Limited Posting Continues

Again, for those of you who haven't read any of my previous disclaimers from this week, don't take it personally if I haven't answered your email.

"Not a Fundamental Right"

Christopher Boldt, an attorney for the city of Dover, said Bleiler's right to bear arms was not infringed when he lost his concealed-carry license, since it did not affect his ability to carry a gun in plain view. He also said that the Legislature has the authority to require permits for concealed weapons.

"The right to a concealed handgun is not a fundamental right," Boldt told the justices.

Sure it is, Chris. Keeping and bearing "shall not be infringed." Seems pretty clear to anyone who's not a subversive liar. There are no restrictions on how you do it--no morally legitimate ones, anyway.

But now, thanks to this guy Bleiler reportedly acting like an ass, we'll probably get to see yet another inroad in denying "permitted" carrying codified and chiseled into stare decisis stone.

"Criminals are Going to Get Guns"

[T]he Senate on Wednesday approved a ban on high-capacity gun magazines.

Ammunition clips holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition would be illegal under legislation that passed...and was sent to the House.

Sen. Dan Kotowski sold the bill as one that doesn’t limit the manufacture or sale of guns...

“Criminals are going to get guns,” Kotowski said. “Why not limit the damage that they can cause?”

And you don't think they'll be able to get magazines, Dan?

Of course you do. This is just a lie to give your treason some cover.

How do we know he's really after the guns?

Kotowski also is sponsoring a ban on .50-caliber assault rifles which is awaiting a Senate floor vote.

In an interesting side development, Armed and Safe tells us the magazine ban was at the expense of a bill that addressed sexual exploitation of children.

You May Be a Gun Nut

So Hamline officials took swift action. On April 23, Scheffler received a letter informing him he'd been placed on interim suspension. To be considered for readmittance, he'd have to pay for a psychological evaluation and undergo any treatment deemed necessary, then meet with the dean of students, who would ultimately decide whether Scheffler was fit to return to the university.

And if the shrink is a hoplophobe along the lines of the vast majority of his colleagues in the American Psychological Association...?

It's clear the profession considers hoplophilia a mental disorder--creating a convenient little Catch-22.

Funny. The paranoids station an armed cop outside a classroom over this--and they call us nuts.

Under these circumstances, I don't think it's too far of a stretch to envision a scenario where a restraining order is issued, an evaluation ordered, and a biased practitioner categorizes the citizen a danger--all nice and legal.

I hope Scheffler sues the **** out of these fascists.

[Via KABA Newslinks]

This Day in History: May 10

Joseph Child of the New York Train of Artillery tried at a late General Court Martial whereof Col. Huntington was President for "defrauding Christopher Stetson of a dollar, also for drinking Damnation to all Whigs, and Sons of Liberty, and for profane cursing and swearing." -- The Court finding the prisoner guilty of profane cursing and swearing and speaking contemptuously of the American Army, do sentence him to be drum'd out of the army.