First, there's these thoughts from Michael Goldfarb at McCain HQ:

Obama Flip-Flop on Gun Control? Or New Politics? Or Both?

Barack Obama appeared at a fundraiser in Philadelphia last night where he delivered the following remark:

“If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun."

A couple thoughts from McCain HQ on this. First, Barack Obama has a long track record as a proponent of stringent gun-control regulations--to the point that a questionnaire filled out by his staff, and with the candidate's handwriting on it, stated that Obama favored a ban on the manufacture, sale, and distribution of handguns. Can we assume that Senator Obama now opposes efforts to ban the possession of handguns?

Second, would Obama be carrying a concealed weapon to this fight? Will he have a permit?

And finally, we're having second thoughts about our proposed series of town halls.

Second, if you're loooking to get a gun of your own (specifically, a shotgun) Tom Costello at Radio Free New Jersey has an excellent primer. Don't make the mistake of skipping the last few paragraphs; it looks like they're part of his recommendations on picking a gun for shooting clays, but there's some good advice in there for anyone buying a weapon.

Chris Clukey
Contributing Editor