Impressions from a new shooter:

We shot the pants off those suckers, and that was a lot of fun.

Via Jay G.

We’ve been saying that for a while. But an ATF agent says the same thing to Greta Van Susteren:

According to the ATF spokesperson interviewed, while the military-grade machine guns used by Mexican drug cartels are being imported from Central America, “the predominate amount of weapons we see are being purchased here [the U.S.] and being traffic to Mexico.”

Bonus: she interviews our old friend ATF Special Agent Thomas Mangan.

Via John Lott.

Also, Jacob Sullum: The violence in Mexico is caused by prohibition, not firearms.

Same as in the US.

In Hamilton, the police are offering gun training to women.

A request for facts.

Police chief in Wisconsin:

“My message to my troops is if you see anybody carrying a gun on the streets of Milwaukee, we’ll put them on the ground, take the gun away and then decide whether you have a right to carry it,” Flynn said. “Maybe I’ll end up with a protest of cowboys. In the meantime, I’ve got serious offenders with access to handguns. It’s irresponsible to send a message to them that if they just carry it openly no one can bother them.”

This despite a ruling that open carry is lawful.

I rather like Glenn’s response to the situation. Ravenwood says it should be the catalyst to pass concealed carry laws there since Wisconsin is one of two states with no concealed carry provision.

Sign of the times.

Except when they won’t:

The following is a memo that went out to the Contra Costa Police Chiefs’ Association from Contra Costa District Attorney Bob Kochly.

The memo states that because of budget cuts, several crimes will and will and will not be prosecuted, Kochly lists those crimes below.

Looks like Lautenberg held a very Brady press conference on the bill he introduced. Details of the bill can be found here.

Video of S&W 625 malfunction during an IPSC match:

Update: Guy who shot the video discusses it here.

Irony:

The manager of an Atlanta restaurant, Taco Mac, stopped an armed robbery Sunday morning by firing his own gun at the armed robber. What makes this story ironic is that the CEO of the company that owns this particular Taco Mac was one of the people that strenuously fought against the passage of the Georgia law last year that made it legal to carry a firearm in this restaurant.

TDT reports:

No middle ground found on bill that would close access to handgun permit database

A House subcommittee is taking up a proposal to close Tennessee’s database of state-issued permits to carry loaded handguns from public inspection.

The measure sponsored by retired sheriff and Prospect Democratic Rep. Eddie Bass had been delayed for three weeks in the House Budget Subcommittee. The panel’s chairman, Democratic Rep. Harry Tindell of Knoxville, had said he wanted to find a compromise with open government advocates.

But Tindell says he was not able to find an acceptable middle ground.

NSSF has a fact sheet up on Ammunition Availability.

Mary Mancini:

So, let me get this straight. Tennessee State Senators Bill Ketron (R-Murfreesboro) and Mark Norris (R-Collierville) and their merry band of Tennessee House Republicans want to make it more difficult for some citizens of Tennessee to vote (the elderly, indigent, and the disabled, if you must know) by pushing legislation that would require proof of citizenship (via a birth certificate, passport, or driver’s license) to register to vote, and then requiring a photo ID every time they go to vote, at the same time that they are passing legislation asking for less identification to buy a gun?

She links to the bill to eliminate the thumbprint requirement. Funny thing about that. See, the state law enforcement folks all got together and noted that no one actually used the fingerprints. So, they’re kinda pointless. So, why require it, right? But, hey, if we’re going to require such reasonable restrictions on second amendment rights, why not apply those to other rights as well? She then brings out this boner:

Number of murders committed recently in Tennessee by gun permit holders: 3
Number of cases of voter fraud committed in Tennessee by registered voters: 0*

Yeah, right. See Memphis, she said, had election fraud and not voter fraud. Because that’s different. Maybe if we required the dead people to submit a thumbprint, then they wouldn’t have voted.

Via ACK.

I’m OK:

A record number of Oklahomans are seeking permits to carry concealed handguns.

A continuing trend.

Got the new Glock Annual in the mail the other day. They’re offering the 17 with the Rough Textured Frame, known as the fourth generation. The Firearm Blog has a pic of the fourth generation Glock. Also, I noticed that Glock’s 10mm caliber pistols (the G20 and G29) will be available in the slimmer SF models.

So, what is it about accountants being gun bloggers?

Boomershoot to be featured on a TeeVee pilot.

On guns in Mexico.

Limcat Custom at Gun Blogger Rendezvous

Eugene Volokh notes the infamous VPC quote on assault weapons. Yeah, that’s been known and reported for a while. Well, except in the press.

Clayton Cramer has a blog that tracks Civilian Gun Self Defense instances. Well, it just logged its 4,000th reported incident. He looks at the numbers too.

More from Linoge.

Step one was force folks to take TARP money. Step two is dictate what those who receive it have to do. Then, more control. And to keep it up, refuse repayment of TARP loans.

Hope and change.

Suppressed FiveseveN.

Buy a gun day goodness.

A bunch of 38s.

Unitarian Universalist gun clubs

Via Smijer.

A bill to allow the registration of short barreled rifles and shotguns.

So, Miss USA did not pass the liberal gay marriage test. Seriously: who thought it would be a good idea to have a gay man judging this?

And why is it a problem for Miss USA to have that opinion and, you know, not for the president and VP of the US: I didn’t hear the outrage when Joe Biden said that he and Barack Obama are against gay marriage. No incendiary language, no insults, no four letter obscenities. Can Miss USA actually impact policy?

Remember those 10 signs you’re living in a Banana Republic? Well, if there were 11, it would be that the new governing power prosecutes the former governing power. No good can come from this:

President Obama left open the door Tuesday for charges to be brought against Bush administration lawyers who justified harsh interrogation techniques, though he continued to argue that CIA agents who used those tactics should not be prosecuted.

Update: It does occur to me (based on Nomen’s comment) that there are instances in which prosecution may be acceptable. But it’s a line that, once crossed, can lead to all kinds of bad.

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership is touting legislation to require background checks on private transfers. Introduced by Frank Lautenberg

If true, pure lunacy:

Behind the wheel, you want the least amount of distraction possible. So why is a local transportation agency painting crooked lines on the road on purpose?

The Virginia Department of Transportation says it’s part of a safety campaign to get drivers to slow down in a high pedestrian and bicycle area. The 500 feet of zig-zagging lines are painted on the ground on Belmont Ridge Road, where it intersects with the Washington and Old Dominion trail in Loudoun County.

The Firearm Blog has a look at the new handgun.