Wednesday, January 20, 2010

A Bigger Picture?

Howard Nemerov says there is one in the unfolding Texas Gun Shows story. [More]
Posted by David Codrea at 1/20/2010 12:55:00 PM

9 comments:

straightarrow said...

Howard doesn't usually miss the mark,but he is wrong about there being no 'clear-cut villans', there are.

1/20/2010 1:43 PM
zach said...

Agreed, straightarrow. HEB, ATF, and APD are the villians. This is a way for ATF and the Obama administration to seriously chill big gun shows. We know how this works: People just become callous to having to go through FFL's for illegitimate liability concerns on the host's part, then a few years down the road, it's no big damn deal when they formally outlaw private sales.

1/20/2010 1:47 PM
Jerri Lynn Ward said...

Yes, there is a bigger picture. By utilizing the bureaucracy, those seeking to restrict or/and eliminate gun possession and sales can deliver death by 10,000 cuts, rather than a single blow. The regulatory mechanisms exist to do this.

Moreover, this will be enabled by those favoring law and order and the expulsion of illegals over all other principles. I have already spoken to some who believe that implementing such policies is fine because they are now directed against felons and illegals. So damn the the law abiding who wish to buy and sell guns while staying off the federal list. "We gotta get those illegals", even at the expense of our own freedoms.

Howard also forgets to tell us that the "meeting" with the gun show promoter took place 2 days before the event, when his investment was made. And, as for the role of the APD and ATF, why were they even at the meeting if this is merely an issue between private parties? My practice involves dealing with bureaucrats. I know their tricks when they wish to impose an agenda. If private persons were strong-arming parties to a contract, they could be sued for tortious interference.

Howard, get the videotape of the meetings. Let's see the extent to which the ATF and APD participated in this meeting between "private parties."

1/20/2010 2:01 PM
WP said...

Had a little bird get back to me and whisper in my ear this morning.

ANONYMOUS F-Troop boys are NOT happy with the man who is in charge of the TGS shutdown. Flat out embarrassed and stated they FIRMLY think DB has a LIBEL suit and more. They knew nothing of it until the little bird landed on their shoulder to ask WTF is going on. The little bird was told NO ONE in their office KNEW anything about it. Seems the F-Troop who in charge likes to make headlines, take heads and was called a PSYCHO, who is despised BY other F-Troopers. This could be PR to cover their asses, but the little bird sounded quite sincere.

Yes, HEB is also to blame for cow-towing, but as has been pointed out, this meeting was set up JUST before this last show and Boedecker took the helm starting NOVEMBER 2009.

IMO- coercion, isn't this is what arm-twisting really is?

1/20/2010 2:42 PM
Jerri Lynn Ward said...

What is an F-trooper?

1/20/2010 3:05 PM
David Codrea said...

ATFer.

I use BATFU here.

1/20/2010 3:07 PM
Jerri Lynn Ward said...

Thank you.

Also, for your information, we have scheduled a meeting tonight in Austin for those wanting to mobilize against this: http://www.meetup.com/austinlibertycoalition/calendar/12367822/

We have people reaching out to gun groups and others to encourage attendance.

1/20/2010 3:14 PM
jon said...

if APD is concerned with the purchase of firearms by convicted felons and illegal aliens, then why are they A-OK with punishing the sellers of firearms by way of SNATFUs that didn't pass their state police civics exams?

certainly this calls for a touch of interposition -- even assuming texans should allow this sort of thing to any degree, APD can devise a far better and cheaper method of getting what they want at the local gun shows.

1/20/2010 4:27 PM
Pat H said...

Nuisance Abatement itself should be looked at with jaundiced eye, it's local fascism at its core.

I read Mr. Nemerov's report and it's clear that he does not have the bigger picture here, it appears he has way too many friends in blue to see clearly at all.

1/21/2010 12:13 AM

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