First boomer.

Another day, another 500 explosions.

First, he tells a few police agencies he won’t sell them his firearms because of their positions advocating gun control. Now, comes this:

Barrett Firearms Manufacturing will not be accepting the state-funded grant that was recently awarded for worker training, said Ronnie Barrett, the company’s owner.
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Gov. Phil Bredesen and Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner James Neeley recently announced the awarding of $4,975 to Barrett Firearms Manufacturing.

As to why:

“Stimulus money doesn’t exist,” Barrett said. “That’s national debt that goes to our great-grandchilden, and I don’t want any part of it.”

He’s also been nominated to NRA’s board of directors.

A poll at the Commercial Appeal.

JR links up the text of the bill. JR notes:

After reading it, ask yourself this: Just how many gun show promoters will be willing to jump through those hoops to put on a gun show?

I think that’s probably the point.

SIH:

What does it means when you have an editorial in the US News and World Report that says gun control is unconstitutional, period, and the Baltimore Sun runs an article about the ineffectiveness of the gun control movement?

There is a GSSF match in Knoxville at the Volunteer Rifle & Pistol Club next weekend. I’ll quite likely be there.

Here and here.

Caleb has a bit on Getting started in competitive shooting.

People ask me why I don’t shoot competition and I tell them it’s because the math is hard. Still, I should just shoot whatever classes the firearms I carry fit in.

DOD reverses spent ammunition policy:

The U.S. Department of Defense has reversed a directive that would have prohibited U.S. ammunition retailers from purchasing used brass shell casings from the government — and at least one ammo maker credits public outcry for the change of heart.

Good.

NSSF has a bit on why the information should remain private.

Pro-gun professors in Texas:

Mass public shootings are a horrific feature of modern life. Many of the bloodiest examples of this scourge have occurred on college campuses. As professors, we are particularly sensitive to this danger.

Despite this – no, because of this – we support a bill currently pending in the Texas Legislature that would permit the concealed carrying of firearms on college and university campuses in the state by holders of concealed-handgun permits.

Here. That is cool. You can buy one here. For $350.

Some reform advocated from inside the agency. Via David who reminds us that:

I’ve griped about the agency as much as anyone, but the bottom line is there are folks with it who are decent, and folks who are not, and the problem is that the folks who are not get promoted, get into power, and are in positions to shaft those who are decent.

I think we often forget that a lot of ATF agents are gunnies too.

So, you’re sitting around having a coffee on the porch when a 102-pound artillery shell lands in your yard. With a pic.

From TriggerFinger. Pro-tip: kittens and explosives don’t mix.

Well, not at first.

Police misplace almost a dozen high-powered assault rifles

Second amendment wiki.

MKS reports:

The House has voted 45-44 to reject Senate changes to a bill to allow people with handgun permits to carry their weapons into establishments that sell alcoholic drinks.

The House had earlier passed the proposal sponsored Rep. Curry Todd, a Collierville Republican, that included an 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew, and a ban on bringing guns into age-restricted bars.

The Senate version does not include those restrictions.

The Senate now has the option of agreeing to the original House version, or the a conference committee will be appointed to try to seek a compromise.

Word is, the latest bill to ban access to the handgun carry database has advanced in the house. Again.

Also, the governor won’t state a position on the guns in restaurants bill. It has passed the house and senate.

Clenched fist salute: ACK.

Yesterday in the mail, I received a solicitation from the American Federation of Police & Concerned Citizens. It was addressed to me. The letter began by acknowledging that I had a handgun carry permit. So, it seems, people are getting the data to market to folks they think are like-minded. If you have a permit, I’d be curious to know if you also receive such a solicitation.

The best sandwich: Muffuletta, Reuben, Patty Melt, Bacon Double Cheeseburger, or Fluffernutter?

Perhaps worthy of the list is my brother in law’s Italian Redneck Hotdog. Grill up some Italian sausage, put it on a hotdog bun with some spaghetti sauce of choice and mozzarella. But I’m leaving it off the poll because you probably haven’t had one. But you should.

Guns aren’t allowed on campuses.

Seems the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported that violent crime has drastically decreased in the city. It’s a shocker to them and the local authorities as to why that is as everyone lines up to take credit. But it seems that it correlates strongly to the passage of concealed carry laws:

The peak for murder and violence in Minneapolis was 2005. And what happened in 2005? Why, the Minnesota Personal Protection Act took effect.

We gunnies usually talk about, well, guns when it comes to self-defense. But Brillianter, in a must read post, highlights another important tool in your arsenal: your voice.

Yup: Here is how bad the media is when it comes to guns: a Washington Post reporter writing a piece on gun policy literally *does not recognize a felony when it is committed in front of him.*

What’s Really Responsible for the Deaths of Our Nation’s Children?

Butchered firearms.

Knoxnews:

Parks officials in Knoxville and Knox County oppose a bill before a state Senate committee today that would allow city and county governments to decide whether to allow people with carry permits to take guns in local parks.

Well, they can still decide to ban them in their parks. Bonus PSH:

You take a ballfield situation that could be very heated and you have a coach or a fan that could get upset, a gun would not make that much better. We’ve already found a gun that fell out of someone’s pocket. Luckily a child found it and went to their parent.

Unpossible. Guns aren’t allowed there.

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It’s worse than a mere ban on private sales. Also, one of the bill’s sponsors is Kirsten Gillibrand:

isn’t this the same Kirsten Gillibrand everyone was sending money to because she was such a pro-gun Democrat?

I’m sure there’s a lot of buyers’ remorse for her, now.