He has another apology on the Nuge’s board:

They say hindsight is golden. Looking back, I can’t believe I said the words “ban” and “terrorist” in the context that I did. I don’t know what I was thinking when I wrote that. I can explain this as sheer ignorance and an irresponsible use of words. What I’ve learned over the last few days has enlightened and amazed me. As a guy who hunts 200 days a year, does seminars on hunting, wrote for six hunting magazines, had a hunting TV show, and wrote 20 books on hunting, how could I have been so ignorant and out of touch with reality in the world of hunting and shooting?

Via Sam.

Thanks to F-Stop, seems the local blab is running with Jumbo. But this ain’t a post about that, it’s a post about this seen at that link:

Peace Activist Has To Admit Barrett .50 Caliber Sniper Rifle Is Pretty Cool

Heh.

What? You don’t think Slayer fans can be pro-war? Regardless, Slayer kicks butt.

Update: Oh yeah, metal repels hippies. I forgot. Thanks to Sebastian for the reminder.

Ice that burns. Cool.

Stealing from Les Jones, today’s word is trousering. It came to me in a spam mail and I thought it was a cool word. It’s one of those words that sounds dirty but isn’t:

any fabric used to make trousers

Other word that sound dirty but aren’t:

Morass
Assize
Cock-paddle
Analgesic
Assuage
Cock-master
Cumin
Titmouse
Penal
Back-hoe
Kumquat
Exacerbate
Assonance
Paradiddle

Looks like Wal-Mart is cutting back on the number of stores that sell firearms. Wal-Mart has always been a good place to get various rifles, shotguns and ammo at a decent price. Well, if you want hunting stuff. Despite the fact that hunting is on the decline, gun sales have shown a marked increase recently. More people are buying guns for other activities. Maybe Wal-Mart should start selling handguns and evil black rifles? Of course, the PR issues after would get Wal-Mart out of the gun business completely.

Forever to be known as an internet verb. Kevin has the transcript of and some commentary on a Zumbo interview after the recent storm surrounding him calling my weapon of choice a terrorist rifle.

Update: link fixed. stupid copy and paste.

You wouldn’t know it from the headlines, though.

Terry Frank says Saddam had 1 million pounds of uranium.

To Counter. It’s a boy.

People are packing where it’s legal to do so!

Added a column. Thoughts?

Eh, who we kiddin’? I don’t care what you think.

Nah, I’m foolin’ with ya. Let me know if you have any issues with it.

YouTube Channel Nine is up. The major fireworks are in Part V. Lumpy Lambert takes it to Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale and Mayor Ragsdale brings it back. People will remember the “4 year old in Candy land” and “I’ve never called you out…until now” remarks for many years to come.

This is coverage of the Knox County Commission meeting held on Tuesday to consider Mayor Ragsdale’s request for a special election. The primary players are former Tennessee State Senator Bud Gilbert, Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale, and the members of the Knox County Commission.

Part I

Part II

Part III

Part IV

Part V

Part VI

Part VII

Looking for a new wordpress theme. They all suck. I’d like to keep this one only I want to add a column on the left. And I’d like to kill all the dead space on the left and right. Anybody know how to do that?

Done.

DSA is now importing semi-auto versions (i.e., civilian legal) of the B&T TP9. Sweet.

Michael Bane, noting that the Zumbo incident was a tipping point for gun rights, asks where we’re headed with respect to gun rights. I tend to think the recent sunset of the assault weapons ban and Katrina are why evil black rifles have gained in popularity.

The recent decision by the DC Court of Appeals says on page 19:

Germany filed habeas corpus petitions. Although the German prisoners alleged they were civilian agents of the German government, a military commission convicted them of war crimes arising from military activity against the United States in China after Germany’s surrender. They claimed their convictions and imprisonment violated various constitutional provisions and the Geneva Conventions. The Supreme Court rejected the proposition “that the Fifth Amendment confers rights upon all persons, whatever their nationality, wherever they are located and whatever their offenses,” 339 U.S. at 783. The Court continued: “If the Fifth Amendment confers its rights on all the world . . . [it] would mean that during military occupation irreconcilable enemy elements, guerrilla fighters, and ‘werewolves’ could require the American Judiciary to assure them freedoms of speech, press, and assembly as in the First Amendment, right to bear arms as in the Second, security against ‘unreasonable’ searches and seizures as in the Fourth, as well as rights to jury trial as in the Fifth and Sixth Amendments.” Id. at 784. (Shortly before Germany’s surrender, the Nazis began training covert forces called “werewolves” to conduct terrorist activities during the Allied occupation.

A while back, the FAA took the collective rights interpretation of the second amendment with respect to space flight. Well, the FAA has reconsidered and now supports the individual rights model (i.e., the correct model).

Open letter to Glock

Happiness is a warm gun.

That’s what the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership tells us about assault weapons. So, why do the police want them?

Free Republic has the text. Some notes:

This bill is particularly ugly, folks.

Update: Seems the ban on transfer provision is there to prevent people like my from going out and stocking up on evil black rifles. This happened quite extensively prior to passage of the 1994 ban. Manufacturers cranked out weapons that look like assault weapons and regular capacity magazines in droves. People bought them up and some turned a profit. I personally sold an Oly Arms AR for $1,300 after spending $700 on it two months before.

Update 2: Make sure you write or call your Congressmonkies and tell them oppose this bill.

Well, someone has to do it.

heh

Nobody pays attention to audible car alarms. At best they garner a lazy “Shut that shit off!” At worst, they’ll get you a rock through the windshield. Now, though, there is a car protection device that really emphasizes deterrence. It’s called the Eye of Sauron Antitheft Device and it has captured the attention of my inner ricer.

What the Hell are you starin’ at?

Update: I guess in the upgrade process, WordPress has forgotten how to count comments.

Update 2: Comment count fixed thanks to Standard Mischief.

Might try to upgrade. Could get scary in here.

Update: All done. Now, let’s see how many problems we have.

Err, not digging the new look of new wordpress. I’ll live.

Knoxville News Sentinel Editor Jack McElroy has instructed his attorney Rick Hollow to offer a settlement to Knox County Commissioners to drop its Sunshine Law lawsuit if the County Commissioners have a do-over of the January 31 appointment meeting which brought eight replacement Commissioners into office.

At what point should the citizens of Knox County question Mr. McElroy’s judgment and conduct? E.W. Scripps Company has a very specific Ethics Code. In this code are very specific guidelines regulating participation in political and governmental affairs. Today’s settlement offer is troubling and disturbing.

There is no provision in either the Knox County Charter or the Tennessee State Constitution for a do-over for the January 31st appointment process. Time and time again Mr. McElroy has shown a preference to defend the County Mayor and attack his opposition. There is not much that can be done in areas of Editorial judgment. However, this is a different matter. I hope County Commission chooses to fight Mr. McElroy in court and that they draw a line in the sand. This kind of heavy handed interference in the administration of local government cannot be condoned. It is outrageous and Mr. McElroy should be sanctioned by the E.W. Scripps Company corporation.

Is this a matter of principle, or is it a matter of intimidation? The section of the E.W. Scripps Company Ethics Code is listed below.

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Some numbers on mass murders. Interesting.

Apparently, mass murdering psychopaths hate Mondays too.

Update: I misread the chart. See comments for explanation by Heartless Libertarian.

NIT has new digs. Terry Frank will have new radio digs.

Nashville is Talking is sporting some new wordpress digs.