In NY, a county gives $2M to Remington to stay there. Well, maybe if you got the state legislature to stop trying to put them out of business, you could save some money. Remington’s economic impact on the community is valued at $105M.

In March.

The tactical choo-choo.

Kelly Clarkson: Hardcore!

Unsurprisingly, he was likely legally prohibited from owning guns.

So reports the shooting wire.

Domestic dispute over dog goes wrong. Guy says he was afraid of Obama gun ban. So, the logical thing to do was shoot people. Just what we need.

A dozen or so dead.

On a bill to allow politicians to carry weapons in the capitol but not regular Joes, TN Rep. Henry Fincher said:

It’s a dangerous world. … We are in danger because of our public positions, because of the stands that we have to take. We become targets

Yeah, it’s not like it’s dangerous for people without public positions or anything.

It was a dumb idea. Now, it’s gone. Expensing stock options should go next.

Even on TeeVee shows.

Councilman Phil Mendelson on restoring gun rights to DC citizens:

It would be harder to arrest chronic criminals, because police would no longer be able to charge them with possessing unregistered weapons

Makes perfect sense.

The Doc reports that there is a website for Knoxville’s protest.

Latest E-Postal match.

Despite the canard being debunked, the press still parrots it.

It’s OK, it’s just a red herring now.

In protest, dentist sends tea bag to congresscritter. Naturally, the police show up at his door.

Also, Ron Paul staffer asked why he has so much cash at the airport. Detained and harassed. Oh, staffer recorded audio on his phone.

Why this woman carries a gun:

I don’t carry a gun to take life, but to ensure that it’s fully given to those who choose to live.

Couple of S&Ws.

Factory 30 rounders for mini-14s.

Geez. It’s not like he kissed him or anything.

DOW up over $8K.

In the movie American Gangster, Detective Richie Roberts:

Judges, lawyers, cops, politicians. They stop bringing dope into this country, about a hundred thousand people are gonna be out of a job.

FoxNews dispels the myth that 90% of Mexican crime guns come from the US:

There’s just one problem with the 90 percent “statistic” and it’s a big one:

It’s just not true.

In fact, it’s not even close. By all accounts, it’s probably around 17 percent.

What’s true, an ATF spokeswoman told FOXNews.com, in a clarification of the statistic used by her own agency’s assistant director, “is that over 90 percent of the traced firearms originate from the U.S.”

But a large percentage of the guns recovered in Mexico do not get sent back to the U.S. for tracing, because it is obvious from their markings that they do not come from the U.S.

FoxNews: Telling you today what bloggers told you last week. Though I must give them credit in that they actually said so. I don’t know of another news outlet that has.

Don’t tell Yon, but I’d say a fair amount of Mexican AK-47s are coming from that Venezuelan factory.

Michael Silence has more on Mayor Haslam leaving Mayors Against Guns.

And, yes, I’ll start using Pilot Stations to fill up. They’re the only place in town that sells E85.

Should a good progressive go strapped? Ilissa Gold ponders:

It’s a question I’ve been wondering lately–what if more liberals and Democrats carried? I’m not talking about into bars or voting booths, just in general.

[…]

But I wonder if it’s something that all progressives, regardless of sexual orientation or other factors, have to worry about. The violent rhetoric from the right about rising up and overthrowing the government is growing. Republican leaders are actively calling for a “revolution”. Militia activity has been on the rise in the last few years, and is expected to increase with Obama’s presidency.

I don’t think militia activity is on the rise. Seems to have declined since its heyday. I think press coverage of it has increased. And not all gay folks are progressives. But I digress. Back on target.

Here’s the deal, sparky, violence transcends ideology. There are violent right wingers, violent left wingers, violent people who don’t give a squirt of poo about politics, and violent people of all stripes. Whether it’s violent right wingers blowing up federal buildings or violent lefties bombing police stations. They are there. It doesn’t matter which -ism follows their moniker, they’re just nuts. That’s that.

Still, I think it’s a good thing for liberals to arm themselves and, frankly, I am not concerned what their particular reason or come to the pro-gun-Jesus moment is. I don’t care if you’re arming yourself to defend against right wing militias, rabid hippies, bigfoot, or to prevent friendly fire from wayward members of the Earth Liberation Front and the People’s Front of Judea. I’m just glad they’re seeing the value and self-reliance inherent in doing for themselves. As such, I welcome them into the gunny fold. After all, we have a lot of lefty, pro-gun readers here.

Clenched-fist salute to ACK.

Gun control comparison.

Robert’s photo makes the cover of USA Shooting Sports Magazine.

Some chicks with guns discuss kids and guns:

Part 1

Part 2

tgirsch has a fun little exercise on re-vamping the constitution. Admits general welfare doesn’t cover specific welfare. We’ve had these thought experiments before, here and here.

Seems one thing that libertarians, conservatives and liberals who are not in office can agree on is gerrymandering is bad. I think gerrymandering should be punishable death. Discuss.

Were you called?