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The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditional lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.

Some points to ponder gleaned off of comments and commentary:

Because Heller conceded at oral argument that the D. C. licensing law is permissible if it is not enforced arbitrarily and capriciously, the Court assumes that a license will satisfy his prayer for relief and does not address the licensing requirement. Assuming he is not disqualified from exercising Second Amendment rights, the District must permit Heller to register his handgun and must issue him a license to carry it in the home. Basically, said they have to have a shall-issue program.

They also address the idea of only those guns that were around at the writing of the Amendment. Scalia specifically says that is not the case.

Obama will issue a statement supporting the minority opinion. McCain will issue a statement supporting the majority opinion.

Scalia correctly interpreted the 2nd amendment to secure an individual right to bear arms, invalidated the D.C. gun ban, but declined to specify a level of scrutiny for regulations of gun ownership. In other words, the opinion will probably lead to striking down blanket bans like D.C.'s and Chicago's, but we have no idea what the court will do in cases with less complete gun bans.

The Dissent:

Justice John Paul Stevens wrote a dissent, which was joined by Justices Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and David Souter. Stevens said the majority "would have us believe that over 200 years ago, the Framers made a choice to limit the tools available to elected officials wishing to regulate civilian uses of weapons." The precedent was 150 years of individual rights- the other side has just held sway for the last 75.

I am profoundly disappointed in Justice Roberts and Justice Alito, both of whom assured us of their respect for precedent. With this decision, 70 years of precedent has gone out the window. And I believe the people of this great country will be less safe because of it. - Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. Tough Luck you Gun Grabbing Bitch

JUSTICE BREYER moves on to make a broad jurisprudential point: He criticizes us for declining to establish a level of scrutiny for evaluating Second Amendment restrictions. He proposes, explicitly at least, none of the traditionally expressed levels (strict scrutiny, intermediate scrutiny, rational basis), but rather a judge-empowering "interestbalancing inquiry" that "asks whether the statute burdens a protected interest in a way or to an extent that is out of proportion to the statute'’s salutary effects upon other important governmental interests." Leave it just to judges - I don't think so.

The PushBack:

Just so you know what we are up against, check out the complete list of pro- and anti-gun legislation pending in the 110th Congress. While not all are bad, check out the new AWB HR1022. Say goodbye to shotguns.

If you need a reason to vote for McLame, consider that this was a 5-4 decision, and whomever is in next will probably appoint 2 - 3 justices. Do you trust Obonga to appoint justices who would support the 2A.

Say Uncle has tons of posts on Heller, with puns

including this update. Holy Crap!

...the trainer goes a bit overboard.




Thanx Theo

USMC Rules For Gun Fighting

1. Bring a gun. Preferably, bring at least two guns. Bring all of your friends who have guns. Bring their friends who have guns.
2. If you can, make friends with those on the crew served weapons. Bring them as well. Borrow money from them, it gives them an added incentive to protect you.
3. Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammo is cheap. Life is expensive.
4. Only hits count. Close doesn't count. The only thing worse than a miss is a slow miss.
5. If your shooting stance is good, you're probably not moving fast enough nor using cover correctly.
6. Move away from your attacker. Distance is your friend. (Lateral and diagonal movement are preferred.)
7. If you can choose what to bring to a gunfight, bring a long gun and a friend with a long gun.
8. In ten years nobody will remember the details of caliber, stance, or tactics. They will only remember who lived and who didn't.
9. If you are not shooting, you should be communicating (calling for arty or air support), reloading, and running.
10. Accuracy is relative: most combat shooting is more dependent on "pucker factor" than the inherent accuracy of the gun.
11. Use a gun that works EVERY TIME. "All skill is in vain when an Angel pisses in the flintlock of your musket."
12. Someday someone may kill you with your own gun, but they should have to beat you to death with it because it is empty.
13. In combat, there are no rules, always cheat; always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.
14. Have a plan.
15. Have a back-up plan, because the first one won't work.
16. Have a back-up, back-up plan in case CentCom or SecDef finds the first two plans "unacceptable".
17. Use cover or concealment as much as possible. The only visible target should be in your gun sights.
18. Flank your adversary when possible. Protect your flank.
19. Don't drop your guard.
20. Always tactical load and threat scan 360 degrees.
21. Watch their hands. Hands kill. (In God we trust. Everyone else, keep your hands where I can see them).
22. Decide to be aggressive ENOUGH, quickly ENOUGH.
23. The faster you finish the fight, the less shot you will get.
24. Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet.
25. Be courteous to everyone, friendly to no one.
26. Your number one Option for Personal Security is a lifelong commitment to avoidance, deterrence, and de-escalation.
27. Do not attend a gunfight with a handgun, the caliber of which does not start with a "4."


Army Rules for Gun Fighting

1. See USMC Rules to gun Fighting.
2. Add 60 to 90 days.
3. Hope the Marines already destroyed all meaningful resistance.


Navy Rules for Gun Fighting

1. Adopt an aggressive offshore posture.
2. Send in the Marines.
3. Drink Coffee and eat donuts.


Air Force Rules for Gun Fighting

1. Kiss the wife goodbye.
2. Drive to the base in your sports car.
3. Fly to target area, drop bombs, (try not to hit the Canuks) fly back to your home base.
4. BBQ some burgers and drink beer in your back yard, and talk shit about the Navy, Army and Marines.

That would have been germain in th 1860s.

Snowflakes in Hell - New Jersey Gun Ban Passes Committee

Can this state be any more fucked up?

This conversion of mine is to be considered an Assault Rifle in NJ.

British Officer's Light Infantry Fusil (.67)
Bullard Single Shot (.50)
Cadet 1869 (50-70)
Charleyville Pistol (.69)
Charleyville 1777 French Rifle (.69)
Charleyville 1766 Musket (.69)
CVA Blunderbuss (.69)
Colt Laidley (.50)
Colt Lightning (.50/95)
English Matchlock (.72)
Evans Musket (.69)

How many hundred's of years has it been since one of these was used in a crime?

from Say Uncle

Evan Nappen, says, "The difference between Pennsylvania and New Jersey is: In Pennsylvania all weapons are legal, with certain exceptions; in New Jersey all weapons are illegal, with certain exceptions."

So what else should a old gunnie like me get for Father's day. The kids are taking me shooting. Any excuse to get some range time.

Update: Shooting the Kimber, Mak, Colt, and Smith have shown me something new. I can't extend my left arm all the way and get a stable, pain-free, shooting stance. I sucked today. Bummer. Small muscles are coming back, but they're not far enough back yet. My last couple of outings, I would take my grip and then easily extend...my left arm was in alien mode and I could put it anywhere...like a gumby arm. Now that the muscles are getting nerve impulses again...they scream. Lots of stretching and weights in my future.

Angelina Jolie haz gotz tehm...

"The pregnant mother of four told the U.K.'s Daily Mail that she owns guns similar to the ones she used in "Tomb Raider." Jolie and partner Brad Pitt are not against having weapons in their house for security reasons, she says."

"If anybody comes into my home and tries to hurt my kids, I've no problem shooting them," she said.

Jolie, 32, has starred as a heat-packing vixen in several action movies - two "Tomb Raider" films, "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" and the upcoming futuristic thriller, "Wanted."

"I can handle myself," she said. "There's a side to me that people know is humanitarian, and there's a side to me that's a mommy. But there's also the side that likes to get down and dirty and run and jump around and fire guns."

...and people pay money to watch her do so...

found on Samizdata

I heard on Network news today at noon the Texas State and Federal applications offices are receiving triple the normal number of concealed carry applications and are having to add permanent and emergency processing staff to meet the 60-day manditory deadline after document submittal. .... Clearly, something is going on. .... Both O'bama and McLame have said they will press for gun control. The citizenry is arming itself to the teeth.

Unfortunately here in Jersey we aren't trusted.

I am getting hammered at work, but I still had to be glued to CSPAN listening to oral arguments. The usual suspects had their say and I hear there were loud pro and anti-gun crowds outside the court. I think the opinion will be very narrow. From listening to the judge's questions, the court seems to tilt a bit 'pro'...at least to my ears. Lots of talk about machine guns for some reason.

May 30, 2002 SB-1936
Made it legal for someone to possess a firearm without an FOID card as long as they were in the direct supervision of someone with an FIOD card. The bill became law.
Obama voted against it.

March 24, 2003 SB-356
From the legislature site:
"Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that the Department of State Police shall publish a list of handguns having a barrel, slide, frame or receiver that is a die casting of zinc alloy or any other nonhomogeneous metal which will melt or deform at a temperature of less than 800 degrees Fahrenheit. Provides that a building used for the unlawful sale of firearms may be abated as a public nuisance only if the person using the building for the unlawful sale has been convicted of the offense and the Department of State Police has published the list of prohibited firearms. Effective immediately."
Obama vote for this bill. It died in the House.

March 25, 2003 SB-2163
Would have lowered the age for FOID card from 21 to 18. The result is that some men in the military are not able to own firearms.
Obama voted against it.

March 27, 2003 SB-947
A "Gun Show Loophole" bill.
Obama voted for it.

May 7, 2003 HB-1096
Would have legalized handgun deer hunting.
Obama did not vote.

May 15, 2003 HB-515
This bill was to notify gun owners when their gun was the subject of records request or search. The bill would have allowed the owner to have his trace information destroyed under certain circumstances. During this time Daley was trying to use trace information to use in gun manufacturer lawsuits.
Obama voted against the bill. It passed but the governor vetoed it.

May 24, 2003 SB-257
Would have legalized handgun deer hunting.
Obama did not vote.

March 25, 2004 SB-2165
From the Illinois Legislature site:
"Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that it is an affirmative defense to a violation of a municipal ordinance that prohibits, regulates, or restricts the private ownership of firearms if the individual who is charged with the violation used the firearm in an act of self-defense or defense of another. Effective immediately."
Obama voted against this bill twice. It passed anyway. The governor vetoed and the legislature overrode the veto.

From On the Issues

• Respect 2nd Amendment, but local gun bans ok. (Feb 2008)
• Provide some common-sense enforcement on gun licensing. (Jan 2008)
• 2000: cosponsored bill to limit purchases to 1 gun per month. (Oct 2007)
• Stop unscrupulous gun dealers dumping guns in cities. (Jul 2007)
• Keep guns out of inner cities--but also problem of morality. (Oct 2006)
• Ban semi-automatics, and more possession restrictions. (Jul 1998)
• Voted NO on prohibiting lawsuits against gun manufacturers. (Jul 2005)

Barry is not your friend if you are a gun owner or someone who believes in the Bill of Rights

This dying project is being discussed over at The Volokh Conspiracy, a law blog.

My comments here:
This is one thing we've been keeping our eyes on.

In the November 2006 update we noted: Revised estimates of the time required for all parties to complete product engineering and obtain regulatory approvals means that a marketable 'Personalized Smartgun' product is unlikely to be available until at least late 2007

MetalStorm doesn't mention the project in it's CEOs message of this past August. The company seems to have a few hot items going on but it's stock has been sliding for years and now trades around $2. A search of their site give no hits for "smart gun".

NJIT's last update was a note that they got funding from the state in 2005. Below are my posts on the subject.

Plenty of links there for background and posts going back 3 years. smart gun links

http://www.handgunowner.com/blog/2007/08/is-this-project.html

On behalf of four million NRA members and 80 million American gun owners, we would like to thank Vice President Dick Cheney for his strong support of the individual rights view of the Second Amendment. Today, in his capacity as President of the United States Senate, Vice President Cheney signed on to the congressional amicus curiae brief affirming the individual rights view of the Second Amendment. As Americans, we are grateful and fortunate to have a friend of freedom in the Vice President.

Led by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), bi-partisan majorities of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives - in fact, the largest number of co-signers of a congressional amicus brief in American history - filed a strong brief in support of the individual rights view. 55 members of the Senate and 250 members of the House co-signed this brief along with the Vice President of the United States. This landmark brief argues that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual, fundamental right to Keep and Bear Arms; that any infringement on this right should be subject to the highest level of constitutional scrutiny; that D.C.'s categorical ban on handguns and self-defense in the home is unreasonable and unconstitutional under any level of review; and therefore, that the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit's opinion in this case should be upheld.

Neither of our senators nor our representative here in the Great State and Criminal Enterprise of New Joisey  signed it.  No surprise.

Xavier

With linky love to Say Uncle...

That's it.  Done.  No more apologies.

If this is the way a Republican administration responds to a constitutional challenge of the outright ban on handguns in our nation's capital, then the time has come to remove the blinders and return to single issue voting.  If the Second Amendment fails, all our other rights become meaningless.  Our next President HAS to be one who will support and defend the Constitution, all of the Constitution, and especially our Right to Keep and Bear Arms.  Who will that be?

Nebraska gets CCW.

So now we have:

2 unrestricted: Vermont and Alaska

2 Right Denied: Wisconsin and Illinois (Nebraska was previously in this group)

9 May Issue: California, Iowa, New York, Maryland, Delaware,
Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Mass. (A red herring, Jersey is also in
this group and you can't get a CCW)

37 Shall Issue States

And here is what it looked like in 1986:

Twenty years of work, but it's looking good. Wisconsin is next. I hold no hope for New Jersey.

Wisconsin Update:

Today, (9.24.2007) the 31st Circuit Court of Milwaukee County ruled that the Concealed Carry Weapons (CCW) statute was unconstitutional as applied to a particular defendant -- in this case, a pizza delivery driver who carried a gun for self-defense on the job, after being robbed repeatedly in a high crime area.

Atom Smasher

by L. Neil Smith

Excerpt...

Over the past 30 years, I've been paid to write almost two million words, every one of which, sooner or later, came back to the issue of guns and gun-ownership. Naturally, I've thought about the issue a lot, and it has always determined the way I vote.

People accuse me of being a single-issue writer, a single- issue thinker, and a single- issue voter, but it isn't true. What I've chosen, in a world where there's never enough time and energy, is to focus on the one political issue which most clearly and unmistakably demonstrates what any politician-or political philosophy-is made of, right down to the creamy liquid center.

Make no mistake: all politicians-even those ostensibly on the side of guns and gun ownership-hate the issue and anyone, like me, who insists on bringing it up. They hate it because it's an X-ray machine. It's a Vulcan mind-meld. It's the ultimate test to which any politician-or political philosophy-can be put.

If a politician isn't perfectly comfortable with the idea of his average constituent, any man, woman, or responsible child, walking into a hardware store and paying cash-for any rifle, shotgun, handgun, machine gun, anything-without producing ID or signing one scrap of paper, he isn't your friend no matter what he tells you.

This is why I am a one-issue voter also.  It's the creamy liquid center of all political thought.  The writer is also the author of this.

I've got 2 of them, 3 if you count my Mossy instead of the Remington, 4 if you count my SK instead of the AK, and 5 if you count my Kimber .45.

The author of this post turns out to be one of my favorite fiction authors.

From Uncle...

...a Link.

Like rats leaving a sinking ship.

Mitt Romney then: Supported Brady Bill. Passed state AWB. ""I don't line up with the NRA." (Edit: Falsely claimed credit for passing the state AWB and supported the Federal AWB)

Mitt Romney now: Joined NRA as a "life member in Aug '06" and a "Life long hunter" twice.

Rudy Guiliani then: Started frivolous NY lawsuits. 2A is about hunting. NRA "Extremists"

Rudy Guiliani now: Fellating every NRA member he meats. Opposes lawsuits.

Hillary Clinton then: Never met an anti-gun bill she didn't like.

Hillary Clinton now: Attacking Obama for his anti-gun stance.

Barack Obama then: Supports handgun and all semi-auto bans. Supported lawsuits.

Barack Obama now: No complete bans. Individual right. OK for "rural folk"

The quote on SIH says it all:

If I was Brady Campaign, and had any hair, I'd be pulling it out just now.

Hunter, Thompson, and Paul are the only candidates I would trust not to grab my guns...and they don't have a chance.  McCain has an adequate gun record, but has lost me on other issues.

Ban cheap guns; require safety locks; for gun show checks. (Aug 1999)
Prosecute criminals, not citizens for gun ownership. (Sep 2007)

Not including this recent church shooting, Say Uncle has 8 more cases where an armed citizen stopped a shooting rampage.  I'm sure there are more out there.

...and the whole thing will collapse.



Attack Cartoons on the 2nd Amendment.

From the Real Mr. Completely.

1. The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible victory in defense. The sword is more important than the shield and skill is more important than either. The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental.

2. Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is to old to fight, he'll just kill you.

3. If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.

4. I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy.

5. America is not at war. The U.S. Military is at war. America is at the Mall.

6. When seconds count, the cops are just minutes away.

7. A reporter did a human interest piece on the Texas Rangers. The reporter recognize the Colt Model 1911 the Ranger was carrying and asked him "Why do carry a .45?". The Ranger responded with, "Because they don't make a .46."

8. An armed man will kill an unarmed man with monotonous regularity.

9. The old sheriff was attending an awards dinner when a lady commented on his wearing his sidearm. "Sheriff, I see you have your pistol. Are you expecting trouble?" "NO Ma'am. If I were expecting trouble, I would have brought my rifle."

10. Beware the man who only has one gun, he probably knows how to use it.

From Uncle comes news of cert for Heller

...is bring a gun. From Samizdata we get a story from Portland.

I could not imagine myself walking out of my house in that situation without my shotgun....or my AR, or my SKS, or my SMLE, or my 1894cs...

QUESTION PRESENTED
Whether the Second Amendment guarantees lawabiding, adult individuals a right to keep ordinary, functional firearms, including handguns, in their homes.


The Smallest Minority
What if we lose? - Armed Canadian
Scotus Blog chimes in.

A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

Found on Uncle...

From DirtCrashr we find this beauty...



I'd like it in .40 rather than 9mm, but the custom matte hard chrome is cool.

...a my little carbine from Glam Guns.



How about Care Bear body armor, Martha Stewart designer Claymore mines, or an Hello Kitty AK.

Found on a link to Ride Fast and Shoot Straight

Written by Head of the old Headsbunker.com, also known as "Ezra Coli" on the various message boards.

There's an ever present, unending debate over which is best, ARs or AKs, raging across the internet and in gun shops every day sending bile and bitter insults spewing both ways. This debate has turned fathers against sons, best friends against one another, and........well you get the point. The author is of the opinion that there are of course pros and cons to each family of rifle, and I refuse to engage in what is "best". As one who loves them all, especially the AK and AR series, I thought I'd pass on some of the knowledge I have gained over the years concerning these wildly different weapons. As a bonus, I'll toss in my knowledge of another favorite family of weapons at the Bunker, just because they are very popular these days and I often ramble about them. So, here, for the aid of those hammering one another in the debate, is some unbiased, non-slanted, untainted raw knowledge about the AK, the AR, and the Mosin Nagant.

There you have it. In the end, it is clear to any open minded inquirer that the Mosin Nagant is the most superior weapon of all time, but the AR and the AK come out as a draw when compared side by side.

arkerr in comments has an addition:

Addition:
AK: you're not sure what a jam means
AR: you have elaborate excuse for why last round jammed and why next one will not
Nagant: it jammed because your arm wasn't strong enough. pussy.

Anti-gunny coins phrase

The People of the Gun are beating their drums on websites from Keepandbeararms.com in Washington State, to alphecca.com in Vermont. Every time a plea for gun restrictions surfaces on the Internet, the gun stalwarts furiously post hundreds of missives in homage to the Second Amendment.

Jeff at alphecca liked it.  He started a tribe. The People of the gun. Visit and send him a picture.  My photo is from my post-stroke trip to the range to check out if I could still handle weapons.  And yes, that's the Dick Cheney smirk my daughter talks about.

HR 2640 - More Gun Laws

The legislation would allow a person's right to own a gun in the U.S. to be permanently removed under a wide range of circumstances.

"You'd think that when rabid, anti-gun legislators like Sen. Charles Schumer and Rep. Carolyn McCarthy join together to pass anti-gun legislation, it would raise a few red flags," the alert says. "But these two New York Democrats are currently planning to roll over gun owners with H.R. 2640 – legislation which would bar you from owning guns if: You are a battle-scarred veteran suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; or as a kid, you were diagnosed with ADHD."

The Military Order of the Purple Heart, representing those among the bravest of the nation's military who have been injured in defense of their nation, said the plan "would statutorily impose a lifetime gun ban on battle-scarred veterans."

Great.  These shitsacks never stop.  Do they want an insurrection?  Do they think that what might work in their little personal socialist paradise is going to work everywhere in the US...whatever the law?  I'm not sure this crap would work in South Jersey, much less Texas.

 
Naturally the pro-hunting-only NRA supports it.  The GOA does not. It passed the house by voice vote (so none of those worthless pukes need admit to it) and goes to the Senate.

http://www.jpfo.org/joaquin.mov

NRA Director Joaquin Jackson has publically stated that magazine capacities should be limited to five rounds and that "assault weapons [sic] should be limited to military or police." That's right -- a director of the supposedly pro-gun NRA wants to take YOUR semi-automatic rifles away.

They sold us down the river before the Assault Weapons Ban (AWB) and they will do it again.  They are only interested in hunters, not the 2A.  I'll never give them another dime.

No negative vibes, dude...

Trips to places I like for a change


Celebrating a Good Shot...


Playing with the toys


Shooting with your main squeeze


The AR you built actually works pretty good - even with Lake City Mil-surp


Letting friends shoot your guns...


Taking the neighbor's kid out to Fort Dix for his first shoot...



Going for ice-cream...


Shooting a friend's guns



All good stuff.  I feel better already...

Researchers expect the smart gun grip recognition technology to be available in about three years. - Breakthroughs in Science 2005



This is one thing we've been keeping our eyes on.  In the November 2006 update we noted:

Revised estimates of the time required for all parties to complete product engineering and obtain regulatory approvals means that a marketable 'Personalized Smartgun' product is unlikely to be available until at least late 2007

MetalStorm doesn't mention the project in it's CEOs message of this past August.  The company seems to have a few hot items going on but it's stock has been sliding for years and now trades around $2.  A search of their site give no hits for "smart gun".

NJIT's last update was a note that they got funding from the state in 2005.

Below are my posts on the subject.  Plenty of links there for background.

November 2006
July 2006
March 2006
April 2005
February 2005 So it's been a solid two and a half years without any word on progress with this venal project.

I hope it has died a terrible and expensive death for NJIT and MetalStorm.

The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. - D.H. Lawrence

From Never Yet Melted comes this interesting gunnie news....

The Marine Corps is revamping its weapons distribution among leathernecks, issuing the M4 carbine to career enlisted Marines and officers who previously carried the M9 pistol, according to a Corps-wide message released last Friday.

The new assignment policy, announced in MarAdmin 378/07 states that staff sergeants and up, along with second lieutenants through lieutenant colonels and chief warrant officers, will now be issued the M4, which is essentially a smaller version of the M16. Marines in those pay grades previously were issued the M9 pistol.

Colonels and up will continue to carry the M9. Privates through sergeants will still be issued the M16A4. Assignment of automatic rifles will not change.

Sailors E-5 and below who are with Marine units will be issued the M4. The remaining pay grades will still carry the pistol.

The policy change is the result of the Marine Corps Equipment Review Group, according to the message, which convened in 2005.
"The review … took into consideration lessons learned along with knowledge of new weapon technology being fielded,” the message states. “As a result, new individual weapons assignment policies were developed, validated and approved by the Marine Requirements Oversight Council for implementation."

The message went on to say that the current fielding of the M16A4, which is replacing the M16A2, will not change, and directed units to maintain the older rifles until the newer ones arrive.

"Units will request disposition instructions for excess M16A2 rifles and M9 pistols upon being fully fielded all replacement weapons," the message states.

I am reminded of the issue of the M1 Carbine to Tankers, Officers, and NCOs during WWII and Korea.  Obviously the M9 pistol (9mm Baretta) ain't doin' it.   This is something I would like to build next, except in a pistol caliber.

to own a gun according to Joe Biden in the recent Democrat You Tube Love Fest debate.

...responding to a question from a viewer who owned a 'black rifle', referring to it as his 'baby'.

I don't know that he is mentally qualified to own that gun. I'm being serious. Look, just like me, we go around talking about people who own guns. I am the guy who originally wrote the assault weapons ban, that became law, and then we got defeated and then Dianne Feinstein went to town on it and did a great job.

So if you own a black rifle, you're automatically not qualified to own a black rifle.

Yikes. 



Here's my baby, asshole Mr. Biden.

Everyone is having fun with this...

Note:  This is a pretty good shot of how the logo looks on the magwell of this bad boy.  Fuck Biden.  At least I'm mentally qualified to realize I don't have a chance in hell of being elected President - That apparently hasn't sunk in yet for Mr. Biden.

And WTF is he talking about with Feinstein...the Dims attempt to reinstate the AWB failed miserably.  The whole anti-gun thing was a death sentence for a bunch of Dims and RINOs in the last election cycle...getting replaced by more moderate pro-gun types on both sides of the fence.  Unless he's talking about something that happened before the AWB was enacted in '94. 

...and howdy to all you Boomstickers and Unklets.  Check out the My Guns at the top right of the blog to see what else I've got.  I'm really pleased with how the SKS is coming out.

Say Uncle has caught a candid shot of some college chicks getting ice-cream up at Kohrs on the boardwalk in SeaSide Heights.  I offer this as proof that America is awash in guns.



Okay, okay...actually it's IDF chicks getting ice-cream. Most units require that you carry your piece everywhere, with the mag out in metropolitan areas, but not all units require you be in uniform when off duty.

Christ on a crutch...Is that picture everything the muzzies hate all wrapped up in one photo.

We need to take this as a lesson.  Before I would see our young people forced to live like this, I'd see the muzzies beaten back into the desert for another 400 years...and I wouldn't care much how we did it.

I found this NFA Restrictions link in a comment I was reading.  The actual post escapes me at the moment.

State by State Chart of NFA Restrictions

Check out your state.

What a mishmash of rules....

6 states do not have a 2nd Amendment clause in their State Constitution.

2 states have 'unrestricted' handgun carry rules. (+1 since '86)
37 states have 'shall issue' handgun carry rules. (+29 since '86)
9 states have 'may issue' handgun carry rules. (+17 since '86)
2 states have 'right denied' handgun carry rules. (-13 since '86)

37 states allow silencers
43 states allow the ownership of machine guns manufactured prior to '86.
40 states allow short rifles
38 states allow short shotguns
26 states allow individuals to own explosives
45 states allow ownership of 'large bore' rifles (greater than .50 cal - shotguns excluded - think elephant guns)
48 states allow 'other types' (ie, pen-guns etc.)

25 states allow all of the above special categories.

I love it.  There is something about wood and metal that plastic furniture just can't match. 

An 11-year-old Alabama boy used a pistol to kill a wild hog his father says weighed a staggering 1,051 pounds and measured 9-feet-4 from the tip of its snout to the base of its tail. Think hams as big as car tires.

Update:  This turns out to be a 'canned' hunt'.  The pig was raised as a pet by a family and recently sold - knowing that it would be bred and then eventually hunted.  The guy who bought it contracted with the kid's father to enclose the monster in a fenced area and let the kid chase it around shooting at it - 16 times.  This was not a feral pig.  The father says he knew nothing about the origin of the pig.

I don't hunt.  I've gut nothing against hunting, but I'm still not a fan of canned hunts.   This family raised animal died in terror after being shot 6 times while being chased around an enclosure it couldn't escape from.

The truth of the story was found thru Mark in Mexico.

The BackUp Iron Sights showed up today.  So now I have the complete assembled lower, national match two-stage trigger, the 6-position stock and buffer assembly, the BUIS, and even the barrel hardware less the barrel left over from my last build.

What to build, what to build?

I really wanted to build a .45 carbine on the AR platform, but the lack of mags from the only manufacturer of complete uppers (Olympic Arms) is putting a severe cramp in that idea.  Remember I'm also limited by New Jersey's restriction on mag capacity...even if I went with a 9mm.

The same company makes 9mm carbines that use standard Glock mags, but you have to have their dedicated 'Glock lower'...and I've already got a Rock River standard lower for this build.  The two stage trigger would be no good for a pistol caliber carbine anyway and I'd have to buy a standard trigger kit.  I'm not much interested in building a 9mm anyway.

My son Jess' suggestion that I build a light CQB carbine is a good one.  The more I think about that the better it sounds.  The extra money I wouldn't need to spend could go toward an Eotech holosight.  It would sort of look like this one modeled by the wife of Heartless Libertarian (which I believe is a 9mm carbine upper on a standard lower).

Lots of guys are making 9mm, .40, and .45 carbines anyway...HK has the no longer imported USC ($1500+), Feather USA has 9mm and .45s ($750) that look like grease guns, Keltec has their strange looking Sub-2000 ($400) in 9mm or .40, and of course Beretta has the futuristic Storm ($800) in 9mm, .40, and .45 using standard Beretta mags.  I can't say I like the looks of them much...I preferred the out of production Marlin Camp Carbine in .45, but I could eventually go for a Beretta.

I guess I'll build a light CQB in 5.56 and get the Beretta in .45 down the road.

Thanx Jess.

HL points to another .45 cal carbine manufacturer in comments.

I've been watching for these on come on the market for nearly a year.  I even bid on one on Ebay and lost out when the stock alone when over $175.

I finally got one at a much more reasonable price...with a stainless barrel to boot.  A full international stock for my Ruger 1022.  I've got the stainless hardware and it'll go nice with my stainless scope.