Outpost Armory. And they have .380 in stock.

Clearing up sight picture from Idaho National Labs. More here. Not sure how it would mount but that would increase accuracy.

CZ pistols

New Israeli sniper rifle

Encore pro hunter

Looking at FN’s new ad campaign. And making fun of it.

Former Nashville chief of police Serpas was.

Tennessee: Most corrupt state.

So, Bellesiles has a new book out on violence and unicorns. It may as well be about unicorns since his last notable work was fantasy. But what’s striking is the treatment his utter fraud is getting. You see, he lied about data that didn’t exist to put forth the notion that some political ideology is being supported by this fake data. He lost his job and had his awards yanked thanks to Clayton Cramer. So, how does his publisher treat that scenario? Like this:

1877 is also notable as the comeback book for a celebrated U.S. historian. Michael Bellesiles is perhaps most famous as the target of an infamous “swiftboating” campaign by the National Rifle Association, following the publication of his Bancroft Prize-winning book Arming America (Knopf, 2000) — “the best kind of non-fiction,” according to the Chicago Tribune — which made daring claims about gun ownership in early America. In what became the history profession’s most talked-about and notorious case of the past generation, Arming America was eventually discredited after an unprecedented and controversial review called into question its sources, charges which Bellesiles and his many prominent supporters have always rejected.”

Ah, the old swiftboating accusation, which usually translates as someone is telling inconvenient things about me. Additionally, there was no campaign by NRA. Clayton Cramer discovered the errors and, in fact, NRA wouldn’t even give him a travel grant. NRA had nothing to do with it and it wasn’t a nefarious plot by them.

Revisionist history, all the way.

For your camera?

Looking like snow Friday.

Xrlq:

Speculating on Elena Kagan’s sexuality is a no-win.

And, frankly, I don’t care if she eats at the Y.

Daniel of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus emails:

I don’t know if you have seen anything about this, but the number of colleges allowing concealed carry on campus has more than doubled this week. Especially as this has not received any media coverage, I feel that this is a substantial news issue that should be covered and would be of interest to your readers. I’ve gone into more detail about this below, but feel free to email or call me at the address below for any additional information.

Prior to this week, only twelve colleges in the entire nation explicitly allowed carry of a firearm: The ten public colleges of Utah, Blue Ridge Community College in Virginia and Colorado State University. Following a substantial ruling to remove the ban at the University of Colorado, the fourteen colleges in the Colorado Community College System (CCCS) voted to rescind their current ban and allow any licensed adult with a concealed carry permit to exercise that right while on campus. While I cannot find any direct news articles about it, you may link to the revised policy [here]

This action alone more than doubles the number of universities and colleges allowing concealed carry from twelve to twenty-six.

In addition, one of the two community colleges in Colorado not part of the CCCS, Aims Community College, has scheduled a meeting to make the same changes in their policies. You may view an article about [here]:

This dramatic shift follows in the wake of a ruling against a similar policy at the University of Colorado. Members of Students of Concealed Carry on Campus (Concealedcampus.org) and the Rocky Mountain Gun Owners (Rmgo.org) originally filed suit against the University of Colorado claiming that state law preempted any governmental entity, including the Board of Governors, from banning concealed carry license holders from possessing a firearm on campus. While the initial ruling went against the firearms activists, it was reversed on appeal.

The Colorado State University (CSU) Board of Governors originally voted to reverse the long standing policy of allowing students with state-issues concealed carry permits to possess firearms on campus shortly after the initial ruling.

Over the last seven years while the policy had been in place, crime had rapidly decreased and not a single instance of gun misuse by a licensee has been reported. The new ban was opposed by CSU’s student government, the county sheriff, the editorial boards of both the campus newspaper and the Colorado Springs Gazette, as well as more than 1,000 students who signed a petition against the ban in just a few short days. Larimer County Sheriff Jim Aberdeen, was so outraged by its passage that he told local media that he intended to undermine it by refusing to book violators of the ban into his jail, which the CSU police department utilizes for arrests. In the wake of the recent ruling however, Colorado State University has reversed it’s ban on firearms.

This issue will likely continue to be fought in court. For the time being however, it appears that some Colorado students and faculty will be allowed an option for self defense and that some criminals will no longer have a governmental guarantee that their potential victims will be unarmed.

From NRA-ILA:

Attorneys for the California Rifle and Pistol Association Foundation and several individual plaintiffs recently filed an amended Complaint in U.S. District Court in San Diego challenging San Diego Sheriff William Gore’s policies in issuing permits to carry concealed firearms. The lawsuit alleges that San Diego’s policies are illegal and unconstitutional in multiple respects, one of which is that they infringe of the fundamental individual right to keep and bear arms guaranteed by the Second Amendment. The lawsuit seeks to stop San Diego’s arbitrary and capricious denial of permits to law abiding county residents.

The case challenges the application of California Penal Code section 12050, which allows a sheriff or police chief to issue a permit where “the person applying is of good moral character, that good cause exists for the issuance,” and that the person is a resident of that county. Under this law, sheriffs and chiefs of police often implement subjective standards for “good cause,” as well as residency requirements that are not constitutionally permissible. The Complaint was originally filed in October 2009 by a local activist. It survived a motion brought by the County to dismiss the case. In the Order denying that motion, the Judge confirmed that the constitutional claims were valid, and that the County’s arbitrary permit issuance policy may very well be unconstitutional. The amended Complaint adds both more plaintiffs and more legal claims for relief.

A very nice CZ 452. And some of the prettiest scope rings I have ever seen.

An Idaho point of view.

37MM Forums are back

Here. Looks nice.

I’m not a fan of pouches because, like shoot me first vests, they can draw attention. I did, however, just order some of these tactical pants Jay mentioned. At $17 for a $70 pair of pants, why not?

Bullets!

Tennessee had an illegal drug tax. The TN supreme court actually ruled that it was unconstitutional, thereby making it live up to its name.

But that doesn’t stop our legislators from doing the same stupid thing again. Only this time, they mean it, I guess. This time, however, the bill taxes those who peddle, distribute and sell. And doesn’t merely tax possession. I guess it is an improvement, as far as inherently bad laws go.

Here’s the bill.

John Mulhall:

Let me get this straight. A terrorist bought a car off of Craigslist, fireworks in Pennsylvania, and inflammable fertilizer, parked his dud-car-bomb in Times Square, got onto an international flight, and was only caught at the last minute as the plane was taxing to the runway. Mayor Bloomberg’s solution to this is to call for stricter gun-control laws?

Here’s why.

Via MRS.

Gun Control Leads to Militarized Law Enforcement

Impressive numbers:

7,570 rounds
0 stoppages
0 malfunctions
0 parts breakages

Paul Helmke doesn’t think we should teach children gun safety.

Pull

Absurd Gender Stereotypes (That Science Says Are True)

The Federalist Society is holding a debate between Alan Gura and Paul Helmke. Looks like the Brady Bunch is trying to drum up attendees. I already have reservations. Gun bloggers will represent.

And possible protesters this year? I hope so. They’d be fun to heckle and, generally, make fun of.

A sale at Brownells. Including a CMMG lower receiver with four Brownells magazines for $149.99.

H.2259: Reforming their gun legislation.

LA Times:

According to records at the William J. Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Ark., she also drafted an executive order restricting the importation of certain semiautomatic assault rifles.

And:

A centrist course meant negotiating with the firearms industry on a deal to put child-safety locks on guns rather than risk a legislative showdown. Gun-control efforts were a hallmark of the Clinton administration. Kagan had already been involved in an executive order that required all federal law enforcement officers to install locks on their weapons.

Those moves angered the National Rifle Assn., which became even more alarmed in late 1998 when Clinton proposed closing the “gun show” loophole that allowed firearms purchases without background checks. A legislative effort to do just that was launched as Kagan departed the White House for Harvard in 1999.

Richard Feldman, a former firearms lobbyist who helped broker the trigger-lock deal with Emanuel, said the NRA could make trouble for Kagan simply because she was part of the White House efforts at the time. “They’ll try to use it against her,” Feldman said. “They’ll find a memo.”

Some “centrist”.

From an email:

Coffee or tea? The Women’s Outdoor Media Association invites you to have a ‘drink on us’ at the NRA 2010 Annual Meetings & Exhibits in Charlotte…

The Women’s Outdoor Media Association invites you to stop in, have a cup of Starbucks Coffee or Tazo Tea and learn more about the organization at the upcoming NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits in Charlotte, N.C., this Saturday, May 15, 2010. The WOMA lounge will be in the Queens Room at the Westin Charlotte, attached directly to the Convention Center, from 7 a.m. – 2 p.m.

The Women’s Outdoor Media Association focuses on increasing media coverage of women who are active in traditional outdoor sports, especially shooting, hunting, fishing and archery. For more information, see http://www.thewoma.com.

No doubt, Paul Helmke will cry because not only can you take guns in Starbucks. But you can take your Starbucks to a gun show.

You can read what she stated here. Via David, who has more.