What was their grade?

Oh yeah, California got an "A-" rating.

From the looks of things, it seems the criminals are the ones who got the most benefit.

Home again

I've been out of town on travel for a week, but got in early this morning. Nothing like a few 20+ hour days to ruin your mood. My blog stats are probably in the toilet as well. Sorry for the lack of posting.

I will be covering a movie guns this weekend. I've been working non stop for quite a few months now, and my wife has pretty much said that she can't stand my grumpiness, so I'm taking the weekend off. That means no painting or drywall. Yippy!!

I'm not sure what the weather looks like this weekend, but I'm going to do some shooting regardless. I haven't fired a shot in fun for a long time, and I'll post some pics if I can, but I'm excited about the idea of not doing anything constructive for a couple of days.

Everyone needs a mental health day.

I'm also excited about spending some much needed time with my family. I've neglected them in order to double the square footage of the house. Now that the downstairs is carpeted, my daughter can run around without the danger of getting a drywall screw stuck in the ball of her foot. It also means that I can safely blog while she plays in the new half of the house. Baby CTone can stare at the ceiling an vomit on himself while sitting with me in the recliner watching 24 Redemption.

It's all coming together!

So stay tuned.

More sword violence

What is it about California and sword weilding madmen? http://foxnews.proteus.com/content.html?contentId=21353 - haven't figured out how to hyperlink from my phone just yet.

The last samauri sword swinging phsycopath was gunned down as well - fateoflegions.blogspot.com/search/label/Primitive%20Weapon%20Violence .

Maybe California needs to address its violence problem.

Light Blogging

I've got too much on my plate to even give half assed posts right now. Things will balance out later this week.

CTone's fairy god ninja brings the goods

I actually got these in the mail a couple of weeks ago, but this is the first time I've been able to post pics. What is it? It's a gorgeous bolt and barrel from Fulton Armory!

Chilling self defense interview from a victim

. . .and by victim, I mean the 70 year old gentleman who survived the violent attack that saved his life, and the life of his wife, and not the two masked gunman who died from eleven .40 Smith & Wesson rounds fired from said gentleman's weapon.

". . for sure; there's not a doubt in my mind that my wife and I would be dead, if I didn't do what I did. . .and I would do the same thing over again."

This interview raises the hair on the back of my neck. Of note is that Tec-9 used by one of the scumbags was allegedly stolen from the local PD.

Words of wisdom:

". . .there's nothing you can do if you don't react quickly and have something to defend yourself with. I would be dead if I didn't."

This guy could easily be your dad, grandfather, neighbor, or whatever, and him and his wife are alive today because he was adequately armed despite being locked inside of his own building.

Reporter spreading disinformation

ABC reporter Alan Wang knows his guns:

Three times in three weeks high-powered weapons were stolen from East Bay police cruisers.

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They broke into several patrol cars and stole a 12 gauge shotgun and three semi-automatic AR-15 assault rifles.

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They broke into a cruiser and took off with an AR-15 assault rifle and about 120 rounds of ammunition. It's still missing.

Hey jackass, why don't you try some fundamental research before spouting out disinformation:

Wikipedia:

An assault rifle is a selective fire (automatic and semi-automatic) rifle or carbine firing ammunition with muzzle energies intermediate between those typical of pistol and high-powered rifle ammunition.

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Semi-automatic rifles such as the AR-15 and civilian versions of the AK-47 are not assault rifles, as they are not selective fire. Nor do belt-fed weapons or rifles with fixed magazines meet the definition of an assault rifle.

Emphasis all mine.

Certifiable PSH

Nebraska politicos are having hissy fit after discovering that the state capitol building is still a public place that is accessible to free citizens of the republic. That has to stop.

State Attorney General Jon Bruning announced his concern after his agents brought the weapons in during the demonstration and went undetected. He showed off the military-style weapons at a news conference Tuesday morning.

The reporter in the video says that they were "assault weapons;" and being the "Authorized Journalist" that she is she must know the difference. I noticed that the weapons in question were not used to assault, so I cannot understand why the fierce label. One can only imagine the disdain the state agents have towards her for not calling it a "patrol rifle," as that is the politically correct name for such weapons when carried by those who are "certified."

But wait:

They were props to show the kind of fire power gang members are reported to be carrying these days and not about capitol security until he announced that the props made it through security.

Oh, so when "certified law enforcement officers" carry them they're "props." Just what would have happened if a mere un-certified member of the public tried to carry a weapon into the building? I would imagine. . . .nothing, so long as the "network of security cameras" didn't see a citizen's Kimber printing through their shirt.

And what if Nebraska appropriated money towards installing metal detectors in the state capitol building and assigned "certified law enforcement officers" to search every free citizen who enters the building? Would that stop an armed madman? Probably not. But it would, sooner or later, ensure that some innocent woman would have her life ruined for leaving her Kahr pistol in her purse instead of leaving it in the glove box.

I couldn't help but notice in the video the bag of scary looking cartridges that State Attorney General Jon Bruning is waving around for all in the room to gasp at. They look like Winchester Supreme Ballistic Tips; which if your a total dumb ass that trembles at the mere mention of the label, and think that it makes them even more deadlier, know that they're made for shooting small critters called 'varmints'; thus the pictured prairie dog on the box.

The quote of the day comes from Nebraska Senator Mike Friend: "I don't mean to sound too cliche', but this is the people's building."

Indeed, Senator.

The funniest thing I've read in awhile

The Ten Manliest Firearms, by Crazy Einar.

Go check it out.

(H/T Says Uncle)

Bonus!!: Ten more!!

Take the Virginia gun law quiz

Here.

My only gripe is that one of the questions asks: "Are background checks required at gun shows?" - which I answered "Yes", and got it wrong. Later, another question asks: "Are background checks required on 'private' gun sales, and I answered "No", which was correct.

The first question I actually got right despite what the quiz thinks. Every gun I've ever purchased at Virginia gun shows came with a background check. Federal law still applies at gun shows, and private sales - whether at a gun show or in the parking lot of Ruby Tuesdays - do not require a background check.

You would think that this would not be confusing with all of the available information on the web.

DC Assistant Police Chief to concerned citizens

Sorry about your luck.

It's well known that DC is a haven for violent psychopathic scumbags, and that citizens in the capitol of our free nation want to be kept informed about what said scumbags have been up to in their area of interest, and that DC police cannot keep these concerned citizens safe from the scumbags. Well, now the tool that these citizens rely on - daily crime reports - has been taken away by MPD because:

". .we have found that the information was not uniform in nature and that some of the information revealed facts that were not for public information and jeopardized our investigatory process." - DC Assistant Police Chief Diane Grooms

Instead, she says that citizens can just use the anemic DC crime map, which includes pretty much no information. Look at the comments in the above article to get an idea of what the DC residents are feeling.

In short, what is going on is that: 1) The crime rate in DC is sky high. 2) Residents are barred by law from protecting themselves with modern defensive tools from psychopathic predators when they venture outside of their homes. 3) DC police can't protect residents inside or outside of their homes from violent predators. 4) DC residents can no longer receive timely crime reports about murderous scumbag activities in their neighborhoods because of poor communication within the DC police department.

Maybe by "reliev[ing] a sworn member [DC cop] from performing such administrative tasks [such as telling citizens what scumbags have been up to] so that they can work out in the field.", Assistant Chief Grooms can send said relieved officer out to negotiate peace between the defenseless DC citizens and the violent career felons who would maim and murder them for their twenty dollars.

Idiots.

4 year old not charged in shooting

Well, that's a relief. And why is that even a consideration? How about charging the parents for their negligence in leaving the loaded shotgun where a 4 year old can get it and shoot the babysitter?

And BTW, shotguns don't attack.

Gun Porn

Magnum Research has a hideout pistol, the Micro Eagle.

Lions and Tigers and Rape

Oh my!

Need I remind you that the general population in Mexico is unarmed. Violent drug cartels wage open war in the streets and control the country, and the the police officers who are supposed to be protecting the unarmed people are just as likely to feed them to the lions as they are to help them.

No wonder they cross the border in droves.

Why would you need a gun in a bar?

In case three yahoos run in, pistol whip the patrons, and rob everyone.

Maybe there should be, like, a law or something that says you can't carry your gun in a bar. Common sense, right? That would have stopped these three brazen crooks cold at the door!

Beware of the signs, criminals!

Movie theater shooter claiming self defense

Anything is possible, but I don't hold any faith in his story.

Lomax, 31, told the judge he was at the movie with his girlfriend and her three teenagers, enjoying the film and laughing, when a man in front of him — not Cialella — told him to quiet down.

"We can't laugh?" Lomax recalled asking.

A second man threw popcorn at the family, and a brawl ensued. Lomax said he was fighting with the first man when the second man pulled out a gun and fired, striking him in the left arm.

A defense lawyer argued that Cialella was being choked and punched as he tried to break up the fight and fired in self-defense.

So that's the 'he-said-she-said', but then there's this from Cialella's (the shooter) lawyer:

"He's a marksman," lawyer Greg Pagano said. "If he wanted to shoot to kill, he would have."

So was he shooting to wound? That sounds like a pretty terrible defense if that's true. Personally, I wouldn't try to break up a fight to begin with; armed or not. That's just an invitation to get into a situation like this. Cialella carried a ".38 caliber handgun" in his waistband, for what that's worth.

The whole thing sounds kinds dubious to me, and I still think he's an idiot.

Groundhog Day

That's what every day feels like to me.

I work all week, and then work on my basement all weekend - the perpetual nightmare. This weekend I found out that I suck as a trip carpenter. Not that that's surprising considering I hate geometry and my math skills are at the 2nd grade level. Besides, when you work on your own home all of a sudden there's a bunch of other shit that just gets in the way. There's no such thing as "keep my calendar clean this weekend" in my world; everyone has something they need me to do.

Also, the sun rises and sets with both of my kids screaming for me to do something for them. That's where most of my morning goes. All of this is taking a huge toll on my blogging time, and my numbers are showing it.

There's light at the end of the tunnel though, just not this week. I'm ready for carpet, and hopefully a break from this madness in a couple of weeks. Then I'll get back to my normal routine.

Just in case you were wondering what a rocket attack looks like

It's not very pleasant.

Remember that next time someone tries to tell you that Hamas rockets aren't very dangerous.

(H/T to Blackfive)

Imaginary guns

Want some free money? Just go to a bank and slip the teller a note:

"We don't like the business plan that makes a bank look like a living room," Kelly said "We [advise] just some common sense provisions, such as so-called bandit barriers, so that tellers have some option to act when somebody puts a note in front of them."

In fact, bank robbers have simply handed tellers a note in a vast majority of hold-ups in New York. Kelly put the figure at 80 percent and added that although the rest of the robbers claimed to have a gun, many didn't actually show it.

Just say the word and today's scaredy cat bank tellers will hand over the cash. Their instructed to do this, of course, by the banks that they work for. Our society has grown spineless in the last fifty years or so.

But Kelly said it's not clear whether the bad economic times are fueling the unusual spike.

"People want to say... it's because of the economy. I think it's too early to make that statement," he said.

CNN security analyst Mike Brooks agreed, adding that although there are typically
many bank robberies during the holidays, there are no data to suggest that any recent spike was caused by the economy.

Another expert said it's possible that the difficulty of finding a job right now may be a factor, but he doubted that law-abiding citizens are turning to crime to make ends meet.

Whew! At least they didn't blame it on gun shows! Not that that matters since you only need an imaginary gun to steal. Perhaps there should be a law?

A little too far

So this guy is no genius, for sure, but charging this guy with "unlawfully discharging of a weapon" for firing a paintball gun is a little ridiculous; especially in this particular instance.

Now if he had shot out his tires. . .