John Fogh of Insights Training Center now has a blog. Cool.

David Brooks is now shilling for limited government and fiscal restraint. A bit of a different tune from back when his guys ran the show. And now Republican Senators decide to fight out of control spending.

Why, it was just like yesterday that the Democrats were the party of smaller government.

One of my issues with the tea party movement is that of timing. After all, they want limited government and all that. So, where were they from about, say, late 2002 until recently? You know, back when Bush and the republican led congress was busy growing the federal government to the biggest it’s ever been in the history of the country? Anyone?

Also, Bush’s Third Term? Hope and change.

Nice shotty.

What color is that shirt?

Some bonehead politico in MA who supported a measure to hike the state’s taxes on booze was seen across the border in NH buying booze to avoid the taxes he voted to raise. Taxes, you see, are for the little people.

More gun control:

One of the proposals would make it illegal for someone to carry a gun when they are drunk.

Great. But it’s already illegal just to carry one sober there.

Saiga 12

Les Jones on stereotyping:

And the truck stop thing is stereotyping, which is wrong, except when it’s about white Southerners when they vote for Republicans.

Those state sovereignty resolutions are racist.

Never been into airsoft but the airsoft grenade video looks pretty cool.

Time magazine, not so newsy these days:

I think if you look at the way the magazine has changed over the last several years, we’re getting a lot of stories that are more angled toward the point of view of the writer and there’s plusses and minuses to that in many ways. On the one hand, we’ve found that we want to be part of a conversation and to be in front of the conversation means not just recording one perspective and another, just going back and forth like that, but saying this is what we can bring to the story and this is what we think and then we start off this conversation that hopefully goes forward.

A musical interlude:

One of my favorite movies: The Princess Bride.

A look at where they are now. I never realized who the guy that played Count Rugen was.

Just ask the police:

Baltimore County Police Chief Jim Johnson Tuesday urged the county council to pass a bill prohibiting a private individual from using an electronic control device for personal protection.

Johnson said the devices, best known under the brand name TASER, are too dangerous for individuals to use.

Johnson said that the bill would expand the ban on individuals using stun guns.

Johnson said the need for this bill is urgent, because next month, a new state law would allow anyone over 18, to possess one of these devices.

ATF Budget Justification is online. 5k employees and $1B in salaries.

And you probably paid for it.

Seems an anti-gun politico is sending out postcards telling people that we’re all going to die because of assault weapons. The cards are filled with outright lies that lead you to believe that you can go buy a belt fed machine gun.

From Gun Trust Lawyer: Free NFA Trust Form for Class 3, Title II purchases.

ETA: Should be clear, that is an example of what not to do.

The NRA has a new website called NRA Instructors.

So, there’s this program called cash for clunkers. Maybe you’ve heard about it? Seems the .gov is going to give everyone who trades in an old car for a new one $4,500 and a magical pony. Program was popular, which of course means the .gov will screw it up. And it did. Seems they owe car dealers about $3B and those dealers want their money. Up next is, and I am not making this up, cash for refrigerators. Same concept: get cash if you trade in your old appliance for a newer, more efficient one. Why, it’s almost like people want to get some of their money back. So, we should just pay people to buy stuff. And that’s really a government policy. Amazing. You know what else gives people their money back? Tax cuts.

Also, in a bit of a twist, cash for clunkers seemed to help Toyota, Honda and Ford. And not Chrysler and GM. Notice the pattern? For those who did not, the bailed out companies sales dropped. Those who did not embrace governmental control of the means of production had sales increases. Beautiful.

PA paper endorses law breaking.

House panel backs restoring civil rights to poor and minorities:

Gun rights advocates scored a victory Thursday as the House Financial Services Committee adopted an amendment to allow guns in public housing projects.

In Nashville, 60 year old man shoots home invader.

Ridefast notes Cali has more NFA weapons than other states. I wonder how many are owned by those providing props for movies? Also, you have to rely on the data in the NFRTR to be accurate. And even ATF’s own agents testify that it is not.

As of yesterday, you can carry in state parks in Tennessee. Some cities have opted out, some have not, and some have opted out only some times. This is a patchwork of laws so complex, it would be nearly impossible to keep up. Sounds to me like a good case for preemption, like the state does with all other gun laws. But Rep. Campfield says that’s probably a no go for now:

The original bill passed by strong numbers because their was an opt out provision. Some legislators from liberal districts knew their area would just opt out so they voted to allow others to do as they please knowing the law would not effect them.

Anti-gun hack Garen Wintemute has done another study on gun shows and concluded the same thing he did last time. And, apparently, used the same methodology of going to gun shows and deciding all by his own self if something he saw looked legal or not.

In The City (My The City):

The Blount County Sheriff’s Office has opened to the public its firing range at the BCSO’s training facility on two dates in September and October.

The public range days are being offered to individuals interested in honing their shooting skills in preparation for the upcoming hunting season. Only rifles will be permitted.

A WaPo reporter gets a gun in DC:

It took $833.69, a total of 15 hours 50 minutes, four trips to the Metropolitan Police Department, two background checks, a set of fingerprints, a five-hour class and a 20-question multiple-choice exam.

An Idaho man was open carrying at the fair. He was told to leave by the local police, in violation of the law. Says Chad:

After all, I could be right… but I could be tazed and right.

Discussed last night on the radio. Breda rounds up some links. And Joe on what he should have said.

The feds to crack down on secondhand sales. Asking folks to keep up with recalls that could go back decades is ridiculous. I was at WalMart recently and on their big poster board of recalls, I counted 58 recalls on the wall. And those were just currently released.