January 30, 2006
Owing to a repetitive-use injury to my right (strongside) wrist (insert pithy blue comment here), I hadn't put more than seven rounds downrange in over two years, and that only to function-test a magazine I thought I'd damaged with one...
Yet again, Kansas' hardy annual emerges, this time in the guise of SB 418, the "Personal And Family Protection Act". Attentive (okay, really anal-retentive) readers will know that Kansas is one of five states currently without any provision whatsoever for...
January 27, 2006
This is an update to the CMP News post I did a few days ago. Seems they're currently Sold Out of U.S.G.I. Winchester, U.S.G.I. International Harvester & Danish winchester Service Grade Garands. Greek Springfield Armory Service Grades are still available...
Now this seems funny, in a very depraved sort of way. "The argument erupted again the other day on the Internet: Chicago or New York? Which city is better?" Lemme see - a city which has an expensive & nigh...
Two days ago (the 25th) was my bloggiversary. Been at this for 3 years. 3 years! In net circles I think that officially makes me "creepy ancient". Here's last year's bloggiversary post. Not that I've done it alone. I have...
With so many responses I figure I had better just get to it. The M1 Garand is considered antiquated by some (known as "heathens" round here) & revered by others (my people) but it's generally agreed upon that they're just...
January 24, 2006
Just out of curiousity how many bloggers out there own at least one M1 Garand? How many plan on owning one sometime in the near future? How many would at least like to? Just wondering. But if you're a blogger...
TriggerFinger reports that SCOTUS has denied cert in Seegars. Personally I think Parker is a better case for our side, but I don't kid myself that SCOTUS chose to ignore Seegars in the hopes of getting Parker. There has been...
Clayton Cramer has links to some of his Shotgun News Columns. & if that isn't enough for ya here's a link to his website's page that lists all of his online articles from magazines & newspapers. I don't necessarily agree...
January 22, 2006
(Cross-posted from FreedomSight) Heheh. Going through this month's American Rifleman, I see a half-page add for for the new .416 Barrett cartridge. It's being debuted in their Model 99 rifle. Oddly, I didn't see a press release at the Barrett...
Walter In Denver has a post about a Denver DA prosecuting a bar owner for a self defense shooting. Details are scant, but from this news story & this one it appears that a man named Stepp tried to enter...
If you've been to the CMP website or visited the CMP Forum then this will probably be old news to you. Service Grade Garands are going for $700 & up now except for the Greek Springfield Armory Garands which are...
January 19, 2006
In the comments to this post about Car Carry on my most recent excursion Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner asks: "So just how did you carry through this legal maze?" The answer? Discreetly....
January 18, 2006
I'm still trying to get straightened out from the trip I took. But for the helluvit I'll tell you a little about it now & what I'd have had to go through to be legal in each state I was...
January 16, 2006
I was in Wichita, Kansas but I was not involved in the shooting involving an ATFU agent. That should be obvious since the ATFU agents involved are both alive but I just wanted to clarify that. There are some questions...
January 12, 2006
Here's an update on the situation. The Blagojevich administration announced Monday it will hire additional workers in an attempt to eliminate a backlog of gun owner identification card requests. The move comes three days after the Herald & Review and...
January 11, 2006
We've got a CCW law here in Ohio that allows people who complete a certain amount of training to carry a concealed firearm. 2 years ago it was a felony to carry concealed no matter what your level of training,...
I have written before about the role that Less Than Lethal weapons fill. The Reader's Digest version is that chemical spray is great, expanding batons are only slightly less wonderful, and electric stun guns are a waste of time. This,...
January 10, 2006
Josh has a guest blogger. It might be tongue in cheek, but worth a read. (HT to Marc.)...
The BBC has an online poll where they're talking about opinions on gun crime in African countries. The comments, as always, are hit and miss. I did rather like the first comment, though....
January 09, 2006
It's kind of funny being a gun owner in a state like Illinois. See, when you follow all of the rules and submit the appropriate paperwork, you can still be arrested and charged with a felony. Those of you used...
January 06, 2006
I found an interesting article over at the BBC. A Virginia man named Roger Keith Coleman was convicted of a particularly loathsome rape/murder that occurred in 1981. He was executed in the electric chair in 1992, maintaining his innocence until...
I present: Fucking Narrow Minded Assholes Does the title accurately convey what I think of this article? Once just a club for red-blooded American gun owners, the National Rifle Association has become a savvy global lobby. It presses for gun...
January 05, 2006
I haven't been pulling my weight around here since Publicola asked me to stop by and guest-blog for him while he's gone. Frankly, I haven't even been doing that much gun/RKBAblogging at my own place, and of course that stuff's...
January 03, 2006
Some days you find a really random fact that brings an unexpected smile to your face. The No. 1 most-clicked article, by far, in 2005 was the March 1 story about the arrest of Annette "Flirty" Stevens, who was accused...
Since it's already been mentioned that there's plenty of room for more gun related podcasts, I thought you might be amused to learn that the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is venturing into the world of podcasting for sportsmen. I...
