The latest Fort Hood shooter said this on facebook:

It is stupid to me that anyone can have easy access to a powerful weapon without being mentally evaluated. This makes the government indirect accomplice… These bastards have perfected their way of attacking studying previous massacres to gain publicity and their minute of fame as a villain. But thanks to Hollywood and the sensational profiling by the media [they] give more power to those intelligent cowards.

Looks like the deadline for comment is tonight. And here’s Sebastian’s analysis on it along with comments.

Been quite happy with my Rokus. But Amazon has released the Amazon Fire TV. Anyone tried one out yet?

Things I don’t get: Pistol bayonets

‘Quit looking for ways to skirt the law’. They’re not. They’re complying with the stupid law to show you how stupid it is.

The arrest of Leland Yee for gun running is a good reason to call for, wait for it, more gun control.

The first defensive gun use by a permit holder:

The man was walking from his garage to the front of his home when two males in hoodies appeared in a gangway between his home and the neighbor’s home, Sullivan said.

One of the two men pulled a handgun from his waistband and pointed at the man who took out his own gun and managed to fire several times at the males, Sullivan said.

The males fled the area without being struck and the shooting did not result in any property damage, police said.

After the shooting, police responded and determined that the man was shooting in self-defense. The man had a valid firearm owner’s identification card, a valid concealed carry permit and police were able to determine that he had completed a required concealed carry class and was properly trained, Sullivan said.

A pity he missed.

In Alaska, they had open carry until 1994. Then, they went concealed. And now they’re constitutional carry. And what happened? Well, Clayton points out:

Murder rates in the U.S. fell, with both guns and non-guns. Murder rates in Alaska also fell, with both guns and non-guns. Even more intriguing — the gun murder rate in Alaska fell faster than the non-gun murder rate — not at all what you would expect from a bunch of manly men (we know about you Last Frontier sorts) carrying guns with no restrictions!

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Roland:

I think I’d trust Uncle’s kid with an AR long before I’d trust most adults with a pointy stick.

Raising ’em right!

RAND RICHARDS COOPER:

Can gun-rights defenders offer a reciprocal reassurance about their intentions? Is there a willingness to discuss trying to reduce gun-related injuries and deaths in this country? This question presupposes a prior question: Can we agree that 30,000 annual gun-related deaths (and many more injuries) is undesirable; that it is a problem? If we can agree on that, we can proceed to discuss how one might reduce these numbers without threatening the fundamental right to own a firearm.

I don’t care if every other gun owner on the planet killed someone last night. I didn’t and my rights are non-negotiable.

The Five Most Important Concealed Carry Guns of All Time

So, a man gathers indian artifacts throughout his life and is raided by the FBI just to see if laws are broken.

Gun contests on the internet.

You’re sub human: VA senate candidate claims NRA members have low IQs.

Question your betters about gun control, get suspended from your university.

I thought this was old news but it’s making the rounds again. ATF says the SB-15 is still a brace, even if you use it from the shoulder. Like AR-15 pistol buffers.

Carrying laser equipped pistols

ARFCOM HTF shoot AAR. For those of you that don’t speak internet, that means the highest trafficked gun website’s hometown group had a shoot and this is a report after the fact.

22LRs

Looks tough to conceal:

Civil rights activist Otis McDonald has passed. My deepest condolences to his family. The world has lost a great man. But his contributions to freedom will be around for a very long time.

Tomorrow, I’m going to go play in a World Series of Poker event in NC. If I’m blogging tomorrow, you’ll know it didn’t go well for me.

Tam on blue guns. I don’t have any nor do I plan to. But at least I now know how not to look like a dick handling one.

Ban stiletto heels.

They look so normal. I’m surprised it’s in Slate.

Heh. Well, they will always have dick jokes.

I’m glad to see this too. Also, they tend to go dark after mass shootings, out of respect for the dead, something anti-gunners don’t do. They should probably get on message sooner.

Another Fort Hood shooting. This one doesn’t seem to involve sudden jihad syndrome. Thought the last time there was a case of sudden jihad syndrome there, it was labeled “workplace violence”. Soldier on soldier incident.

We should probably stop disarming soldiers on base, no matter how sad the sad clown is.

And the play by play on the news channels that is amusing.

Firearms Industry Economic Impact Nearly Doubles in Five Years

From Chris at LuckyGunner. I hope he’s local so I can go hang with him for a day.

Tactical neck-tie