Mulliga at Shangrila Towers reviews the Kershaw Skyline. $40 at Wal-mart.
The freedoms we enjoy as Americans are secured to us against violation by all levels of government. State and local politicians should be on notice: the Second Amendment is a normal part of the Bill of Rights, and it is coming to your town.Man oh man is that made of Win.
"...if you ever have interactions with police officers involving charges brought against you, it is highly inadviseable to make any sort of public statement about them until they have been resolved.
In other news, anyone who complains about the lack of regulation concerning firearms is a bleeding idiot."
Marko accurately describes the goings on at the U.N.
Any organization that turns over the podium to an avowed terrorist sponsor, a bugnuts insane Holocaust denier, and a chunky vest pocket tinpot Marxist has a severe credibility deficit. All that was missing was Kim Jong Il walking in with Fidel’s limp husk in tow, and you would have had 90% of the world’s heavyweight asshole dictators all in one spot.Read the rest of it.
Continuing the Citizens/Journalist's Guide to Firearms meme I am happy to pass along this slightly modified by Robb version :
from Sharp as A Marble - original post Sebastian
Huey's got a great love letter to Gaston Glock's love it or hate it (me=love) polymer and steel implement of self defense. His comments on the Manual of Arms:
"Due to the internal safeties system on their pistols, the manual of arms to operate a Glock is fairly straight forwards. Learning it on one pistol pretty much ensures that it is learned on others in the series. Being a striker fired pistol their is no second strike capability on a bad primer hit, so the tap-rack-bang drill is very important to be learned with Glocks, but this also applies to any semi-auto pistol as well."
That's just one of the reasons that my primary carry gun is a G27 and my "Some Day I Will Compete" Pistol is a G17.
Great post.
I haven't read any of the Twilight books or seen the movie. I have no intention of ever doing so. Most of my attempts to avoid anything Twilight related have been thwarted by relatives and neighbors, to whom I present this:
How Twilight Should Have Ended
My short-awaited signed, autographed copy of MHI and kick-ass patch arrived while I was on the vacay. Looks like Jay G got his copy as well. "Squeee!!!"
I am halfway through the book - up late last night reading instead of blogging.
It is so refreshing to read another fiction author who accurately describes firearms and their use. It's even better that Larry Correia writes great characters that talk like real people too.
I managed to squeak in under the deadline for the patch contest with this remarkably lame offering. Not bad for 15 minutes in Photoshop, but it is not some of my better work. I am still deciding whether to vote for myself or not. Hopefully there will be another contest for the next sequel to MHI and I can come up with something better.
Blogging and tweetage to be lighter than the normal very light as I am on vacation. I'm 3 days in and haven't even opened my Google Reader to see what's been happening with all of my (gradually reciprocated) blogroll. I'll probably have to pull a "mark all as read" and just catch up piecemeal as sorting through 1000+ posts has little appeal to me right now.
For the record, I am vacationing in a state that has CCW reciprocity with my homestate of South Cacalacky.
Maybe I can make a little dent in it tonight. Shouldn't take but another 30 minutes...right?
Maybe I'll just read Tam.
And Snowflakes and Uncle.
And Borepatch and Tbolt and Robb and this is why I haven't made it into the lobby until tonight.
UPDATE:
An hour and 1 cocktail later...
And Breda and Kevin and Marko and Joe Huffman
and who am I kidding - I normally cannot go a night without reading , Rawles (or JWR, if you prefer not to use the , )
and last but certainly not least James.
oh yeah one more: Steve
Done. Going to go to bed now. Last thought - isn't it a bit odd to refer to these nice people by their first names when I have never met them? Probably.
#10: Repeat after me, “No, I don’t need that many rails. Lead me not into temptation.” Rails on a gun are like a clean shirt: they attract the oddest things.
A Dixie Carpetbagger is now on the roll and in the reader. Adding at least another 10 minutes to daily reading.
Another update to the "Dark Arts for Good Guys" series from Straight Forward in a Crooked World (which is made of Win).
Matthew's latest entry:
Dark Arts for Good Guys
Dark Arts for Good Guys:Bribery
Dark Arts for Good Guys: Bribery Part II
Dark Arts for Good Guys Series: Flight & Fight Part 1
Dark Arts for Good Guys Series: Fight & Flight pt II
Dark Arts for Good Guys: Flight Plan
Things you need to know and hope to never have to use.
An update to the "Dark Arts for Good Guys" series from Straight Forward in a Crooked World (which is made of Win).
Matthew's latest entry:
Dark Arts for Good Guys
Dark Arts for Good Guys:Bribery
Dark Arts for Good Guys: Bribery Part II
Dark Arts for Good Guys Series: Flight & Fight Part 1
Dark Arts for Good Guys Series: Fight & Flight pt II
Great information. Things you need to know, hope to never have to use, but probably will.
James @ www.Hellinahandbasket.net has a great post about snubby ammo selection http://www.hellinahandbasket.net/2009/07/quest-for-ammo.htm
I carry a S&W 642 as my CCW. I spend a lot of time in busy, populated places so I load it with 5 of the overpriced Blue Tip Glaser Safety Slugs (not +p). I've got a couple of Bianchi speed strips with Remington Golden Saber 125 grain +P JHP on and/or around my person for reloads.
I have not shot the requisite 100+ rounds of the Glasers, as I could easily purchase another pistol for what that would cost me. Doom on me. I am working my way towards 150 of the aforementioned 125 gr +P JHP, but they kick like the proverbial whipped mule and aren't any bargain to take to the range either.
The Glasers don't get a lot of positive comments on boards. Not at all. I am going to risk a smack-down over on Hellinahandbasket and ask the smart guys what they think about them.
Update: the more I read the more likely that there will be some Glasers for sale on GB soon.
Update 2: My question to James got a whole post as a reply. With polar bear pic goodness.
Joe Huffman responds to his Senator Murray's "Legislation to regulate the use of firearms is and should remain primarily a state issue."
Since you are of the opinion that legislation to regulate the use of firearms is, and should remain, primarily a state issue I presume I can count on your support of efforts to remove firearm regulations at the Federal level. I would like to suggest you introduce legislation to undo the continuing infringement of our rights inflicted by the following Federal firearms laws:
• National Firearms Act of 1934
• Gun Control Act of 1968
• The Hughes Amendment
• The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention ActOnce those are infringements have been successfully resolved I will be glad to provide you with a list of other Federal firearms laws that need to be eliminated as well.
Read the whole thing.
"Propagandist! Parrot! Fool!"
The knee-slappingly funny thing is these same critics – who possess no practical skills beyond the ability to craft a cutting sentence or verbally spear beauty queens – are positive they represent the common viewpoint of most Americans.
Snark from elsewhere - but she thinks like I do. Only difference is that she is doing. Read.
