Signed into law.

That’s gotta hurt, if you’re the Brady Bunch.

More booth babes.

Obama will sign a pro gun bill into law today. Sadly, it’s attached to the stupid credit card reform bill. But it’s a bit odd to see Obama doing something pro-gun. Even if it’s for the wrong reasons.

These grapes, they taste sour.

Bruce Krafft:

It is sad that the old media is so used to ‘astroturf’ that they can’t even recognize true grass-roots activism in action.

The feds want to regulate blogs. Because some folks give bloggers free stuff and then bloggers may say nice things about their products. Sounds kinda silly. I guess some folks could say that they’ll give you free stuff on the condition that you say nice things. But I’ve never experienced that. I’ve written reviews on various products and books and things. And never felt swayed to lie or anything like that.

Disclosure: Obviously, I’ve gotten stuff for free due to this blog (training with Todd Jarrett, some Blackhawk stuff, books, etc.). But not a single company who’s given me stuff has said that it’s free as long as I write nice things about it. It’s always been understood that I would probably write about it but never once demanded. And I’ve always written about the stuff truthfully. It’s not hard to understand that if a gun nut gets gun things he’s probably going to like the gun things.

Remember that? Paul Helmke said it about passing more gun laws after the November elections. He could taste the coming gun laws. But, you know, a funny thing happened. Not a whole lot.

So says the Violence Policy Center. Well, they didn’t mean to say it. But, you know, when they’re not passing off Google searches as research, they find some interesting stuff.

A look at the gun shows as sources for crime weapons.

Kevin says details will soon follow on how to win a ParaUSA GI Expert.

Deadly paper!

Breda: I had been humiliated for nothing. Nothing

Ahab has some pics.

The Guav and Mrs. Gauv.

Direct wine shipments bill going to governor. Can’t buy in grocery stores though.

The NYT:

President Obama told human rights advocates at the White House on Wednesday that he was mulling the need for a “preventive detention” system that would establish a legal basis for the United States to incarcerate terrorism suspects who are deemed a threat to national security but cannot be tried, two participants in the private session said.

Obama seems to be a continuation of Bush. Hell, even Glenn Greenwald is noticing that too.

In Chicago, four people were shot. At a memorial for someone else who had been shot.

Beauty and the beast

HK 51

Stoeger shotgun video

Stuff I don’t get: pistol bayonet.

Video report from the NRA Convention.

Remington Model 597 VTR

Somali Cruise Lines

If this guy’s story is true, it looks as though he was fired for having a concealed carry permit. Not for carrying on company property. Just for mentioning he had a permit:

The subject of Kuhn having a concealed weapons permit came up during a conversation he had on or about March 18 with Sean Cantner, a new security guard at the warehouse, according to the suit. The plaintiff and Cantner discussed what type of firearm Kuhn owned.

The guard says he had a weapon on the property. He refutes that claim.

In Texas:

SB1164, a bill relating to the carrying of concealed handguns on the campuses of institutions of higher education, has passed the Texas Senate. The final vote was 19-12 for this bill.

Update: PSH:

Today the Texas state senate passed dangerous legislation that would force the carrying of hidden and concealed guns at public universities and colleges.

I’m pretty sure the bill doesn’t force anyone to carry a gun. But if it did, Peter “petey” Hamm of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership would tell you to drop out of school.

Heh.

Les Jones from his AR-7 post:

A 10/22 has more accessories than a teenaged transgendered schizophrenic.

The thing about bloggers, is we’re opinionated, contrary, confrontational sorts. And gun nuts also tend to be contrary and opinionated. When you put the two together, you’re going to have the occasional conflict. But it seems that we gun bloggers spend a lot of time and effort arguing amongst ourselves. The latest drama is addressed here. And it’s pretty much, I think, a misunderstanding. Now, I’m guilty of some of this gun blog drama myself (see a few posts of mine on the threepers). But I’ve avoided getting involved in these things publicly for a while now. Sure, I generally respond to some folks behind the scenes but airing stuff like that in the open is not constructive. It’s not beneficial. And the effort is better spent gloating about how Josh Sugarmann and Carolyn McCarthy are sad clowns. And these things tend to center around some blogging inside baseball that readers probably don’t care much about.

Seriously, can’t we all just get a long gun?

Meet Demand:

Every day, Darren Newsom’s three Bitterroot Valley Ammunition facilities crank out 300,000 rounds of ammunition.

It’s not nearly enough.

“I’m going about 100,000 rounds in the wrong direction every day,” Newsom said. “We probably have about six months of back orders right now.”

Newsom has been in the ammunition manufacturing business for more than 20 years and he’s never seen demand this high.

Squeaky’s blog is two.

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel: your Right to Keep and Bear Arms is CANCELLED

Remember that sign I made fun of? Well, in OH, police are asking banks to post that same sign. Via Guav who states the obvious: Why would someone about to rob a bank—which is already breaking the law—bother to comply with the law concerning hoods & hats?

Kevin has a post about the Insight M3X tactical light that he won at the second amendment blog bash.

A policeman’s AR-15 did not discharge during a firefight when he pulled the trigger. An inspection revealed no issues with the weapon. My first thought was he left the safety on. But the round was dimpled. Looks to me like ammunition failure.

ETA: Aughtsix in comments says it was dimpled from chambering a round and not hammer fall. So, yeah, going with the whole safety was on theory. I either misread that or the article changed since yesterday when I first read it.

And punishing good behavior. That seems to be the result of this credit card bill that congress is rushing into law. From AP:

Every American with a credit card will see sweeping changes in the market, with limits on sudden hikes in interest rates that drive consumers deeper into debt. Even cardholders who pay off their balance each month may face new annual fees or lose out on lucrative rewards programs.

Yup. People like my who maintain a credit card balance of $0 will have to pony up for the guy who bought three plasma TeeVees, a Wii, a PS3 and all that other stuff on credit that he can’t pay for. And this is awesome:

This cements a victory for every American consumer who has ever suffered at the hands of the credit card industry

That’d be senator Chris Dodd. It’s funny for a few reasons. One, if you suffer at the hands of a credit card company, it’s probably your fault. You signed a contract. You should honor. Next, it is funny because Dodd wants to give folks cushy credit arrangements, which is something is familiar with.