Farrah Fawcett, who was probably responsible for the first time men who are now my age took an interest in women, has died.

Insty:

I wonder if they’d use that term for more PC rights? I mean, polls pretty consistently show that about 3/4 of Americans think the Second Amendment gives them a right to own a gun, and the Supreme Court has said so, too. So how “divisive” is that, really?

As he would say, indeed.

The attorney whose research fabricated out of whole cloth a rebuttal to the claim that 40 states allowed lawful handgun carry in places where alcohol was sold (see here, here, and here) is heading up a lawsuit to thwart the law he misrepresented. And they’re still misrepresenting their findings:

“Our legislators were actually mislead by some slick lobbyists to believe this is common in 37 other states, and it is law, and it was just a flat lie, and they fell for it,” said attorney Adam Dread.

First, it is 41. The only one lying is you. Here’s the data you are relying on and why your assertion is false.

But, I’m glad you’re doing this instead of something.

Bob Herbert over at the Paper of Making Up The Record says we gun owners are just paranoid that Obama was going to enact gun control. So, obviously, his solution is to say we need gun control. Yeah, makes no sense.

Regarding Lamar Alexander’s inaccurate statements on the guns in national parks bill, Michael Silence and I were having an offline conversation. And I was still telling Michael that the Senator was wrong. And his spokesperson was wrong. Then, Michael quipped:

I just think it’s very cool a US senator has responded to a blogger

You know, that is pretty damn cool. So, hats off to Senator Alexander and his staff. You’re still wrong about the issue but at least you’ll address with bloggers.

Heh.

It’s just like capping kneecaps.

Just like speaking your mind at a rally, leaving online comments critical of your government are viewed as terrorist threats by the powers that be. Fortunately, TBI disagreed.

Heh.

The theme on blogs lately seems to be kids and guns. A topic I’m familiar, since I have some of each. One is loud, requires regular maintenance, and is expensive to feed. Wait, actually, that’s both of them. Anyway, Laurel notes that BabyCenter tells you:

Get rid of them — they’re not safe around children.

Well, I did not get rid of mine and they are not around children. You cannot wrap the world in Nerf and your children in bubblewrap. There simply is no way to make your little darlings perfectly safe. Sure, you get rid of the guns. Then you have a home invasion. Or your child can drown in a bathtub. Or die by eating household chemicals. etc. The trick to this parenting thing is, uhm, being a parent and no amount bubblewrap can make up for using your brain.

Meanwhile, Marko ponders toy gun control:

I know there are parents out there who refuse to buy toy guns for their kids.

As a responsible gun owner, I’m of two minds on the issue. On one hand, I don’t want to encourage or even tolerate picking up the habit of unsafe gun handling. On the other hand, I don’t believe in the “pretend it doesn’t exist” prohibitionist approach to anything—guns, drugs, sex, or what-have-you—because those methods don’t work.

He continues discussing options. Now, I never really thought much about the toy gun aspect. We have toy guns. Our toy guns are even the little Nerf guns that actually shoot the little foam padded suction cups. They’re great fun. The kids and their cousins have little war with them all the time. I did the same thing when I was a kid and I handle real guns safely.

I’ve not done it with my kids yet but their older cousins (who are 9) have been shooting (airguns) with me. Their parents, who do not own guns, wanted me to teach them gun safety and I said OK under the pretense they actually go shooting too. And they did. Had a good time putting holes in cans with a Gamo. A few months later when I returned from the GSSF match and had to clean my gun. My nephews were there. They wanted to watch. I taught them how to field strip a Glock. Their mom seemed less happy about that than about the air rifle. But one thing I didn’t do was go hide the gun and act like it wasn’t there after they saw me take it out of the truck.

Jack Lail on the Las Vegas Review-Journal:

Federal prosecutors who had made a broad request for user information of commenters on the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Web site backed down a bit

From TN Criminal Lawyer Blog: As you can see from reading the revised statute, the “guns-in-bars law” is not as sinister as many would suggest.

Glock is sponsoring the event. Kevin has donated a Para USA GI Expert. And now, Mr. C. reports:

I now have confirmation from Kerby Smith of Para USA regarding the pistol that Para USA is donating to the Project Valour-IT fund raising raffle to be held at the Gun Blogger Rendezvous.

Oh, and Alan Gura will be there.

Shaping up to be quite the event.

AC lets us know that when you are stripped of your civil rights without due process of law, that there’s a procedure for giving up those civil rights.

The Pink Pistols on TeeVee.

One of the authors of The Gun Zone left a comment here the other day. So, I’ve been perusing the site, including yesterday’s link to that nifty history of the 5.56 Nato cartridge. Today’s read is the 5.56mm FAQ v1.14. Good stuff.

ZOMG!!!!11eleven!. Knob Creek is out of bourbon.

Apparently, some think you can pray the gay away.

Cool pictures of a volcano erupting taken from a space station.

Fact Check on gun traced in Mexico.

See what H&K started?

How when some politico wants to raise taxes in a budget crisis, the first thing they evoke is cutting back on police. Yet, even though they’re never the ones to get the money, they’re the first ones cut.

A non-response to my post here has been posted here and here:

Senator Alexander’s letter is correct where it states that the Coburn Amendment goes further than state law.

The new Tennessee state law allows ONLY those with conceal-and-carry permits to carry in a STATE park. The amendment that Senator Alexander opposed allows anyone who can carry a firearm generally in Tennessee (conceal-and-carry permit or not) to carry a loaded firearm openly in a national park in Tennessee.

I did not say that he was incorrect regarding the bill going further than state law, because at the time TN prohibited park carry. So, he’s not addressing what I stated. And the only folks in Tennessee who can carry a firearm are those with permits. And those who carry into National Parks must comply with state law. So, his original assertion was wrong and his follow up is also wrong.

The big bill to allow the FDA to regulate tobacco causes about 500 job losses in Tampa.

Damn, we don’t even rate as the Great Satan any more:

Britain has replaced America as Iran’s “Great Satan.”

That’s the upshot of the announcement Wednesday that the Islamic Republic of Iran is considering downgrading its diplomatic ties to Britain, the country’s former colonial ruler.

Only fair, I suppose, since I refer to hit as Not So Great Britain. Now, we’re the Not So Great Satan.

And a call for action:

Gov. Perry will be calling a special session of the Legislature. It is possible that he might add the guns in parking lot bill to that session.

The Texas State Rifle Association is urging members to call.

Faced with a budget cuts, Guernsey County Sheriff Mike McCauley is looking at selling three 1920s Thompson machine guns.

Cities’ gun restrictions begin to topple:

Since last June, when the US Supreme Court struck down key parts of the District of Columbia’s gun-control ordinance, cities have seen the 20,000 local gun regulations enacted over the years begin to slip from their grip, one by one.

Good.

Via SIH, who notes past interactions with the author.

Germantown aldermen to vote on banning guns in park

After record gun sales credited to the election of Barack Obama, it looks like gun manufacturer stocks are slipping. Signaling that the Great Obama Gun Rush is coming to a close?