Reminder: 'Only Ones' Carnival Tomorrow

Get your entries in by tonight if you want to participate...

No 'Stranger to Danger'?

An elderly Orlando man was nearly the victim of a home invasion, but then took matters into his own hands...

“Having been in the military for 30-years and in situations where I was shot at, I’m no stranger to danger,” said Harold Murphy.

Murphy served in the Navy fifty years ago and has a concealed weapons permit.

Note to Mr. Murphy: I'm glad you're safe, but for God's sake, TAKE YOUR FINGER OFF THE FREAKIN' TRIGGER!

Note to WFTV 9: You just did your viewers a tremendous safety disservice with this photograph. And you don't need a "concealed weapons permit" to have a gun in the home.

UPDATE: To address a concern raised by Jason M in "Comments"...

Feel Safe Yet?

Concealed bombs and guns slipped by screeners at Newark Liberty International Airport last week.

Federal security officials told "The Star-Ledger" of Newark the screeners failed 20 or 22 tests conducted by undercover agents.

What did Mr. Franklin say?

[Via Cousin G]

"The World Was a Very Different Place"

A pensioner who held an illegal arsenal of more than 100 guns at his home has been jailed for five years...His barrister told Caernarfon Crown Court "the world was a very different place" when Hughes' interest began.

Aye, that it was.

[Via Cousin G]

What I Brought for 'Show and Tell'

A student at a U.S. college may get a reprimand instead of a grade for a speech about weapons at school that included a relative pulling out 19 guns as visual aids.

The student intended her speech at Motlow State Community College to show how easily guns can be concealed and brought on campus. During her presentation at the McMinnville campus Tuesday, a male relative revealed the 19 guns he had hidden on his body and in his backpack.

Can't have students proving their theses when they contradict official dogma, now, can we? If we allow such heresy to spread, why, who knows what frightful truths will be revealed?

[Via Cousin G]

New on the Blogroll: Florida Gun Lawyer

This a new blog, but I'm not a new blogger. Some of you may remember me as the Rangemaster from Smoke my Gun! (www.smokemygun.com). Well, I shut that site down a while ago and started to focus on my career. Now, I'm back in the blogesphere with a new angle on the same old subject: the personal and fundamental right to keep and bear arms.

Welcome back. I see you still have great taste in blogs that you read...:)

This Day in History: October 28

The new commander in chief of the British army, Major General Sir William Howe, issues a proclamation to the residents of Boston on this day in 1775. Speaking from British headquarters in Boston, Howe forbade any person from leaving the city and ordered citizens to organize into military companies in order to "contribute all in his power for the preservation of order and good government within the town of Boston."