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the stupidity of assault weapon bans, revisited

About two weeks ago, I addressed the stupidity of “assault weapon bans”, and specifically the moronic claim that they are intended to keep “military-style” hardware out of the hands of civilians. Today, we are going to replow that same ground, but in a different fashion.

Consider these rifles. What …

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cut to the chase

If I have said it once, I have said it twice, and now I am saying it thrice: if you do not make your full RSS feed visible to generic feed readers, I am not going to bother clicking through to read your posts on your site. Yes, …

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not living up to their promises

Yesterday morning, I sent the following email to Brady Campaign board member Joan Peterson, who writes by the moniker of “Japete” at her misnamed “Common Gunsense” weblog:

Subject: In order to provoke some thoughtful reflection

Joan,

Given that, unlike you, I am genuinely interested in an open, honest, rational

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gun shows and .22s

Given the burgeoning market of AR-pattern dedicated-.22-caliber rifles out there, I should not be terribly surprised that Chiappa wanted a piece of that niche market. I was, however, slightly surprised at the gun show yesterday to discover that their “M four-22″ rifle (what an awkward name) has both a …

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paging larry correia

Your ejection port cover awaits.…

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gunup

Watch this space.

Might prove to be interesting, but, honestly, the intertubes are a rough-and-tumble, saturated area already – they are going to have to offer something wholly new and different to make a mark. …

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the fallacies of gun control

Alright, I have been doing my absolute level best to ignore the inane ramblings of Brady Campaign board member Joan Peterson, posting as “japete” at her horribly-misnamed “Common Gunsense” weblog (which shall remain linkless, in accordance with this webpage’s terms of use), but there is just one teeny, tiny …

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bwaha!

If my shotgun did not have enough crap hanging off it already (namely, a flashlight…), I might just have to get one of these:

Hell, I might have to get one regardless… …

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saves on ammunition

Now this is a pretty darned interesting tool for learning about long-distance shooting, how to compensate for range and windage, MOA turret adjustments, MIL turret adjustements, and all the rest of that fun stuff… If nothing else, it does a more-than-adequate job indicating I have a lot to learn about …

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Notes from the weekend

On Friday, we paid off Mrs. wizardpc’s student loans. We are now debt free.

On Saturday, I worked the Tennessee Firearms Association booth at the No Second Chances Rally in Mt. Juliet. It was a pretty good event and we got a lot of memberships, renewals, and general interest …

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a gun is a tool

A firearm is nothing more than a tool, in the purest of definitions – it is an implement, specifically one held in the hand, for performing or facilitating the machanical operation of impacting the primers of cased ammunition and then safely controlling and accurately directing the resulting reaction. What that …

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gun show report

Three hours of ambling around the aisles yielded me about 20 comments that my desired price on my Uberti 1871-1872 Open Top was a good one, but not a single buyer… and one guy who told me that I was overcharging by at least 100% (now I understand why folks …

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survival of the dead

Survival of the Dead: I like money as much as the next person, but it really is time to stop flogging the frak out of that undead horse, George. …

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sbx-ing

I came up with what seemed like an outstanding idea, and someone beat me to it (which, I guess, means it really was a good idea).

Then I dragged my feet too much, and missed the chance to partake of that idea.

Now, that idea is once again alive… …

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those not-really-racist tea partiers

Myth: Tea Party members and attendees (who are frequently called particularly insulting and disgusting euphamisms by those who disagree with them) are all closet racists and only started objecting to the government because a black man is President.

Reality: Not so much:

A new analysis of political signs displayed

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sequel to what?

Dreamhost is having some problems with SQL, which are periodically causing 500 errors here at wotc – if you encounter such an error, wait 15 minutes or so, and try the site again. Hopefully it will be fixed soon. …

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across the pond

Well, this is something of a first, at least for me, and as far as I know: my year-old post examining the numerical comparisons and correlations (or lack thereof) between the number of firearms and the number of firearm-related deaths has been cited by a Lithuanian weblog examining US firearm

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quote of the day

By way of Les Jones:

“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.”
— Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (1788 – 1860)

It seems to me that the vast majority of anti-rights advocates – whether we …

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winning through the generations

Remember, boys and girls, guns are ‘bad news’ for women, especially when the gun in question is an M1 Carbine and the woman is a ten-year-old girl having the time of her life.

No matter how cute, empowering, safe, and educational it may have been, anti-rights nuts across the …

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when all else fails, blame someone else

This particular anti-rights bigot has all but lost his entertainment value for me, but I am going to take one last metaphorical swing at the spineless, violent coward known as “Alan C. Baird” before I relenquish him back to the dustbin of history from which he crawled – in his …

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