A Pew poll says protecting gun owners’ rights growing in popularity.

You know, the one that doesn’t exist. We discussed this before.

Only, without the lawyers.

Ruger Mark III.

The suppressed Beretta from The Departed. When the Funky Bunch handles the weapon, he’s likely breaking the law. Being convicted of a crime where the sentence exceeds one year, and all. ETA: More pics here.

I’ve come out against the knuckleheads tossing bricks and threatening people over the health care vote that get press coverage. But the threats and acts of violence against opponents of the bill have been getting little play. For instance, little coverage of the Republican whose office was shot at and death threats against Palin and her family. But no Washington Post spreads on that.

Speaking of the narrative, it is taken as fact that the GOP opposed civil rights when that is not the case.

ETA: Aunt B. informs me in comments that police are calling the shots fired at Cantor’s office random gunfire. More like someone didn’t shoot at so much as they shot and it kinda landed there.

TSA Airport employee accidentally goes through scanner. Feels violated when coworkers look at her nekkid.

Update: I can’t read, apparently.

Things that are doing it.

Did it burst?

79% say others carrying guns makes them feel safe. Consistent with other online polls except this one is at MSNBC.

Seen at DU:

I’ve decided to buy a gun. Conservatives have lost their fucking minds

and I’m gong to protect me and mines.

Seriously DU, I was an avid gun hater mainly because I knew I’d really use it.

And that last sentence, I think, generally explains the anti-gun mentality.

The real story here is that someone still reads Doonesbury.

You have a right to be required to purchase goods and services.

Meanwhile, a proposal:

So the current administration has deemed a health-care a right and issued a mandate that each and every person must exercise that right under penalty of law.

Given that, I have a proposal. Everyone must go buy a gun. Each and every person must spend their own hard-earned money to exercise their right to keep and bear arms.

LawDog on a proposed amendment to stop such silliness.

Should be taught in schools.

The Multi Purpose Selector Switch from Modern Arms. A fancy pistol grip with electronic controls for lights, lasers and optics. Interesting concept in that when you put the selector switch in the fire, all your electronics activate. Pretty cool.

Couple of Tennessee good ol’ boys are driving through New Jersey. They get stopped and one, forgetting he was in New Jersey, decides to tell the cops that he has a gun but he has a permit. A permit not honored there. And ammunition that NJ has banned. And he may have gotten away with that if he found a gun friendly cop willing to look the other way. Except for that whole part about having weed in the car too.

NBA and packing.

And now you do what they told ya.

I dunno what that is. But definitely black and expensive.

pistol / carbine?

A surprisingly fair presentation of the issue, even noting that firearms deaths are down while permits are up. Up to six million, they say.

Go to the gun shop or the gun show and play the game spot who’s packing. Here’s one guy’s tips to spotting a hidden handgun. I leaves out the obvious, such as shoot me first vests. But I guess those might be covered under clothes appropriate for weather. The trick to not getting made, generally, is to have more guns. Also, seems to presume folks are not using an adequate holster and stiff belt set up. I have different guns for the different styles of clothes that I wear.

First, we learn the health bill is racist. Now, it’s sexist.

Glock with an internal safety lock. Adding an unnecessary level of complexity isn’t helpful.

KS house votes for it.

TFA’s John Harris in the Tennessean.

The Tennessean disagrees.

A gamer v. a soldier on the same course. Soldier looks to have a GSG and not a Mp5.

TD has a new AR. Also, he discusses some of the intricacies of assembling a Cav Arms lower receiver. Never really occurred to me that the one piece design would be substantially different.

Weaponized chili.

And keep our booger-hooks off the bang-switch:

Mallin, 39, was shopping at a Best Buy store in Rivertree Court Shopping Center around 5:30 p.m. Monday when the .40-caliber gun tucked in his waistband went off, said Sgt. Kevin Grampo of the Vernon Hills Police Department.

The weapon discharged when either his finger or clothing got “hooked” in the trigger, Grampo said.

Mr. C. says registration is underway.

Time has a bit on the Brady Bill. And it gets it wrong.

Democracy in action:

In the end, the Brady Bill was only able to pass during Thanksgiving break, when a mere three Senators were present to vote on it. All three supported the bill, prompting Vice President Al Gore, then presiding over the Senate, to declare the bill’s “unanimous” passing.

And that’s why there wasn’t a president Gore.

Update: In comments, Sebastian says the whole three senators thing is likely not true as well. Layers of editorial oversight, and all.