Junior: I wanna hot dog.

Me: You just ate and didn’t finish your yogurt.

Junior: No I didn’t.

Me: Yeah, you did. Just making sure you’re hungry. You just ate yogurt.

Junior: No I didn’t.

Me: Are you lyin.?

Junior: I’m not lyin’.

Me: You just ate yogurt. I think you’re lyin’.

Junior: Lions don’t eat yogurt.

Heh. Lion = lyin’. I guess she was only lion half the time.

Ted Kennedy:

We’ll miss him in Massachusetts, but he’ll be a strong leader at ATF, and I look forward to working with him on key issues on gun control

He’s referencing the acting head of ATF, Michael Sullivan.

I noted this report and Sebastian has expanded on it and had some fun with math.

Some good stuff today.

1- At The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership, when life hands you lemons, you make bullshit:

Virginia Election Results
Good For Sensible Gun Policies

With Democrats taking control of the Virginia Senate and gaining seats in the General Assembly as a result of yesterday’s election, the outlook for sensible gun laws in the aftermath of the Virginia Tech tragedy is improved, leaders of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence said this morning.

Yeah, nevermind that one of those Democrats was the NRA endorsed candidate who defeated an anti-gun Republican incumbent. And nevermind that the NRA endorsed candidates won in 23 out of 27 in the Senate and 57 out of 62 in the house. And how’d that work in New Jersey? Even in defeat, they kick out the sternly worded press releases.

2 – The Violence Policy Center is so broke.

How broke is it?

It is so broke, it’s recycling supposed studies it did four years ago. Well, at least they’re not passing off Google searches as research.

3 Brady Campaign to Prevent Communicational Violence.

Win a gun for a good cause.

To PDB

A new Fred ad. Looks like someone in the Republican Party still caters to conservatives.

All kinds here.

And here’s a Colt.

They keep using that word. I do not think it means what they think it means:

Loopholes in Tennessee law allow citizens with pending felony cases, mental illness and other safety issues to obtain handgun carry permits.

In other words, people not convicted of crimes and people not adjudicated mentally defective can proceed. That’s how the law is supposed to work. You know, due process and all of that. However, interesting stuff on TN’s handgun carry permit:

According to the numbers, the background check for Tennessee handgun carry permits works very well. Out of the 25,224 permit-holders in Shelby County — more than any other Tennessee county — only 25 had their permits revoked in 2006.

But records show seven of those lost their permits for “…failure to provide documentation of disposition of charges.” They had pending criminal cases for charges like DUI, cocaine possession and aggravated assault, but the state basically had them on the honor system, hoping they would report their own criminal charges.

And more:

Wanda Adams, director of the state’s handgun permit office, says those people are often missed in the background checks because they have not been convicted yet. But she says when their pending charges are discovered, the state sends them a letter.

As I said, that’s how it’s supposed to work. And I was unaware but:

“The department of safety can no longer run name searches in the NICS index against the data housed there,” says Kristin Helm, spokesperson for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

In TN, we have our own instant check system. I sort of assumed it relied on NICS. Guess not.

1 We Built This City – Starship. Awful on every level. Dumb lyrics and the music sucks. Seriously, a group of musicians got together and this was the result?

2 Hero – Some whiny bitch err Enrique Iglesias. Seriously, I’ve heard this song twice. Once at the bank. It’s awful. It’s a whine fest and makes me want to choke random people or gouge out my own ears. Make it stop.

3 Warrior – Patty Smyth: lyrics:

Shooting at the walls of heartache
Bang, bang!
I am the warrior

’nuff said.

4 – I wanna sex you up – some more whiny bitches err Color Me Badd. Not only is it awful but the title makes no sense.

5 – Anything by Rob Zombie. Oh, look. Two chords over and over again. Just like the last song.

Now, a movie.

And, no, not that kinda movie that got everybody’s panties all bunched up. A look at women and guns.

New Suppressor. Seems to cycle recalcitrant barrels nicely and seems pretty quiet. Odd appearance, being squarish and all.

And no, David, you can’t get one. The guys at subguns.com say it’s an import.

Here. Ya know, a lot of people say that their AR spits gas in their face. I have never noticed it.

In a follow up, Insty notes this survival kit by S&W. Personally, for a bug out bag set up, I’m more of a carbine sort of guy. Sure, I’ll have a handgun too (who says you can’t take both) but the carbine is more utilitarian and accurate.

Meanwhile, in comments, Guav asks:

I’m in the process of putting together a large preparedness pack in the event of of some natural disaster or terrorists attack that results in the breakdown of law here in the NYC metropolitan area.

I’m going to order gas masks for my wife and I, some vegetarian MRE’s (I’d eat a deer if I had to, but right now I have the luxury of remaining vegetarian :), water, first aid supplies, etc.

I’m trying to figure out what else I should include, as well as trying to figure out if I am allowed to keep any sort of firearm in my Jersey City apartment. All my guns are upstate at my friend’s house in NY.

I doubt my supplies would remain in our possession for very long without a means to defend them.

Well, my first preference in such a situation would be to stay at home. My family and I could live quite comfortably for weeks at my home even if power were cut off. We have plenty of grub, beverages, blankets, and such around the house. We even have a nice, clean creek running through our property for water. For those without creeks, make sure you fill all your pots, pans, and tubs with water just in case.

That said, at times, staying home might not be an option. So, what’s in your bag? I have a large plastic tub filled with our camping gear (gas stoves, knives, axes, fishing gear). But what else?

Personally, I’d grab Mr. Blasty and the Glock 30. I have a bout 10 loaded mags for the former and five for the latter. I’d probably also go ahead and grab El Nino for the Mrs. And I’d grab the bore snakes and some oil. And that’s it for guns. Though having a good 22 rifle is also a thought.

Other stuff includes:

food

toilet paper

flashlights: lots of them. My two favorites are my Surefire G2 Nitrolon (for lighting up the world) and my Streamlight TwinTask (which can light up the world and switch to LED mode for many hours of use)

tool box

extra batteries for everything (Seriously, I have the Sam’s Club monster pack of AAs)

First aid kit

Phones

Blankets and bedding

Kids meds

Radio

Knives and cutlery

Cups

Metal pots

Sanitizers (soaps and such)

Printed copy of the US Army Survival Manual (you can buy one, but it’s free here)

Tent

Propane for my stove

And other stuff I’m sure I’m forgetting. What’s in your bag?

Update: Perusing my archives, I found these items:

Kim du Toit’s items

Les Jones on the issue.

Counter on the issue.

Good stuff. I suppose I should revisit this issue every once in a while and keep my supplies updated.

Frank J nails it: Lapse of Assault Weapons Ban Causing Guns It Didn’t Ban to Flood the Streets!

45Superman notes CNN gun follies past. A folly CNN retracted.

Note in the CNN piece that when when the police have politically incorrect self-loading firearms, they are often referred to as merely semi-automatic rifles. When they’re not for the police, they are assault weapons. And notice also that, while non-police politically incorrect self-loading firearms are designed to be spray fired from the hip (a falsehood that comes directly from Violence Policy Center propaganda), when the police use them they mysteriously fire a single shot at a time and are more accurate.

No, this is not one of those lists where someone posts their favorite guns and then Kim tells us that Glocks and AR-15s suck. No, this is the top 10 guns used in crime as reported by the ATF (note data is from 2002):

1. Smith and Wesson .38 revolver
2. Ruger 9 mm semiautomatic
3. Lorcin Engineering .380 semiautomatic
4. Raven Arms .25 semiautomatic
5. Mossberg 12 gauge shotgun
6. Smith and Wesson 9mm semiautomatic
7. Smith and Wesson .357 revolver
8. Bryco Arms 9mm semiautomatic
9. Bryco Arms .380 semiautomatic
10. Davis Industries .380 semiautomatic

Notice 1) a trend and 2) what’s missing?

Update: From PN NJ in comments, FBI stats on guns used to kill police.

It’s all America’s fault.

Greg has prepared a quick guide for taking newbies to the range.

Over at Petzal’s, Fred fields some questions:

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives should have as its priority its efforts to combat violent crime, violent criminal gangs, and to interdict and disrupt the gun traffickers who supply violent gang members with firearms. While one way to curb illicit gun trafficking is to ensure that legitimate dealers maintain their paperwork in good order, these paperwork violations should in no way be BATFE’s focus. I would also consider giving BATFE a wider range of sanctions so that dealers’ simple paperwork violations do not result in license revocations. Finally, having a politically accountable BATFE Director, who is now subject to Senate confirmation, instead of a career bureaucrat should also help change BATFE’s priorities and make the agency more responsive.

As I’ve said before, going after the paperwork violations is a good way to inflate their numbers without the risk of, you know, getting shot.

Apparently, there’s a day for that.

Seen on a bumper sticker on the way to work:

Politicians and diapers need to be changed for the same reason.

School evacuated after finding a gun cleaning kit.

And I say that as a redneck. Glenn notes:

SO I WAS AT STAPLES THE OTHER DAY, and they were hawking this Grab ‘n’ Go Emergency Kit up front, next to the printer paper and the antivirus programs. Just further evidence of the mainstreaming of survivalism.

Mainstreaming of survivalism is an excellent way of putting it. After all, Disney is teaching our kids about survival kits and bug out bags.

Anti-gun Republican loses re-election bid. Good.

When they come pre-fisked, blogging is easy.

I was going to blast this bit by Paul Helmke in which he parrots untruths about Mexico and gun shows but Thirdpower reminded me that I already did.

And Paul gets the facts wrong on how the Columbine kids got their weapons.

Radley:

Why do candidates who propose abolishing federal agencies get painted as fringe wackjobs, while candidates who propose we create multiple new ones are viewed as inspiring visionaries?

Candidate A says, “This cabinet-level federal agency isn’t working, and hasn’t in the 30 years of its existence, despite an ever-increasing budget. Let’s abolish it and save the taxpayers money.” Candidate B says, “This cabinet-level federal agency isn’t working, and hasn’t in the 30 years of its existence, despite an ever-increasing budget. Let’s spend more money on it!”

Candidate A is invariably painted as a nut, while candidate B, who’s parroting ol’ Al Einstein’s very definition of insanity, is cast as the clear-thinking, optimistic guy with all the good ideas.

The status quo: it’s easier than thinking!

Now that Malaysia is getting into the M4 making game. I recall a bit back that China was starting to make M4s but there are several import restrictions on anything firearm related coming from China.

I don’t care who you are, that’s funny.

Man, I wish I could vote on my own raises and bonuses. Maybe I should run for Congress? Sadly, here in the real world, my raises and bonuses are based on, you know, performance.

More All AK All The Time.

Again:

It represents the worst sort of base appeal to emotions that the anti-gun side has to offer, and the article itself reads like a Brady Campaign press release. I’ll debunk the factual inaccuracies here.

Dustin notes:

This is a repeat of the same lies & propaganda spewed by CBS news earlier this month as reported in blog entries such as Days of our Trailers & Say Uncle, with new lies added in by CNN for extra putrid flavoring.

And, the funniest bit about this, comes from Carnaby:

Two days ago, on November 4, 2007, The Real Gun Guys Posted The Journalist’s Guide to Gun Violence Coverage. Two days later, on November 6, 2007, CNN.com publishd on the front page of their website Cops find themselves in arms race with criminals. Let’s have a rundown:

Sebastian: I mean, why even bother to fact check?

They don’t. They just take dictation from The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership.