Tag Archives: Guns

Quick Update on Shooting Near Texas A&M

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Lawrence Person

There was a shooting near Texas A&M earlier today. Here are a few nuggets of information gleaned from Dallas Morning News and WFAA’s Twitter feed: A constable has been killed. This was not a random shooting, it occurred while officers … Continue reading →

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Elvis: Shows Us Your Guns!

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Lawrence Person

I’m not particularly an Elvis Presley devotee, but this Heritage Auction’s offering of Elvis memorabilia is pretty interesting. I linked to that page because it has three of Elvis’ guns, including his .357 Magnum Colt Python double action revolver. “Elvis … Continue reading →

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Anson Chi Denied Bail (Plus Additional Information, Including His YouTube Videos)

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Accused Plano bomber Anson Chi was denied bail at a hearing at which he testified on his own behalf. I don’t see anyone placing any sort of credibility on his claims that some of his wounds were due to being … Continue reading →

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Disaster Recovery Plans: Mountain Lion Edition

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Lawrence Person

“Most members of the urban workforce don’t actually have any plan if they came in contact with a mountain lion.” You don’t say. Actually, in Texas, a CHL holder would have one more action available: shoot it. Of course. this … Continue reading →

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Heritage Auctions Offers NRA Firearms

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Although I’ve frequently talked about various Heritage books auctions on my other blog, I think some of my readers here will be interested in hearing about their firearms auction coming up on April 30 as part of the NRA Firearms … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm For February 15, 2012

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Time for another roundup of this and that: Media Matters is a paranoid interest group that works as an extension of the Democratic Party, and which many liberal journalists take their marching orders from. In other news, pro-wrestling is fake. … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for February 3, 2012

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Lawrence Person

James Q. Wilson on income inequality. Obama declares war on Catholics. Hey Rocky, watch me pull 1.2 million people out of the labor force in a single month! “The blue model is breaking down so fast and so far that … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Update for January 31, 2012

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Lawrence Person

A testy exchange between Ted Cruz and Tom Leppert at last week’s Texas Republican Assembly Biennial Endorsing Convention Biennial Endorsing Convention on Leppert’s gay rights parade and ACORN baggage that I, Matt Dowling and whoever was behind the now-silent Race … Continue reading →

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The Case for Rick Perry

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Ace of Spades makes his case for Rick Perry here. Since that piece came out December 19, it’s hardly cutting edge news. But I’ve been ruminating on it for a while to try and figure out if I have anything … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for December 29, 2011

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Lawrence Person

The year winds down, and I have a bunch of more-or-less lengthy posts in various stages of completion. You know what that means? That’s right! LinkSwarm! Even profitable firms are leaving California for Texas. Charles Murray concludes that more prisons … Continue reading →

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