A report:

Attendees and sellers at a weekend gun show got a visit from the tax man that some said was unusual, unexpected and unwanted.

And the show’s co-organizer, Don Hill, said the visit from half a dozen representatives of the Texas State Comptroller’s Office may have scared off many potential customers and sellers from the Gun and Knife Show Saturday and Sunday at the Panhandle-South Plains Fairgrounds.

Representatives of the Comptroller’s Office set up a booth for about an hour Saturday morning at the event, approaching people who came to the fair and asking them if they had a state sales tax permit, said Hill, co-owner of the Texas Gun & Knife Association, which operated the Lubbock gun show and others around the state.

More empty shelves.

Pics from the Panola Regionals.

The captain who was held by pirates urges the arming of crews.

Some pics of the pirates’ guns.

ATF broke up an operation smuggling guns into Mexico. They were coming from California gangs.

My desktop computer which is attached to a wireless router via a cable cannot access the internet. Ok, it can. But no matter who is logged on or which browser, it says it’s connecting and eventually times out. I can still ping sites and have tried to release/renew IP address. Rebooted the PC, the modem, and the router. And nothing.

Oddly, the laptop which connects only via wifi works fine. Hence, this post. Any ideas?

Update: Turns out, it was overzealous Norton internet security settings. Disable that and it works. Odd because I never changed those settings. All better now.

TSA employee steals a gun from a cop’s luggage.

Iraqi Special Forces M4

Another empty ammo shelf.

Walmart’s ammo shelf this morning:

From Misc

At the match in Knoxville with the G30. About to do plates.

Got to handle the 4th Gen RTF. I like it.

Now, I must shoot.

Reason is reporting that the FDA has plans to ban electronic cigarettes. They deliver nicotine without smoke, combustion products, or the other stuff that causes cancer. Because:

Our concern is that this might introduce nonusers to nicotine use

Nicotine is, generally, not a major health concern. That’s why it’s mostly OK to use nicotine gum and patches and such. It’s usually the processing or, you know, the smoke that causes the health issues. These devices deliver nicotine and a smoking type experience but with far, far less risk. I don’t smoke cigarettes anymore but if I did, I’d imagine this might have satisfied my cravings without killing me. I have not ever actually tried an electronic cigarette. Though I still enjoy the occasional cigar.

Stupid.

SAF reports:

The Second Amendment Foundation, The Calguns Foundation and four California residents today filed a lawsuit challenging a California state law and regulatory scheme that arbitrarily bans handguns based on a roster of “certified” handguns approved by the State. This case parallels a similar case filed in Washington, DC, Hanson v. District of Columbia.

California uses this list despite a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court last summer that protects handguns that ordinary people traditionally use for self-defense, and a recent ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that the Second Amendment applies to state and local governments. The California scheme will eventually ban the purchase of almost all new handguns.

Via David.

At gunpundit:

Are they saying that someone who is going to break a protection order to commit murder will change their mind because they cannot legally carry a concealed weapon?

Heh.

Update: Still at change.gov though.

At dinner last night, my non-gun-nut father in law said something like: I’m guessing that the record increase in sales of firearms and ammo has sent a message to Democrats in congress and the administration that the public is not convinced they’re not going to take guns away.

The Knoxville News Sentinel has an editorial that advocates TN not pass a law restricting access to handgun carry permit data. Well, if newspapers such the KNS’ sister paper The Commercial Appeal weren’t publishing lists, this would have never come up. If the press showed better judgment, this would not be an issue.

Our dog, Flash, is a rescue. We were told that he was neutered. But it looks like he’s still got one. Just one. We’re taking him today to see if it actually is a dude or some sort of tumor. Our vet thought it could have been an infection and ran some antibiotics to see if the lump went away. It didn’t.

Vet tells me that when a dog is neutered, they’re supposed to see if there are, well, actually two that dropped. If only one does, then the vet should not remove any and await the arrival of the other one. I guess the previous vet may have neglected to count first. Or, perhaps, Flash had an extra.

Anyway, it’s odd. And we’ll find out today.

With prices so high, some notes on training with 22s.

The local talk radio this morning did an hour on the ammo shortage. They even had the proprietor of Gunny’s on the show. The Gunny basically said that all his suppliers tell him the shortage will ease up in May. Err, well, it’s May.

Not happy with what was out there, he made his own. And he’s going to start selling them.

Glock 30.

Pin shoot pics with bonus MP5SD goodness.

NSSF looks at the Limbaugh/Humane Society issue.

A book about guns for kids.

Volokh notes that the 9th circuits recent decision on the second amendment isn’t quite making the news.

Yeah, if you didn’t read blogs, you probably wouldn’t know that happened.

The 101 Hottest Slave Princess Leia Bikini Photos

Clenched fist salute Guav.

PJTV parrots the Mexican Gun Canard? Anyway, the big issue is the press reporting that machine guns and bazookas are coming from US gun shows. We know that’s not the case since those are banned here. Even ATF says the weapons are coming from Mexico’s southern border.

Careful out there.

Update: Probably fake. I didn’t notice but nomen did that the hat kind of appears out of nowhere. And there’s also this one:

Starting a campfire with blackpowder leads to minor injuries at local school.

With video goodness.