Les Jones from his AR-7 post:

A 10/22 has more accessories than a teenaged transgendered schizophrenic.

The thing about bloggers, is we’re opinionated, contrary, confrontational sorts. And gun nuts also tend to be contrary and opinionated. When you put the two together, you’re going to have the occasional conflict. But it seems that we gun bloggers spend a lot of time and effort arguing amongst ourselves. The latest drama is addressed here. And it’s pretty much, I think, a misunderstanding. Now, I’m guilty of some of this gun blog drama myself (see a few posts of mine on the threepers). But I’ve avoided getting involved in these things publicly for a while now. Sure, I generally respond to some folks behind the scenes but airing stuff like that in the open is not constructive. It’s not beneficial. And the effort is better spent gloating about how Josh Sugarmann and Carolyn McCarthy are sad clowns. And these things tend to center around some blogging inside baseball that readers probably don’t care much about.

Seriously, can’t we all just get a long gun?

Meet Demand:

Every day, Darren Newsom’s three Bitterroot Valley Ammunition facilities crank out 300,000 rounds of ammunition.

It’s not nearly enough.

“I’m going about 100,000 rounds in the wrong direction every day,” Newsom said. “We probably have about six months of back orders right now.”

Newsom has been in the ammunition manufacturing business for more than 20 years and he’s never seen demand this high.

Squeaky’s blog is two.

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel: your Right to Keep and Bear Arms is CANCELLED

Remember that sign I made fun of? Well, in OH, police are asking banks to post that same sign. Via Guav who states the obvious: Why would someone about to rob a bank—which is already breaking the law—bother to comply with the law concerning hoods & hats?

Kevin has a post about the Insight M3X tactical light that he won at the second amendment blog bash.

A policeman’s AR-15 did not discharge during a firefight when he pulled the trigger. An inspection revealed no issues with the weapon. My first thought was he left the safety on. But the round was dimpled. Looks to me like ammunition failure.

ETA: Aughtsix in comments says it was dimpled from chambering a round and not hammer fall. So, yeah, going with the whole safety was on theory. I either misread that or the article changed since yesterday when I first read it.

And punishing good behavior. That seems to be the result of this credit card bill that congress is rushing into law. From AP:

Every American with a credit card will see sweeping changes in the market, with limits on sudden hikes in interest rates that drive consumers deeper into debt. Even cardholders who pay off their balance each month may face new annual fees or lose out on lucrative rewards programs.

Yup. People like my who maintain a credit card balance of $0 will have to pony up for the guy who bought three plasma TeeVees, a Wii, a PS3 and all that other stuff on credit that he can’t pay for. And this is awesome:

This cements a victory for every American consumer who has ever suffered at the hands of the credit card industry

That’d be senator Chris Dodd. It’s funny for a few reasons. One, if you suffer at the hands of a credit card company, it’s probably your fault. You signed a contract. You should honor. Next, it is funny because Dodd wants to give folks cushy credit arrangements, which is something is familiar with.

Caleb is having fun

Lots of stuff from NRA blog.

Another tale of gun maker PR. Only, Charter Arms responds appropriately and addresses concerns by getting the gun approved. In their defense, it is a pain in the ass to get a gun listed in Cali, from what I understand.

But when pointing out that you feel a bit discriminated against based on geography, probably not too bright to include something like:

Needless to say, I was shocked. This is the kind of attitude I might expect from some drunkard when visiting the South, but not from a representative speaking on behalf of a company at a national show for gun rights.

You’re upset because someone implied that folks in Cali are sissies. But it’s ok to call us dumb, cousin-humping rednecks bigots? Good to know.

Tactical double barrel.

the child of a Sig 550 rifle and an H&K MP5 submachine gun?

9mm carbine that fits in a bag.

First rail system?

AUG Stock for 10/22

Woman kills an elephant with a bow and arrow.

Local knife business to check out.

Huh?

I’m a strong supporter of 2nd amendment rights and feel that gun ownership, while a huge responsibility, is a right provided by the Constitution. I don’t think people NEED AK-47’s or anything like that, and they sure as hell don’t NEED automatics, but who am I to tell someone what kind of gun they go hunting with, as long as they’re hunting for something other than people.

The Constitution provides no rights. It limits the .gov’s ability to muck with pre-existing rights. People don’t NEED lots of things.

Passes the house by an overwhelming bipartisan majority of 279-147

Good.

Update: From Kevin in comments:

The Bush Administration rule required among other things that:
The gun owner have a concealed carry license.
The gun owner carry a handgun concealed.
The state in which the park was located had to allow carry in state parks. (Not 100% sure about this).

The Brady Campaign sued and successfully blocked this in the federal courts.

Coburn’s amendment goes much further:

The Secretary of the Interior shall not promulgate or enforce any regulation that prohibits an individual from possessing a firearm including an assembled or functional firearm in any unit of the National Park System or the National Wildlife Refuge System if–
(1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing the firearm; and
(2) the possession of the firearm is in compliance with the law of the State in which the unit of the National Park System or the National Wildlife Refuge System is located.

Thus Arizonans without a license can now carry any firearm openly in their national parks and Texans can now carry rifles and shotguns openly (and handguns in their cars without a license) in their national parks since those activities are in compliance with the law outside the Park.

This must burn up the Brady Campaign – they won a battle and lost a much bigger war!

Well, there could be a veto.

Last night, Junior graduated from pre-school. The ceremony was entertaining and obviously all the kids were excited and anxious. I’ll miss that school; from other kids; to other parents; to the staff; the bye-bye buggy; the little knickknacks, doodles, and artwork she would bring home. Junior learned a lot of stuff there. She’s better off because of that place. In the Fall, she’ll be starting kindergarten. Where does the time go?

Lieutenant Colonel Victor J. Fehrenbach has been flying the F-15E Strike Eagle since 1998. He has flown numerous missions against Taliban and al-Qaida targets, including the longest combat mission in his squadron’s history. On that infamous September 11, 2001, Lt. Col. Fehrenbach was handpicked to fly sorties above the nation’s capital. Later he flew combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has received at least 30 awards and decorations including nine air medals, one of them for heroism, as well as campaign medals for Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq. He is now a flight instructor in Idaho, where he has passed on his skills to more than 300 future Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force weapons systems officers. $25M has been spent to train this guy. But he’s about to be discharged because he’s gay.

And if there’s a place that prides itself on ways to promote civil discussion, it’s Knoxviews.

Dave Workman:

Money talks and B.S. walks.

That about sums up the state of the gun prohibition movement in the United States now that the National Rifle Association has left town. But in its wake, according to estimates from Mayor Phil Gordon, the NRA left about $70 million, and enough good will to suggest that if the Violence Policy Center and Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence had shown up to protest, they might have been ridden out of town on a rail.

If they showed up for their own convention, it might create a tiny blip on the city’s financial radar screen, compared to the financial windfall produced by the NRA’s visit.

But 100-degree-plus temperatures do not make for happy protesting, especially when nobody is listening. VPC’s Josh Sugarmann issued a sneering press release, while Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Campaign apparently didn’t say a word for public consumption. (Though one columnist suggested that Helmke missed an opportunity to exploit a shooting tragedy earlier this spring. He failed to exploit it during the NRA meetings, as well.)

Make your own thread protector.

* Wile E. Coyote School of Gunsmithing.

Over at NRABlog. Someone you might know is there.

In Alabama, the police department has found itself outgunned a few times. So, local citizens lend the police department their AR-15s.

You may recall the little dust up over HS Precision. If not, here’s the short version. And here’s the long version.

Well, at the NRA Convention, stingray decided to go ask them about it and got this answer:

No comment. That never happened. He was never affiliated with us. No comment. Move along. We do not include product testimonials.

A river in Egypt.

Looks like the amendment to get this passed will have to make it’s way through the house:

One amendment attached to the Senate bill by Senator Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma, would restore a Bush administration policy allowing loaded guns in national parks. That provision is not in the House version, so there may be discussions between the two chambers over the issue.

So, call your Rep and tell them to support this bill.

Heh: Defenders of Democracy Fail, Yet Again, to Convince the Polity

Les Jones looks at the AR-7.

Tom Humphrey reports some issues on the bill. Seems that some want to allow loaded rifles in cars and some want to specify that the rifle be unloaded.

So says Eugene Volokh.

Bitter has some numbers:

During the convention, NRA sold $861,000 in memberships. That’s a 62% increase over last year.