When the opponents have this level of intelligence, how can freedom not survive?It’s sad that California Senator Kevin de León (Democrat naturally) probably believes what he’s saying. He’s so naive that he blindly accepts the stuff the anti-gun groups…

[UPDATED with Thursday’s Free books ]Author Matthew Bracken is offering his excellent books as free Kindle downloads. I’ve already bought and read all these books and thoroughly enjoyed them. Whether you read them solely for entertainment, as warnings,…

“Finally.” That was the common refrain heard at Tuesday’s Hardywood Park Brewery release party and Steal the Glass event at Capital Ale House. The Richmond brewery’s beers have been available around the Richmond area, and I even saw them a couple weeks…

There’s a small bit of sanity coming from the Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Board, an bureaucracy not exactly known for exhibiting common sense. At least one pointless regulation is being eased:Good news, Virginia bargoers! The state’s Departm…

We discovered this one quite by accident. While shopping in preparation for our annual Epiphany party, I spied a mixed case of New Belgian beers at the local warehouse store. I picked it up on a whim. Returning home with the beers, I realized the box w…

We’ve been making use of the holiday staycation to do some extra shooting and to visit some of the “beer stops” that have long been on our to-do list. Last week after taking in the Jerusalem IMAX movie at the Museum of Natural History, we stopped by Pi…

I’m sure we can all empathize with this thirsty Floridian. Who among us hasn’t been short of cash, in need of a beer, with an unneeded alligator lying around? Fernando Caignet Aguilera simply wanted to trade a four foot alligator for beer at a loc…

We drove down to Mekong Restaurant in Richmond this week. The Vietnamese restaurant has been voted the Best Beer Bar in America for two years running. Proprietor An “Mekong” Bui’s passion is craft beer and it shows in his restaurant, with the “Mekong i…

I wish all my friends a joyful and blessed 2014.There will be no Musings Over a Pint retrospective post. If you need one, 2013 is summarized here. As for 2014, you really knows? Let’s just enjoy the ride!
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I was looking through my notes, and realized that I had not been to the outdoor range to shoot my pistol for a couple of months. Shooting has been limited to a few USPSA matches, the indoor range, and some shotgun or rifle time. So, during my holiday&n…