Your job is not to treat all citizens as criminals because some people are irresponsible.  The solution is to put violent people in prison, rather than to turn the society at large into a prison. - Sebastian       ...

In Target Switzerland: Swiss Armed Neutrality In World War II The Swiss political structure, militia system and natural terrain were well suited to this. There was not sufficient power vested in any individual that could be intimidated into surrendering, the militia system, where everyone kept their militia arms and equipment in their houses all...

When you are involved in a defensive shooting and the cops show up and they know the decedent by name, odds are good that it will be found a righteous shoot. - Tam       ...

Leave it to Microsoft to miss Y2K by 9 years. Hat tip Munchkin Wrangler       ...

Whenever you’re confused about the identity of the Good Guys and the Bad Guys in a conflict, here’s a tip for clarification. When one side mostly targets only armed belligerents, and the other side straps bombs to their kids and sends them into crowded pizza parlors, there should be little confusion as to which side wears the black hats. - Mark...

Something about the idea appeals to me… Via J.R. via Sebastian       ...

Shamelessly stolen from Alan: We are more than our investments. We are more than the year-to-year or day-by-day changes in our net worth. We are what we do for charity. We are how we treat our family and friends. We are how we treat our dogs and cats. We are what we do for our community and our nation. If you had $100 million or $100,000 a year ago...

I have been lobbying for gift cards to an outdoor retailer for Christmas and my birthday, and having collected a few, bought a new Smith & Wesson 637. I wanted a smaller handgun that could be used when we finally get CCW in Wisconsin, or if I get a non-resident permit in another state. I originally wanted to get the Heller commemorative 442, bu...

My hobby is setting off explosions in my hand. If I wanted to eliminate the risk, I’d quit shooting and take up knitting. - Tam, in the comments at TD’s       ...

Thank God the federal governments limited and enumerated powers don’t include education!  (*smirk* I can’t even say that with a straight face) - Sebastian       ...

My new Smith & Wesson 637-2. I should have more pics tomorrow.       ...

Ran across this looking at guns from The Maltese Falcon I think the NRA museum has the original gun from the movie, so that is probably it.       ...

And that’s when I realized: I’m not here to convince him. It’s okay for someone to be wrong on the internet. There’s no point in me trying to Google up a page full of links with which to beat him over the head. I feel so cleansed.   Reminds me of:       ...

ST. FRANCIS - Police say a dangerous discovery was made at a high school in Saint Francis. A cleaning crew at Thomas More High School found a backpack containing an unloaded hand gun, ammunition, practice targets, and earmuffs. And, after a week-long investigation, they believe the whole thing is a simple mistake. The owner of the backpack says it...

If you take off the sauerkraut and slop horseradish on instead, it’s no longer a Reuben.  Don’t mess with sandwich perfection, man. - The Munchkin Wrangler Darn right.       ...

I did all the paperwork for a new gun today, but due to Wisconsin’s stalker protection law waiting period, I have to wait until Wednesday. More details and photos Wednesday or Thursday.       ...

Added 2 new books to the F&F library: Target Switzerland: Swiss Armed Neutrality In World War II And: The Founders’ Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms I’m working on Target Switzerland right now, very interesting so far. I’ll post reviews when I am done.       ...

Busy with Christmas and such.       ...

“Shoot twice” - Reported response of Swiss militiaman, when asked what the 250,000 man Swiss militia would do if faced by an army of 500,000 Germans, shortly before World War One (From Target Switzerland By Stephen P. Halbrook, p.18)       ...

I don’t think it makes me a Red to think that frugality and industry can be at least as beneficial to our country as spending (especially spending beyond our means). Credit itself is neither good nor bad. A small amount can help build capital, but overextending yourself can bring ruin. So spending isn’t always a good thing either. - Cam Edwards...

Alan shows off a new upper on an old lower.       ...

You don’t ever want a crisis to go to waste; it’s an opportunity to do important things that you would otherwise avoid - Rahm Emanuel, Via Jonah Goldberg That should scare you, no matter your political stripes.       ...

I hope the season finds you all happy and healthy.       ...

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judæa, unto the city of David,...

That is the story of my Second Favorite Christmas, “What is your Most Favorite Christmas?” you ask. That’s easy; I wasn’t there. My favorite Christmas is the First Christmas, The Birth of my Dear Savior, when He was deployed to save the world from an evil tyrant. - Gun Loving John       ...

I want to speak to Al Gore right this instant; my global warmening is defective. I was promised Palm Beach-like weather (with the special bonus of the drowning of New York and Boston!) and it’s not happening fast enough to suit me. - Tam       ...

Write the truth as best you can? Bring a sense of order to chaotic events? Quietly and humbly perform a service for your community? No way baby; we’re looking for heads to hang on the wall. Journalism morphed into a blood sport, and while the great hunters were out stalking their prey, the locals with webcams, and internet connections were back l...

Terms such as “military-style” just seem to be the all purpose term to demonize gun related items, and the media repeats these claims just as they are willing to call so many guns assault weapons. - John Lott       ...

For those who think the First Amendment is more important than the Second, or vice versa, just remember that no gun ever made can write a speech or a newsletter, and no typewriter ever made can be used by a frail old grandmother to fight off a burglar.  However, you can use either of those tools to defend your right to own and use the other, so bo...

Marko demos a new blogging system. I kind of like that.       ...

Joe Huffman takes on several, including “Assault weapons“ Beyond that the percent of crimes committed with guns that met the definition of “assault weapon” as defined by the 1994 Federal ban was so small that the weapons “feet” and “hands” are used to commit more murders each year than the banned fire...

Assuming they cost about a grand, we could use the money wasted on the U.N. to buy ponies for approximately 3 million American children per year. Will someone please, think of the children? … - Greg, West, By God       ...

Emphasis on “feel” in her verbal testimony. No facts–it’s all about feelings. If she felt safer if dark skinned people had a dusk curfew would that make it a “common sense regulation”? Would that be “designed to balance both our interest in public safety and our interest in minority rights”? - Joe Huf...

Try and exercise some of your rights today to keep them from getting flabby and losing tone during the slack winter months. - Tam       ...

From Blackfork: The government is destroying M14 rifles that could be sold by the CMP.  Here’s a petition to reverse that process. The CMP sells surplus military surplus arms to support its purpose of promoting civilian marksmanship.  I think, and hope they have made millions in the past decade selling carbines, M1s, 1903s, P17s and Krags....

How can global warming be “accelerating” when the last two years have seen dramatic cooling?  Is this guy totally removed from all reality????? - David Deming, via Newsbusters       ...

I’m appalled. The people bringing the legal action should spend a week in the pillary being whipped silly by everyone else who is disgusted by their actions. This goes beyond religious freedom, although that is the primary basis for fighting these cases. This is also about property rights and privacy rights. - Greg, on a legal action against ...

When a customer pulled a gun on Eric Lopez Devictoria this week, the Pizza Hut deliveryman fought back with the only thing at hand. A large, steaming hot pepperoni pie. Fearing for his life, Devictoria, 40, lobbed the pizza at the armed man who had ordered him inside a Miramar residence in the 1900 block of Acapulco Drive before 1 p.m. Wednesday, p...

Interesting that gun registration amongst the law abiding there [in Austrialia] has increased by 10,000 each year since 2004. Registrations by the criminal element remains at zero. - Jeff Soyer       ...

Act like prey and that is exactly what you will become. - Breda Remember, your gun, taser, pepper spray, or whatever, are just tools that you can use. Self defense begins with your attitude and actions, not the weapons you choose.       ...

A week or so ago Breda posted a target photo: Then, New Jovian Thunderbolt posted his: so, here’s mine:       ...

This pretty much sums it it…       ...

Another Gun Blog turns 1 today.       ...

After the first time you’ve been robbed or something like that, the first thing that goes in your mind for the next time, for the rest of your life is I’d rather be caught with [a gun] than without.” - Joey Porter Hat Tip Pro-Gun Progressive       ...

Says Say Uncle: And I love the news coverage. They say things like congress failed to pass the bill. That’s not a failure. I think “succeeded in killing” is more appropriate. Especially when you consider that Rasmussen found that 53% of Americans oppose the corporate welfare bailout, with only 28% supporting it.    &nbs...

I’m facing the 5 degree weather with the old stiff upper lip. Because my moustache is freezing up.       ...

Another reason why ammo serialization is a bad idea: Sample ammo serialization bill, Section 5 paragraph 3 - Any person who willfully destroys, obliterates, or otherwise renders unreadable, the serialization required pursuant to this bill, on any bullet or assembled ammunition is punishable by imprisonment not to exceed one year, and a fine of $1,0...

This is an absurd spectacle. Our advanced civilization is being systematically mismanaged by technologically illiterate lawyers responding to political pressures from irrational fanatics. Would someone please tell these people it is impossible to overturn the laws of thermodynamics? - David Deming Hat tip The Jay Weber Show     ...

about his Senate seat: He did add about Blagojevich’s process of considering a successor: “I had no contact with the governor or his office, and so I was not aware of what was happening.” In Chicago, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said Tuesday that prosecutors were making “no allegations” that Obama...

Yes, because armed citizens are Zeroth responders. They can respond before the “first” responders can arrive. - EgregiousCharles Part of a fisking of an article claiming that armed citizens would be more of a problem than a help in another terrorist situation. RTWT.       ...