May 30, 2006

Garand Of The Grail?

Heh. "Father O'Bannon, I appreciate the Holy Evil-Slaying Dagger, I really do, but could you see your way into talking the Pope into blessing a Garand or three? This hand-to-hand stuff bites." Via Irons in the Fire....
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May 28, 2006

Gun Safety From The Washington Post

Because when I think of the importance of gun safety, I think of a newspaper based in a city with essentially a complete ban on guns where at least 85% of the employees have probably never touched a gun. I...
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May 25, 2006

Troubling

According to my friendly neighborhood FFL there's a bit of a supply problem. Across the entire industry. & worse; it seems to be a raw material problem rather than a labor shortage. He's been telling me that availability is down...
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Stupid Party Versus Doctor No

Ron Paul needs a hand (.pdf) (via Triggerfinger). In his post A Choice, Not A Referendum: Support Senator DeWine Hugh Hewitt makes the argument that (in part) you can't be a serious supporter of the 2nd amendment & not...
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May 20, 2006

Couple of Gun Items

Couple of items just picked up on Bloglines: Rivrdog participates in a gun turn in program. Ravenwood has a run in with the cops. Clayton Cramer has a report of a fake NRA endorsement postcard mailing. This seems to be...
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NRA Convention Blogging

I know that this audience doesn't always hold the most favorable view of NRA, but if you're interested in reading my thoughts on the annual convention, feel free to check out my regular blog. The Ten Ring is also blogging...
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May 05, 2006

Stupid Versus Evil

"What we have to do is earn the public approval of our right to govern again," said Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean." (emphasis added) With ammunition like that you'd think the republicans (i.e. the Stupid Party) would have it easy...
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May 04, 2006

New Head of Brady Announced

The Brady Bunch has announced their new leader since Michael Barnes is leaving after 6 years of failure. It's former Fort Wayne Indiana mayor Paul Helmke, a Republican. I didn't know the Brady budget until now: The Brady organizations, with...
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May 02, 2006

Between An Anvil And A Hard Place

Just when you thought things were cheery enough following Bolivia's announcement that it had forsaken economic reason I'm afraid I have more bad news, via Cowboy Blob. This is from a Las Vegas gun dealer on the rising cost of...
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Too Many Marx

I trust everyone made it through the May Day protests alright? I didn't make it into Denver proper. Something about their doggie genocide & wanting to put me in jail because my magazine has too many cartridges makes me quite...
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