Tracy takes her new one to the range.

SCOTUS blog looks at a few prominent post-Heller second amendment cases: On a pace that very likely will put them in the Supreme Court at its next Term, three significant test cases on the scope of the Second Amendment — the “gun rights” Amendment — are moving along in the lower courts.

Perhaps the dumbest product idea I’ve ever seen.

The ninth and final part, with links to the first 8 parts.

Ballistic vest designer requires employees to be shot while wearing the products. I guess he stands by his products.

Five years for a 22 revolver.

ATF gets $10,000,000 from the stimulus bill to keep guns out of Mexico.

Or not so much:

The Majority of Tennessee State Lawmakers Refuse to Release Public Records

Seventy-Two of the 132 members of the General Assembly fail to comply with open records requests

NASHVILLE – More than half of the members of the Tennessee General Assembly failed to comply with a recent open records request, according to the Tennessee Center for Policy Research.

Only bad guys smoke.

Last night, I went to bed and it was about 60 degree outside. This morning, I wake up to see this:

From Home Life

Xrlq is officially a yankee instead of a damn yankee. Next, he’ll be drinking sweet tea every meal.

Michael Bane is concerned about some military training in weapons confiscations in Iowa. I wouldn’t quite spell it out all doom and gloomy like Michael, since that’s what the guard does in Iraq and Afghanistan and they’re probably training for that. But it is a bit disconcerting.

Because, yes, I’m out of crap to say:

Update: Second tune from MP3 player, some local guys (and, frankly, it’s probably hard to work a word like Coprophagia into a song):

Boy, do my tastes vary.

Not content trampling privacy, they are now crapping their pants over some TN gun bills:

Editorial: Logic lacking in gun bills
A fast track to a bad policy: Making it easier to bring firearms to places where families gather defies common sense.

I looked for the logic and have yet to see it. Seems mostly hysteria. After all, using logic, you would know that there are already lawful firearms in places where families gather.

Via AC.

On a personal note: I’d like to graciously thank the Commercial Appeal. Their disregard for privacy will contribute to these firearms bills being fast tracked. So, thank you.

Jeff Woods, when not busy poo-pooing privacy, notes a couple of crimes by handgun carry permit holders. General lame implications that we’ve come to expect from media sorts. Note no discussion of the actual crime rate of carry permit holders, which is actually lower than the rate for police. But we can’t let numbers get in the way of our feelings.

And what happens when you don’t have it:

The video.

Wow.

A bill to ending the prohibition on carry where alcohol is served:

A Tennessee House panel recommends allowing people with handgun permits to carry their weapons into restaurants where alcohol is served until 11 p.m.

The proposal would maintain a ban on people carrying handguns from drinking alcohol. It would also continue to ban on handguns at establishments that have age limits for entry.

Because, of course, 11:00 gives you one hour before the stroke of midnight. And you know what happens to a gun at midnight, right?

Saudi Cleric says alcohol in bio-fuels is a sin. Of course it is.

OK, then: The initial question was posed by Peter Valdez of Salinas, who wanted to know why gun locks couldn’t be enforced in the city – forcing gang members to lock their guns in order to transport them.

That’s racist.

Florida can’t keep up with carry permits.

Experts Warn of ‘Terminator’-Style Military-Robot Rebellion. Between that, zombies, face-eating monkeys, global warming and other mythological bogeymen, I wonder what kinda ammo I should stock up on?

SW99

870 for home defense

AR-15 Build, part 4

When your wife walks in and says You know that one chore around the house I never do? And then you’re not smart enough to realize that the question may either 1) be rhetorical or 2) if you keep your mouth shut, she’ll answer for you. So, you try to guess. A few times.

Jimmy B is back.

Made me laugh:

From Stuff

Lead is the reason, they say, that guns shouldn’t be in parks. To which Les Jones says:

Park rangers carry guns, so what kind of bullets do they use and do they contain lead? I think I know the answer and I think you, do, too.

We have open primaries in Tennessee. Probably because the state has a lot of independents. There’s a push to close the primaries. AC says: Don’t close open primaries.

Mihail Kalasnikov is admitting he was “helped” by the German inventor and arms maker Hugo Schmeisser to create the AK-47 assault rifle.

I would guess he was also “helped” by Simonov too.