Tuesday, May 25th, 2004

Time	Event
7:19a	Another drive-by shooting ... in south Minneapolis.  Steve Brust used to live right about there.  Woman killed, man injured in shooting ( Read more... ) There seems to be an increase in the number of these things, of late, or maybe I've just been paying attention to it.  ( Read more... ) (Comment on this)
8:16a	Gun shop etiquette for newbies For people new to firearms in general, and people new to carrying in particular, the first trip to a gun shop is often a cultural shock.  I mean, you walk into a store, and there's all these guns and often scary signs there, and pretty much all of the time, pretty much everybody who works there is not only armed, but visibily armed.  The signs can be pretty intimidating: Keep your hands out of your pockets.  ( Read more... ) A few tips: ( Read more... ) (Comment on this)
9:04a	Another (unsolicited, uncompensated) plug for Dave Workman holsters I usually say something like this in class: "I've got some bad news for you.  You're about to acquire a large, expensive, and useless thing called the 'holster drawer.'  It's sort of a living graveyard for holsters that didn't quite work out, for you.  The thing that you saw in the catalogue, or ordered on the Internet, or even felt comfortable at first will turn out to, well, not work out for you.  It'll be uncomfortable after awhile, or it'll 'print' too much, or it'll turn out to not hold the gun securely enough. "That goes for me, too.  I've got a holster drawer.  Heck, mine has its own zip code. . . ." One way to minimize the size and cost of the holster drawer -- and it may work -- is to figure out what kind of holster is likely to work for you in the first place...( Read more... ) (4 Comments | Comment on this)
4:41p	Oh, That Biased Media A couple of years ago, a local art reviewer wrote a very hostile review of a local art exhibit.  As the Star Tribune's then-ombudsman said, it wasn't very good; it was more about her abhorrence for firearms than whatever artistic value the art exhibit may or may not have had. Even one of her own editors wasn't impressed.  "Mary is an excellent art critic who writes with authority and passion. Unfortunately, this piece crossed the line that separates a review from a column of personal opinion," the Strib's managing editor, Scott Gillespie, wrote. Others weren't so kind.  ( Read more... ) The story now has won first place, A&E, in the annual competition of the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists. (2 Comments | Comment on this)

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