Tasers. Personally, I’ll stick with the G30 in basic black.

With my nose. Seems that NY can never take responsibility for anything that happens to it. Their gun problem? Blame Georgia. The fact the place smells like ass? Blame New Jersey:

A mysterious gas-like odor that covered much of Manhattan, had residents flooding emergency call centers with worried queries and caused rail disruptions most likely emanated from New Jersey, a city environmental official said Tuesday.

God bless Texas:

According to the figures published in Vol. 10, No. 5, of Small Arms Review, Texas has 53,018 items on the NFRTR, with the next closest state being Georgia with 41,773. Texas barely edged out Virginia for MGs with 21,980 vs. 21,951. As for AOWs, only California, with 3,493, beat out Texas’s 3,413. Only Virginia had more SBRs (3,525) than Texas (2,033), but a few states had more than Texas’s 5,019 SBSs. Texas had far and away the most silencers with 20,573, which accounted for 39% of Texas’s NFA items (bettered by only Idaho (imagine that), where 46% of all NFA were silencers).

Interesting. I wonder why Cali has so many AOWs? I guess it’s all they can get there?

Gunner says:

There are so many laws that it is impossible to NOT be a criminal.

I don’t think I can possibly disagree with that statement. Heck, I was a criminal all the way to work this morning. But, traffic violations aside, I’d say gunner is absolutely correct. I’m not a hardened criminal or anything. Just a regular guy. I listed before a rundown of laws I’ve broken:

When I return home from work, the wife and Junior meet me on the road in the subdivision about 50 yards from my house. The reason is that Junior likes to drive. What this means is that she sits in my lap and holds the steering wheel while I pull into the garage. That’s probably borderline child abuse.

I’ve been known to put trash directly into my city-supplied trash receptacle without placing said trash in a bag. A bag for a box just seems wasteful.

I have an item made in Cuba in my home.

Junior’s weight had fluctuated at around the 20 pound mark for a while (sometimes she weighed 20 pounds, sometimes 19 pounds). We didn’t weigh her on a daily basis so she may have been illegally in a forward facing car seat a few times until her weight was consistently above 20 pounds. She was, however, of the legal age of one year. After all, once the Doc said she’s above 20 pounds, we switched car seats.

One of my dogs made a quick lap around the neighborhood when the Mrs. or I somehow neglected to secure the latch on the gate of our fence. We have leash laws.

I made a copy of a movie and loaned it to a friend.

Seen Porn on Al Gore’s Internets.

I sprayed a chemical pesticide inside my garage to take care of a particularly nasty looking critter of the biting variety. Using it in a manner inconsistent with its labeling is a violation of federal law.

Participated in a football board.

Played poker.

As I said, those are just the ones I can think of. There’s probably more.

In a story about an otherwise not funny situation, the gun nut brings this bit of funny:

If you are driving through the northeastern states, obey all firearms-transportation laws (It won’t help; most cops don’t know what they are, but I’m supposed to say this), do nothing to attract attention to yourself, and have a lawyer with you at all times.

A store called Second Amendment Sports. But they’re HQ’d in Cali. Via Ninth Stage.

I found it odd when I read over at BusyMom’s that there are actually online allowance managers. Allowance is in parents give their kids allowances.

I guess you can wrap any concept up in a webpage and someone will buy it.

Buckeye Firearms:

For the first time in at recent memory, Ohioans have a pro-gun Governor sitting in the Bexley Governor’s mansion. And for the first time in recent memory, that governor is not a Republican.

Mr. C. has more on his Taurus race gun, with pics.

Reader Sebastian (no not this one, the other one) now has a blog called Snowflakes in Hell. Well, more importantly a blog that’s not on live journal, which means it’s readable now. For his inaugural post, he takes a girl shooting evil black rifles. With video.

Below is the letter from John Emison the President of Citizens for Home Rule to Hon. Robert E. Cooper, Jr. the Attorney General of the State of Tennessee. We are very fortunate to have such an excellent citizens group to stand up for the property rights of all Tennessee citizens.

Hon. Robert E. Cooper, Jr.
Office of the Attorney General and Reporter
POB 20207
Nashville 37202-0207

Dear Attorney General Cooper:

I am writing you in support of a recent Knox County Commission resolution urging your office to investigate a questionable annexation referendum conducted Nov. 7 in Knox County.

There are troubling issues associated with this referendum and I bring two of these issues to your attention. First, the City of Knoxville contracted to pay $2 million cash to a developer based on the outcome of this so-called referendum. I believe this agreement is an illegal inducement which was clearly intended to affect an election result. Second, the referendum was designed for a single voter who is now admitted to be an employee of a subcontractor to the developer, thus under duress or the appearance of being under duress. There are numerous other serious questions including the legitimacy of the voter’s residency who was a night watchman at the development, and whether the Direct of the Tennessee Division of Elections and/or the Knox County Administer of Elections overstepped their authority.

I urge you to conduct a full, complete, fair, and independent investigation of this matter and to publish the results publicly. Nothing less than the integrity of the election process is at stake. Citizens have every right to expect that neither money nor political bosses taint the ballot box, and at present it seems that both, in fact, did.

Kindest regards,
John A. Emison
President
Citizens for Home Rule, Inc.

While ripping some of my CDs this weekend, I became depressed. See, there’s this one particular CD that kicks ass. I still listen to it a whole lot. I realized, when Windows Media Player put the album info out there, that this album will turn 13 years old this year.

Boston.com:

Boston city councilors, law enforcement officials, and community leaders are pressing City Hall to come up with $1.5 million to buy a promising acoustic gunshot-detection system.

The sensor system could blanket a 5.6-square-mile swath of the city’s most dangerous neighborhoods — the source of 80 to 85 percent of calls citywide reporting shots fired — and give officers a jump on arresting suspects, improve police response time to 911 calls, and possibly reduce firearm violence, proponents say.

Via David, who notes:

I guess if they need to resort to this, Operation Ceasefire must not be working all that well…

Now, some of my gunnie friends are opposed to this. I really don’t care. After all, the lawful discharge of a firearm in city would likely mean that the person doing the shooting wants the police notified. And the unlawful discharges, everyone else wants the police notified.

My issue with it is that it will create a black market for suppressors. And then there will be a push to regulate them more than they already are.

On the work involved with two kids, Les says:

* We wash six or seven loads of dishes a week.
* We wash six or seven loads of laundry a week.
* We take out six or seven bags of garbage a week.

That’s nothing. We run the dishwasher at least once daily but mostly twice. We one load of laundry per day just for kids. And one trash bag out of the kitchen per day (and two every other day) and usually one from downstairs weekly.

And by we, I mean my wife mostly. She does a lot more around the house than I do. And I do appreciate that.

PGP notes that Chuckles Schumer’s agenda is devoid of any mention of gun control.

Frightening.

Bill Hobbs, who notes that the tax is unconstitutional, quotes:

For a second consecutive year, the state Department of Revenue concealed the failures of the Unauthorized Substance Tax.

In a press release issued Tuesday, the Department praised the Unauthorized Substance Tax, or “crack tax,” for generating $1.7 million in revenue collections. The Department, however, conveniently failed to mention that three-fourths of the revenue generated by the tax goes to local law enforcement agencies. Only one quarter of the $1.7 million generated by the tax – about $440,000 – actually reached state coffers in 2006.

Since the crack tax requires over $800,000 per year to administer, the tax actually results in a net cost to taxpayers.

“Only in government would a tax that costs nearly twice as much to collect as it produces in revenue be called a ‘success,’” said Tennessee Center for Policy Research president Drew Johnson.

It’s a success not due to collections but due to the fact that Johnny Law can now take your house, car, and land without due process of law. He’s just collecting taxes.

Abysmal

In this week’s episode of The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership, comes this interview with Helmke:

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence does not currently have the resources to lobby in every state

And, of course, he blames the expiration of the ban on weapons that look like assault weapons for everything.

Looks like the 110th congress has proposed some gun bills. The news release is a bit alarmist but the relevant parts are:

H.R. 73, the Bartlett bill, would protect the right to obtain firearms for security and to use firearms in defense of self, family, or home, and to provide for the legal enforcement of such right.

Castle doctrine goes national.

H.R. 226, the Stearns bill, would set national standards according to which non-residents of a state who possess permits to carry concealed firearms issued by other states may carry concealed firearms in the state.

I think that’s really up to the states but I wouldn’t be heartbroken if it passed.

And a bad one:

H.R. 96, by Congressman Mike Castle of Delaware. This bill, also referred to the House Judiciary Committee, would set up so many requirements for background checking and report filing in connection with the numerous gun shows which occur annually in the United States as to undermine or eliminate most or all of them. Gun owners probably will fight this one tooth and nail.

This time, guns related to other causes of death.

I have many computers, a wireless network, and a fine stereo. What’s the best way to play MP3s in my house? I’d like the stereo to just pull the tunes from the computer. Any help would be appreciated.

If you say Ipod, go ahead and smack yourself.

Update: Thinking about this Logitech Wireless Music System for PC . Anyone know anything?

Countertop notes that there is a protest to catch a man guilty of committing gun crimes:

Maniacal New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his Mayors’
Coalition Against Illegal Guns will be meeting for a one day
“National Summit” at the DC Capitol Hilton (corner of 16th and K at
1001 16th Street NW) on Tuesday, January 23rd – see
http://tinyurl.com/yxyvjg

Bloomy’s summit runs from 9:30 AM until 2:30 PM followed by an
evening reception at 5 PM at the Capitol Hilton.

VCDL’s headquarters will be at the nearby Crowne Plaza Hotel at 14th
and K, where at 2:00 PM we will rally members and hand out picket
signs, and march on to the Capitol Hilton 2 blocks away to begin
protesting.

Bloomberg is a threat to Virginia and all gun owners – we need VCDL
members to show up in numbers on the 23rd in DC! Spouses, friends
and kids welcome! Make a day of it and see some sights in the
morning!

Here’s the VCDL page. Sailorcourt has more.

If you see Knoxville mayor Bill Haslam, say hi.

Heading down Alcoa Hwy and I notice a new restaurant being built. Woohoo! I think something new. Nope, just another fucking Ruby Tuesday’s. Their HQ is in the city, my the city. But, seriously, the Earth needs another Ruby Tuesday’s like it needs another blade of grass.

LawDog: Meditations on aftermath. What to do following a self-defense shooting:

First off — and I cannot stress this enough — anyone who carries, or owns, a gun or a knife needs to know a lawyer.

Ayup. Read it all.

Are you one? Do you know one? Can you recommend one?

I’ve received an email from someone interested in purchasing their first weapon. I need a reputable and qualified instructor to put her in contact with. Leave a comment or email me at:

Aunt B.:

I’m just reminded that the difference between most conservatives and the libertarians I know is that the libertarians I know seem to have some grasp of how the world works (even if we differ in our interpretations) and use such knowledge to formulate their opinions, whereas a loud strain of conservative thinkers just spout out opinions as if saying it loud enough makes it so.

Yes and no. Libertarians seem to have a grasp of how the world works when it comes to vice. Not so much when it comes to governing people, foreign policy, or, you know, developing a plan to get their message out.

So, someone breaks a thermometer and spills the tiny bit of mercury. This, of course, leads to several dozen first responders showing up.

The how-to and why-for of preparation for conflict (AKA rivrdog) tells us how to get AC power from DC.

Via 2X4 comes some Google video on ammo v. buildings.