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Heh:

Justice Department to force criminals to register illegal guns

Sadly, that’s how the press and the anti-gunners (but I repeat myself) tell us it works.

Reader WizardPC emails:

HB0716 which will allow handgun permit holders in Tennessee to carry in state and federal parks (well as of 2/10) passes the Senate and the House. One HUGE downside to the new law, unless vetoed, is that local governments can vote by RESOLUTION (not an ordinance) to close an entire local park. It will now be up to local citizens to contact their local government officials to demand that the parks stay open.

HB0390 which will allow a handgun permit holder to transport a loaded rifle or shotgun – so long as there is no round in the chamber – has passed the Senate and passed the House tonight. Its on its way to the governor.

Be sure of your target and what’s behind it:

From Gun Porn

This pic was taken at the John Sevier Hunter Education center on one of their handgun ranges. There’s a berm behind me on the rifle range. Trying to figure out how this happened since it doesn’t look it could have come from that range. Weird.

David Kopel has more. Including: the right to possess a gun is clearly not a fundamental right.

As Dave notes: Judge Sotomayor’s record suggests hostility, rather than empathy, for the tens of millions of Americans who exercise their right to keep and bear arms.

Bitter looks at some numbers from the NRA election:

In 2009, there were more eligible voting members of NRA than at any other time since I’ve started keeping detailed records of the votes.

The courts: where policy is made. Odd. I thought we had another branch of government for that.

And: I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life

White and a penis = bad decisions?

Trespassing = outstaying your welcome. If you’re an anti-gunner doing it.

Our state legislature is moving on an abortion amendment that will not pass. ACK tells you why. Well, not why it won’t pass. But why it’s being made a big deal.

Looks like Sonia Sotomayor is the SCOTUS nom. Because she has a vagina. At least, that’s why they tell me should be the pick.

About all I can find on her regarding the second amendment was that she was a judge in Maloney v. Cuomo, which is the nunchaku case in NY where the court said the second amendment doesn’t apply to the states.

Update: In addition to the vagina, she’s also got brown skin. Apparently, these are two important traits in a justice. Because that’s what people are focusing on.

As part of setting up an area on my land to shoot (suppressed, of course, to avoid annoying the neighbors), I wanted to set up some targets that gave feedback. I figured the ping of metal was good enough feedback. So, I scored some 1/8 inch aluminum plates. Wasn’t sure if subsonic 22LR (CCI hollow points if you must know) would go through them, so I figured I’d test it out. Not that it matters because I’ll have a sure backstop but I was wondering how long a plate would last. Here’s a plate with 11 rounds at about 10 yards (it was fixing to rain so I just fired off 11 real fast without a lot of effort at aiming, so sorry for the group size):

From Gun Porn

None penetrated the metal, which is good. But I figure after about five mags or so, it’d start looking like Swiss cheese. Bonus coolness, one of the rounds after it hit the metal at about 900 FPS:

From Gun Porn

And the pings are quite loud. Louder than the suppressed Walther, for sure.

After Heller, an interesting thing happened:

The D.C. police department’s aggressive gun recovery efforts and the office of the attorney general’s coordinated emphasis on prosecuting gun-related crimes are showing strong results: In the past year, robberies with guns have decreased 12 percent; assaults with guns have decreased 14 percent; and overall violent crime has decreased by 5 percent in the District.

Golly, gun crime and overall violent crime went down. Police actually had to start finding criminals and putting them in jail.

Via triggerfinger, who says:

It looks like arresting criminals and putting them in jail works, and gun control doesn’t.

Who would have thought?

So says this message board. More at ar15.com.

Mike takes his mom shooting.

The Department of Interior is holding out on letting park carry go into effect until the full nine months are up.

Charter Arms will not release their new rimless revolver because demand is so high for their other products that they cannot keep up.

Bryan Miller has found Jesus. And Jesus doesn’t want you armed.

Can you taste teh st00pid?

A bunch of pics from Bianchi Cup.

Various guns built at home.

Rifle stocks for cameras? Of course, there is an AR-15 attachment.

Pics from the TSRA highpower match here and here.

Like father, like son:

From Kids

He keeps asking me to buy him the Sig P250 advertised in there.

I’ve always said End the war on drugs and release the prisoners. Turns out, when you decriminalize marijuana that you have to lay off prison employees.

The American Hunters and Shooters Association, that anti-gun astroturf group that holds itself out as pro-gun to woo gullible Democrats, is looking to change its image.

We Win, They Lose. Now, Let’s Get To Work.

The AP:

Frustrated liberals are asking why a Democratic-controlled Congress and White House can’t manage to close the Guantanamo prison or keep new gun-rights laws from passing.

So, we now know why they suck. I mean, who actually calls something a right and then is sad that they cannot restrict it? And the press calls them liberals? Continuing:

Via Sebastian, who notes the total dissing of the Brady Campaign. Speaking of, Paul Helmke is a sad panda:

”We need activists. I have 30 employees, the NRA [National Rifle Association] has 600,” Helmke said.

And NRA has actual grassroots too. You know, people are passionate about rights.

Over at View from the Cumberlands, they have a look:

In 2008, there were 171 murders committed in Tennessee using handguns. But there were also 61 committed using knives, compared with 21 committed by shotgun and less than a dozen* committed with those dastardly assault rifles

Clearly, we must ban knives. For the children.

Les Jones note what is often lost in the debate on carry in national parks: traveling on roads that just happen to go through parks. Yeah, living here at the base of the Smoky Mountains, it would be pretty tough to get around to some places with a gun in your car without breaking the law.

With the passage of this law, I’m guessing my brand of bear spray is legal. But other brands probably aren’t.

Like say the disconnect between the headline and the story? Headline:

Memphians debate guns in parks

Only by debate they mean interviews with people who oppose the bill.

Barack Obama:

Well, we are out of money now.

Over at the Blog of Legal Times:

For background, Ord runs a private security business, Falken Industries, and is considered a special conservator of the peace under Virginia law. That means Ord, who is a “qualified” law enforcement officer in the eyes of Virginia, allowed to carry a gun there. Ord thinks he should be allowed to carry a gun in D.C. for his line of work. But he’s not willing to test the authorities—not after police in April 2008 applied for and received a warrant for his arrest on the charge of possession of an unregistered firearm, a misdemeanor.

Also, the Law Enforcement Safety Act of 2004 does allow qualified LEOs to carry nationwide.

Heh: Local introverts announce formation of Knoxville Anti-Social Media Association

Wouldn’t those be blogs?

To Caleb for his showing at the Bianchi cup.