Sebastian: The dumbest thing the Stupid Party could do is take this deal. Force the Dems to filibuster Gorsuch, and use the nuclear option if they do.

Well, the Army did that. And so did these guys:

The Top Seven Buzzwords That Im Sick of Hearing in The Gun Control Debate

North Dakota now has constitutional carry.

A man open carries a gun to trampoline park. Jumps on trampoline. Gets police called on him. Nothing happens.

A bill to prohibit local governments from banning firearms on their property.

Well, that stinks.

A gizmo that works with your phone so that you can practice your firearms skills without noise and ammo. I think if there was a model that worked with your existing carry gun, that’d be sweet.

Just marked all read. So, I’m certain that while I was out of pocket that the Republicans repealed and replaced Obamacare, right? And Gorsuch is on the SCOTUS?

Kidding aside, it was nice to not pay attention to, well, much of anything other than a campfire.

Sunday Smith

80lb draw weight crossbow pistol. Neat.

William Tecumseh Shermans Smith & Wesson No. 2

Off on a little break. Camping. A big storm came in and almost took out the car. 

Now for some R&R. 

Back in a few days. 

You may remember Emily Miller and her quest to obtain a permit to carry a firearm in DC. She got it. Well, now it’s time to renew and DC has made that process about as onerous as the original permit process. From her facebook page:

It’s been two years since I got a gun carry permit in DC. It expires and I have to apply to renew it. To do that, I have to pay for a four hour safety class and two hours range course – from one of the Washington Metropolitan Police Dept. certified civilian instructors. I also have to prove my life is still in danger. Oh and pay $70 in fees. And then the police chief decides if he will renew my permit. The The Council of the District of Columbia came up with this law, and it just is not constitutional!!

Shrikes:

Last year, a woman was killed during a training demonstration by the police. Turns out the reason for this was that the officer involved mistook wadcutter ammunition for blanks.

A two inch barrel AR-15:

Not certain what the point is other than BECAUSE I FUCKING CAN. But seeing the bullet sticking out of the end of the barrel is one of the strangest loaded chamber indicators I’ve come across. And it looks to me like dude wasn’t wearing ears. I thought a 10 inch barrel was too loud. I can’t imagine what that would sound like next to my head.

I think it’s cool that Trump is proposing eliminating funding for froufrou largesse from the budget. But adding that right back to military and defense isn’t really a net gain for the people.

Warner Precision. That is sexy.

In the UK, you can pretty much buy suppressors like buying gun in the US. Seriously, you can just hop right on the internet and order them for air guns and shotguns. There are a few restrictions for firearms suppressors, such as having a certificate to own a firearm.

Well, a Tennessee man decided to purchase some and take them back home:

A Murfreesboro man is being convicted by a federal jury for smuggling gun silencers into the United States that he purchased while traveling in England. Nashville prosecutors say 50-year-old Paul Gratton purchased six silencers from a firearms dealer in Sheffield.

Gratton shipped some of the firearm parts to the U.S, while he carried the other parts in a checked bag on his flight back to Tennessee. Authorities revealed that none of the silencers had serial numbers. However law enforcement was able to retain the silencers from Gratton’s home after receiving a search warrant.

I often use the line “Where Great Britain Used To Be” to make fun of England’s ridiculous nanny state laws. But they have better laws when it comes to suppressors than the supposedly “gun crazy” United States.

For marketing the hearing protection act, we should start doing like the Brits do and call silencers “sound moderators”. Sounds so much less intimidating, no?

I’d seen this before but I guess I didn’t bookmark it. But Tom Givens explains the wobble zone.

Here’s the patent for it. If I read that correctly, it’s designed to keep insertion of the magazine from moving the slide forward, which is what a gun should do. I have a few of the M&P, err, 1.0s. And I have two that never do that. And one that reliably will do it if you slam the magazine in hard.

Gabby Giffords brings the dumb:

FACT: Silencers do not protect your hearing. pic.twitter.com/EXe8e4VgmY

— ARS (@resp_solutions) March 13, 2017

She seems confused as to what a fact is. And, for your safety, we should remove mufflers from cars and make everyone drive with ear plugs.

Trump announces review of emissions rules, with an eye toward eliminating some.

Spent almost $40M defending denying Freedom of Information Act requests.

Starting a Wilson 2K round test.

The US Army has developed a grenade launcher. And a grenade. Both made by 3D printers:

Researchers at the U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) successfully fired the first grenade created with a 3-D printer from a grenade launcher that was produced the same way. This demonstration shows that additive manufacturing (commonly known as 3-D printing) has a potential future in weapon prototype development, which could allow engineers to provide munitions to Soldiers more quickly.

And they get points for the name.

And the ones that there are take a long time to get. Tam on why quality holsters cost more.

I think I’m on week four waiting on my JMCK AIWB holster for a Sig P229. I figure if I’m going to try this AIWB thing, I’d start with a DA/SA gun. As Todd intended. Or, at least, that’s what I’ve read he did.

As with most things gun, the adage sticks: Buy once, cry once.

A bit of common sense broke out: An 83-year-old farmer who shot a convicted burglar on his land has been cleared of inflicting grievous bodily harm.

Or just opens up a new market: California legal

It’s fortunate that it takes breaking two of the rules of firearms safety to really foul up your day:

He didn’t even break his stride in his speech. Just kept right on going.

Via ENDO

Happy birthday. He’s no longer MArooned. And he boogered up the barrel of his Bushhamster.