A win in New Mexico. Guy was carrying openly at the movies, lawful in NM. Someone calls the cops and they came and disarmed him. And:

The court stated that “the firearm alone did not create a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity”. The court went on to state that the “Defendants (LEO) had no legitimate reason to engage Mr. St. John in the first place”, also the “Defendants (LEO) had no reason for seizing Mr. St. John”, “Mr. St. John had done nothing to arouse suspicion”.

The judge did rule that the Defendants (LEO) did violate Mr. St. John’s Fourth Amendment rights.

Lastly and the best part of this case was that the judge stated that the “Defendants (LEO) motion for summary judgment is denied with regard to qualified immunity”.

The officers can be sued for violating someone’s civil rights.

Dildos going to the supreme court.

Coverage from the past here.

Soon, you’ll be able to transport your weapons on Amtrak, like you can on a plane. Even Brady had no issue with this but guess who voted no? Gillibrand. She was a mistake.

ETA: Guess who else voted no.

Heh.

Meanwhile, good for Barack Obama: The president does not believe that the criticism… is based on the color of his skin

Stingray tells us about the excellent service from CMMG

A machine gun possesion case to watch out of Tennessee. Hamblen made MGs for local guard unit, guaranteed to shatter the collective rights mythology.

Ban was upheld in 2008. A more recent summary. And here’s a video of Hamblen making his case.

Pics from the steel challenge

Molly, the thirteen year old who beat all of us old guys up, has some pics.

Rifle Art

Mr. C: it seems that TSA has trouble differentiating between fudge from Scheel’s and C4

Major Chuck and His Magic Laptop

You should have been there

And lead to fewer cases of police getting Glock leg. Glock with a thumb safety.

Update: I guess my general smarminess didn’t quite come across all that effectively as I thought it would. I like Glocks just as they come. But several folks seem to want the safeties and other doodads. My point was that if you want a safety, then a decocker would be nice too and even better. Make it like all the other semi-autos out there. But both are unnecessary.

We’re losing the war:

A group of police and judges who want to legalize drugs pointed to new FBI numbers released today as evidence that the “war on drugs” is a failure that can never be won. The data, from the FBI’s “Crime in the United States” report, shows that in 2008 there were 1,702,537 arrests for drug law violations, or one drug arrest every 18 seconds.

And I hate baseball:

Been pondering a new handgun. More specifically, after shooting Larry from Brownell’s STI, I want an STI real bad. And I want one for both carry and for if I ever do competition. So, of course, that leads to choices regarding caliber. Having always been a 45ACP guy, I have a few guns in that caliber. I was thinking of something different and leaning toward .40S&W since it seems to be the standard for competition. Then, I read Marko’s post on .40 S&W disadvantages:

it’s 50% more expensive than 9mm for a 10% performance increase.

Yet, that 10% is apparently enough to make a difference in classes at competitions. For just a 10% increase in performance, I’m leaning toward the 21 round 9mm, quite frankly. What say you?

Buckeye Firearms:

Is Mayor Bloomberg adding mayors to his gun control front group without permission?

Not the first time I have heard that allegation.

Though 46 mayors have left, press coverage focuses on those that stay in.

Also, fact-checking their ads.

Sebastian recaps Alan Gura’s chat with the folks at the Gun Blogger Rendezvous. Discussion included future legal battles, threats to the second amendment, and concealed carry.

Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership’s Dennis Henigan is upset that Obama wants to get re-elected. Well, he’s more upset that Obama is attempting to appease the evil gun lobby. Complete with reference to Neville Chamberlain. Seriously.

Well, Dennis, history has shown that life is usually ends up difficult for those who come down against civil rights. And The Brady Campaign is no exception. You will be on record for being on the wrong side of history.

Short version: if you disagree, you’re a racist.

Continuing to kill the word racist.

NSSF has a report on women looking at personal protection.

Obama administration looks to extend provisions of PATRIOT act.

Pregnant woman holds intruder at bay with a shotgun.

Apparently, ATF and the FBI keep getting in a pissing match over bomb investigations.

I will: Coke CEO calls Obama a commie.

Sig to enter the AR-15 market? Well, everyone else is. Even me.

News photos for gun nuts

Ugly guns

David: Why is mainstream media silent on ATF corruption charges?

Jay looks at acronyms and abbreviations in the gun world.

Politics, religion, and barbecue. No good can come from this.

Photographic evidence that one should never fire both barrels of a 12 gauge unless one has to. And by ‘has to’, I mean in case you’re attacked by a polar bear or something. That bruise looks even worse today.

Steel Challenge videos

I met a hero this weekend

Several pictures, for you enjoyment.

Dirtcrashr on the steel challenge and dirty guns in the desert.

Jimmy Carter’s decline is rather sad to watch, actually. Poor guy.

Update: Zing: Dissent is the greatest form of racism.

Or mangy coyote. This time, in Tennessee.

Man kills intruder with samurai sword.

Heh.

Taking your four year old daughter shooting, with one of the cutest pics I have ever seen.