Tam has the coolest sheriff and would like to keep him:

Sheriff Ken is an adjunct instructor at Gunsite. Sheriff Ken likes for the good guys to be armed and trained and safe. Sheriff Ken brings some of the best-known firearms instructors to the Boone County Sheriff’s Department, and lets good guys like you and me sign up for their classes.

More like this, please.

In NJ, police chief calls a pump action shotgun an assault weapon.

Pic of Crimson Trace’s new VFG laser. And what’s with those shoes?

Obama’s interesting license plate.

A Kossack: Why do you want my gun?

A shooting at an anti-gun Chicago pastor’s church.

M&P 15-22 to come in under $500. Cool. At that price, could be worth it. Most 22 AR designs run you that just for the upper.

Mentioned last week that ATF issued a letter that, unsurprisingly, said the TN Firearms Freedom Act was no good. They’ve issued a similar letter to Montana, the first state to pass such a law.

The Firearm Blog has been cranking out gun porn for two years now.

People used to post pics of guns. Now, they post pics of ammo.

What you do instead of something:

So here we are, with 22,309 failed gun control laws: not a single success to show for them: and politicians want to repeat the failures and reject the successes of the past.

Gun rights 101: How can you build an ‘assault weapon’? Well, I prefer the assault stick:

From Stuff

There’s a bill to propose just that. Sebastian has a look at it. Anti-gunners and editorial boards (but I repeat myself) are already soiling themselves. Sensibly Progressive:

I did not imagine the day when we could get such a bill out for a full vote in either house, particularly with the current make-up of Congress, was already here. Even if it doesn’t pass, we seem to be doing very well at the moment — which could change at any moment, of course.

Schumer is threatening a filibuster.

A ban who carried a gun to a politically rally for Obama has been cleared.

What could possibly go wrong:

Low-priority crimes like breaking and entering might not be prosecuted and the conviction rates will continue to decline if the proposed budget for the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office is approved, Prosecutor Kym Worthy told commissioners this morning.

In case you didn’t notice. Stuff to do.

Went to get a haircut. The strip mall the place is in has several restaurants around. I went looking for no guns except for criminals signs. Didn’t see one. Decided to stop at the other popular strip mall area in The City (My The City) and still none. Not a one. Not at Chili’s, Ruby Tuesday’s, Aubrey’s, Uno’s, or Buffalo Wild Wings.

Katie on then and now:

Nowadays, however, most parents – including me – would be incredibly freaked out if one of their child’s friends had unlocked guns in the home, not to mention hanging on the wall of a child’s bedroom (!!!). But why?

I’m sure this guy was freaked out too:

A ten-year-old boy left home alone with his sister used his mother’s gun to shoot an intruder in the face, police said.

I mean, there you are, trying to rob a home when one of those children with a gun (who are no doubt compensating for small penises) shoots you. I bet that would freak you out.

Virgin Mary seen in bird poo.

Linoge writes a councilman about the opt out option. Gets a response.

Not only is it discriminatory and permits are handed out to the connected as political favors, but the coppers tend to assume any gun being carried is illegal and wet themselves. Shall-issue states usually have some sort of guidelines for the police.

Chris Wage:

I’m sorry, but I’m not seeing the case for pants-wetting panic.

[…]

I’m not a “gun nut”. I’m not a Republican. I’m not a conservative. I’ve never owned a gun. I don’t own a gun now, and I have no particular interest in owning a gun. I also agree that guns and alcohol don’t mix. None of these positions is required to believe that private citizens are capable of making decisions on their own, or to see that this legislation will have very little real impact

Also, he notes an interesting bit about who can really know whether you can carry your weapon inside many places and asserts that the restaurant owners could do that. Yes, they could. But, then, when an establishment determines that it is a place off limits to handgun carry permit holders by law, that establishment may also be admitting that it’s not in compliance with liquor laws.

BTW, I thought Chris stopped blogging. Glad to see I was wrong.

Rusty breaks down what the new law does and doesn’t do. One quibble:

No drinking allowed, no age restrictions, no 51% rule.

Sorta. Restaurant defined includes: the serving of such meals shall be the principal business conducted. Legal folks I talk to seem to indicate that this may result in a presumed 51% rule as that would constitute the principal business conducted. It would also not be unreasonable to presume that a place that is age restricted may not have the principal business of selling food, other than the meat market.

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association endorses national concealed carry.

A bit back, our legislature passed a symbolic bill exempting guns made in Tennessee from federal gun laws. The bill simply will never pass any serious challenge and was basically a snub. Via WizardPC, it looks as though ATF has responded saying federal law supercedes.

Even if you are not attending the Gunblogger Rendezvous, you can still win a ParaUSA 1911. Kevin has the details.

All other prizes require attendance.

The NYT: If you live in public housing, your civil rights should be revoked.

Rich:

If the healthcare system proposed by Democrats in Congress is so good, why are they exempting themselves from it while forcing it on the rest of us?

Because they’re better than us.

Or does this Glock appear to have an external hammer?

Shocker: Court rules amendment means what it says.