Alabama Scrap Metal Thief Gets Free Lead

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Two Alabama men are in custody and one of them is recovering from surgery to his groin region after threatening a homeowner while prowling his property. According to police, Paul Reed and Aaron Lawson were trying to steal scrap metal from a property (not shown) in Marshall County, Alabama. They didn’t take any steel or copper, but Lawson did manage to flee with a small quantity of lead. Unfortunately it was in the form of a rifle bullet shot into his groin, and he won’t even be able to recycle it because it will almost certainly be held as evidence in his upcoming trial . . .

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Is That a 1911 in Your Pants Or Are You Just Glad To See Me?

Now we know what Al Bundy came up with, post Married With Children. In all fairness, I’ve not yet tried this holster for myself. But there are waaaaay too many jokes I can make about this to pass up the opportunity to riff on it. Especially when I’ve only had four hours of sleep. Call it the “Codpiece Carry.” “Cock(ed) and Glock(ed).” “My Throbbing Python of Love.” “I’d Like to Show You Something I’m Really Proud of, But You Better Stand Waaaay Back.” I mean, it may be the single best place to carry your weapon (or depending on your point of view, your OTHER weapon), but um…I just have this feeling that if I were to be someplace where I had to draw, the other people watching would be thinking something like “we’re all in danger of getting shot by a robber, and this guy thinks that NOW is the time to expose himself?

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