Not too long ago, those showing the Gadsden Flag were potential domestic terrorists. Now they’re Tea Party members.

Ariz. man battles neighbors over tea party-linked flag

The Gadsden flag is not on the approved list of the local homeowners’ association. Homeowners’ associations are an issue of their own, in Murdoc’s humble opinion.

When Murdoc was a kid, he had a stack of Gadsden flag stickers and after slapping a few on the red shelves in his bedroom, he saved the rest for special things. More recently, he had a rattlesnake “ribbon” magnet for his car, but some nice person borrowed it a while back and forgot to return it.

Plus, this bit cracks me up:

He notes that the banner, the Gadsden flag, has been widely used over the years and was even featured on the cover of a rock album. “Am I a Metallica fan because I’m using the flag?” he asked.

Over at Murdoc Online, I’ve displayed the “Don’t Tread On Me” First Navy Jack for years. When someone sent me a flag and I took it into work, a co-worker asked me if I was aware that Metallica had written a song called “Don’t Tread on Me” way back in 1990 or 1991.

For what it’s worth, the redesign of the GunPundit site puts the Gadsden flag in the header. Good thing my site isn’t part of any homeowners’ associations.

Video of the Sturmgewehr MP-44 over at Murdoc Online.

Someone was talking about manufacturing clones of these. Does anyone know who it was and if it ever moved ahead?

I love how they demonstrate use of the integrated carrying handle and call the forward assist a “special feature.”

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T-Shirt available for pre-order from Ranger Up:

Ranger Up's Boston Tea Party T-Shirt (front)

Go check out the back. Via Blackfive.

Replica rifle has Brooklyn man at odds with cops

Michael Littlejohn is under fire from the NYPD over a replica Revolution-era flintlock rifle:

Littlejohn fired the first shot when he hired a Tennessee blacksmith to recreate the vintage rifle. It arrived at his Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, apartment in June – followed quickly by city cops.

Police claim it’s illegal for Littlejohn to keep the flintlock without a gun license.

Littlejohn, 50, cites the earliest American patriots as his inspiration while refusing to surrender his firearm or apply for a license.

The social worker is also clinging to a little-known exemption in the city’s strict gun laws.

The loophole allows license-free ownership of “antique firearms” – defined as rifles that require the bullet and gunpowder to be loaded separately.

The way it’s described here, anyway, it sure sounds like he can legally own and possess this rifle without a license.

What Murdoc finds even weirder is how the cops found out about the rifle:

The NYPD learned about Littlejohn’s $825 rifle when he left a receipt inside a Staples copy center, prompting a call to the cops.

Find a random receipt for a gun and call the cops on it?

British actor Ricard Todd was one of the paratroopers who took and held the Pegasus Bridge.

'Filthy Thirteen' by Joel Iskowitz

They planed up tonight, June 5th, in 1944.

Full story: Limited print depicts famous D-Day jump

(Cross-posted from Murdoc Online)

James Rummel has a guest post up at Murdoc Online, including a Nazi anti-armor weapon developed from a flare gun that Murdoc had never heard of.

Apparently there’s going to be a follow-up to the state quarters program from the US Mint, and the state of Massachusetts has a page where you can vote for the historic location to use.

Under Hampden County is this little spot: Springfield Armory National Historic Site

Lot of great hardware came out of that place. Got Murdoc’s vote.

Big hat tip to the reader who sent this in.