Tag Archives: Guns

A&M Newsflash: “Armed Subject at Rudder Tower” Update: All Clear, Just a Replica

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Lawrence Person

According to a “Code Maroon” Alert Issued by Texas A&M. No reports of shots fired or such. My guess is it’s a false alarm or over-reaction, but I’ll update should it prove otherwise. Update: As Karl Rehn noted in email … Continue reading →

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Dwight Goes to Town Fisking Those WaPo Gun Pieces

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Lawrence Person

I’ve already put in my two cents worth on the first installment of that Washington Post series on guns used in area crimes and the gun shops where they were originally bought. But Dwight Brown at Whipped Cream Difficulties digs … Continue reading →

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Diana Maldonado’s Killer Issue: Gun Control

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Lawrence Person

No, seriously. I got a 4 panel flyer in the mail today slamming Larry Gonzales for supporting concealed carry on campus, as you can see from my picture of it below (click to embiggen): Because, you know, one suicidal student … Continue reading →

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Washington Post Gun Article Followup

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Yesterday I mentioned what I thought was the largest problem in that David S. Fallis Washington Post article on Realco: The failure to mention that the shop is the one nearest the District of Columbia and located in an overwhelmingly … Continue reading →

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Shooting on UT Campus

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Lawrence Person

There’s been a shooting on UT campus in Austin. Details are sketchy, but: The shooter is dead of apparently self-inflicted gunshot wounds in the Perry-Castaneda Library (UT’s main library, and a pretty big one). The campus is closed and on … Continue reading →

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1. Buy Booze, 2. Get Liquored Up, 3. Buy Gun While Drunk, 4. Pass Background Check, 5. ???

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Lawrence Person

So the city council of Carrollton, TX, in their infinite wisdom, is trying to decide whether to ban gun stores within a certain distance of a liquor store. Like many gun-grabber ordinances, this one has a certain facile logic working … Continue reading →

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Man Confronts 20 Gang Members Outside Home with AK-47. Guess who gets arrested?

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Right after one of the gang members said “Oh you’re dead. I’m gonna kill your family and your babies. You’re dead.” If this was Texas, we’d be reading about how police arrested the gang members, or maybe how a grand … Continue reading →

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Went Over Like a Lead Balloon

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Dwight was one of many people to point out that the EPA’s plan to ban lead ammo appear to be dead for now. But the fact they even considered it says a great deal about the Obama Administration’s hostility to … Continue reading →

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Because Obama just wasn’t unpopular enough among gun owners…

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Lawrence Person

…the EPA is considering banning lead ammunition. This would, in essence, kill off sport shooting entirely. This is yet another example of why there’s really no such thing as a pro-gun Democrat. No matter how much they may personally swear … Continue reading →

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Nuevo Laredo Shootout Update

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Warning: Graphic Material Contained in Links Below Dwight linked to this after-action report on a two-hour gun-battle between the Mexican Army and members of drug cartel in Nuevo Laredo. (Warning: Includes some graphic images.) Later, some people pointed out that … Continue reading →

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