That was the buzz last night as reported in the WSJ:

The private-equity firm is in advanced preparations for an initial public offering of Freedom Group Inc., said people familiar with the situation, hoping to sell shares in a little-known company it has built into a dominant player in the red-hot rifle-and-ammunition business.

Over a three-year span, Cerberus — while under the spotlight for ill-fated acquisitions of auto maker Chrysler LLC and lender GMAC LLC — has acquired at least seven U.S. gun-and-ammunition makers.

Cool. I will be able to claim I’m investing in durable goods like lead and brass. More here and they quote someone you might know.

John Fogh has a look.

They happen.

Good news:

The Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, under new policy guidelines to be sent to federal prosecutors Monday.Two Justice Department officials described the new policy to The Associated Press, saying prosecutors will be told it is not a good use of their time to arrest people who use or provide medical marijuana in strict compliance with state laws

Good for Obama. Via Phelps, who says: I’ll start to believe it when they stop raiding dispensaries.

This is probably one of the funniest comments I’ve ever received on the blog.

Seen at ACK’s:

Senator Mae Beavers recently supplied a letter describing the Tennessee Firearms Freedom Act passed earlier this year to the lead plaintiffs in a suit filed against the federal government, who in September claimed that both the Tennessee and Montana Firearms Freedom Acts were null and void. In the letter, Senator Beavers discussed the overwhelming support for this bill amongst the Tennessee General Assembly, with a total of only eight Senators and Representatives voting against the bill during session.

I really don’t think relying on that bill is a sound legal strategy. The lawyers I’ve talked to agree.

Range report and pics.

Joe says you might not want some of those nifty signs as they’ll be hard to explain to a jury.

Nothing says please don’t rape me like a couple of rounds.

Pics and video from the Big Sandy Machine Gun Shoot.

I think that holster is made out of a blogger.

SIG Sauer 1911 Blackwater.

.50 cal suppressor

Le Gaulois Pistol

The two youths were just sitting there, minding their own business while rummaging through the homeowners’ stuff when they were shot by those vigilantes.

I guess they must have caught some legislators speeding or something because they suddenly realize that they’re are some problems with them.

Tit for tat?

I’m really liking the EeePC. I have the clam shell model. It’s nice, sleek, and portable. The keyboard feels like a regular keyboard, which is something I did not expect as the models I played with at the store didn’t have nice keyboards. It does video nicely. A few things:

If you put the screen all the way back (which isn’t far) it feels like it will flip over. It hasn’t flipped over but it feels like it might.

It doesn’t have a CD/DVD player so installing software that you don’t download requires an external drive. Yet it comes with a DVD system restore disc.

You can flip the screen, which can be annoying. For instance, if you hit Alt-Home in a browser to get to your home page, the screen will flip. Odd. I’d like to turn that off.

I’d also like to turn off the Eee utilities that hover at the top of the desktop. I don’t use them. Can’t anticipate using them. Haven’t figured out how to get rid of it yet.

The whole no CD thing got me to thinking about office apps. I was going to put MS Office on it but then thought I might try Open Office. So, if anyone knows, I have questions. Open Office any good? I’m used to MS Office. Will an EeePC run office apps OK? And will the EeePC run Open Office OK?

They make me laugh.

ACK: Tennessee is in for many years of Republican rule.

In a previous post, I noted Ron Ramsey’s claim to be the only gubernatorial candidate with a handgun carry permit. I looked the other Republicans up in the database and figured he was correct. But Ron is apparently the only Republican gubernatorial candidate with a handgun carry permit. Because Democrat candidate Kim McMillan has one as well. More Democrats like this please.

This beats Beware of Dog.

You’re out mowing the lawn, minding your own business and you find a missile launcher.

Update: In comments, my dad says:

Not as bad as it seems. The tube is useless, the sight is the actual weapon, the yellow ban indicates it was a training device. Just like finding a piece of brass.

Me and the family went to the Foothills Fall Festival, a pretty big to-do here in The City (My The City). Every year, they shut down a couple of blocks in down town to traffic, get some musical acts, some arts and crafts booths, a few bounce houses for kids, and all manner of good food including funnel cakes and ribbon fries (ribbon fries are awesome, by the way). We parked near down town and went and looked at the various nifty items for sale at the crafts area (including bat boxes and can-jos). We saw a 1,000 pound pumpkin and some tractors. And then, I crossed the line into a (gasp!) public park. At that point, I was violating the law since The City (My The City) opted out of park carry and I had my G-30.

Up to that point, I was on public streets and in a coffee house. In the latter, I was surrounded by hipster doofuses (doofi?). I didn’t know we had those in The City (My The City) as I’d never seen one before.

Anyway, at some point I looked up and realized I was actually in a park. I didn’t really notice entering the park until I was there. I’m a criminal.

Blount County takes the TN Attorney General at his word on the whole parks become schools thing when it comes to carry permits.

I mentioned yesterday that I tried to meet lieutenant governor and gubernatorial candidate Ron Ramsey at the Foothills Fall Festival. Well, he decided to just introduce himself in the comments section of that post. And he offers this bit of information:

As you probably know, I carried the bill that allowed for gun carry permits in Tennessee. I am the only candidate for governor that has a carry permit. I am a huge advocate for gun owners in Tennessee, both as a state senator and Lt. Governor.

That’s been an occasional meme here at SayUncle. And it may save a life. I’m glad to see it picked up elsewhere too. Paul Markel writes about that exact same thing in The Tactical Wire:

Whether you are an individual shooter, trainer, or range safety officer you must understand and address the dropped/fumbled gun possibility. The issue isn’t such a big deal with long guns but when dealing with handguns it is definitely a situation that must be spoken to.

It is really as simple as this, if you fumble your gun, let it go. All modern firearms have passive safeties to prevent ‘drop firing’. If your pistol is too pretty or too fragile to be dropped you shouldn’t have it our on the range. Bottom line, we don’t catch fumbled pistols. Drop it!

In Cali, they’re looking to ban TeeVees.

Joe recommends it and posts a pic of recently finished STI.

LES BAER 1911 PREMIER II 5” MODEL

A look at the Hera Glock carbine conversion.

Linoge’s experiences with open carry seem consistent with mine.

Also, he confirms that Calhoun’s has not posted a no gun sign. Which is odd since the owner, Mike Chase, was yammering in the press about guns in bars.

Someone is putting together a Second Amendment March.

Good way to make a point.