Books Etc
The Stephen King eBook ‘Guns’
Famed author Stephen King has published an eBook called ‘Guns’ to discuss the gun control issue.
No link given here, but here’s the blurb on Amazon:
In a pulls-no-punches essay intended to provoke rational discussion, Stephen King sets down his thoughts about gun violence in America. Anger and grief in the wake of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School are palpable in this urgent piece of writing, but no less remarkable are King’s keen thoughtfulness and composure as he explores the contours of the gun-control issue and constructs his argument for what can and should be done.
Seems almost reasonable, and definitely a possibility for “rational discussion.”
But then there’s this:
King’s earnings from the sale of this essay will go the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.
Whoops. One doesn’t have to know anything about King’s politics (which are very Liberal) or know what his stance on gun control is (he apparently favors a total ban on semi-autos) to realize which way his breeze is blowing on this.
Don’t buy this eBook unless you want to put money in the pockets of the Brady Bunch.
It’s almost like Stephen King is totally full of shit.
Cartridges of the World
Murdoc’s buddy Richard Mann is helping out with the upcoming revised edition of Cartridges of the World: A Complete and Illustrated Reference for Over 1500 Cartridges
If you are familiar with previous volumes and would like to complain about mistakes or content, or if you know of any new interesting cartridges that more than two or three hillbillies are using, let me know. No promises but I’d like number 13 to be the best one yet.
So if you want to weigh in, get a hold of Richard and let him know.
After You Shoot: Your gun’s hot. The perp’s not. Now what?
After You Shoot: Your gun’s hot. The perp’s not. Now what? by Alan Korwin:
Dial 911 and fry. You re gasping for air. You just stopped a would-be murderer cold with your sidearm four rounds to the chest. Do you have the right to remain silent? Then how do you dial 911 and talk to a police voice recorder? How do you make that call and not say anything? According to criminal-defense attorneys, half of all convictions for self-defense incidents rely on frantic traumatized 911 tapes. As a bonus, the media will air your voice nationwide for weeks. That can t be right. Do you have the right to have an attorney prior to and during any questioning? What about your precious Fifth Amendment rights against self incrimination? How do you make a 911 call and protect your rights? You cannot. When you call 911 after saving your life with gunfire, you are giving up the crucial life-saving rights you think you have. And that s wrong. The dangerous snare of 911 recordings is built into the American self-defense system and no one has looked at it hard until now. After You Shoot lights up this overlooked problem and provides common-sense, workable solutions to these horrors vicious traps that threaten every gun owner and innocent crime victim in America. More than 70 experts contributed to the ideas presented here, the “common wisdom” that floats around is examined, and five specific solutions to the problem are provided, including the controversial Adnarim statement. Don’t help convict yourself. Read After You Shoot.
Win ‘Give Us Liberty: A Tea Party Manifesto’
Head over to Murdoc Online and leave a comment for a chance to win a copy of Give Us Liberty: A Tea Party Manifesto by Dick Armey and Matt Kibbe.
Remembering Katrina
There’s been a lot of new coverage of the 5-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and all the problems it caused in New Orleans. Like the original go-round, the plight of the areas where the hurricane actually hit got much less coverage. So go check out this post I wrote back at the time on Murdoc Online showing many photos of the effects of Katrina east of New Orleans.
Something else that must not be forgotten about Katrina and its aftermath was the eagerness with which the local New Orleans law enforcement agencies tried to confiscate legally-owned firearms. At a time when people were on their own more than ever, the police spent an awful lot of effort to disarm law-abiding citizens when they should have been protecting them.
If you have only a passing knowledge of those events, I heartily recommend reading The Great New Orleans Gun Grab by Gordon Hutchinson and Todd Masson.
‘More Guns, Less Crime’ by John Lott
Third Edition is now available:
More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws, Third Edition
On its initial publication in 1998, John R. Lott’s More Guns, Less Crime drew both lavish praise and heated criticism. More than a decade later, it continues to play a key role in ongoing arguments over gun-control laws: despite all the attacks by gun-control advocates, no one has ever been able to refute Lott’s simple, startling conclusion that more guns mean less crime. Relying on the most rigorously comprehensive data analysis ever conducted on crime statistics and right-to-carry laws, the book directly challenges common perceptions about the relationship of guns, crime, and violence. For this third edition, Lott draws on an additional ten years of data—including provocative analysis of the effects of gun bans in Chicago and Washington, D.C—that brings the book fully up to date and further bolsters its central contention.
Jack Lord in the First Episode of ‘Have Gun, Will Travel’
Jack Lord in 'Have Gun, Will Travel'
The first episode of the long-running series, ‘Three Bells to Perdido,’ featured Jack Lord as bad guy Dave Enderby. It aired on September 14, 1957.
Like many bad guys in westerns, Lord’s character couldn’t shoot for spit. If he shot even as well as Murdoc, the television series would have been over twenty minutes into the first episode. Instead, it lasted for 224 more.
Contest!
FREE 1-Year Subscription
It’s time to renew my subscription to Outdoor Life magazine, and they’ve currently got an offer for me to send a gift subscription as part of the renewal. So I’m going to give away the gift subscription to a lucky GunPundit reader.
Contest Rules:
- Magazine will only be mailed to US mailing address. Sorry. No exceptions.
- Murdoc’s immediate family cannot enter.
- Please enter only once.
- Sending Murdoc cash is permissible but will not improve your chances of winning.
- If (and only if) you win you will have to give me your real name and mailing address.
- Winner will be chosen randomly and all results are final.
- Entries must be posted to this site by 2359 hours ET on Friday, 06 November 2009
- I can’t think of any more right now but I’ll add them if I do.
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- Leave a comment on this post.
That’s all there is to it. Leave a comment and I will have a winner chosen from all entrants using the Random Integer Generator at Random.org. If the random number 37 and you have the 37th comment on the post, you win a one-year gift subscription to the magazine and membership benefits. Simple as that.
Please, only one entry per person. Murdoc is trusting you on this.
Killer’s Side of the Story
Book Details Komisarjevsky’s Version Of Cheshire Murders
Author Brian McDonald has written a book telling Joshua Komisarjevsky’s side of the story of the brutal 2007 rape, kidnapping, and killing of the wife and two daughters of Dr. William A. Petit in Chesire, Connecticut.
McDonald corresponded and visited with Komisarjevsky to get the whole story. Here’s a quote:
To be honest, I’m a reluctant true-crime writer. I like happy endings. I took on both projects simply because I needed the work.
Nice.
The book is called ‘In the Middle of the Night: The Shocking True Story of a Family Killed in Cold Blood’. I guess books like this are what we get when some writers “need work.”
Deadshot
The Supervillain Deadshot on the cover of Secret Six #15
Now, as a convicted felon, Floyd Lawton is not legally allowed to possess that weapon. I guess working for Task Force X, the clandestine government unit also known as the Suicide Squad, has its privileges. However, I appreciate the fact that he’s exercising good trigger discipline. You don’t always see that in comic book supervillians with a blatant disregard for firearms safety, laws, basic morals, or human life.
Gotta love the personalized lower receiver.
(I’ll overlook the various types of ammunition raining down as artistic license.) From DC Comics’ The Source.
Contest at Murdoc Online
Murdoc is giving away a hardcover copy of Inside Gitmo: The True Story Behind the Myths of Guantanamo Bay by Lt. Col. Gordon Cucullu over at MO.
The U.S. military detention center at Guantánamo Bay—known to the public as Gitmo—has been called the American Gulag, a scene of medieval horrors where innocent farmers and goat herders swept up in Afghanistan and Iraq have been sequestered, tortured, and abused for years on end without access to legal counsel or basic medical services.
Gordon Cucullu, a retired army colonel, was so appalled by these reports that he decided to see for himself.
Leave a comment over there and get entered in the contest.
