Took the kids to their grandparents this weekend for some swimming. Junior swam all the way across the pool. Cool.

We got a new dog a few months back. Then, a bit back, we got another one.

Junior has always wanted a cat. Neither the Mrs. nor I were ever cat people. But Junior was persistent. So, we now have a cat. Well, I think we still have it. I haven’t actually seen it since about 6:00 yesterday.

We’re up to three critters.

Some gun bills in California are making life hard on gun shop owners. Accomplishing nothing but making their lives more difficult. Of course they do. That was the point.

Mary Mancini is glad that a gun bill may inconvenience law-abiding citizens:

Apparently, he’s [TFA’s John Harris] upset because he carries his gun at all times and if Davidson County opts out of allowing permit-holders to carry in parks, he’ll be unable to cut through the grassy area on Church Street to get to his office.

Call the wahmbulance, Harris.

Our liberal radio host must take some sort of comfort in her side’s one small victory out of Tennessee’s recent passage of civil rights legislation expanding the right to self-defense. And that one small victory is Harris gets some exercise.

This is one of the reasons why on gun laws, except for this one, Tennessee has preemption and the state decides what the laws are. When the localities set up their own laws, it creates a patchwork of inconsistency that no one can keep up with. Say I carry in a park in my hometown, then go somewhere else where they opted out. I’ve broken the law for doing something that I’m accustomed to doing. It doesn’t make me a hardened criminal. Just a guy who doesn’t carry copies of the local ordinances around in my pocket. Who can keep up with it? Or, as Harris illustrates, you take a simple shortcut and find yourself running afoul of the law. But that simple point is lost on a simple mind.

Anyway, I actually like that various cities in the state are opting out of the bill. Because, and mark my words, next year a bill getting rid of that option will wind its way through the legislature.

$2.7B in tax breaks for an out of country Rum producer. And money to build NASCAR tracks. More here. Remember, if this didn’t pass, we were all gonna die. Or at least be poor.

Heh

It’s a trend nearly everywhere. Missouri has issued record numbers of carry permits too.

In Honduras, their supreme court ordered the military to depose the president for acting unlawfully. DC has a write up. It is interesting how our leaders are responding. Says Hillary Clinton:

the action taken against Honduras’ president should be condemned by everyone

And:

Obama says Honduras coup was “illegal” and Zelaya remains the president.

Wow. The statists support the state. Who would have guessed? I don’t know much about law in Honduras but the supreme court ordered the removal of the president. Not exactly as though there was a violent insurrection or overthrow there.

A look at a conviction for carrying a concealed firearm.

Chris explains exactly why I don’t do Facebook.

Post Gazette:

Police say a man and woman have been wounded while trying to figure out how to use their new handgun in their Washington County home.

FNP 45 vs. USP45 A photo comparison

Bushmaster ACR

PWS DIABLO 7″ GAS PISTON UPPER – and it’s for sale.

Marlin 1895 SBL in .45-70

Tactical Wire reports that the NICS will start requiring place of birth.

Just a few years ago, Kansas joined the majority of states by betting concealed carry. Now, they’re moving to recognize out of state permits.

WizardPC in comments on John Harris being named lobbyist of the year:

Activist: Someone who gets involved.

Unregistered Lobbyist: Someone who gets involved with something the MSM doesn’t approve of.

Bernie Ellis, who had the TBI pay him a visit on bogus charges of terrorism over a comment he left online, is filing complaints against TN’s secretary of state. The comment that started it is here.

Glenn notes that the SecState’s involvement in Tennessee’s Official History is a bit ironic.

Tam reminds folks that no one has reciprocity with Illinois. And in Chicago, only gang bangers can carry guns. Also, Indiana has an interesting handgun carry permit structure.

Not sure what to think of this bit here. She says I shouldn’t shoot home invaders because they might be teenagers playing a game. Then blames a guy, who left his door unlocked, for the kid getting in his house. Now, it sucks that someone got shot. But if you’re uninvited and rustling around in someone’s house, it should not be a surprise that the homeowner may not approve.

NRA has made a request:

As anticipated, Tennessee counties and municipalities have started to opt-out of the park carry law passed by the Tennessee General Assembly during the 2009 session.

Please contact your local officials and respectfully ask them not to create a confusing patchwork of laws that will close off local parks to law-abiding permit holders, who simply wish to be able to protect themselves and their families.

If you have any information on Tennessee counties and municipalities taking steps to opt-out of this important self-defense law, please contact the NRA-ILA’s State and Local Affairs Division. Contact information is provided below.

Email: state&local@nrahq.org
NRA-ILA, State & Local Affairs
C/O Scott Stevens
11250 Waples Mill Road
Fairfax, VA 22030

Phone (703) 267-1217
Fax: (703) 267-3976

I’ve gotten word that they met the quota and Tennessee will now have NRA license plates.

Mr. C. reminds us it is two months away! If you’re going, make reservations. If you’re not going, you should try to go. It’s a good time.

Scott Bach:

Ignoring Known Gun Traffickers, Corzine Targets Gun Rights Instead

Of course. Gun control is what you do instead of something. After all, in NJ, aren’t the traffickers moving guns in to and not out of?

Guns in restaurants gets traction in AZ. So, they’ll be inundated with lies hysteria about blood in the streets from their local media.

extended to South Africa:

Police are intimidating South African gun owners and defrauding citizens of their lawful property, black firearm owners said on Thursday.

Chairperson of the Black Gun Owners Association of South Africa (BGOASA), Abios Khoele, said the police had “legalised” theft and fraud.

[…]

Khoele said members had been subjected to discriminatory and arbitrary rejections of applications, unacceptable delays and a lack of service delivery by the police in relation to the act.

He said the Ministry of Police had still not entered into discussions with BGOASA on its grievances.

Brehd: One brave man steps forward and remembers Michael Jackson as the freak he was

Pic here. Made from iron bedposts; charge made of pieces of lead from curtain tape and match-heads, to be ignited by AA batteries and a broken light bulb.

Yemenis apparently have more guns per capita than Americans.

Clayton Cramer:

Attorney Alan Gura is dragging the District of Columbia into the United States — and my, what a lot of work it is!

Indeed.

Indefinite detention of terror suspects.

Tom Humphrey names the Tennessee Firearms Association’s John Harris Lobbyist of the Year. Well, Naifeh losing the gavel did open the floodgates.