ATF walked right through that restraining order

Video of ATF raiding Ares Armor despite the restraining order against ATF:

Rumor is that ATF is taking the position that 80% lower receivers with the parts you’re to mill out being a different color makes them some number more than 80% and, thus, they are a firearm instead of a part.

Headline: Grand Island Student Refuses to Change NRA T-Shirt

I think the headline should be something more like: Student Suspended For Wearing NRA Shirt.

And no one was seen open carrying.

Ares Armor refused to give ATF a list of its customers. And also filed a restraining order against ATF.

. . . a bill that will allow gun owners who are running out of gas in their car on their way home from the range to stop and get some.

Or you might shoot yourself in the booty.

The opposite of gun porn.

Speaking, sometimes the internet causes me to smack myself.

KRISS and Magpul.

Ten Examples of the Internet’s Worst Gun Advice

WHY WE USE EXPANDING BULLETS FOR SELF-DEFENSE. So do the cops.

Guns and genealogy.

Thompson Machine’s Integrally Suppressed 10/22 Take-Down

Mentioned how spring sprung last week. Well, yesterday, my truck’s thermometer pegged at 76 degrees. Right now, it is 34 and snowing. Global warming.

Again.

I have carried all manner of different guns. Different sizes, different methods. And I’ve written about most of them.

I’ve changed methods because dressing for work changed. I’ve changed because something neat struck my fancy. I’ve changed because I realized that a 45 isn’t that much better than a 9mm. I’ve changed because I realized Wow, this is a really stupid way to carry a gun. And I’ve changed because I fucking can.

So, this is what I think will be the last method since it just works for me now. I had been carrying the M&P9C for a while. Finally settled on a Raven Concealment rig for it. Happily, I carried it for a while now. Then, one day, I said to myself Self, why are you carrying that compact? Try the fullsize.

So, I holstered up the M&P9 and switched the holster from OWB loops to IWB loops and I haven’t looked back. It’s not noticeably bigger and doesn’t weight much more. And I get a longer sight radius, better fit for my hand and 5 more rounds per magazine.

Every day, I carry a full size gun with a light and a laser on it and it’s not a problem. Here’s the rig:

So, if anyone wants a M&PC in 9mm with an Apex trigger system and RAM in it (plus a couple holsters), I’ll make a deal. Or trade it for another fullsize.

Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2013

So asks Richard Mann:

So it is that the days of the great gun writers are gone. There will never be another Cooper, Keith, O’Connor, Aagaard, Sitton, Skelton or Jordon. The world of communication has changed.

Well, it’s simple. They went to the internet. The trouble with the internet is that there are also a lot of bad gun writers. But there are also some great ones. You just have to find them. Signal to noise ratio being what it is, it’s kind of hard. But this is a good thing. Now, anybody can write about guns. Back in the day, there were only a few industry people who could do so and earn a living at it. The media of convenience was magazines. And those magazines made their money selling ad space for products they were reviewing. The internet changed that revenue model. On the internet, not every gun is the best thing ever. Not every technique is the best thing ever.

Also, since the writers Richard mentioned, things have changed. Guns have changed. Shooting has changed. Technology has changed. Training has changed. The new writers are adapting to those changes. Almost nobody stands perpendicular to the target and extends their strong hand to shoot a pistol one handed any more. There are more choices in guns. People slap red dots on their rifles.

The great gun writers of the past contributed a great deal to the new crew. But things change.

There are good gun writers out there. One of the best is Tam. She doesn’t blog about guns much but when she does, I learn stuff.

Mentioned before where Michel and Associates asked SCOTUS to block the magazine ban in Cali until the litigation concluded. And Kennedy asked the city to respond. Well, they have:

Applicants are merely attempting to circumvent the appeals process by asking this Court to prejudge the very issues that are now before the Ninth Circuit in this appeal.

Meanwhile, NRA looks to be trying to get credit again.

NBC Washington:

In December, Aguilar purchased a single-barrel shotgun at United Gun Shop, along with a box of bucketshot (large and lethal) and birdshot (small and round) ammunition. The shotgun could be broken down into several pieces, making it easy to transport.

Ok, then.

I read about this yesterday where a smart gun company released an 8K announcing their intent to buy Freedom Group. So, a penny stock company is pumping its stock price by making a ridiculous offer that no one with any sense would take seriously. Remington execs were all like LOLUT? It’s either for publicity or to pump the stock.

Personally, I’d call to have the SEC investigate them.

A grown man and his family locked themselves in a bedroom to protect themselves from an aggravated house cat. Not a bengal tiger or bobcat. A house cat. Shoot it. And if you don’t have a gun or want to avoid bleeding on your carpet, get towel or a blanket. For fuck’s sake.

I weep for the future.

Listening to the 911 call is just pathetic.

Dustin Pardue is an idiot

Why did Lerner talk to the Justice Department but plead the 5th to Congress? Smart money is on cover up.

Highlights of oversight report on Lerner.

We’re going to get creamed

Birth of a 556-SD

Charola-Anitua

Heard on the radio: “Al Gore said global warming moved the Bermuda Triangle to Malaysia”

What have you got to hide?

NSA views encryption as evidence of suspicion and will target those who use it,

Gun owners asked SCOTUS to suspend gun ban while litigating it. Well, turns out, Justice Kennedy has asked the anti-gun folks to reply by tomorrow at 5.

When they’re hers and people she knows.

Obama’s controversial pick for surgeon general adopted his anti-gun stance by watching violent CARTOONS

Well, a group has asked the supreme court to block the ban pending litigation.

He left the Brady Campaign To Stay In Business and went with MAIG. Also, kind of lies:

I Was Shot 4 Times in the Deadliest Massacre in U.S. History

Almost 3K in NYC. 168 in Oklahoma. Not even close.

Of course he left Brady, they’re not doing so well these days.

A puff piece on how anti-gunners are using social media to compete with the NRA. Hmm, let’s check:

Ok. How does NRA stand compared to these social media giants?

Oh.