At some point yesterday, the ol’ blog yardstick ticked over the 5,000,000 page view mark. At some point in the next several days, we’ll also hit the 3,000,000 visitor mark.

The latest from the TN house:

On Thursday morning, Democrats are expected to introduce a resolution creating a new position called Speaker Emeritus.

The plan is to put former Speaker Jimmy Naifeh, a Democrat, in that newly created job.

The Hog Blog discusses Media Day At The Range.

Keep Tennessee zombie free.

In an impressive update to my flashlight post, a hell of a recommendation by Unix-Jedi. Behold the 220 lumen, 4 hour run time (8 on half power) OLIGHT T20. Those are some impressive specs.

Or gun controllers once again disregard the law.

Members of Heeding God’s Call, a potentially a shill group set up by Bryan Miller, decided to protest a gun shop. Get off of my lawn ensued:

Supporters outside the store’s entrance applauded and thanked protesters as police carted them off, one by one, in handcuffs.

“You couldn’t talk them out of getting locked up,” said Lt. Joseph O’Brien, of the Civil Affairs Unit. “Usually you could talk them out of it.”

Others weren’t so impressed.

“It’s trespassing,” said Capt. William Fisher. “I gave them three warnings to protest on the sidewalk.

“They feel they have an issue and they feel this is how they can get the most attention,” he said.

The demonstrators spent the night in jail and are facing charges of defiant trespassing.

Once again, anti-gunners don’t respect the law. They think you’re like them and that’s why they want you disarmed.

An alleged foreign policy expert:

There are nearly 7,000 gun shops along the southern U.S. border, about three for every mile. They sell thousands of hand grenades, rocket-propelled grenade launchers, AK-47s, and “cop killer” guns and bullets that cut through Kevlar body armor. The weapons quickly flow south, again with barely a nod from U.S. Border Patrol.

Stuff made up out of thin air emphasized. You’d think an expert would know how to do some research and conclude that those items are illegal to sell in the US.

But, that doesn’t matter, Mexico needs a scapegoat.

That’s how Orange County views gun activists:

At the board meeting today, Orange County deputies searched gun-rights supporters, especially those wearing CCW buttons, according to those who attended the meeting. Although Sheriff Sandra Hutchens said she would let the permits expire rather than revoke them, her real disdain for freedom is shown by the presence of the SWAT team and the heavyhanded searches of law-abiding residents who wanted to attend the board meeting. Did the sheriff really think that gun supporters are somehow dangerous. I’ve been to gun shows and gun events and have never felt safer.

Ya know, at a public meeting of this sort, it’s probably pretty common to do weapons searches via metal detectors. But a SWAT team?

Further erosion of the fourth amendment:

The Supreme Court said Wednesday that evidence obtained after illegal searches or arrests based on simple police mistakes may be used to prosecute criminal defendants.

I have a feeling we’ll be seeing a lot more simple police mistakes.

Lots of gun porn:

Sig Sauer P238 .380 1911

DPMS ARs in 308.

Suppressed AR carbine.

Ruger LCR.

The Nashville Dog Trainer on the dirty pool in the state house:

The editorial board of this newspaper will say here that it shared the concerns of many Democrats about how Republicans might handle their newfound majority, and whether the GOP might use its narrow 50-49 edge in the House to ramrod through an agenda on gun rights, abortion, the state’s tax structure and other issues when a more moderate approach is needed.

Of course you do.

Is here.

Another Bloomberg Mayor Against Guns arrested:

Agents of the Department of Justice’s Division of Criminal Investigation arrested Racine Mayor Gary Becker at Brookfield Square Mall Tuesday and booked him into the Kenosha County Jail while seeking several charges including child enticement, according to the state attorney general’s office.

Thirdpower reminds us that that is number 7.

Wilson to buy Cooper Firearms?

Why Gun-Rights Advocates Are Opposing Holder

In SC, there’s a bill to outlaw public profanity. Well, fuck.

In Nebraska, cities can’t pass stricter gun laws than the state.

Wants to require a license for gun possession? No support for concealed carry either.

Via reader M.

And his website says he’s involved with NRA.

Bitter: I’m not going to SHOT, but I’m going to cover it anyway. How, you ask? Easy, I’m going to focus on new media opportunities taken and missed by SHOT organizers, SHOT participants, and the firearms/hunting community as a whole.

Coming to SHOT, a Lasergrip for Glocks that has an on/off switch. More here.

And a handy VFG with light and laser. More on that here.

And we don’t hate you quite as much.

The Firearm Blog reports that H&K is going to produce a civilian version of their HK416 and HK417 rifles. Called the H&K MR556 and MR762.

Maybe they realized they were missing out on some major bling with the coming ascension? I dunno.

But HK fan boys can rejoice.

Riverdog on flashlight addiction: The ladies have their little pinch-purse lights, but it is an addiction with many men.

He’s not a fan of weapon lights. I actually have a second Surefire G2 Nitrolon on my AR-15. It’s handy and adds negligible weight.

Ya know, I’d read all about this report but never saw it. Torture testing a Glock 21.

In New Jersey, it’s all Pennsylvania’s fault as a whopping 15% of NJ crime guns come from PA. So says an article blaming other state’s lax gun laws for NJ’s crime problem. No mention that the top source for NJ crime guns is actually, err, NJ. At least, in the latest info I found. It’s always a trend to blame someone else for your own failures. NY does, Mexico does it, MA does it.

Also:

To help stanch that flow, New Jersey will become the first state in the nation later this month to directly partner with federal firearms officials in pursuing gun traffickers across state borders.

“We’re going to start knocking on doors at the end of January,” said state police Detective Sgt. Eric Barlow.

Over at Hotair:

The NRA will not use the confirmation vote on Eric Holder as a score for its national rankings this year, limiting their opposition to the nominee for Attorney General to a letter to members. Erick calls this a “pitiful sellout”, but it looks more like a nod to reality

Pretty much. It is the political reality that Holder will be the AG.

Full auto Ruger.

Not only Employee of the Month, but Salesman of the Year.

After all the hubbub yesterday regarding the shenanigans in the Tennessee House, Williams gets his interview on:

Q: You said some bills bottled up for years will come to the floor? Will that include the abortion resolution?

Williams: Yes. Abolutely, that’ll be the No. 1 priority. That will come to the floor, I can assure you of that.

Q: What else?

Williams: Some of the gun bills that have been killed over the years. There won’t be any committees loaded down to kill legislation. That’s not going to happen.

Q: So who’s in control, Republicans or Democrats?

Williams: Republicans are in control. 50 to 49.

Doesn’t sound too much like a Naifeh puppet if you ask me. Naifeh was the one killing all the pro-gun bills.

Not only not futile but the most effective means of deterring an attack.

Debunking Ayres and Donohue.