Archive for July, 2009

July 21, 2009

Something in the water

The water-sprinkler rainbow conspiracy!

Two bits

Phelps looks at wet-shaving with a detailed post on his set up. As for me, I don’t quite have the beard Phelps has. I shave in the shower with a waterproof mirror. I use a Gillette Fusion, Williams Mug Soap, and a loofah instead of a brush to work up the lather.

Big City Murder Rates Drop

So says the WaPo:

Violent crime has plummeted in the Washington area and in major cities across the country, a trend criminologists describe as baffling and unexpected.

But I thought there was going to be all this blood in the streets in DC after the Heller case? They told me so.

Unpossible

You cannot refute the irrefutable.

On the tubes

NRA talks about it’s social networking apparatus.

Sporting purpose

NSSF: Making the Case for Sporting Firearms at the United Nations

July 20, 2009

Mounting problems

One of the internet gun boards says a suppressor manufacturer has been told by ATF that they can no longer sell mounts unless they are sold with a suppressor. Not sure if it’s true as I haven’t confirmed it. But, if it is, that would mean you can only have one mount per can so you couldn’t have multiple mounts for convenience.

War chest

Ron Paul still affecting politics, even locally.

When the law is a gun nut

Tam has the coolest sheriff and would like to keep him:

Sheriff Ken is an adjunct instructor at Gunsite. Sheriff Ken likes for the good guys to be armed and trained and safe. Sheriff Ken brings some of the best-known firearms instructors to the Boone County Sheriff’s Department, and lets good guys like you and me sign up for their classes.

More like this, please.

They’re all the same

In NJ, police chief calls a pump action shotgun an assault weapon.

Nifty

Pic of Crimson Trace’s new VFG laser. And what’s with those shoes?

What’s missing?

Obama’s interesting license plate.

Liberals and guns

A Kossack: Why do you want my gun?

kinda ironic

A shooting at an anti-gun Chicago pastor’s church.

EBR Plinking

M&P 15-22 to come in under $500. Cool. At that price, could be worth it. Most 22 AR designs run you that just for the upper.

Montana too

Mentioned last week that ATF issued a letter that, unsurprisingly, said the TN Firearms Freedom Act was no good. They’ve issued a similar letter to Montana, the first state to pass such a law.

B-Day

The Firearm Blog has been cranking out gun porn for two years now.

Trend in gun blogging

People used to post pics of guns. Now, they post pics of ammo.

Gun control

What you do instead of something:

So here we are, with 22,309 failed gun control laws: not a single success to show for them: and politicians want to repeat the failures and reject the successes of the past.

Cosmetics

Gun rights 101: How can you build an ‘assault weapon’? Well, I prefer the assault stick:

From Stuff

National reciprocity for handgun carry

There’s a bill to propose just that. Sebastian has a look at it. Anti-gunners and editorial boards (but I repeat myself) are already soiling themselves. Sensibly Progressive:

I did not imagine the day when we could get such a bill out for a full vote in either house, particularly with the current make-up of Congress, was already here. Even if it doesn’t pass, we seem to be doing very well at the moment — which could change at any moment, of course.

Schumer is threatening a filibuster.

Man not guilty of non-crime

A ban who carried a gun to a politically rally for Obama has been cleared.

Not worthy

What could possibly go wrong:

Low-priority crimes like breaking and entering might not be prosecuted and the conviction rates will continue to decline if the proposed budget for the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office is approved, Prosecutor Kym Worthy told commissioners this morning.

July 19, 2009

No blog this weekend

In case you didn’t notice. Stuff to do.

July 17, 2009

Man with a gun

Went to get a haircut. The strip mall the place is in has several restaurants around. I went looking for no guns except for criminals signs. Didn’t see one. Decided to stop at the other popular strip mall area in The City (My The City) and still none. Not a one. Not at Chili’s, Ruby Tuesday’s, Aubrey’s, Uno’s, or Buffalo Wild Wings.

Kids and guns

Katie on then and now:

Nowadays, however, most parents – including me – would be incredibly freaked out if one of their child’s friends had unlocked guns in the home, not to mention hanging on the wall of a child’s bedroom (!!!). But why?

I’m sure this guy was freaked out too:

A ten-year-old boy left home alone with his sister used his mother’s gun to shoot an intruder in the face, police said.

I mean, there you are, trying to rob a home when one of those children with a gun (who are no doubt compensating for small penises) shoots you. I bet that would freak you out.

Holy Crap

Virgin Mary seen in bird poo.

Park carry

Linoge writes a councilman about the opt out option. Gets a response.

Another problem with ‘may issue’ states

Not only is it discriminatory and permits are handed out to the connected as political favors, but the coppers tend to assume any gun being carried is illegal and wet themselves. Shall-issue states usually have some sort of guidelines for the police.

Keep your powder (and pants) dry

Chris Wage:

I’m sorry, but I’m not seeing the case for pants-wetting panic.

[…]

I’m not a “gun nut”. I’m not a Republican. I’m not a conservative. I’ve never owned a gun. I don’t own a gun now, and I have no particular interest in owning a gun. I also agree that guns and alcohol don’t mix. None of these positions is required to believe that private citizens are capable of making decisions on their own, or to see that this legislation will have very little real impact

Also, he notes an interesting bit about who can really know whether you can carry your weapon inside many places and asserts that the restaurant owners could do that. Yes, they could. But, then, when an establishment determines that it is a place off limits to handgun carry permit holders by law, that establishment may also be admitting that it’s not in compliance with liquor laws.

BTW, I thought Chris stopped blogging. Glad to see I was wrong.

Remember, I do this to entertain me, not you.

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