Just to own one: $439. Gun not included. And, remember, disarming poor people is a common sense gun law.

Gluttony? I can see that. I do blog a lot about vices like gambling, porn, chicks with stars on their nipples, and all sorts of other things.

The feds have raided marijuana facilities in California, some of which produce the drug for medical purposes in compliance with state law. I thought Republican administrations were supposed to be about the federalism?

The FN FiveseveN is, once again, the latest bogeyman of the anti-gunners.

It’s full auto-day. Well, yesterday was and since (as HL discovered here) I run a day behind, now yo know. So, go scroll for some MG goodness.

Is there a stereotype about black people’s lawns always looking like shit? Because I’m thinking about starting one.

Update: Ok, ok, fine. It’s in bad taste. It’s a joke, get over it. BTW, the Mexicans who live up the street have an immaculate lawn.

Sometimes, I hate Google. Other times, I like it. Check out #3.

David Hardy notes a bill that requires registration of bloggers with more than 500 readers, and who comment on policy issues. Violation would be a criminal offense.

He has the text of the bill there.

Looks like they now make a Galil and a M53 Belt Fed Semi-Auto Rifle.

Via TD.

There’s a lot of us. Here’s another.

Interesting read. Via David Hardy, who notes: Sounds a little as if the reporter wanted to write an anti-gun story, but came up with no material.

A couple of videos of defensive gun uses and commentary here and here. And more commentary here. You might learn something.

A while back, the US banned online gambling. Well, that’s not true. They banned banks from processing payments to and from sites that offer illegal gambling. Illegal gambling is undefined, of course. Excluded from the ban was horse racing and other gambling that rich people engage in but people like me who enjoy their $0.25/$0.50 no limit hold-em games are out of luck. Party Poker pulled from the US market and its stock price went from about $160 to less than $40 per share instantly. After the bill passed, yours truly pulled his money out of Party Poker.

The US Ban takes effect 270 days after the bill was signed. The bill was snuck into a larger port security bill under cover of darkness. The bill also cost the author of the bill his congressional seat. Seems people don’t re-elect dickheads. The bill is also why Bill Frist will not be our governor, count on it. Some poker sites fought on, like pokerstars and continue to allow US residents to play. Good for them but when the ban goes into effect, no US banks will transfer funds. Enter Neteller.

Neteller, which is not a bank, still offered money transfer services to gaming sites. Well, until this week because US agents arrested the founders of the site for . . . well, I’m not sure what for. The article states it’s for handling billions of dollars in illegal gambling proceeds. Well, that doesn’t exactly sound illegal if you take out the word illegal. And since illegal is undefined, I’m guessing it’s just bullying. Neteller has pulled itself from the US. This is devastating the online gambling industry:

According to gambling portal Gambling911.com, Full Tilt Poker depended on NETeller for 75 percent of transactions, and the world’s biggest site, Pokerstars, used NETeller for around 60 percent of wagers.

CJ has a details on how this affects your neteller account.

Speaking of the sex industry.

You’ll recall that some senator from our fair state wants to infringe on the first amendment (rather than let people exercise their right to change the channel) by fining TeeVee stations that air those girls gone wild commercials. Well, now this guy is getting some national attention for the same reason Tennessee usually gets national attention: Because someone is being stupid. Terry Frank says that:

I much prefer a State Senator getting national coverage for drawing attention to a worthy debate on obscenity instead of the ability of Tennesseans to eat road kill.

I’m gonna disagree. Sure, eating roadkill is stupid but it affects the people who eat it. This bill is stupidity that affects other people and their revenues. And, you know, free speech rights. These commercials air on cable channels that people pay for. Not the big three. People can change the channel or not buy cable.

Terry Frank tells us that Stacey Campfield wants to get rid of the tax on food and replace it with a tax on porn. Now, I’m all for getting rid of the tax on food. Heck, I’m all for getting rid of taxes in general. But this is a stupid idea. It’s stupid for a few reasons but the main reason is that porn is free. It’s true. Ever since Al Gore gave us the Internet, porn has been free. It’s everywhere. You can even Google it up. And it’s piped into your home for free without having to go to the local porn store and, you know, run into your boss or something.

It’s also stupid because I doubt there’s enough volume of porn to compensate for the amount of groceries bought. So, Stacey, here’s an idea: Cut the tax on food and cut spending. Novel concept! Stacey writes:

The items I am considering are magazine’s, videos (online, cable purchase or hard copy) or items that you have to be over the age of 18 to view or purchase due to sexual content. R rated movies will not be included. Strip club fees and purchases of services at strip clubs and Escort services will also be included.

Aren’t escort services illegal if they involve sex? And today’s funny comes from the News Sentinel:

Kristi Dunn, store manager of Inserection Adult Fantasy Store, 501 N. Broadway, does not think the proposed tax will be of much concern to the store’s patrons.

Ha! That’s funny.

Not of the guns but of the babes working the booths.

Oh no, this again?

It’s exactly what you’d expect of a Democrat from Chicago.

Update: I’m not the only one.

Update 2: Since someone asked, they were reading this and this. My response is that at least they weren’t visiting my house this time. Heh. Hi, guys!

WBIR news coverage of the Term Limits debacle as various politicians give their thoughts as to the best way to handle the situation. Caution, you are entering a spin zone. You may need a good sense of humour and/or a sickness bag.

Reader Jack mails that the NY Sun has covered the Idaho mayor’s withdrawal from Bloomberg’s anti-gun group:

An Idaho mayor has dropped out of Mayor Bloomberg’s coalition against illegal guns, city officials said.

The mayor of Idaho Falls, Jared Mr. Bloomberg’s coalition in October, but withdrew earlier this month because of pressure from constituents and what he told a local news organization was a sense that the coalition had an ” agenda” of preventing guns from entering the hands even of law-abiding gun owners. The coalition is called Mayors Against Illegal Guns.

Mr. Fuhriman declined to comment for this article.

“I found there’s probably a little more of an agenda coming from Mayor Bloomberg’s office than I anticipated,” he told Channel 3, KIDK, on January 2. “So as I looked into it, I could see there was a conflict with the NRA and some of the beliefs we have here in Idaho.”

Politically Incorrect Dog is possessed. What’s more, we’re fairly convinced that he is possessed by the spirit of Politically Correct Dog, who passed away last year after battling cancer. Politically Incorrect Dog has taken on some traits he never had before but which Politically Correct Dog always had. Politically Incorrect Dog never much cared for treats nor was he ever inclined to beg for food. But Politically Correct Dog was all about some dog biscuits and begging for scraps. In the evening, Politically Correct Dog would hover around the cabinets where we kept the treats and whine until we gave him some. It was the evening routine. Politically Incorrect Dog would take the treats if you gave them to him but he never was much for begging for them. Recently, Politically Incorrect Dog as started to beg for his evening treats.

Also, Politically Correct Dog had the most bizarre habit of burying his head in the carpet while sticking his rear in the air when you’d scratch his head. Suddenly, Politically Incorrect Dog has started doing the same thing.

Politically Incorrect Dog has also started begging for food during dinner, which he never really did before but Politically Correct Dog did all the time.

Odd, indeed.

Via Ravenwood, Time magazine is looking at Tennessee’s Illegal Drug tax:

since the tax was enacted in 2004 it has netted Tennessee $3.5 million in extra revenue, 75% of which goes directly to the enforcement agencies that carry out the drug busts. Still, some opponents argue that adding such steep penalties on top of criminal charges amounts to a second punishment, and thus a violation of double jeopardy law. “Aside from this incredible acrimony and bill-collecting mentality,” says Knoxville attorney Gregory P. Isaacs, “you are divested of all your constitutional rights.”

For that reason, a Davidson County chancellor last summer ruled the tax unconstitutional, and stopped the state from collecting Robbins’ $1.1 million. But the Department of Revenue, confident the ruling will be overturned on appeal, is continuing with the assessments. Says Deputy Commissioner Reagan Farr, “It’s fine to have a criminal and a regulatory scheme running in tandem. We’ve made sure our statute is purely regulatory, not punitive.” But no matter how you define it, the bottom line for Tennessee is that crime pays.

Never heard the double jeopardy argument. I always looked at it from the taking property without due process of law angle.

Looks like they changed the sticker.

I have little to say today for some reason. But I will say this:

If I pass you on the right and you’re not making a left hand turn, you’re a fucking retard.

Oops. They don’t launch the cow:

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Lan Kosal smiles wryly as he breaks down the cost of killing a cow with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher.

For $555, Mr. Lan, an arms merchant, says he will take a client to a remote field in the Cambodian countryside to obliterate a bovine with the Soviet-era armament designed to destroy tanks and cause mass casualties.

Well, that’s just cruel. However, it does remind me of the time me and some friends almost convinced another friend that Tennessee was experiencing a cattle overpopulation problem and declared the month of March open cow season. Good times.

Another film about it.

Various polls on gun issues. Notice that over time, the country is getting more and more pro-gun. Honestly, I would say that the poll is not very good because most people in the country simply do not know what current gun laws are. And 50% of people support a law which would make it illegal to manufacture, sell, or possess semi-automatic guns known as assault rifles. The phrasing of the question is stupid because they weapons are not assault rifles. And it confirms that not only do people simply not know gun laws, they also don’t know much about guns.

First is this, which Authorizes persons with handgun carry permits to possess firearms in all public hunting areas, refuges, wildlife management areas, and national forests managed by the state. I’m all for it.

Next, is this:

. . . some sportsmen want to amend Tennessee’s constitution to protect the right to hunt and fish. They’re concerned that animal-rights activists will use the courts to someday try to end all hunting and fishing here.

The proposed amendment is part of a national effort intended to ensure such rights. More than 10 states have constitutional protections for hunting and fishing, though some have had theirs on the books for centuries.

The right to arms is already in Tennessee’s constitution and, as we EBR types like to say, gun rights aren’t about hunting.

To good to be true?

“Hey,” one of the officers asked, “aren’t you going to clean it?”

“Oh,” Murphy grinned as he snapped the box shut, “didn’t I tell you? The whole gun is non-corrosive, even under a salt water spray, and the lubricants are permanently fused into the metal. It’ll never need oil, and dirt can’t stick to any of the moving parts. Bury it in sand, dig it up, bang the butt on the ground once to clean it out, and it’ll work like a hundred-dollar watch.”

I’ll take two.

Pics from the SHOT Show.