I’ve been watching Firefly, it streams on Netflix. Good show. But, goddamn, say goddamn. This gorram and ruckin nonsense just sounds dumb. That drove me nuts about Battlestar Galactica with the word frakkin.
I know, it’s TeeVee but you could just leave the non-expletives out.
As I said 7 years ago: If you�re going to cuss, do it right.
That’s my guess:
A McMinn County man was killed in an apparent shooting accident while ringing in the new year, according to authorities.
The victim, Jeffery Watson, 48, was celebrating at about midnight Sunday outside his County Road 20 home in Calhoun when a shotgun being fired nearby exploded, according to McMinn County Sheriff Joe Guy.
A second shotgun at the scene. Perhaps someone loaded the wrong ammo.
Jack Lail runs down the online buzz about the Tennessee tourist who got arrested for carrying a gun in NYC.
No more Vicious Circle. I’ve been on a handful of times and it was entertaining. Also, a few episodes provided me a bit of embarrassment, all in good fun, of course. It will be missed. Thanks, Alan.
Discussion of fees awarded to Gura and company. And Gura himself offers this:
The purpose of Section 1988 is to attract qualified counsel to difficult and unpopular civil rights cases by paying market rates. I�d put up our team against anyone else�s � not to mention, our work product and our results. The Post suggests civil rights practice is some lesser relation of the law and only crappy lawyers should be attracted to the field. That view has been emphatically rejected by the courts.
And, of course, people can support his efforts financially, in addition to donating to the Second Amendment Foundation.
To you and yours. I hope it’s better than 2011.
News you can use. Had dinner with a long time friend last night. His wife is really into this couponing thing. He passed along this tip. Kroger has their card and you earn points on this card for discounts on gas at Shell stations. Some items get double points, namely a gift card to Target. So, when they do their grocery shopping, they buy a gift card to cover their next purchase at Target. Being a family, it’s easy to spend a few hundred bucks there. Trust me. Then, he stops at Shell for gas. Says he’s paid $2 a gallon for gas.
I have seen a recent trend in off-duty and concealed firearms carry that strikes me as dangerous. The proliferation of smaller, more powerful handguns has spurred a wave of creative carry ideas that are potentially lethal to the user.
Entirely too much energy of our state police force is spent controlling honest citizens, simply because it is something they can succeed in doing.
Of course. You see, it’s easier to control them because they are honest. Going after violent criminals is hard. They shoot back. Some advocate practicing on the people to justify their ninja toys but when it’s dangerous, they use a phone call.
New laws going into effect Sunday cover some of the nation’s most contentious issues, from immigration to abortion, while others deal with tanning beds, tuition and where you can sell a pet.
In all, nearly 40,000 laws were enacted in 2011, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Some take effect New Year’s Day.
Just stupid people: Did the robber intend to shoot someone to kill?
It doesn’t matter. If someone is pointing a gun at you, you don’t wait around trying to determine their intent.
A response to the Brady Campaign’s attempt to end gun ownership by lighting a candle.
Seems one councilman is asking for leniency for the Tennessee woman who mistakenly thought she was still in America and carried a gun in NYC. Says the councilman:
�By prosecuting this woman and seeking 3 1/2 years of jail, we are shooting our own [gun-control] efforts in the foot and giving the rest of the country ammunition,�
And:
Clearly, the laws are too strict here, but that�s something we need to work out for ourselves without honoring licenses to carry guns in states where felons can carry them
Interesting stuff on whether NY laws are up to date, I thought. And, perhaps, they fear a lawsuit. Via Jacob who notes:
What Bloomberg and Vance have created is the perfect martyr and posterchild for H.R. 822. Hopefully this case will help push it through the Senate.
From Microsoft. A device that lets you run around pretending to shoot people won’t let you use a gun in your avatar.
14 year old shoots and kills intruder to save his sister.
Wanted to like it
But I just couldn’t do it
So rushed it was dull
14 inch 12ga shotgun that is not an NFA item.
More here.
Gun manufacturing laws are quite ridiculous and manipulated by ATF a lot. Nice to see the rules being bent the other way.
Eric Holder says More cops slain by illegal guns. How many guns did your agency put on the street?
It’s a whole other country: Tennessee woman arrested in NYC for taking gun to 9-11 memorial.
Use a holster, get some training and don’t just give a 17 year old girl a gun for protection.
I don’t need a cite for that. Do your own research.
Via Kevin, who notes the familiar ring.
Record gun sales noticed by CNN. More guns, less crime.
CBS notes the face of gun culture is changing. To women.
Tam runs up the score.
He’s not been that much of a threat to gun rights as president, despite his anti-gun record before that. Some are speculating the anti-gun stuff will gin up during a second term.
Jay has a review of the hearing protection I linked to a bit back. Only issue I’ve had with them is changing the batteries is a pain.
God gets all pissed off
Sends angel army to earth
They’re like smart zombies
It’s banned in some states. At a friends recently, they had one of those rainwater collection systems. It was similar to this one. I thought it’d be a good idea for watering the garden in the spring. Anyone do this and have some pointers?
Russia will stop buying Kalashnikovs:
This year has seen the end of the longstanding tradition of the Soviet times. Russia’s Defense Ministry has decided to completely refuse from purchasing the legendary AK-74 rifles for the army. There are two reasons for that: the country has too many Kalashnikovs and they are outdated.
Nikolai Makarov, the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces said: “Yes, we have refused. The reserves that we have in the country exceed the needs considerably.”
Also, the chief there then bashes the AK, saying it’s not good for the army. And bashes the quality. Sure, the AK has the ergonomics of a baseball bat and the controls are as easy to operate as getting the wishbone out in that game of Operation. But it does go bang when you need it to.
Obama says he’s not bound by the ban on gun control funding in the omnibus bill. Remember back when Bush was doing signing statements and they were bad? Neither does the press.
A reflective sash that identifies you as a concealed carry permit holder. I thought the badges were bad enough but this is a whole new level. You know a good way to identify yourself as a law-abiding person to the police? Don’t shoot at them. And put your gun away.
I think my favorite part of this is that the would be victim made the robber clean up his own blood with a paper towel.
Gun sales are, by most accounts, at a record high. The NRA notes, however, that gun accidents are at an all time low. Now, that is not to say that there is a causative effect. But the anti-gunners would have us believe that more guns equals more crime and more guns equals more accidents. But that’s been repeatedly refuted.
This is the saddest thing I’ve seen in a while. I’d take every computing device from them if I were their parents.
Because drug cartels use them. Hell, they set up their own private networks.
50% off knives at Amazon. I’m still digging CRKT’s Delegate. It took a bit to get used to the stiff opening mechanism but, ergonomically, it’s great. Feels fine in the hand, light weight and is one of the sharpest knives I’ve ever bought. Only con is it’s not good for any left handed folks.
ATF takes 237 days to approve a NFA transfer. You know, these transfers should consist solely of a NICS type of check, which can be done in minutes. Not sure what the hold up could be.
In NC, ATF will not approve transfers without an NC machine gun permit.
So, I went to show my ten year old nephews a youtube video. Sat in front of their computer and hit the mouse. Mmm, a Mac I grumbled disapprovingly. One of my nephews looks at me and says You know what PC stands for? Piece of crap.
I laughed. Internet trolling in real life.
Tam started it but the most played songs on my iPod:
Believe – Trapped Under Ice
God’s Gonna Cut You Down – Johnny Cash
Nothing Compares 2 U – Me First and the Gimme Gimmes*
Turning Point – Superjoint Ritual
Bring the Noise – Anthrax
The Horror and The Gag – Ramallah
Madhouse – Hed P.E.
This Dearkened Heart – All That Remains
Three Little Pigs – Green Jello*
Punk Rock Girl – Dead Milkmen*
The ones with asterisks are there because they’re on the kids play lists and they like those songs. I like them too. The rest seem to be the first song of particular play lists I listen to most.
1% of CCW permit holders account for 100% of CCW holder crime. Doesn’t really strike me as news that permit holders are significantly less likely to be criminals, but that’s not the NYT spin. Of course, no expose into the Mayors Against Guns crowd, who are 45 times more likely to be a criminal than a FL permit holder.
Pistol-packing mamas of Viers Mill Village, a Washington D.C., suburb, terrorized by night marauders for 3 weeks, rounded up four men in gun-fire studded chase early today. Wielding rifles, pistols, knives and baseball bats, the aroused housewives had the intruders begging for mercy when police reached the battlefield.
The term used to describe the rise in weapons permits. Turns out, when you get rid of the arbitrary authority of law enforcement approval, permit numbers go up
Mr. C. has set the dates. Not made the last couple but these are always fun.
I’m a foodie. I’m curious what folks are having for Christmas dinner around the world. Tell me what you eat and where you’re from.
We do the redneck meal here in east TN. Deep fried turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, greens, yams, stuffing, sweet corn, etc.
For the next few days, it will be holiday time at Casa de t�o. Light blogging. So, some Christmas cheer:
Burglary Thwarted by Armed 11-Year-Old with Pink Rifle.
It’s an oldie but goodie.
Hope and change: DOJ to America: we won’t reveal the circumstances under which you can be assassinated by us
I won’t be airing grievances. The list is too long. But here’s The Airing of Grievances from the past.
This amused me:
On behalf of all gays and lesbians living in Minnesota, I would like to wholeheartedly apologize for our community’s successful efforts to threaten your traditional marriage,” reads the letter from John Medeiros. “We apologize that our selfish requests to marry those we love has cheapened and degraded traditional marriage so much that we caused you to stray from your own holy union for something more cheap and tawdry.”
Been hearing the rumors for a few days, due to some facebook feuding but nothing confirmed. Now, it looks like Red Jacket did lose their Federal Firearms License for minor violations. They are the stars of the show Sons of Guns.
David E. Young’s recently published article in the JOURNAL ON FIREARMS & PUBLIC POLICY is now available on line.
We gun nuts argue over whether or not storing magazines loaded affects spring reliability. One the one hand, some us believe that the storage itself isn’t an issue but that the compression cycles cause most wear of magazine innards. Others think that long term storage isn’t good for your magazines. Looking through some stuff, there was this old magazine for a Sig P220. By my calculation, that magazine has been stored loaded at full capacity for at least 13 years, probably longer. Trouble was, I no longer have a Sig P220. But I knew someone who did and I sent it to him. Dirt notes that it’s an old school zipper magazine. Well, he’s going to take it out and run it through its paces and see if the spring still springs. Should be interesting.
I’ve decided to pull the trigger on my conversion back to 9mm. As part of that, I’m going to switch to a Glock 26. This means that I no longer need the Glock 30. Anyone want to trade? I’m getting out of the whole rig and will replace it with a comparable rig for a Glock 26 and may consider a S&W M&P Compact. What I have:
A Glock 30 with a custom trigger job done by me.
One Galco Ultimate Second holster, also tuckable. I happen to love this holster and will be getting a replacement. But now, the call it the Tuck N Go.
One Galco mag carrier.
Four 10 round magazines.
Four 13 round magazines (aka for G21). When I carry this, I carry a 10 rounder in the gun and two 13 rounders in the carriers.
I figure, at retail, the whole set up is worth just shy of nine bills. I’ll let it go for $750 or a trade for a G26 or M&P Compact 9mm. Locals preferred, email me at 
if interested.
In RI, a gas shortage. So, the local utility is going door-to-door shutting off valves. If you’re not home, the police and a locksmith will force entry into your home and shut it off.
Heh. They really don’t know a thing about those items they hate so.
Remember, I do this to entertain me, not you.
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