Or is it ignorance? CNN would have you believe you can walk right into a local gun shop or gun show and buy a bazooka. To ship to Mexico, of course.

This Mexican gun canard is now officially dogma. For a reason.

I’m sure by now, you’ve all heard of the face-eating monkey attack. I kept waiting and waiting for PETA to issue some stupid statement but it never came. There are reports that PETArds are calling the owner of the chimp and gibbon her a hard time.

Finally, Time Magazine did a report on why the chimp attacked. Turns out, it’s because it’s a fucking chimp. Gee, domesticated wild animals some times lose it, who knew?

Update: People don’t like the puns? It is a matter of gibbon take.

In Tennessee’s SB1644 Firearms Freedom Act, that says firearms made in state are not subject to federal gun controls, comes this bit:

(1) “Firearms accessories” means items that are used in conjunction with or mounted upon a firearm but are not essential to the basic function of a firearm, including but not limited to telescopic or laser sights, magazines, flash or sound suppressors, folding or aftermarket stocks and grips, speedloaders, ammunition carriers, and lights for target illumination;

Nice. Notable is the bill would not remove NFA rules for machine guns, short barreled rifles & shotguns, destructive devices, and any other weapons. The sound suppressor thing alone will result in a fed v. state showdown.

This is a perfect time for pro-gunnies to start noting the benefits of sound suppressors, including saving your hearing and not annoying your neighbors.

Local arfcommer on TN carry permits:

I’ve read about people having some similar experiences, so I thought I’d share this.

If you are waiting on your permit, call this number 866-849-3548 (toll-free) and ask about the status of your permit.

If your background check is approved, they’ll issue the permit today.

So apparently the good people at the capital are kinda sitting on their thumbs, and if you don’t call about the permit, they don’t get in any hurry.

Good to know.

19 Facts You Need to Know About Guns. I stopped reading after the first one, which is wrong.

AC on congressmonkies twittering: Experience The Slow Decline Of Western Democracy In 140 Characters Or Less

AR-15 build. Part 3.

David has some questions too.

Tasty, tasty Glock. And other chocolate weapons.

What media says vs. what it means.

You should add carload.

R&R Racing Custom Saiga Mag-Fed (12+1 Rounds) Semi-Auto Tactical/Combat Shotgun

True.

In OK:

Today, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously in support of allowing employees to store legally owned firearms in locked, private motor vehicles while parked in employer parking lots. This decision upholds NRA-backed legislation passed in 2004.

In Orchard Park, a man walked right through an order of protection and beheaded his wife. Said man, being olive-skinned, may have committed an honor killing. This is particularly bad in light of his day job: Muzzammil Hassan is the founder and chief executive officer of Bridges TV, which he launched in 2004, amid hopes that it would help portray Muslims in a more positive light.

KAG ponders the differentiation between domestic violence and honor killings. Personally, don’t care if there’s a difference. A murderous psychopath is a murderous psychopath.

Update: And If a Mormon had done this, it would be all over the news. Or a Baptist.

A look at firearm importation rules and sporting purposes.

Seems hit or miss today. Not sure why. Linked by instapundit but that doesn’t usually cause problems. So, I’m stumped.

Meanwhile, if you can access the site, here’s some 1911 Porn.

And you know what’s made of copper and lead? I mean, other than childrens’ toys from China:

Commodities plunged to their lowest level since June 2002, led by energy and industrial metals, on mounting signs that the global recession is deepening and demand for raw materials will decline further.

The Reuters/Jefferies CRB Index of 19 prices dropped for the sixth straight session, the longest slump since December. The gauge touched 203.25, the lowest since June 21, 2002, and has slipped 11 percent this year. Crude oil fell as much as 8.2 percent today, and copper declined the most in three months.

Perhaps there will be a resultant drop in ammo prices?

A Knoxville school board member has had his handgun carry permit revoked because he decided to threaten his wife with a handgun. And, given he faces domestic violence charges, if he is convicted, he will become a prohibited person unable to lawfully own a gun.

My Crystal Ball on Gun Control — by Evan F. Nappen, Esq.

Commenter, reader, and smart-ass Kaveman is blogging at Thirdpower’s place. Cool

22 for home defense?

Paul Valone on our favorite false flag operation: The American Hunters and Shooters Association. It is composed of neither hunters nor shooters. And isn’t even an association.

Go submit a question.

All this survivalist talk lately. Most folks seem to be nonplussed by it, except grocery clerks.

Good point: The thing about being a survivalist kook and stockpiling gold, guns, and food is that there’s no downside. Even if you’re wrong, you’ve still got gold, guns, and food

Heh.

NSSF: An Introduction to Handgun Shooting

The six most useless guns.

If the former chief spook in England accuses the Government of exploiting people’s fear of terrorism to restrict civil rights, you may want to look into that.

Toolmonger:

Golden Nozzle car wash customer John A. O’Leary was riding through the car wash when he noticed something was terribly wrong. Yards away, fighting for her life inside the car wash was 19-year-old employee Stephanie Carpluk. The lone attendant had taken a short-cut through the car rails and her scarf had become ensnared in one of the wash’s rotating mechanical brushes. The machinery had pulled the scarf tightly around her neck and was quickly strangling her. Unable to free herself, Carpluk passed out. Within seconds, O’Leary sprung from his car and pulled out a pocket knife that he was carrying and cut her free.

A 14 year-old girl was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. Her crime: texting.

Too many school monkeys’ responses are to call the police over what amounts to disciplinary problems. Sign of the times.

In the Congo: So Akoyo called a town meeting and told everyone to bring whatever weapons they had: pre-World War II rifles, homemade shotguns, lances, swords, machetes, hunting knives, bows with sheaths of poisoned arrows.