I just ordered the hardback.
After reading Thomas L. Knapp's review, I didn't want to put it off any longer.
With all the good buzz, I wanted to make sure I got a copy before they ran out.
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
When There’s Not Enough Blood to Dance in, Just Flap Your Arms and Bray
Peter Hamm, Michael Barnes, Sarah Brady, et al, weigh in on the New York Mall shooting.
Any bets on whether the Hudson Valley Mall and its shops prohibit customers and employees from carrying concealed firearms?
Any bets on whether the Hudson Valley Mall and its shops prohibit customers and employees from carrying concealed firearms?
Microstamping for Macroinfringement
California Assemblything Paul Koretz (D-West Hollyweird, etc.), has introduced a bill that “would, commencing January 1, 2007, expand the definition of unsafe handgun to include semiautomatic pistols that are not designed and equipped with a microscopic array of characters, that identify the make, model, and serial number of the pistol, etched into the interior surface or internal working parts of the pistol, and which are transferred by imprinting on each cartridge case when the firearm is fired.”
Furthermore, “This bill would provide that…no handgun may be submitted for that testing unless the handgun is” so designed and equipped.
This will, of course, stop and/or solve no violent crimes (as if that's justification for infringing on our rights). That’s not the point.
The point is to further limit the availability of firearms to California citizens by drying up their sources of supply. The state started with their stupid “drop test” requirement (as if there was an epidemic of “gun deaths” and injuries resulting from that nonexistent problem, and as if there were no remedies through the courts if there were), and then moved on to mandated loaded chamber indicators (like the kind that was on the Beretta 92 Compact L that Michael Soe used to kill Kenzo Dix during a practical joke—but a Center to Prevent Handgun Violence-backed lawsuit was still filed because the gun didn’t have a written warning on it as well).
Like the reptiles that leave brass at crime scenes get their guns through channels traceable to them. Koretz, of course, knows that. It's just another calculated harassment of gun manufacturers and dealers, designed to drive them out of business by creating prohibitively expensive compliance requirements.
This is more "In your face, California gun owners!" from someone who hates them. It is, in fact, a hate crime.
Furthermore, “This bill would provide that…no handgun may be submitted for that testing unless the handgun is” so designed and equipped.
This will, of course, stop and/or solve no violent crimes (as if that's justification for infringing on our rights). That’s not the point.
The point is to further limit the availability of firearms to California citizens by drying up their sources of supply. The state started with their stupid “drop test” requirement (as if there was an epidemic of “gun deaths” and injuries resulting from that nonexistent problem, and as if there were no remedies through the courts if there were), and then moved on to mandated loaded chamber indicators (like the kind that was on the Beretta 92 Compact L that Michael Soe used to kill Kenzo Dix during a practical joke—but a Center to Prevent Handgun Violence-backed lawsuit was still filed because the gun didn’t have a written warning on it as well).
Like the reptiles that leave brass at crime scenes get their guns through channels traceable to them. Koretz, of course, knows that. It's just another calculated harassment of gun manufacturers and dealers, designed to drive them out of business by creating prohibitively expensive compliance requirements.
This is more "In your face, California gun owners!" from someone who hates them. It is, in fact, a hate crime.
The Trustbuster
TriggerFinger points us to a discussion over at The Claire Files about Boomershoot. I haven’t included a link to that site, and if you follow the ones I did include, and then read them thoroughly, you’ll see why: Concerned about potential terrorist activities, he’s turned over data to the feds that may end up bringing people under scrutiny who haven't done anything wrong. Motives notwithstanding, trust and credibility with many has been boomershot and probably won’t be regained. Too bad—cool site—if you decide to visit it after reading more.