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  • What Leadership!

    Apparently food donations go to waste in New York City because of the trans-fat ban. It continues to amaze me that 150 or so mayors in Pennsylvania think it's just peachy to associate with this power hungry monster. Related posts:From the City That Brought Us the Cheesesteak?Philadelphia’s a “Pro-Choice” City?Losing Liberty, [...]
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    Fetched: November 27, 2009, 9:48pm EST

  • Real World Experience of Cabinet Members

    Obama's record of appointing cabinet members with private sector experience is the lowest of any President in recent memory. Related posts:Judicial PayObama’s Latest Campaign PosterImage is Everything [...]
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    Fetched: November 27, 2009, 7:47pm EST

  • Dominguez Case in California Ends in Plea Deal

    Remember the case of that guy who got caught at LAX because he was picking up a friend to go shooting with a trunk for of so-called "assault weapons?" He plead guilty to Misdemeanor CCW and had his guns returned. Good work on the part of his attorneys. It's a [...]
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    Fetched: November 27, 2009, 7:47pm EST

  • A Droid in the House

    Bitter just got herself a Droid. Playing with it, I think it is in many ways inferior to the iPhone, but there are a few very key things about the Droid that have the potential to make it more useful: It's on Verizon's network instead of AT&T. It's amazing how fast [...]
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    Fetched: November 27, 2009, 7:47pm EST

  • Happy Thanksgiving

    Bitter and I are on our way down to Virginia, but I will leave you with this bit of humor courtesy of Dave Markowitz: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEiLgbBGKVk[/youtube] Apologies to Tommy James, but that's pretty funny holiday humor, no matter who's hockey stick you worship. Maybe I'll get to some blog posts as we're enhancing [...]
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    Fetched: November 26, 2009, 7:48am EST

  • Who’s On the Brady Brief?

    One of the organizations who signed onto the Brady Brief in McDonald is one I hadn't heard of before, which is the International Brotherhood of Police Officers. If you click on the link, you will see who they are affiliated with. Surprised? Related posts:Is NRA Anti-Cop?Just Print Brady Press ReleasesDear Governor' [...]
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    Fetched: November 26, 2009, 1:46am EST

  • Second Amendment Research Center Defunct

    Saul Cornell's Joyce funded center is no more. Apparently Professor Joe Olson got a rather hilarious e-mail about the same. We continue to rack up victory while detractors among us continue to claim Heller was really a defeat. Their prattle gets more and more ridiculous by the day. Related posts:Good Second [...]
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    Fetched: November 26, 2009, 1:46am EST

  • Gun Control and Discrimination

    From a chapter two in Dave Kopel's book Aiming for Liberty: The Past, Present, And Future of Freedom and Self-Defense, called the same as my title: Michigan's law requiring a government permit in order to buy a handgun was enacted after Dr. Ossian Sweet, a black man, shot and killed a [...]
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    Fetched: November 25, 2009, 6:15pm EST

  • New Leadership in NJ Senate

    Cemetery reports that Steve Sweeney will start his term come January. Sweeney was one of the Dem Senators that held the line on one-gun-a-month, unlike Fred Madden, who caved. Related posts:More on Fred MaddenGet Angry, and Get EvenMore One Gun a Month Trouble in New Jersey [...]
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    Fetched: November 25, 2009, 12:18pm EST

  • Background Check Issues

    Utah is warning that it needs more funding for its state background check system or "it could be forced to cut off all background checks next year unless lawmakers prop up its anemic budget." The problem with this is you have a constitutional right hinging on the smooth operation of [...]
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    Fetched: November 25, 2009, 12:18pm EST

  • Pigeon Shooting

    We haven't heard much about the bill banning pigeon shoots, but I suspect now we will begin hearing about it once again. That Philadelphia Club is going to end up being the reason why we end up with a ban. I am not a fan of the sport, but I' [...]
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    Fetched: November 25, 2009, 12:18pm EST

  • Lautenberg Using MAIG As Cover

    Lautenberg is claiming that the MAIG ad favoring denying Second Amendment rights without any due process shows "Show Srong Support for Lautenberg Measure to Prevent Gun Sales to Terror Suspects" The danger of this group is growing by the day. Related posts:Get Ready for Media Cover for MAIGMAIG Media Campaign Hits [...]
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    Fetched: November 25, 2009, 12:18pm EST

  • Looking at the Brady Brief

    The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence brief was put online today, and can be read here. Joe Huffman already notes a serious contradiction within its fundamental argument. There are a few things that stood out to me as well.  Note that my criticisms here are a layman's criticism, and [...]
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    Fetched: November 24, 2009, 10:49pm EST

  • The GOA Position on Health Care

    Dave Kopel has a look at the subject, and doesn't think GOA is nuts on this one. The question for gun rights groups is whether they want to insert themselves into a contentious political debate over something that's only tangentially related to their single issue. I think it can go' [...]
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    Fetched: November 24, 2009, 8:47pm EST

  • How Gunnies Communicate

    Professor Brian Anse Patrick has a new book coming out soon on how gun owners communicate even though many mainstream outlets are outright hostile to our political agendas: Rise of the Anti-Media: In-forming America's Concealed Weapon Carry Movement. I don't have a ton to say about it since a) ...' [...]
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    Fetched: November 24, 2009, 8:47pm EST

  • Hungarian Gun Laws

    The Firearms Blog has some coverage of the gun laws in Hungary. Looks like they mostly shoot air guns there, because that's basically all that's legal. There's some kind of rubber ball gun that's apparently relatively unrestricted that looks like it would do some damage if shot at someone. But [...]
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    Fetched: November 24, 2009, 6:18pm EST

  • Family Values and the Economy

    Via Glenn, I read an article about boomerang kids, and how the economy is affecting young people. Neither Bitter nor I are boomerang kids, but Bitter moved up here partly due to the job situation, and we're certainly putting off marriage because of the poor economy. Because we're putting off marriage, [...]
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    Fetched: November 24, 2009, 6:18pm EST

  • Gillibrand’s Gun Control Bill

    Some details are outlined here on her site, which contains some idea of what's in this MAIG backed bill. I don't have language of the bill yet, and exactly how bad this will be will depend on that exact language, but here is at least an idea: Makes it illegal to [...]
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    Fetched: November 24, 2009, 6:18pm EST

  • Cartels Manufacturing Their Own Ammunition?

    The US Customs and Border patrol seized bullets headed for Mexico, along with some primers. Not loaded ammunition, actual bullets. Looks like Sierra Game Kings to me. I've said, restricting ammo is pointless, because it's not hard to make your own, and it's certainly no harder to smuggle components, or' [...]
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    Fetched: November 24, 2009, 6:18pm EST

  • Understanding McDonald vs. Chicago

    Dave Kopel has an excellent podcast that explains in some pretty good detail the issues that are at hand in McDonald vs. City of Chicago. It's a good listen if you want to understand the case better. Related posts:Handgun PodcastTravel Guide for HoplophobesStrange McDonald Connections [...]
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    Fetched: November 24, 2009, 2:17pm EST

  • More Gun Control Groups Joining with MAIG

    Thirdpower notes that John Rosenthal of  Stop Handgun Violence, and founder of AHSA, has joined MAIG in supporting closing the "terror gap" which translated from anti-gun rhetoric to reality means government bureaucrat taking away constitutional rights from Americans with no due process. Thirdpower also has a graphic of the ad [...]
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    Fetched: November 24, 2009, 2:17pm EST

  • Not Hiding the Agenda too Well

    Joe Huffman reports that the Bradys' allies aren't going a great job of hiding their overall goals. This is one reason MAIG scares the crap out of me. They don't carry any of this baggage of the Ghost of Gun Control Past. They are a post-Heller group in both their' [...]
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    Fetched: November 24, 2009, 2:17pm EST

  • Separation of Powers

    Orin Kerr over at the Volokh Conspiracy takes a negative view of briefs filed at the Supreme Court by legislators: Amicus briefs written on behalf of sitting legislators strike me as inappropriate. Of course, legislators can influence the judicial process in many ways. They write the legislation that the courts interpret; [...]
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    Fetched: November 24, 2009, 2:17pm EST

  • Neat German .50BMG Pistol We’ll Never See Here

    A German company develops a .50 BMG pistol. I can't imagine what it's like to shoot this thing. Granted, it's 15 lbs, so it's unbelievably heavy for a pistol. Still, it's good to know the Germans have a bit of  "making it just because we can" left in their firearms' [...]
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    Fetched: November 24, 2009, 12:17pm EST

  • Leaving No Doubt What MAIG Is

    Look at this article from the Jewish Exponent: Much of CeaseFirePA's efforts are focused on curbing "straw sales" to felons and enacting more stringent requirements for reporting lost or stolen handguns. The campaign seeks to gather enough leaders to force the legislature to move on this issue. As part of its push, [...]
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    Fetched: November 24, 2009, 12:17pm EST

  • Late Start This Morning

    Spent 12 hours in bed today. Went to the doctor yesterday because my cold symptoms worsened after a week, including fever, and worst of all my eyelids welding shut from crap oozing out at of my eyes at night.. Turns out I have a secondary bacterial infection after the cold. [...]
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    Fetched: November 24, 2009, 12:17pm EST

  • Some Idea of the MAIG Legislation

    They are looking to boost funding for BATF, it looks like, and have them inspect FFLs at least once a year. There's no way we're going to agree to increase ATFs funding without passing ATF reform first. Let me say, these guys are very good. They know what issues to' [...]
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    Fetched: November 24, 2009, 12:17pm EST

  • New Legislation Being Introduced Tomorrow?

    Looks that way to me: Fresh off landing an endorsement from an erstwhile liberal holdout and foe, Rep. Jerry Nadler, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is scheduled to appear tomorrow with another former House colleague and onetime political opponent, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy. Gillibrand is to join the Long Island congresswoman, Mayor Bloomberg, NYPD Commissioner [...]
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    Fetched: November 23, 2009, 11:48pm EST

  • Virginia Homeowner Shoots Fleeing Burglar

    UPDATE: Ooops. Wrong Arlington. This is Arlington, WA, not Arlington, VA. My bad. Washington Revised Code self-defense statute justifies homicide here: Homicide is also justifiable when committed either: (1) In the lawful defense of the slayer, or his or her husband, wife, parent, child, brother, or sister, or of any other person [...]
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    Fetched: November 23, 2009, 11:48pm EST

  • Duty to Retreat in Common Law

    With the Castle Doctrine having been heard by the Judiciary Committee yesterday, the media is starting to report on it. In the video linked here, you can see statements from John Hohenwarter, the NRA State Liaison for Pennsylvania, and Dan Pehrson, President of Pennsylvania Firearms Owners Association, as well as [...]
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    Fetched: November 23, 2009, 8:51pm EST

  • What is Meant by “Good Enough”

    I am believer in the old saying that perfect is the enemy of good, and there's been no better example of that than George W. Bush's presidency when it came to Second Amendment issues. It would be hard to argue the guy was our best buddy, after failing for years [...]
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    Fetched: November 23, 2009, 8:51pm EST

  • A Challenge From the Peanut Gallery

    Got a person in the comments who is an opponent of concealed carry, and he's made a claim I'm wondering if it can be disproved. Here's the claim: And it remains true that no private citizen without law enforcement background has ever used a legally concealed weapon to stop a mass' [...]
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    Fetched: November 23, 2009, 8:51pm EST

  • So Begins Thanksgiving Vacation

    Leaving work shortly, and will be on vacation for the rest of next week. Blogging will continue, but maybe not on the actual holiday. It'll actually be a bit of a working vacation, since I have crap to do here that needs to be done by the end of the' [...]
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    Fetched: November 23, 2009, 8:51pm EST

  • Gun Control Groups Misleading on Ft. Hood

    Surprise, they are claiming their terror watch list legislation would have made a difference, but it wouldn't have. There is no rule, law, or regulation that is going to stop all tragedy, or even most tragedy. Sometimes bad things just happen. If anything, Ft. Hood is an example of the' [...]
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    Fetched: November 23, 2009, 8:51pm EST

  • Holder on Gun Policy

    The Law Enforcement Alliance of America is reporting on Holder's testimony before the Judiciary Committee two days ago: Transcribing General Holder: "The position of the Administration is that there should be a basis for law enforcement to share information about gun purchases." "... [It's not] inconsistent to allow law enforcement agencies to" [...]
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    Fetched: November 23, 2009, 8:51pm EST

  • Another Brady “Cop Killer” Gun

    Looks like Kel-Tec is making a semi-auto pistol in .22 Magnum. Of course, this fairly common and 50 year old rimfire caliber isn't generally thought of as an armor piercing, but it's performance is very close to the 5.7mm round fired by the much maligned FN Five-Seven. Will the gun' [...]
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    Fetched: November 23, 2009, 8:51pm EST

  • Ruling on Tennessee Restaurant Carry

    This ruling is certainly a setback, but it doesn't yet change the law for most of the state, as far as I can tell. SayUncle is checking with his peeps too [UPDATE: Looks like it only applies to Davidson County]. Hopefully like National Park Carry, this will be a short' [...]
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    Fetched: November 23, 2009, 8:51pm EST

  • Support for McDonald from Mordor

    Chuck Michel is reporting that: Today, 34 California District Attorneys and 8 Nevada District Attorneys joined a consortium of other “friends of the court” to file an “amicus” brief in the United States Supreme Court in the cases ofMcDonald v. Chicago (08-1521) and NRA v. Chicago (08-1497). Both cases ask the Supreme [...]
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    Fetched: November 23, 2009, 8:51pm EST

  • Quote of the Day

    From the comments at Richard Fernandez's blog: I have always been of the view that carbon based AGW is not proved. It could be true, but the evidence hasn’t been put forward. It would be ironical if it were actually true. But who would believe it now? What these “climate scientists” should [...]
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    Fetched: November 23, 2009, 8:51pm EST

  • More Media Coverage of VPC Google Research

    So says the Gainesville Sun. Scroll down to "A deadly license" at the bottom. According to a study by two gun control advocacy groups, the Violence Policy Center and the Freedom States Alliance, 77 people and eight law enforcement officers have been killed nationwide over two and a half years by [...]
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    Fetched: November 23, 2009, 8:51pm EST

  • Expansion of Lead Ammunition Ban Into Arizona

    So reports Scientific American: This year, the CBD filed a lawsuit to institute a similar ban on federal lands around the Grand Canyon in Arizona, where about a third of the world's wild California condors live. The CBD argues that the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management and [...]
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    Fetched: November 23, 2009, 8:51pm EST

  • Zero Tolerance

    Apparently it's not just for school zones anymore. Related posts:Shameless Revenue GeneratingSad Day for My Alma MaterNebraksa Expanding Gun Free Zones [...]
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    Fetched: November 23, 2009, 8:51pm EST

  • Academics for 2A Working on Another Brief

    Clayton Cramer is working on finishing up the final cuts and edits for the Academics for the Second Amendment's brief in the McDonald case. They are also looking for donations to help offset the costs of filing the brief. Related posts:Academics for the Second AmendmentWhat Are The Bradys Up To?How Gun [...]
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    Fetched: November 23, 2009, 8:51pm EST

  • Tracking the Blood in the Streets

    This editorial could have been written by our friend Mark in the comments of a previous thread. Perhaps we are seeing a new tactic against concealed carry, to claim it's just dangerous, and then say there's no way to prove its safe because the evil gun lobby won't let us' [...]
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    Fetched: November 23, 2009, 8:51pm EST

  • When So-Called Trolls are Useful

    I've been asked by a reader to boycott a regular commenter, the infamous anti-gun Mikeb302000. Joining something like this isn't something I'd take lightly. For those of us who remember the infamous Jadegold, he's certainly not the first trollish anti-gunner we've had around these parts. So I am reluctant to [...]
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    Fetched: November 23, 2009, 8:51pm EST

  • Jerry Brown Helps Us Out

    He's pissing off a lot of gun control advocates in his state. Rumor is he's considering running for governor again. I'm not going to go so far as to say he deserves our support yet, but I have to admit, at this point, it would be hard to do worse' [...]
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    Fetched: November 23, 2009, 8:51pm EST

  • WNYC Article on MAIG

    This article shows how folks in one Pennsylvania town got their Mayor out of MAIG, and also gives you an idea of the states that are involved in this dance we are beginning with this new gun control group. Gun control groups are even getting rather bold in their pronouncements: But [...]
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    Fetched: November 23, 2009, 8:51pm EST

  • Attorneys General Brief

    Thirty Eight state Attorneys General have signed on to a brief as well. Pennsylvania is included, so kudos to Tom Corbett for signing on. The states that are missing out on the fun are: California Connecticut Delaware Hawaii Illinois Iowa Maryland Massachusetts New Jersey New York Oregon Vermont Not bad at all. But I'm disappointed in Oregon, Vermont, Iowa and Delaware. For states' [...]
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    Fetched: November 23, 2009, 8:51pm EST

  • NRA Announced Bipartisan Congressional Amicus

    Very good news for the McDonald case: An overwhelming, bipartisan majority of members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate have signed an amicus curiae, or "friend of the court," brief supporting the NRA’s position that the Second Amendment is incorporated against the states through the Fourteenth Amendment. The amicus [...]
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    Fetched: November 23, 2009, 8:51pm EST

  • .22 Magnum vs. 5.7×28mm

    The Firearms Blog says they aren't really equivalent. Certainly that's the case with the full-house round only available to the military, but the civilian rounds are considerably neutered. The SS196SR reports a muzzle velocity of 1650fps fired from a Five-Seven. This round is discontinued though, and has been replaced by' [...]
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    Fetched: November 23, 2009, 8:51pm EST

  • State Legislator Brief

    There is a brief for state legislators too, and the number is actually quite large. If your state legislator is on here, be sure to thank them. If they aren't, be sure to let them know you wish they had signed on to the brief. My understanding is the timing on' [...]
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    Fetched: November 23, 2009, 8:51pm EST

  • It’s Not Just the Second Amendment

    The First Amendment seems to be enjoying more public support these days too. I'm happy about this, but frankly, I'm disappointed free speech doesn't have broader support than barely breaking a majority sometimes. That really shouldn't  be controversial. Related posts:Polling on the First AmendmentFree Speech vs. PhiladelphiaHuckabee on the First Amendment [...]
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    Fetched: November 19, 2009, 10:42am EST

  • Conviction Vacated on Lautenberg

    Very good news for the Second Amendment. The problem would seem to be the government made a really bad case for the constitutionality of Lautenberg, basically taking the line of "Of course, it's constitutional!" which the Circuit Court in this case didn't seem to appreciate. The statute is not ruled' [...]
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    Fetched: November 19, 2009, 10:42am EST

  • More on Schumer the Hunter

    From J.R. Absher over at Shooting Illustrated's guns and hunting blog. We talked about this earlier when Jacob blogged about it. Is this standard operating procedure during election years for Chuck, or is he more worried this year than usual about his vulnerability on these issues? Related posts:How Far We Have [...]
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    Fetched: November 19, 2009, 12:12am EST

  • Armed Deterrence

    Somali Pirates apparently don't learn easily. They attacked the Maersk Alabama again, but this time things were different: An on-board security team repelled the attack by using evasive maneuvers, small-arms fire and a Long Range Acoustic Device, which can beam earsplitting alarm tones, the fleet said. Vice Adm. Bill Gortney of the U.S.' [...]
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    Fetched: November 18, 2009, 6:14pm EST

  • More Gun Math Geekery

    Not taking away from Caleb's argument that we spend too much time arguing about stopping power. We do. Shot placement matters a whole lot more. But that aside, I do want to look at one thing Caleb mentions. When you look at a 9mm, a .40, and a .45 ACP all [...]
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    Fetched: November 18, 2009, 4:45pm EST

  • No Questions Asked?

    Paul says anyone can go into any gun show and buy a gun no questions asked, despite the fact that their own video repeatedly shows sellers asking questions about residency and age in order to assess whether or not sellers are eligible, which require sales to be to residents of [...]
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    Fetched: November 18, 2009, 1:44pm EST

  • More on the Missouri Supreme Court Decision

    I had a nagging feeling that I had read about the topic of my previous post, intoxicated possession at home, before. Sure enough, managed to find this in Eugene Volokh's Law Review article that discusses a framework for implementing the Second Amendment (Original post at Volokh.com here): Many states bar possession [...]
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    Fetched: November 18, 2009, 11:47am EST

  • Depends on What One Means by Possession

    Interesting case out of Missouri, via SayUncle. A man drunk at home is charged with having a firearms while intoxicated. It seems to me that the public has an interest in a person not carrying a firearm in public while intoxicated, but the state's power to reach into the home [...]
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    Fetched: November 18, 2009, 11:47am EST

  • RWN Reports on the Rise of MAIG

    I appreciate Doubleplusundead for helping spread the word about MAIG to a wider audience. A few of these new mayors are in my area, and I'm currently thinking about how to approach them in an attempt to get them out. We've tried one approach previously, but I wasn't all that' [...]
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    Fetched: November 18, 2009, 2:44am EST

  • Strange McDonald Connections

    Given this, perhaps we should invite some of our gun rights lawyers to put on a production of the Pirates of Penzance at the next NRA Annual Meeting. That's an event I'd definitely go to, especially if we put Dave Hardy in the Major General's role. Related posts:Later in the WeekImpact' [...]
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    Fetched: November 17, 2009, 11:16pm EST

  • My Magic Mouse Has Arrived

    It came in the mail today, along with a review copy of Dave Kopel's new book Aiming for Liberty, which I hope to read over the Thanksgiving Holiday. The Magic Mouse is the mouse I've been waiting for all my life. We've come a long way since the big one [...]
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    Fetched: November 17, 2009, 9:13pm EST

  • Latest Cutting Edge Google Research from VPC

    Josh Sugarmann shows that people with concealed carry permits have murdered 85 people from 2007 to 2009. Source? News accounts, no doubt found through intensive research using Google. But if you look carefully at the actual reports, for the report which shows law enforcement officers killed, only one has actually [...]
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    Fetched: November 17, 2009, 7:43pm EST

  • Sharp Rise in Morris County Gun Permits

    Cemetery reports, with some charts, on a fairly significant rise in people being issued Firearms Owners ID cards, and permits to purchase handguns in Morris County, New Jersey. One thing to consider is that FID cards are good for life, so these issuances represent new gun owners, which increased 57% [...]
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    Fetched: November 17, 2009, 4:18pm EST

  • Electronic Doodad Tracks Shots & Location

    Normally I am against electronic doodads on guns if the doodad is necessary for the firearm's operation, since electronics can fail, and batteries can die. But since this device only enhances the functioning of the firearm, it seems like a good idea to me, and fits in the previously wasted [...]
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    Fetched: November 17, 2009, 2:47pm EST

  • First Victims of Irish Gun Ban

    Via Jeff Soyer, we have one of the early victims. A competitive pistol shooter who police refuse to renew a gun license for. I'm trying to think of a jurisdiction that enacted licensing, that didn't then tighten the wrench on the requirement until they got to the point where bans [...]
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    Fetched: November 17, 2009, 2:47pm EST

  • Schumer Demands More Gun Regulations

    He's currently calling for less than outright denial, but he's still calling on using the terrorist watch list, which is secret, and which is only a database of names, to keep tabs on guns people buy. Actually, the interesting part of this is that apparently the FBI is already keeping [...]
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    Fetched: November 17, 2009, 12:44pm EST

  • Mandates for Gun Ownership

    This is tongue and cheek, and I think meant to make people think about health insurance mandates, but I would be against compulsory gun ownership just as much as I am against compulsory health insurance. But I would point out that at least with compulsory gun ownership, Congress could claim it's' [...]
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    Fetched: November 17, 2009, 12:44pm EST

  • Self-Defense in Canada

    It still exists, much to the dismay of a lot of hysterical elites: Galloway is a licensed gun owner. He keeps a registered and permitted 9 mm handgun in his store vault. He went in and loaded it with a 10-round clip. By that time the robber had begun smashing jewellery [...]
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    Fetched: November 17, 2009, 11:13am EST

  • Trying to Stop an Airgun Ban in Scotland

    Looks like the Scottish Government is trying to get power to regulate airguns from Westminster, but shooting enthusiasts are trying to stop it, fearing that the Scottish Government will ban them. Yes, even airgun sports are not safe if our numbers and political power are dropped to a sufficient degree. Related posts:UK [...]
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    Fetched: November 17, 2009, 11:13am EST

  • Briefs in the Chicago Case

    Petitioners brief can be found here, which Dave Hardy says is very, very well done. NRA has also filed its brief in this case, which can be found here. Expect more briefs filed in McDonald to be forthcoming. UPDATE: Dave Hardy points out that the NRA brief is actually filed as [...]
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    Fetched: November 17, 2009, 11:13am EST

  • It Has to Be a Trick, Right?

    The Firearms Blog has a post up about racking a Glock with just the inertia of the slide. I was skeptical, so I decided to do that math. I only have a Glock 19 at my disposal for measurement, but it can't be that radically different than any other Glock.' [...]
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    Fetched: November 17, 2009, 12:47am EST

  • Fixing New Jersey’s One-Gun-a-Month Fiasco

    Seems to me it would just be easier to repeal it. This list of things that needs improving shows the absurdity of this law in the first place. Related posts:Harassment in MarylandMachine ToolsAt Least They’re Honest [...]
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    Fetched: November 16, 2009, 9:43pm EST

  • How to Fix Sagging Ratings?

    CNN has dropped to the bottom of the crap pile of Cable News. They must think they can help up their ratings by scaring people with the militia bogeyman: There might have been a time when they would have worked, but I think everyone realizes by now that the emperor has [...]
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    Fetched: November 16, 2009, 3:14pm EST

  • Economy Doesn’t Seem to be Hurting DC Area

    It's interesting to compare and contrast things in DC to here back home. I think you can argue that the Restaurant business is a good bellwether of how people are feeling about the economy. Back here in the Philadelphia area, since the economy went into the crapper, wait lists have [...]
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    Fetched: November 16, 2009, 3:14pm EST

  • Public Opinion

    I'd like to know the numbers without the word "registered" being in there, but this is interesting: Our survey included the question: “In general, do you agree or disagree that an individual should have a right to have a registered handgun at home?” 52% strongly agreed, 30% agreed somewhat, 10% disagreed' [...]
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    Fetched: November 16, 2009, 3:14pm EST

  • Brady vs. Reason

    Jacob Sullum wrote an article here about the Fort Hood shooting, which must have socked the Brady Campaign in the gut to prompt this kind of response from Doug Pennington, but Jacob Sullum wasn't about to let it go. Related posts:An Open InvitationWatch the DetailsKeeping it Classy' [...]
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  • How Can You Tell Chuck Schumer is Up for Re-Election?

    He's pulling a John Kerry, and visiting around with local clubs. Do these clubs seriously not know what side this guy is on? If so why are they letting him use them to fool people? Related posts:John Kerry Speaking out Against HoldA John Kerry Moment?Response to John Edwards [...]
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  • Holder & The Assault Weapons Ban

    As Jacob points out, the Obama Administration isn't retreating from the Assault Weapons issue entirely, but they pretty clearly aren't in a hurry to pass it, or to take it on right now. As long as Obama has other issues he wants to get through Congress, he's probably not going [...]
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  • Dave Kopel Bleg on Transient Possession

    Dave Kopel is looking for some information: I am asking for commenters who can point to similar cases in the U.K., United States, or elsewhere. For example, a student finds a knife on a playground at school; she picks it up and takes it directly to a teacher. She is expelled [...]
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  • Where Does the Media Find These People?

    I just watched Paul Helmke and Jacob Hornberger debate on Nightline's Twittercast, and I thought Paul mopped the floor with him. Hornberger came off as a foaming at the mouth libertarian extremist, while Paul Helmke was, well, Paul Helmke. Hornberger is President of the Future of Freedom Foundation, which has [...]
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    Fetched: November 16, 2009, 3:14pm EST

  • Joe Huffman on Open Carry

    Joe has some comments on open carry that is very well said, and adds some new information to the debate; namely that open carry has actually been focus grouped. It's well worth reading. Related posts:Another Open Carry Incident in PennsylvaniaGetting a Long GunReal Reasoned Discourse? [...]
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    Fetched: November 15, 2009, 8:46pm EST

  • An Afternoon With The Triangle of Death

    Bitter and I are checked into our hotel in Chantilly, Virginia. Tomorrow we're hoping to meet up with Bitter's friend from college, who lives in these parts. Stopped by the NRA Headquarters building to meet with some folks we've gotten to know over the course of the whole blogging outreach. [...]
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    Fetched: November 13, 2009, 10:42pm EST

  • Joint Mexican-US Task Force Recommends New AWB

    I think we knew that no good would come of the Joint Task Force. Well here is the no good we were worried about. I think we're probably safe until the mid-terms, but things could get ugly if the Second Amendment gets lost in other issues Americans have on their' [...]
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    Fetched: November 13, 2009, 1:42pm EST

  • What Are The Bradys Up To?

    Joe Huffman is reporting that the Brady Center is not filing a brief on either side in the McDonald case. I'm not sure what the Brady folks are thinking here, but I'm wondering if this is a sign of them being resigned to lose, and filing a brief for their [...]
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    Fetched: November 13, 2009, 11:14am EST

  • Headed to Northern Virginia

    Need to burn up some vacation before the end of the year. We're headed to Fairfax County to meet up with some friends who work in areas that would horrify Nancy Pelosi. We're also going to be stopping by Triangle of Death World Headquarters to visit with the Lairds of [...]
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    Fetched: November 13, 2009, 11:14am EST

  • Lasers to Replace Air Pistols in Pentathalon

    In what could be bad news for the shooting sports, it looks like Olympic Pentathalon will be replacing their air pistols with specially engineered pistols that shoot a laser beam at the target. The reason it's bad news is the reason they give for thr move:UIPM President, Dr h.c. Klaus [...]
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    Fetched: November 13, 2009, 11:14am EST

  • You Can’t Blame Tiahrt

    This blogger seems to think the Fort Hood tragedy was all about Tiahrt, but he's wrong. What he bases that on would seem to be a section from this article: In August 2009, Hasan purchased two firearms that he used to carry out the attack, but the government officials said that [...]
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    Fetched: November 12, 2009, 6:15pm EST

  • NY-23 Not Over Yet?

    Bucks Right makes a compelling case. Still seems like a long shot to me. Even so, narrowing the lead has to be regarded as positive, since it pretty clearly indicates that Owens is vulnerable next November. Especially after voting for Pelosicare after promising he wouldn't during the campaign. Related posts:First Amendment' [...]
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    Fetched: November 12, 2009, 3:42pm EST

  • Challengers Lining up for Murphy

    Looks like we have another one. Jim Geraghty likes his resume. I agree, he looks like a good candidate. He can neutralize some of Murphy's strengths. I have no idea where any of the candidates stand on the Second Amendment yet, but once the serious candidates get separated from the [...]
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    Fetched: November 12, 2009, 3:42pm EST

  • Misinterpreting Regulations

    This Washington Examiner column has it wrong, in claiming that Hasan was allowed to carry a firearm on base: Not only is he not arrested, but he doesn't even seem to have been monitored. And according to new regulations issued in June, he is permitted to carry a privately purchased gun on' [...]
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    Fetched: November 12, 2009, 3:42pm EST

  • “I Support the Second Amendment”

    Thirdpower notes that the Brady's are scrubbing any reference to their past opposition to the Second Amendment as an individual right. It's the old narrative. Heller has imposed a new narrative on the gun control movement, which you see over and over, like State Representative Levdansky, "I believe in the" [...]
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    Fetched: November 12, 2009, 11:12am EST

  • We Have to Get Rid of Levdansky

    After surviving a challenge from Monica Douglass last election, State Representative David Levdansky has been taking his "Lost and Stolen" show on the road, in an effort to weaken preemption in Pennsylvania by getting municipalities to pass illegal ordinances regulating guns. "We are on the same team with him," said Mary [...]
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    Fetched: November 12, 2009, 11:12am EST

  • Plot Thwarted

    I am happy to see the English Canadians not falling for this ploy to reclaim the French parts of North America for France. Clearly the first step was registering all the guns of the English folk. Now the plot has been thwarted! Citizens of Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and [...]
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    Fetched: November 12, 2009, 11:12am EST

  • Fixing What Shouldn’t Have Been Broken

    People are starting to notice that the gun rationing law passed in the fall at the behest of soon-to-be-ex-Governor Corzine has some serious problems. I'm put off though that the powers that be are claiming they just suddenly realized this: "As it stands now, retailers would be prohibited from purchasing guns'" [...]
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    Fetched: November 12, 2009, 11:12am EST

  • Republican Gay Bashing

    Every once and a while I say the GOP needs to lay off the gay bashing. Usually someone demands to know what the GOP is doing against gays. This! I'm not expecting the GOP to come out for gay marriage or anything, but I don't think it's too much to ask [...]
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    Fetched: November 12, 2009, 12:45am EST

  • We bring facts and arguments …

    ... they bring dismissive insults and ignorance. Keep it up. We'll keep winning, and you'll keep sliding into irrelevance. But hey, I do suppose we should credit him for not resorting to dick jokes. Related posts:How to Deny City Residents CreditExpect More of Praise of Harry ReidOhio Preemption Upheld [...]
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    Fetched: November 11, 2009, 6:13pm EST

  • An Online Firearms Museum

    Tam has been working again on The Arms Room. I highly recommend it, as it's some very good writing about guns, and not much else. Related posts:Charged For Not Having a Gun?Bad Luck With PlagaristsUpgrade Complete (I Think) [...]
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    Fetched: November 11, 2009, 4:46pm EST

  • Some Good Points Last Night

    If anyone missed Ashley last night, you can download the MP3 here. She brought up a couple of good points toward the end in regards to Mayors Against Illegal Guns, who are currently infecting Pennsylvania mayors like the swine flu. There's a rule in politics that perception of power matters [...]
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  • Bloomberg’s Pennsylvania Investment

    Don't let it be said that Bloomberg can't make the most of his money. Although I guess we shouldn't underestimate a multi-billionaire. In Pennsylvania, once he lost mayor after mayor to pressure from NRA members, he sent his shared Brady Campaign staffer to recruit. But, wisely, they kept their ...' [...]
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