Head over to Walls of the City for some M1A gun p0rn.  Sorry about the lack of posting, it’s been one of those days.
Author: Sebastian
Riposi in Pace
My Impression
Reading Kevin’s open letter to Robyn Ringler, the impression I’m left with is the gun-control movement, because it has always had a friendly media willing to print anything without question or criticism, has never had to seriously defend its views in an open forum, and is discovering they aren’t prepared for it.
Philadelphia Protests on Aug 28th
Eric has some pretty good coverage of how things went, including the Philadelphia media reaction.  I feel guilty letting Eric do all the hard work, but I was busy importing another evil baby killer into Pennsylvania from Idaho.
I have the FedEx tracking number. My Citori is on its way from Reds!
Shameless Gun Blogger Rendezvous Promotion
It seems we’re a little short of participants for the Gun Blogger Rendezvous in Reno on October 11th., 12th., and 13th. We’re looking for a few (or many) good men and women to come out and hang out. If you can’t make it, at least consider making a donation to Project Valour-IT, who is the GBR charity and Guest of Honor this year.
But seriously, if you can make it, you should come.
DC v. Heller Petition
It seems to be the buzz on the blogosphere from people who are in the know is that the cert. petition in DC v. Heller is rather unusual, in that it discusses at length the merits of The Districts position, rather than discussing why it’s important for the Supreme Court to hear the case.
I almost have to wonder if DC doesn’t want the Supreme Court to actually hear the case.  For political reasons, Fenty had to file for cert., because he has to be seen as standing up for his city’s position on their gun ban. But you can bet the anti-gun groups don’t want to cast this die.  If Fenty appealed with a crappy petition, it would get him off the hook, he did everything he had, after all, but the anti-gun movement as a whole wouldn’t risk putting their entire future in jeopardy by having to go before The Court, and quite possibly losing.
I have to wonder.
AR-15 Alive and Well
And winning competitions, according to Michael Bane and The Shooting Wire. So much for a gun that doesn’t have any sporting use eh?
I’ll Second That
SayUncle talks about the importance of Reasoned DiscourseTM, and that 52% of Canadians support a ban on handguns. Truth be told, I’m surprised it’s not higher.
Those two items are certainly related. As Uncle said, we’re not trying to change the anti-gunners minds, it’s the people who respond to those surveys we’re trying to reach. It’s also the gun owners, hunters and shooters who have had little exposure to the issue, and don’t realize that their rights are in jeopardy too.
Also not to be underestimated is the value in demoralizing your political opponents. They may never change their minds, but we can certainly sow the seeds of doubt in regards to the future of their movement.
Two words you don’t ever want to see…
… in the same headline: “nuclear” and “mistakenly”. If you see those two, chances are it’s big heap trouble:
The plane was carrying Advanced Cruise Missiles from Minot Air Force Base, N.D, to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., on Aug. 30, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of a Defense Department policy not to confirm information on nuclear weapons.
The missiles, which are being decommissioned, were mounted onto pylons on the bomber’s wings and it is unclear why the warheads had not been removed beforehand.
While I have great respect for the men and women who serve, it should always be remembered that the military is still a government operation, with all the baggage that entails. Hopefully something like this won’t happen again!
UPDATE: Ahab has more.
UPDATE: See Magus’ comments below. It’s pretty good information on what’s involved with flying around nuclear weapons.
Arlen Thinks Craig Was Railroaded
Arlen Specter is encouraging Craig to fight for his seat instead of resigning. I’m guessing by this point the GOP is probably pretty unhappy that they didn’t take Specter out to the woodshed when they had the chance.
The problem is, the time to fight was when he got arrested. You don’t get do overs for this kind of stuff.