In MA, there’s a farm animal tax:

The tax is assessed based on the number of animals and amount of machinery a farmer has at the time assessors take a farm census by March 1, according to law.

Says one farmer:

“For me to go out and count every chicken that is moving or standing still is a lot of work,” said Ms. Dumont.

When I did the public accounting thing, a client had chickens. And they had to be counted. And chickens are hard to count. They move around and all look pretty much the same. So, said one of my co-workers tasked with such a job, the way you count chickens is by taking a picture and counting the chickens in the picture.

The Mrs. just called to tell me that you can use your Kroger card at Shell Stations and save $0.30 per gallon of gas.

Update: Web search result concurs.

Obama administration to buy the first 100 Chevy Volts.

NORML says sheriff is violating Oregon’s medical marijuana law and HIPAA’s privacy confidentiality regs.

Women and High Caliber Recoil Fallacy

One Nation Under Arrest:

In May 2004, FBI agents driving a black Suburban and wearing SWAT gear ran Evertson off the road near his mother’s home in Wasilla, Alaska. When Evertson was face down on the pavement with automatic weapons trained on him, an FBI agent told him he was being arrested because he hadn’t put a federally mandated sticker on a UPS package.

A jury in federal court in Alaska acquitted Evertson, but the feds weren’t finished. They reached into their bag of over 4,500 federal crimes and found another ridiculous crime they could use to prosecute him: supposedly “abandoning” hazardous waste (actually storing, in appropriate containers, valuable materials he was using for the clean-fuel technology he was developing). A second jury convicted him, and he spent 21 months in an Oregon federal prison.

I oppose it because I don’t think people have superpowers. Even sheriffs.

The ATF’s M4.

Don’t teach your child to fight back? I’ll teach them to defend themselves.

Via WOG.

100%

U.S. Government To Save Billions By Cutting Wasteful Senator Program

Bison Armory Upper

22 auto loaders

Well, indirectly.

Again. After congress told them not to:

Last week, NRA-ILA learned that quantities of once-fired small arms cartridge cases recovered from firing ranges on military bases, which by federal law the Department of Defense is prohibited from demilitarizing or destroying, were being sold for scrap.

A governing law in this matter, developed with input from NRA-ILA, is a rider to the 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act. It stipulates that “None of the funds available to the Department of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dispose of M-1 Carbines, M-1 Garand rifles, M-14 rifles, .22 caliber rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or M-1911 pistols, or to demilitarize or destroy small arms ammunition or ammunition components that are not otherwise prohibited from commercial sale under Federal law, unless the small arms ammunition or ammunition components are certified by the Secretary of the Army or designee as unserviceable or unsafe for further use.” However, military bases are authorized to dispose of a variety of items, including surplus cartridge cases, via the Qualified Recycling Program, in place for more than a decade.

A range bans 22 rifles that look scary. Then decides to create complex rules for 22 rifles.

Duckman. I loved that show. One of the funniest things about the show for me had nothing to do with the show. My neighbor, Hippie Tom, thought the show was all about speaking truth to power. And the show had all sorts of trouble with scheduling and whether nor not it would be renewed. So, Hippie Tom concluded that it was a government conspiracy keeping the show off the air.

Once bread has become toast, it can never go back.

Parking lot bill defeated. via the Rabbit Journal.

Officers suspended for allegedly using a Taser to subdue a ten year old.

Especially when holstering.

The AZ press is pooping its britches over a couple of pro-gun bills. They get style points for evoking the Wild West but lose out on lack of dick jokes.

Man does not break law!

From an email:

From Gun Porn

A fine 12-bore self-opening sidelock ejector gun by J. Purdey and Sons, owned by the same family since its completion in 1928, sold for £28,800 against a pre-sale estimate of £10,000 – 15,000 yesterday (31st March) as part of Bonhams Sporting Guns, Rifles and Vintage Arms sale.

Topeka: not funny. However, Results 1 – 10 of about 272,000 for sayuncle. (1.56 times the velocity of an unladen swallow) is.

For tipping islands over.

Over at opposing views, Gonzo wonders why the NRA goes quiet when militia types make the news. Actually, no they don’t. The NRA is not a militia. It doesn’t really have much to do with militias. And it doesn’t go quiet since it doesn’t really talk about them anyway. The NRA is a gun rights group.

For the win:

Maybe ridiculous rhetoric like this is why FSA was folded into an umbrella group. Generally speaking, smearing four million Americans with this kind of crap isn’t a good way to make friends.

The anti-gun groups do keep losing money.

Excellent 1851 Colt Navy that belonged to an abolitionist is returned to museum.

Introducing women to shooting.

Making things better all the time.

Medical marijuana activist who used gun in self defense is not allowed to have guns:

A Washington state medical marijuana activist who nearly killed an intruder in his home this month has been barred from buying guns, even though he says he has no criminal record.

Steve Sarich says he tried to buy a shotgun and a pistol a few days after the March 15 shootout to replace ones that were seized by investigators, but he failed the background check.

The King County Sheriff’s Office sent him an e-mail Tuesday explaining the denial. It says Sarich showed investigators his paperwork as a medical marijuana patient, and those papers create a presumption that Sarich is an “unlawful user” of a controlled substance.

Smoke weed for medical reasons and lose your right to buy the best means of self-defense.

Passes the senate in Maryland.

Ayoob has a look.