that I want even though something else does a better job than it: Stoeger Double Defense

Remington 51.

Past and present

Speaking of guns that I want even though something else does a better job than it: scout rifles.

S&W Highway Patrolman

I’m digging the new Infiniti commercials that make fun of Lexus. But, come on guys, you need something that hangs with the beamers. Their non-performance cars can hang with you, much less their performance line.

The Federal Reserve is preparing for it.

Tam: The thousand-and-first cut.

New hearings announced

Concerns from licensed dealers came early. Of course, ATF pressured them.

Only, like most things that have the authorities shaking their fists, it’s kind of an overstated problem:

According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), Coffee County is one of four major locations across the state for human sex trafficking.

However, not a single report from the Tullahoma Police Department completed during the past two years indicates any human sex trafficking incidents.

Via Radley, who has more.

50 disliked Americanisms. If Americans cared what they thought, we’d be metric.

Set your calendars for bacon and bourbon!

Bryan Miller returns. Still ineffective.

Woolrich Tactical is sponsoring the Gun Blogger Rendezvous. I’m wearing their Chino right now.

Indeed:

The recidivism rate of a room temperature violent criminal with a sucking chest wound is 0%.

Laura says that’s her thing. In the real world, I avoid it too as my views tend to annoy and anger my friends who have little Ds and Rs after their names.

Yup. On camera, he tried to tell the cops. Who interrupted him then said he didn’t.

Flamewar and trolling inbound

Number crunching. A few things leap out at me, such as a 32 actually has a higher one shot incapacitation rate than a 45. So does a .380. Do I really think that’s a case for one over the other? No. Also, average number of rounds to incapacitation is interesting. My theory is people carrying 25s, 32s and 380s can actually, you know, shoot accurately. Until you look at the failure to incapacitate chart.

The charts are really fascinating. If you’re gonna have to shoot someone, do it with a rifle. And if you’re gonna have to shoot someone, plan on doing it 2.1 times with your 45, 2.3 times with your 40, and 2.4 times with your 9mm. No substantive difference, so carrying 18 rounds compared to 10 looks preferable. Michael notes: I carry a 9mm precisely because I subscribe to the multiple hits theory, and the faster I can deliver those shots the better. As someone who mostly carries 45s, I can’t disagree with that sentimment. Once you get above, say, 380 most arguments over stopping power are academic. I used to carry nines. Then a combination of magazine availability during the AWB and reading people who don’t know what they’re talking about discuss stopping power meant most of my new gun purchases were 45s. Because, hey, I was limited to 10 rounds for new guns so, why not? In case they were right. Now, I find I’m perfectly content with 9mms due to capacity, faster follow up shots, and they’re more comfortable to shoot. I’ll just have a few of each, to be sure.

Here.

I’m told it’s not at all like a schnitzel.

Article on magazine fed rifles from 1889.

Army handgun film from 1944

16th century explosives and fireworks.

And, with this post, I’ll probably lose you for the rest of the day.

Bayard 1908

Blade Tech Phantom, a review

Pics from Camp Perry

Radio show broadcast from the shooting range.

From MJM: “guns” are not just some political, irritating sideshow.

Can I get an amen?

I got a J. Dewey MFG field kit for my 6.8 caliber AR-15. I have this one, actually. I’m impressed. Very compact, high quality. It’s about the size of a wallet and fits easily in a range bag or go bag.

I recommend it. And will be getting one in 5.56.

More to come after more use.

For the lady who responded to being groped by TSA by groping back.

Jeffrey Scott Shapiro: Tabloids don’t deserve the 1st Amendment

Seems dangerous freedoms may create an environment for illegal conduct.

Heh: The biggest all-time recipient of contributions from News Corp is President Obama.

NRA A-rated Iowa congressman’s son uses shotgun to ward off home invasion.

Are ultra-safe playgrounds making kids neurotic?

Children who are not exposed to risks can’t learn to cope with them. The world is not coated in Nerf and bubblewrap. And kids should know that.

Justice Department trying to shield officials, refused to release internal report. And, right now, this is what it’s all about since Melson has made clear he will not be the patsy.

Latest letter from Issa and Grassley.

Excessive: FBI raided my house with a search warrant today (20 agents, guns drawn) because they seem to believe my 13 year old son was an integral part of the ANON ddos attack on Paypal