Notes from the Resistance...
"Reasonable restrictions"?Today's Gun Rights Examiner notes a tone of desperation. Of more importance: Why?
As defined by an ideology that condemns anything short of a total ban? We're dealing with people who won't even cede the right of individuals to lawfully keep a gun in the home for protection without resorting to deception and hysteria.
Here's what they really want. [More]
The French squadron, anchored before New York, blocking the English squadron & intercepting vessels which wanted to enter there, July 12, 1778 [More]
Exactly. We knew this 50 years ago. Human nature has not changed. Nor has reality. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column notes how much and how little things have changed since the July 1960 issue of GUNS Magazine was published.
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 7.65Addendum:
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"
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?
"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?
“When I ask for help, nothing happens until somebody gets shot,’’ she said. “And now they want to come out?’’ [More]Well...uh...yeah.
After dark, mobs form, smash windows, loot [More]Yeah, it's the stores' fault.
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...
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.
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...
High Noon in Pahrump, Nev.: Sheriff Arrests the District AttorneyGood grief.
The D.A. Chooses Not to File Charges Against Himself, Investigates His Nemesis [More]
A review of the Internet reveals that Nye County is the laughing stock of the known universe.[Via William T]
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!
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.
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]
Wyoming has eliminated sales tax at gun shows, because a few people at gun shows screamed at the tax agents trying to collect it. [More]Michael Dean looks at cause and effect.
NBC News reported that the handguns had, in accordance with security procedures at New York's John F Kennedy airport, been placed inside checked luggage. [More]Well, I certainly feel secure.
In a little-known city program that critics say may be unconstitutional, cops join fire and building inspectors as they enter homes without a warrant and then arrest residents if they find anything illegal. [More]Hey, if you've got nothing to hide, what's the problem?
[I]t's tough to see how much more "reasonable" the hoplophobes want gun legislation to be. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at the hysteria that results from a slight loosening of the cuffs.
July 8, 1778
Washington establishes his headquarters at West Point
General Washington establishes his headquarters at a strategic point that dominates the Hudson River. Polish engineer Thaddeus Kosciusko plays a significant role in the construction of the fortifications. [More]
...That would be these guys...So oft in theologic wars,Q.E.D.
The disputants, I ween,
Rail on in utter ignorance...
[T]here is no reason why the Second Amendment should be the last word for the voting public. [Read]Yes there is:
"When Democracy Becomes Tyranny
I STILL get to vote."
We will not disarm.Now go ahead and have your vote.
You cannot convince us.
You cannot intimidate us.
You can try to kill us, if you think you can.
But remember, we’ll shoot back .
We are not going away.
We are not backing up another inch.
And there are THREE MILLION OF US.
Your move, Mr. Wannabe Tyrant.
Your move.
What the chart in fact shows is that there is virtually no correlation between gun control laws and gun homicides. [More]I don't really do statistics-based commentary, but thought I'd pass this along for those of you who are interested.
If the gungrabbers had their way...we would be reading very different headlines. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at some people the evil Daleys and Bloombergs of the world and all their useful idiots would rather see dead.
Wow, what a man. Be funny if it were a plain clothes LEO, wouldn't it?Oh and we would call the police ASAP. I'm not foolish enough to mess with these gun-toting idiots.Based on results, I'm not sure there are limits to this pathetic child's foolishness.
Inquiry into functioning of Central Firearm Registry [More]It's working as intended--reducing freedom for the "law-abiding" and not doing a thing to address those causing the problems--all the while keeping that gravy train chugging down the tracks...
"We do not know if we have a weapon that malfunctioned or if they inadvertently hit something on a weapon that caused it to go off," Chief Deputy Mike Andrews said. [More]What, like the trigger...?
While Morris fled on foot, police said Brantley drove away. She was questioned and released Tuesday — but then arrested Friday on a federal charge of witnessing a felony and failing to report it...Brantley is accused of knowing Morris was a felon in possession of a gun, a federal violation. Some argue that the law conflicts with the Fifth Amendment, which protects people from being witnesses against themselves. [More]This is just all kinds of wrong.
A year rarely goes by when the Pennsylvania parole board doesn't come under fire because someone it let out early has killed again.And now some egghead says his computer can predict who will kill again--and importantly, who won't!
In 2008, inmates released long before their maximum sentences expired killed two police officers in Philadelphia, last year one killed a Pittsburgh police officer, and eight days ago a murderer who was twice paroled allegedly slaughtered four people in Northampton. [More]
“In this case - as in many cases in which armed law enforcement officers have been the subjects of covert criminal investigations - I had substantial concerns for Ms. Henderson’s safety and for the safety of others. In my training and experience, law enforcement officers can become despondent, and even suicidal, when faced with criminal charges,” O’Neil said. [More]"Many"?
A generation from now, legal and policy discussions will look back and see gun control for the sham that it has always been. [Read]Nice to see that message on NPR.
"All gun crimes"?Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at an incomplete conversion that defaults unsurprisingly to fascism.
Think about that. [More]
However, on July 6, 1778, all his property, including the powder mills and 202 acres, were confiscated. [More]
