All That's Old is New Again

During WWII, the Germans developed what is considered to be the first true assault rifle. The idea was to replace the large and heavy battle rifles if the time with something smaller and lighter. Magazine capacity was increased from an...

A NATION OF RIFLEMEN NO MORE

Today's The State (South Carolina) reports:Giving recruits a gun so early in boot camp and expecting them to carry it almost 24 hours a day, seven days a week marks a radical change in how the Army trains its soldiers....

Setting the Record Straight on the .50 BMG

I continue to hear gun rights activists repeat the statement that the .50 BMG has never been used in a crime. I first heard about this as a claim made by NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, in his book...

GUNS 'N' RKBA ROUND-UP

Sorry it's late; I've been enjoying the holiday weekend. Cross-posted at Stop the Bleating!, as usual. Some of these have been reported elsewhere in the blogosphere. In fact, I just noticed that one of them has been reported here, by...

Odd

One of my fellow Chicago Boyz, Shannon Love, has just read an article in a Brit medical journal calling for a ban on knives. Shannon seems to be surprised by this, saying that "the most passionate 2nd amendment advocate in...

Interesting 9mm Handgun

Ah, those Russians, they’re always looking to make a handgun that can function in an assault rifle role. They have the Stechkin, a select-fire handgun that they issued to their pilots during their problems in Afghanistan. They were hoping that...

Jeff is on Fire!

Jeff at Alphecca has been keeping an eye on the various legislative gun issues that are in the news. One of them is taking place in my home state of Ohio....

Cheesecake For Y'all

Hello all. Publicola had the dubious idea to invite me for a guest blog gig. Anytime you invite a woman over, be prepared for her to start changing things around. Well, i'm not going to rearrange any furniture, but i...

DID I CALL IT, OR WHAT? EXCEPT FOR THAT WHOLE NOT READING THE ENTIRE ARTICLE THING . . .

Yesterday, in my Guns 'n' RKBA Round-Up, I mentioned a story which reported that, "On the eve of a crucial vote to reinstate a law allowing more people to carry guns in public, [Minnesota] House members received e-mails threatening harassment...

GUNS 'N' RKB A ROUND-UP

Another installment. Yah.  You betcha.  Even though I've already covered it, this post wouldn't be complete without a mention of Eleanor Holmes Norton's descent into insanity.  Even Sarah Brady isn't that nuts....

Good Online Training Tool

Are you interested in teaching your good some aspects of tactical drill? If so, you should check out this online game. I know what you're thinking. It's a simple flash game where you play a bespectacled academic standing his ground...

DC Delegate: Gun Owners Aim to See Children Get Killed

Matt Rustler e-mailed with another outrageous quote from an anti-gun bigot. This time, it's D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton. From Matt's blog post, quoting the from the Washington Times:"They're trying to see to it that more children get killed," said...

Arming Against Need

Publicola asked me to pinch hit for him while he was away. This surprised me a bit, since we've had some disagreements in the past and I thought that he'd be afraid that I'd take a decidedly anti-Libertarian stance in...

Carolina On My Mind

Two guest bloggers have already posted & there'll be a few more to follow. The short version is: I'm taking a vacation. The long version is: I am taking a vacation. Heading to the Carolinas for a few weeks. Colorado...

You Know You're A Gun Nut If...

...you go to a machine gun shoot & end up selling ammo to the guy you're renting from. :)...

Is This Thing On?

Howdy folks. Jed from FreedomSight here. Publicola asked for a few volunteer guest bloggers, and I'm one of 'em. Considering how little i've been writing lately on my own blog ... well, I hope to get back in the saddle...

GUNS 'N' RKBA ROUND-UP

Cross-posted at Stop the Bleating! Condi for President!  Rice says gun rights as important as free speech.  Hear, hear!  Liberal advocacy groups claim to have a monopoly on protecting the best interests of minorities; so much so that any black...

Mockingbirds And Canaries

Atticus. Interesting sounding name. More interesting that his children called him that instead of father or papa. But what was most interesting was not his name or how he was called but a very simple idea that he conveyed. This...

You Retreat Whilst I Overcome

Dani Newsum wrote a piece that appears in The Denver Posts' bloghouse. It's an attempted critique of Florida's no duty to retreat law. Let us fisk....

GUNS 'N' RKBA ROUND-UP

Hey folks; temporary Munuvian Matt Rustler here. Publicola was kind enough to ask me to come over and guest-blog while he's traveling. He hasn't left yet, but he did say we pinch-hitters could start anytime. So here's a little feature...

Posts, Pics & Prizes

Carnival of the Cordite No. 11 is up. & in caseyou missed it here's the link to No. 10. Wadcutter has a post up about a shooting expedition. The particpants were Wadcutter, the Libercontrarian & yours truly. I intend to...

Rock'N'Roll Reminder

The .50 BMG Rifle & Machine Gun Shoot in Cheyenne Wells, Colorado is about a week away. It happens on May 13th, 14th & 15th. Here's a post (w/ pics) of las years shoot. Just in case you needed more...

Ig'nent: See Colorado Legislature

Rocky Mountain Gun Owners has the scoop. They also have a list of allegedly pro-hunting groups that support the increase in hunting fees. Here's the .pdf of the bill. Fishing licenses would jump from $15 to $25. Small Game increases...

Get Out Your Number 2 Pencils

Michael Bane has a quiz for you to take....

Cupid Doesn't Use Arrows Anymore...

Apparently he's switched to hollowpoints. "For Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, happiness is a warm gun. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Jolie says the two actors came to trust each other while taking gun training for the upcoming "Mr....

Woman Dies Of Hoplophobia

"A Mexican television actress died on Friday of a heart attack after a man armed with a pistol approached her vehicle on a Mexico City street, officials said." It's tragic & my sympathies go out to her family. It's even...