Murdoc’s not a turkey hunter, but this semi-auto shotgun looks great:

Teen bandits flee after store clerk takes gun

Dover, Delaware:

Two teens walked into the Little Grocer convenience store on East Division Street about 9 p.m. Sunday and demanded money, Lt. James Hosfelt said.

When one of the bandits brandished a sawed-off shotgun in the direction of the clerk behind the counter, the gunman and clerk got into a physical confrontation, Hosfelt said.

The clerk refused to hand over any money from the register and then grabbed the shotgun out of the hand of the would-be robber.

At this point, the two teens decided to leave the store.

Via the Civilian Gun Self-Defense Blog, which keeps a steady stream of these stories coming.

Christmas came late to Murdoc. A gift that was on backorder just arrived and it looks great:

It’s the RedHead Trap Vest from Bass Pro Shops. Mesh for comfort while blasting clays into dust, large pockets for loads of loads. Light padding on both shoulders.

Murdoc is new to the clay shooting scene, having tried for the first time this past fall. It’s a blast and I’m not even half bad. (Nor half good, as I’m sure my brother-in-law would point out…)

Thanks, Santa. Pull!

Ray Sasser at the Dallas Morning News writes How to choose a shotgun that’s right for you.

10-year-old boy shot in Otisco Township

A 10-year-old boy was shot in the face Wednesday afternoon.

The incident at a home at 6968 Palmer Road, near Belding, was called in to emergency personnel by the victim’s 15-year-old brother who said the 20-gauge shotgun accidentally went off.

No details on what was happening when it “accidentally” went off. The parents were at work.

I haven’t done a lot of shotgun blogging, so I thought this might be a good time to point out Mossberg’s Just In Case line of shotguns.

If your New Year’s resolution includes preparing that disaster survival kit you’ve been meaning to put together for the past eight years, you might want to take a look at these.

Each J.I.C. kit includes a 12-gauge Mossberg 500 shotgun with an 18.5″ barrel and pistol grip. 3″ chambers and 6-round capacity means that you will have a wide variety of ammunition to choose from and that, in post-apocalyptic scenarios, ammo that you scrounge is going to work. The weapons are enclosed in a heavy-duty, resealable bag and the container floats and is water tight to at least 40 feet.

The Home Security model (51340, pictured above) includes a waterproof Survival Kit-In-A-Can which contains the necessities to keep you going when an emergency strikes. The Mariner model (52340, below) includes a Marinecote™ metal finish for the shotgun and a multi-tool and survival knife in the kit. A Sandstorm model (53340, not pictured) features a desert camouflage finish on the shotgun.

If you’ve got a little cash from Santa burning a hole in your pocket, a survival preparedness kit is not a bad idea. You never know when disaster is going to strike, and you don’t want to be sitting in the dark wishing you had spent a little time getting ready just in case. My brother sent us a red backpack with some survival gear inside a few years back as a Christmas gift, and we’ve added a few things to it since then. It’s on a hook near the door, and we all know to grab it as we go if we have to leave in a hurry.

Firearms can be part of a plan, and Mossberg has put together a few good looking kits for those who don’t want to do the work themselves.

Images are copyright by O.F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.

77 Police Officers Injured in Paris- Rioters Using Shotguns!

Pictures and more at Gateway Pundit. Follow the link.

This whole “youth” thing is basically out of hand. Let’s see how Sarkozy handles it.