Brady/VPC Spin on Fenty Appeal

Brady Center:

If the U.S. Supreme Court follows the words of the U.S. Constitution and the Court's own precedents, it should reverse the Appeals Court ruling and allow the District's law to stand.

Just because Paul Helmke says so, apparently.

Violence Policy Center:

Washington, DC's ban on handguns in the home has long protected DC's residents as measured by the District of Columbia's firearm suicide and overall
suicide rate.

I guess that all depends on who is being protected. If you follow the VPC link, it claims 5 reported suicides per 100,000 persons related to firearms in 2004, with no evidence that the absence of a gun would not have resulted in a different choice of method. In the same year, their murder rate was reported at 35.8 per 100,000, almost seven times higher than the national average of 5.5.

This Day in History: July 17

Washington is waiting our motions here, & has detached Sullivan with about 2500 men, as I learn, to Albany.- My intention is for Pensilvania where I expect to meet Washington, but if he goes to the Northw.d contrary to my / and you can keep him at Bay, be assured I shall soon be after him to relieve you.

Looks Like I Got My Wish...

...to be proven wrong on Parker:

Sources told News4 on Monday that D.C. Mayor Adrian
Fenty will appeal a federal circuit court's decision to overturn the city's 30-year-old handgun ban.

Fenty will have to appeal the case to the Supreme Court.

I hope this is true.

Looks like it's been confirmed.

[Via SayUncle]

We're the Only Ones Going Off Enough

Trooper's Gun Goes Off...Police said Randall McKlveen was unarmed when a trooper's weapon accidentally discharged...The trooper's gun went off...

All by its own self, yet once again, no doubt...

Oh, and government watchdog "authorized journalists": Nah, I don't suppose knowing "the trooper's" name would be in the public interest. Forget I mentioned it.

[More from "The Only Ones" files]

Group Hug

"There's a reason they go out and shoot each other, because they don't love themselves. And the reason they don't love themselves is because we are not loving them enough."

Kumbaya, my Lord, Kumbaya...

Love for everyone! That is, unless you're Obama's pal "the Reverend" Snuffy Pfleger, calling on the mob to "snuff out...John R-I-G-G-I-O."

What better way to promote glowing warmth and good will than by promoting edicts that will result in storm troopers killing anyone who doesn't bend to your will and surrender their personal defense tools?

Do I hear an "Amen"?

Oh, and what do you know? The Vernon Park Church of God, which just gave an exclusive forum to a presidential candidate, doesn't file with the IRS because they're tax exempt. I'm sure The Separatists will get right on it.

(Fits has more.)

A Hacking Tool

I've got five good reasons why restricting hacking tools is not like gun control.

But you seem willing to throw guns under the bus in order to keep those tools, and carve out yet another exception for "The Only Ones," as if that will do anything other than ensure corrupt exclusivity.

If you're going to make a statement like "many incidents of gun violence are not caused by criminals," I'd be interested in seeing if you know what you're talking about. How many is "many"? What percentage of "gun violence" perpetrators have no prior criminal affiliations, and what is your source for this claim?

Only a hack or a tool would go around promulgating seemingly authoritative assertions without actual knowledge, don't you think?

Long Distance with Wayne Fincher

I spoke with Wayne Fincher on the phone for probably about 20 minutes yesterday. I'm not going to go into details here.

I was impressed with his knowledge, intelligence, insights and bearing. There is much good about this remarkable man. An outrageous injustice has been, and is continuing to be done.

This Day in History: July 16

Lead is in such short supply that the residents of Philadelphia melt down the lead from their window weights and downspouts to be turned into bullets for the Army.

Signs of a Common Sense Gun Ban

“Anybody with common sense isn’t going to carry a gun into a school."

...So expect to see more gun signs popping up this fall

Yep, if only there had been bans in effect at Columbine or Virginia Tech. Keep it from happening again by getting those "NO GUNS" signs up. Rick Gammill, have I got a sign for you.

And know this: Wayne couldn't agree with you more.

NewTimesLive Reporter Doesn't Know What He's Talking About, No Seriously

Under old gun laws, a gun dealer faced a slap on the wrist for selling an illegal handgun.

Under new laws, its 3-and-a-half years for a loaded handgun, said New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Forgetting for a moment the federal consequences, it's hard to believe that any "authorized journalist" could be this incapable of separating apples from oranges, but there you have it.

Ignorance and bias: so much journalistic malpractice in so little space.

The Invisible Men

Federal agents not usually visible at local gun shows...

Too bad. It would be nice to ID them and post their pictures at entrances and dealer tables.

Archives By Category

So much for expecting even-handedness. You'll note no category for "Religious Left Watch," which can only mean that the Separatists endorse and exploit holes in "the wall" for them.

I posted a couple comments on their blog pointing out their double standards.

This Day in History: July 15

Resolved Unanimously, that the Reasons assigned by the Continental Congress for declaring the United Colonies free and independent States, are cogent and conclusive, and that while We lament the cruel Necessity, which has rendered that Measure unavoidable, We approve the same and will at the Risque of our Lives and fortunes join with the other Colonies in supporting it.

Snuffy Still Flouts Tax Law as Separatists Turn Blind Eye

Snuffy Pfleger is still up to his liberty-snuffing antics, and there's still no outrage from Americans United for Separation of Church and State.

I guess using tax-deductible resources to advocate legislation to the general public isn't as threatening to the Republic as a fundamentalist preacher expressing religious views to his congregation...

It appears their moral outrage is consistently selective, does it not?

3 Quick Observations

1894C said...
...I can't wait to read your opinions of DC V Parker & the impending Aug deadline to appeal to SCOTUS, the CA pending bill to ban lead ammo for hunting, the OSHA pending ruling regarding the storage of gunpowder and ammo.

I may not have time to do a very thorough job on these, so here are my hipshot impressions. Feel free to disagree:

I hope I'm wrong, but I think Fenty's going to cave on Parker. I don't think the anti-gun establishment is confident enough in their legal position to want to see this one go any further, and they'll carrot/stick the mayor to take one for the team and drop it. Which means we still won't have a SCOTUS ruling--and that will be exploited later in a venue more to the subversives' advantage.

The environmentalcases have made great freedom-destroying strides in this country, and California is at the forefront. Plus, they've been know in the past to enact edicts just to give an in your face! to gun owners. I've pretty much said my piece on the lead issue here, and would only reassert that anything Leonardo Dicaprio thinks is a good idea needs to be vetted for childishness.

In re OSHA and the proposed regs, again, I have no crystal ball, but my feeling is that the issue will be put on the back burner for the time being--at least until the base-alienating republicans succeed in transferring enough power to allow the democrats to force it through. This is just one more example of how freedom is about a lot more than guns. Put another way, anti-freedom is about controlling others--in all aspects of their lives and affairs.

Gun Banners Pledge to Lie

Seeking the attention of presidential candidates taking part in the NAACP national convention, concerned parents and activists said that they plan to conduct a “lie-in” today to protest weak gun laws, particularly on college campuses.

Yeah, I guess complete bans aren't strong enough.

How fitting they choose to call it a "lie in."

Oh, wait--they mean as in "lie down."

I always wanted to go to one of those dressed like Evel Knievel, have a crew set up ramps on each side of the line of protesters...

This Day in History: July 14

To THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS New York, July 14, 1776.

Sir: My last of Friday evening which I had the Honor of addressing you, advised that two of the Enemy's Ships of War and three Tenders had run above our Batteries here and the Works at the upper end of the Island.

"Major Blow" to Major Blowhard

A key Congressional committee dealt a major blow to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s campaign against illegal firearms yesterday, refusing to allow police departments broader access to data that tracks guns sales.

The bill restricting release of the information, approved by the House Appropriations Committee, must still be passed by the full House and reconciled with a similar Senate measure. But since the Senate bill is considered even more beneficial to the gun industry, the Bloomberg administration appeared resigned to defeat.

Note Paul Helmke's "I'll be back" threat. I half expect him to twirl his moustache and go "Nya-ha-ha" while saying it.

We're the Only Ones Bringing Closure Enough

A grand jury Wednesday declined to indict a former sheriff's deputy in the shooting death of a teenager accused of stealing video game consoles...

"We're very pleased and we hope this will bring closure to a very difficult and tragic set of circumstance..."

I'm sure we'd be seeing the same "closure" and all parties would be "very pleased" had Peyton Strickland been the one to shoot an unarmed "Only One" through a door...

[Via ChareltonHest]

Fincher Denied Appeal Bond

A Washington County man convicted of having illegal machine guns won't be allowed out of jail while his conviction and sentencing are on appeal, a
judge ruled Friday...Fincher is being allowed to remain free on $100,000 bond until he reports to federal prison July 24.

Most outrageous line:

The defense tried to make a case of the Constitution versus gun laws; the government kept the case more simple...

Close runner-up:

A second issue planned on appeal is whether Fincher should have been given more prison time for being an organizer or leader of a criminal activity that involved more than five people.

[More about Wayne Fincher from WarOnGuns]