The Beretta CX4 Storm is a pistol caliber carbine that I’ve come to like quite a bit.  My review of this rifle is below: Basics The Beretta CX4 Storm is a rather futuristic looking semi-automatic (autoloading) pistol caliber carbine.  The barrel is just over 16″ in length, and adjustable open sights are included.  A user can add [.....

IBD has a brief summary of the inaccurate statements by Biden during his debate with Palin:First, as InstaPundit's Michael Totten instantly noted after the debate, Biden — the great, seasoned foreign policy expert who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee — falsely claimed France and the U.S. "kicked Hezbollah out of Lebanon." . . .Ther...

The Times of India has this:MOSCOW: Police in Russia say they are searching for more than 215,000 guns that have gone missing from arsenals around the country. An official police list of “missing firearms” has 215,326 entries, up from less than 1,000 in 1991, interior ministry official Sergei Fedkin told the Interfax news agency on Thursday. Fe...

CNN reports this:Grade level: Biden, 7.8; Palin, 9.5 (Newspapers are typically written to a sixth-grade reading level.)Sentences per paragraph: statistically tied at 2.7 for Biden and 2.6 for Palin.Letters per word: tied at 4.4.Ease of reading: Biden, 66.7 (with 100 being the easiest to read or hear), versus 62.4 for Palin....

It’s Summer Glau! Traction Control would like to extend an all-expense paid weekend to end all weekends invitation to Summer Glau, the android-babe from the Sara Conner Chronicles to the Gunblogger Rendezvous, Summer, have your people call my people. We’ll see what we can work out. ...

The Vancouver Sun reports this:Vancouver tops in gun violence, study findsOffences involving firearms far above national averageDoug Ward, Vancouver Sun, Meagan Fitzpatrick, Canwest News Service, Vancouver Sun; Canwest News ServicePublished: Thursday, February 21, 2008Metro Vancouver has the highest rate of gun-related violent crime of any major me...

The NY Post has this. I had hoped that this was already obvious to everyone, but I guess not.WHAT exactly does a "community organizer" do? Barack Obama's rise has left many Americans asking themselves that question. Here's a big part of the answer: Community organizers intimidate banks into making high-risk loans to customers with poor credit.In t...

China lung disease ‘to kill 83m’ FDA: Tiny bit of melamine OK in most foods Since they haven’t convinced "us"; now they are either trying to criminalize us, marginalize us or kill us.  "They" are approaching "THE LINE". There will be nothing said in followup to this.  Fear the dog that does not ...

From Breda:Welcome to a brand new world, Nate. The one where the smallest person in the room just might be the most dangerous. Stay safe.Breda and friend explain the facts of life to the clueless and entertain the rest of us with "So this librarian walks into a bar..."...

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Hi-Speed Lo-Drag Caleb is going to be smoking A-Zones in IDPA ESP class at Atlanta Conservation Club tomorrow.Mundane shooters such as myself (and, hopefully, RobertaX) will be punching paper at Eagle Creek in the AM, in preparation for next month's bowling pin match.I'll be shooting my 2" Model 64 and my old Kit Gun to work on my DA revolver skill...

This new .50 caliber machine gun looks like a definite asset for our guys.From Army.milBY Debi DawsonLightweight .50-Caliber: Lethality at half the weightThe LW50, an addition to the Army's arsenal of machine guns at one-half the weight of the M2 .50-Caliber Machine Gun and with 60 percent less recoil, does not require the setting of headspace and ...

Experts agree the single most important factor in surviving a criminal attack is to have an overall safety strategy before you need it, that is why I strongly support the Second Amendment and the right for law abiding citizens to own guns for sport and self defense, with their choice of gun type. Man, his other traits notwithstanding, biologically...

She then slammed Barack Obama calling him disqualified to be President of the United States, “Some of his comments that he has made about the war that I think may — in my world– disqualifies someone from consideration as the next commander in chief.” Palin said, “Some of his comments about Afghanistan and what we are doing there supposedl...

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This guy left a comment on my blog stating: I’m an NRA member, have a concealed carry permit from the state of Ohio, a .45 Smith & Wesson I carry for protection and I have no qualms voting for Obama. When you say there was nothing incorrect in the NRA ads about Obama’s history you’re wrong. I cleared up the misconceptions here: Clic...

NRA Grades and Endorsements for 2008 are out.  Conspicuously absent is the presidential race.  Three possibilities here: NRA has decided to endorse and is waiting for a better press cycle where the endorsement will make a bigger splash. NRA is still not decided on endorsement and is wavering based on McCain’s record. NRA is still not decid...

...has video posted of the Gun Blogger Weekend. Learn the secrets of the "Kung Fu" grip and watch some of your favorite bloggers being put through their paces....

Sez he: "As much as pols would like to skip the media, we’re necessary." Sarah Palin, the Mainstream Media Filter, and the Growing Culture of Casual Lies by Robert Schlesinger | Permanent Link Traction Control responded (close to the following): So where is this "objectivity and balance" displayed in your William Ayers...

I was a little bummed that the week didn't allow for any guns, explosives, war games, or a frosty IPA with the gang. And then I get this in an email from my best friend. Makes my evening in a hotel room with a pizza sound a little more exciting....

What's done is done. I am very appreciative of Representative Joe Barton who kept his word and voted against this bill. As for Senators Cornyn and Hutchison, I am disappointed in their votes, especially John Cornyn's. I had hoped for better.This is the last I am going to mention about the bailout, and the $700 Billion (to start) that is going to...

From Bruce Bruce’s Rule of Thumb #22: Any poll from the people who brought you Rathergate should be taken with a grain of salt the size of Barack Obama’s ego.       ...

Akron, OhioFrom the Cleveland Plain Dealer of October 3, 2008Police say Akron homeowner turns table on home invadersAn Akron homeowner turned the tables on two home invaders who broke into his house with guns, demanding money.Police said the owner of a home on 2nd Street SW called police at 11 p.m. Thursday to say two men burst in -- armed with a s...

From Congressman Joe Barton: Bailout plan puts taxpayers in a deeper hole For the past few weeks you have heard a lot about bailing out Wall Street before the financial crisis hit Main Street; however I think the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 missed the mark on both fronts – that’s why I voted against it twice. I was not opposed...

Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaFrom the Philadelphia Inquirer of September 29, 2008Phila. police: Shooting was self-defenseCity police are still investigating a weekend homicide in South Philadelphia and also have concluded their probe of a fatal shooting in a Southwest Philadelphia neighborhood that they found was in self-defense.In the Southwest Phila...

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The gunguys.com are proud of a union that forces it's members to take a day off out of fear they might be contacted by the NRA and inspired to vote against Obama.Union officials say they took the day to protest after a film crew from the National Rifle Assocation showed up at the Consol mine last week to interview union workers.They say the crew tr...

Raleigh, North CarolinaFrom WTVD of October 3, 2008Robbery suspect shot, killedA suspect was shot and killed during a robbery attempt near NC State Thursday night.Eyewitnesses say a local store owner opened fire as he was being held up around 9 p.m.The incident happened at Tienda Hispana on Western Boulevard near Clanton Street. A portion of the ro...

Story here. It's the Grunion, last heard from in 1942, and found off the Aleutians. Ah, a much fuller account. I have a foggy memory that one of her officers (who wasn't on her last tour) wrote a book about the ship....

Really: The ACLU filed the case on April 18, 2006, on behalf of Karen J. Kilpatrick, who claimed that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) violated her Free Speech rights. Kilpatrick was driving her blue van in Pensacola on April 19, 2004, with the slogans ?Remember the Children of Waco? and ?Boo ATF? written on some of the windows whe...

Tennessee Titans @ Baltimore Ravens - my pick: TitansKansas City Chiefs @ Carolina Panthers - my pick: PanthersChicago Bears @ Detroit Lions - my pick: BearsAtlanta Falcons @ Green Bay Packers - my pick: FalconsIndianapolis Colts @ Houston Texans - my pick: ColtsSan Diego Chargers @ Miami Dolphins - my pick: ChargersSeattle Seahawks @ New York Gian...

If one debate was going to be watched the most, I am glad that it is the one with Palin.Thursday's highly anticipated face-off between Alaska governor Sarah Palin and Delaware senator Joe Biden may be the most-watched debate in 16 years. Last night's event totaled a 45.0 overnight meter-market household rating, according to Nielsen Media Research.T...

The NRA has produced the Obama gun rights compatibility quiz shown below, for those that still don’t believe that Obama and Biden are two of the most anti gun rights politicians in US history. As a liberal gun owner, I find the Obama/Biden gun stance to be ever so depressing… Tags: bias, Criminal, Gun Ban, Gun [...]...