In many rural areas shooting feral cats is pretty standard procedure—though if you mention this to gentile suburbanites or hip urban-dwellers don’t be surprised when one of them drops their chocolate martini* and faints from shock.

For people who pay attention to nature, the devastation feral cats cause among birds and other wildlife is no secret and the only reasonable way to control their numbers is by removing them from the population. (Should you decide to get serious about this work, I suggest you go out right now and get yourself a .220 Swift.) Not that other methods haven’t been tried or advocated.

Rocker Ted Nugent offered his views on endangered Second Amendment rights during the NRA annual convention in Charlotte, N.C., that concluded last weekend, and movie star Chuck Norris recently completed a three-part series outlining his vision about the Second Amendment and other issues for a wide range of Internet sites.

Actually, the very shiny gun here is an AKS-74U, from what I can tell—though slightly modified from the original design that was supposed to propel the people’s revolution to global victory during the Cold War.

My favorite touch is the jewelling on the bolt carrier. It’s as if whatever poor gunsmith was tasked with creating this monstrosity were actually interested in trying to make something beautiful for Tony Montana Jr., or whoever it was who commissioned the work.

From The Bellingham Herald

CHARLOTTE, N.C. A spirited and self-deprecating Sarah Palin fired up 9,000 members of the National Rifle Association in Charlotte on Friday, bashing Hollywood, the media and animal-rights groups while warning that President Barack Obama would "gut" the Second Amendment.