This lulz-worthy photo appears next to the Syracuse Post Standard’s on-line editorial opposing national concealed carry reciprocity. According to the leading lights of syracuse.com, it’s an “alarming proposal.” No shock there, but let’s focus on that pic. Can, um, someone tell me how the pictured carry method might work? Which hand do you draw with? Does this only work for contortionists? Never mind. It’s only an illustration, after all. But we can’t blame the paper’s photogs for this public display of editorial excellence. No, for that we can probably credit the site’s director of photography, Nick Lisi, who pulled the pic from the unintentionally hilariously named thinkstock.com. Sure, most Syracusans won’t have a clue as to the pic’s cluelessness. But that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy a collective coffee-spit at Nick’s expense.
ATF Death Watch 84: The Office of Inspector General Takes One for the Team
The Obama administration’s coverup of the ATF Gunwalker scandal keeps getting worse. We now know that FBI investigators found not two but three ATF-enabled firearms at the U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry’s murder scene. CBS has released audio tapes of conversations between Andre Howard—owner of the gun store that sold drug thugs two of the weapons used in the crime—and ATF case agent Hope MacAllister. The tapes confirm the existence of a third gun and the ATF’s knowledge of same. They also prove the FBI’s participation in the Terry assassination coverup. This after the FBI subverted its NICS criminal background check system to allow ATF-approved gun smugglers to purchase weapons to sell to the Sinaloa drug cartel. So far, so bad. But here’s the really bad news for Obama’s Boyz. . .
RI Capitol Police: Disarm the Politicians!
“Capitol Police Chief Joseph T. Little [above] thinks it is time the current ban on bringing guns into the State House was extended to legislators,” newsblog.projo.com reports. Now there’s an idea I can get behind: disarming criminals. I mean, if you remove the necessity of possessing a criminal record to qualify as a criminal—and even if you don’t—Rhode Island politicians make the grade. Anyway, check out Little’s rationale for disarming state politicians . . .
What Could Possibly Go Wrong: Police Machine Pistol Edition
The Greenwood, Indiana PD has a gun problem. As in too many of them. Or too many of the wrong kind, to be more accurate. And by the wrong kind, we mean six Glock full-auto machine pistols. What do cops patrolling an exurb of Indianapolis with about 50,000 citizens need with automatic pistols? That’s what Chief Rick McQueary wants to know…
Top Shot Cameraman doing Q&A Session. Possibly. Maybe.
There’s this website called Reddit. At that website is a special section where people who have done interesting things let people ask them questions, and the interesting person eventually responds. It’s a great way to kill an hour at work. Or two. Or eight. Anyway, right now someone claiming to be a cameraman from Top Shot is taking questions from the peanut gallery, although the person claiming to be a cameraman hasn’t provided any proof yet and another person claiming to be a cameraman on the show has cried foul on some of the statements. Even if it is fake, it’s an entertaining read.
Click here to be transported to the Q&A session.
Walgreen’s Tries to Suppress Video of RX Shooting. And fails.
Jeremy Hoven is the pistol-packing pharmacist who used his handgun to drive two gun-wielding robbers from Walgreen’s during an early-morning holdup in December of 2007. Walgreens fired Hoven for violating their “non-escalation” policy. Hoven retaliated by filing a wrongful termination suit against the company. One of our lawyer pals has been following the case. Our man just emailed:
The hearing over’s. The Judge’s court order just appeared. [Click here for a pdf]. He denied Walgreen’s motion for protective order without prejudice. The company cannot suppress the now infamous video [above] of the early morning robbery . . .
Cabot Guns GI Classic is Ghetto Fabulous. JK. Ish.
Rob Bianchin is the President of the Cabot Gun Company [warning: link autoplays video spiel with sound]. Cabot makes 1911s so expensive they bring to mind the old saying about Boston Brahmins: “The Lowells talk only to Cabots, and the Cabots talk only to God.” Yup, Cabot was mingling in some rarified air this weekend. According to their press release, “Five months after launching the newest brand of 1911 style pistols, Cabot Guns by Penn United Technologies was invited to exhibit at arguably the most exclusive gun show in the world: The Global Sporting and Conservation Alliance Showcase and Sporting Clays Event [in Joisey]. Cabot Guns displayed four models, the Jones 1911, the RangeMaster, the CGI Classic and the GI Classic.” Talk about rubbing elbows with the ballistic gentry . . .
“A 1911 on Safety and Unholstered Would Not Have Done This”
Speaking of Glock vs. 1911 safety, I’ve received an email from a member of our Armed Intelligentsia who’s asked to remain anonymous. The headline is from the subject bar.
“I just found out that a friend of mine had a negligent discharge. He was hiking with his kid, carrying a Glock 27 [not shown]. One of his kids scraped a knee, so he stowed the gun unholstered in his backpack while he took care of the injury. At the end of the hike, he put the backpack between two young sons in the back seat . . .
Here We Go Again: “American Guns” to Debut on Discovery Channel, October 10th
With the success of shows like Sons of Guns, Discovery Channel has decided to shoot another series based on a slightly more photogenic family of gunsmiths. What the show lacks in (apparent) cultural diversity it makes up for in… Wait a second… Does this press release actually say the mother has a pistol in her BOOT?! That sounds uncomfortable. Make the jump for the whole thing, and click here for a sneak peek at Episode 1…
Yes, That’s Britney Spears With A Gun. In Her Pants.
I can’t think of too many more frightening phrases in the English language than ‘Britney Spears with a gun.’ Unless it’s ‘Lindsay Lohan with a gun.’ But fear not.
That isn’t an opportunistic paparazzi snap taken somewhere on the streets of New York. No, the future Responsible Parenting Hall of Fame nominee is filming a music video in which she knocks over a convenience store. It’s unfortunate that the production budget wouldn’t accommodate an IWB holster, but the music biz isn’t what it used to be.
Here’s hoping her thong doesn’t inhibit a quick draw requiring extra takes that will only upset the director. Let’s also hope there aren’t even blanks in that revolver or her bikini-sporting days could be over.
Gun and Gear Review: Smith & Wesson Performance Center Model 686 with Bushnell Elite 2-6×32 Handgun Scope
Confession: I’ve wanted a huge-ass Smith & Wesson scoped revolver ever since the first time I saw The Road Warrior in junior high school. I know they shouldn’t have let us in to see an R-rated movie, but money talks and the MPAA sucks. Lord Humongous might have terrorized the Simpson Desert with his .44 Magnum Model 29, but if I owned a Performance Center 686 with a scope like this I wouldn’t swap guns with him for all the opals in Coober Pedy . . .
Gun Works: How to Mount Scout Scopes on Lever-Action Rifles
The last time we checked in with Jim Green, the mustachioed proprietor of Down East Gunworks had a client elbow-deep in bear guts. Jim’s just sent me a link to his latest video, after we discussed our mutual love of lever guns. Just a quick heads up: TTAG’s just sent a Marlin 1894c to Crimson Trace as part of our Cowboy Assault Rifle project. From there it’ll head to Grizzly Custom Guns for some . . . stuff. Watch this space.