S&W Revolvers

Help ID an antique shotgun.

Pics and videos of the JB Custom Mare’s Leg.

Tam hits 2M. Say, that referring url looks familiar.

From a self-professed non-expert on the topic. A good read.

My wife got the movie Knowing from Netflix. It was decent flick until the end when it turned to a pile of crap. Seriously, what was that?

Barack’s button to shut down the internet has been made public.

In Ireland:

IFA Countryside has warned that farmers are struggling to complete complicated nine-page application forms introduced by the Department of Justice under new firearms licensing arrangements.

Of course, that’s how it is intended to work. As SIH says:

This is why we fight licensing here. Once you have it in place, the wrench will be tightened until people don’t want to bother. Then once your numbers are down enough, it’s effectively over. You’re one tragedy away from ruin.

And little bits of legal paper can’t solve or prevent crime.

Howard Nemerov looks at justifiable self defense by race.

Robb, Joe and Caleb have video of one of the more interesting IDPA courses I’ve seen. It mimics the Tueller Drill. This is one of those peculiar instances in which I think practical shooting is impractical. Presumably, you must stay in your shooting box and pop off rounds at the incoming bad guy. But it would make more sense in the real world to start backing up and drawing your weapon.

I’m not being hard on practical shooters. I just think knowing the limitations of it are key. People forget that it is a game.

The court has been asked to review the act. Now, let’s be frank for a bit. The only person at fault here is the parent who owned the gun for allowing his child access to the gun. The gun functioned as it was supposed to: the trigger was pulled and it went bang. That’s what they’re supposed to do.

Don’t steal things that come equipped with a GPS.

It occurs to me that the guns in restaurants bill in Tennessee has created a marketing issue for local restaurateurs. On one hand, they can ostracize gun owners and cater to folks who, for some reason, fear inanimate objects. Cater to us gun nuts. Or remain silent, a de facto cater to gun nuts. There is another option. They could put up a sign (that doesn’t comply with the law) that says something to the effect of No Illegal Guns or No Unlawful Carrying of Firearms or some such. Then, the folks who wet themselves at the thought of guns will probably feel at ease. And those of us with handgun carry permits will be like I see what you did there.

Tam on her 1911 geekiness.

Curt: I have to wonder if this story will receive the kind of media attention that most mass murders do.

Doesn’t fit the narrative.

In Philly, the DA is going after people who lied on their handgun carry permit applications. I would imagine that’s not a particularly widespread problem.

Curt has more on Garand maintenance.

SG43 Goriunov 7.62x54R

We libertarian sorts point out that it is to the point where there are so many laws that it’s impossible to not break them. Good thing that issue is getting some attention from law professors.

Jack Lail notes Tennessee legislators filed three times as many exemptions to open meeting/record laws this session.

And the Democrat party wouldn’t let a reporter join in any reindeer games.

A man is arrested for selling an unregistered short barreled rifle without paying the tax on it. He posts about his incident on the internet. Looks like constructive possession to me. He owned a SP89 pistol clone, a stock for it, and a vertical forward grip. In and of itself, possession of those is not a crime unless assembled. But if you sell it as a package deal, the authorities seem to frown upon that.

Consumer reports turns snitch:

CEI today criticized Consumer Reports for reporting a high-performing shower head to federal authorities—not because it is defective or fraudulently advertised, but because it exceeds government limits on shower head water flow.

Literally.

Are there too many ARs? Well, I only have two.

Kevin wonders if we can. It requires more than just a few folks paying attention. And I don’t think we have that.

Five years for not paying a tax on a suppressor.

The KNS reports that 70 cities in Tennessee have ‘opted out’ of park carry. I’m guessing that in the coming year the opt out provision will be opted out.