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Sunday, January 13, 2013

Rehearsal

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Air Force cadets lining Pennsylvania Avenue in the fog. From Sixth Street facing west.
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Saturday, January 12, 2013

That's Gonna Leave A Mark

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This kid totally demolishes Piers Morgan. So good you'll want to watch it twice. via Sebastian.

Captured Taliban Firearms

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This is a Martini-Metford cavalry carbine, with a bicycle chain as a sling. Interesting article from the NYT.
Monday, January 7, 2013

Mayor Mike Makes A Mis-step

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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has likened a teachers' union to the NRA: Of all the polarizing things Mayor ...
Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Publish Or Perish

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The New York Times has covered the controversy regarding the publication of the names and addresses of pistol-permit holders in Westcheste...
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

New Year's Resolution

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My New Year's Resolution: each time I read in the mainstream media a direct quote from a Democratic congresscritter/Senator suggesting ...
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Saturday, December 29, 2012

Kokomo Gun Show

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The line to get in to the Dulles Gun Show was so long that the gun show in Kokomo, Indiana is actually closer. Heading to Kokomo with Rob...
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Thursday, December 27, 2012

Record Number Of Americans Oppose Handgun Ban

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Even with the killings in Newtown as a backdrop, a  new Gallup poll  shows 74 percent of Americans now support the right to possess a hand...
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

WaPo: Guns Are A Part Of American Culture

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Link. Almost unbelievable that they would publish this, but I think the WaPo's editorial calculation is that they are finally going...
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Friday, December 21, 2012

It's Official: 8,000 New Members A Day

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ABC News: NRA News anchor Ginny Simone said Thursday that in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting, membership surged "with an aver...
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40mm Ruger

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In the Washington Post: Sarah Pike came in as the men chatted and purchased a 40mm Ruger pistol. She asked McGrady about courses that...
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Monday, December 17, 2012

The U.S. Already Had a Conversation About Guns—and the Pro Side Won

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Interesting article in The Atlantic. Excerpt: There isn't anything wrong with gun-control advocates lamenting what, by their...

The Call of Snoophulhu

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From boing-boing.
Sunday, December 16, 2012

Target Practice

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I put the eccentric inserts into the Burris rings to walk the scope into the bullseye. I'm closing in on it. The OnTarget software sa...
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Saturday, December 15, 2012

"But you're wrong," I said. "Hello? Is This Thing On?"

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At Boing-boing is a story in which the Chicago Sun-Times movie critic Roger Ebert describes an interview he gave to NBC News on the day aft...
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Saturday, December 8, 2012

Fatal Vision

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Probably the last appeal for former Green Beret doctor Jeffrey MacDonald, serving life for the 1970 slayings of his wife and two young daug...
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Friday, December 7, 2012

Causation vs. Correlation

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A New York Times columnist/blogger drones on with the usual nonsense about Bob Costas, the U.S. homicide rate, the Kellermann studies, etc...
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Saturday, December 1, 2012

Clark Brothers

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This is a venerable Virginia gunshop in rural (although increasingly less so) Warrenton, Va. Behind the store they operate a pistol-r...
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Christmas Came Early This Year

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Fedex just delivered, to my front door, this mysterious package from Anniston, Alabama. Inside was this Kimber M82 rifle, caliber ....
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Saturday, November 24, 2012

Range Report

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After a 2-hour wait I was assigned to lane 9 and set my target out at 25 yards. I had a box of Federal XM193F, 5.56mm M193 Ball, 55-gr. boa...
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