A Shotgun Wedding

Campaign promises free shotguns to residents of troubled Tucson neighborhood [More] 

I see pros to this, but also cons. I dunno. I hope no one ends up regretting it.

[Via Bruce W. Krafft]

Talking Points

Oregon Firearms Federation has them, unless all you Beaver State gun owners were expecting Kevin to stand alone and let the anti-gun legislators see no one but him cares... [Read]

A Limiting Factor

I'm no Michael Savage fan, but the caller sounds plausible. [More]

[Via Andrea Shea King]

We're the Only Ones "Clean-Up on Aisle Four" Enough

In addition to his being more trustworthy than you and me, it's obviously time to ban Biden/Fudd guns!  [Read]

DOD memo outlines authority for sale or destruction of expended cartridge brass

These specifics directly address original questions posed by Gun Rights Examiner that were sidestepped when for-the-record comments were requested, and would indicate the direction the installations are following comes straight from the Pentagon. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes orders from the top.

McCarthy Files Restraining Order Against "Creepy" Carrey

Adding another bizarre twist for the depression-plagued exhibitionist in his downward-spiraling career, his former live-in-lover, who left him and then took up residence with someone she describes as "much better endowed," has taken legal steps to keep the dejected comic from contacting her, which ironically, will temporarily prohibit him from owning a gun until a court order is lifted.

"To get 3 a.m. calls and hear him crying 'Jenny!' in a Forest Gump accent, and then seeing him trailing her the next day in her rear view mirror, has given our client cause to fear for her safety," attorneys for the actress told reporters. [More]

Also see:
Romney: "Overturn Hughes Amendment Machine Gun Ban"
Breuer Confesses: Implicates Holder
GOP Pledges Second Amendment "Litmus Test"
Holder Gun Discharge Injures Mexican President
NRA: Arm the Teachers!
Brady President Detained on Airport Gun Charge
Kennedy Dog Injured in Gun Mishap
BREAKING NEWS: Feinstein Arrested After Gun Mishap

Within Minutes!

My God, someone who complies with the law, submitting to a background check that comes up clear, can purchase a legal product! [Read]

Holy Toledo!

My Friend Told Me that She is Afraid to Go to the Mall

OK, so this loon's "friend" has agoraphobia, so the "rational and smart" solution is this. [Read]

Who Better to Have an Unshakeable Opinion...

...than the stunningly ignorant? [Read]

[Via Doug Rink]

If Only We Had Licensing and Registration

Crimes with assault weapons like this wouldn't happen. [Read]

[Via William T]

Cultivating Liberty

Even if that isn't the intent... [Read]

Squeeze, baby, squeeze.

Not an Inch

It troubles me that they are discussing “improved” background checks as a cure for anything, much less crime.  We have made it clear from the outset.  No new gun laws.  Not a single one, and it’s high time for the Senators to hear the message. [More]

The Captain's Journal points out some flawed thinking.

Useful Idiots

With "friends" like these... [Read]

White Men Don’t Count

Over at the Washington Post, two “researchers and consultants on social and political issues” argue that American mass shooters are overwhelmingly white males, and that therefore the opinions of white males on what to do about mass shootings should be discounted. [More]

OK, but I don't think they're going to like the results of imposing "solutions" without considering those opinions.

[Via Michael G]

Guns Not the Answer?

That depends entirely upon the question. [Read]

Can you imagine being the panty-wringer who wrote this ignorant, cowardly and whining screed?

Meanwhile, Over in Furious Mike Paradise

I wonder if these big bad Bloomberg goons can foresee a circumstance where they could end up crying like little girls? [Read]

As and aside, I love it when "progressives" complain about the police state, as if their demands don't make one inevitable.

[Via Roger J]

A Friend in Need

The friend of an FFL who was robbed and severely beaten is asking for help. [Read]

[Via Jess]

This Day in History: April 1

According to local tradition, a stray bullet from this fracas killed an elderly slave woman who was working at a nearby farmhouse, giving rise to a haunted house legend that frightened people away from the site for decades. [More]

Naples gun acquittal shows disturbing trend in federal prosecutions

Of significance was the government’s key witness, “a twice-convicted felon with a lengthy rap sheet who has earned at least $87,000 from the government over the past few years, including $7,500 for this case,” the report reveals. “Jurors weren’t told the star witness’ convictions involved murder, attempted murder and assault in aid of racketeering.” [More] 

Today's Gun Rights Examiner offering notes unethical tactics against good people by federal prosecutors continue to be the norm, just like in the Reese and Shipley cases.

Military installations sidestep questions on brass destruction

With that as backdrop, independent reports and tips continued to be provided to this column by interested readers, including a military combat veteran relating not just the alleged destruction of ammunition but also the financial advantages he said the Oregon National Guard benefited from by deforming and selling casings as scrap, and also a report alleging similar destruction at an Army base in Wisconsin, Fort McCoy. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes a whole lotta deforming going on in time of need and asks: Is it legal?