Archives for the 'guns' Category

Big Guns Make Bad Neighbors

Published on 7 Nov 2009 at 8:26 am. 7 Comments.
Filed under America, Boston, guns, history, military.

I say, Muffy, that deuced gunnery is flattening the bubbly!  Old Ironsides’ la-di-da waterfront condo neighbors want to muffle the guns … a.m. and p.m. salutes to the flag, unsettling. Boston Herald: 

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Lawful

Published on 29 Oct 2009 at 9:53 pm. No Comments.
Filed under Boston, courage, guns, medicine.

An armed, licensed off-duty security guard’s shooting of a mentally ill man with a knife who was attacking his psychiatrist was not only lawful, it probably saved other lives, DA says. Boston Herald: 

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Sacrifice

Published on 11 Jun 2009 at 11:22 am. 2 Comments.
Filed under America, Holodenial, guns, racism.

Stephen T. “Big John” Johns joins the long line of men and women who have given up their lives for others.  Washington Post suggests he didn’t have time to react before he was shot by a deranged, hatemongering killer. Two fellow security guards opened fired and took down the gunman. The guards’ union had been pushing contractor [...]

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Money Changes Everything

Published on 14 Apr 2009 at 9:51 pm. No Comments.
Filed under guns, money.

UK Telegraph: Bills tucked in a brassiere save Brazilian woman’s life as bullets fly on a bus in Bahia. In a cop vs. robbers shoot-out, the cop didn’t make it and the robbers got away, but a passenger who caught some lead, 58-year-old Ivonete Pereira, will live because her 150 reals, about $70 worth in 10 and [...]

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Many Years of Tabloid Happiness

Published on 6 Apr 2009 at 8:36 am. 2 Comments.
Filed under celeb, guns, media.

I dunno how much of a career either of these people has left, but they may have, for tabloid purposes, transcended the need for one. I have a feeling the tabloids of America and the world could be happily selling papers off this lovely celeb couple for years to come. They may, in their own small [...]

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Recall And Let Shoot

Published on 25 Feb 2009 at 9:08 am. 3 Comments.
Filed under dummkopf!, guns.

Smith & Wesson is recalling all Walther PPK and PPK/S guns manufactured between March 2002 and early this month. The Springfield firm said a defect could allow the $605 weapon to go off without anyone pulling the trigger. It wants to do a remake. Dire risk of no sequel. Boston Herald. 

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¡Ay Caramba!

Published on 23 Dec 2008 at 7:30 pm. 3 Comments.
Filed under Mexico, guns, money.

Mexican beauty queen caught in an SUV full of suspected gangbangers, guns, ammo and cash. Senorita Sinaloa 2008, aka Miss Hispanoamerica 2008, thought she was going shopping. Latin American Herald Tribune:  

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The Departed

Published on 12 Dec 2008 at 7:40 am. 7 Comments.
Filed under crime, guns, law & order.

Cops say Evan Louis Rivera, convicted drug dealer and serial armed robber, walked into Big Bob Liquors with a handgun. He was carried out with several holes in him. Fed-up clerks everywhere cheer on the licensed-to-carry gunowner who plugged him. Heck, even a gun-control advocate is cheering him. Boston Herald: 

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There Oughta Be A Law

Published on 5 Dec 2008 at 7:41 am. No Comments.
Filed under guns, moronocy.

And it turns out there is one. Whoever thought they’d need a law making it illegal to provide machine guns to someone under 18? Trust law-happy Massachusetts to actually have one when you need one. Small-town police chief, submachine gun owners, gun club charged with involuntary manslaughter in death of 8 year old. Boston Herald. [...]

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Shoot ‘Em While You Got ‘Em

Published on 21 Nov 2008 at 8:13 am. 1 Comment.
Filed under Obama, guns.

Obama’s Clintonian AG’s mendacious yet nakedly anti-gun ownership agenda, via Volokh: 

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Crazed War Vet

Published on 3 Nov 2008 at 9:19 pm. 1 Comment.
Filed under Iraq, Obama, guns.

Question: When is a crazed war veteran engaged in an armed standoff with a gun not identified in the lede as a crazed war veteran? 

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Kid Dead

Published on 27 Oct 2008 at 3:55 pm. 3 Comments.
Filed under guns.

Because adults were stupid with guns. Boston Herald: 

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Leftover Stuff

Published on 26 Sep 2008 at 10:58 am. No Comments.
Filed under Afghanistan, Britain, guns, military.

Michael Yon, getting ready for an unembedded jaunt around Afghanistan, gears up to go native in the market at Jalalabad. You’ll never guess what he found. Neptunus Lex helps him out.

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It Is Fun to Learn

Published on 27 May 2008 at 10:49 pm. 1 Comment.
Filed under guns, history, military.

 
Reader Heinrichs, retired Canadian horse officer, kindly forwarded this delightful link re the history of the assault rifle after I expressed my general ignorance the other day.

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More Jihadi-Stopping Power, Please

Published on 26 May 2008 at 9:13 pm. No Comments.
Filed under GWOT, Jihad, guns, hated Crusaders.

AP of all news organizations is making the case for more killing power for hated Crusaders, pitching the quick kill/knock-down benefits of the M14 with its hefty 7.62mm slug over the M4 and M16’s daintier 5.56mm round.  

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Comic Timing

Published on 17 May 2008 at 9:12 am. 3 Comments.
Filed under guns, moronocy, pols.

Didja hear the one about someone shooting the presidential candidate? 

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Thoughtful Question

Published on 13 Apr 2008 at 10:20 am. 7 Comments.
Filed under Iraq, free speech, guns, military.

From the forward-deployed Badger Six: “Is it too much to ask that newspapers such as the New York and Los Angeles Times publish OPED pieces by people that actually know what they are talking about?”

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Charlton Heston

Published on 6 Apr 2008 at 11:43 am. 7 Comments.
Filed under Hollywood, guns, media.

Won’t be down for manna. LA Times proclaims larger-than-lifeness, cites gun advocacy and conservative darling status like its something to be apologetic about.  

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Pakistan Zindabad

Published on 26 Mar 2008 at 10:21 pm. 2 Comments.
Filed under Pakistan, guns.

Another exotic roadtrip vid via Theo.  This Americanized Pak thinks he discovered the gun market at Dara, long on the foreign correspondent nifty feature list, and throws in editorial comment about other things he appears to know little about.  But he’s game, it’s a fun ride and if you have ever been to Pakistan or parts nearby, this will look [...]

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Gun-toting Toll Collectors

Published on 27 Feb 2008 at 8:37 am. 2 Comments.
Filed under Boston, guns, hacks.

Disarmed.  Boston Herald:  

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How John Spent His Weekend

Published on 19 Feb 2008 at 9:29 pm. No Comments.
Filed under guns, military.

You jealous?  I’m jealous. Castle Argghhh!!! for all your gun porn needs. Meanwhile, here’s some funny Army stuff.

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Variation on the Theme

Published on 25 Jan 2008 at 1:40 pm. 2 Comments.
Filed under guns, science, sex.

Taser-hairspray potato gun fired without proper safety gear. That’s pretty heavy gauge PVC, but I wouldn’t recommend trying this at home,* unless home is a trailer park with high-tension wires out back built on top of a Superfund site. In which case, what the heck.
Theme this varies on is this one, by the way.
* Particularly [...]

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Gunplay Good

Published on 4 Jan 2008 at 12:52 am. 7 Comments.
Filed under guns, moms and dads.

For boys. It’s official, from the Brit government to nursery schools.  Daily Mail, h/t The City Square:  

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That Turn The Other Cheek Thing

Published on 10 Dec 2007 at 10:19 pm. 5 Comments.
Filed under America, God, guns.

Has its limits:  

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Texan Neighborhood Watch

Published on 26 Nov 2007 at 9:11 pm. 3 Comments.
Filed under guns, law & order.

This could have a negative impact on the greater Houston house-breaking industry. 
This would not happen in my state, due to the well-established Massachusetts criminals’ rights movement that levies severe penalties on anyone with a lawful firearm attempting to interfere with a domestic felony in progress.

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G.I. Jill

Published on 24 Nov 2007 at 5:09 pm. 2 Comments.
Filed under America, guns, military, sex.

Sgt. Stevens for Miss America.  Hey, how come they don’t have a “machine gun” contest, anyway? It is Miss America after all.  How about a “bathing suit machine gun“ contest? This is still America, last time I checked.

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Bikini Girls with Machine Guns

Published on 5 Aug 2007 at 9:55 am. 5 Comments.
Filed under America, guns, sex.

It is your patriotic duty to watch this. Vid compliments of Theo Spark. And yes, he’s got your Sunday morning totty, you perv.

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Killer Reax

Published on 18 Apr 2007 at 10:46 am. 15 Comments.
Filed under USA, guns.

News: Cho’s crazy manifesto, photos from package to NBC. 
News: Killer had issues, university knew about it. 
Glenn Reynolds at NY Daily News: “People don’t stop killers. People with guns stop killers.” A European trying to understand the American debate looks to Benjamin Franklin.
Jeff Goldstein at Protein Wisdom: “Nanny-Statism — in its efforts to protect — succeeds only [...]

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32 Innocents …

Published on 16 Apr 2007 at 9:33 pm. 9 Comments.
Filed under USA, guns.

… and one worthless piece of crap dead. 
Not a lot to add right now.  There’s a frantic woman up this way who cannot reach her son, which doesn’t sound good.  Multiply that times 32 across the country.
UPDATE: It’s confirmed for Lynette Alameddine of Saugus. Her son Ross, 20, was among the innocents killed in his [...]

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Guesxpert Advice Sought

Published on 14 Feb 2007 at 10:14 am. No Comments.
Filed under Iraq, guns.

Blackfive and my personal favorite gun porn enthusiast, John of Argghhh!!!, are trying to figure out what this weird insurgent weapon is that Michael Yon found.

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