Who can pack heat in Tennessee? The PSH from the press says thugs can. They seem shocked that someone not prohibited from getting a permit got one.

Also, the hand-wringing is strong when it turns out that there maybe issues with 14 people out of over 339,000 issued. Seems the courts aren’t doing their jobs notifying the state.

And, of course, complying with the law is a “loophole“.

At NRA Blog.

FDIC broke?

Michael is making a list in checking it twice.

Or Hate for profit.

Some more information on Miko Andres, the 6 year old competitive shooter mentioned earlier.

PDB on the Shoot Me First Vest:

They are relatively low profile and nonthreatening if you don’t happen to be holding an M4 at the time.

Robert has photos

A new shooter report.

Mathematics of a Zombie Attack

Vigilante v. self defense? What’s the differnce?

Busy now.

But here’s a story of an accidental discharge wherein one criminal shoots another.

NY’s Top Cop Raymond Kelly says the Harlem shooter acted in self defense.

However:

It was later discovered that Augusto did not have a permit for the shotgun, which he had purchased more than 20 years earlier – and had hoped he would never have to fire.

In NY, self-defense or not, that could lead to jail time.

Looking at guns on campus, the local sheriff opines:

“In actual shootings, citizens do far better than law enforcement on hit potential,â€� said White. “They hit their targets and they don’t hit other people. I wish I could say the same for cops. We train more, they do better.”

And citizens seem to have a pretty good record stopping mass murderers.

Ht Linoge.

The reality of gun turn ins.

Congrats to Guav and wife on the new arrival!

Insty notes a local restaurant manager was happy to have handgun permit holders there. My recent experience of inadvertently open carrying showed that people weren’t alarmed. Now, they’re even glad.

ETA:

if somebody tries to rob me, it’s two against one

Well, Glenn was there too. I’m guessing his odds were even better than that.

The president of Whole Foods proposed some health insurance reform ideas that did not involve rainbow farting unicorns or pixie dust. So, the hand-wringing and righteous (odd qualities when asking for free federal money) call for a boycott.

We don’t have those around here. But if we did, I’d probably shop there.

At 6:

HT RF.

Forging bloggers usernames?

And so far, at least, lower courts have been overwhelmingly hostile to gun owners’ rights.

Gun buy back nets a pen gun.

The Doc: Any ideas for a non-allergic pet?

She brought this up a blogger lunch a bit back. I told her to check into the labradoodle. They are advertised as such.

Any suggestions?

ETA: Maybe ask your physician? Perhaps they know something or a common allergy medicine can remedy that?

Such as whether or not the Watchmen character Rorschach is a sociopath?

I think so. He just happens to be a calculating sociopath with a cause.

In Milwaukee, a man carrying a handgun shoots and kills a would be robber. Wisconsin is one of two states that has no provision for lawful concealed carry. Open carry is, apparently, legal there. From the report, it’s not clear if he was carrying openly. I would imagine that if he was, his robbers may have noticed and opted for a softer target.

Defensive gun use in Harlem, where you have to have a permit to carry a gun and they don’t really give those out.

Joe notes STI’s excellent customer service. I’ve been wanting one of their Tacticals for a while now.

In Massachusetts.

Yale: The terrorists win.

If you run the numbers, West Virginia criminals evade its gun laws by buying in laxly controlled areas such as California and New Jersey.

I think this photo would make an excellent background image for any phone:

From Stuff

An animated image would be better.