Walls of the City...

...has a real good summary about August 28.

Guns and Hunting

I got the following in an email from NRA:





I perused the site and didn't see Word One about the right to keep and bear arms (not even a forum category, guys?). Surely there's room for just a section? Maybe I'm being unfair, and I confess a contempt for "sportsmen" who ignore and disparage "the animating contest for freedom," but this just looks to me like a breeding ground for more pre-apology Zumbos.

We're the Only Ones Cutting a Rug Enough

A grand jury indicted a former police officer on murder charges Thursday in the death of his pregnant girlfriend, whose 2-year-old son was left alone in an apartment to tell police: "Mommy was crying ... Mommy's in rug."

Bobby Cutts Jr. could receive the death penalty if convicted in the June death of Jessie Davis and her unborn child.

But I thought men like Cutts were a cut above the rest of us, who can't be trusted with guns like they can. I thought they were "The Only Ones"...

[Via Dave Licht]

Gelding the Flock

"For the clergy team, one of the biggest tools that they will have in helping calm the public down or to obey the law is the bible itself, specifically Romans 13."

Yeah, well praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.

So much for separation of church and state.

[Via M. Terry]

August 28 Ammo Tally

I received the following email:

David, how about an honest posting on "War On Guns" beginning on 29 Aug. until midnight 1 Sept. of how much ammo we bought? That might really give the Brady Bunch a shock. It's my challenge, my rules. A 500 round spam-can counts as 500 not 1, etc. You could then make comments like 'Enough ammo was bought to fight small war or would stack 2 miles high.' It could be fun. I'll donate a Red's Cap in the color of choice to the top purchaser. Honesty being the key. You be the deciding judge on who wins. It's your blog I'll be committing to the effort. My sign on name is SamenoKami. Thanks, Sam

My reply:

That's a great idea--I can do a post and invite people to leave comments as to how much they bought--I can even adjust the time on the post to leave it at the top of the page until midnight of 9/1. The key would be, whoever claims the prize must email me so I can determine proof...

So starting Aug. 28, I'll have a post up on this blog to enable people to do this.

Meanwhile, keep spreading the word. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to extrapolate a box of ammo has been purchased for each "protester"?

Guest Commentary: NICS Story

By Thomas Bostian Harris

I build, repair, and collect and sometimes sell firearms. Due to not wanting to handle all the atrocious paperwork the ATF requires and the related meddling, I do not have a personal Federal Firearms License and transact my trading quite legally through a friend's gun shop on his license when an FFL is required. He charges me a minor handling fee.

I had a hunt planned from Monday to this evening.

I had a rifle I had purchased a month ago from a person in Idaho I wanted to take on the hunt for my father to use.

It came in on Saturday to my friend's gun shop.

The gun shop is an hour each way in the wrong direction from where I was going hunting.

I get called that the gun is in and plan to load up on Sunday, drive in to town, get the rifle, then drive out to go hunting.

I go to pick up said rifle, fill out the 4473 form, NICS is called, they "delay me" and I can not receive the firearm until they approve it or Thursday if they don't deny it, whichever comes first. Two hours wasted.

I drive out to where I'm going hunting. The next day, while I'm taking a break to have lunch, I check my voice mail. Transaction approved, you can come get your firearm (three hours drive away in each direction).

Side note. Ten firearms transactions involving NICS (on Custer Drive because even their street name is a loser) this year. Three delays. One multiple firearm transaction day 3 weeks prior, involving a handgun even, where all were instantly approved. No particular pattern. Pretty much a normal year in my dealing with NICS as far as their performance.

Not even a speeding ticket or parking ticket this year or last (or many years before) for that matter on my part. Each time they have run the exact same Name (with a very odd middle name), Social Security number, Drivers License number, Address, Date, and Place of Birth. I can fill out the form in my sleep and I fill it out the same every time at the same gun shop.

Show me any other database where a simple search returns spurious results 3 out of 10 times when fed the exact same search.

Capricious.

I have other rifles, I still got my hogs, I went and picked up my rifle this evening, but they wasted two hours of my time and multiple dead dinosaurs in the truck for no reason at all.

If you google my name you will find one of the universities I attended and an amazon wishlist, if any Fibbers or BATFEces wish to contribute to purchasing any of those books they are quite welcome to do so.

A "Pro-Gun" Journalist

dove slaughterers...our constitutional right to blast a bunch of birds out of existence with the weapon of our choice...people's right to blast a bunch of birds out of existence with the weapon of their choice...people accustomed to obtaining one in about 19 minutes...That's how long it took me to buy one in April, after the Virginia Tech massacre...gun control fanatics...weapon capable of scattering dove flesh and feathers throughout the sky...the constitutionally protected sport of dove slaughtering...

And the thing is, he's arguing against the 4-day delay. This must be what passes for "pro-gun" commentary in "authorized journalist" circles.

[Via Michael S]

Gun Groups Speak Out for Dealers

Members of Senator Larry Craig and Senator Mike Crapo's staff were there among others. GOA-Gun Owners of America, JPFO-Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership, NRA-National Rifle Association and NSSF-National Shooting Sports Foundation submitted letters on behalf of firearms dealers...

It'd be nice if this focuses the spotlight of oversight on the overseers. I told Ryan I hope his attorneys are mindful of the implications of this report:

BATFU doesn't inspect all dealers routinely and with standardized protocols, but they have the resources to pick Red's to death with arbitrary made-on-the fly "rules" on a continual basis--even though they know no serious violations exist. In other words, they aren't doing their "job," but they somehow have time and resources for a vendetta.

Mind you, I'm not calling for more resources to help them do this--I'd like to see them go away completely. But if they are going to exist, they ought to be bound by a thick leash that prevents them from making things personal, which is clearly what has been happening to Ryan.

This Day in History: August 24

A brief artillery exchange in New York sparks an exodus by New York City civilians to New Jersey.