Saturday, October 01, 2005

Fake Gun Registry Ran With Ottawa's Knowledge, Eh?

Here's the latest in the Canadian gun registration fiasco. Seems the government got its knickers in a wad over this:

A website that generated fake Canadian gun registrations continued to operate for more than a year after federal officials tried to shut it down.

A file from the website, registered in the United States, allowed visitors to fill in and print reproductions of Canadian firearms registration certificates.
[snip]
Under gun type, the drop-down menu included “nail gun,” “hair dryer,” and “pointy stick.”

The hosers got upset over that? Sure hope I don't get in trouble with this, eh?

Compass Changes Direction

I'm glad I'm not the only one who comes up with crappy headlines.

How Very...Uhh... Orwellian

George Orwell, author and lifelong socialist, entered into a tax avoidance scheme on his deathbed as money began to flood in from the success of his final two books, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Aspiring New Orleans Cop Supports RKBA!

I have just finished reading the article entitled "What's Wrong With Gun Laws'' in the August issue of GUNS. Congratulations to Policeman "X" for one of the finest articles I have ever read. I am a member of National Rifle Association and seriously considering becoming a police officer of this city and this subject concerns me closely. I have and always will be a firm adversary of any legislation that takes any right from the average and honest citizen to keep and bear arms. I have always believed that if many of the restrictions on the purchase of handguns were lifted, there would be far less crime in this city than there is today.
Henry McKinell
New Orleans, Louisiana

Just one thing--this letter appeared in the Oct. 1955 issue of GUNS Magazine.

Download an issue for yourself. It's fun, it's informative and it's free.

About Those Bush Judicial Appointments

A federal District Court Judge has ruled that the privacy rights of illegal aliens convicted of heinous crimes in this country are more important than the public’s right to know if the government is properly enforcing a key immigration law.

Amazing as the ruling itself may be, what is even more stunning is the fact that U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Richard J. Leon was affirming the Bush administration’s position in the case. President Bush nominated Leon in 2001 and the Senate confirmed him in February 2002.

It's not stunning to me at all. It's part of a pattern I have come to expect. Just like with another one of Bush's nominees, Reggie Walton, who ruled the Second Amendment a collective, rather than an individual right.

Which brings to mind a favorite quote by a pal of mine:
We've been conned. Bare-ass naked in the town square conned.--Steiger

Pergunta Stupid*

"The [drug] dealers watch out for everyone in the neighborhood 24 hours a day, doing what the police don't," said do Espirito Santo, 43. "People here fear the police and their guns more than they do the dealers."

The inverted realities of Brazil's poorest neighborhoods have added complexity to the debate about gun control, but later this month every citizen from 18 to 70 will confront a clear, yes-no question: Should the sale of all types of guns and ammunition be banned nationwide for everyone except the police and military?

* "Stupid Question" in Portugese

Man Bites Hurricane

The failure in New Orleans was a failure of character.

[Thanks to Lee McGee]