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Podcast topics: Obama supports federal ban on concealed carry, including the audio from 2004 in which he says this. The Westfield Sportsmans’s Club accident, problem guns: Ruger LCP and Mossber ATR 100 30-06. Teaching Kids to shoot. Tuesday is election day. Go out and vote, dammit. Special guest appearances by Alex, The Joker, Fox Mulder, Han...

Marias Pass, MontantaFrom the Montana News Station of October 31, 2008Hunter shoots grizzly in 'self defense'A hunter says he was defending himself when he shot a grizzly bear in Western Montana.The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks said an adult female grizzly charged Shawn Damschen of Coram on Monday near Marias Pass.FWP said Damsche...

Plantation, FloridaFrom the Miami Herald of November 1, 2008Dog bites man; man shoots at dog A Labrador mix had its tail nicked by a bullet after the dog attacked a man in a Plantation neighborhood on Wednesday, according to Plantation police.The man had a concealed weapons permit, said police spokesman Detective Robert Rettig.The confrontation hap...

As reported, a criminal entered a Cleveland, Ohio pet shop, armed with a knife.  Once inside, the mask-wearing Joseph Joplin used his knife to threaten the clerk at the register.  Another clerk heard the robbery and grabbed his gun.  Joplin then then threatened that second clerk with the knife.  That clerk then fired one shot [...]...

You can find a summary of Zogby's most recent poll here:Half of Zogby's current national poll average was taken after Obama's infomercial ... and here are his preliminary findings.No evidence that Obama benefited from the infomercial.Obama's support dropped 1.1%, McCain's gained 0.8%.The last day of polling had McCain winning 48% to 47%. Zogby caut...

Gallia County, OhioFrom WSAX of October 31, 2008Homeowner Shoots Break-in Suspect in Head, Deputies SayTaking the law into your own hands. That's what a local homeowner did when he caught a thief breaking into his storage shed. Armed with his shotgun, one shot was all it took and the burglary came to an abrupt end.“I woke up and heard the alarm a...

These are hard hitting themes. Anyway, you can find more of a discussion of their ads here....

This E-mail from AHSA was forwarded to me by Jack, one of my readers: Yesterday, The USA Today reported that Dan Cooper, founder and owner of Cooper Firearms, lost his job.  The reason: He’s voting for Obama: “Montana gunsmith Dan Cooper has been ousted as chief executive of the rifle company that bears his name after pressure from gun...

Topeka, KansasFrom WIBW of October 29, 2008Liquor Store Clerk Holds Shoplifter at GunpointA store clerk is earning praise from some in the community for holding a would-be shoplifter at gunpoint until police arrived.CJ said she became suspicious when two men in their 20's came into the store shortly before 7p.m. Tuesday, and headed straight for a c...

Cape Girardeau, MissouriFrom the Southeast Missourian of October 31, 2008Cape Girardeau woman shoots, kills would-be rapist at her homeA Cape Girardeau woman shot and fatally wounded Ronnie W. Preyer, 47, a registered sex offender who had broken into her home early this morning with the intention of raping her a second time, Cape Girardeau Prosecut...

Watuagua, TexasFrom the Dallas Morning News of October 29, 2008Watauga homeowner stabbed, shot with own gun during robberyA Watauga homeowner was stabbed several times and shot once with his own gun during a robbery early this morning, police said.The incident occurred in the 6000 block of Sundown Drive in Watauga about 10 miles northeast of Fort W...

San Antonio, TexasFrom WOAI of October 31, 2008Sledge Hammer Wielding Man Shot in Northwest Side BarA scary guy with a sledge hammer sounds like a Halloween prop, but it was the real deal this morning for a northwest side bar employee, 1200 WOAI's Michael Main reports. A maintenance man at the I Don't Know Yet lounge in the 100 block of Babcock sta...

Mobile, AlabamaFrom the Press-Register of October 31, 2008Police: Two men shot in robbery attemptA Mobile man shot at two would-be robbers, killing one of them, when "he was accosted" tonight in his driveway, a police spokesman said.Sgt. Marcus Young said the injured man was taken by ambulance to the University of South Alabama Medical Center, whil...

Little Rock, ArkansasFrom Arkansas Matters of October 30, 2008LR Store Clerk Shoots Would-be RobberA would-be robber was shot in the leg Thursday morning in Little Rock after a store clerk turned the tables on him.The suspect walked into the Pic-Pac Liquor store at 12th & Peyton around 7:00.After pulling a gun on the clerk, the clerk pulled his...

Arlington, TexasFrom the Forth Worth Star-Telegram of October 29, 2008Arlington man who shot intruder was defending himself, police sayThe south Arlington resident who shot and killed one of two intruders in his home late Monday night was defending himself, according to police.The resident, who was in an upstairs bedroom when the suspects barged in...

Hard hitting Townhall column here. Scott Bach's take is the same. I'll just add the following from when Obama ran for Congress in 2000: “If elected to Congress, Obama says he will continue working to solve the most important issues that affect the South Side of Chicago, including education, health care, juvenile justice, gun control and urb...

For the record, I’m against it! Obama = Socialist. Vote McCain-Palin. Megyn Kelly of Fox News slams the media bias point home to Obama’s Spokesman Bill Burton. Imagine, a news network that uses ACTUAL QUOTES is maligned for doing so! Compare that criticism to the LA Times that refuses to release the tape of Terrorist Bill Ayers his wif...

Barry on CCW.If you own guns and vote for this guy, you are, to put it simply, a f$cking moron.(H/T to Bucks Right.)...

Obama is on track to outspend the amount Bush & Kerry spent combined during the 2004 election: . . . Obama's reversal on public campaign financing, and the huge amounts of cash he is raising from......

Americans are experiencing precisely what the Liberty Nuts have been forecasting for decades. Now, gun owners and non-gun owners realize that they have the very same interests in common: Liberty.4 Vote(s) ...

For you my readers . . a little tale for this Halloween night. The story is "Phantom Bomber" of Longdendale, from which a story in Haunted Britain and Ireland, the details are crafted. On the high moors of England, such as Bleaklow, numerous wrecked airplanes litter the rugged terrain, remnants of more than fifty aircraft that have crashed into th...

Friday Night Video Silent Running - Mike + Mechanics ...

I will be on Jason Lewis' radio show on KTLK in Minnesota in an hour....

AHSA is apparently blaming NRA for Cooper’s ouster.  First I heard anything from NRA on this one was Andrew’s comment in the USA Today article I linked to that mentioned me.  It continues to amaze me how much these groups think NRA is capable of.  Even if NRA were handing us marching orders, it would have to go through six different ...

ASHA continues to front for anti-gun groups and the Democrat party to divide the vote of gun owners. But while the group claims neither Obama nor McCain will take away guns, they support the one that has been staunchly anti-gun in the past. Does that sound like a pro-gun group to you?And it's not as though they are just putting notices up on their ...

Got an email from David Codrea today.  He's going to be on Tom Gresham's radio show Sunday.  David writes: Normal 0 <wunctuationKerning/> false false false <woNotPromoteQF/> EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <wontGrowAutofit/> <wontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <wontBreak...

Here is an MP3 of a talk that I gave to students at the University of Virginia last week....

Here is a wine that not only has a label to fit the Halloween motif, it is good enough to stock up on now to save for future occasions.The wine I am talking about is Bogle Vineyards "Phantom".This wine will cellar well and will only improve with age over the next few years. At $20 a bottle, it is an excellent value, one of my seasonal favorites....

This Obama supporter thinks that if Obama gets elected she won't have to pay her mortgage any longer nor for the gas her car runs on: I know someone who says she is voting for Obama because she......

Chris Cox appeared on Fox Election Headquarters last night and did an excellent job describing Obama's long anti-rights voting record....

… you know the rest.  I wanted to comment on a few things: Fuck the Fudds. They have been selling our gun rights down the river for the last 50 years. They are ones who have allowed the anti-gun politicans to get away with the lie that the 2nd Amendement is about hunting. And this: I am on record supporting the banning of all Hunting Firearm...

I concur: Cooper Firearms, the company, has done everything in their power to remedy this situation, and I?m going to come out and say they ought to be welcomed back into the community. ...

As many of you know, I’ve been trying to recruit volunteers for pro-gun campaigns.  I’ve had a fair amount of luck getting people on my mailing list, having roughly doubled it in size.  But I’m having a real problem getting people to even show up at a rally with the possibility of great seating.  I’m wondering whether I&#...

Barack Obama: Exxon-Mobil announced that it had made the greatest profits of any corporation in the history of the world: $14 billion in one quarter. That’s all your money. Funny thing is, uh, it’s not your money. See, you exchanged your money for goods and services. ...

Alert to NRA Members of Deceptive Tactics by Obama Supporters: Friday, October 31, 2008 Fairfax, VA--The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) today sent the......

By virtue of most news accounts, the board of Cooper Firearms asked for and received the resignation of Dan Cooper.  I do not believe the company, and in particular its several dozen employees, deserve to be punished for taking quick action to deal with anger from the community.  As far as I am concerned, the issue is over.  Our voices have been...

ACDL Alert: If you're thinking of sitting out this election, your decision could usher in an anti-rights regime in the Arizona State Legislature that is dedicated to turning gun owners into......

Q&A meeting set on concealed carry law Residents are urged to attend an informational meeting regarding the concealed carry law referendum that is on the Nov. 4 ballot. Benton Public Property Commissioner Ronnie Baumgarte said the meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. in the Benton Elks Lodge, 167 Industrial Park Road. Illinois Carry spokesperson Valind...

Deputies: Tampa Man Bites Woman, Attacks Her With Taxi...

Chicago has had a handgun ban since before I was born, and yet it is the murder capital of the United States.   The majority of Chicago’s murders are committed by handgun ban ignoring criminals, while law abiding citizens are left without a gun for self defense against these very criminals.   Against this backdrop, Mayor [...]...

Here’s a sample of my Inbox from Obama supporters: I read about what you did to Dan Cooper, you neo-nazi right wing bitch. You’re going to find out soon that you are in the minority, and we are not going to stand for people like you. Trying to ruin a good man’s life! You are scum. John McCain will never win another election as lon...

If this is true, then McCain is going to take Florida. I hope it's not true and that he still takes Florida, but I only get one vote on it so I can't really pull it off myself. Amendment 2 is an anti-gay proposal (although the commercials against it never mention gays, only hetero-companions) meant to define marriage and one man and one woman only....

From Rasmussen: Nearly two-thirds of U.S. voters (63%) say Barack Obama is more likely than John McCain to restrict an individual’s right to own a gun, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. [snip] Sixty-four percent (64%) say the issue of gun control is at least somewhat important to how they will vote, with 32% saying i...

Claims the NRA is lying about Obama's gun grabbing past, so I assume he is insinuating Obama is actually good on guns, which in Bryan's sad, pathetic little world, translates directly into "Obama has a small penis"....

NRA reports that gun owners in key States are receiving phone calls, fraudulently claiming to be from NRA, and stating that it has endorsed Obama....

NY Jets@Buffalo12:00 PMNoDetroit@Chicago12:00 PMYesJacksonville@Cincinnati12:00 PMYesBaltimore@Cleveland12:00 PMYesGreen Bay@Tennessee12:00 PMHell Yes!Arizona@St. Louis12:00 PMYesHouston@Minnesota12:00 PMNoTampa Bay@Kansas City12:00 PMYesMiami@Denver3:05 PMYesAtlanta@Oakland3:15 PMYesDallas@NY Giants3:15 PMYesPhiladelphia@Seattle3:15 PMYesNew Engla...

Please welcome Fatale Abstraction and Bloviating Zeppelin to the Mighty Fine Blogroll.....

A buddy of mine (an Obama supporter, but being that I can't find too many people to like me as it is, I can't get too picky with who I call a friend ;) works with the servers and got this email from our France office Tomorrow, we will walnut the server with coffee No matter how many times you read it, it refuses to make sense......

There is nothing funny about this, but it illustrates something important: Girl, 7, Dies From Golf-Ball Injury Friday, October 31, 2008 THIBODAUX, La. —  A Thibodaux girl has died two weeks after being hit in the head by a golf ball while playing outside her home. Claire Gauthreaux says her granddaughter, 7-year-old Casey Gauthreaux, was in ...