The Let's See How Far We Can Push Them Act of 2009

...is now online. [More]

Brought to you in part by "A"-rated Kirsten Gillibrand!

And if this works, we'll be back!

[Via W-3]

UPDATE: Analysis from Joe via Skip (and yeah, I've corresponded with both these guys for years):

This is essentially the old McCain-Lieberman gun show bill from eight years ago (S.890), in slightly lighter form.

"Gun show promoters" must register with the Attorney General and maintain a register with the signature and identifying data of all "vendors." (carefully examine the definition of vendor.)

"Vendor" is ANYONE who offers for sale/trade/etc a gun at a gun show, whether the person has a fixed location (e.g. table holder) or not (e.g. a guy walking around the show with a firearm for sale/trade).

The requirement for an FFL-conducted background check (NICS check) apply "if any part of a firearm transaction takes place at a gun show." For example, you see a gun you like, offered by a private seller (non-FFL), but you don't agree on a price. Later in the week you call the guy and make another offer. THAT transfer must be done through an FFL. This could be stretched to include just SEEING a gun offered for sale, because the initial contact was at a gun show.

FFLs, in addition to the existing paperwork requirements (new forms as specified by the AG, and a new "bound book"), must report to the Attorney General within 10 days, all transactions processed at a gun show. Unlike a storefront FFL, who must simply maintain the records for examination by competent authority, gun show transfer data must be sent to the AG.

Federal felony penalties apply to any violation, procedural or otherwise.

We're the Only Ones Thoroughly Vetted Enough

Man who fled sex conviction for abusing female inmate in Swedish prison found working at Sheridan Correctional Center under real name [More]

So, isn't rape a big part about how "Only Ones" keep inmates in line...? Seems like he brought some valuable experience to the job...

[Via The Bitter Clinger]

The Impossible Dream

Cleanup ATF [More]

www.CleanUpATF.org is a non-profit organization dedicated to returning integrity, accountability and decency to the management of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE or "ATF").

I know some folks who have a better idea.

“In the Border Patrol Checkpoint, the Person’s Rights Doesn’t Matter Here.”

What authoritarian meatheads the government employs. [More]

Kudos to a brave citizen for standing up for his rights, which is apparently officially "suspicious."

I'm sure there is no shortage of cud-chewers who would tell us he shouldn't have a problem if he has nothing to hide.

[Via Tony F]

What Will be Prosecuted

Having a gun, silly. [More]

I think I'll do a GRE column on this tomorrow.

Education at the Extreme

With President Barack Obama’s Cabinet reading like a “who’s who” of gun-ban advocates, it’s difficult to say which member is the most anti-gun. That is, until you meet Arne Duncan. [More]

Good article by Dave Kopel. It really shows what kind of anti-American freaks the head anti-American freak surrounds himself with.

Haunting Larry Hincker

Well here's an interesting visitor...


I wonder what's in Blackburg...?

And look what brought them here...


Damn straight. His words should haunt him forever. And I'm delighted to be doing my part to see that they will.

'Transforming Concern into Action' Endangers Lawful Gun Owners

Let's "transform that concern into action" and see how this will work in practice. Let's take a look at what will happen to a gun owner minding his own business and not breaking any laws...[More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column demonstrates how the implementation of "Kumbaya" requires the threat of deadly force as we revisit the actions of an official who really ought to be reported to the authorities...

I just had a thought--I'm going to see if I can find out more about the exhibit this talks about--I wonder how many of those shirts memorialize someone with gang affiliations...?

Also get the latest from my fellow GREs.

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This Day in History: April 24

That Great Britain will exert every nerve to carry her tyrannical designs into execution, I have not the smallest doubt; her very existence as a nation depends now upon her success: for should America rise triumphant in her struggle for independence she must fall. It is not to be wondered at therefore, after she had departed from that line of justice which ought to characterize a virtuous people, that she should descend to such low arts, and dirty tricks, as will forever remain a reproach to her; none of which has she practised with more success, and I fear with more dangerous consequences to our cause, than her endeavours to depreciate the continental bills of credit. [More]