Hessian Signs Microstamping Bill

Delivering a top priority of the gun-control movement, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation yesterday requiring that new models of semiautomatic handguns sold in California be able to stamp identifying serial numbers on shell casings.

In a surprise move, he also signed a bill banning lead ammunition in the sprawling range of the endangered California condor.

Aren't you glad the major gun groups sat out on the recall election, some even spreading the word to gun owners that Arnold was a "stealth pro-gun candidate"?

It's not
like some of us (OK, me)
didn't warn you.

Is the betrayal complete yet, or are we still going to follow the "lesser of two evils" route? We have a grand opportunity to repeat the Arnold experience on the national level, you know, and we're even being primed for it.

Keep listening to the establishment gun lobby apologists, particularly the ones from those islands of success, California and New York, as they drip with poisonous scorn against anything not originating within their little controlled circles, and boast of their wonderful achievments of getting invited to surrender ceremonys.

"Burma Shave" III

As always, credit for the original idea goes to the Champaign County Rifle Association.

Burma Shave I
Burma Shave II

March Against "Gun Crime"

Keep those knees straight...

Get those boots up higher...

What a Difference a Mindset Makes

They're having a gun show.

And the newspaper isn't going into hysterics.

See? Is rational, factual reporting really that hard?

This Day in History: October 14

October 14. 1775
In London, Secretary of State Lord Suffolk receives intelligence that the colony of Pennsylvania is preparing an armed fleet and floating batteries to prevent the passage of the King's ships through the Delaware River. He recommends that the Admiralty dispatch vessels to destroy the floating batteries.

Kennedy 'Eating Ice Cream' After Surgery On Artery

Excellent.

Would you like some butter and Crisco with that, Senator?

How about some fries?

We're the Only Ones Making Honest Mistakes Enough

According to police, the man thought the gun policy at school didn't apply to current or former cops.

Gee, I wonder where he'd ever get the idea there may be two sets of rules, and why he'd be conditioned to assume that there are...?

[More from "The Only Ones" Files]

Great White North Justice

"He put the public safety of Canadians at risk," said federal prosecutor Michael Robb. "This is an extremely serious offence."

Hardy was in custody 86 days. Robb said the sentence might be perceived as harsh, but said Americans should be made aware of Canadian gun penalties. Canada Border Services Agency officers found a loaded .22-calibre semi-automatic pistol in a case under the passenger seat of Hardy's vehicle as he entered Canada July 18 at the Blue Water Bridge.

Yeah, no criminal record, gun cased under the seat. Sure sounds risky to me. For Hardy.

But it is what it is, and we need to understand the consequences of carelessness or defiance, do what we can to avoid the first, and approach the second seriously and with as many precautions as we can.

2A Carnival 13

Over at Free Constitution...

Stan tells me via email the dang flash movie from two days ago is really annoying because the sound comes on and stays on. I agree--I don't think I'll use that medium again unless I can figure out how to keep it from automatically coming on. Still, I'm glad I made it and stand by its message, so no, no one gets their money back.

As I said in that post, left click, then right click, then click on "Pause"--in any case, as I add new posts, it will soon move off the page.

But I digress. Go check out the Carnival.

Blood Dancing With Sarah

Yuri Orlov shows us the steps, and they're pretty convoluted and twisted.

I got the same email and was going to comment on this myself. My primary observation: How in hell would "strengthening" NICS to incorporate more mental health records have any impact whatsoever on a 14-year-old who bypasses the system altogether to get his guns?

The answer, of course, is it wouldn't, and the Bradys are once more lying for dollars.

I wonder if I gave them my physical address if they sent me this kind of stuff via snail mail--and then I could file a complaint and start a mail fraud investigation?

God Allowed Back in Capitol

The acting architect of the Capitol cleared the way Thursday for the certificates that accompany flags flown over the building to include the word “God,” reversing policy on an issue that was becoming the latest touchstone in the nation’s culture wars.

I'm sure my anonymous atheist friend who thinks I'm "every bit as dangerous to this republic as any islamic fundamentalist" will only confirm his position by this, and maybe even have another tantrum, but what the hell. Anybody think I do this because I want everyone to like me?

Besides, "political expressions" were also verboten.

That's a far cry from when I got my anti-gun congressthing to process this:

Standing Army Lowers Standards

The Army made its recruiting goal last year despite an increasingly unpopular war by turning to people convicted of serious crimes.

So the standing army can deploy felons, but if the militia does, it runs afoul of "prohibited persons" statutes?

I wonder what the liklihood is that these recipients of "moral waivers" will think of the Constitutional implications of orders.

This Day in History: October 13

Just as there wasn’t a United States of America on July 4, 1776, there wasn’t a United States Navy on October 13, 1775. But, what led to the formation of the United States Navy happened on October 13, 1775.

Right to Bear Arms Placed on Administrative Hold

The Board of Firearms Permit Examiners refused to hear any gun permit cases at its regular meeting Thursday, saying a lawsuit brought against the state police by one of its own board members may constitute a conflict of interest.

Translation: Screw with us, Bub, we'll shut the whole thing down--which is what we'd prefer to do if the power trip didn't give us such a heady rush and sense of self-importance. We're bureaucrats and we rule you. Our forms and stamps and procedures are more important than your life, more important than your liberty, more important than your pursuit of happiness. And more important than the safety of your loved ones. We are government, duly appointed, backed by overwhelming force, and that's the way it is.

I know of someone who couldn't get a permit in California if he tried. He defended himself and his family twice in the almost 30 years he was there (without firing a shot), never reported either incident to the authorities, and he apologizes to no man for it, although I'm sure there's no shortage of "gun rights activists" who would tell you he'd have deserved what he got if caught: You know, either being killed or separated from his wife and children, that is, his deepest and most abiding loves--and thrown in prison for years at the mercy of the most violent societal dregs imaginable. He knew full well the risks and assumed them soberly, although with a burning resentment that such a terrible choice, with such life-destroying consequences, could be forced on a supposedly free man.

I have reason to believe this scofflaw radical also defied the California "assault weapon" registration edict and still has his semiauto rifle in spite of mandates from the state DOJ with the enthusiastic cooperation of the NRA, so we're talking one serious attitude problem here.

I sure hope he doesn't end up making us all look bad.

Time to Act!

Jenna’s mother, Lisa Sutton, said: “I think schools should check pupils’ bags.

Yes, it's time to act! Lord knows nothing has been done in the UK to date--it's like a virgin field of snow, with nary a track to be seen.

Since we don't know who can be trusted, the answer, of course, is to restrain the liberty of everyone.

Why not just cut to the chase, Lisa, and shackle everybody in a padded room?

Here it Comes...

Every Republican candidate – including current front-runner Rudy Giuliani – has promised to appoint originalists and textualists to the Supreme Court.

And we can believe what Rudy promises, because he's our friend.

I've been saying this is coming. Expect a lot more paving of the way in the months to come.

Anybody think this does not reflect the sentiment of management in Fairfax?

Craig on Red's

He says he can't really do anything because it's in federal court. Ordinarily, I'd say at least he could be using his bully pulpit to call public attention to it and to press for BATFU investigations, but with his recent media difficulties I'm not sure his direct involvement would be helpful at this point.

On a related subject, this blog has been getting quite a few hits from the feds in recent days--particularly from DOJ--and I also see they're then exiting the site directly to Red's...

[More on Red's Trading Post from WarOnGuns]

Rape Victim Delivers Message To Other Women

"The only one who can really protect me, is me."

There's really nothing else to say, except that anyone who would interfere with her right to do so, especially after reading about the terrifying and horrible dehumanization this poor woman was forced to endure, is either irrational or evil.

[Via Tony G]

We're the Only Ones "Days of Our Lives" Enough

The board will consider whether Giusto, once a driver for former Gov. Neil Goldschmidt, lied about when he first heard about Goldschmidt’s statutory rape of a 14-year-old when he was mayor of Portland...

The board also will decide whether Giusto lied to reporters about his role in a controversy involving then-Multnomah County Crime Commission Chairman Jim Jeddeloh, including when Giusto first began dating Jeddeloh’s wife, Lee...

The second allegation in the letter concerns Giusto’s approval of a concealed handgun license to Jim Jeddeloh, the then-chairman of the Citizens Crime Commission.

Giusto told reporters he had not been aware of Jeddeloh’s criminal background, which included two arrests for drunken driving and allegations of domestic violence, when he approved his application. Normally, a record would mean an automatic denial.

Sleazy soap opera, anyone?

Today, on All My Only Ones...

[Via Jeffersonian]

This Day in History: October 12

2nd Pennsylvania Regiment...Authorized on October 12, 1775 in the Continental Army as the 1st Pennsylvania Battalion and assigned to the Main Continental Army.