As reported, a Racine, WI man was riding his bicycle when four teenage attackers knocked him to the ground.  The man grabbed his openly carried pistol from his holster, pointed it at the sky, and yelled “gun!”  The attackers then fled, leaving the man with only minor injuries from being knocked off his bike. This self [...]...

This makes a lot of sense.The German government is planning to ban paintball and laser shooting games in reaction to the recent school massacre in which 15 people died.Under legislation agreed by the ruling coalition of the chancellor, Angela Merkel, using air rifles to shoot paint-filled pellets at opponents is likely to be made illegal, and would...

From the Washington Times:"The President's 2010 Budget seeks to usher in a new era of responsibility. ..." That's how a White House budget document released Thursday characterizes $17 billion in budget trimming. Luckily for President Obama, the media focused on these small cuts instead of his more than $300 billion in spending increases.In 2008, th...

To the gun industry, that is. Obama continues to justify his title as the Greatest Gun Salesman of All Time. Sturm, Ruger's corporate report, in pdf. Firearm sales up 55%, production up 69%, but not keeping pace with demand, backorders are up to nearly half a million firearms. And "we hear anecdotally from retailers that a significant portion of th...

Looking through some of the forum comments, like the one here.  I don’t honestly think preemption can be negotiated.  Anyone who’s read me for any length of time knows that I understand an incremental approach to progress on the political front, and I’m glad the folks in IL aren’t taking the path some other states did, and...

From Roll Call:The House wants to increase Members’ office budgets next fiscal year by almost 15 percent, partly because 2010 is an election year and lawmakers anticipate a surge in franked mail.In a recently released budget request, the House Chief Administrative Officer asked appropriators to raise the Members’ Representational Allowances —...

The Forest Service has a presolicitation, forest-fire related notice out for "Multi-variable analysis on the probability and prediction of fire ignitions from muzzle loaded guns". During the Civil War, musketry did start fires at the Wilderness and a few other fights. But (1) Civil War muskets were fed via paper cartridge, and some soldiers tende...

Tom Ridge Drops Out as Pressure Against his Candidacy Intensifies! Plus, gun owners gain ground in opposition to Health Care Gun Ban. Pennsylvania - -(AmmoLand.com)- Earlier this week, GOA alerted email activists that certain prominent Republicans were pushing former Department of Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge to run against pro-gunner Pat...

...because I am obviously not anywhere near tacky enough.The blinged-out AK is the most mind boggling... Imagine putting plush Wilton carpets, hand-stitched leather upholstery, maple burl dash panels, and a flying lady hood ornament on a Toyota Tercel. You'd have a Cadillac Cimmaron is what you'd have.(H/T to Unc.)...

The New York Times wants us to believe that it’s a myth that gun control is a third rail issue in American politics.  Of course, they probably overlooked Dave Kopel’s study of the NRA’s influence in electoral politics.  They must also not be paying any attention to polling data lately, or the shortages of guns and ammunition we&...

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...has announced the rifle up for grabs in their latest drawing.The winner of this drawing will receive an EDM Arms Model 96 Bolt Action .50 caliber rifle along with a hard case to carry it in....

“We don’t want to turn the safety net into a hammock,” Mr. Ryan said. “We don’t want to turn the safety net into a system that ultimately drains people of their potential, that ultimately lulls people into lives of complacency and dependency on the federal government for their well-being.” – Rep. Paul Ryan ...

"Startled burglar pleads for his life." Can't say as I recommend his approach, tho. We had a Judge Meehan here, Marine, former LEO, great fellow. One night he finds someone crawling in his bathroom window, which was right the tub. He grabs the guy by the back of his collar and yanks him in, sending him head-first into the tub. Then he rolls him ov...

The Obama administration predicted that the national unemployment rate was going to peak at 8.1 percent this year and then decline to 7.9 percent next year (See Table S-8) These predictions may have made some sense when the national unemployment rate was 7.6 percent in January and they were made before the unemployment rate had jumped to 8.1 perce...

Making homemade cinnamon rolls for Mothers' Day breakfast. Takes a while to prep, so I'm making the dough tonight so I can get up bright and early tomorrow to assemble then bake the suckers. The wife absolutely HAS to hit the Strawberry Festival every year simply because this one place does cinnamon rolls like none you've ever tasted. Huge, sticky...

HB 1893, our Texas Campus Carry bill, has been set on the General Calendar. This means that the House will have an open debate and a vote on HB 1893 next week. Texas Legislature Online indicates that this could happen as early as Monday.Now is the time for you to contact your Rep (again) and ask them to support HB 1893 and oppose any amendments not...

So today was supposed to be a Freedom Fest 2009 event at Shady Brook Farms here locally.  We were going to head there to set up a table for NRA, but when we got there, it looks like any given Saturday at Shady Brook, with people buying plants, perennials, and various other things for the garden. Took a look around their store, bought some jams and...

Fox News has the article here:COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A lawsuit challenging the concealed weapons ban at the University of Colorado campuses was thrown out by a judge.A district judge threw out the lawsuit filed last year by Students for Concealed Carry on Campus. El Paso County District Judge G. David Miller's action means the university's th...

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Sig Sauer 226 Blackwater edition. Not to be confused with the Xe edition. Ugly ass golden guns. Ruger report. ...

David Hardy: Now this is the media I’m accustomed to! ...

From yesterday's New York Times: "the so-called wisdom" "timidity about standing up to the National Rifle Association" "needed measures to curb gun violence." "well-founded enthusiasm for reviving the assault weapons ban" "this season of successive mass shootings" "the nation’s lax regulation of guns" "N.R.A. distortions" etc., etc....

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The WSJ raises questions about the usefulness of the stress tests.The Federal Reserve significantly scaled back the size of the capital hole facing some of the nation's biggest banks shortly before concluding its stress tests, following two weeks of intense bargaining.In addition, according to bank and government officials, the Fed used a different...

Folks, I'm working my tail off. I even have to go to the library today to do some research. I have two book reviews in the queue (meaning I have to find the time to read them first), a ton of marketing effort to do for my column, and literally hundreds of emails I process every day--I read them all and try to reply when I can, although of late I m...

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I am afraid we shall never be able to find places vacant, equal to the expectations of the french Gentlemen who are now here, much less for those that will follow. The high Rank conferred upon those who first came over, many of whom had no pretensions either from their Services or Merit, has naturally raised the expectations of those who come prope...

The man who would be King... Vocal gun rights advocates, people who remind others of the intent of the Founders and a primary purpose behind the Second Amendment, are facing a new threat. Per Drew Zahn of WorldNetDaily: Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., ha... ...

Zercool reviews his new AR-type rifle.Brigid reviews her Ruger 22/45 Mk III.Action Flick Chick reviews... what else? Action flicks!...

Well, the stash II arrived. Actually, it's from two seperate orders. The first was a sampler from Thompson. It contained:CAO Italia RobustoCAO Gold Maduro TorpedoGhurka Vulcan ChurchillGhurka Masterblender ChurchillPerdomo Habano Corojo RobustoBlack Pearl Corona Gorda (?)Cohiba Lonsdale (?)Alec Bradley Retreat ChurchillRocky Patel Vintage 1992 Chur...

I had a full physical a couple of weeks ago. My doctor said "now that you're middle aged" (What?! Me? Where?) But he had a point. The last time my cholesterol was checked was in the mid 90's and that was because I was out buying groceries with a gal friend and there was a table from the Health Center where they were offering it free.That's t...

From the WSJ.Mr. Rudd announced on Monday that he will delay implementation of his trademark cap-and-trade proposal until at least 2011. With luck, that will be after the clouds of a global economic slowdown have started to clear and -- more important for Mr. Rudd's Labor Party -- after the next parliamentary election. . . . .The proposed delay is ...