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Top Five Posts For 2011

January 1, 2012 by 1 Comment

In terms of pageviews, the following are the top five posts from this blog for 2011.

1. Every Picture Tells A Story

This post was the result of research sent to me by Rob Vance which showed the rise of shall-issue and constitutional carry over time as plotted against the population of the United States. As I wrote at the time, shall-issue is the new normal.

2. Every Picture Tells A Story, Part Two

This post was also the result of research by Rob Vance. The graphic in this post plotted the decline in violent crimes as shall-issue CCW increased. 

3. Ronnie Barrett Responds To Felipe Calderon

I’m not sure why this post made it to the top 5 but it is a YouTube video of an interview Cam Edwards did with Ronnie Barrett of Barrett Firearms.

4. Easy Way To Comment On ATF’s Power Grab

This post contained a link to a letter generator with which to send official comments to the Department of Justice and ATF regarding their plan to require FFLs in the Southwest Border states to submit multiple sale reports for certain semi-automatic rifles. The submissions still have not been posted to the ATF’s website and obviously were ignored as they went ahead with that requirement.

5. Bitter Clingers

Finally, this post was a picture of a gunshop located near Bristol, TN. I still haven’t been able to visit that shop but I hear it is an excellent gunshop. This post was a tongue-in-cheek poke at Barack Obama’s claim that we are bitterly clinging to our guns and religion.

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Kudos To Mike, David, And Sharyl

January 1, 2012 by

Doug Ross puts out the Fabulous 50 Blog Awards which recognizes “a variety of blogs and websites operating in the conservative hemisphere of the Internet, all of which have worked tirelessly to protect America from Statism — some in very unique ways.”

For 2011, two bloggers and a mainstream journalist were honored for their work in exposing Project Gunwalker.

Mike Vanderboegh of Sipsey Street Irregulars and David Codrea of Gun Rights Examiner share the award for Best Investigative Bloggers for their work on Operation Fast and Furious.

Sharyl Attkisson of CBS News wins the award for Best Investigative Reporter in Legacy Media for her work on Operation Fast and Furious.

Congratulations to all three because without their hard work and perserverance the deaths of Brian Terry, Jaime Zapata, and hundreds of Mexican nationals would be yesterday’s story.

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Another South Carolina Sheriff Gets It

December 30, 2011 by 1 Comment

Chesterfield County Sheriff Sam Parker gets it. In response to a brutal rape and murder of a local woman, Sheriff Parker is encouraging women to get their South Carolina Concealed Weapons Permit (CWP).

“Get you a CWP permit. To be honest with you, there is no just no reason to unlock doors, no reason to give anyone the opportunity to hurt you.”

I think this range is doing a great service by holding a Ladies Night to introduce women to firearms. I wish more ranges would do it.

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I Lost A Bet…And Couldn’t Be Happier

December 29, 2011 by 7 Comments

The Complementary Spouse and I made a bet back in September. She thought I’d hit a half million visitors to this blog by December 31st. I thought that was a bit optimistic.

I was wrong.

Now the question is what I will need to pay for losing the bet. I’m thinking this.

However, I will let her make the choice on what she wants for winning the bet – even if it is a Glock!

I do want to thank each and every visitor to this blog since May 19, 2010. You are what make this rewarding.

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Quote Of The Day No. 2

December 29, 2011 by 1 Comment

Kurth Hofmann, the St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner, looks at the differing requirements for picture IDs. The Department of Justice and Attorney General Eric Holder consider it “racist” for a state to require a picture ID to vote but not to purchase a firearm.

Putting it into historical perspective, Kurt notes:

Voting, unlike the Constitutionally enumerated right to keep and bear arms, depends for its very legitimacy on the voter being who he or she claims to be. Some would doubtless argue that abuse of the right to keep and bear arms is far more dangerous than abuse of the right to vote. To make that argument, though, they have to forget that Hitler positioned himself to become Chancellor through the vote. The power of Chancellor, combined with Article 48 (which was the work of Max Weber, so admiringly cited by the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence for his advocacy of a “government monopoly on force”), made seizure of dictatorial powers a fairly simple matter.

With governments historically being by far the most prolific mass-murderers in the world, (and with the victims often chosen along ethnic lines), how can protection of the legitimacy of the process by which the government is chosen be considered “racist,” while far more onerous requirements for possessing the tools to resist such murderous tyranny is not?

Interesting, isn’t it?

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Goodwill – Not Just For Used Clothing Anymore

December 29, 2011 by 2 Comments

I like Goodwill thrift stores. I have found lots of great Aloha (or Hawaiian) shirts there which are great for concealed carry. The Complementary Spouse loves them for finding things that she can convert into craft projects.

According to this story from WFMY-TV in Greensboro, North Carolina, donations to Goodwill are getting better.

A Goodwill employee can now tell a story of sorting through donations and finding a gun in a sock.

Although the gun was found Monday, Police in Wilkesboro said they got a call from the Goodwill store, on Gateway Ave, on Tuesday. The caller said an employee had found an “unusual” donation inside a sock of some donated clothes.

Because of all the donations that had come in, workers said they have no way of knowing who donated the pile that included the gun.

If I knew they had guns, I’d never drive past another Goodwill without stopping!

The story doesn’t say what the final disposition of the found handgun will be by the Wilkesboro Police Department.

H/T The Gun Wire

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Quote Of The Day

December 29, 2011 by 1 Comment

David Codrea in his National Gun Rights Examiner column today examines just who will be held accountable at ATF for the abuses of Project Gunwalker. He concludes:

Does anyone seriously believe the long-awaited Office of Inspector General report will do anything to advance criminal charges that demand prosecution of the perpetrators and prison sentences for the convicted, as opposed to supporting the administration meme that these were mere procedural and judgment lapses, best handled by internal personnel policies and outside of public scrutiny?

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Women And Shooting Covered By CBS News

December 28, 2011 by 2 Comments

I’m not sure what they’ve been putting in the water fountain at CBS News lately but I like it. Not only has CBS runs some of the best – and almost only – coverage of Operation Fast and Furious featuring Sharyl Attkisson but yesterday they ran a positive segment on women and shooting for the Early Show.

The best part is the smiles on each and every one of these woman’s faces including CBS report Katrina Szish after they shoot.