Alan (a different Alan) at personal protection training & firearm instruction posts about "squib loads," and how the bullet still exited the barrel, in a .380. I also have witnessed such an episode with new-in-the-box .380 ammo, although I don't know what brand it was. It happened to the guy next to me who was using a Bersa. I heard it and the rangemaster who was standing several yards away heard it. Since I was looking downrange at the time, I was also able to see the bullet kick up dust in front of the target (it didn't quite make it to the target).

I'm hoping this means that light bullets in short barrels might still be able to consistently clear the barrel even when loaded improperly. (But it's not something I would count on).

Here's an interesting editorial from The Independent Florida Alligator:

The Editorial Board is going to stand its ground.

Just don't try to break into the Alligator offices - we might shoot you with our vintage sawed-off shotgun.

Continuing with our conservative streak this week, we see some benefits to the recently enacted law that redefines self-defense.

Yeah. From The Bryan-College Station Eagle:

'Nobody in their right mind would put a weapon in a briefcase that clearly has to be X-rayed at an airport,' Guerra said. 'If you just want to be arrested, you can just take a weapon to the airport and wave it and say, 'I want to be arrested.' Some people will make innocent mistakes.'

So of course, it's just a simple mistake and he should be allowed to skip happily away.

I still believe that if this had just been some common everyday Joe, he would now be charged with "a third-degree felony punishable by two to 10 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine."

Senator Hinojosa is either ignorant or lying (or just plain stupid):

"I just told you, I was handled just like any other citizen. If you don't have a license to carry a concealed weapon, you would have been arrested. I have a license. Thank you.

REPORTER: "But isn't it a crime to go through the metal detector? No it is not a crime," Hinojosa said.

Wrong, Juan. A Texas CHL does not allow licensees to carry into prohibited areas, like airport security checkpoints:

According to The Transportation Security Administration Web site, weapons may not be brought to security checkpoints without authorization. The TSA said bringing a weapon into a checkpoint could result in criminal or civil charges.

Rodriguez said police had charged Hinojosa with taking a weapon where it is prohibited, a third-degree felony punishable by two to 10 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine.

Please feel free, senator, to read the little book they gave you along with all the other paperwork when you applied for your license.

Yep, must be nice to be one of the pretty people.

Just six months ago he was pulled over in Kingsville for reportedly weaving in and out of a marked lane. Officers also claimed the tint on the windows of his Lincoln Navigator was too dark.

The incident was all caught on tape. The senator was only given a warning, although he claimed he was targeted because of racial profiling.

And the race card comes flying out. No, you were given a warning because you were caught on tape driving like a dumbass.

In Texas, judges must run for election, and when they do so, they proclaim their membership/allegiance to one political party or the other. I haven't been able to determine which party Henley belongs to, but my naturally cynical mental processes have already made a pretty good guess.