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Chilling Effects 21 Aug 2013 | 08:50 am
The email service Lavabit recently shut down rather than release all their records to the NSA. Lavabit's mission was to provide private and secure encrypted email services. Following that, a similar s...
Austrian for "Moped" 19 Aug 2013 | 02:19 am
I've never owned a Glock. The ergonomics are iffy, the trigger feels like a twig straining to its breaking point, and then there's the fanboy factor. "Ermagherd, how can you not like the GLOCK? It's l...
On Insensitivity 12 Aug 2013 | 05:22 am
Three years ago, Starbucks found themselves an unwilling party to controversy when the California open-carry movement decided to make a stand of sorts in their restaurants. Despite pressure from the g...
Massive Attack: Blue Lines (2012) 7 Aug 2013 | 08:20 am
You certainly don't need me to tell you Blue Lines is a classic. That's well established. While the material was so good it inspired a new genre, the recording itself was tinny and dry. Twenty years ...
Two Cases from Puerto Rico 6 Aug 2013 | 07:43 am
Puerto Rico is a tough place to be a gun owner. The NRA and 2nd Amendment Foundation don't have much reach there, and the Commonwealth is often a laboratory in which the government tests whether or no...
Vesely v. Armslist Dismissed 4 Aug 2013 | 09:59 pm
In 2011, a Canadian national named Demetry Smirnov illegally purchased a handgun that had been advertised on Armslist. He then used that handgun to kill Jitka Vesel. Vesel's next of kin decided to sue...
How the Other Side Lives 2 Aug 2013 | 08:48 am
Dave Workman found a policy document outlying strategies for gun-control advocates [pdf file]. It's very much worth taking the time to read. Back in 1993, I sat on the panel of a gun-control debate fo...
Todd Jones Confirmed 1 Aug 2013 | 07:15 am
Former Minnesota US Attorney Todd Jones has been confirmed by the Senate to be permanent director of the BATFE. Despite concerns over Jones' record as US Attorney, the Senate voted 53-42 for confirmat...
The Crackpot Revival of 2013 31 Jul 2013 | 12:04 am
Leonard Embody is back on the prowl. So is Art Bell. Coincidence? I wonder. Apparently, Mr. Embody was modeling his AR-15 S&M bondage suit by waltzing around Nashville with it. I notice with some chag...
Alone in the Black 23 Jul 2013 | 11:19 am
That's the Cassini probe looking back at us from behind Saturn. The little dot? Earth. Our whole planet. Six billion people. Despite all the stuff we think is worth fighting over, we're all together o...
