Kevin has the cutest post about how he has raised his kids around firearms in the home. And it comes with a video that shows what shooting sport his youngest son might be interested in trying one day…
Celebrate Father’s Day with Shooting Pics of Your Kids
NSSF is hosting a photo contest this month asking people to post photos of family outings to hunt or to the shooting range. They are suggesting a father-child theme in honor of Father’s Day. I suggest you enter if you have any good photos or have the chance to get to the range to take any photos this month. It’s a $50 Cabela’s gift card to the winner.
It’s an odd topic for me since my father passed away before I got involved in the issue, so I don’t even know how he would feel about it. I introduced my mom to shooting as an adult. I kind of did things backwards from how most people got involved in the shooting sports.
The Gunnie Award
Many thanks to all of those who voted for me in the Lucky Gunner “Gunnie” award voting without me even asking. It’s a really well done piece, done by TechnoFrames. I’m really jazzed about the case it came in too:
I’ll leave it to the readers to ponder whether it is ironic my award category was politics, yet I have difficulty with the kind of self-promotion that entices other people to expend their effort so that I can have something for myself.
Not a Peep From Our Opponents
The shooting that held me up in traffic for several hours on my way back to from the Lucky Gunner shoot has turned out to be quite a scandal, raising quite a number of questions about who knew what and when. If you’re looking for excellent coverage of the matter, go see Curses! Foiled Again!
One thing our opponents are always quick to counter with is that they are activists against gun violence. That is their issue. They aren’t about gun control for control’s sake anymore, just about common sense measures to cut down on gun violence. Well, it seems to me that someone shooting his ex-wife, and then a police officer after a high speed chase is a pretty notable act of gun violence, and worth a mention at least. But the response from our opponents would appear to be crickets. I guess it’s not a concern if a police officer does it? It’s only gun violence when it’s perpetrated by a civilian? Or is it that there are only common sense measures that restrict civilians? I eagerly await our opponents to talk about what common sense solutions could have prevented this tragedy, but so far I only hear gun bloggers talking about it. I’m not holding my breath.
Copywrong
Clayton Cramer has a post up on copyright law, and how Righthaven screwed him with it. I’ve never been of the opinion that our current copyright laws are well suited to how we use and consume information in the 21st century, but there are too many vested interests who’d like to keep everything the way is. One reason I’m considering establishing an LLC to run the blog.
Bob Mensch Appealing Conviction in I-78 Incident
So reports Capitol Ideas. Mensch was convicted of disorderly conduct for displaying a handgun to another motorist during a running confrontation down I-78. Mensch denies displaying the gun, claiming the driver mistook a cell phone for a gun. We have a photo of Senator Mensch’s cell phone, so you can see that it’s an easy mistake to make.
All kidding aside, we wish Senator Mensch good luck on his appeal.
Bringing Out the Crazy
Western Mass. Tornado
I know that my alma mater is safe from today’s tornado in Western Massachusetts, but I wonder how the Smith & Wesson facilities are doing. I learned to shoot on their range. We got home late, so I am not completely up-to-speed on what happened and where. If anyone has any reports from up there, I’d love to hear them.
More Full Auto Fun Coming
I’ve barely had a chance to edit my videos. The major part of my liquidating work is nearly done, but it’ll be hellish until it is. I’m technically on payroll until the end of the month when I cash out with severance, but for June I probably won’t have as much to do, and given that we’re already pushing our landlord’s patience on our lease, which officially ended yesterday, that’s looking more certain.
In the mean time, Lucky Gunner is publishing the stats from this weekend, along with a bunch of pictures, including one of me on the M16 with some brass in the air. I guess if you’re going to host gun bloggers, the lesson is to bring enough ammo and BBQ.
Cowboy Action Shooty Goodness
Cemetery has pictures of his weekend shooty activities. There’s a top hat, a couple of fireballs, and a whole lotta smoke.