GRE Round Up for July 9

Here's the latest from my Gun Rights Examiner colleagues:

Don Gwinn/Chicago:

Second Amendment Freedom Rally today in downtown Chicago

As this morning dawns clear and blue in Chicago, representatives from the ISRA, IllinoisCarry, the Second Amendment Sisters and others are wrapping up...Keep Reading »

Dave Workman/Seattle:

Seattle Times columnist uses vet’s suicide to push anti-gun bigotry

The other day Seattle Times columnist Jerry Large – who did not respond to my e-mail, and he should have out...Keep Reading »

I do hope you realize the importance of sharing these links and show these guys your support by doing so...?

While you're at it, be sure and check out these other Liberty-oriented Examiners:

• Kent McManigal/Albuquerque Libertarian
• Kevin Wilmeth/Anchorage Libertarian
• Anthony Martin/Conservative

Wars and Rumors of Wars

Stables and sphincters and turf (Oh my!)

Vanderboegh explains.

Luby's Responds

About what I expected.

I updated today's GRE.

Let's see if sending them the link elicits something beyond corporate weaselspeak.

It wouldn't hurt if some of you independently let them know you expect an answer if they expect your patronage.

A Legal Bleg

Received the following from a regular reader. He's asking me questions way above my pay grade, so I'm soliciting informed opinions.

My father-in-law is a Norwegian Citizen, as is of course my wife. He kindly offered to me as a gift a Sauer & Sohn 7.65

http://www.handgunsmag.com/featured_handguns/sauer38_082306/

I have found that according to the ATF, it carries 69 points and needs 75. I assume this is part of the "Sporting" use nonsense.

Would love to publicize this whole harangue--I am in Kuwait--a Florida National Guard soldier here...my wife in Norway can legally own the thing, but in the US, I can't. We might not be able to press delete all at once on the GCA, but can't we whittle away at the "Sporting" use section. The 2A is hardly about sports and neither is it some traditional home defense remedy. What is Alito trying to sell that "due Process" pablum? Thomas is the only one who got it right.

Anyway, I wouldn't mind any suggestions. Also, if you suggest a lawyer willing to look into it--assuming you think it's something a lawyer would want to look at (would I be denied standing?---do you have to go to jail to get standing?) If I had standing and a lawyer, any ideas how to fund that little excursion--I doubt the NRA will be interested in the "Sporting" use clause of the GCA--I get the impression, Sports is what the NRA thinks 2A is about!

Your thoughts are welcome...I don't have a charity backing me up if you say "go for it"

Addendum:

Some extra details. I have a CR FFL---they told me that was not a good enough FFL even had it had the 75 points--and the item is > 50 years old--but the main issue is challenging the Sporting Rule. Here is the worse item...My Father-in-law's papers indicate it is defective, so it likely can't ever shoot---but I can't be sure. I am in Kuwait with my unit and have not seen the weapon in person.

Thoughts? Discussion?

First Saved Message

DR got Starbucks to live up to their policy and remove a "No Guns" sign... [Listen]

A Question of Authority

"The state seeks to have illegal orders of expungement set aside .... The judge who signed the expungement orders was without the legal authority to do so." [More]

Government usurping authority?

Unbelievable!

Funny though--I assume the complaining DA took an oath to uphold the Constitution--I don't see him squawking over how "gun permits" square with "shall not be infringed"...

But then again, I have a pretty peculiar take on people who shouldn't have guns.

[Via FFFW]

We're the Only Ones Searching Enough

“When I ask for help, nothing happens until somebody gets shot,’’ she said. “And now they want to come out?’’ [More]

Well...uh...yeah.

They want to find out if you have a gun.

[Via Ed M]

A Night of Broken Glass

After dark, mobs form, smash windows, loot [More]

Yeah, it's the stores' fault.

Pretty neat "Only One" verdict, though.

If Grant had popped a prone Mehserle in the back, what do you think the chances are he'd have gotten off with involuntary manslaughter?

We all realize that if the rioting gets worse and the cops end up killing more, we could well see other cities react...?

Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition

Jindal Agrees to Allow Concealed Guns in Church [More]

I hate to spoil the jubilation by pointing out that's really not his decision to make, but then I always was a bit of a heretic...

[Via Jeffersonian]

We're the Only Ones Back to School Enough

U. S. District Court Judge Mark Bennett ordered Osceola County, Iowa Sheriff Douglas Weber to issue a concealed carry permit to Paul Dorr because the court found that Sheriff Weber had infringed Mr. Dorr's First Amendment rights. Judge Bennett did not stop there. He ordered Sheriff Weber to take a college-level course involving the First Amendment. [More]

Post also contains the embedded opinion.

Des Moines Gun Rights Examiner Sean McClanahan also covered this.

We're the Only Ones Measuring Our Response Enough

After being told that Curtis likely owned multiple firearms, police surrounded the home and brought an armored vehicle to the scene. [More]

Just fyi for those of you who likely do as well...

[Via Dave Licht]

When "Only Ones" Collide

High Noon in Pahrump, Nev.: Sheriff Arrests the District Attorney

The D.A. Chooses Not to File Charges Against Himself, Investigates His Nemesis [More]

Good grief.

Still, I would love to see the legal filing that contains this:

A review of the Internet reveals that Nye County is the laughing stock of the known universe.

[Via William T]

Dumber Than Dirt

A satisfied Rapex customer has started a Facebook site to protest the opening of a Cheaper Than Dirt outlet in McKinney, TX.

I got a kick out of this bit of hysteria:

The store is approximately 3,800 SQUARE FEET!!!! in size...

OH NO!!!! Why, just think how many of those you could fit inside, say, your average Cabela's!

I don't know who the moron behind this effort is, but if you're a Facebook member, you might want to wander over there and point and laugh.

Will Luby's end Fuddruckers' 'no guns' policy?

Based on the all-too-evident results, Luby's is utterly incapable of protecting its customers, nor should they be expected to. By the same token, if they expect gun owner patronage, we deserve to know their position on our ability to protect ourselves, and if we can expect to see any changes in Fuddruckers policy once they assume ownership and control. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column notes that corporate acquisitions also assume liabilities along with assets.

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This Day in History: July 9

I was this afternoon favoured with your letter of the 8th. Inst. While you are at Elizabeth Town, I wish you to obtain the best intelligence you can from time to time of the Enemy’s situation and [inserted: of] any movements, they may seem to have in view. For this purpose you will employ the persons you mention, or such others as you may judge necessary. Whatever expenses you are at, upon this occasion, will be repaid on the earliest notice. [More]