It was the first day ever for the Dow Jones Industrials to trade in a 1000 point range. It was exciting. I was watching the ticker before the open and the Dow futures were showing a 400+ point drop at the open. It did it and more, down over 700 points, but then something strange happened: the indexes turned on a dime and climbed to a couple...

IBD has this very useful article:In 1995, Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar balked at implementing the federal motor voter law out of concern that letting people register via postcard and blocking the state from pruning voter rolls might invite vote fraud.A young lawyer, a community organizer himself, sued on behalf of the Association of Community Organizati...

Here is the problem. The Portable People Meter is considered more accurate than the traditional diaries that people used to use because it actually measures whether people are in the room watching the show. Apparently, African-Americans were claimed to watching shows at much higher rates than they actually were. To prevent the use of this more ...

Already frequently reported on the blogosphere and with the full story here, a CCW license holder (Knox County Commissioner Greg "Lumpy" Lambert) has again been successful in stopping a violent and tragic situation from growing worse. Armed with a handgun, Lambert saw a man holding a firearm at his side at Reno Menswear. "I basically encountered th...

As reported, a Madison, WI boy used a BB gun to shoot one of the two men who broke into his house on Thursday night, police said. Both suspects then fled the area on foot. My congrats to this young man who defended himself, rather than ending up murdered like this teenager.  Teaching children to [...]...

My boys wore McCain/Palin hats to school today as it is a special "hat donation day" where the school allows hats to be worn inside the classrooms all day in exchange for a $1 donation to the school.......

Madison, WisconsinFrom WKOW of October 10, 20088th Grader stops invader with BB gun13 year old Jack Theisen had to make a quick decision when two would-be robbers were in the process of coming through an unlocked, basement door, and Theisen was home alone.Theisen grabbed his Red Ryder model BB gun and shot the first invader in the shoulder, scaring...

Pdf of ruling here. As I understand it, the Akins involves letting the action slide in the stock so that the trigger essentially pushes itself against the finger, firing as fast as the device can cycle. ATF initially ruled that an Akins-equipped firearm was not a Title II since the trigger is pulled once for every shot. Then, after Akins began pro...

Remember those "overseas" wire taps that we were assured were only used on known terrorists? The wire taps that did not require a warrant because the calls originated from folks who were not citizens and who had terrorist ties? Those wire taps?Well guess what, it turns out that maybe known or suspected terrorists were not the only ones being listen...

...time of year, my favorite season arrives with a body check into the boards. Hockey season is here, and I am so ready for it.Tonight's home opener is against the Columbus Blue Jackets. I am looking forward to a strong opening by the Dallas Stars. I am really excited about this season. I think Marty has matured to the point where he is ready to ta...

The article is from the Wilmington, NC Star-News:State law allows people to arm themselves with handgunsBy Jim WareNight EditorPublished: Friday, October 10, 2008 at 2:13 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 10, 2008 at 2:19 p.m. Newlyweds David Hall and Krista King of Wilmington are among thousands of people in Southeastern North Carolina arming th...

Slate has a good rundown of why Fannie and Freddie are symptoms of the current financial meltdown, not the cause. To borrow from publius’ summation: essentially, ?it?s not risky to lend to minority families, it?s risky to lend to rich white people.? Taste the snark: I await the Krauthammer column in which he points out the specific provision...

The story comes via Instapundit... Knox County (TN) Commissioner Greg Lambert hears a commotion at the shopping mall, cries that someone had been shot. Two unarmed security guards are trying to respond. Luckily Lambert is a CCW carrier, so when they find the armed suspect he holds him for police. As they arrive, the perp apparently tries again to ...

Apparently safe manufacuters are doing a brisk business.  You can add me to this surge in demand too, except mine won’t be used for storing cash. ...

It's felons like this that lead to the Brady types calling for more restrictions on our freedoms. Yet he is already a convicted felon & isn't even allowed to touch a gun much less own one. ......

On Wednesday, Knox County Commissioner Greg "Lumpy" Lambert went to Knoxville Center Mall to get some dental work finished. While he was in the mall, he could hear panic and commotion. "People were running from the interior of the mall screaming ’someone’s been shot’," Lambert said. Commissioner Lambert is know...

Never done it. Well, I take that back. I did it in the early 1990s at a friend’s shop. Any good articles on getting into it? With ammo prices and reading Robb’s talk of savings, it might be worth it. What sort of savings can you expect? Update and bump lest it get lost in our weekend lefty flame war: What’s a good start on reload...

An interesting point of view in the letters section of the NY Times. You quote John McCain, ?How can you countenance someone who was engaged in bombings that could have or did kill innocent people?? He was referring to Barack Obama?s acquaintance with the former Weatherman Bill Ayers, but the same question might be put to his own supporters. A Vie...

This just in from the Ministry of Irony:In a Mark Morford column containing the following breathless claim about Barry O...Because the truth is, the notion of an Obama presidency yields many gifts. Foremost: a refreshed intellectual climate, a far higher quality of basic discourse. Squinting and bumbling and "is our children learning" are out, arti...

There’s some good news from Connecticut. In the 4-3 opinion, the court wrote “the state has failed to provide sufficient justification for excluding same sex couples from the institution of marriage.” Massachusetts, California and now Connecticut have ended marriage discrimination. Vermont, New Jersey and New Hampshire have ci...

Apparently Orange County California Sheriff Sandra Hutchens has arbitrarily decided whose lives are not valuable enough to have their civil rights & freedoms respected. That's right, Sheriff......

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The jowly, super-sized Che-wannabe, who looks like he's sampled a few Big Macs in his time, goes after The Evil Golden Arches of Hegemonic Yanqui Capitalism....

It is no secret that Oak Park’s armed robberies are up a staggering 250% this year, in spite of the handgun ban.  This week’s armed robberies continued that trend, and included a brazen armed robbery that took place right across the street from the Oak Park police station. Oak Park, IL Police are investigating an armed [...]...

Sailor Zac Sunderland endures first pirate scare Goes to show what a friendly wave, a positive attitude, and a potted plant can accomplish. (Just kidding. He used a gun.) Via Sebastian. ...

Sheriff begins taking away concealed weapons permits Orange County, Californistan: This week, department officials confirmed that 146 letters have been sent out advising current license holders that their permits to carry firearms in public – called CCWs – are being revoked. There are currently 1,024 permit holders. “The Department has de...

Over at my other blog, I did a write-up of why I don’t expect the Ayers attacks to gain much traction, if anyone’s interested. ...

Call me paranoid, but there’s enough of a renegade in me that this stuff makes me a bit edgy: Brigade homeland tours start Oct. 1 3rd Infantry’s 1st BCT trains for a new dwell-time mission. Helping ‘people at home’ may become a permanent part of the active Army By Gina Cavallaro - Staff writer Posted : Tuesday Sep 30, 2008 16:16:...

First things first, thanks to many emails and comments, I am planning on just waiting out the repairs on the Para Gun Blog 45. It's a great pistol, it just needs to get fixed, that is all. However, feeding it is always going to be expensive. Prohibitively if I do nothing but buy factory ammo, tolerable if I reload myself, and even then I could lowe...

Influence people against you, that is.  This shining example of assholery represents the sad state that the Pennsylvania open carry movement has fallen into: I am so disgusted with gun-stupid people like Melodee Reeves and the likes that I could throw up! This is something best left to be said on a pro-gun forum.  Not out in public as a Letter t...

The Firearms Blog weighs in with his choices.  RAH would appear to be our resident expert on the keeping and bearing of arms on the high seas, and on what will and won’t get you into trouble when you enter territorial waters or ports.  Avoidance seems to be the preferred method of dealing with pirates.  That’s pretty much the right s...

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As pointed out by the NRO’s Jay Nordlinger….. Barack Obama is a miraculous politician — maybe the luckiest one in the world. I think of this huge housing crisis. It should have come down badly on Obama’s head — damaged him severely. The Democrats’ policies, particularly on “fair lending,” have a lot to do with this mess. Oba...

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