But here’s a poll you may be interested in.

The bill is on its way to being finalized. So, the Commercial Squeal kick up the hysteria:

“I guess we have to wait for someone to shoot someone before legislators change their minds,” said Danny Sumrall, chief manager of the Half Shell restaurant on Poplar.

What about the people being shot now, while it’s illegal to carry where alcohol is served?

Clenched fist salute to MKS.

Maryland decides to raise money by taxing millionaires. Millionaires respond by leaving.

Ruger is pimping their surprise.

Firearm Blog has a round up and some evidence in Ruger’s own annual report.

Sebastian managed to snag a pic of something that could be a clue.

Ed has seen it and handled it but is sworn to secrecy.

A meme. Tam has posted hers. As did Mulliga.

Me? I say hands down the Desert Eagle 50. Big, awkward, grips like an apple, and flings brass onto your forehead that sometimes causes bleeding. Ask this guy. But who doesn’t like a 50 caliber?

And the Taurus Judge. A shotgun in a revolver package. What’s not to like. It’s cool. But I wouldn’t carry it. Or use it as a house gun.

Oh and that funky shotgun/5.56 carbine whose name escapes me. Totally impractical in every way. But it makes Sarah Brady, Paul Helmke, and Diane Feinstein cry. Twice. Once for each barrel. ETA: It is the Crossfire.

Mr. Completely reports:

I’m extremely pleased to announce that Glock has agreed to help sponsor the Gun Blogger Rendezvous, coming up September 10, 11, 12, & 13th. in Reno at the Silver Legacy hotel and Casino. As a Glock owner, (a 17, a 22, and a 34, if you must know!) I am pleased to see Glock join the Gun Blogger Rendezvous.

Cool!

I’ve long thought that a handgun with a red dot sight that cowitnessed with the iron sights would be sweet. But that it would be hard to pull off. Well, TacticalGunFan.com notes the new FNP-45 USG:

From Gun Porn

It does just that. It’s an FNP-45 but has a threaded barrel, elevated night sights, and Docter 1x red dot sight built right in. And it can be carried cocked and locked. And 15 rounds of 45ACP goodness.

Compare and contrast. Pack a lunch.

The White House moves to end the War on Drugs:

The Obama administration’s new drug czar says he wants to banish the idea that the U.S. is fighting “a war on drugs,” a move that would underscore a shift favoring treatment over incarceration in trying to reduce illicit drug use.

Assuming they mean it for real and not in that same way they ended the other war on a noun by just doing the same thing and calling it something else, this is good. I suppose I’ll worry if the start calling it a Domestic Contingency Operation. We’ll see.

It’s actually considerably better than the rule promulgated by the Bush Administration

Billy reports the EU extorting money from Intel. I think companies like Intel and in the past Microsoft should just pull out of the EU. The EU needs you more than you need them.

Working as expected in New Zealand.

The other biased Washington paper says Obama should step up the gun control. Meanwhile, the White House dances around the assault weapons ban issue.

Do you get twitter now?

Though I have discovered why I don’t. Seems it’s more conducive to those who text. I’m not a big texting sort of guy. Because, like Billy once said, texting is like trying to start a fire by rubbing two lighters together.

M1917

Tragedy.

Joe looks at what the pro-gun LB430 does,

Anvil launch!

Easy way to grow tomatoes.

Lou Dobbs looks at the international arms treaty.

He issued a lame statement:

I have consistently been a strong supporter of Second Amendment rights, but this legislation goes too far – further than President Reagan, further than President Bush, and further than Tennessee law.

Neither Bush was exceptionally friendly to gun rights. While Reagan signed the Firearms Owners Protection Act, it also contained the Hughes amendment.

Tam notes that bogarting all the ammo is considered a faux pas these days. But some good has come from the ammo shortage. You see, when The Mrs. heads to Wal-Mart, she knows to look for some 45ACP, 380, and 223. Before, she didn’t really know what kind of ammo I needed. But now that it’s hard to find, she’s made the effort to learn and doesn’t need to call me and ask like she used to. They still never have ammo but she knows what I shoot now.

Ruger is dropping a hint at their site about redefining a platform. So, what gun design will they mimic next? I’m guessing an AR. But it could be a 1911.

Update: For the record, I know what it is now. I’ve been sworn to secrecy. So, I can’t say.

It occurs to me I use this site to get advice from readers. However, I am remiss in updating you on what I did. So, here you go.

Holster Beg: I just ordered a CompTac MTAC. The reason is that it seems similar to the Crossbreed but I can order new bodies for different guns.

Blu Ray: Haven’t gotten one yet. Still pondering.

Killing wasps in the attic: I consulted an exterminator. He said use a fogger. Most foggers don’t advertise killing wasps and bees. But he said that any fogger that kills ants or fleas is also good for stinging critters. So, I got up early in the morning when the wasps weren’t active. This does a couple of things. First, they’re unlikely to sting me since they’re sleeping. Next, it ensures that I kill them all and not just the ones that happen to be in the nest while the others are out scouting for food. I put two foggers (Raid Max) in the attic. Then, I waited a couple of days. And I went up and finished the nest off with a whole can of Raid Wasp Spray. Ok, I lied. I hate bugs and paid someone to go spray the nest directly. But I did put the foggers in the attic.

So, there you go.

Unpossible:

Last month, Ben Goeser was shot and murdered in a bar in Nashville. Neither Mr. Goeser, nor his murderer had Handgun Carry Permits, but Nicole Goeser did… and was forced to leave her firearm in the car, given Tennessee’s current laws barring handguns from restaurants that serve alcohol. However, that law did not stop Mr. Goeser’s murderer from carrying a firearm into the establishment

Nicole Goeser, the victim’s wife, writes:

My husband was gunned down right infront of me at Jonny’s Sports Bar here in the Nashville area. I cannot talk about the specifics of the case but I can tell you how I feel about the Restaurant Carry Bill that is awaiting Governor Phil Bredesen’s signature……

The current legislation before the state of Tennessee is vital to the safety of it’s citizens. My husband Ben Goeser was murdered right infront of me on April 2nd 2009 at Jonny’s Sports Bar. Please contact your State Representatives including Governor Phil Bredesen, and tell them about what happened to Ben. If I could have been allowed to carry my gun that night (because I do have a permit) perhaps I could have saved him. I can tell you that the odds would have been more in our favor. I had to leave my gun locked in my car in the parking lot that night because we have a law in place right now that makes innocent people “targets” and “helpless” and at the mercy of people with horrible intentions.

At Pelham Library, a teen did some research on the laws related to the concealed carry of a handgun. Someone at the library reported the suspicious activity. The teen was then called to the principal’s office and interviewed by police. Seems that reporting someone’s reading habits may also be a violation of the law. The library seems mostly unconcerned about this:

‘It is not our procedure to notify somebody,’ about the books people order, library Director Patricia Perito said Wednesday, the day after the incident. But, she said, she had to look into it. Since then, Perito has declined to provide any explanation of the incident or information on the instructions the library has regarding notifying authorities about questionable book choices.”

Is this weird, or what? Apparently, it didn’t stop there, but went on to the police. “Pelham Manor police Detective Ken Campion said the teen was doing research on gun carry and concealment laws, not on how to conceal a gun…. There was not anything to be worried about with regard to the teen, Campion said after interviewing him Tuesday. He did not break any laws.” He didn’t, but somebody did.

According to one of the comments on this article, the busybody in the library who called the school does this sort of thing all the time. It’s not clear if the person is actually a librarian, but it doesn’t matter that much. The director doesn’t seem too upset about it, and presumably she’s a librarian. She should have trotted out a high-minded speech about the ALA and privacy issues and told everyone she was going to fix this problem immediately!

No one’s looking out for your money: Are you telling me that nobody at the Federal Reserve is keeping track on a regular basis of the losses that it incurs on what is now a $2 trillion portfolio?

The Senate has passed the guns in parks bill. Overwhelmingly with 67 votes. NRA A-Rated Lamar Alexander voted against.

Also, bear spray is illegal in the Smoky Mountains. But authorities tend to look the other way. I wonder if that applies to my two brands of bear spray?

The Rangers are taking the FN SCAR into the war zone.

The dead are rising. And getting checks. Well, they vote so why not.

AAC stuff.

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