Notes from the Resistance...
She also sided with ATF in ruling “the Second Amendment does not extend to the unrestricted manufacture, distribution, sale, or purchase of firearms or their parts,” that regulation of the parts is “presumptively lawful … ‘fall[ing] outside the historical scope’ of the Second Amendment,” and that ATF’s action “places only a marginal burden on the right to bear arms in self-defense of one’s home.” [More]Shall not be infringed EXCEPT FOR...?
At least 27 people were reported dead on Friday after Malian commandos stormed a luxury hotel in the capital Bamako with at least 170 people inside, many of them foreigners, that had been seized by Islamist gunmen. [More]Well wouldn't you just know it:
The regulation of guns in Mali is categorised as restrictive ... In Mali, the right to private gun ownership is not guaranteed by law ... In Mali, civilians are not allowed to possess weapons of war ... Applicants for a gun owner’s licence in Mali are required to establish a genuine reason to possess a firearm, for example demonstrating a need for protection ...
The Charlotte City Council’s public safety committee Wednesday voted against moving forward with creating “public safety zones,” which would have allowed police to prohibit criminals from entering a certain area. [More]From the too little too late department:
CMPD chief says plan could have stigmatized community[Via Steve T]
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.Still, with all the information resources available, it's inexcusable that so many gun owners are so deserving of the chains they're demanding for all of us.
According to Edwards, Goode was left hogtied and on his stomach for an extended period after his arrest in Southaven on July 18. That caused him to have trouble breathing, and when his heart couldn't compensate, it went into cardiac arrhythmia and killed him. [More]That sounds an awful lot like the fatal complications from another form of execution.
It was quite a night of crime fighting Tuesday night in St. Louis city with citizens taking the lead. Folks gathered at a church to meet with police, supporters of a gun buy-back program raised money to support their cause... [More]Yep, sounds like quite a night of crime fighting there, "Authorized Journalist" Roche Madden. Now that's leadership!
So with the help of 4 Republicans, the bad amendments offered by Democrats passed and the bill was killed. [More]Unless you're willing to take them out and absorb short term hits for the longer term insurance only setting a wider object lesson can provide -- unless you're willing to temporarily lose those seats so the Republicans will make damn sure none of their members stray off the reservation again -- this is all hollow posturing.
Sanford, Fla., officer is fired for singing about killing with death metal band [More]"Thin fibers of trust" made me laugh out loud. I think I'll start using that.
Climate Scientist Dr. Richard Lindzen, an emeritus Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology at the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at MIT, derided what he termed climate “catastrophism.” [More]Hey, here's an idea-- sue to force those bent on further "regulation" to do a comprehensive "environmental impact study."
"We will not forget those who solicited our deaths and the deaths of our families. We will not forget and history will not forgive." [More]Vanderboegh offers an education to someone who is probably too ignorant to appreciate the service that's just been provided to him.
Fifty-one percent of D.C. residents said they would like to reinstate a ban on gun ownership in the city that was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 2008 ...The finding comes as the District grapples with a 58 percent spike in homicides this year — almost all from gun violence — and that has sent crime to the top of residents’ concerns about the city, the poll showed. [More]LA-A-AMBERT!
