A year ago, a school district in Texas allowed some staff to carry weapons on campus. An amazing thing happened: nothing.

Apparently, what he meant was it applied to you:

The Obama administration is proposing to scale back a long-standing ban on tracking how people use government Internet sites with “cookies” and other technologies, raising alarms among privacy groups.

A two-week public comment period ended Monday on a proposal by the White House Office of Management and Budget to end a ban on federal Internet sites using such technologies and replace it with other privacy safeguards. The current prohibition, in place since 2000, can be waived if an agency head cites a “compelling need.”

Cowboy fast draw at the Gun Blogger Rendezvous.

TN is 7th Freest State, #8 Economic, #18 personal

NRA Blog has a slideshow of the event.

Lots of stuff

TN Gubernatorial Candidate Zach Wamp on the Tennessee Firearms Freedom Act:

The 14-year congressman declared that a recent assertion by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that the Tennessee Firearms Freedom Act had no force of law was “overreach.” The Firearms Freedom Act stated that federal laws do not apply to firearms, accessories or ammunition that is manufactured in Tennessee and that do not pass its borders.

Wamp said that the ATF’s decision was another reason to “meet them at the state line” and assert state sovereignty. Gov. Perry in Texas and Gov. Wamp in Tennessee are going to stand and say ‘the hell you say,’” Wamp said.

The act has, simply, no chance of standing up to a court challenge. There are better second amendment policies to challenge.

Neighboring city of mine bans guns in parks. Word is Pigeon Forge did not.

I see preemption coming.

Update: Looks like Pigeon Forge went the other way.

Good idea: using social networking tools to build a relationship with your boss.

Bad idea: using the same social networking tools to call him a pervvy wanker and complaining about the fact he expects you to do your job.

When Josh Horwitz is not busy losing, he writes at the HuffPo. His latest is that some of those Fascist / Nazi / KKK grand wizards / insurrectionists / insurance company lobbyists / racists / insert code word to induce left wing indignation / tea baggers / mobs / and, say, Emmanuel Lewis (for laughs) are carrying concealed weapons to meetings and such. Why, it seems that there have been a few cases of law-abiding concealed carry permit holders doing just that. This, he says, could lead to violence. Strange that it hasn’t yet.

Only violence I’ve seen is when a black tea partier was beaten up by raging Obamabots who chanted racist slurs and business man assaulted then threatened with arrest.

Update: Sebastian says they’re probably carrying to prevent being beaten up by union thugs.

Dad calls me last night and relays the following tale. I may get some details wrong. His partner says there’s a raccoon outside. Dad goes out there with a broom and swats the porch area. The raccoon stands up and is acting like it wants a confrontation. Dad goes back to the office and calls animal control. Looks up, and sees the raccoon heading toward a wood pile where a mother cat just had kittens. Dad decides you don’t mess with the cats and gets his 9mm. He shoots the raccoon twice and it falls. He goes to wait for animal control when his partner tells him the raccoon is up again. He puts three more into the raccoon to finally kill it.

He tells me this and I ask what sort of ammo he’s using. After all, if he ever needs to use a weapon in self defense, a would be attacker is probably bigger than a raccoon. He says it was ball ammo. I tell him you’ve got to get some of these. Hollow points are much more effective.

ETA: Theory is that the raccoon had distemper or some such. It’s quite odd for a raccoon not to just run away at the first sight of someone.

Not a lot of faith in their own paper:

Small businesses that received $682 million in IOUs from the state say California expects them to pay taxes on the worthless scraps of paper, but refuses to accept its own IOUs to pay debts or taxes.

Now that’s funny.

A bill before congress would classify nearly everyone at a gun show as a gun dealer.

Microstamping law in California hits major snag. Turns out, it’s not reliable. No kidding. Who knew?

Ouch!

In July, in Chicago, two hundred twenty-five people were shot there. But guns are banned there. But it’s OK. The police are having marches. Demand more gun control, to make it even more illegaler to shoot someone with your already illegal gun.

Rob Pincus heads out with his AK.

Valmet M-82.

Tons of gun pics here.

ARs and other stuff

Bjorn visits King Tut’s. Me and the Mrs. went there a few years back and I’ve been meaning to go again. The food is excellent.

Times tough in the porn industry.

Last photo in this for sale ad.

Man lawfully carries a weapon. Lefties panic.

Did you know that socialist is a code word for nigger? Me neither. It’s like someone is making shit up to really drive home that those joker posters are racist.

What caused the 90s reduction in gun deaths? – Part 4

Reinhardt: After being burglarized, I’m considering packing heat

Probably better off if you’d done that before. No guarantee they’d heed your request to get out.

Remember, only right wingers buy into conspiracy theories!

Looks like a ban is on the agenda for the county. The City (My the City) already passed such a ridiculous ban. I see thes ridiculousness getting pre-empted next year. HCP folks will have to start carrying around maps of where they can and can’t go if this keeps up.

Per an poll at CNN, 55% of it’s readers say town-hall protests over health care are being orchestrated by lobbyists. This tells me the average CNN reader couldn’t find his own ass with two hands and an ass map.

Meanwhile, here’s an actual craigslist ad:

DEFEND President Obama’s Health Care Plan over August Recess! $500+/wk (Capitol Hill)

Phil Valentine notes that, like every other state, an odd thing happened when Tennessee passed laws allowing carry in restaurants: nothing. Even though some tried really hard to say there was an incident.

Tomorrow, gubernatorial candidate Zach Wamp will be having a meet and greet over at Gunny’s range and gun shop.