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WRAL has removed their concealed carry permit holders database! Editor’s Note: Effective Oct. 1, 2013, North Carolina state law requires that county sheriff’s keep confidential the list of those who apply for and are granted permits to carry a concealed weapon. In the spirit of that law, and because the law would preclude the ability to keep any data on concealed carry permits current, WRAL has removed data related to concealed handgun permits from this …

With all of the talk over the past several weeks about the government shutdown because our elected representatives (on both sides of the aisle) can’t get their act together, I can’t help but wonder what would happen with NICS checks should the government shut down. The US government is set to run out of money, and shut down tonight (10/1/2013) unless the House and Senate can sort out their differences in the next couple of …

Stuff You Should Know Podcast – How IEDs work. This isn’t really what I normally post about, but I thought the SYSK guys had an interesting conversation about it. Jason over at PistolPackinDad.com raises an interesting question about carrying in gun free zones. In some states, “no guns” signage doesn’t carry the weight of the law (the property owner can ask you to leave though) but here in NC it’s a crime to carry past …

You may remember Brian Aitken as the guy who was arrested in New Jersey for transporting his legally owned guns, and hollow point ammunition to his new house. He served some time before his sentence was commuted by Gov. Christie. Although he got out of jail, his conviction still stands, and he has lost his rights. I’ve been following his Facebook Page since the beginning, and just a couple days ago Brian posted an update …

Although HB937 doesn’t take effect for another week and a half, WRAL still has not taken down their database of concealed carry permit holders. If my interpretation of HB937 is correct this database will be illegal come October 1st of this year. I’ll be keeping an eye on this to see if the database comes down before the new law takes effect. We’ll see.

Next Tuesday North Carolina House Bill 937 goes into law. We will finally, after a several year long struggle, gain the ability to protect ourselves in a restaurant that serves alcohol. Don’t let the media, and the anti-gun crowd fool you, it’s still illegal to consume alcohol and carry a concealed handgun. The records surrounding concealed carry and purchase permits will no longer be public record, protecting us from more databases like the one created …

Back in 1961 a nuclear bomb was nearly detonated over Goldsboro, NC when an Air Force bomber crashed. Scary stuff, but an interesting read. McDonald’s and Dunkin’ Donuts both have the same policy as Starbucks. I’d dare say that most national retailers have the same policy, so why did Starbucks get singled out for all of the ‘Appreciation Days’? Mr. Andrew Branca was nice enough to send Ben and I a copy of his book …

This is a pretty big deal. 103 cases dismissed so far after gun laws were ruled unconstitutional in IL. From Fox 32 News Chicago, interviewing a Chicago Police Spokesperson: “It would not be prudent for citizens to carry loaded firearms in public, whether they possess a valid Firearm Owners ID card or not. As for whether these cases would result in criminal charges…I would only say that we would evaluate any individual incident on a …

I came across this some time back and I thought I would finally try it out and see how it works. Basically you take a can, fill it with delicious bacon fat, stick in a wick, and blamo, you have a super easy emergency light source. YouTube Video Link

This weekend, I added a new target to my dry fire target array: a 2 inch dot drawn in Sharpie on a piece of tape, to mimic the exact kind of precision shot I found myself having difficulty with at the range this weekend. My competition gun, an M&P 9mm Pro with an aftermarket KKM barrel, is a very accurate gun on paper, but I found an odd tendency to hit low when shooting precise …