In the print edition of today’s New York Times, the front page above the fold article is this one. Here is the second paragraph of the article: “We do know that historically in these instances, amateurs have trouble switching magazines,” Mr. Murphy said, referring to the high-capacity ammunition feeding device used by Mr. Lanza to… Read More »
Actual headline: Vermont man surrenders teaching license over assault rifle Accurate headline: Teacher cashes doubled paychecks for a year, goes crazy when he gets caught The FoxNews report makes it sound like he lost his job for the completely lawful act of possessing an AR-15 on his own property. If you click through to the… Read More »
We’re gearing up for selling the house and moving, and my wife found some of her My Little Pony stuff. Which reminded me of this that odball posted a while back. So, I present to you: My Little Ponies and a Glock. Because. By the way, if this wasn’t “a thing” before….I’m making it a… Read More »
2013: House not spending enough time debating gun bills* 2009: House spending too much time debating gun bills. Whatever the House does, it’s wrong. *The parking lot bill has been introduced every year since at least 2009 and was thoroughly debated last year.
So sayeth the media. It’s not on the agenda, but I suspect it’s being heard in the Criminal Justice Committee at 10:30AM CST. Here’s the money quote from Gerald McCormick (who we’ve talked about before): In McCormick’s words: “We can argue about it and then pass it, or we can just pass it.” I guess… Read More »
I was at the gun show today, mostly to watch the craziness, and I noticed something odd at the Range training school. The had the current target used by the state of Tennessee’s CPL classes (which I believe is the standard FBI target), and next to it is what they’re claiming is the new target… Read More »
Looks like a good number of the folks that are rushing out to buy guns are learning how to use them. I’ve seen a serious up tick in the number of folks at the local ranges (to the point that I haven’t been able to try out a couple of guns I need to write… Read More »
At last month’s IDPA match, I cracked my 4 year old Raven Concealment Systems Phantom Holster. Back then, they were literally the only people making holsters that could handle my Glock 23 with the Insight M6 Tactical Laser on it. I think I paid $85 for it, including shipping, and got it in like 10… Read More »
So… after talking about things on #GBC, there’s been a few of us that have decided that there needs to be a blogger shoot in the South East. My town seems a convenient middle ground for folks, so I’m looking around for venues and such. One issue is I need to get an idea on… Read More »
The Tennessean has just learned the shocking fact that there is no national gun database. This news was so shocking to the paper, that it was on the front page of today’s newspaper. Not the center spread, but above the fold. Of course, this being the purely non-biased pinnacle of reporting that is the local… Read More »