OK, first let me make an admission.  I didn't watch the debate last night.  I wake up at 0350 every morning so I can do the 90 mile commute to work and be there by 0630.  That schedule is my choice in an effort to ensure that I'm home for my kids in the afternoons to help with homework, drive them to practices, etc.  In any case...

Before I get into the debate, I wanted to post a warm, soft, furry, cuddly, fuzzy story of the day that warms even my cold sliver of a heart! The shooting happened after a 51-year-old resident of an upstairs unit in the building heard loud noises, apparently someone kicking in a door to the downstairs apartment, said police spokesman Duane Moss.Mo...

I noticed a link to LearnAboutGuns.com coming from this site, whose author states that she would rather “hold the burning end of a lit cigarette than a gun.” She describes herself as a Pacifist, and believes that it is wrong to use a gun in self defense, even to stop a would-be rapist and murder [...]...

Fred Thompson has the list in this youtube video....

What do you call an American who uses the police to hassle fellow citizens who are breaking no law and doing no one harm? It would not be a nice name, probably a profane one. Which is why I just have to shake my head in dismay when I read the quotes of anti-gun people in stories like this, using their own fear to purposefully have people who have d...

… at The Sentinel … check it out! Traction Control’s the next to host - any target suggestions? My thoughts are around something like KdT’s "All Eye, No Lash " phrase for accuracy. Certainly not fluffy bunnies, helpful squirrels, any humans, or cuddly cats - but maybe evil opossums with pointy teeth and bad atti...

See Michelle Malkin’s article here . ...

It’s Official.  The Little Green Footballs poll shows the results here . 93.3% for Palin, 6.7% for some other guy as of now. ...

No long post on this one, but I think Sarah Palin made it clear she is the real deal. I would say Sarah won, again, close. She got a lot of good digs in, which was good to see. Overall, she did very well, and showed that she was ready for prime time. And no matter who the pundits say won the debate, that was a win for her.     &...

Man shoots himself in arm after being denied sex FORT MYERS, Fla. - Authorities say a Fort Myers man shot himself in the arm after his girlfriend refused to have sex with him. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office reported that a 29-year-old man and his girlfriend returned home from a bar early Wednesday morning. The girlfriend told deputies that ...

…she’s eating Biden’s lunch. ...

Are you? I guess Biden thinks that corporations actually pay taxes without raising prices? Or, you know, you could sprinkle pixie dust on it. Moderator asked a dumb question. Both candidates evaded. Palin was called out for evading and not Biden. Palin rightfully points out that the .gov is often the problem. Unfortunately, it’s her party th...

for the debate Live Chat....

Just like with transfers to individuals, a trustee of a NFA firearms Trust can not be a prohibited person.  It is important that if all trustees certify that they are not prohibited if a trust contains class 3 firearms.  If a trustee becomes a prohibited person they must resign and the ATF must be notified of the change.  If...

Join us over at Mike's America for a live chat during the debate....

Two of my teachers from graduate school are in the running for the Nobel prize in Economics. That would be awesome, but Armen is getting very old so they had better do it soon....

I will be on Lars' show to discuss the bailout....

I have been corresponding with my friend Peter on the bailout and after the Senate passed the pork laden bailout bill, I ended an email with "We are well and truly screwed".I think Peter's response is worth passing on.For anyone who has every been a parent, you certainly get to know what is to be looked up to as the purveyor of all that is good and...

I'm out in a part of the world where big storms are often the weather du jour. I'm hoping for just one more big storm on some night I have both power and time to write a longer food or gun review. Til then, you'll have to suffer through Home on the Range hand written "Poetry Night". The night sky is scheming as ravening thunder rumbles a face dist...

Will Sarah Palin bring up Joe Biden’s (and Barack Hussien Obama’s) longtime opposition to the rights of gun owners and the Second Amendment? ...

The Mackerel standard is just too inflationary. ...

Jim Treacher, somehow, has gotten ahold of Gwen's questions for the debate tonight. Here's a couple:Senator Biden, what is your favorite color? And if you have time for a follow-up question: Why?Mayor [Palin], what are the names, ages, and blood types of all 71 members of the Belgian Senate? And why are you unwilling to admit that your inability to...

Petzal seems skeptical that the Barry O. campaign is trying to stifle the NRA.Bitter is surprised. Given Petzal's track record, I'm surprised Bitter is surprised....

Not here.Here.Happy first, Breda.....

Fox News has the discussion here:Virginia Republicans are in an uproar after the state teacher's union sent an e-mail to its members encouraging them to wear blue-colored shirts to school to show their support for Barack Obama.State Republicans are calling it an undisguised attempt to influence students' political views.The Virginia Education Assoc...

You can find the bill here:Sec. 501. $8,500 income threshold used to calculate refundable portion of child tax credit. Sec. 502. Provisions related to film and television productions. Sec. 503. Exemption from excise tax for certain wooden arrows designed for use by children. Sec. 504. Income averaging for amounts received in connection with the Exx...

I hope to blog some later.....

It seems that armed robbery in Oak Park, Illinois is becoming a weekly topic for me to write about, and since armed robbery is up 250% this year, I have had plenty of material.  This week is no different, with multiple armed robberies reported - despite the longstanding handgun ban which only serves to leave [...]...

Prof. O'Shea's comment to a prior post led me to wonder: just what were the "dangerous and unusual weapons" that common law viewed as outside the right to arms? Everybody had muskets, pistols, knives, and before that bows and pole arms. For much of the period, no gentleman would go out without his sword. Blunderbusses, the equivalent of a sawed-of...

...with Congressman Joe Barton's office, and the young lady who answered assured me that the congressman was planning on voting against Bailout Bill V2.0.Have you called your Congress Critter today?...

I am remiss in mentioning that Bob Krumm has returned home and is blogging again. He asks an important question: Is the bailout bill just passed in the Senate yesterday unconstitutional? Article I, Section 7 ...

Ahab looks at the guns he needs to compete. What say you? I’m looking at getting into competition and, basically, want one gun to do as much as possible. Looks like the .40 caliber Glocks/1911s function well in that role. ...

A statistician testified that ATF’s National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record (NFRTR) should only be used to pursue leads. As such, a jury became deadlocked on some charges: The one big factor was the BATFE shot itself in the foot on this one because ERB registered a LOT of gun, all marked differently and all in different fonts?etc. ...

Sweet Bow: The Sarah-Cuda (A fitting tribute to VP Candidate Sarah Palin)! I'd buy one for my wife if she were to decide to get into Archery. :) H/T to Eric of the Handgun Podcast....

This has to be a pretty awful thing for the Brady Campaign to read: A new study finds no evidence that gun shows lead to substantial increases in either gun-related homicides or suicides. The University of Michigan and University of Maryland study also shows that tighter regulation of gun shows does not appear to reduce the number of firearms-relat...