I'm not so sure I'd want a rep as having been a community organizer in a city where that largely means passing out the packs of free cigarettes to the bums hobos winos urban outdoorsmen as they get in the van to go vote for Daley. I'm just sayin'.Soooo, what do you call someone who inadvertently rouses a rabble of rabble-rousers? A metarabblerouser...

I am not a marriage counselor. But after several excellent marriage studies and 17 years of a successful marriage I have learned what it takes to survive. And it seems to me that the important principles of an enduring marriage, while perhaps not obvious, are virtually universal.I believe that these principles can make a marriage a lifetime of love...

Although anti gun rights laws are often associated with Democratic or liberal politicians, the idea of gun rights actually fit in with liberal values. Racial Equality Liberals place a particular emphasis on racial equality.  Anti gun rights laws originated as a means of keeping recently freed slaves from being able to defend themselves or challeng...

The long write up can be found here:Sept. 4, 2008 — The Law School’s Federalist Society kicked off its lecture series Sept. 3, with a far-ranging talk on economics by John Lott, a senior research scientist at the University of Maryland whose most recent book is Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don’t . . ....

The Associated Press has what appears to be a very controversial statement by Sarah Palin:Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told ministry students at her former church that the United States sent troops to fight in the Iraq war on a "task that is from God." . . .Indeed, this is the main point of the article, not some minor side bar, as the AP titles the piec...

Lufkin, TexasFrom August 20, 2008 KTRE channel 9:At 10:36 Sunday night, restaurant manager Katie Jeffreys left Catfish King with the night deposit after closing up. Her boyfriend, Keith Labrozzi, had come to pick her up and their next stop was the bank. But they never made it. A robber surprised them with gunfire in the parking lot. "Mr. La...

Time to crack out the Maßkrug.  Trink, Trink, Brüderlein, Trink! ...

Your papers please The man, Timothy Simmons, 27, was charged with carrying a dangerous weapon, possessing an unregistered firearm and possessing unregistered ammunition, a spokeswoman for the Capitol Police said. Granted, he was in DC where it's illegal to have unregistered bullet points in a PowerPoint presentation, but still. And is there such a...

So, the Big Brown Truck Of Happiness™ dropped off my Crimson Trace grips for my Glock 29 today. ...

Curt has posted an excellent explanation of The Todd Jarrett Sooper Sekrit Kung Fu GripTM ....

The NRA has created an easy to remember domain site you can share with your friends: GunBaNObama.com Details here....

There will be snub-nosed big-bore magnum revolvers at Eagle Creek tomorrow morning, because some weeks just call for the fire and thunder of big bullets out of a short barrel to get one's head screwed back on straight. I'm pretty sure I've got some Buffalo Bore 265gr .41 Magnum around here someplace...UPDATE: I'm going to bring my 3" 610 and my 3" ...

Barack Paradiddle Obama: Even if I want to take them away, I don?t have the votes in Congress,?? he said. ?This can?t be the reason not to vote for me. Can everyone hear me in the back? I see a couple of sportsmen back there. I?m not going to take away your guns. It’s exactly why I won’t vote for you. Well, that and the socialism. ...

Black Powder………. Via: SCORRS Photo Page ...

"In my reading about the rain forest, however, I have found very little description of what it's like to actually be in a rain forest. There's a good reason for this, the same reason that little girls' baby dolls don't smell like actual babies. Not that the rain forest smells. You'd think something so wet, hot, and biological would stink like boile...

My son Maxim has his first news story up at Fox News here reviewing the news coverage regarding Sarah Palin....

Bob Dean, who has gotten to know most of Warren's police officers during his four years as a Warren city councilman, experienced something close to police work late Saturday when he discovered a man standing near the shed in his backyard. Dean suspected the man might be trying to break into his shed because it was after 11:30 p.m. and there had be...

A convicted burglar made a mistake when he returned to the scene of his latest crime, city police said. Michael E. Boykin, 50, Muncie, allegedly was making his second trip of the day into the home of Mike Angel, in the 2100 block of West Jackson Street, on Sunday night when the homeowner, armed with a gun, apprehended the intruder and held him unt...

Sarah Palin: A national jokeOdious media Bolshevik and national joke in his own right, Bill Press, smears Sarah Palin.I noticed a link to his website at the bottom of the title-linked article, and what's the first thing you see?...

Captain of a Crew of One has an excellent visual depiction of the hold that Todd Jarrett teaches at Blackwater. It's not Weaver, more Isoceles, and involves a more extensive weak hand grip over the strong hand. Considering that he's the world's practical pistol champion, there is much to be said for it. He taught it effectively, by forming our han...

The jury is still out on her as far as I am concerned. Oh, I know, as a 2A person I am supposed to be enthusiastic about her. Actually it's all the unbridled enthusiasm that's causing me to have reservations. When there's a sudden, almost euphoric, popular rush toward something it always causes me to have that reaction. Think Obama.She's a physical...

So after two weeks, my pair of handgun permits were available for pickup yesterday.  Which meant I could go pick up my revolvers that were sitting at the gun shop for a week and a half. It was interesting to say, nonetheless.  The gun shop I frequent was in the final stages of a ATF audit, and the woman reviewing the files was sorta interested i...

It looks like the lawsuit by NRA and SAF against the City of San Francisco may fall flat on its face due to failure to tie a City Ordinance banning guns from public property to the lease agreement promulgated by the housing authority, which is apparently a federal entity. Ordinarily, you win some and you lose some, which is why you proceed on multi...

Todd Zywicki thinks this ticket has a distinctly Western feel to it: It feels like Goldwaterism. And I think this trickles through to the worldview of the candidates and then to policy. It seems pretty clear to me (especially after last night) that John McCain sees himself as Gary Cooper riding into to town to single-handedly clean-up corruption an...

Opposing Views asks the question "Does owning a gun make you safer." They have verified representatives of various organizations including the NRA, CCRKBA, Second Amendment Sisters, and GOA, as well......

Putinism. ...

Long guns and handguns both have merit in home protection. By Walt Rauch   Common wisdom has it that a shotgun is the best gun to use for home defense. This advice is often supplemented with such encouraging comments as, “You don’t need to aim, just point it in the general direction.” Usually added to this, with a knowing look, is anot...

Call me Ahab: Democrats: America is broken, and we are the party to change (and therefore “fix”) America. Republicans: Washington is broken, and we are the party to change (and therefore “fix”) Washington. RTWT  Obama and the Democrats believe the answer to our problems is more government. McCain, and hopefully most of the Republicans view...

So much for the gun ban wokring:125 Shot Dead In Chicago Over SummerTotal Is About Double The U.S. Troop Death Toll In IraqCHICAGO (CBS) ? An estimated 125 people were shot and killed over the summer. That's nearly double the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq over the same time period.In May, cbs2chicago.com began tracking city shootings and p...

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Swamp Politics: “I believe in the Second Amendment, and if you are a law-abiding gun owner you have nothing to fear from an Obama administration,” Obama said. “This has been peddled again and again. Here’s what i believe: The Second Amendment is an indvidual right. . . people have the right to bear arms. But I also believe t...

Be very afraid: Under the treaty, governments would also be required to report their arms transfers to an international register, a move which arms control advocates say will lead to greater public scrutiny and confidence. If these ideas are allowed to proliferate, and find roots, the shooting community in this country will be in a lot of trouble.�...

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Team up to slash and burn the Heller ruling, that is. ...

By banning assault weapons? Seriously? ...