Richmond Guns

Cheaper Than Dirt has a great post about which rifle to keep in your car:

To understand where the concept of a trunk gun came from, let’s go back a few years. Traditionally, farmers and ranchers often had a ranch rifle hung in the back of their pickup truck. The role of the rifle was to enable the easy elimination of varmints, or to be used to put down injured horses or livestock. Nowadays, many farmers and ranchers still keep a durable rifle hung in the window or stashed behind the seat for the same reasons. But in addition to the traditional reasons for toting along a truck or trunk gun, many people in urban and suburban environments see the usefulness of having a rifle somewhat readily available in the trunk of a car for self defense and general preparedness. For preparedness minded individuals, the trunk gun is often paired up with a BOB (Bug Out Bag).

The article mentions several rifles, including my beloved Kel-Tec SUB-2000. Check it out here.

Today I upgraded the way comments are handled on the site, but there's been some fallout. The author of the module that handles the comments changed the way they're loaded, and so older comments aren't currently visible. I'm hoping he'll have a fix soon, so old comments will again be visible.

The comments aren't lost or deleted, they're just hard to get to.

Thursday night be sure to attend the Richmond VCDL Meeting at the Topeka's Steakhouse on Parham Rd. And remember not to miss the venerable Dixie Classic Gun and Knife Trader's Show and Sale this weekend at the Showplace on Mechanicsville Turnpike.

Reason.tv has named New York City's busybody mayor, Michael Bloomberg, as its 2009 Nanny of the Year. They don't mention Bloomberg's hostility to private gun ownership in the video, which makes him suck even more.

[Nanny of the Year - Reason.tv]

From Philip Van Cleave:

In order to prepare those who haven't been to the General Assembly before, I plan to present a primer on lobbying the General Assembly at the meeting, including video and slides. As with all VCDL membership meetings, it is open to the public, so bring friends, family, and coworkers!

You do not need to purchase a dinner to attend the meeting. Appetizers can be ordered during the meeting, for those who want them.

After the meeting, those who wish to have continued fellowship can stay at the restaurant and order dinner.

If you decide to carry, you will have to open carry at the restaurant.

I will need to get a head count, so IF YOU ARE COMING please RSVP to "president@vcdl.org" with a subject line of "Yes - " and the number of those attending, like this: "Yes - 2"

New York's Mayor Bloomberg is exploiting a recent shooting in Times Square to once again hassle Virginia about its gun laws.

The incident occurred on Thursday morning, when an unlicensed vendor began shooting at cops after one asked to see his permit. In short order the shooter was killed by police.

The unlicensed vendor was not very competent with his weapon, according to the New York Post:

When scam artist Raymond "Ready" Martinez held the MAC-10-style gun parallel to the ground, it caused the ejecting shells to "stovepipe," or get caught vertically in the chamber, the sources said. The gun is designed to be fired only in a vertical position.

"Go ahead. Make my play."

The City of Toronto called out its SWAT team because a man was spotted (in his own office) with a toy gun made out of Lego. Jeremy Bell, a designer who works in advertising, was arrested by the SWAT team, but then released when it turned out that the gun was a toy. Click here for his account, and here for the Gun Rights Examiner analysis.

I half-suspected the story to be a hoax, but upon checking found that it's well-sourced. It really happened.

If you're in or near Richmond, make sure to show up on Monday:

The VCDL [Virginia Citizens Defense League] will protest Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones's participation in Bloomberg's anti-gun group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, on Monday, November 23rd at 6 PM at Richmond City Hall (intersection of 9th and Broad Streets - across from the General Assembly Building).

The more that can come to show support for VCDL on this matter, the better.

Carry is legal at the meeting. As usual, we will be handing out "Guns Save Lives" stickers in the lobby

And to think I voted for this clown!

I just read a semi-humorous but also quite scary story of a man fending off a mugging by hurling a cup of coffee while fumbling for a Beretta Jetfire .25 in his pocket. In the blog post - linked below - Caleb writes about staying alert but also using whatever means are available to seize the initiative back from the attacker.

I try to be prepared for the second goal by carrying a small tactical flashlight. When I'm out at night I carry the light in my left hand. Were someone to approach me in a suspicious fashion, the plan would be to shine the light in his face while I reach for my concealed handgun. From what I've read it seems like a generally workable plan, though it would have failed in Caleb's daylight mugging.

What other initiative-seizing tactics are worth thinking about?

[Don’t bring a knife to a coffee fight - Gun Nuts Media]

CBS 6 reports on the sudden spree in armed muggings in the Fan District and Monroe Park areas.