West Virginia's Democratic governor Joe Manchin is extremely popular in his state but is still trailing the Republican in his Senate race, because it's 2010. What to do? Maybe go into the woods and shoot climate-change bills, with a rifle?

A grad student at the University of Louisville College of Education was in a meeting with five faculty members yesterday when she pulled a loaded gun out of her purse and said, "I guess this is it."

You know those stories about soldiers who carry bullet-stopping Bibles in their breast pockets? A guy in Harlem got shot today, but the cellphone in his pocket stopped the bullet. Maybe God found out that we call phones "Jesus" now?

Legendary Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, the "Merchant of Death," was cleared for extradition to the US in August on weapons charges, but extra charges the US tacked on have stalled his extradition, or maybe not. Nice work, DoJ.

Actor David Birrell was apparently shot in the eye with a gun that was supposed to be loaded with blanks during a matinee performance of the London production Stephen Sondheim's Passion. He is "currently being treated in hospital." [Telegraph]

Are you familiar with the patriotic new trend of carrying your favorite gun to your local bar? Four states now have laws that explicitly allow people to carry loaded firearms in establishments that serve alcohol. Can you guess which ones?

Celebrities: scaredy-cats! Turns out it's not just paranoid right-wing action star wannabes like Roger Ailes and Sean Hannity who are licensed to carry guns. So do a host of other New York celebrities. What is Marc Anthony so scared of?

Here we have a video of a young (probably suburban) man wielding an AK-47, gangsta style: "AK fo-ty se-ben... something something bitch ass something... shut yo muthafuckin' mouth up something something [bang! bang! bang!] Oh my god. Oh fuck."

The NRA has begun mobilizing its usual election-year lie campaign about Democrats wanting to ban all weapons. Today, the gun lobby's "Trigger the Vote" wing released this redneck-comedy video featuring Chuck Norris, an actor from the 1990s. It's not terrible!

California has been trying to ban plastic shopping bags to save the environment or something, but the state Senate yesterday rejected the bill. Also not banned yesterday — carrying unloaded firearms in public. So much for all that, hippies.

Bet none of you Liberals had any idea about the most pressing threat to our nation's freedom since Obamacare, did you? The EPA was considering banning lead bullets because it poisoned animals. The ban has been rejected. Freedom, saved!

A Polish man was shot in the head five years ago. Only, he was really drunk, and didn't realize until doctors X-rayed him. This year. Think back to all the times you've been drunk: Have you maybe been shot before?

24-year-old Efraim E. Diveroli, who scored a $300 million weapons deal with the Pentagon for Afghanistan in 2007 and was eventually charged with ripping them off, is at it again, trying to purchase guns for "resale in the Miami area."

A suburban Dallas police station came under attack yesterday by 29-year-old Patrick Gray Sharp, who loaded up his pickup truck and a trailer with explosives and set off a gun battle that ended with his death. Don't mess with Texans.

This startling image surfaced today on the Dutch blog Trendbeheer.com. It turns out that's an edible ice gun, distributed as part of — what else — a German art exhibit. More fascinating and disturbing images after the jump.

One of the three innocent bystanders injured when NYPD officers fired 46 shots at a man with a gun last weekend plans to sue the city, claiming cops engaged in "contagious shooting." Which is dangerous, you know?

Luis Soto was shot to death after fighting with another man in Harlem early Sunday morning. Now, police say Soto was killed not by his attacker, but by a police bullet. Remember Sean Bell? Everyone will, like it or not.

Excited about getting hitched, a Turkish man fired an AK-47 during his wedding celebration but lost control, accidentally killing his father and two aunts. This reminds us of another accidental wedding shooting. Guns and weddings... bad combo. [BBC]

Two guys who have permits to carry concealed handguns in New York: Fox News evil toadish mastermind Roger Ailes, and American tough guy Sean Hannity. Why so scared, fellas? Ailes, at least, can blame his paranoid insanity.

A Palermo wedding photographer was shot and killed this past weekend after having the bridal party pose for pictures holding guns. Guns that were loaded, apparently. The worst part? The guy was just filling in for a sick friend.