That is all.

Update: The Tide is rolling

You may recall a bit back where some idiot put on his BDUs, slung an AK pistol that had the tip painted orange to look like a toygun over his shoulder, and went gallivanting through a state park. He wasn’t breaking the law. The white people got scared. And gun rights activists shook their heads, called him an idiot, and said he wasn’t helpful. Yeah, remember that guy? As predicted, the press is getting its anti-gun on and this guy is their example. First up is this bit at The Tennessean which, basically, seems to rely on the misconception that handgun carry permit holders all wear BDUs, walk around with AK pistols, and scare white people. Which is odd because most firearms rights activists in the state condemned that guy pretty quickly.

Up next is David Randolph Smith, who you’ll recall is a pretty factually challenged guy, writing a guest editorial at The Tennessean (clenched-fist salute to ACK), which starts out with a condemnation of the boneheaded guy with his real gun that looks like a toy gun (I don’t know why the paper doesn’t mention that toy gun bit). Which I’m so far cool with. Then, Mr. Smith goes to Washington:

The Supreme Court did not hold that the Second Amendment’s individual right to bear arms was a “fundamental right,”

Has this guy even read Heller? I guess he’s technically correct that the court didn’t say the words “fundamental right” but it does reference the right to keep and bear arms about 24 times. And in the affirmative. After all, that’s kinda what the case was about. But he is correct about carrying not being affected by Heller.

Then he references a ‘study’ by the violence policy center, that has already been discredited because it’s based on google searches, doesn’t factor in when charges were not filed, and a few other reasons. Then, this whopper:

Studies show that gun control legislation lowers the number of gun-related deaths anywhere between one to almost six per 100,000 individuals.

Name one non-discredited, peer-reviewed study.

It’s a little disappointing. I’ve so wanted some sort of anti-gun activist in Tennessee so that I could ridicule them and have a good time doing so. I mean, I lost hope on one of the various shill groups opening up shop here a while back. And, now, I finally have someone. And this is the best they have?

As evidence:

C-SPAN yelling at congress over health insurance reform.

Calls for reporters to protest

CNN on it too

Press Corps grills Gibbs

The press getting all up in the hopenchange’s face? No wonder it’s cold. Hell has frozen over.

ETA: For you non-local yokels, our weather here has gone from a bit chilly to ZOMG!! WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE. Even though there is no accumulation.

CNN:

During the ensuing exchange of gunfire, Wicks fired a total of five rounds, authorities said, while the officers fired a total of 81. Wicks was shot in the stomach and fatally shot in the head, Favreau said.

Two hits? Or multiple to the stomach?

And who doesn’t want a street legal tank?

Tam is trying new stuff. I thought the VFG as close to the mag well as possible was what tacticool ninjas did for CQB. And the VFG toward the front was what competitors did so they can use it as support on a wall or some such.

Les Jones:

Internet Movie Firearms Database is what Wikipedia would look like if an army of Mad Ogres staged a raid on Wikipedia headquarters in Hong Kong dual-wielding slow-mo style and took over the joint.

Cool pics.

USA Today:

Police in Latin America will soon have access to a Spanish version of a U.S. gun-tracking system that could widen efforts to hunt down crime suspects and weapons traffickers.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) said Wednesday that it is about to begin testing a Spanish-language version of eTrace, the computer system that helps police trace who buys U.S. firearms.

“This is to allow the infrastructure to make it easier for law enforcement throughout Latin America to track the firearms in their own language,” said Scot Thomasson, an ATF spokesman.

I think video podcast is a bad name but that’s what Michael Bane calls his internet videos. Here’s the first. With discussion of 4th Generation Glocks.

In GA, some claim that terrorism will be an issue to consider when the local politicos consider removing restrictions on where handgun carry permit holders can carry. Because some guy snuck a bomb on a plane in Amsterdam.

In traffic enforcement. Heh.

Autism tends to occur in places where parents are older, more educated, and white.

Obama lied, America sighed.

Snowflakes in Hell is three years old.

Sometimes a little bit of honesty makes it through the political filters.

Removing the onerous gun rationing scheme.

Sabredefence (so bad ass they can spell two words wrong and you won’t care) is getting into the piston AR market. Also gearing up to provide M16s to the US military.

Internet commerce fail

I noted a couple days ago the tactical pen. And it keeps popping up at other places. I decided that, for $20, I wanted one. Trouble is, I can’t buy one.

I go to CampCo’s awful website, where the pen is hard to find. After I navigate the awful search and find the thing, I hit add to cart and all the site does is show me more details of it.

The briefs in support of Chicago are pouring in. Damon Root notes one interesting brief that seeks to get the court to revisit Heller. I suppose since so much creation science was put into developing the collective rights mythology that some folks just hate to see it go.

SCOTUS Blog has a look at NRA asking for time at the court. It’s an interesting look at different two strategies. I’m of the opinion that Alan Gura knows what he’s doing. So, let him do what he does.

More from Brian Doherty who rightly notes this isn’t the first time that Gura and the NRA disagreed on strategy.

Skunkworks Recon 7.62

Colt Mustang Pockelite

Lever Action Winchester

States that allow gay marriage v. states that allow first cousins to marry.

So, two NBA players point guns at each other over a gambling debt. In DC, where guns are illegal. And the stadium’s response is to put metal detectors up. For fans, not players.

NBA legend Karl Malone weighs in. He gets one thing wrong: owning a firearm is not a privilege. It is a right.

Live action Duck Hunter!

Probably the funniest thing The Daily Show has done in a while.

At Google.

JayG looks at the WL-1

The Parrot AR Drone: A RC helicopter controlled by your iPhone. Videos here.

Oops: Fourteen suspected terrorists died Tuesday night when the bus they rigged with explosives blew up prematurely, police said.

A look at how it works, from Army.

A couple more prominent Democrats won’t seek reelection. Rats leaving the sinking ship?