The various filings in Tennessee’s restaurant carry lawsuit can be viewed here.

Lots of pics and a review.

ATF devoting significant resources trying to solve the problem of toilet vandalism.

Court says post office gun ban is not unconstitutional.

Mr. C. looks at aiming and point shooting.

Musicians want to know which songs were used to torture prisoners at Guantanamo.

Monster Hunter 625

Sig 232

Everything is cooler with a rail, even lever actions.

Ridefast has some reservations.

What you get when you cross a surveillance drone and a cruise missile.

A robot blob

MSNBC Anchor Introduces Jesse Jackson as Al Sharpton

Joe takes a couple to the range,

So, this article got my attention yesterday via gunpundit. Seems some folks in downtown Nashville (NC) have their pretty panties all in a twist because a gun shop, Nashville Guns, features posters of women with guns. My first thought was that some woman was all butthurt because the store had images of scantily clad women prancing around with some firepower. And, well, frankly that causes some women to rekindle their inner feminism about degradation toward women. But I clicked the news article and, well, it wasn’t that at all.I shot Aunt B., my token feminist, an email about it too and her response is quite interesting because it’s similar to my initial reaction:

But the “controversial” poster isn’t a picture of a scantily clad woman who wants to be my future girlfriend. It’s a woman in a camouflage tank top and a long skirt, looking not like “Ooo, buy this gun and I will think you’re a bad ass,” but “Buy this gun and be as big a bad ass as I am.” … I think that poster is directed at women, trying to make us imagine ourselves as buyers of (expensive) guns.

Yes. A confident and armed woman. And this has people upset about both first and second amendment rights. The gun shop is compared to a bar, which I find odd. And some woman doesn’t think a gun shop (posters or not) or a bar belong in down town. The woman also brings up that the gun shop is across the street from a domestic violence shelter. Frankly, that seems like a good place for a gun shop to me. But Aunt B. brings up another excellent point that I hadn’t thought of:

Did you catch that? White says the gun story (sic) is located across from a domestic violence shelter. Now, I know, your first thought is “Oh my god, but couldn’t an abusive spouse get drunk, buy a gun, and shoot the abused spouse at the shelter?!” But take a step back from that just a second.

What kind of person reveals the location of a domestic violence shelter in order to “protect” women?

The kind with an agenda that’s more important than protecting women?

Update: Newscoma:

The story she links to outs where a battered women’s shelter is and that, my friends, in unacceptable. It’s late in the story, but it doesn’t matter. The information in the piece is blatant irresponsibility and willfully ignorant regarding battered women in crisis. The newspaper should not have put that in the story. Battered women’s shelters are at undisclosed, confidential locations for a reason.

The Tennessee AG has released an opinion which says that pardoned drug offenders can own rifles and shotguns but not handguns. The opinion is here but the page seems down so I haven’t been able to read it yet. But Tom Humphrey notes:

Cooper writes in the opinion released Wednesday that Tennessee’s firearms ban for felons has exceptions for those who have been pardoned, had their convictions expunged or have had their civil rights restored.

But Cooper says the law doesn’t provide those exceptions for handgun ownership by people convicted of certain violent crimes and drug felonies.

I’m not aware of the laws he’s referring to. So it should be an interesting read once the site comes back up. After all, I thought being pardoned and having your rights restored meant that you were actually, err, pardoned and had your rights restored.

Update: Looks like there are two laws at issue. And that a pardon does not erase a crime. Seems the logic is sound but I could see a case being made the other way.

I thought the Rough Textured Frame models were the fourth generation. But it seems there will be fourth generation Glock pistols that will have an interchangeable back strap or adjustable grip. Like the other polymer pistols on the market. A lot of folks say that the Glock’s grip is too big, especially if they have small hands.

Stolen police gun recovered at firing range.

On HK suing GSG, it seems it’s not over the actual gun. Rather, it’s over the ad that uses H&K’s trademark MP5.

Gun owners still think Obama may try to ban guns. I don’t think so. And definitely not first term.

Joe:

Back in the 1990’s the NRA couldn’t pay to get ads in many major publications. The ads would not be accepted even when offering to pay above the existing ad rates (and most ads are discounted from the published rates).

By admitting they were wrong:

We confess to harboring some reservations about the concealed carry law. Our fear was an increase in guns in public would result in more guns being displayed prematurely and/or more accidents.

White said recently: “All the fears over conceal and carry have never manifested.”

We concede the point.

Anecdotal evidence does not suggest an increase in accidents or unprovoked gunplay.

The evidence, however, does show people defending themselves from harm.

Except that, to some people, it is.

Newscoma notes a councilman used the word blogger as a slur. Well, to people in power, it probably is. After all, when they want a message out, they usually go to the press because they have a cushy relationship with the press. The press, after all, has to play nice if they wish to continue having access. Being a concerned citizen with an audience is threatening to those in power.

Looks like folks are talking about ending their requirement that citizens own a military rifle. Bonus disingenuousness from the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership’s Doug Pennington in comments.

Ok, then:

The mother of a Miles City Mavericks baseball player who died after being hit in the head with a batted ball during a 2003 game in Helena is seeking damages from the makers of Louisville Slugger bats in this civil trial, sure to draw national attention and stoke the discussion of whether aluminum bats create an unfair advantage or are too dangerous.

We must ban aluminum bats. They are assault weapons.

I’ve been critical of Tasers in the past. Now, one more reason is that the company is advising it not be aimed center mass:

Taser International is advising police agencies across the nation not to shoot its stun guns at a suspect’s chest.

The Arizona-based company says such action poses a risk — albeit extremely low — of an “adverse cardiac event.”

One of the killers in a local rape/murder trial was in possession of an M1 carbine.

Lissa asks about choosing a holster. Jay answers. One thing to keep in mind is that you shouldn’t have just one carry rig. I have different rigs depending on wardrobe. Some methods go well with khaki pants and some don’t, for instance. Also, kinda hard to strap on a full-sized 1911 in shorts and a T-shirt.

On the left, you’ll notice that more gun folks are advertising here. Outdoors Trader, that is.

Pretty Hate Machine is 20 years old.

I don’t get Showtime so I haven’t watched but apparently they have a show called Lock n Load. It’s about working the counter at a gun shop. Tam says that should be pretty boring. Shockingly, gun owners are just people too.

Over at PJ Media, the reaction from the press to the show is highlighted:

Naturally, the first few critical salvos against the show were anything but positive. Newsday and Variety dubbed the show “aimless” and “toothless,” respectively, both bemoaning its lack of an angle.

By angle, they mean the show doesn’t demonize gun owners or the Second Amendment. Had the series taken an aggressively pro-gun stance, said critics likely wouldn’t like that particular angle one bit. The critics were likely expecting another Bowling for Columbine, one of Michael Moore’s many slanted polemics.

Whatever happened to introducing a topic and letting the audience draw its own conclusions?

Newsday goes further, saying Ryan is selling “death” even though many of the customers make it clear they want to own a gun to protect their loved ones against intruders. That critic should have holstered her biases at the door.

OnStar stops car chase

I kinda dig the RFB

Para USA TTR

M1A Bush Rifle

Noveske

Pocket rifle

Raptor