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carrying it around

A year ago today, I carried a firearm in public outside of the military for the first time ever. Said firearm was carried in a Holsters By Eric Leatherworks Pro TL Tuckable holster – a piece of leather that I have had nary a complaint with over the past …

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the inconvenience of the past

I guess this is yet another thing to file under the heading of, “Things that make me giggle uncontrollably.”
Documented evidence of calls for killing the President; lynched effigies of the President; lynched, burning effigies of the President; “wanted dead or alive” posters for the President; guillotines featuring the President; …

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driving the game

At work, we have a Ford Fusion Hybrid for business-related driving, and I have to admit – as hybrid vehicles go, it really is not all that bad. It has a surprising amount of pickup if you want it to (though there is a momentary lag between flooring the pedal …

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Tennessean praises *actual* vigilante

Vigilante: a self-appointed doer of justice.
The Tennessean, and a healthy number of its reporters and commenters, continually try to paint Carry Permit Holders as Charles Bronson-types who go out looking for a fight. They actually bring up Death Wish on a fairly consistent basis. I even had a …

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when the facts do not fit, lie

So this has already made its way completely around the blogosphere and back again, but I figure I might as well add my two cents as well:
MSNBC lies.
Like I said, two cents. However, there is an explanation. Remember Chris? The well-attired black individual who lawfully, safely, and

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sums it all up

Quite possibly one of my favorite quotes ever, from the visual interpretation of Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather:

Susan: “You can’t give him that for Hogswatch! It’s a real sword!”

Death: “It is what the child requested. Think of it as a learning experience.”

Susan: “He might hurt himself!”

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rfi

Given that I am consdiering venturing into the realm of “open carry”, I am trying to track down an elusive form of information rarely seen on the Internet these days: the facts. I am not looking for second-, third-, fourth-, or nth-hand reports, I am not looking for rumors, I …

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the more things change

With my sister-in-law heading off to college this weekend, this list is particularly poignant, though they are always good reads for any particular college year. That said, I do have one small complaint with this year’s version:

19. They have never understood the meaning of R.S.V.P.

These days, you …

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riding the aftershocks

A few days ago, I copy-pasted something I never thought I would quote, and, believing something comparable would not soon rise its head, I figured that might just count as the quote of the year.
Amazingly, I was wrong.

Armed men seen mixing with protesters outside recent events

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what is it worth to you?

Last week, a federal jury ruled that official United States of America currency, struck and stamped by the Department of the Treasury, is not worth its stated face value, but is rather worth the value of the materials used in its fabrication.
I guess we know what the government …

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you put the car in the elevator

As cutting-edge, high-tech, and technologically-advanced as America is these days, I am constantly amazed at the things we do not have.
Or, rather, I guess I should say “things we do not have many of“.…

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made it to step 2

So our “earnest money” check was cashed today, after the homeowner signed the offer last week… Granted, that is the furthest we have ever gotten in shopping for a house, but it still does not mean much – since this is a short sale, the offer still has to be …

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denial is the first stage

While legislators in Nashville were considering whether or not to allow handgun carry permit holders to carry firearms in local parks, rights-activists, such as myself, were constantly being assaulted with proclamations of how our parks are already safe, and how letting licensed, background-checked, trained individuals carry into those parks will …

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taking it public

So a man was seen carrying an AR-15 pattern rifle at a demonstration outside a speech given by our Glorious Leader on Monday. For most people, this sight would be relatively unusual, but given that the man was in Arizona, what he was doing was perfectly legal and within the …

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just a little milestone

Sometime early this morning, “walls of the city” had its 100,000th visitor. W00t. Thanks to everyone who stopped by, even those who were unwittingly sent here by unrelated Google searches……

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not grasping the concept

We have talked about Randy Rayburn here at “walls of the city” a few times before, but his most-recent load of gos-se deserves some renewed attention:

What is the statute of limitations on a bad idea that is historically unsound policy for public safety, has unintended consequences for our

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and there it went

Less than two weeks after starting it, the White House has shut down the flag@whitehouse.gov email address:

Following a furor over how the data would be used, the White House has shut down an electronic tip box — flag@whitehouse.gov — that was set up to receive information on “fishy”

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useful idiots

I will admit it – ignorant, narrow-minded, irrational comments like the following one really get on my nerves:

For baseball umpire Ernie Luna, the idea of allowing handguns in Collierville parks was an OMG moment.

“Oh my God,” Luna, a 50-year-old Collierville resident, said Tuesday.

“Before it was just verbal.

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’round and ’round we go

I really, really want to be excited at this news, but it just is not happening:

Battlestar Galactica is getting the big-screen treatment. Universal Pictures has confirmed blog speculation that Bryan Singer, director of Valkyrie, will take on directing and producing duties for a BSG movie. Glen Larson,

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go-go-gadget-gorilla-glue

It is probably a bad thing that the repairs I am having to effect on my apartment are actually improving its durability and the quality of its craftsmanship.…

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