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clearing up some confusion

Better Half and I were talking about this last night, and I figured I should go ahead and put up another post reminding everyone about it – there are multiple authors at this weblog: me (Linoge), WizardPC, and Shane. We have not really heard from the latter in …

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Why a Constitutional Convention is a bad idea

So I am watching a conference committee on State Sovereignty where they were talking about corresponding with other states about making the Federal Government behave. Bobby Patray of the Tennessee Eagle Forum was recognized, and explained why Constitutional Conventions are a bad idea.
Basically, it goes like this: The last …

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Some state laws are more equal than others

Tennessee and Montana Firearms Freedoms Act? Federal Government ignores.
California Medical Marijuana law? Federal Government obeys.

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outside the belt

And to double your dose of gun porn today… about a month back, I teased you with a close-up picture of… something. Dirtcrashr had a very close guess, but he missed on part of it. Today, you get the rest of the picture… of something else:

Strictly speaking, that …

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when we do it, it is right

If your Monday was relatively decent, allow me to officially ruin it for you:


It’s officially official.

The Obama administration on Friday said the government ran a $1.42 trillion deficit in fiscal year 2009.

That made it the worst year on record since World War II, according to …

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is this what you really want?

Too often and for too long, certain individuals of certain political tendencies have been holding up once-Great Britain’s health care system as the example we should be emulating. The only excuse I can see for this adulation of an uncaring, distasteful system is that they do not fully comprehend how …

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Pics from 2nd or None rally this weekend

The very first Barrett .50 BMG:
Serial #001Serial #001
The second one he made:
Serial #002Serial #002
Serial #002Serial #002
During one of the radio interviews that Ronnie Barrett did last week, he intimated that the second rifle actually worked, while the first rifle didn’t.
Speakers
Phil Valentine:
Phil ValentinePhil Valentine
Steve Gill:
Steve GillSteve Gill
State Senator Doug Jackson (D-Dickson):
State Senator Doug Jackson (D-Dickson)State Senator Doug Jackson (D-Dickson)
Nikki Goeser:
Nikki GoeserNikki Goeser
There were …

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erp

This morning’s thermometer read included numbers starting with “3″.
Crap on a crutch, AlGore, turn off your A/C already!…

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the joy of season passes

For anyone in or near the Eastern region of Tennessee, the Sha-Kon-O-Hey show at Dollywood gets the “walls of the city” family seal of approval.
In other news, it was flipping cold today!…

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truth and falsity

Given that Kevin will be forced to upgrade/change his commenting system in the near future, I figured this needed to be preserved for posterity’s sake:

MikeB,

I may be getting a glimmer of what it going on here too.

Could you please explain how it is that you determine the

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repeat offender

Well, I did it again… I went and threatened all of that progress we have been making on preserving the rights protected by the Second Amendment by openly carrying during my errands around town. Today’s jaunt took us to Bliss (for those of you not in the Knoxville area, that …

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Attn Al Gore

Can you please turn the global warmer back on?
I froze my….Glock….off at the 2nd or None rally.
Pictures later, including the very first Barrett .50 ever made. The one Ronnie Barrett made in his gravel-floored garage.…

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first open-carry experience

So I finally got around to open carrying last night… I promise I will write a post on the hardware involved, but, first, the reaction of those around me…
Wait.
What reaction?
In fact, I went to my local Wal-Mart, got a RedBox movie, strolled around the aisles, picked up …

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do it again, only harder!

The plural of “anecdote” is not “data”, but they do still add a personal aspect to the debates:

If there’s no guns in England, then how come by brothers old girlfriend was robbed – while on vacation in Kent – at gun point last night??

(added irony – she’s

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do not adjust your set

In case you were not already aware, it would appear as though the Ministry of Truth is already here in every form except its name.
More here, here, here, and here.
I would like to say that I do not really watch any of the …

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21 years before their time

Heard on the way home:

Neon lights, A Nobel Prize
The mirror speaks, the reflection lies

I do not think I will ever be able to see Our Glorious President’s face again without hearing these righteous guitar riffs…

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2nd Amendment Rally by Ronnie Barrett

2nd or None Rally
I heard about it the other day on the radio. Christiana, TN, is just down the road from me so I’ll be going. It’s this Saturday from 11am-3pm.
From the linked site:
Special Guests / Speakers Include:
Ronnie Barrett, founder and CEO of Barrett Firearms. Ronnie …

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worth what you pay for it

With a tagline of “Survival is a Mom’s Job!”, I should have known I would enjoy The Survival Mom weblog, but I did not stumble upon it for her useful family-related survival tips, nor her particularly quirky sense of humor. Rather, this post, logically enough, caught my eye:

I

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time-shifting

So, my TiVo subscription comes due next month, and we are still gimping along on a standard-definition 80-hour (at minimal quality) TiVo unit… Our options are to re-up and keep the same unit (seems kind of dumb, given the prevalence of HD broadcasting, and the fact that we are eventually …

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“despicable” does not do her justice

Recently, I have been highlighting some of the bigotry so prevalent on the anti-rights side of the spectrum (thanks to inspiration from pro-rights acitivist extraordinaire, Joe Huffman) by going through some choice quotes from anti-rights advocates and replacing their references to firearms with references to ethnic minorities – after …

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