BowTech’s Best Kept Secret of 2009 Eugene, OR - “Smooth.” “Silent.” “Solid.” That is how archers are describing the S.W.A.T. The S.W.A.T. has rounded, non aggressive Binary™ synchronized dual cams that make for a smooth, consistent draw, easing into the valley and settling into a rock solid back wall. De...

Holly Hill, South CarolinaFrom the Times and Democrat of June 30, 2009Homeowner shot intruder, police sayA security alarm went off at a Holly Hill accountant’s residence in the pre-dawn hours Tuesday, rousing the sleeping homeowner who grabbed his gunshot, confronted an intruder standing in his doorway and shot the burglar in the shoulder.L. Glen...

As I mentioned, I’m now studying for the bar exam. Like many if not most law students, I paid for a $3,000+ bar review course that is offered by a company called Bar/Bri.  It reviews the areas of the law that the bar exam tests, and takes about two months to complete.  In the [...]...

Appearing Sunday evening as a guest on the Firearms Forum radio show with host Jim Irvine, Attorney General Richard Cordray announced that, in anticipation of the Supreme Court of the United States taking such a case, he has agreed to sign a brief being prepared by the State of Texas in support of the Second Amendment applying to the states. "Sin...

By Jeff Knox The surprise introduction and passage of a pro-rights amendment attached to a credit card bill this spring could be a hopeful sign of things to come. In a beautiful bit of political surgery, Dr. Tom Coburn, Republican Senator from Oklahoma, put forward an amendment repealing the troubling National Parks firearms ban. Coburn's amendm...

Eugene Volokh has a summary of the ruling from the 11th circuit.  Eugene Volokh speaks of the entertainment value also, but a pipe bomb is a destructive device.  You can have plenty of fun with things that go boom without making a destructive device.  Just ask Joe.  Of course, this is ignoring the “defense from tyrannical government”...

For those of you all high and mighty on “green living”, shut the f— up. Buying compact fluorescents that require EPA instructions and a hazmat suit to clean up when broken, driving a Prius that polluted enough water to kill a coral reef in making its frame and batteries and sticking your cardboard into a plastic bin that uses more...

Seems that Son of the Revolution received a letter from Fred *One Gun a Month* Madden who voted *NO* twice on the NJ One Gun a Month bill.  And for some unknown reason, Mr. Madden decided to vote *YES* this time around. I’ll be sending Mr. Madden a letter saying how I’m let down by his vote, and that I’ll be forced to send $$, an...

In this post, Greg and Beth link to an attorney discussing a recent decision regarding a man in Florida convicted of unlicensed concealed carry. A man in the common area of his apartment complex was threatening everybody around with death and empty beer bottles, so he called 911 and confronted the man with his handgun. He holstered the handgun as p...

… when there’s more passionate debate going on in the gun blogosphere about shooting.  Hey, I’m happy just being able to watch this one from a detached distance. Related posts:Tool of the WeekFantastic WeekendCaroline vs. Hamm – SMU Prize Fight...

Am currently printing out envelopes to all the NJ Senators who opposed NJ’s One Gun a Month bill.  I thought this was amended to correct numerous errors that Evan Nappan wrote about some time ago, but alas, I learned otherwise.  Seems that NJ Retailers cannot receive more than one hand gun a month from anybody, other than other NJ Retailers...

Lethal Logic, Exploding The Myths That Paralyze American Gun Policy. (Potomac Press, $29.95) by Dennis A. Henigan. America should never even have a gun policy any more than it should have a policy in favor of owning another human being for neighborh... ...

h/t Mic at All RecipesNow the "simple to fix" part is on "backorder".I was going to try pizza on the grill, but I just wasn't that hungry. So for tonight, a big salad and some Garlic Naan (recipe in comments, not the sidebar). It's a South Asian leavened flatbread.Tonight, cooked on the grill with garlic and butter, I don't mind so much I can't m...

I know, don't quit my day job. :-)...

I just bought a pair of earbud headphones that came with a warning written in 17 different languages that says if you live in the European Union you are not allowed to toss your headphones in the......

Blue August LLC Announces New Relationship with MasterPiece Arms, Inc. Jackson, TN – -(AmmoLand.com)- Blue August, LLC. is proud to announce its new relationship with Georgia-based firearms manufacturer MasterPiece Arms, Inc. Blue August, a marketing, advertising, and public relations firm based out of Jackson, TN, will be assisting Phil Cashin...

Once you own a gun, you must get training. Go to defensive handgun dot com for a trainer, or here for a personal introduction to shooting. Also good is the National Shooting Sports Foundation FirstShots.Get some training. Then, if you are in a defensive shooting, you will have a leg to stand on!...

Jim at the Travis McGee Reader on the Honduran contretemps:If I had a serious bitch about this comic opera it would be against -- you guessed it -- wire services which kept leading their stories with soldiers ousting "the democratically elected president."As a general matter I do not disapprove of democracy, but as an icon of righteousness it has i...

TMZ: We’ve learned Michael Jackson was not the biological father of any of his children. And Debbie Rowe is not the biological mother of the two kids she bore for Michael. All three children were conceived in vitro — outside the womb. Nothing to add. Just the headline. ...

Over at the Volokh Conspiracy, Prof. Volokh argues that Nordyke's finding that the 14th Amendment incorporates the 2nd Amendment is part of its holding, and not dictum. BTW, postings have been slack because I'm still recovering from the operation. Had a complication, infection, that put me on my back for days, and now another -- a tube into me th...

...or, as Uncle would say, "Can't we all just get a long gun?"The discussion continues in comments here and at Caleb's. For whatever reason, it has reminded me of the following quote from Jim Cirillo's book, Guns, Bullets, And Gunfights: Lessons And Tales From A Modern-Day Gunfighter...

2009 NRA National Smallbore and High Power Silhouette Championships to be Held at NRA Whittington Center FAIRFAX, VA --(AmmoLand.com)- The National Rifle Association has announced that the 2009 National Smallbore and High Power Rifle Silhouette Championships will be held the first week in August at the NRA Whittington Center in Raton, New Mexico....

But that doesn't stop my hindbrain from screaming "KILL IT!" I need one of these ...

Following the crash of the Pegboard O/S, it was necessary to restore a few Tunes (50.1 GB to be exact) from a portable drive. The problem was there were 16,270 Tune files and folders on my main computer and only 16,118 on the backup drive. My backup drive was 152 files short. What to do? Compare folder-by-folder and file-by-file to find the missin...

My twitter-fu is back ...

District of Columbia v. Heller: Year One Via Instapundit. ...

Firearms Coalition Marks Quarter-Century With Knox Compilation Manassas, Virginia – -(TheTacticalWire.com)- The Firearms Coalition will celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of its founding with the release of Neal Knox – The Gun Rights War. The book is a compilation of columns, articles and essays by The Firearms Coalition’s ...

Like Diogenes carrying a lantern in search of an honest man, I spend a lot of time reading anti-gun websites in search of rational arguments -- so I'm used to paranoia, hyperbole, and an utter disdain for logic. But sometimes even I have to sit back and shake my head, as in this new piece on the OCAGV website, where the anti-gun writer seems to thi...

I'm sure I mentioned this in an earlier post (when?), but did you know that DC residents can apply for a Utah non-resident concealed carry weapon (CCW) permit? Marksmen Masters (MM) in Ashburn, VA, offers weekly courses to qualify you for the Utah CCW permit. If you are not familiar with Loudoun County, Ashburn is located here. You w...

From NRA-ILA Grassroots Division:This November, Virginia's elections will be ground zero for the enemies of freedom to try and turn the tide against our gun rights in the Commonwealth, serving as a launching pad for their national gun ban crusade. Our opponents will be pulling out all the stops as a run-up to the 2010 elections. All eyes will be ...

Winchester Ammunition Launches Two 22LR Loads In 2009 East Alton, IL - -(AmmoLand.com)- Winchester® Ammunition recently expanded its rimfire ammunition line for hunters and shooters by launching two new .22 Long Rifle (LR) loads; the new Hyper Speed HP™ .22 LR and the 555 round .22 LR bulk pack. The new Winchester Hyper Speed HP™ .22 LR feat...

Joe wants some help: Ol’ Joe has a long shot chance at landing a media/PR gig with a local firm that reps some of the big players in the boomstick market. Yep, I may get paid to talk about guns. This firm is really keyed into the New Media and Social Media, which is awesome. The Shack, which I generally have had to hide my involvement from em...

I thought some here would enjoy the comment by "Fascist Alarm Tingling." [More]...

We go on a consumption strike until and unless our demands are met. [More]I wish I could be optimistic that enough people would care to do this that it would make a difference. I'm afraid people are going to need to be brought to their knees for it to sink in.Meanwhile, they will preoccupy themselves with the pH Factor: Hanna Montana, Twilight, Jon...

It's easy. What's amazing is how many people fail it. [More]...