Ninth Stage

This week’s Rimfire Roundup is up a day early at Mr. Completely.

How does Leviathan work? Say Uncle gives us a peek inside the mind of one of Leviathan’s minions.
Mr. Hubbard noted how effective splitting the difference can be in moving legislation toward a larger goal. “If you give up 80% of what you want to get 20%,” he said, “after five years you will have [...]

Mr. Completely has posted the results of the “Seein’ Stars” ePostal match.
I came in at Second Place in “Class One - Rimfire Semi-Auto Handgun”, just behind Mr. C, congratulations Mr. C!
In “Class Three - Revolver” I finished in first Place, yeah me!
Check out the overall score listing too, nice shooting Mr. Completely!
I’m looking forward to [...]

Alphecca’s Weekly Check on the Bias is up.

After reading different headlines for the same story I must say it’s refreshing to read this one from Sign on San Diego: “Justice assails those who only associate guns with crimes”.
Contrast that headline with the one from the AP in The Washington Post: “Supreme Court Justice Champions Hunting”.
Notice any difference?

Some kid posts photos of himself with firearms online and the cops arrest him. Say Uncle had the first part of the story.
Seems that they weren’t kidding around. The 17 year old is being held without bond and has been charged with misdemeanor counts of being a juvenile in possession of a handgun. [...]

to get some respect from the anti-gun lobby?
Sarah’s scared and Jim sounds worried.
“Now I understand why Dick Cheney keeps asking me to go hunting with him,” Jim Brady said . . .

This one is hosted in Old Blighty. I didn’t notice it in time for me to shoot it but you might be able to get it shot and sent on time. The deadline (as near as I can tell) is midnight GMT on the 28th of February.
I’ll let it serve as a reminder [...]

SS (State Senator) Robert Hagan (D-Ohio) says let’s “ban Republican couples from adopting children.” Found here.

Indiana is considering extending the current four year handgun permits to lifetime permits “as long as you are in good standing”. Applications would be made on the web directly to the Indiana State Police who will split the fees and background check duties with local law enforcement jurisdictions.

Cutter has posted Falling Bullets part III, at Wadcutter of course.

You have until Monday night to submit your scores for the “seein’ stars” ePostal match. Rifle and pistol classes available. Rules and targets here.

The DEA co-opts the name of the real Vigil for Lost Promise with a fake propaganda version.
Bastards.
HT Jed.

Interesting anti-IDPA-whiner rant by JR at Texican Tattler.
It seems that the perennial IDPA whiners are now complaining that the .40 S&W cuts a larger hole in the target than a 9mm and that somehow this violates the “spirit” of IDPA.
Sorry that I have to remind all you tactically-correct IDPA whiners out there but IDPA is [...]

Idiots with Guns #20 at Xavier’s plus lube.

The Carnival of Cordite #49 is up at Gullyborg’s place.

these inch-long earthworm cousins inhabit glaciers and snowfields in the coastal ranges of Alaska, British Columbia, Washington and Oregon. They move through seemingly solid ice with ease and are at their liveliest near the freezing point of water. Warm them up slightly and they dissolve into goo.
Scientists are interested in these critters to learn about [...]

clearEngine is the next generation LF class Turing System. The technology contained within is so advanced that there is no need for I/O other than a simple key pad. The central Turing unit is augmented by a separate vacuum tube based fuzzy logic unit that specializes in “warm” computations. An adapter is provided for the [...]

The clock is ticking down to the tenth day for Vile Bill’s latest purchase, an Uberti 1873. A ten day wait for a cowboy rifle, a ten day wait for a rifle with a 133 year old design. Gotta love California . . . from a distance.
Nice rifle tho.

The Rimfire Roundup V3.0 is up at Mr. Completely.
And don’t forget this month’s Postal Match he’s hosting. With both pistol and rifle classes there is no excuse not to enter.