I think American business did better back in the days of the executive three-martini lunch. Back then, managers were only active and alert for half the day; that meant that in the afternoon, workers could get stuff done unmolested. Today’s mineral-water-and-jogging managers are able to interfere all day long. — Glenn Reynolds
Author: Kevin
Well, it’s Descriptive…
Changes considered for firearms bureau
A name and focus change may be in store for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the bureau’s acting director said.—
Jones confirmed ATF is also considering changing its name to the Violent Crime Bureau.
I’m surprised they’d want to hang that moniker on themselves, given the kitten-stomping, child-burning, armed robbery and vandalism, illegal weapons trafficking, etc. But hey, who am I to complain about truth in advertising?
But England Doesn’t HAVE Gun Shows!
Where do their criminals get hand grenades?
A video showing the horrific moment two men launch a grenade at a house shortly after a similar attack killed a grieving father has been released by police.
It shows two men approach the house in the middle of the morning before they pull the pin out of the grenade and throw it at the property.
The pair then run off but the effects of the blast can clearly be seen on the video as smoke and dust billows around the front of the building.
The grenade attack seen in the video took place outside a house on Luke Road in Droylsden, Manchester. (AKA: “Gunchester” – Ed.) No body was injured during this incident.
However, ten minutes earlier, the body of 46-year-old David Short was found at a house on Folkestone Road East in Clayton after police were called there following reports of gunshots.
There had also been an explosion at the address, which was caused by a grenade. It took place after his son Mark, 23, was shot dead as a gunman opened fire in a pub in the city in May. His father had previously branded his son’s murderers ‘cowards’.
Ah yes, gun-free Britain, that Utopia that the Brady Campaign fights so hard to bring to our shores.
h/t to Phil B., who has left the shores of Britain and settled in New Zealand where they’re at least a little saner. And Phil reminds us that hand grenades are illegal for private citizens to possess in the UK. I guess no one told those nice boys who were playing with them.
Another Political Statement
Saw this one at AR15.com:
Well, to be fair, he won received the Nobel Peace Prize long before he implemented that foreign policy. And most of those theater deaths were attributable to the Remington 870 shotgun, IIRC.
That billboard’s supposed to be on I-12 outside of Baton Rouge, LA.
I Wish I’d Had This Image…
Locked for Your Protection
My daughter sent me this one, and I had to share:
Some Political Statements
And Obama’s next shot at Mitt:
Quote of the Day – Education Edition
“American students are less proficient in their nation’s history than in any other subject, according to results of a nationwide test,” the New York Times reported last year. “Most fourth graders [were] unable to say why Abraham Lincoln was an important figure.” The exam found 12% of high school seniors “proficient” in American history. — David Gelertner, The Wall Street Journal: The Friendly, Neighborhood Internet School
Tough to love, much less respect something you know nothing about.
And much easier to hate.
Quote of the Day
We all know this one:
If you’ve got a business…you didn’t build that.
Somebody else made that happen.
~ Barack Obama
That’s not the QotD. I told you that so I could tell you this:
If you’re claiming you got bin Laden……you didn’t do that.
Somebody else made that happen.
~ A Vietnam Vet
(h/t to my favorite Merchant O’Death, Dave, via email.)
Bummer
The seventh annual Gun Blogger Rendezvous is only 27 days away, and I’m not going to get my .458 SOCOM upper in time.
I ordered it on May 3, with an advertised 90-day lead time. I checked with Rock River a couple of days ago, and here is their response:
The .458’s are running over the approximate 90 day time frame, so it could be 30-45 days before it is available.
Rock River is still advertising “60-90 days” for “most LAR-458 rifles and upper halves.”
Regardless, I won’t have a “thumper” to bring with me to the Rendezvous. I’ve got dies, brass, bullets even (some kind people let me have some of their private stash, so I’ve got about 200 of the 405 grain Remington softpoints to load.)
But nothing to shoot them through.
Ah, well. It’ll still be fun.