Saturday, July 31, 2010

Armed Homeowner Scares off a Burglar

by The LearnAboutGuns.com Author July 31, 2010 Learn About Guns

As reported, a homeowner used his shotgun to defend himself and his young daughter from an intruder:
Police say that a man was home, with his infant daughter, at about 9:45 PM when a burglar broke in through the back sliding door of his house on the 7500 block of Barn Owl Drive in [...]

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It’s EASY to register your AARP membership

by Brigid July 31, 2010 Home on the Range

click to enlarge Dear AARP:Yes, my birthday is in less than two weeks. I’m hitting one of those forty and holding milestones. But I wish to respond to your offer of membership.(1) You supported the Health Care Bill.(2) I can STILL benchpress more than the average Democrat and fit into a leather bustier, thank you very much.(3) Given the economy, I won’t get to retire for another 15+ years.and(4)

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Chicagoans reaction to the decision

by Of Arms and the Law July 31, 2010 Arms & The Law

Check out the comments at a Chicago LEO’s blog.

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Steiner Optics Kicks Off 2010 Savings On Their Best Selling Binoculars

by AmmoLand July 31, 2010 AmmoLand

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Steiner Optics Kicks Off 2010 Savings On Their Best Selling Binoculars

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In Smyrna

by SayUncle July 31, 2010 SayUncle

Neighbors don’t like that Glock is expanding. The world needs more Glock.

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Rachel Lucas: No Posts since October 19, 2009

by USCitizen July 31, 2010 Traction Control

http://rachellucas.com

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I wasn’t gonna buy a gun but . . .

by SayUncle July 31, 2010 SayUncle

I hate when that happens.

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Armed homeowner scares off a home invader

by eric-22 July 31, 2010 Self Defense Examiner

A homeowner reportedly used his shotgun to defend himself and his young daughter from an intruder.
Police say that a man was home, with his infant daughter, at about 9:45 PM when a burglar broke in through the back sliding door of his house on the

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Notes from a Long Flight Home

by Brigid July 31, 2010 Home on the Range

Words can do our bidding but sometimes nothing else will.Especially a cat.I’m a dog person, always have been. But during college I somehow ended up with a cat, a stray, a very solumn, regal cat who I swear had a purr with a British accent. I really got fond of that four legged ball of fur, whom I named Sir Edmund Hillary Cat.He had a wild love affair with some common tabby and took off, never to

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Armed homeowner scares off a home invader

by Self-Defense Examiner July 31, 2010 Self Defense Examiner

A homeowner reportedly used his shotgun to defend himself and his young daughter from an intruder.
Police say that a man was home, with his infant daughter, at about 9:45 PM when a burglar broke in through the back sliding door of his house on the 7…

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You know what I love? Kitten pie!

by Tam July 31, 2010 View from the Porch

PETA has pumped up its colossally moronic “Sea Kittens” ad campaign, a pathetic attempt to antropomorphize homely cold-blooded creatures that suffer the dual handicaps of being both tasty and dumber than most anything else with vertebrae and which are,…

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An army of one.

by Tam July 31, 2010 View from the Porch

Most everyone knows that “grassroots antigun activist blogs” are run by paid activists who are about as “amateur” as ‘Bama football players.Apparently astroturf is expensive; real grassroots grow by themselves.

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Marine SOC Firing Line

by Murdoc July 31, 2010 Gun Pundit

…This is a summary only. Visit GunPundit for the whole story.

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Safer Streets 2010: Author Sonia Wolff’s Gun Essay, Part II.

by LA Gun Rights Examiner July 31, 2010 LA Gun Rights Examiner

Where we last left off in praising Sonia’s effort in Part I, I was talking about how gun ownership does not change you into a hostile person, but is an indicator of your adult realizations of your own independence and sovereign authority and then cho…

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Serial numbers and intermediate scruitiny

by SayUncle July 31, 2010 SayUncle

Serial numbers upheld in the third circuit.

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Bushmaster ACR

by SayUncle July 31, 2010 SayUncle

CTD has a look.

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oily pelicans

by SayUncle July 31, 2010 SayUncle

A bit back, I chatted with someone about how in a few months, maybe a year, that there’d likely be negligible impact from the oil spill. Can’t quite say that yet but the environmental impact has definitely been overstated.

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Hard times

by SayUncle July 31, 2010 SayUncle

For the gun guys. Which was actually just one guy, anyway.

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Knives

by SayUncle July 31, 2010 SayUncle

Cool pics
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Safer Streets 2010: Author Sonia Wolff’s Gun Essay, Part II.

by john.ljr July 31, 2010 LA Gun Rights Examiner

Where we last left off in praising Sonia’s effort in Part I, I was talking about how gun ownership does not change you into a hostile person, but is an indicator of your adult realizations of your own independence and sovereign authority and then choosing

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Interesting Choice of Words

by Cemetery's Gun Blob July 31, 2010 Cemetery's Gun Blob

Regarding People in India who want the ability to protect themselves; “If I say I am going to protect myself then I exempt the state from doing its job. What India are we living in? This is not some failed state,” said Arundhati Ghose, a former India ambassador to the UN who campaigns for Cafi. [...]

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Please, spare me of your fake concern.

by Miguel July 31, 2010 Gun Free Zone

Few things can incite a revolution in South Florida like trying to cut alcohol consumption during a hurricane. Even though there are laws in place to ban the sell of booze during one, politicians know better than apply it since the only thing it will do would be to distract police resources and piss people [...]

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More Involved?

by Murdoc July 31, 2010 Gun Pundit

DC Sniper Claims Conspirators In Shatner Interview
William Shatner (yes, that William Shatner) interviewed DC sniper Lee Boyd Malvo fro an A&E television special:
In a telephone call from a southwest Virginia prison, Malvo told Shatner two men pla…

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Overheard in the Office:

by Tam July 31, 2010 View from the Porch

The dangers of using TeeWee news for your alarm clock:RX: (emerging from her room) “Did a windmill catch fire at Chelsea Clinton’s wedding? Like a free-floating windmill they were using to generate power?”Me: “Huh? No.”RX: “Oh. That part must have been…

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Kagan’s Snowe Job on Gun Rights

by cocked and loaded July 31, 2010 Cocked and Loaded

Gun owners beware. Olympia Snowe became the fourthRino to support Elena Kagan…more

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