A reader emails that he’s looking to make his gun safe’s electronic lock Electromagnetic pulse proof. Thought it was an interesting question. Thoughts?

Discussing kids’ party ideas with the wife last night and she says that it’s kind of sad that most parents have this germophobia thing because it’d be kind of fun to let kids bob for apples. I told her that’s one of the issues facing the nation today. A nation of pansies. The first generation of kids who grew up using hand sanitizer every 30 seconds and everyone gets a trophy is currently Occupying Whatever.

She asks me then Where did that come from?

But, she’s right, parents these days probably wouldn’t let their kids bob for apples.

What government does: EU bans claim that water can prevent dehydration

If you’re using the office coffee station, do not stir your coffee with the same spoon used to get the sugar out of the sugar dish. And if you do, don’t put it back in the sugar dish.

A look at purchases of guns, men’s clothes, and entertainment over time.

Democrats go silent on Fast and Furious.

Turning people into gun owners:

I am not overly concerned about any direct confrontation from anyone in any current “Occupy” movement. But I am very concerned about the potential for violence coming from the seed of Occupy.

And, yes, you should buy a gun.

Purpose of the single round on the AK barrel?

Cool website. You can spend a whole morning there.

Different devices at different times.

A push in Tennessee following an armed robbery.

Chuck Schumer not so smug.

NRA’s hunting policy guy talks about sound suppressors: in reality suppressors are commonly used by hundreds of thousands of law-abiding citizens who appreciate the many benefits of reducing harmful sound.

Indeed. They are safety equipment and should be treated as such.

Handgun tracer ammo? I guess it could be useful for learning a bullet’s flight path.

Someone wrote a book about it. And they sent me one. I’ll have to check it out because, apparently, I suck at blogging.

For you. I dunno, needs more rant and Joe Biden robots.

A good read on the dealer that ATF told to sell weapons to cartel members.

Old and busted: GLock v. 1911. New hotness: Glock v. M&P.

I mentioned Carolyn McCarthy’s free target pasters. One was put to good use.

Disarming Venezuela.

Two year old girl disassembles an AR:

Alan has a review of the Kindle Fire: What it isn’t: iPad killer. I don’t think anything is in iPad killer. Most iPad people love their iPads.

I played with the Fire at Target this week. My thoughts were basically that it was pretty cool but I have no idea what I would use it for.

Lyle looks at a 5.56 wound. If you click his link, it’s pretty gory. You’ve been warned.

Thompson girl

Vaquero

Scorpion. And I’m digging Oleg’s new model.

Instructor pistol

Apparently, I’m a genius or a thumbsucker living in his mom’s basement judging from email. YMMV. Regardless, that was the first time I’ve had fun writing a post in a while what with all the doom and gloom and calling people out and stuff I usually do. I should do that more.

Oh and the comments are great. Thanks!

Or Uncle does a flame-bait post just before stepping away from the internets.

Look, I like you people. I really do. But you say some really dumb things some times. Or at least things you’ve not thought through. I do it too. There are only about two handfuls of people whose opinions on guns I take seriously. Odds are, you’re not one of them. Too many years reading arfcom, I guess. This is not a complete list.

See, you tell me things like In a gun fight, having a laser or light on your gun is going to give away your position. I’m not a tacticool operator covertly operating in operations in some place ending in -stan. So if I’m in a gun fight, I’m not worried about giving away my position because I’m in a fucking gun fight. On the off chance I’m in a gun fight, my enemies will know my position since it will be the place the bullets are coming from.

Guns break. Guns malfunction. It’s how it is. I have had malfunctions out of every gun I own except one. And that is the M&P9. It’s only not malfunctioned because I haven’t shot it enough. I will note that after many thousands of rounds, I can no longer say my Glock 30 hasn’t had any malfunctions. Had it’s first in August when it struck a primer too light. It was when I had a visitor.

And stop about magazine springs and keeping them loaded. Compression cycles do more to damage springs than keeping them compressed. I’ve never had a magazine that I’ve stored loaded go Tango Uniform because the spring wore out. I view magazines as perishable/disposable items anyway. And springs are cheap. If it makes you feel better, buy springs in bulk and change them every couple years.

I know pocket carry sucks. But it’s how you carry a gun when you can’t carry a gun.

Unless you’re willing to shoot yourself to prove the point, please stop telling me the 9mm/.380/5.56/40/SacredCow sucks. I don’t want to get shot with any of them. And you don’t either. We carry handguns because they’re easier to lug around than something effective at stopping people, like rifles or pet rhinos.

Guns are personal things. And I’m happy you like your 1911/Glock/Sig/S&W. But that doesn’t mean my 1911/Glock/Sig/S&W sucks. If you want to say one is better, great. But realize it’s likely preference that decides what you carry anyway.

Despite the last paragraph, some guns do actually suck. And despite what you read in a magazine that gets ad revenue, not every gun is the greatest thing ever.

Yeah, I know a silencer doesn’t completely silence a gun. But the guy who invented the things called them silencers. He gets dibs. And you don’t.

No matter how awesome you tell me gun classes with “Big Boy” rules are, I’ll never set foot in one. I like to start and end days with the same number of holes in me as I started with.

No, I don’t really think there’s going to come a time when we have to go into the woods with our guns and gear and MREs and fight zombies. But anyone who didn’t learn a thing or two from Katrina won’t be ready when a flood hits. This whole zombie apocalypse, face-eating monkeys, robot Joe Biden army nonsense is a euphemism for general preparedness. And if you’re ready for the zombie apocalypse, a hurricane is just a storm.

And I don’t mean you, I mean the other guy.

Happy Friday.

Update: Oh and, thank you, I know my proofreading sucks. Because I don’t do any.

Deal alert:

Maxpedition Jumbo Versipak $69

Fat boy for $59.

Society elevates certain people to an almost god-like status because they’re pretty, can recite lines, align politically with some group, or are good at moving some sort of object from one side of a field to the other. The trouble with institutions that are deified is that they are treated differently. And when we find out our demi-gods are human or, in the PennState case, they are sub-human, die-hards are not equipped to deal with that. People like their hand-egg so much that they took to the streets and rioted to save the job of a man who didn’t follow up when one of his employees was accused of raping a boy.

I like and watch college football. But it’s just a game, people.

Oh and if you are ever asked Are you sexually attracted to young boys, to underage boys?, you answer No.

We all have to do that. Some smart cracker reviews three bags: day to day, bugging out and bugging in.