EVERYTHING IS FUCKED AND IM PRETTY SURE ITS THE INTERNETS FAULT:

The internet, in the end, was not designed to give people the information they need. It gives people the information they want.

Internet echo chambers all the way down.

The future is stupid.

Barrel Length, Twist Rate and Subsonic Bullet Myths

Dave Kopel: Second Amendment may be restored on Army Corps of Engineers land

Et tu, Snoop?

Not necessarily violent, but definitely criminal: Former anti-gun mayor pleads to dealing meth.

Sig X Carry and M&P 2.0

Kimber K6s

Jefferson Davis and His Kerr Revolver

Because I read on the internet that revolvers don’t malfunction.

A bill has been sent to the governor.

This doesn’t seem to jibe with February being the third best month for NICS checks but Massad Ayoob says the two gun makers are laying people off.

February 2017 was the third highest month for NICS checks.

Someone tried to sneak a gun onto a plane by disassembling it and putting parts in bicycle tires. Why not just check it in your checked bag?

Truth.

There’s a whole group of people would rather poorly video something simple because, err, well, I dunno. And, also, long pocasts. I would add to that list slideshows. If there was a search engine that excluded slideshows from search engine results, they’d make lots of internet money.

And while I’m ragging on the internet in general, here’s something else that bugs me. You know how the big thing to do was to take picture of something then put black boxes at the top and/or bottom of them with text to make some joke. You know, like this. Well, now people do that with videos. And they both bug me.

Get off my lawn.

The future is stupid.

Wrap up gun thingies.

My son thought it’d be a good idea to put all of the Amazon Echoes in one room:

When you say the wake word, only one will respond. They communicate with each other, apparently. But using “Simon says” to activate the others was pretty clever, I thought. Never could get all five to go. Only got up to number four.

There’s a conspiracy theory about the NRA meeting with the Russians. Of course, NRA has a record of working with folks in other countries on the right to arms.

And here I thought the whole “the Russians did it” narrative was dying.

Now with more groping.

Treasury Secretary asks congress to raise the debt ceiling.

Exploded Maxim 9

Judicial Watch: Obama DOJ Failed to Stop Mexican Cartel Murder of ICE Agent with Smuggled Guns

NY banned toy guns a bit back. Because their politicians have apparently run out of productive or useful things to do having solved all of the state’s problems. But I digress.

Anyhoo, the state AG went after 7 out of state retailers who sold toy guns to New Yorkers on amazon.com. The 7 retailers who likely thought they were selling toys to fellow Americans were probably pretty shocked by this. But this is apparently such a menace that it warrants the .gov be involved.

If I sold anything remotely dangerous or gun shaped, I’d never do business in NY.

Seen at Joe’s: What handgun the Army has chosen for standard issue should have exactly zero impact on what handgun a civilian should consider for self defense use.

I get the point but the one thing I may disagree on is, like the AR-15, it will become popular. Parts will eventually be plentiful. And aftermarket stuff for them will soon go gangbusters.

He wants to amend the Undetectable Firearms Act to mandate all 3D printed guns have at least one primary component made from metal. As Jacob points out, it’s unenforceable. Additionally, let’s say I come up with a 3D printed gun plan and post it on the internet. Did I just break the law? And were my first amendment right violated if so?

Homes were evacuated because someone found a box and a half of ammo. This didn’t happen Where Great Britain Used To Be, where this sort of hysterical overreaction is entirely believable and, even, predictable. This happened in San Antonio. And warranted evacuating 6 households and calling a bomb squad.

All those involved should be embarrassed.

What sort of compromises do you make for concealed carry?

I very rarely carry a spare magazine. This is because I spend a lot of time driving and I find that the magazines ride up a little too high to make carrying one all day comfortable. I do keep a spare in a carrier in the truck that I could strap on in very little time. I’ve also gotten interested in AIWB carry. But, again due to driving, it’s not comfortable all day when you’re tooling down the back 40.

Vintage racegun?

Shooting the breeze

Chiappa 9mm Kalashnikov Pistol

Right here, from wikileaks. Via Schneier, with some commentary.

So, basically the .gov can hack in to any of your devices, including TeeVees, and listen to you. And, apparently, they have software that makes their hacks look like the Russians did the hacking.

The bypassed encryption on several messaging apps as well.

The CIA has a covert base in Germany. I’m sure Merkel is happy about it.

And the government paid to have software left intentionally unsafe.

Also, hacking into cars. Well, that’d be a good way to get rid of someone and make it look like an accident.

That’s right, in NJ

NRA ILA:

Yesterday, Governor Chris Christie announced that his administration has formally adopted the police rules introduced in 2016 which more clearly define the state’s “justifiable need” standard for issuance of concealed carry permits. For years, the state’s unreasonable standard has been used to reject the overwhelming majority of applications for concealed carry permits. While citizens in 43 states are able to exercise a basic, fundamental right under permissive carry laws, New Jersey issues virtually no permits.

I’m not familiar enough with the legal machinations of NJ to know if this is a big deal or not. But I like seeing Christie take a step toward looking out for gun rights.

Just kidding. They want to use those supposedly onerous burdens to voting, add an additional fee, and apply it to gun permits. You gotta have money to get a gun in CT.

Obama was first. But if you read the press you’d think liberals were arming themselves in droves because of Trump. Which they may be. Good for them. But I’ve seen this story now about four different times.

So, a former sheriff, and stalwart defender of civil asset forfeiture, is being investigated for using the property for personal and professional expenses.

A seafood company was convicted of animal cruelty for killing lobsters. In Australia, boiling them alive is A-OK but don’t butcher them with knives and saws while they’re still alive. And if you read the rest on various animal cruelty laws around the world, you’ll realize just how arbitrary such laws are. And octopus is an “honorary vertebrate” in Europe because reasons.

The future is stupid.