Via David Hardy, Gura responds to Wilkinson’s anti-Heller piece.

Ethics of weapon use

A couple of weeks ago, the Mrs. is going through the mail. And she says Did you order a DVD from NRA? I said no and she stated that we had received a bill for it. I thought it was odd, threw the bill away, and thought no more about it. Until now, when we learn it was some sort of shady fundraiser deal. Seems NRA hired a marketing firm who thought this was a good idea. Now, NRA does not seem to concerned about it. I’m guessing that’s about to change.

Via SIH who says:

This is not in any way an acceptable method of fund raising, and now that they’ve been called out by Consumerist, a very well regarded blog with far more reach than any of the gun blogs, I sincerely hope they will resolve this to the satisfaction of its members in a timely manner.

R. Lee Ermey has a new show coming out called Lock N Load. As I said before, this is one of the reasons why we win.

Benelli time:

Braisted:

Sen. Corker has supported the President’s line 68% of the time […]

Sen. Alexander isn’t far behind, with a record of supporting the President 65% of the time.

SWAT team leaps into action. The crime? Grass is too tall.

Seriously, that’s a special kind of stupid!

Tupperware

P3AT

NEWS PHOTOS FOR GUN NUTS

S&W Performance Center 646 in .40 S&W

A while back I said to someone I know that works at Microsoft (not saying who, to protect the innocent) that they should release a version of Internet Exploder that has built in adware/spyware/spam protection that, by default, blocks Google ads. Then, they launch their own web ad program. Well, you see where this is going. Anyway, they may someday wish they had taken that advice since Google is getting in on the operating system game.

Also, Google Voice looks to be pretty cool.

And can you guess what the conclusion was?

In Jackson:

A TFA email alert is reporting that the Jackson City council has rejected a ban on park carry in Jackson parks.

Much like the Heller case, a lot of state Attorneys General are supporting the right side of the gun rights issue:

Two-thirds of the nation’s attorneys general have filed an amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to grant certiorari in the case of NRA v. Chicago and hold that the Second Amendment applies to state and local governments through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This bi-partisan group of 33 attorneys general, along with the Attorney General of California in a separate filing, agrees with the NRA’s position that the Second Amendment protects a fundamental individual right to keep and bear arms in the home for self-defense, disagreeing with the decision recently issued by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

That includes Jerry Governor Moonbeam Brown. Seriously.

Big banks will not accept California’s IOUs. Ya know, I called up my bank and asked if I could send them some IOUs instead of my mortgage payment. After they got done laughing, they pointed out that my mortgage was already one big IOU. Someone should explain that to California.

In light of recent events indicating , some police officers are worried about the future:

Cops fear for their parents, wives, children or grandchildren more now than ever before. Most cops are encouraging their spouses and loved ones to get concealed carry permits. Not only that, but some of these same cops are buying gun mounts for their personal cars so they can carry an AR in the family ride at the ready all the time. They are also strapping on heavier forms of off-duty hardware. I have other friends that are issued ARs or subguns for tactical team use, who always have their gear with them and are planning on just commandeering these weapons for personal use in defending hearth and home.

Read the whole thing.

Clenched fist salute to Billy Beck.

What do you do with a firearm in a motel room?

The local paper has a piece on Whitechapel, a local metal band that has had some recent success. They call them death metal. I thought they were more metalcore. But who the Hell can possibly keep up with all the genres and sub-genres of heavy-metal?

Bane reports gun demand is waning:

A little less than 2 years ago you could find a serviceable AR for $600-800…expect to see those prices again, but not forever!

Pretty consistent with my recent experiences too. Lowers at one local shop were down to $149.

Criticisms of Eugene Volokh’s Framework, Part II

It’s unlawful to maintain a list of gun owners. But some links here indicate that ATF is dutifully data mining firearms data.

Williamson Co. to ban guns in parks. Good way to get preemption.

to Justin

You can’t even buy gun control anymore.

And not that he’s not shotgun-proof:

Police said the two suspects went up to their intended victim with a shotgun and announced the robbery.

According to police, the victim, who is a permitted gun holder, pulled out his weapon and fired.

Fifteen minutes later, police said one of the suspects showed up at a local hospital with a gunshot wound.

Lawsuit against Bushmaster dismissed.

Despite their lockdown to keep out law-abiding gun owners, some law-breakers got in and shot the place up. But, don’t ya know, it’s not their fault. They just can’t lock up the whole place:

“Fortunately, we were able to keep everybody here safe,” Onzie Horn, head of the Beale Street Merchants Association, said Monday.

Horne’s message followed the Sunday morning shooting at the corner of 4th and Beale outside the Plush Club. Horne says The Plush Club and surrounding areas are outside the historic district – and the safety net provided by the Merchants Association.

“They’re totally beyond our reach and our control,” he said. “We wish we could exercise some greater influence there. Our hope is the city will address that problem.”

Club owners say there is no problem. In fact, a promotional video is posted on The Plush Club’s website addresses security.

“From the moment you walk through the doors you start feeling safe,” Vanderbbilt Harris says in the video. “My first checkpoint is my security guards that stand at the front door there.”

Club owners declined an on camera interview, but sent an e-mail to Action News Five blaming Beale Street.

In an email, club owners say the shooter was not a Plush Club customer, but had rather just left Beale street. “Don’t hold our reputation responsible because something happened near our establishment. Be fair, we don’t benefit from those large unruly crowds,” the email says.

Everybody was safe. Except those five people that were shot.

Apparently, when captured, he had a Glock 18C (the machine gun version). Said weapon was presented to the president by the folks who captured Hussein. I wonder if it was placed in the NFRTR and is in the NFA registry? If not, that would make it illegal to bring into this country.

Blackpowder cannon

Happy Birthday, AK-47

P32, what you carry when you can’t have a gun

Yup:

At some point the criminal justice system is going to need to explain why this suspect was out on the street