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  • Taxpayers likely to lose money on the GM IPO
    John Lott on September 3rd, 2010
    The government will apparently own part of GM for three more years. These guys don't seem to understand how prices work. The current price is the future expected price of the stock. The government might hope that future stock prices will rise, but they are losing money on the current sale and that means that future prices will have to rise by en...
  • How is violence against women defined?
    John Lott on September 3rd, 2010
    The story in this article of a man almost driven to ruin by his ex-wife abusing these violence against women statutes is pretty disturbing. What is almost hard to believe is that violence against women is defined in terms such as "getting annoyed," “withholding information from the victim,” and even “disregarding what the victim wants.”The...
  • Show Dogs vs. Working Dogs
    Home on the Range on September 3rd, 2010
    Well so much for the "quiet weekend". I'll be on the road for the next week at least. I do have some posts saved up for such occasions, so please check back. I'm not sure if I will be able to post comments timely, but I will be reading. For this Friday, and the "I have NO idea what time zone my body clock is going to be in" a little HOTR Friday Pe...
  • Jack Webb Schools Eric Holder On Arizona
    Traction Control on September 3rd, 2010
    “Sit back and take a real hard look.” from BulletPeople.com h/t The Blaze (Glenn Beck’s new web digs) - give it a look. ...
  • Barack, Can We Talk?
    Traction Control on September 3rd, 2010
    At Iowahawk ...
  • Smith & Wesson’s Doug Koenig Wins 2010 Masters ...
    AmmoLand on September 3rd, 2010
    Smith & Wesson’s Doug Koenig Wins 2010 Masters International Shooting Championship SPRINGFIELD, Mass.--(Ammoland.com)- Smith & Wesson Corp., announced that Team Smith & Wesson member and professional shooter Doug Koenig continued his dominance of the Masters International Shooting Championship by claiming his 12th consecutive title....
  • CSRG Automatic Rifle Model 1915
    AmmoLand on September 3rd, 2010
    Model 1915 CSRG Automatic Rifle By Gus and Maggie Bryngelson Michigan --(Ammoland.com)- We have all heard the stories about how bad the Chauchat automatic rifle was. That it was discarded by American and French troops alike. That it was the worst machine gun ever. That it was designed by committee and made by many different contractors, requiring...
  • An amazing discussion of the Beck rally in DC
    John Lott on September 3rd, 2010
    This article here is definitely worth reading....
  • End Of Federal Suit Does Not Affect SAF/NRA Victory A...
    AmmoLand on September 3rd, 2010
    End Of One Federal LawSuit Does Not Affect SAF/NRA Victory Against Seattle BELLEVUE, WA --(Ammoland.com)- Thursday’s announcement by a Kent, WA attorney that he has ended his federal lawsuit against the City of Seattle’s parks gun ban does not affect the on-going state-court case filed jointly by the Second Amendment Foundation and...
  • Rossi Announces Rebate For Youth Matched Pair Shotgun...
    AmmoLand on September 3rd, 2010
    Rossi Announces Rebate For Youth Matched Pair Shotguns MIAMI, FL --(Ammoland.com)- Rossi is pleased to announce a $20 rebate for its popular Youth Matched Pair shotgun line. The $20 rebate is offered for the .410/.22 LR Youth Matched Pair in a blued finish with brown, black, or pink synthetic stock and a nickel finish with black synthetic stock. ...
  • There’s even a term of art for it: “NHI&#...
    View from the Porch on September 3rd, 2010
    Impolitic as it is to admit, it is a rare murderer indeed who has their very first meeting with the police over a still-cooling corpse....
  • State of emergency in NC
    Arms & The Law on September 3rd, 2010
    Paul Valone makes some observations about how the governor's office, having declared an emergency, is trying to side-step on the State law that forbids carrying of a firearm after such an emergency is declared....
  • Win A Tommy Gun on Gun Talk
    AmmoLand on September 3rd, 2010
    Win A Tommy Gun on Gun Talk MANDEVILLE, LA --(Ammoland.com)- Working with Auto-Ordnance, Tom Gresham’s Gun Talk (R) is giving away a “Tommy Gun” this month. It’s a semi-auto version of the venerable Thompson, made famous in movies and real life, and used by G-men, gangsters in the 1920s, and by G.I.’s in WWII. Tom...
  • Oregon Democrat Senator Wyden backing away from Obama...
    John Lott on September 3rd, 2010
    Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com...
  • Feds Convict Texan for Selling a Gun to Illegal Alien...
    Guns & Ammo Blog on September 3rd, 2010
    In a trial before Federal Judge Sam Sparks, government lawyers conceded Texas resident Paul Copeland did not know his buyer was an illegal alien, but the jury they should convict him anyway because he “had reasonable cause to believe” he was selling to an illegal alien because the two men and a boy who were present at his table at the time of t...
  • Firearms Training In Chicago Believe It Or Not
    AmmoLand on September 3rd, 2010
    Firearms Training In Chicago Believe It Or Not By Executive Director Shaun Kranish Illinois --(Ammoland.com)- We’ve come across a real bulldog in the City of Chicago – a state licensed firearms instructor. Chicagoland Detective Services/Firearm Training on Milwaukee Avenue!!! As a state-licensed firearms training firm, they are exempt ...
  • GRE Round Up for September 3
    The War on Guns on September 3rd, 2010
    Here's the latest from my fellow GREs:Paul Valone/Charlotte:Is Governor Perdue lying about North Carolina State of Emergency?Anthony Bouchard/Cheyenne:Governor Freudenthal pardons close friend, former District Attorney Kevin MeenanSean McClanahan/Des Moines:Hurricane Earl blows in - North Carolina blows away gun rightsListon Matthews/Knoxville:Guns...
  • Newest piece at Fox News: What Milton Friedman Knew a...
    John Lott on September 3rd, 2010
    I might have picked a title like: "What Milton Friedman Knew about the 1937-38 Collapse." But, in any case, my newest piece starts of this way.Does the 1937-38 economic collapse, the so-called "depression within the Depression" offer any lessons on what we should do now? In 1937, it seemed that things were improving, some light was seen in the Gre...
  • Victory Archery Announces Greater Penetration With Ne...
    AmmoLand on September 3rd, 2010
    Victory Archery Announces Greater Penetration With New VAP Arrows Carlsbad, CA --(Ammoland.com)- Victory Archery designs and manufacturers one of the highest quality, highest tolerance carbon shafts for archery available today. This California company proudly announced its newest entry into the carbon arrow shaft market with the introduction of ...
  • Sigh.
    View from the Porch on September 3rd, 2010
    Now I have to clean guns.Well, not really "have to", I guess, but I should. At least I feel like I should.I mean, the Para gets cleaned every few months whether it needs it or not, but this makes probably 600+ rounds through the carbine (not counting rimfire) without anything more than squirting more lube on the bolt carrier group.I should at least...
  • Sailor Curt Asks
    Rustmeister's Alehouse on September 3rd, 2010
    Is Anti-gun Costco intentionally duping gun owners?Having an anti-gun policy nobody knows about? Yeah, sounds to me like they are.....
  • New World’s Record Mountain Caribou Hunter Honored
    AmmoLand on September 3rd, 2010
    New World’s Record Mountain Caribou Hunter Honored MISSOULA, Mont.--(Ammoland.com)- Paul T. Deuling of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, has received the Sagamore Hill Award, the highest honor given a hunter by the Boone and Crockett Club. Deuling received the award, named for the New York home of Theodore Roosevelt, for taking a World’s Re...
  • And the Horus FB3G Slot Shot Winner is…
    AmmoLand on September 3rd, 2010
    And the Horus FB3G Slot Shot Winner is… San Bruno, CA --(Ammoland.com)- Congratulations to West Chandler Winner of the Horus Vision FB3G Slot Shot! Thank you to all the who entered our drawing. Horus at Fort Benning 3-Gun The Fort Benning 3-Gun Challenge filled up in less than one second this year, as it did the year before. Horus Vision wa...
  • NAACP Slavery Enablers
    The War on Guns on September 3rd, 2010
    TeaPartyTracker.org, a joint venture of the NAACP, Think Progess, Media Matters and New Left media, offer this photo from the Glenn Beck rally as an example of racist "Tea Party extremism."...
  • Does Money And Praise Make An Endorsement?
    AmmoLand on September 3rd, 2010
    Does Money And Praise Make An Endorsement? Colorado -–(Ammoland.com)- Last week the National Rifle Association officially announced they were not endorsing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D – NV). They also went out of their way to make it clear they were not endorsing Reid’s opponent, Republican Sharon Angle — who fill...
  • Review of third edition of More Guns, Less Crime in t...
    John Lott on September 3rd, 2010
    Clicking on the article will make it larger so that it can be read....
  • Gun Owners Achieve 96% Success Rate In Helping Elect ...
    AmmoLand on September 3rd, 2010
    Gun Owners Achieve 96% Success Rate In Helping Elect Pro-Gun Candidates Florida --(Ammoland.com)- Perhaps the most significant Florida Primary Election race for gun owners was the House District 43 race, where antigun incumbent Ron Schultz (R-Homosassa) faced progun challenger Jimmie T. Smith (R-Inverness). Schultz rated “D -” by NRA a...
  • Gun Owners Achieve 96% Success Rate In Helping Elect ...
    AmmoLand on September 3rd, 2010
    Gun Owners Achieve 96% Success Rate In Helping Elect Pro-Gun Candidates Florida --(Ammoland.com)- Perhaps the most significant Florida Primary Election race for gun owners was the House District 43 race, where antigun incumbent Ron Schultz (R-Homosassa) faced progun challenger Jimmie T. Smith (R-Inverness). Schultz rated “D -” by NRA a...
  • Gun Owners Achieve 96% Success Rate In Helping Elect ...
    AmmoLand on September 3rd, 2010
    Gun Owners Achieve 96% Success Rate In Helping Elect Pro-Gun Candidates Florida --(Ammoland.com)- Perhaps the most significant Florida Primary Election race for gun owners was the House District 43 race, where antigun incumbent Ron Schultz (R-Homosassa) faced progun challenger Jimmie T. Smith (R-Inverness). Schultz rated “D -” by NRA a...
  • Leaders Wanted
    The War on Guns on September 3rd, 2010
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  • Range Time
    Guns & Ammo Blog on September 3rd, 2010
    Took the wife out shooting recently. Let her have the opportunity to fire the Ruger Mk III (22), the Walther P22 (22), the Bersa Thunder (380) and the Beretta 92FS (9mm). She’d had an introduction to the Bersa and Beretta at least in function (not in live fire exercises). We worked with them at the house with the laser trainers (both LaserLyte...
  • No blogging the next coupla’ days — have a GREAT ...
    The Bluff, Uncategorized on September 3rd, 2010
    Big weekend planned with the family. Up into the mountains, more off-roading, more good, clean fun. I figure since I spent several weekends this last Spring getting a new (used) tranny in my truck and getting it back on the road, it’s only fair that I get in at least that many weekends of wheeling before the snow flies. This should finally ge...
  • No blogging the next coupla’ days — have a GREAT ...
    The Bluff, Uncategorized on September 3rd, 2010
    Big weekend planned with the family. Up into the mountains, more off-roading, more good, clean fun. I figure since I spent several weekends this last Spring getting a new (used) tranny in my truck and getting it back on the road, it’s only fair that I get in at least that many weekends of wheeling before the snow flies. This should finally ge...
  • Lego Semi-Auto Rifle
    Gun Pundit on September 3rd, 2010
    Pretty awesome: Via Theo Spark. ...This is a summary only. Visit GunPundit for the whole story. ...