One of the biggest flaws with the idea of gun control is that it relies upon criminals obeying the law, when we know that criminals will, by definition, ignore the law, since that is what makes them criminals.  Some recent Brady Campaign propaganda, from their president Paul Helmke, underscores this logical flaw in the gun [...]...

The New York Times has this:Emaciated horses eating bark off trees. Abandoned horses tied to telephone poles. Horses subsisting on feces, walking among carcasses.As the economy continues to falter, law enforcement officers in Kentucky and throughout the country are seeing major increases in the number of unwanted and neglected horses, some abandone...

Politico has this update.So far, at least 6,780 absentee ballots remain to be counted, according to the New York Board of Elections special election count. Of those, 3,107 are from registered Republicans, 2,383 are from registered Democrats and 973 are from unaffiliated voters. . . .According to the New York Board of Elections site, Tedisco has em...

By Chad D. Baus I spent the weekend away from access to news media, so upon my return home, if anyone asked me what I had been up to, I would have said: "I spent the weekend at a shooting range with about 80 fellow Second Amendment supporters. We were attending a fundraiser for a political action committee (Buckeye Firearms Association) that seeks...

Hypocritical Animal Rights Group's 2008 Disclosures Bring Pet Death Toll To 21,339 WASHINGTON DC – Today the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) published documents online showing that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) killed 95 percent of the adoptable pets in its care during 2008. Despite years of public outrage over it...

The Barack action figure: The further down you scroll, the harder you laugh. I completely lost it about halfway down.(H/T to Larry Correia.)...

The story is here:SALEM, OR -- Oregon War Veterans Association (OWVA) just learned that Jeff Maxwell, the Western Oregon University (WOU) Student who was illegally arrested and subsequently suspended from school for carrying a concealed weapon was just told that he cannot attend ANY Oregon University.Michelle Sandlin, admissions director of Oregon ...

I’m sick of hearing about the car czar, terrorism czar, cybersecurity czar… Do these people even know what a czar is? Do they understand the connotation - or is that the whole point? Are we fully embracing the dictatorial nature of our government these days? And what, they’re supposed to be cute when they rhyme or alliterate? Ahhhhhhhhhhh! Le...

I think sometimes guys at my club still have ammo in their closets that they stockpiled from the Nixon Administration.  Last week when I was at the range, snooping in the brass bucket for goodies, I found 9mm brass with S&W head stamp on it.  At first I thought they were .40 S&W, and was ready to leave them, but then I saw they did indeed...

… AP to Step Up Threats Against Bloggers? Imagine that.  A News Agency that doesn’t want to spread the news. No portions of the foregoing were retreived from AP sources, Associated Press sources, AP affiliates, Associated Press Outlets, or any other entity associated with the AP, the Associated Press or any offshoot, derivative or ac...

The manager of South East Area Law Enforcement has some thoughts, of which the most relevant are: "Where times have been reliably documented, the average post-Columbine “rapid mass murder episode” lasts just 8 minutes, according to Borsch’s calculations. “The murderer’s timeline begins when he says it begins. Any prevention, deterrence ...

I had a reader ask about a range bag he was looking at.  It’s actually the exact range bag I use.  He also asked, as a competitive shooter, what kind of stuff I kept in my bag.  I can tell you the most important thing that should be in your range bag is the item that you won’t realize isn’t in your range bag until you get ready...

CalGuns.net A Forum For California Gun Enthusiasts Lemoore, Ca. - -(AmmoLand.com)- CalGuns.net is a forum for California Gun enthusiasts, we are 26,000+ members battling the politicians in Sacramento. We have also instituted the Calguns Foundation where we defend individuals in court. We introduced the Off List Lowers to California and working on ...

This headline is wholly unsurprising, and kind of stupid, actually:Calls for greater gun control after immigrant shoots dead 13 in rampage Is anyone really surprised that after a mass shooting, the blood dancers are out en force?The Vietnamese immigrant who killed 13 people in a shooting rampage at a community centre in upstate New York was depress...

Most surplus ammo is corrosive. On cleaning weapons fired with corrosive ammunition, it's the salts used in the primers that is the actual culprit. It made them fairly stable and surefire, but left behind a salt residue that is hygroscopic. Naturally, that attracts moisture and holds it, so 'corrosive' to steel, for when salt combines with moistu...

Grants Enhance Habitat Management Capabilities For Ruffed Grouse Society In Midwest Grant money will purchase heavy equipment for habitat management. Michigan and Wisconsin - -(AmmoLand.com)- The Ruffed Grouse Society (RGS) recently received three grants totaling $182,000 to purchase heavy equipment for managing habitat in the Midwest. RGS will p...

We hear about these raids more and more often. A SWAT team raids the wrong house, someone is killed or seriously injured. Does it just seem to happen fairly often, or are these botched raids a reality.Here is an interactive map of botched SWAT and paramilitary police raids, released in conjunction with the Cato policy paper "Overkill: The Rise of...

Passes House 70-26. According to my sources. Not seen it on the news yet. Reportedly, Jimmy Naifeh said something like we shouldn’t pass this bill NRA likes it. Update: News article. ...

...done a excellent job of filtering out the facts of the Gunz in Mexico issue.Lies, Damned lies and Mexican GunsHead on over and give it a read. Maybe now that a blogger has done the digging, the MSM can report the facts?Nah......

Mexican Drug Violence - Anti-Gunners Are the Lead Witnesses Washington, DC - -(AmmoLand.com)- As we continue to report, Congress has jumped into the topic of Mexican border violence with both feet, having held 10 different Subcommittee and Full Committee hearings on the topic, with more coming. It has also become clear that anti-gun politicians ...

Legislation To Restore Concealed Carry in National Parks Introduced Washington, DC - -(AmmoLand.com)- On Thursday, April 2, U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Bob Bennett (R-Utah), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), and Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) introduced legislation (S.816) to restore the Second Amendment rights of visitors in national p...

ATK Awarded Four-Year Contract to Operate Lake City Army Ammunition Plant - U.S. Army Recognizes ATK’s Proven Management Capabilities with Four-Year Lake City Army Ammunition Plant Contract. - First Orders Under New Contract to Total $481 Million. MINNEAPOLIS – -(AmmoLand.com)- Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK), the world’s leadi...

‘Wingshooting USA’ TV Series to Debut in Fall BEND, Ore. – -(AmmoLand.com)- Media producer/host Scott Linden has teamed with the National Shooting Sports Foundation, launching a new TV series titled “Wingshooting USA,” the official series of the NSSF initiative of the same name. The show debuts in late September on In ...

Thirdpower points out something that’s been bothering me too.  The right wing machine is spinning these paranoid tales of Obama and Congress passing gun bans, so clearly we need to respond to these delusional lunatics by actually passing guns bans! ...

Carson Optical Introduces The Outlaw And Caribou Binoculars In Mossy Oak Treestand Pattern Hauppauge, NY – -(AmmoLand.com)- Blending in with the environment is one of the keys to a successful hunt. Carson Optical’s new Caribou™ and Outlaw™ binoculars both feature Mossy Oak® Treestand camouflage for the ultimate in concealment and perfo...

Whats happening in this country..you go to the store and a loaf of bread is 3.00,,and a dz of eggs are 2.00,,a gallon of gas goes up and down like a yo-yo weekly..When you go to buy ammo it’s double what ya paid for it last year..Black rifle makers are saying because of the panic buying they no longer are accepting orders and theres a 10-15...

Palm Pistol Status Report MAPLEWOOD, NJ - -(AmmoLand.com)- The following is a brief status report on development of the Palm Pistol. The response to the design has been very encouraging. Mainstream media and trade press stories coupled with the gun’s initial designation by the FDA as a medical device, created widespread domestic and internatio...

Drexel’s President has died.   This isn’t a good day for the school.  Papadakis took over when I was a Junior, and in the intervening years turned the school from a regional engineering school into a nationally recognized university.  Drexel added a medical school and law school under his watch.  What he did with the school was inc...

Update - Thanks to everybody who lent help. He's gotten in touch with the right people.My buddy Lew over at Seen Through a Glass needs some help:There's a blog out there called Doc's Tavern that is copying beer blog posts (mine, The Beer Philosopher, and Musings Over A Pint, among others) in entirety and posting them without attribution, credit, or...

You know that credit card commercial that asks you what’s in your wallet? When it comes to gun control as proposed by nervous anti-gun writers, I’d very much like to know what they keep by their bed for personal protection; would it be a... ...

You're doing it right What a gorgeous set of photos. This guy makes his pictures look like the paintings of the masters. Yeah, I'm jealous, so what?...

New Mossy Oak Break-Up Hats From Outdoor Cap Company BENTONVILLE, AR - -(AmmoLand.com)- In 2009, Outdoor Cap Company, Inc. will offer four new hats in Mossy Oak® Break-Up® camo. Break-Up has been voted America’s best camouflage several times over and continues to be a versatile pattern used effectively in various hunting situations from f...

FNH USA Midwest Three-Gun Championship set for June 5-7 209, in Columbia, Mo. McLean, Va. - -(AmmoLand.com)- FNH USA is pleased to announce the 4th Annual FNH USA Midwest Three-Gun Championship for June 5-7 in Columbia, Mo. Some of the best three-gun shooters in the country will participate in this event, including Bruce Piatt, Team DPMS, Team ...

Here is the story:HELENA – Montana-made guns may form the basis for a court showdown over states' rights if the governor signs a bill to release some firearms in the state from federal regulation.The proposed law aims to exempt firearms, weapons components and ammunition made in Montana and kept in Montana from federal gun laws. Since the state h...

NRA Honors Donna Vandermolen of Conroe, Texas Texas - -(AmmoLand.com)- The National Rifle Association selected Donna Vandermolen of Conroe, Texas, to receive the 2009 Marion P. Hammer Woman of Distinction Award. This award recognizes exceptional contributions to the preservation of the Second Amendment and the shooting sports through education, ...