Daily Archives: May 21, 2010

Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Matthew Wayne Fultz

Judge Jeff Young has sentenced South Carolinian Aleisha Wheeler [above] to five years in prison for fatally shooting Matthew Fultz. Wheeler is not our IGOTD for one simple reason: she didn’t own the weapon. Here’s the original day-after crime scene report from gwdtoday.com: … Continue reading

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The Associated Press: The M-4 Sucks in Afghanistan

AP writer Slobodan Lekic’s semi-cogent article the suitability of the M-4 in Afghanistan misses the point. Actually, it lacks one. Was he trying to introduce the Army’s new policy of having nine M-110 SASS equipped “sharpshooters” in each company? Suggesting that the U.S. military … Continue reading

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Is Filming the Police Legal?

You may recall that Farago posted that video of the policeman stopping the motorcyclist in, Why You Should Never Make A Cop Angry or Nervous. Well, posting the video on Youtube sure made the cops angry – and nervous. The ACLU … Continue reading

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Illinois Semi-Automatic Pistol / .50 Caliber Weapons Ban Not Dead Yet

Arthur Steadman over at ArmaLite gave us the heads-up on Illinois bill HB5751. State rep Edward “Go F— Yourself” Acevedo is the author of this little-known edict. Once thought dead ‘n buried, the legislation that would ban the sale and … Continue reading

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1000 ft. School Exclusion Zones vs. The Second Amendment

The above image is from a Connecticut group campaigning against the relocation of a power plant. It gives you a pretty good idea how difficult it is for someone on the ground to figure out if they’re 1000 feet from … Continue reading

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BangBang Cinema: Smokin Aces 2 – Assassin’s Ball

When you make a (meager) living watching movies and then writing about them, you see a lot, a lot, a lot of movies. Many of them are crap. Many of those crappy films get crappy sequels. Whether it’s just part … Continue reading

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Hawaii Five-O Remake Lacks Original’s Earnestness

“On the show, the relationship between McGarrett (O’Loughlin) and Danno (Scott Caan) is comparable to Danny Glover and Mel Gibson in ‘Lethal Weapon’ where they love each other, but make each other nuts.” The quote comes via the usual CBS … Continue reading

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