As a middle class white suburban male I statistically have little chance of being murdered. In 25 years as an adult, including a misspent youth going places I shouldn't have, I have experienced threatening situations where I would have preferred to have a gun but I have never been in a situation where I would have even brandished a gun if I had one...

As reported, the British police have been searching on social networking sites for pictures of people posing with knives.  Upon finding such a picture, they make a copy and send it to a gang task force.  The gang task for then arrests the individual if the picture was taken in a public place (carrying a [...]...

Sinclair Lewis famously wrote “When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.” He couldn’t be more wrong. When fascism comes to America, it will be swaddled in bubble-wrap, carrying the populace like a helpless infant. - Robb       ...

The temperature measurements over Antarctica have consistently shown temperature drops over the last 50 years. So how do you get a study that claims the opposite? You guess what the temperatures are in places in Antarctica where there were no recorded temperatures. Lawrence Solomon's take in the National Post is actually dead on and pretty amusi...

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The “stimulus package” not getting any Republican votes in the house is pretty encouraging. It shows that a) the Republican leadership was able to get some solidarity, and b) that the Democrats were ineffective at getting any Republicans to join them. The important thing over the next few years, though, is not to just oppose everything ...

Currently on a road trip to AZ for a few shooting competitions. And this time, I’m ready. I brought an extra set of keys for the locks on my gun cases. And attached a set onto my main set of car keys. This way, I won’t be busting locks of the cases in the parking lot of the event one the first day because dumbass me left them at home. G...

An interesting video on how Afghans make firearms by taking blanks of steel and filing away everything that doesn't look like a gun. Looks like they achieve high quality. And they have better gun handling techniques than the US interviewer. Also shown are their other inventories. Lewis guns, Lugers, British muskets. They could probably make a bet...

His new Hmong (Vietnamese) immigrant neighbors befriend and honor him as a role model, because he is “America”. When gang violence threatens to destroy what is left in his life, Walt does what America does best:  He Makes the World a Better Place. Five (5) ***** Stars for the line, “Get off my lawn”; the M1 Garand; and th...

This month’s Practical Rifle match at Langhorne Rod and Gun Club was a three gun match.  We had about 40 shooters. Match was cut up into 5 stages.  First stage was at 50 yards.   Three magazines loaded with 10 round each.  Fire one standing, transition to kneeling and fire one, transition to prone and fire one, back to kneeling, and back...

It is unfortunate enough that people don't trust individuals to properly carry permitted concealed handguns. But some don't even trust prosecutors to carry guns. Here is something from the Topeka (Kansas) Capital-Journal. As the state law currently is written, concealed guns are not allowed in courthouses, schools, churches, polling places and o...

Klaus' statements at the World Economic Forum are here:Czech President Vaclav Klaus took aim at climate change campaigner Al Gore on Saturday in Davos in a frontal attack on the science of global warming."I don't think that there is any global warming," said the 67-year-old liberal, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the European Union....

After the snow and the bitter cold we are now experiencing a quick thaw here on my part of the High Plains. It got up to 54° today, and following a day in the 40s that's putting quite a dent in the snow mass. I'm not sorry to see it go because it means I can get into town if I need to, which I don't right now. But it's always nice to know you can ...

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From the Sacramento Bee:The birds share airspace with commercial jets arriving and departing from Sacramento International Airport – and too frequently, the two groups of fliers collide.That fact was highlighted two weeks ago in New York when a US Airways jet crash-landed on the Hudson River after a bird strike reportedly disabled both engines.No...

More concealed handgun permits increasing across the country:From WLOS ABC Channel 13 in Asheville, NCGun Permit Numbers Skyrocket (01/28/09) The number of people applying for gun permits has risen sharply in recent months here in the Mountains. The rise began right after the November election, when rumors spread that new President Barack Obama wou...

Here is a case from GeorgiaThursday, Jan. 29, 2009Juliette man defends home from invasionBy Ashley Tusan Joyner - ajoyner@macon.comJULIETTE — Marvin Bowdoin was sitting at his desk when the “cat bandit” kicked in his kitchen door Tuesday night, he said.It was shortly after 9 p.m.The 67-year-old Juliette grocer said he and his wife arrived at ...

Unfortunately, without any evidence of risks, the argument against students being able to carry concealed handguns is that the students will do something wrong with them.The Associated Press - Friday, January 30, 2009BISMARCK, N.D.Students at North Dakota's universities are arguing in the Legislature about whether state law should allow people to c...

ABC has this. On January 2 of this year, Daschle filed amended tax returns to pay the $140,167 in unpaid taxes.The Finance Committee staff still is reviewing whether travel and entertainment services provided Tom and Linda Daschle by EduCap, Inc., Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation, Academy Achievement, and Loan to Learn should be reported as income...

Miller is always so entertaining to listen to. His discussion of Blago is hilarious. ...

Google’s primary product is their search engine.  It’s pretty much all I use.  However, in the last half hour or so, it seems to have developed a problem.  A big problem. If you’ll note in my screenshot, look at the first two highlighted sites.  Google is even labeling their own services as malicious sites. So, at this point,...

Kevin notes an article on the “gun show loophole.” Very much worth reading. ...

"Ethic Cleansing"I promise to work that one into at least two conversations with followers of the Lichtarbeiter here in Broad Ripple this week....

...is that she thinks her job is to make me eat my spinach.No, Nancy, you miss the point. The job of you and all your fellow errand boys and girls is to keep the checkbook balanced, schlep out the legislative trash, and make sure nobody makes off with the metaphorical silverware while us grown-up private citizens try and go about the daily business...

One of the mail order diploma mills has spammed my inbox pimping its CJ program:Tammy, The world has changed since September 2001. Not only has the U.S. Department of Labor predicted that by 2010 there will be more than a 29% increase in the demand for FBI Officers, Police Officers, Private Detectives, U.S. Customs Agents and many others, b...

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I remember some pundit writing some column about how calling the Democrats socialists was technically incorrect, and how those of us who called Obama and his merry band of looters on the Potomac socialist were sadly mistaken.These days, no one believes in socialism -- defined by the late, left-wing economist Robert Heilbroner as "a centrally planne...

As reported, the NRA has prevailed over the San Francisco Housing Authority’s illegal ban on gun ownership for those living in public housing.  Previously, San Francisco Housing Authority had a lease provision banning guns in the public housing residences, but has agreed to remove the provisions and admit that such provisions are not lawful,...

“Mmmm….bacon. If only it wasn’t coming from my pig.” - One of Marko’s friends, in re the “stimulus package.”       ...

For my readers in Bucks County and Southeastern Pennsylvania, or even those of you outside the area who would be interested in helping out a law enforcement family who lost their husband/father in the line of duty: Christopher Jones Trust Fund Police and Fire Credit Union 852 E. Street Road Warminster, PA 18974  I will be sending some funds along,...

heh: deny that the members of the Brady Campaign, if any, will face an increased risk because of the new regulation. Now that’s funny, right there. If you knew the ins and outs, you’d know there’s question as to if they even have members. ...

I had to read this story a couple of times to make sure that I wasn't misreading the claim that Daschle had under paid his taxes by more than $100,000. Is this serious that it would stop him from being confirmed? If they can't muster a filibuster over this, it is pretty amazing.The White House acknowledged Friday that "some tax issues" had emerge...

I realize I am not your stereotypical woman. I hate shopping for clothes or shoes. I'd rather just wear jeans, a pair of boots and an Irish knit sweater. I own just one dress. It's black, it's velvet. It's for the symphony. I own more guns than I do pairs of shoes. When I was young, I mostly hung out with "the guys". I never fit in with the th...

Besides, memes are what I can do instead of content...From JPG, via Xavier, comes the Browning meme: On the list of JMB designs, embolden or put a + (plus sign) by those you currently own. Put an asterisk (*) next to those you HAVE HAD but don’t currently.Single Shot Rifles:Winchester 1885Bolt-action Rifles:Winchester 1900Lever-action Rifles:Winc...