Wasp spray for self defense?

Guy writes letter blasting NRA because being a pro gun group they might oppose someone who is anti-gun. Guy turns out to be a Democrat shill. More here and here.

A puppy playing with a round of ammo is considered a bomb scare.

But the dead are leaving their graves in Chicago.

Later this month is my 20 year high school reunion. These are always fun and I have a blast. See some folks I haven’t seen in ages, catch up, swap numbers with people (knowing you’ll never call each other), and reminisce. I was talking about it with the Mrs. the other night and I said:

Ya know, I’m tempted to have my hair cut into a mullet, get some parachute pants, buy a pair of Vans, wear an AC lightning bolt DC T-shirt and load up my Mp3 player with some Bobby Brown, Paula Abdul, Milli Vanilli and Warrant.

She said if I did that, she wasn’t going. She’s no fun.

Kurt Hofmann: The continued retreat from the ‘90%’ claim regarding U.S. guns in Mexico

And not for the fact that a 62 year old man can’t fight off four attackers with his bare hands.

James: 5 Brilliant, Innovative Handgun Designs That Performed As They Were Supposed To, But Sucked Anyway

Since McNair was killed by someone who bought a gun without going through a licensed dealer, there is a push (and by push, I mean casual mention by one person picked up on by the press) to look at regulating person-to-person sales:

“You should not just be able to walk up and down the street and buy a gun,” said Sen. Thelma Harper.

[…]

In Tennessee there is little regulation surrounding the private sale of guns, but age requirements and background checks are required in order to purchase a gun from a firearms dealer.

“A 20-year-old cannot make that purchase from a gun shop. They would be stopped by the gun dealer,” said Cavanaugh.

I don’t see the bill getting anywhere. And regulating all person-to-person transfers will create all kinds of problems for the law-abiding from, say, gifting a firearm to a family member or just selling one you don’t use anymore. More:

“Here we have one incident that is getting a lot of publicity, and is that a reason just to go out and change the law, just because of that once incident?” said Rep. Debra Maggart.

Well, that’s how gun controllers usually push their agenda.

The restaurant carry bill passed. There’s a lawsuit to get it overturned. The latest tactic is to claim that the bill is unfair to handgun carry permit holders.

In the aforementioned Joyce Foundation funded study, Sebastian compares the results with violent crime.

Gunpundit says the army as taken over the rights to it. Guess that means they can get suppliers other than Colt.

I love them. Tam is becoming a fan. I like to follow my mom’s recipe and smash a couple up. Coat with lime juice (keeps them green). Then add a couple of tomatoes, a diced serrano pepper, garlic, cilantro, onion and a couple dashes of Worcestershire sauce for some guacamole.

Joe:

It seems to me that if your opposition is able to hold you down with a few bumper stickers then perhaps your vehicle is lacking substance under the hood.

So, that seems to be a recursive quote of the day since my quote of the day is about his quote of the day.

I weep for the future.

Kellene looks at the ask campaign.

We don’t want to ban guns except when we want to ban guns.

Make your own trebuchet.

Zel Custom’s 50 cal upper for your AR-15.

K98 Mauser

Ruger AC 556

Heh.

You don’t get to decide that sir

Jessie Abbate can shoot. Any kind of gun, apparently.

Interesting concept. Via Ben.

Some workers decided to unite and fight their employer for unfair labor practices. They won. So, the owner shut the place down.

A bit back, I mentioned how some person from the Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic Association threatened to hold his breath until he turned blue unless Murfreesboro banned guns in parks. Here comes the back tracking:

The Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic Association is backing off its earlier stance regarding guns in parks.

I placed an order for ammunition on 06/04/09. As of today, it has not shipped.

Remember, two layers with the shiny side out.

Apparently, the planets are aligned and there’s sunspots. And today, after lunch, it will be 12:34:56 7/8/9. That, apparently, makes it ripe for the end of the world. At least, that’s what the internets tell me. So, panic.

The Chattanoogan:

Red Bank Commission members voted 4-1 Tuesday evening to postpone a vote on whether to prohibit guns in parks for two weeks.

The suggestion to table the matter came from Commissioner Greg Jones, who said he has had second thoughts about the matter since being contacted by numerous people who opposed the ban.

Driving the kids to school this morning and have to cross a divided highway. I pull in the median and an idiot behind me pulls in too and occupies the space to my right, thereby ensuring that I cannot see oncoming traffic. Also, idiot is too stupid to realize that I can’t see through the idiot-mobile. So, idiot stays there and doesn’t pull out. I say aloud, but intending only myself to hear it, something like Lady, you’re going to have to go on or I can’t pull out. Junior says How did you know that was a lady? I said ’cause they can’t drive. Idiot figures it out, pulls on, and, sure enough, was a lady.

In hindsight, that was probably not something I should have said. Even in jest.

Night before last, Junior and I headed to one of the fields near the house to pick blackberries. We should have waited a few days because ripe ones weren’t that easy to find. We’ll be going again soon and I expect more to ripen by, say, Friday. For the record, Junior is the worst blackberry picker in the world. Out of every four she’d pick, one made it to the bucket and three made it to her belly. Then, she carries the bucket on the way back home and eats them on the way. I think her involvement was a net loss in terms of production.