"Gun Death" in Chicago

A 76 year old man bitten during a robbery (for $10) on March 6 died in Chicago on Monday. It also sounds like he had four broken ribs. One or the other must have done him in. But at least he didn't have a gun to defend himself, living in the land of Lincoln.

Also from the Second City Cop blog, (see sidebar) now scum are openly attacking off duty uniformed Police. You know, the "Only Ones" that can legally carry guns in Illinois. Guess this is a brazen step down in the victim selection process.

Maryland is good for something after all.

Firearms wise. Apparently the MD online training course for handgun purchase permits now meets Iowa's standards for weapons permit training. See here. I don't want to step on the toes of those who make money training here in Iowa, but as a person who prefers constitutional carry, this does make me smile.

If the link doesn't work, the short story is that an applicant was denied a permit based on taking traing provided by the Maryland .gov website, when Iowa law specifies that any .gov training is gtg. He won his appeal and the judge said the Maryland training must be accepted. Personally, one does need to read the Iowa laws themselves.

I'm not sure of the specific Maryland website.

Looked at an M4gery yesterday

It was a pinned and welded Bushmaster. I'd wanted to get the feel of one for a while. Didn't really help my decision making process- I actually liked it with the 16.1 OAL barrel. Also looked at a build by one of the clerks- a BCM 16" hammer forged midlength on a RRA lower. DO WANT. None of this helps my decision making process.

Horrid 4G connection last few days

Could it be the stupid solar flare? My 4G tower connection is tenuous at best due to distance, the last 2 nights it has been crap.

The interview with Jay Rodney Lewis

It is up at WHO Radio's podcast page. Look for hour 3 from 3-6-12. Have not listened yet.

Listen to about the 30 minute mark. There is a caller that is just about a complete weiner whining "he had too many guns. It's terrible, one man shouldn't have that many guns."

Also, the Register reports of "street racing" are the complete bs. (I know, it is the Register) That street is two blocks long and his driveway is square in the middle. Those drunks were looking for a fight. And kept coming back. Would love to see the squad car video and what was said by the carload of aggressors.

So there is going to be a Dark Tower 4.5 soon

I'm out of the loop on this one, but it looks like I'll have to get a copy. I've always liked that series.

On the radio today

Simon Conway of WHO radio will be having Jay Rodney Lewis on today. He posts a podcast from his page at the station. I'll try to get a link later when I'm not on my phone.
www.whoradio.com/cc-common/podcast.html
As of 830 pm the third hour is not up.

Get away from the situation

http://www.startribune.com/local/stpaul/141576303.html

http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_20112091/st-paul-man-charged-fatally-beating-girlfriend (has auto play video unrelated to story, but more detail.)

Unfortunately, this story seems very familiar. 4 time loser boyfriend. (by age 26, hopefully #5 puts him away) Past articles noted that the police had been called to the house 5 times over the past year.

I did not know the victim. But I do have about 1 degree of separation from her family in this area. Bad deal any way it is looked at.

Finally got around to finishing something

Not my second AR. Nope. But I did finally paint my carry handle to match the receiver. I had bought an Armalite carry handle in some oddball winter camo pattern on sale in town last year, mainly because it was on clearance. I went and sighted it in, and then was hesitant to take it off because I was too busy shooting to give a dang about looks. The Iraq war vet at work laughed and called it airsoft looking. I think what finally moved me to do it was my wife calling it cute. So out came the paint stripper and flat black paint. Underneath the white paint and litho was a black carry handle. The black paint mostly was to even up the color, and I baked it under a halogen light until it was too hot to touch. All of the adjustments work, nothing sticks.

Okay, so the curtains don't match the drapes. At least they are mostly the same brand. The P-Mag did something funny once. I put the silver marker on it to differentiate it from the others. It has not screwed up since- must have been the ammo.

Hey, that doesn't look like an M&P. How did that get there?
Now I have to resist the M16 A2 uppers at Ohio Ordinance Works. Or not... I do love the old school stuff.

So our elections are secure, huh?

Meet the newest DC school board memeber:

Fits right in with Marion Berry

"It was too good an opportunity to pass up," explained Professor Alex Halderman from the University of Michigan. "How often do you get the chance to hack a government network without the possibility of going to jail?"


I like the fact that the team hacking in actually made it more secure and prevented access by other people. That and the whole rigging it so Bender won.

Stupid laptop designers.

Who is the fool who decided that touch pads need no physically defined area? Nothing pisses me off more that trying to type something and coming to the realization that half of what I typed is somewhere else on the screen, all because I brushed the stupid pad. Or all of the sudden the screen scrolls because the idiot scroll areas have to be so large for my fingers to activate reliably. I never have these problems when the pad is slightly depressed into the surface.

And I was in a good mood today

Until I read this. It was on Drudge, under the heading 'LA Schools ban making butter.' I had not followed the story about the pervert teacher out there except to note the headlines. I'm frankly disgusted by the Penn State's issues, and the LA teacher is no different. Reading it really ruined my day. What is it about sick individuals and kids anyway?