The police basically didn’t do anything for three hours while 13 people died.

Careful when you leave America: Christie commutes sentence of Marine convicted on gun charge

And stun guns could soon be legalized there.

The Gazette:

Downey argued that legislators, in passing in 2010 a law on gun permits, didnt allow the Iowa Department of Public Safety to ask questions beyond the basic ones on identity.

But the state argued the legislation established just the floor of basic questions that had to be asked on the form, allowing authorities to seek more information.

The justices, after dissecting the less-than-clear language of the law, sided with Downey that it allows the Public Safety Department to only ask the basics.

I mean, the legislature didn’t pass a law instructing them to ask a bunch of questions to get a gun permit.

.600 Nitro revolver

Erle Stanley Gardners Colt Single Action Army

To you and yours. And now, I have 12 pounds of meat to tend to.

An arrest has been made for the murder of border agent Brian Terry. He was murdered by a gun that the Obama administration let “walk” into Mexico for some reason.

And options for self defense there. Hardly any, really. That is one difference between a citizen and a subject.

A teen was playing with a gun live on instagram. And wound up killing himself.

Surprisingly, not 9mm.

Why the Second Amendment protects the AR-15:

Thus, we arrive at the 4th Circuit decision that even though AR-15 rifles are commonplace, they may be banned because they are like M-16s and useful in military service. As the dissenting judges noted, this curious logic would have made it possible to ban the muskets and rifles used by citizen militia during the Revolutionary War. But why stop there? Handguns are standard-issue military weapons. Shotguns and bolt-action rifles have been employed by the U.S. military. At one time or place, virtually every weapon has been used by the military, including knives and tomahawks. The irresistible conclusion is that the Second Amendment protects nothing.

The Second Amendment has never been recondite, it is only the judges who have been obtuse. An intelligible interpretation of the Second Amendment emerges the instant one reconciles the prefatory and operative clauses. In other words, the militia described in the prefatory clause is a militia composed of a people with a right to keep and bear arms. What type of arms? In 1939, the Supreme Court spoke explicitly to this. At the time the Second Amendment was adopted, men summoned to militia duty were expected to appear bearing arms supplied by themselves and of the kind in common use at the time. The Amendment not only protects weapons that might be useful in a military context, arguably it only protects those weapons useful in military service. Thus, the 4th Circuit Court was exactly and completely wrong.

FN is protesting the selection of the Sig P320 by Immigration and Customs. The protests are here and here.

The CAV-X “supercavitating” bullet:

A new breed of bullets could be used for underwater firefights.

The CAV-X supercavitating bullets, made by DSG Technology, are designed to deliver lethality at much farther distances underwater.

For special operations teams, such as the Navy SEALs and combat divers who operate around water, this sort of ammunition could be handy

A Shotgun With AR Parts Compatibility

SCCY, maker of inexpensive handguns, is moving to my town and bringing 350 jobs with it:

A gun manufacturer is investing $22.5 million to build a brand new facility in Blount County that will create more than 350 new jobs.

Governor Bill Haslam announced the move Wednesday afternoon. The company, SSCY (sic) Insudstries (sicer), will be operating its primary manufacturing facility and corporate offices in the county.

No triple sic for you.

A “third arm” for the Army’s M4s:

This seems like a solution in search of a problem.

If you touch a pistol brace to your shoulder are you in trouble?

Probably not. But it is ATF so I’d probably not video myself doing it. It was interesting to me that at the Nashville NRA Sig booth, all of the brace equipped guns were legally SBRs. I suppose just in case.

This was making the rounds back in February. But it seems to have gotten new life:

Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives used a secret, off-the-books bank account to rent a $21,000 suite at a Nascar race, take a trip to Las Vegas and donate money to the school of one of the agents children, according to records and interviews.

Agents also used the account to finance undercover operations around the country, despite laws prohibiting government officials from using private money to supplement their budgets, according to current and former government officials and others familiar with the account.

The revelations highlight the lax oversight at the A.T.F. that allowed agents and informants to spend millions while avoiding the normal accounting process. The Justice Departments inspector general, who is investigating the secret account, criticized the A.T.F. recently for mismanagement and said the agency did not know how many informants it had or how much they were paid.

They really just flaunt their lack of accountability like no one else.

The Hypocritical Logic Behind Republican Plans to Ban Online Porn (Unless You Pay $20)

In Sweden, a call to ban cars because of terrorism. Ugh. What is wrong with people?

B&T USW-A1 SBR

Some of Ians Gun Collection

One dead and four injured in an explosion at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant

So, something in the blog is all borked and I cannot edit the website theme. This is a pain in the tail and also it means that I can’t drop manage my ads.

I’m fairly certain the issue is caused by the permissions being set incorrectly (you know, that whole 577 thing). Anyone have any idea how to unfuck it?

Thanks.

The ATF has reportedly reorganized it’s NFA branch. It now has two branched. One branch to support processing of NFA paperwork. This processing is stupid to begin with. All that should be done is, basically, cashing a check and running a NICS check.

The other branch to support SOTs.

So, Judicial Watch is suing them:

The ATF is reportedly reconsidering its February 2015 proposal to revise the 2014 Regulation Guide regarding the reclassification of certain ammunition. In March 2015, more than 200 members of Congress wrote to former ATF director Todd Jones expressing their serious concern that the proposal might violate the Second Amendment by restricting ammunition that had been primarily used for sporting purposes. The letter asserts the ATFs move does not comport with the letter or spirit of the law and will interfere with Second Amendment rights by disrupting the market for ammunition that law abiding Americans use for sporting and other legitimate purposes.

Judicial Watch filed the lawsuit after the agency failed to respond to a March 9, 2015, FOIA request seeking information on the ammo ban effort

The Firearm Blog thinks that some Garands will be coming in from the Philippines.

Yeah, that minimum wage hike? Cost about 4,000 jobs.

Michael Mann Adjusts the Climate Turning Point Out to 2020

Doesn’t he have a critic to sue?

A bullpup AK looking thing. Not 100% certain since it’s in Russian.

91% Of Taxpayers Whose Bank Accounts Were Seized By The IRS Had Acquired The Cash Legally

100,000 Taxpayers Compromised In Hack Of FAFSA Tool At IRS

The IRS is right behind ATF in the list of .gov agencies I would abolish.

Oh dear:

A National Rifle Association employee accidentally shot himself while doing firearms training at the organization’s headquarters, according to police.

The 46-year-old man’s pistol accidentally discharged Thursday afternoon as he holstered the gun in Fairfax County, Virginia, police said.