The Sting

Bloomberg had private eyes buy guns for felons? Isn’t that illegal, particularly since the mayor of New York and his private surrogates have no jurisdiction in other states? Isn’t that a criminal conspiracy? And doesn’t it violate federal as well as state gun laws?

“Investigators in New York City made illegal gun purchases in five states as part of an undercover investigation,” the Chicago Defender asserted. “Fifteen gun dealers made illegal sales during the two-month long sting.”

"The Sting," my Rights Watch column for the September issue of GUNS Magazine, is now online.

GUNS Magazine, October 1956

• Hunter safety is paramount in "Will You Kill a Man This Fall?"
• They said it couldn't be done, but the self-taught young man didn't know that. Learn about "The Impossible Shotgun of Carbine Williams" (including fascinating biographical information on a legend who almost spent his life in prison for the death of a deputy who raided his still).
• Enjoy classic ads of the period.
• And there's much more...

The October 1956 issue of GUNS Magazine is now online.

The Best Laid Plans...

Recognizing that "it can happen here," school systems in Southwest Louisiana are reviewing their safety plans in light of recent cases of school violence around the country.

"You and I know that if someone wants to walk onto a school campus with a gun, even with law officers at the schools, they can find a way to do it," Jeff Davis Assistant Superintendent David Clayton said.

No, duh.

And I don't suppose all those plans of yours include the only proven deterrent?

"Swelled"? You Sure You Don't Mean "Metastasized" ?

Mayor Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino announced yesterday that their coalition of mayors fighting for stricter gun-control laws has swelled to 109 from 15 since April.

Nice...uh...reporting,"authorized journalist" Greg Wilson! No one can ever accuse you of being a cheerleading shill for the police state who masquerades editorial support as straight news!

And "gun-ho"! How witty! Oh, my sides, they ache!

You professionals!

This Day in History: October 6

Sailing up the Hudson River to come to the aid of General Charles Cornwallis and the besieged British army at the Battle of Saratoga, General Henry Clinton and 3,000 British troops stop to launch an attack on Forts Clinton and Montgomery, in what is now Orange County, New York, in the early morning hours of October 6, 1777.