Gun Dealer Stings Back

Mayor Bloomberg has been hit with another lawsuit in connection with his campaign to crack down on illegal guns.

A South Carolina gun dealer became the second storeowner to sue after Mr. Bloomberg targeted it a few months ago in an undercover sting operation designed to stymie illegal gun sales.

The lawsuit, filed in South Carolina, seeks damages and claims that the city smeared the storeowner's reputation.

Looks like my latest Guns Magazine article, just now on the newsstands but written last June, wasn't that far off the mark...

Shameless Plug: "The Sting"

Bloomberg’s team may not have uncovered crimes at all, and may not have committed any themselves. This may be all about generating publicity for his lawsuits, and the sales could have all been conducted in a perfectly legal manner, despite media hype.

"The Sting" is my Rights Watch column for the October 2006 issue of GUNS Magazine, on sale now at newsstands that do their best to flood the streets of New York City with gun information.

Why not buy a copy for yourself, or make a straw purchase for someone else?

BONUS: See page 106 to find out how you can win a Benelli Supernova 12 gauge shotgun

5 More Days...

...until "The Interview".

Meanwhile, Matthew Bracken informs me John Ross has written a review of "Domestic Enemies" over at The High Road.

I can't give you a clip from that because I'm going to be writing my own review and don't want to see what Ross has written, lest it influences my own reporting.

We're the Only Ones Ignorant of the Law Enough

Charges that an Illinois State Police sergeant illegally possessed a machine gun were dismissed Wednesday by a federal judge, who ruled that the law was "unconstitutionally vague" as applied to him.

...U.S. District Judge David R. Herndon dropped the charges against Sgt. James V. Vest... Herndon's 26-page order says the confusion is over the federal law's exception for police officers, and whether Vest could reasonably be expected to know whether he was breaking the law.

Ignorance of the law is no excuse--unless you're an "Only One."

We're the Only Ones Exploring Enough

A suspended Alhambra police officer was charged Wednesday with 10 criminal counts for allegedly molesting 2 teenage boys, including one who was an Explorer with the Baldwin Park Police Department.

What a waste, being an "Only One" and then blowing it.

A Sophomoric Opinion

While allowing a licensed person to carry a gun on campus sounds like a good idea...I strongly disagree.

Sophomore Renee Maisel illustrates the dangers of allowing a shallow and ignorant little girl's opinions to have any bearing on the rights of free men and women.

This Day in History: August 31

Samuel Mason, a Patriot captain in command of Fort Henry on the Ohio frontier, survives a devastating Indian attack on this day in 1777.