This is my review of the Mossberg 500, a pump action shotgun known for its low price but high quality: Basics The Mossberg 500 is a pump action shotgun available in 12 gauge, 20, gauge, and .410.  Factory barrels are available from 14″ to 28″ in length (although a US resident wishing to own a shotgun with [...]...

The following is the text of an open letter to the nation's hunters and sportsmen issued today by Illinois State Rifle Association Executive Director Richard Pearson: Fellow Sportsman, Hello, my name is Rich Pearson and I have been active in the firearm rights movement for over 40 years. For the past 15 years, I have served in the Illinois state ca...

By Chris Chumita “With great power comes great responsibility. This is my gift, this is my curse. Who am I? I’m concealed handgun license holder.” If you think you recognized the above quote, then you probably know that it is a blatant rip off of what Peter Parker said at the end of the first Spider-Man movie. Its original intent may have ...

When your lips first smiled at me I was captured instantly To each his own Like blue in the sky The gaze of your willing eyes Touched something deep inside The truth be known That I love you like all little children love pennies And I love you ‘cause I know that I can’t do anything wrong You’re where I belong Like red on a rose And I love you...

At Central Jersey Rifle and Pistol Club this weekend, I noticed that the trap/skeet shooters were younger than average.  Meaning 20’s/30’s.  Many people/bloggers, and fellow shooters over the weekend, have asked where are the younger shooter?  I wonder if this is where they go, and what they do.  Hopefully it’s not an isolated...

People are coming absolutely unhinged over this Meleanie Hain situation: “Come on, a 5-year-old’s soccer game?” she said. “I mean, really. But if she was in my club and I told her she cannot carry, I would be sued.” Gregg-Bolognese said some clubs have approached her about hiring security guards. Some fathers have thre...

1) Saturday shooting = Sloppy, Sloppy, Sloppy 2) A good night sleep helps day two scores.  Who woulda thunk? And as a secret follow up, no Obama signs to be seen when driving around Central NJ.  Even a Lautenberg sign couldn’t bring me down.       ...

Some probably notice that some candidates have an NRA grade “AQ” which basically means that their grade is based on solely on their answers to a questionnaire.  This might be really surprising to a lot of you, but politicians have been known to lie to curry favor with voters.  I know, hard to believe.  More than a few see their grade...

Breda did some precinct walking this weekend: …if a one-legged librarian can be on her feet for two hours, walking alone in an unfamiliar neighborhood, hoping to change hearts and minds, you can do it too. She asks “What have you done to defeat Barack Obama today?”  It’s a great question.  This show we were doing a harder ...

Our work at the Forks of the Delaware Gun Show in Allentown was very worthwhile.  On Thursday, Bitter drove out to just shy of Harrisburg to rendezvous at an undesclosed secret location with one of the McCain campaign staffers.  We were given 500 McCain-Palin lawn signs, and managed to hand every single one of them out.  I was doing almost nothi...

With each passing day it appears more likely that Obama has a chance of becoming our next president. I don't think it will happen. I have more faith in the American people than that, but I would not bet against it. I never thought that Americans would re-elect Bill Clinton, and we did.With the possibility of an Obama presidency rearing it's ugly he...

PaycheckCity.com has a handy calculator for determining the Federal withholding amounts on your paycheck using different numbers of Federal Withholding Allowances. (Number of Allowances = the number of allowances claimed from line 5 on the Form W-4.  For instance, a single person living at home with no dependents would enter a "1" in t...

Michael Dunegan lived alone on a little hard-scrabble farm high in the mountains of western County Kerry. His only companion and best friend was his dog, Bouncer. But the inevitable came to pass, and in his fourteenth year old Bouncer gave up the ghost, leaving Michael all alone and entirely bereft from grief.So Michael sets out on the hike to town...

Now if Barak Obama changed to middle name when he went to Kenya to "Hussien" how is it that that midddle name was already listed on the infamous Daily Kos Birth Certificate from Hawaii? ...

Indianapolis, IndianaFrom the Indy Star of October 18, 2008Victim, intruder shot in home invasionAn apparent home invasion left both the Near-Eastside resident as well as the alleged intruder hospitalized with gunshot wounds, police said today.Jason Kennedy, 25, was listed in serious but stable condition at Wishard Memorial Hospital with a gunshot ...

I've often said that I'm having a delusional love affair with John Stossel in my head.  No, John, I'm not stalking you, nor will I show up at your home with duct tape and a dart gun to sedate you and kidnap you to Vegas in order to force you to marry me in a ceremony presided over by Elvis.  I promise.  But when you put out stuff lik...

14 counties have ‘concealed carry’ referendum EUREKA — Voters in 14 Illinois counties will have a chance next month to let Springfield know what they think about citizens’ right to carry concealed firearms. The referendum will ask whether the state should enact so-called “concealed-carry'’ legislation. The refere...

OBAMA ADMITS HE’S AGAINST CONCEALED CARRY The following is a quote from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, dated April 2, 2008, in which Barack Obama admitted he is opposed to licensed concealed carry of firearms in the United States: "I am not in favor of concealed weapons," Obama said. "I think that creates a potential atmosphere...

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This one's for Joe the Plumber:"One difference between a liberal and a pickpocket is that if you demand your money back from a pickpocket he will not question your motives." -William Rusher, writing in National Review in nineteen hundred and eighty-four....

Please help me to maximize this opportunity. As I said in my first post, "Let's not make this MY Examiner page--let's make this OUR Examiner page."...

The military recovered an M79 grenade launcher and two rounds of ammunition from an abandoned safehouse reportedly belonging to Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels accused of attacking civilian communities in central Mindanao, a military official said.Well, now we know why they make 'em wear burkhas...[Via The Armed Schoolteacher]...

"Which risk is more likely: that someone is going to accidentally set off a gun in class and God forbid hit a student, or someone will come in off the highway and start a random shooting spree?" said Doug Pennington, a spokesman for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.What, you mean like this guy, Doug?Yeah, you're right--only the "Only Ones...

I am 100 percent pro gun rights, but...Oh stop lying. You are not.And if you don't think there's "a slight chance" that violent attacks can happen anywhere, you're simply ignorant.Some of us don't care about your "Only Ones" friends, Graham--we've seen and documented too many examples to fall for that fraud.Your sorry assessment of human nature not...

The city prosecutor's office here threw out the illegal possession of firearm charge against a scion of a political family here on technical grounds.Yeah, see, technically, even though he's not an official "Only One," he gets a pass because technically, it's an exclusive club and we take care of our own. Clear?...

Gun crime 60pc higher than official figuresThe true level of gun crime is far higher than the Government admits in official statistics, it can be revealed....Figures to be published by the Home Office this week will massively understate the scale of the problem.Ah, life in Sarah Brady Paradise.This means one of two things: The UK government is eith...

The Economist's Cookbook has embedded all 6 parts of John Stossel's video essay on his site....

For those who understand, no explanation is needed.For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible.Click on the title link for a slide show.[Via Straightarrow]...

The British surrender their fort at Chambly, Canada. ...

We've heard about the absolute insanity of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck registering to vote, as well as the entire starting lineup of the Dallas Cowboys football team... in Nevada.  Michelle Malkin has covered this atrocity ad nauseam.  The inimitable Ms. Malkin has covered other instances of alleged voter fraud as well... all apparently ...

Poor Rep. Bachmann, all flustered so easily. Here's what she should have said:MR. MATTHEWS: Sarah Palin was around today talking about pro- American parts of America, and assuming there's other non-parts of the country. What parts of America would you say are anti-American? What parts of this country?TAMARA: Well, the chair your fat ass is parked i...

From a vintage thread at TFL: “Reason To Own A Bunch Of Guns #8: Because if the balloon goes up and you run down to the gun shop and the last thing left on the shelf is a box of 6.5 Arisaka and you don’t have anything to shoot it, well, aren’t you going to feel pretty foolish?” - Tam Hat tip New Jovian Thunderbolt  &nb...

Scene: Roseholme Cottage kitchen interior. Early AM. Bacon is frying.RX: "Will you keep an eye on the bacon for a second while I take care of something really urgent?"Me: "Sure."*A brief time elapses. I'm be-bopping spastically in the kitchen, eyes closed, to some internal soundtrack, probably "White and Nerdy" by Weird Al. Unseen by me, my roomie ...

So it's Sunday.  I just made a pile of chocolate pancakes for Teeny, Redhead and Teeny's pal.  I had fun watching them stuff vast amounts of pancakes in their mouths and leave trails of chocolate on their lips.  Dishes are done, laundry is put away, and I'm surfing the Intertubez.That's when I come across this.  This is where Al...

I love the opening monologue.Theme From an Imaginary Western - Mountain (Performed by Leslie West, sung by Derek Holt of the Climax Blues Band....