At least one rabbi wants to see that Jewish congregations are prepared for the possibility of anti-Semitic violence. Â Last time I was at a synagogue, I was only one of several armed individuals. Â I think it’s a lot more common than you would imagine.
Who’s Providing Guns to the Manatees?
Turns out they are stolen, but naturally the Bradenton Herald thinks that’s a reason for more gun control.
More Illegal Mayors Going Down
NRA is targeting mayors in South Carolina too. Â We’ve only touched on this, but NRA has engaged Bloomberg’s anti-gun mayors coalition in an attempt to get mayors to leave the coalition. Â You can see their site here. Â Since the campaign began not too long ago, 20 mayors have already left.
Go check out the site. Â This is a project Bitter and I have lent some assistance to NRA on, sharing some of our research. Â I think they got the idea for the Google map from us too :) It’s a great example of what can be accomplished when NRA and blogs work together, and we were happy to lend whatever information we could.
The Other Obama Gun Stimulus
Patrik Jonsson reports on a little known Great Obama Gun Rush fact. Â Namely that stimulus money is also being spent by police departments who are hiring more officers, and buying more guns.
This is Bat Country
Waiting for my connection in Las Vegas. Â Looks like I’ll be delayed. Â Unfortunately it takes a lot of traveling to get to Reno from the east coast, and there are no direct flights. Â Original time of arrival was 11:30pm EDT. Â I don’t really want to arrive later, but it looks like I will. Â Fortunately the airport is WiFi enabled.
UPDATE: Finally home. Â Normal blogging to resume tomorrow.
I’d Like To Thank
Larry Weeks of Brownell’s, who came out to represent his company to bloggers. Â Larry’s been a regular attendee of GBR, and helped us run the Gun Blogger Steel Challenge as an RSO. Brownells is a great company that does a lot of good things for the shooting sports and for the Second Amendment.
Bill Brassard of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, for coming out all the way from Connecticut and talking to bloggers, feeding us pizza, and for letting me bum a ride off him to the shooting range. Â NSSF runs a blog called Aiming for Accuracy.
Alan Gura was our guest of honor, but there’s really no way I think we can say thank you enough for what he’s done for the Second Amendment. Â I’ll have more to say about Alan’s talk later, as it was very interesting.
Headed Home
Highlights of GBR IV:
- Steel Challenge is a hell of a lot of fun. Â Out of 20 shooters, I think my rank was 6. Â I had an advantage shooting rimfire, but I was still pretty happy with my results having never shot Steel Challenge before.
- Alan Gura beating me in an iPhone light saber fight.
- “Molly has a cyclic rate of 238 rounds per minute.”
- Getting my ass whipped in Steel Challenge by a 13 year old girl.
More shortly
Questions about Glock
Business Week has an interesting article about Glock posted today. It raises some questions about the business structure and profits of Glock, but I’m not sure what they are describing is illegal.
This is NOT a Gun – Get That?
Under no circumstances should you consider a long gun-shaped device a toy gun or a gun accessory for a video game. The sacred g word shall not be uttered, and we aren’t talking about the big guy upstairs. Find out more about this absurdity from JR.
More Bloomberg Updates
…later. There has been so much activity on the issue in the last two days, and I haven’t had time to keep up with it. My mom came to town the same day that Sebastian left, so I haven’t been able to keep up with all of the good news from the field.
Suffice it to say, if your mayor is on the list, call them promptly. There is a very strong movement afoot to clear the ranks of anti-gun politicians, and they can join their right-thinking peers in a wave against Bloomberg. By Monday, I might be able to add your city to the full list of drops. I will also have an updated Pennsylvania map for you.