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an equal and opposite reaction

As I expressed in a comment over at Bob S.’ place, the admonition “Do not be an asshole” could be far better expressed, at least for me, as “Behave however you like, but man up and accept the consequences.”

By and large, I do not care how …

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PSH FAIL

I’ve been active in the Tennessee Firearms Association for four or five years now. We outgrew our meeting space at Shoney’s about two years ago and moved to the Golden Corral. Both places have been very good to us as far as service goes and I can’t recommend them highly …

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a snake around your waist

A bit back, I spoke about Ares Gear’s Ranger Belt as a potential replacement to my inevitably-failure-prone 5.11 belts. If, however, you want the same basic idea at 2/3s the price and in a bare fraction the time, Endeavor Stitch Works and Gear has you covered with their Cobra Gun

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reasoned discourse, a history thereof

It is funny the things you forget…

In our discussion of Baldr Odinson’s not-so-pitiable whining, Miguel noticed that I threw up a “(TM)” after “Reasoned Discourse”, and surmised that I had somehow managed to trademark the actual phrase – fortunately or unfortunately, this is not the case, and I …

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quote of the day

Anti-rights cultists have a long-standing history of focusing their efforts exclusively on firearm-related crimes, often to the detriment of the societies they are working in – one need only consider the history of once-Great Britain, and its current status as “most violent nation in Europe” to see how that particular …

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Fire Mission

I got this email from Ken Marrero, aka Blue Collar Muse.

Folks,

I often send things to you FYI, For Your Information. Rarely do I ask that you do something other than what you might be motivated within yourself to do. This is one of those rare times. Please read

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in case you were curious

Per Jason at JMC Holsters (a thoroughly helpful and friendly individual), a holster set up for a Smith and Wesson K-frame revolver (for example, the ubiquitous Model 19) will not work for a Smith and Wesson L-Frame revolver (like my 686).

The handle designs are identical, in that …

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quote of the day

As of my writing this post, over 850 people have responded to the poll to the left, with 97% of them strongly opposed to stricter legislation regarding firearms, 1% generally against stricter legislation, 1% strongly supporting stricter legislation, and one person who just wanted to throw up a vote and …

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open carry changes nothing

Any time I leave the house for anything other than yard work or exercise (and it has been a hard race to determine which of those is less frequent), I am invariably dressed in clean clothing that is devoid of holes, significantly frayed hems (pants legs are always a problem …

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about time

And speaking of Oleg Volk, he now has nice, shiny, new, WordPress-powered digs at VolkStudio Blog! Please update your blogrolls and RSS feeds appropriately! …

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baldr odinson’s new trajectory

Alright, so I suck at prognostication… Just as well I do not routinely dress in robes and have a thing for Greek virgins.

I know I said I would try to keep my Baldr Odinson-related posting to a minimum in the future, but this email exchange was just too …

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Unpossible!

Shooting on a college campus where it’s illegal to have a gun.…

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Judiciary Committee Assignments

One of the things perks of being Speaker of the House is that you get to pick who sits on committees. In Beth Harwell’s case, she also decided to change the standing subcommittees. Well the assignments have been out for a while and I haven’t had time to talk …

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dedicated to my recent muse

Watch it to the end, and the last line of this post will finally make sense.

(Thanks to Patrick for the pointers.) …

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open carry in florida

Regular readers of my little corner of the cortex will know that I have grown quite fond of openly carrying my sidearm here in Tennessee; however, if I were to do such a thing in Florida without being out fishing or hunting, may happy little arse would have been in …

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baldr odinson’s dishonesty, one more time

I promise this will be the last Baldr Odinson-related post for the forseeable future – kicking a dead horse while it is down is only entertaining for so long…

We already talked about Baldr Odinson’s childish reaction to people doing exactly as he requested, and how that reaction …

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round two… fight!

I cannot say as though I was aware of this (not like that means anything), but Heller II is off the ground and headed towards a resolution:

The HELLER II case is focused on five elements:

1) Whether DC GUN REGISTRATION violates the Second Amendment — the right to

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in the interests of baldr odinson’s dishonesty

Yesterday, very shortly after posting my revived version of the poll Baldr Odinson took down, I dropped a comment at his anti-rights weblog inviting him and all of his hoplophobic buddies to stop by and vote.

Since then, multiple other comments left by other people have been approved for …

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Protip: Don’t be a jerk with a badge.

I have a saying that I’ve used for several years:

I’m not anti-cop, I just don’t think they’re special, but to a lot of cops that means I’m anti-cop.

I have several friends who are police officers, including one who was a groomsman at my wedding.

The badge does not …

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in the interests of honesty

As I previously expressed, I have absolutely no use for polls when it comes to questions of individual rights; however, I am a naturally inquisitive individual, and ViolentIndifference had a very good idea. What you see below you is a nearly verbatim reconstruction of the poll Baldr Odinson had

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