From the Houston Chronicle:

AUSTIN — An Austin woman who put mothballs in soup at a store’s self-serve kiosk in 2007 has been ordered to undergo mental health treatment and to stay away from the grocery chain unless escorted by another adult.

Is here.

You just never know what cats are thinking.  Oh wait, maybe you do.

Speculation: Now that he is off of the campaign trail Presiden-Elect Barack Obama may have had some time to assesses the reality of the world and his new role.

It seems with his tax cut proposals ($310 B); support of the military (Hawaii and the Inauguration Ball Plans); militarizing space; backing for Israel (no voice of dissent raised); and his economic goals (growing jobs) Obama is actually positioning himself to the right of the present-day Republican Party.

It is almost as though he is reinstating the principles of Ronald Reagan.

I think it’s a good plan.  I hope he succeeds.

Moderate “Republicans” should take note:  Sound policies work.

What question would you ask of the RNC Chairmanship candidates?

Mine was (link):

“Can you give a positive and unequivocal statement that you support and defend the Right of the People to keep and Bear Arms; and you are committed to striking down all laws which infringe upon this Right?”

Login here and ask your questions, then voted on all the others.

Update: Michael Steele is NOT a Gunnie-favored choice for RNC Chairman.  Doubleplusundead links with more.

Good catch by SayUncle:

North Dakota experienced only two murders in 2008. Both were stabbings. Not a single firearm murder in the state. Meanwhile, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership has ranked North Dakota 44 out of 50 in gun control.

Yep.

From Red State Update, via Ms. Underestimated, it’s the 2008 YEAR IN REVIEW.

Yep.

Vote Here

As JR wrote in A Day at the Range, it was a picture perfect day - and he has some really good pictures to prove it.  JR and Tony 3 Dogs made it even better with good shooting and lively conversation.

Many a target was felled while good instruction was imparted to the younger generations. Good instruction is how firearm accidents are prevented.

A very happy day all around.

Suppressed Mini-Uzi full-auto video clip below:

Updated:

Uzi Action Film!! (click to view .wmv video)

Since version 2.x? or roughly a year ago, the WordPress Add an Image function has not worked for me.  I have been using a separate ftp utility to upload images and then manually creating the links in HTML for posts with pictures.

Thanks to “anonymous” on a WordPress Support Forum, I found the fix!

It was the most unheard of thing I’d ever heard of:  use lowercase letters.

From the WordPress Dashboard - under General Settings I had previously entered the URL as:

http://TractionControl.well-regulatedmilitia.org

Evidently, uppercase letters make Unix very, very angry.

When I changed my entry to:

http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org

Everything auto-magically worked!

Who’d of thunk it?

I hope this helps others who are vexed by this mysterious WordPress issue.

Tomorrow is the day!

The 2009 North Texas Trinity River Shoot is on!  We’ll meet at the Sooper Sekrit Texaco: I-45 at Beltline Road - in Wilmer (South of Dallas) at 11:00 AM on Friday, January 2 and caravan to the range from there!

Let us know if you are planning to attend.  You can call if you are lost, running late, or need directions.

The number of trips from the safe to load up my car impressed me:

Trip #1: Springfield Armory NRA/Camp Perry 100th Year Commemorative M1A

Trip #2:  Ammo for same. 1,860 rounds including 160 rounds of M118 LR - Match ammo with Lake City brass.

Trip #3:  Bipod and 30 Magazines (Ten each of 10-rd, 20-rd, 30-rd capacity)

(Trip #1, #2, and #3 are part of a package deal I’m offering.  See details here.)

Trip #4: Springfield Armory NRA/Camp Perry 100th Year Commemorative Mil-Spec 1911 (including 8 Springfield Armory single stack magazines) is part of another package deal, which would go nicely with the package above, too.  Details here.

Trip #5: Cowboy-up gear - part 1.  Cimmarron Coach Gun and Mossberg 30/30 Lever action. Details here.

Trip #6: Cimmarron Single action revolver (see previous link), holster and cartridge belt (details here - actual holster and belt are different, i.e. cooler than the one pictured), and 45 Long Colt Ammo.

Trip #7:  The Pistol Caliber Lever gun, in 45 Long Colt a Puma M92 and is shown here.

(Contents of Trip #5, #6, and #7 would make a very thoughtful gift for the Cowboy in your life.)

All firearms mentioned so far are new, in their original boxes and have never been fired. I’ll be bringing 4473 Forms and a Laptop for NICs checks if anyone wants to purchase them, otherwise these guns and accessories may be the subjects of some outdoor photo arrangements tomorrow.

Trip #8: Was for the HK MP5 SD (picture here) and other attractive desktop accessories from HK (pictures here). These are provided with permission from a customer, but sadly, only one of them comes with a magazine for ‘testing’ purposes.

Trip #9: Several Boxes of .223, 9 mm, .45 ACP and two folding chairs.

Trip #10:  Carry Guns.  The Hi-Point Comp 9 (details here) from the Gunblogger Rendezvous and the Kimber Pro-Carry 45 (details here).

Am I forgetting anything?

Cowboy hat?  Got it.

Camera? Check.

Oops!

Trip #11:  Uzi Pistol, Mini Uzi Subgun, Nickle-plated Smith & Wesson Model 539, an AMT .380 Backup and a couple of Browning Hi-Powers (details here) and we’re good to go.

I see JR’s about done loading up, too.  It should be a fun day!

Hope to see you there.

Join Today! You don’t even have to live in Texas to participate.

Traction Control wishes you a Happy New Year’s Eve!

Be safe and we’ll see you on the other side in 2009.

Go now and give a listen to Eric at the Handgun Podcast.

He’s got some good stuff and his sidebar links to Traction Control and many more of our gunny friends.

Cool.

It’s no longer on the Main Page, but instead it’s here at:

http://www.theothersideofkim.com/tosblogroll.html

Look for Traction Control under the “Other Angry Bastards with Guns “ heading.

I have never been more proud than to see my link listed at Kim’s site.  He is dearly missed already.

Thanks Kim. for everything!

– USCitizen

P.S. To Kim, I hope you’ll join us this Friday at the River Spot!

The Buy it Now button has been activated.

This may be one of the best factory-warrantied full-auto American-made rifles in existence.

The Ruger AC-556.

This one comes with the Arthur A. Ciener .22 LR adapter kit for hours of low-cost gunny goodness.

Follow-up to my previous AC-556 Bleg :

I’ll buy them ALL if they are reasonably priced.

If you have one to sell send pics and best, bottom-dollar price via email or call.

"But no, nothing is better than a good .22"

Seen at PawPaw’s House - check it out here at Apples and Oranges .

My highest bid on Gunbroker.com was more than I actually wanted to pay - but it was still less than the seller’s reserve price.

Result?

No AC-556 for me.

Does anyone know where I might acquire one of these for around $6,000?

We’ll meet at the Sooper Sekrit Texaco (I-45 at Beltline Road - in Wilmer, South of Dallas) at 11:00 AM on Friday, January 2 and caravan to the range from there!

JR from A Keyboard and a .45 is planning to show off his new Mosin Nagant.  I plan on bringing my new ‘Cowboy-Up’ guns: The Six-Shooter, the Coach Gun, and both the Lever Guns!

We can stock up on water, cokes, ice, chips, pizza or whatever at the Texaco on the way in.

New Shooters welcome! Limited instruction will be provided by our limited instructors. Eye protection and ear protection will be provided in limited quantities.  Bring your own for best fit!

We’ll probably go until 3:30 or so, so mark your new 2009 Calendars for the 2009 North Texas Trinity River Shoot !

Bring what you want to shoot, swap, sell, or just talk about.  All types of firearms (including Class III / NFA regulated weapons) are allowed at the range.

See you there.

R.S.V.P.s are most appreciated.

In Pictures!

 

… and in Movies!

Temperature - a record 83 degrees F and windy. A great day out at the range with some new shooters for Traction Control.

Warning: Rediculously large files are linked to the thumbnail pictures.