Since McNair was killed by someone who bought a gun without going through a licensed dealer, there is a push (and by push, I mean casual mention by one person picked up on by the press) to look at regulating person-to-person sales:

“You should not just be able to walk up and down the street and buy a gun,” said Sen. Thelma Harper.

[…]

In Tennessee there is little regulation surrounding the private sale of guns, but age requirements and background checks are required in order to purchase a gun from a firearms dealer.

“A 20-year-old cannot make that purchase from a gun shop. They would be stopped by the gun dealer,” said Cavanaugh.

I don’t see the bill getting anywhere. And regulating all person-to-person transfers will create all kinds of problems for the law-abiding from, say, gifting a firearm to a family member or just selling one you don’t use anymore. More:

“Here we have one incident that is getting a lot of publicity, and is that a reason just to go out and change the law, just because of that once incident?” said Rep. Debra Maggart.

Well, that’s how gun controllers usually push their agenda.

The restaurant carry bill passed. There’s a lawsuit to get it overturned. The latest tactic is to claim that the bill is unfair to handgun carry permit holders.

In the aforementioned Joyce Foundation funded study, Sebastian compares the results with violent crime.

Gunpundit says the army as taken over the rights to it. Guess that means they can get suppliers other than Colt.

I love them. Tam is becoming a fan. I like to follow my mom’s recipe and smash a couple up. Coat with lime juice (keeps them green). Then add a couple of tomatoes, a diced serrano pepper, garlic, cilantro, onion and a couple dashes of Worcestershire sauce for some guacamole.

Joe:

It seems to me that if your opposition is able to hold you down with a few bumper stickers then perhaps your vehicle is lacking substance under the hood.

So, that seems to be a recursive quote of the day since my quote of the day is about his quote of the day.

I weep for the future.

Kellene looks at the ask campaign.

We don’t want to ban guns except when we want to ban guns.

Make your own trebuchet.

Zel Custom’s 50 cal upper for your AR-15.

K98 Mauser

Ruger AC 556

Heh.

You don’t get to decide that sir

Jessie Abbate can shoot. Any kind of gun, apparently.

Interesting concept. Via Ben.

Some workers decided to unite and fight their employer for unfair labor practices. They won. So, the owner shut the place down.

A bit back, I mentioned how some person from the Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic Association threatened to hold his breath until he turned blue unless Murfreesboro banned guns in parks. Here comes the back tracking:

The Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic Association is backing off its earlier stance regarding guns in parks.

I placed an order for ammunition on 06/04/09. As of today, it has not shipped.

Remember, two layers with the shiny side out.

Apparently, the planets are aligned and there’s sunspots. And today, after lunch, it will be 12:34:56 7/8/9. That, apparently, makes it ripe for the end of the world. At least, that’s what the internets tell me. So, panic.

The Chattanoogan:

Red Bank Commission members voted 4-1 Tuesday evening to postpone a vote on whether to prohibit guns in parks for two weeks.

The suggestion to table the matter came from Commissioner Greg Jones, who said he has had second thoughts about the matter since being contacted by numerous people who opposed the ban.

Driving the kids to school this morning and have to cross a divided highway. I pull in the median and an idiot behind me pulls in too and occupies the space to my right, thereby ensuring that I cannot see oncoming traffic. Also, idiot is too stupid to realize that I can’t see through the idiot-mobile. So, idiot stays there and doesn’t pull out. I say aloud, but intending only myself to hear it, something like Lady, you’re going to have to go on or I can’t pull out. Junior says How did you know that was a lady? I said ’cause they can’t drive. Idiot figures it out, pulls on, and, sure enough, was a lady.

In hindsight, that was probably not something I should have said. Even in jest.

Night before last, Junior and I headed to one of the fields near the house to pick blackberries. We should have waited a few days because ripe ones weren’t that easy to find. We’ll be going again soon and I expect more to ripen by, say, Friday. For the record, Junior is the worst blackberry picker in the world. Out of every four she’d pick, one made it to the bucket and three made it to her belly. Then, she carries the bucket on the way back home and eats them on the way. I think her involvement was a net loss in terms of production.

Via David Hardy, Gura responds to Wilkinson’s anti-Heller piece.

Ethics of weapon use

A couple of weeks ago, the Mrs. is going through the mail. And she says Did you order a DVD from NRA? I said no and she stated that we had received a bill for it. I thought it was odd, threw the bill away, and thought no more about it. Until now, when we learn it was some sort of shady fundraiser deal. Seems NRA hired a marketing firm who thought this was a good idea. Now, NRA does not seem to concerned about it. I’m guessing that’s about to change.

Via SIH who says:

This is not in any way an acceptable method of fund raising, and now that they’ve been called out by Consumerist, a very well regarded blog with far more reach than any of the gun blogs, I sincerely hope they will resolve this to the satisfaction of its members in a timely manner.

R. Lee Ermey has a new show coming out called Lock N Load. As I said before, this is one of the reasons why we win.

Benelli time:

Braisted:

Sen. Corker has supported the President’s line 68% of the time […]

Sen. Alexander isn’t far behind, with a record of supporting the President 65% of the time.

SWAT team leaps into action. The crime? Grass is too tall.

Seriously, that’s a special kind of stupid!