Al Roker: Armed in America

Apparently this is a special that will air tonight.  MSNBC.com has a few excerpts:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/27811624#27811624 (MSNBC.com video player)
It seems to play up the illegal gun trade and doesn’t really mention legally-owned firearms by average citizens.  It interviews a bunch of ATF folks.  The piece on AK-47’s is not bad; the ATF guy being interviewed is definitely [...]

“Illegal Guns”

A common trend in newspaper articles and quotes from politicos (seems to be the in-thing to do among Democrats who are trying to back away from their strong anti-gun stance) is to refer to “illegal guns” when really they mean “guns being used or carried illegally”.  The truly illegal guns (full-auto, sawed-off or otherwise short-barreled, [...]

weird

A good Slate video on shooting guns in Manhattan. Even though it’s under the “Vice Capades” label, the piece itself is good-humored, and all participants seem to enjoy shooting very much. There’s a group of (sexy, young) women out on a “girl’s night” with a “Charlie’s Angels” theme, and a young couple on [...]

Range Report

I went to the range yesterday for the first time in a good long while. I meant to shoot my new AK’s, but the range didn’t like the ammo I brought, so they will have to wait. So I shot my Sig Mosquito for the first time and also my P226.
I brought 4 [...]

When to stop?

This entry is going to be more of a journal type entry. Just my thoughts on my current gun ownership situation. It’s going to be a long one.
I picked up my AK’s today at the FFL. I also bought a Swiss K.31 and a 480-pack of GP-11 ammo for it.
I really like [...]

slo-mo gun pr0n

Wow. Some guy has been at work with a high-speed camera and a couple of M1A’s. He was looking to settle a dispute as to whether the action starts cycling before or after the bullet has exited the barrel:

Cool things to [...]

PSH over AKs

AK-47-type guns turn up more often in U.S. at MSNBC.
Beyond the typical sob stories, one about a 5-year-old’s birthday party being shot up by some gangstas with AK clones, and another about a cop killed on duty, there are a couple of choice quotes:
The numbers corroborate what police chiefs around the country have been [...]

Gun Porn: Browning BL-22

Browning BL-22, Grade I. This lever-action .22 caliber carbine is probably my favorite gun. The gloss American walnut stock is beautiful, as is the deep blued steel. The Grade II upgrades the looks with checkered grips, fancy engraving and a gold-colored trigger. It is also available with an octagonal barrel and [...]

Tempest in an Aussie Teapot

Brought to you by Uncle and Rustmeister (2). The Aussie post in Question.
There really is a simpler answer here. I’ve been reading a lot of gun blogs in the last 6 months or so. Almost without exception, gun bloggers (who usually self-identify as “right wing” and who probably voted for George W. [...]

Start of a Gun Blob

After reading and sometimes commenting on gun blogs for a good six months or so, it seems best to establish an identity and a “home”, more or less, for gun blogging activities. Part of the reason why it took so long is that I could not come up with a good name to use. [...]