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Friday, January 25th, 2008

So much to blog, so little time. Here’s a couple quick hits:
Congrats to Automattic, creators of the bestest blog software on the planet (WordPress), for landing $29 million in funding. Not too shabby for a product that’s being given away for free. And they say Open Source doesn’t work. Ha! Version 2.5 already sounds delicious.
A [...]

Feel Lucky, Punk?

Monday, October 1st, 2007

I’ve got a fair amount of experience behind a gun, and though I’m not a sharpshooter I can hit my target and maintain a tight group. I’ve even done some defensive simulations through IDPA matches, which is a lot of fun on top of being practical. In short, while I don’t anticipate ever finding myself [...]

Shoot ‘Em Up

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

Blam Blam Blam
Originally uploaded by MikeOliveri.

Spring brings in a new season of IDPA events at my father’s range, so while I was visiting last weekend I took advantage of the time to put some lead through some paper.
I wanted to make sure it was sighted in good and proper, and we had just repainted the [...]

All Gun Owners Are Not Criminals

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

The latest numbers out of Scotland show increases in gun ownership do not automatically mean increases in gun-related crimes, as explained in this article. The first sentence of the article sums it up:
Gun crime has plummeted in Scotland in the last decade, while private ownership of guns has steadily increased.
I wish they’d include raw figures, [...]