Twitter can be a cesspool but it does come through on occasion.
"Hey Boss, I was wondering, can I bring my gun to work?"
— Hauptmann Meade (@HeinrichMeade) September 3, 2021
My boss, a nice Indian man, "You own a gun and don't bring it to work?" *lifts his shirt to reveal his conceal carry glock*
God I love Texas.
In June, Frank Tait and Mario Aguirre filed a motion seeking to intervene on behalf of NRA members in the NRA dissolution case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James. Their contention, rightly in my opinion, was that no one was adequately representing the approximately five million NRA members.
As you might expect, both the Attorney General and the NRA have objected to this. A hearing is currently scheduled for September 9th to hear arguments relating to this motion.
Last year, I had some discussions with others who were interested in seeing an intervenor motion filed in the dissolution lawsuit. One of the major issues brought up was that there was some doubt that under New York that members themselves would have standing. It was thought that only a sitting director would have standing to intervene in the dissolution lawsuit.
We now know, thanks to a letter filed this afternoon with the court by Taylor Bartlett, attorney for Tait and Aguirre, that this issue will now be off the table. There will be one, if not two, sitting directors joining the motion to intervene on behalf of the members of the NRA.
451625_2020_People_of_the_State_of_v_People_of_the_State_of_LETTER___CORRESPOND_334-1William Brewer himself, the world’s most brilliant attorney according to some of the lesser minds on the NRA board, wasted no time filing a letter to the judge stating that he found the request for leave by the intervenors to file an amended motion “improper”. He then indicates in so many words that the NRA is prepared to fight this motion.
I have been told confidentially the name of one of the potential directors who will be joining in the motion to intervene. As such, I respect that trust and will hold off on announcing the name until it is announced in the court proceedings.
I would also point you to a post this afternoon by David Codrea concerning this letter to the court by Taylor Barlett for his take on it.
The days are getting shorter and the nights are getting longer. Combine that with Labor Day sales and it is time to start looking at new tactical flashlights.
I was recently sent a Fenix PD36 TAC for review. It is a 3000 lumen tactical flashlight powered by a rechargeable lithium ion battery. It has the usual features such as various power settings along with a strobe mode. The battery is recharged using a mini-USB cable instead of a separate recharging device.
I have not had the time yet to give it the rigorous tryout that it deserves.
However, Kevin Creighton has done a review of a number of tactical flashlights. While this model is not on his list, he does look at the Fenix PD35 TAC which is a less powerful light (1000 lumens vs. 3000 lumens).
The testing regimen that Kevin has done on tactical flashlights for his blog at Ammoman.com is very rigorous. It goes far beyond just using the light for a few days. He does everything from a drop test to beam pattern to testing while actually shooting.
If you are in the market for a tactical flashlight, I would urge you to read his objective comparisons before making a purchase.
Way back in the day before Remington was owned and run into the ground by Cerberus they made a pistol designed by John Pederson. It was called the Model 51 and was chambered in either .32 ACP or .380 ACP. Most importantly, it actually worked.
Not content with the 1911 pistols it was selling under its own label and that of Para-USA, Remington decided to reintroduce the R51 in 9mm in late 2013 and started to hit the market in early 2014. While the pre-production prototype models got generally good reviews, when it came to the production models it was hit and miss. Actually, it was mostly miss. So many were sent back to be fixed that they announced a voluntary recall. Not only did they promise to fix it but you would get it back with a Pelican case!
Thanks to a post on Facebook, I came across this YouTube which had me laughing so hard that the Complementary Spouse had to ask whether I was OK.
I miss the old Gun Nation Podcast where the R51 and its Pelican case were the source of a running joke between Doc Wesson and the rest.
H/T Richard J.
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