I recently debated the issue of gun rights with a relative of mine who is decidedly anti gun.  She has never fired a gun, and has no desire to do so.  She is afraid of guns in and of themselves, rather than being concerned about the actions of criminals.  I though I would post a [...]...

Gun ban lobby attorneys argue to keep Texas students defenseless The Fort Worth (TX) Star-Telegram is reporting that attorneys for the gun ban lobby have the tiny school district of Harrold in their sights. The Wichita Falls-area Texas school district recently made international news by announcing teachers with a state concealed carry permit and pe...

International Cartridge Corporation provided us with all of our ammunition.  It was frangible .45 ACP and 9mm.  I had heard bad things about frangible ammunition, but this stuff was pretty tip top.  No failures to chamber, no misfires, and it shot just as well as you would expect any good quality commercial ball ammo.  As a silhouette shooter w...

By Don Myers Recently, there were two Christian musicians who were leaving a recording studio and were murdered for two dollars and their car. Initially, I paid little attention to the news reports nor did I listen to the names of the two victims. Three days later, I received an e-mail from a woman friend who had received her CHL by taking my cours...

The Fort Worth (TX) Star-Telegram is reporting that attorneys for the gun ban lobby have the tiny school district of Harrold in their sights. The Wichita Falls-area Texas school district recently made international news by announcing teachers with a state concealed carry permit and permission from the district would be allowed to carry handguns on ...

Para and Todd Jarrett demonstrated the new TTR system, short for Tactical Target Rifle, slated for release in 2009.  Quite simply, it is made of awesome.  For an op-rod driven AR, the thing has no recoil.  It’s literally like shooting an airsoft gun.  Recoil on a 10/22 is greater.  An AR that shoots well that doesn’t get as dirty?�...

Tracy got a 33rd mag for her Glock.  I have had a strange desire to get a Glock 9mm, a 33rd mag or two, and DuraCoat the whole outfit (maybe Brooklyn Blue?) as a salute to Bloomberg, the Bradys, and all the other gun fearing wussies out there who would like to ban stuff like that. ...

The Politico has this amazing discussion. What makes it more amazing is the way the "big-time media figures" tried to force him to stop talking. Here is a former head of the Democratic Party, a politician as liberal as any major political figure, and governor of Pennsylvania who was upset about the media being biased against Clinton and for Obama...

Would anyone know from listening to the news coverage that the 2008 Olympics represents the best US showing in total medals ever? The only two Olympics where we did better were in 1984 when the USSR and Eastern Europe boycotted and 1904 in St. Louis when almost no other countries participated. How about the fact that we did as well in gold medals...

They're scared of you, too....

Two of my favorites are working on Ruger revolvers this weekend. Phil at Gunners Journal has the Ruger GP100/SP101 Book of Knowledge This is good tech stuff for folks who want to tune their Ruger GP’s and SP’s. Phil is a retired LEO and knows his guns. Brigid at Home on the Range has Rugers on the Range, a write up of her day at the range with ...

I can see why the winners of the Para training had such a good time: Shooting from the holster Tactical reloads Shooting on the move Activating targets Shooting prone Kneeling ...

Our time at Blackwater is at an end.  I am back in the hotel at Norfolk, Virginia.  I still have a few more posts to do on the experience, but I definitely want to send out a few really big thank yous for helping put this together: Kerby Smith, Director of Communications for ParaUSA, who put this all together, and shot with us, with great skill,...

George Dance as written a a great article addressing Libertarian presidental candidate Bob Barr and his support of gun control laws.  I must say I’m quite dissapointed to learn the extent of Barr’s gun control legislative history.  Read the article here. Tags: 2nd Amendment, Assult Weapon, bias, Gun Ban, Gun Control, Gun Rights, New...

Really, there aren’t any, but what guns might survive a Democrat gun control apocalypse led by Obama-Biden. Let’s take a look. Indulge me in a bit of nightmare-scenario futuring: The anti-gun ticket of Obama-Biden prevails in the fall of 2008 and dissatisfaction with the Republicans sweeps commanding liberal Democrat majorities into both house ...

“Barack Obama claims to be the ‘change’ candidate, but after four decades in the U.S. Senate his running mate Joe Biden personifies Washington’s failed status quo.  And in South Carolina, Biden brings nothing to the ticket.”  - South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Katon Dawson Hat tip Alphecca  ...

From the Democratic debates, examine what Joe Biden thinks of gun owners:What a guy.Hat tip to a helpful reader....

We have never taken the time to investigate Joe Biden, but it doesn't take much to get a sense of him. Examine Senate Bill 2237. It has more titles than Carter has liver pills but one is the 'Assault Weapons Ban Renewal Act of 2007'.The AWB portion of the bill looks alot like the 1994 AWB.Additionally, it also enacts magazine size restrictions and ...

I have been convinced that this issue is at the top of the Democratic agenda. Dick Morris has this discussion on what Obama and the Dems want to do to talk radio:You know I'm one of the other things we talk about this book the accidental terribly important is the wave that you liberals are going to try to kill. Talk radio. And we just had Nancy Pe...

This could have been stronger if the ad had noted not just that Clinton had been passed over, but that it turns out that despite Obama's statements in the past, Clinton was never considered. Possibly, the ad could have even quoted from the headline in the Politico, "Hillary gets stiffed."...

Finally some range time. Fueled by the infamous wild berry coffee cake muffins (recipe in comments, as promised). ... / It was time to load up the gear and go. Today's action was Smith and Wesson 41 with a seven inch barrel, which earns it's $900+ price tag with a great, light little trigger and accuracy. Also some playtime with the Ruger Mark I...

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For those interested in the audio version of my book Freedomnomics, they can find it here. I think that the narrator, Brian Emerson, did a very good job on the book....

at the numbers for this decade. Will Bush get credit for this?...

I just snagged this current "Immaterial Girl" tour promo shot from Drudge:...

Steve Chapman on Florida's law regarding businesses letting guns on their property:Supporters of the right to keep and bear arms have long recognized the value of firearms for the defense of life, liberty and property. But in Florida, a perverse conception of the 2nd Amendment has produced the opposite effect: The cause of gun rights is being used ...

The blogs bashing the NRA kinda irked me. You guys aren't making any points with that. I'd stick to the subject at hand.Just what exactly does he think "the subject at hand" is?And funny, what's considered "bashing" by some....

Residents in the north end of Hartford said they are fed up with the shootings in their area and are demanding answers from police.Right there they're telling us they're not going to get any answers.What I'm fed up with is volunteer inmates making demands that affect me and mine.UPDATE: TJH point us to a different approach over at Shooting the Mess...

"Of course, in a perfect world there'd be no guns, but you have to live in the world that exists."I dunno, Brandon--in addition to their protective benefits, they're kind of fun, and shooting offers a great opportunity for cameraderie, be it with family, friends, or even strangers.I guess a perfect world is in the eye of the beholder.But you're on ...

Truro police officers responding to a burglar alarm at Manso's unoccupied house in December seized three firearms, including an assault rifle. The weapons lacked trigger locks and Manso did not have a valid firearms license, police said..."I am charged with a technical violation of gun possession with an out-of-date permit by the very D.A. who is t...

As soon as I see a post about the results, I’ll remove the poll. ...

Gun rights advocate David Codrea is an angry guy. For one thing, he is angry about what has happened to Second Amendment rights in America: Just seeing the title of his blog, The War on Guns, is enough to tell one that. Lately, though, Codrea has been especially angry at Libertarian Party presidential candidate Bob Barr. Not angry--just insistent o...

Deane Calhoun, Executive Director, Youth Alive Paul Helmke, President, The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence Paul L. Seave, Director, Gang and Youth Violence Policy, Office of the Governor Garen Wintemute, professor of emergency medicine and director of the Violence Prevention Research Program at UC Davis So, the subversives are going to have ...

An immigrant suspected of being in the United States illegally - freed after being shielded from possible deportation by San Francisco officials despite committing two gang-related assaults as a juvenile - faces charges that he tried to stab a man to death last year in San Mateo County, authorities say.From the city that says you must be disarmed.T...

We talked about this here.AR15.com found a copy....

On August 24, around midnight, Capt. John Lamb, under orders from the New York Provincial Congress, began dismantling the cannons in Battery Park. They were removing the cannons to place them at a safe site. Capt. George Vandeput, of the HMS Asia, sent a bargeload of his British troops to investigate. They fired a shot to warn Vandeput that somethi...