Volokh: Read literally, the statute makes it a crime to publish the name of anyone who happens to own a gun, even if you don’t say that he’s a gun owner.

Grown men are wearing skirts. For a good cause.

When it’s not. And when it a war, it’s not.

A polymer revolver.

Where guns are banned: Home built derringers.

This will be funny later. But, a bit back, I did this post in which I linked this video:

And used the phrase “Gatling Gun T Shirt Launcher”. Apparently, this is similar enough to their trademarked term “t-shirt gatling gun” that I should take that post down. Even though their resident genius actually referenced the site neatorama.com and not my site in his email. Attention to detail is his middle name. And that the video is for, what I presume, is a competitor of theirs products. I mean it may be their site but I doubt it.

So, ExcitingEvents.com wants to sue me (here‘s their facebook page) for not using their trademarked term on a site that I don’t own. And their trademark was filed over a year after a video on youtube appeared of their competitor’s product.

So, the resident genius is either threatening to sue me because his competitors google-fu is better than his. Or he’s suing me for promoting his product. I’m not sure. And I didn’t even use their trademarked term.

Either way, it’s stupid.

On a personal note, when getting threatened with being sued, I like to start my emails with “Well, giddy up”. Which is also, apparently, trademarked my excitingevents.com.

You’d think people would learn it’s not a good idea to sue bloggers. I’ll make you famous on the internet!

Update: It occurs to me that ExcitingEvents.com my have trademarked ExcitingEvents.com. Oh, bother. I’m really in trouble now.

Update 2: Actual email exchange here.

Update: The nice people from ExcitingEvents have responded to me:

Today, I received a response from Dan at ExcitingEvents.com. He was courteous and professional. He also apologized for his employee’s behavior; said his employee was overzealous; and took responsibility for not reviewing the emails before they were sent out.

Also, he sent me links to their actual shirt gun in use (it’s not the one in the video) and, let me tell you, it’s pretty awesome. I’ll show it to you once he gives the OK.

Seriously, nice guy. I commend them for reaching out to me.

Thanks, Dan!

I just wanted to use that pun. I have nothing else to add except to defer to Rand Paul:

And they have dick jokes. Sex is a powerful motivator, exploit it.

So much so, that it’s delaying the driver license system.

TN police department gets military vehicles.

If you won’t do what we demand, we’ll bring down the force of government on you. In this case, they’re butthurt because Starbucks allows law-abiding citizens to go strapped.

A former member of the Illuminati speaks!

NC the latest state to allow carrying where alcohol is served. Pants shitting hysteria ensues. Meanwhile, in other states (i.e., the majority) where this is law, nothing happened.

Heh

Night vision photography

Glock and TFO sights

Checking to see if you’re gun is loaded by doing a press check affects the bullet’s OAL. Good to know.

A key lodged in a holster caused a school resource officer’s gun to go boom. Color me skeptical.

David Codrea has a piece on that at GunsMagazine.

Obama was all butthurt, err, enraged that gun control couldn’t pass the senate.

Joe has been saying this for years. Glad to see others encouraging the idea.

As to the original issue, the Chicago Police Superintendent says his cops are going to up and shoot people carrying guns, lawfully or not, because that’s what they’re trained to do. He then goes on to note that his po-po are better with guns because of their training. Ok, got that?

Training, I thought, is what made them better and not trigger-happy yahoos.

The science is settled! Smart kids.

Jerry Miculek does a bill drill with a .50 cal rifle:

Wow. He’s Jerry Miculek and you’re not.

Wondered what kind of holster the SWAT guy was using:

On Aug. 24, SWAT Officer Robert Rench was displaying tactical equipment to children at the Lodi Public Library. A boy — around 6 to 8 years old — walked up behind Rench and pulled the trigger of his holstered handgun, say officials.

Well, Mike found the answer to my question. Careful out there.

I’m sure that’s not what was meant but this is odd:

“Bringing a loaded weapon into a crowded checkpoint is a serious matter,” TSA spokeswoman Sari Koshetz wrote in an email. “Sometimes passengers literally throw their carry-on suitcase onto the X-ray belt and an accidental discharge could be tragic!”

A properly holstered weapon likely wouldn’t fire from impact.

5.45 M-16

Stevens Model .22 .410 combo gun with Tenite forend and stock

David Hardy, who’s forgotten more about gun laws than I’ve ever known, breaks down the proposed changes.

And tomorrow is the day of reckoning. Prince Law Offices is spearheading an effort to contact your representatives about the NFA changes. And they make it easy.

Clinton tried but got it defunded instead. But Obama’s stroke of the pen may mean the end of Garands.

Also, heh:

If they see you lawfully open carrying, they will call the police and report that their feelings are hurt.

In the name of safety.

So, they ticketed our friendly neighborhood web-slinger.

So, they tried to have an anti-gun rally. A pro-gun rally broke out instead.

And where is that 90%?