The push for nonsensical gun studies landed its first paid for study. Joe has more on the study and its supposed peer review.

Cook County police going door to door to seize firearms of 3,000 people whose FOID cards have expired.

Chris Christie says that libertarians are off their rocker because *noun* *verb* 9/11. Or something.

Turns out, FL Governor is cool with stand your ground as are Floridians. I mean, even thought the Trayvon Martin case had nothing to do with SYG.

And why they like dudes with guns.

I’m a fan. Especially, for my AR-15s. I need one for the M&P 9s since the M&P22 is basically a Walther P22 with a new outside.

Glenn notes that allowing the cops to carry may prohibit the constitution’s ban on titles of nobility. Interesting point.

The police have no duty to protect you.

Smokin’

Banana clip.

22LR Thompson

Top states for “financial literacy” are red, well, except for one. Tennessee represents, yo.

I was having a discussion with a friend of mine over some beer about guns. He’s definitely pro-gun but not a gun guy. And one point he made was that weapons protected by the constitution should be weapons that can be used for defensive purposes. As such, M-16s fit the bill. But brass knuckles or a garrote would not be. Interesting point, I thought. Though he seemed perplexed when I said that sometimes a rocket launcher could be a defensive weapon if you’re under attack by a vehicle of some sort.

Thoughts?

Gun sales are booming because of gun control’s very bad year. Federal attempts at gun control fail at every turn. Gun companies report record revenue. So, investment firms are dumping gun stocks. If these people manage your money, fire them:

Six months after launching a national divestment campaign against manufacturers of assault weapons and high-capacity ammo clips, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio announced eight hedge funds and money managers have completely divested their gun holdings, valued at $150 million. Fourteen more firms have scaled back their gun investments by 7.4 million shares—27 percent of their holdings.

The firms are:

AGF Investments Inc.
Sold 956,250 shares of Sturm Ruger stock, valued at more than $43 million

Tiger Global Management
Sold 800,000 shares of Sturm Ruger stock, valued at more than $36 million

Impala Asset Management
Sold 346,252 shares of Smith & Wesson and 547,686 shares of Sturm Ruger, valued at more than $27 million

Owl Creek Asset Management
Sold 1,616,300 shares of Smith & Wesson, valued at more than $13 million

Valinor Management, LLC
Sold 270,179 shares of Sturm Ruger stock, valued at $12 million

Citadel Investment Group
Sold 98,617 shares of Sturm Ruger and 137,097 of Olin Corp, valued at more than $11 million

Highside Capital Management
Sold 251,807 shares of Sturm Ruger stock, valued at more than $11 million

Coghill Capital Management
Sold 86,000 shares of Sturm Ruger stock, valued at $4 million

Also, more gun control activism paid for by NYC.gov.

I’m only posting about Anthony Weiner (AKA Carlos Danger) and his wife’s appearance to use that blog title. And, also, to point out that the event took place on National Hot Dog day. Because that’s funny.

Oh, and to tell you that my sexting pseudonym is Rolando Jeapordy.

Gun buyback canceled because, under new Colorado law, those transfers are likely illegal.

Heh.

Rep. Coo Coo Banana proposes cutting funding to states that don’t register neighborhood watch programs. Ok, then.

Jay with pics of Michael’s M&P holster. You can order his holsters here. I’m a fan.

The Captain discusses why it’s good. I job-hopped a lot early on in my accounting career. The reason was simple, I could stay where I was and get a 5% per year salary increase. Or I could jump ship and, in one case, make 40% more per year doing the same thing. Now, I work for me so I don’t get any raises.

People often act aghast that one would act in their own self-interest. Never understood that.

Fargo mayor distances self from MAIG.

The NRA responds. But they’re playing into the language game by calling them stand your ground laws, which they are not.

She schooled some military shooters.

A 3D printed rifle:

And a 3D printed muzzle brake.

It was a model year for it. Lots of dead kids, “white” guy shoots a black guy, and the Prez done went and put Noted Gun Expert Joe Biden in charge of pushing it.

But it went nowhere federally. Colorado and NY politicians are back peddling faster than Lance Armstrong when viewed in reverse.

Feds demand internet companies turn over passwords.

Osama Bin Laden’s AK

Colt Delta Elite

Kel-Tec PMR30

I guess it would be good for a scoped AR.

Pepitas.

Take the quiz. Quite a few things I didn’t know, actually. One that struck me:

One of the most important, and remarkably under-publicized facts that came out at trial is that one of the detectives, while interrogating Zimmerman at the police station that night, told him that the entire incident had been caught on surveillance video. The detective was bluffing, but Zimmerman didn’t know that. His reaction: “Thank God”.

I often lament, as I’m performing some menial task on my job site, that I’m really putting that Master’s Degree to good use.

You can buy an arsenal online, with one click! Also, you can get those fancy AK-15s. What about AR-47s?

The LA Times notices Colion Noir and how he’s black and cool with the NRA. Mostly, he’s black, apparently.