Not Trying Very Hard

Per JH:

If you haven't seen it, BATF posted thousands of seized weapons in a three page public paid notice in yesterday's Wall Street Journal to the public to retrieve their stolen weapons or they will be destroyed. Since most people don't get the WSJ and there was no copy of this on the electronic version of the WSJ, just how do people access the information? Why did BATF pick a newspaper with limited circulation and not say, USA Today for this paid public announcement? Maybe they did but I didn't hear about it.

Title of the announcement starting on page B8 is as follows:

Heading:
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE-BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, FIREARMS, TOBACCO AND EXPLOSIVES (ATF)
Next line:
SEIZED PROPERTY NOTICES

This notice utilized pages B8, B9 and B10 in very small type.

So why wouldn't BATFU post this on its website?


You'd think a "gun lobby" worth its salt would get a friendly congressthing to introduce a bill requiring it.

And There Was War in Heaven

Preemption or "home rule" CCW? [More]

Funny--I don't see a third option...

We're the Only Ones Unprotected Enough

Los Angeles County coroner's investigators, often among the first to arrive at crime scenes, are seeking permission to carry weapons while on the job.

"We're working in one of the most dangerous areas in the nation," said Mario Sainz, a veteran investigator who has been lobbying the county to change its policy. "We've had incidents where the gangbangers -- even though there are uniformed cops -- drive by the scene, randomly shooting, and the coroner's investigator has no means of protection." [More]

Fair enough, Mario. But as WarOnGuns Correspondent W-3, who sent me this observes:

I wonder if the coroners have given any thought to the citizens living in the areas where the coroners are occasionally called to conduct an investigation? Those residents live in, “one of the most dangerous areas in the nation” 24/7, and are expected by the state to do so unarmed.

So are you "lobbying" for them as well? Or do you expect to be Super Mario, that is, an "Only One"?

Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Sarah Brady Paradise...

The Government is pushing ahead with legislation that will criminalise politically incorrect jokes, with a maximum punishment of up to seven years' prison. [More]

How many subversive Limeys does it take to screw up a country?

Shout Our Oaths in the Tyrant's Face

WRSA is going to Washington DC on June 13. Find out why. [More]

So is Mike Vanderboegh.

I have it on pretty good authority they're not excluding anyone who would like to show up and join them.

A Certified Idiot

Police said a Michigan concealed weapons teacher accidentally shot a student in the face during a demonstration. [More]

See, I always assume guns are loaded with plastic bullets, too.

But wait--according to this:

The instructor of the course is certified by this state or a national organization to teach the 8-hour pistol safety training course described in this section.

It's like The Wizard of Oz: They figure if you give the Scarecrow a diploma, he automatically has brains.

We're the Only Ones Shooting Up Enough

Two off-duty Atlanta Police Department officers were arrested early Monday morning in Cherokee County, charged with reckless conduct for shooting dozens of bullets into Lake Allatoona.

At around 1 a.m. Cherokee 911 received several calls complaining about the gunfire. Deputies were dispatched to the Allatoona shoreline, and one reported a bullet landed just 15 feet away from where he stood... [More]

Because "Only Ones" are more trustworthy with guns than you or I...

Delaware Diversity

Apparently, it is never acceptable to say "n....r". [More]

How would I have known without the Delaware DoT bureaucrats to steer me right?

Harvard Study on "Gun Control"

It's "counterproductive." [More]

I could have told them that, and I didn't go me to no Ivy League school..

Love Your Children? Teach Them How to Safely Handle Guns

The unintended consequence of the avoidance approach is it ensures ignorance, so if a child does encounter a gun, they will be clueless as to what to do next. And like it or not, all the theoretical admonitions in the world are no substitute for knowledge and experience. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column advocates education. How telling that the Bradys adopt the Orwellian "Ignorance is strength" position.

Also learn about bills in Oregon and Nevada, and get the latest from my fellow GREs.

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This Day in History: May 8

I am happy to find that a late resolve of Congress of the 2nd instant, has restored you to the Continental Army. The importance of the Post at Peeks Kill and its appendages has become so great that it is now necessary to have a Major General appointed to the command of it, you will therefore immediately repair to that Post and take charge of it, till a general arrangement of the army can be effected, and the proper province of every Officer assigned. [More]