Daily Archives: May 1, 2010

PSL Zeroed at Secret 10-20

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2.25% of Texans Conceal Carry; Whites Out-Permit Blacks

The Texas Department of Public Safety’s Concealed Handgun Licensing Bureau (CHL) has released stats for 2009 permit holders. [Download the pdf here.] As Kraftwerk would say, I’m the operator with my pocket calculator. Y’all. Total number of active CHL licenses (including instructors): … Continue reading

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TWHN BS: “Our Borders Are Not Secure”

“Five Hispanic men authorities described as drug smugglers shot a Pinal County sheriff’s deputy Friday afternoon when the officer came upon them and a large amount of marijuana in a remote part of south-central Arizona,” The Jacksonville Observer observes. “A … Continue reading

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Obscure Object of Desire: Gemini Custom Model 66-5 K Frame

I’m in the market for a wheel gun. A no-brainer home defense handgun. I want something with minimal recoil, in case Her Indoors needs to use it. It must also have low enough recoil—and great enough accuracy—that the revolver invites … Continue reading

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Die Water! Die!

Here’s a YouTube clip featuring the same Hatsan shotgun used by Miles “the Crazy Texan” Slade (Ian Somerhalder) in The Tournament (reviewed by our own Robert Fure). Quick aside: doesn’t ANYONE shoulder this bad boy (Die Forest! Die!). Actually, it may not … Continue reading

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BangBang Cinema: The Tournament

I’m a sucker for mindless action films.  You put enough bullets and bombs into a ninety-minute spectacle and I’m more than happy to waste my time watching the fireballs. I won’t rake the director over the coals for a few … Continue reading

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Gun Review: ArmaLite AR 24-15C

Back in the day, stoners contemplated life’s mysteries from a tetrahydrocannabinol-enhanced perspective. So enabled, they’d confront cosmic karma with a simple statement: “that’s heavy.” Heavy was deep. Heavy was good. Even when it wasn’t. “Dude, your landlord’s here to throw … Continue reading

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