KT Ordnance
Ballot, n. - A simple device by which a majority proves to a minority the folly of resistance. Many worthy persons of imperfect thinking apparatus believe that majorities govern through some inherent right; and minorities submit, not because they must, but because they ought. -- Ambrose Bierce
Kevin Tuma - Free State Project - cartoon commentary on 20,000 libertarians moving into a low-population state. Hehe.
Daryl Cagle at Slate via The Center for Consumer Freedom - 190... 200... 210... Sue - cartoon commentary on the fattening foods lawsuits. Hehe. [rrnd]
KT Ordnance sells "80% Firearm Kits", pistol frames that have been cast and partially milled. Their 1911-A1 "kit" costs $160 (in FRN's, Federal Reserve Notes). You need to cut the rails and drill the ejector hole to turn it into a functioning receiver/frame. If you go to their open house, you can use their machinery to complete your frame. You need to purchase a "completer kit" to assemble a working firearm. Then you will have a pistol with no serial number and no paper trail that you may (according to them) legally use (in most states?), but that you may not legally resell. KT Ordnance does not withold taxes from their employee pay. They are in Sanbornville, New Hampshire, which Mapquest says is midway between Concord, New Hampshire and Portland, Maine, near the New Hampshire/Maine border. [stanleyscoop]
Sarco sells inexpensive 1911 builders kits. $115 for all parts except the frame and slide (C45095). $100 for all parts except the frame, slide, and barrel (C45096). $154 for all parts except the frame with a military surplus slide (C45097). See the fifth page of their 7/20/03 Shotgun News ad.
John L. Marshall at The Sight - The 1911 Pistol Is Its Own Toolbox! - cool. The Sight appears to be an excellent resource for information about the 1911 pistol.
It's pretty well agreed that one of the top firearms inventors of the 20th Century was John Moses Browning. One of his finest creations was the U.S. Pistol, Model of 1911. Browning designed this pistol to be suitable for use by the U.S. military services, and in this he succeeded admirably. Although 90 years have elapsed since the pistol was adopted for service, it is still in use by U.S. military units, and very much in demand in the civilian sector. Less generally known is that Browning designed many parts of the 1911 pistol to be used as tools in its own disassembly and assembly. Even the .45 ACP cartridge itself could be used for work on the gun!
Garry Reed, The Loose Cannon Libertarian - Pizza Schmizza and Flaming Bagels - on the absurdity of treating "commercial speech" different than political or personal speech.
Isn't it amazing, in this land of individualism, how public people who proudly proclaim themselves as our protectors just can't wait to regulate or condemn us into tight little boxes? Try something a little new or different and step back while the entrails of hell burst open.
Like Blazing Bagels. Dennis Ballen couldn't afford location location location so he opened his bagel business on a side street in Redmond WA. To lure customers off the main drag, he posted an employee on the corner with a sign reading, "Fresh Bagels - Now Open." It worked. For six months. Until the city issued a knock-it-off order. Seems there's a legal reg that prohibits portable signs that publicize legitimate businesses but not ones that advertise real estate (big lobby, lots of campaign contributions), politics (watch out for number one) or a celebration (approved and permitted by the city, no doubt).
