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  • A Very Gunnie Christmas

    Good news for those looking to snag a copy of Aiming for Liberty - it's back in full stock at Amazon. But, as I was looking (and laughing) at the "Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought" section. It made me think that Amazon should have an "Authors Recommend More ..." [...]
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    Fetched: December 07, 2009, 12:44am EST

  • Brave for a San Francisco Paper

    The San Francisco Chronicle apparently draws the line at public sex tents for the Folsom Street Fair. Would the fairgoers even use them? Isn't the whole point to draw attention and to shock people? Related posts:San Francisco Chronicle Raises the From Dead!Context MattersWe Call Them Shades' [...]
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    Fetched: December 06, 2009, 3:13pm EST

  • Holiday Brewing

    I decided to make up a batch of Extra Special Bitter for the holidays.  It's been quite a while since I have done any brewing, so I decided to go with an extract kit rather than doing an all grain batch. Right now I am outside with the snow, ice [...]
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    Fetched: December 05, 2009, 11:43pm EST

  • Gaming the System

    I suppose I should have realized that the real reason Dennis Henigan was crying into his Hennigan's over the fact that a few mean pro-gun folks had decided to game his book ratings on Amazon down was because it interfered with the Brady Bunch plans to game his book ratings [...]
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    Fetched: December 05, 2009, 11:43pm EST

  • Jury Duty

    Looks like my number came up, and I will be serving in the beginning of February. This is one of those unfortunate things, but I do consider it a civic duty, so I will go without complaint. They will never pick me anyway, at least not for any lengthy or [...]
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    Fetched: December 05, 2009, 2:12pm EST

  • Sorry About the Light Posting

    Work is kicking my butt with end of the year stuff. We're ramping up for a second project. I did not even have time to look at my blog today, let alone post on it, and last night I was out with some coworkers. Thanks to Bitter for filling in. Related' [...]
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    Fetched: December 04, 2009, 10:43pm EST

  • How Long Has it Been?

    I feel like I won't recognize the range when I finally go back on Monday night. During one of the last airgun competitions, my gun broke. Sebastian bought himself a new airgun, but the one I stole from him is still broken. But then I went out ...' [...]
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    Fetched: December 04, 2009, 2:17pm EST

  • An Interesting Take on Women & Shooting

    I don't really know how to describe this piece in a British magazine about a woman who gives shooting a try. I suspect my questions are more directly related to cultural clashes than anything. It's obvious that in light of current laws, our shooting culture is radically different ...' [...]
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    Fetched: December 04, 2009, 1:13pm EST

  • Pennsylvania Welcomes Obama

    So Obama is nearby today, hitting up the Lehigh Valley to tell people what they already know: the economy sucks and we wish companies were hiring again. But being the kind folks they are, Pennsylvanians had a few welcome notes for the President. From @Capitol_Ideas:Sign outside Burger King on ... [...]
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    Fetched: December 04, 2009, 1:13pm EST

  • Aiming for Liberty Interviews

    Dave Kopel recently did an interview with "Independent Thinking" out in Colorado to talk about his new book, Aiming for Liberty. He discusses whether anyone other than him has read all 12 of his books - 12! - and I realize what a terrible fangirl I am by not ... [...]
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    Fetched: December 04, 2009, 11:47am EST

  • Taxonomy of Trolls

    Looking up some information on various types of Internet Trolls, I think I found this one to be the most useful. Namely the first two posts in this. I've seen most of these types out there. This is probably the one most likely to be seen around these parts though: The' [...]
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    Fetched: December 04, 2009, 12:13am EST

  • Dennis Henigan Discovers the Grassroots

    A very honest admission from Dennis Henigan, VP with Brady Center, about the difference between our two communities. He's speaking of his book, Lethal Logic: Exploding the Myths That Paralyze American Gun Policy: Third, the “hogwash” votes reflect not only motivation, but organization as well. It is fascinating to me that [...]
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    Fetched: December 03, 2009, 8:17pm EST

  • Microstamping Hits the Badger State

    Looks like we have another state considering this technology. The main problem with the technology, other than it being trivially easy to defeat, is that it won't affect the existing stock of guns on the streets. If you look at ATF's time-to-crime numbers, it shows that most crime guns have' [...]
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    Fetched: December 03, 2009, 3:46pm EST

  • The Ignorance is Sometimes Just Too Astounding

    Through the course of any given day I get a lot of editorials coming across my inbox that advocate for gun control. I ignore the vast majority of them, unless I see a new pattern, a new angle, or it's exceptionally well done. If it's just your standard tripe, which [...]
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    Fetched: December 03, 2009, 1:50pm EST

  • So Many Exemptions

    Can't Fred Madden just admit this one-gun-a-month law is useless and repeal the damned thing? These exceptions proposed to New Jersey's one-gun-a-month law are useless too. There is no legal definition of "competitive shooter" or "collector."  There is a type of federal firearms license you can get in the latter' [...]
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    Fetched: December 03, 2009, 1:50pm EST

  • More Evidence …

    ... that running on gun control is not a wise career move in politics. Related posts:Country First CoalitionBad PoliticsZumbo’s Sincerity [...]
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    Fetched: December 02, 2009, 11:44pm EST

  • Medical Marijuana Debated in Keystone State

    I don't see what the big deal is, but then again, I'd be willing to decriminalize it generally. We've paid an awfully high price in terms of civil liberties trying to control what people put into their own bodies. Related posts:Where’s the ACLU?Meme BattlesThe Slow Implosion Stops for Now' [...]
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    Fetched: December 02, 2009, 11:44pm EST

  • Just a Heads Up on Pro-Gun Books

    If you have another gunnie in the family who needs the perfect holiday gift, consider a couple of pro-gun books. Rise of the Anti-Media: In-forming America's Concealed Weapon Carry Movement by Brian Anse Patrick sounds interesting. I bit the bullet and bought it because Amazon has a great price on ... [...]
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    Fetched: December 02, 2009, 10:17pm EST

  • The Old Canadian Argument for Gun Control

    I grow tired of seeing Canadian crime rates presented as evidence for the effectiveness of gun control, such as in the LA times article from yesterday. I meant to address this, but it was one of those things that took more time to put together than I had. International comparisons [...]
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    Fetched: December 02, 2009, 8:19pm EST

  • Joyce Funded Movie?

    Given what Thirdpower found a few days ago, now we'll have to wonder. Related posts:The Sad ClownIllinois CeaseFire in Some Hot WaterMore Gun Control Groups Joining with MAIG' [...]
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    Fetched: December 02, 2009, 8:19pm EST

  • What Tiger Woods Says About Lautenberg

    The Lautenberg Amendment, the provision of federal law that strips Second Amendment rights from people convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence, is one of those areas that's poor ground to have a serious public debate on, since no one wants to appear to condone domestic violence. When one says as much, [...]
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    Fetched: December 02, 2009, 3:18pm EST

  • Right to Arms in Pennsylvania History

    Dave Kopel talks about a law review article that will be appearing in the Widener Law Journal next year, coauthored with Clayton Cramer, on the history of Pennsylvania's right to bear arms provision in the 1776 constitution. I covered a bit of the constitutional history of Pennsylvania's right to bear arms [...]
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    Fetched: December 02, 2009, 3:18pm EST

  • Violent Attack Back Home

    I normally don't report on armed citizen stories, but this one was from back home where I grew up. An 84 year old man managed to ward off an attacker with a .32 caliber colt pistol, after a brief gunfight. I'm wondering if it was one of these, in which [...]
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    Fetched: December 02, 2009, 11:48am EST

  • Texas Article on MAIG

    Good to see people in the hunting and fishing community getting it. My big fear is that people won't take this threat seriously until it's really a threat. Things have a habit of turning quickly. Related posts:Sportsmen for ObamaCase Against Lead Ammunition BuildingSeeking Input from Sportsmen [...]
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    Fetched: December 02, 2009, 11:48am EST

  • No Right to Know

    Looks like there's a bit of a concealed carry permit crisis brewing in Indiana, with an Indiana newspaper threatening to publish all the gun permit records in the state. Caleb is getting a little bit of revenge on them too. As I recently told an anti-gun commenter, I don't have' [...]
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    Fetched: December 02, 2009, 10:47am EST

  • Back in the Gun Control Saddle

    Looks like Richard Aborn is back in the gun control issue after being handed a "humiliating man-beating" on election day. For those who don't know, Richard Aborn was president of Handgun Control Inc. (which would later become the Brady organizations) during their glory days when they were actually achieving something' [...]
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    Fetched: December 02, 2009, 10:47am EST

  • OCIW Alive and Well in Korea?

    The US Army abandoned this concept, but it seems the Koreans are prepared to deploy it. I can see the usefulness of an airburst grenade, but I don't see why this should be general issue. In the US Army, my understanding is that only one member of a four man' [...]
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    Fetched: December 02, 2009, 10:47am EST

  • The Elite in New York Have Always Had Access

    SayUncle notes that Goldman Sachs execs seem to be getting pistol permits in New York City. Good thing they are rich bank execs, because a New York City pistol permit costs 170 bucks every three years. Now, if they want a license to carry a gun, they have to be [...]
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    Fetched: December 01, 2009, 11:43pm EST

  • Refining Boomershoot

    Looks like Joe Huffman has been trying to refine the formula to Boomerite, which is how they convert ammunition into explosions out in Idaho every year, and has turned Joe into a bit of a rock star. Hey, explosions work for those guys too. Related posts:Can You Spot the Bias?What Would [...]
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    Fetched: December 01, 2009, 11:43pm EST

  • Lautenberg Introduces PROTECT Act

    Press release here. He's calling for NICS audit records to be kept for 10 years if your name happens to match up to someone or some alias on the terrorist watch list, which as we know would have been the late Senator Kennedy. For the rest of us lucky folks, [...]
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    Fetched: December 01, 2009, 8:48pm EST

  • Making a Buck

    I noticed that the NRA Blog is being highlighted over at Ammoland.com, which includes a short interview. I'll be honest, I'm not really sure what I think about Ammoland.com, but I checked them out when they first got on my radar. It seems to be operated by an Internet marketing [...]
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    Fetched: December 01, 2009, 8:48pm EST

  • Another MAIG Mayor Convicted

    Mayor Shiela Dixon of Baltimore is among the latest criminal members of Mayors Against Illegal Guns. She was stealing gift cards from the poor. She beat the felony rap, but was convicted of fraudulent misappropriation by a fiduciary. Clearly we need to do something about keeping illegal guns out of the [...]
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    Fetched: December 01, 2009, 8:48pm EST

  • Animal Rights Groups Oppose Valley Forge Culling

    The Wildlife Society Blog points out that animal rights groups are suing NPS to prevent a deer culling at Valley Forge National Park. Apparently they have never driven through the park. There are way, way too many deer in Valley Forge National Park. On any given day, I would say [...]
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    Fetched: December 01, 2009, 4:48pm EST

  • Brady Act Turns Sixteen

    The Brady Campaign is celebrating 16 years of the Brady Act. I think it would indeed be a good time to reflect on the Brady Act. The fight for the Brady Act was longer than most people today realize. The first Brady Bill was introduced in Congress in February of [...]
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    Fetched: December 01, 2009, 1:19pm EST

  • NSSF Alerts on Transportation Proposal

    I received an alert from NSSF on a bill before Congress that could potentially impact ammunition manufacturers in an adverse way. The Bill is a transportation safety bill known as H.R. 4016. The way the bill is currently written, it could potentially introduce serious delays into the supply chain for [...]
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    Fetched: December 01, 2009, 1:19pm EST

  • The GOP Finally has a Contender!

    But he's a zombie, so try not to kill him. I'm looking at you, JD. Zombie Reagan Raised From Grave To Lead GOP Related posts:Self-Defense advise…Preparing for the ApocalypseI Think We All Knew This' [...]
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    Fetched: December 01, 2009, 1:19pm EST

  • Editorial Love Still Shows the Weakening Arguments

    The anti-gun groups are all touting this editorial at the LA Times that they no doubt love. But for all the people who want to claim Heller a defeat, you will notice that they concede that handgun prohibition is off the table, and America's gun culture is unlikely to change. [...]
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    Fetched: December 01, 2009, 1:19pm EST

  • NJ One-Gun-A-Month Fixes

    A bill has been introduced to fix all the problems with New Jersey's gun rationing scheme, namely to allow exceptions for retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers, and also to allow exceptions for police, and for inheritance. The sponsor of the measure is none other than Fred Madden, who is responsible for this [...]
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    Fetched: December 01, 2009, 1:19pm EST

  • All I have to say here …

    ... is that if you can honestly say given a situation like this, you'd rather be unarmed than armed, you're either insane, or seriously and delusionally committed to the proposition that guns are just bad all around. Yes, people who carry guns can still end up being victims. Guns are [...]
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    Fetched: November 30, 2009, 10:48pm EST

  • Court Date Set for McDonald

    March 2nd, 2010. I will be there, outside the Supreme Court building. I won't miss this one like I did Heller. Related posts:Date Set for Oral Arguments in HellerNew DC Gun LawSupreme Dictator' [...]
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    Fetched: November 30, 2009, 10:48pm EST

  • Assault Weapons Ban Truly Dead

    The Obama Administration is taking the position that the now expired "assault weapons" ban can no longer be considered for the purposes of sentencing enhancement. Related posts:Holder & The Assault Weapons BanWe Had to Ban the Rights, in Order to Enhance ThemHolder Calls for New Assault Weapons Ban [...]
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    Fetched: November 30, 2009, 4:44pm EST

  • Vintage Assault Rifles

    Rather busy today just coming back from vacation, and we got in really late last night from Virginia, and then my dads, so no time to find things to blog about today. In the mean time, go read what Tam has to say over at The Arms Room, on vintage [...]
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    Fetched: November 30, 2009, 4:44pm EST

  • Getting Anti-Gun Messages Back into Hollywood

    It looks like the Joyce Foundation is going to try, and they have some recommendations. The good news is we have the opposition in hearts and minds territory, the bad news is this is ground they've traditionally been very good at fighting on. They are laying the groundwork for the' [...]
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    Fetched: November 30, 2009, 1:15pm EST

  • Presidential Birthplaces

    Heading back up to Pennsylvania on I81 we passed the presidential birthplace of Woodrow Wilson. I wouldn't stop there except to piss on it, but it got me thinking about predidential birthplaces in general. We're pretty much out of the era where people were typically born at home, which makes [...]
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    Fetched: November 29, 2009, 12:44pm EST

  • Religious Perspectives

    In Dave Kopel's Aiming for Liberty: The Past, Present, And Future of Freedom and Self-Defense, Chapter Five, "Religious Perspectives on Freedom from the Ancient World," is closely related to Chapter Six, entitled "Religious Perspectives on Freedom From the West." Some excerpts from Chapter Five: Although there is a widespread myth that Jews' [...]
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    Fetched: November 29, 2009, 4:14am EST

  • Apparently Lots of Guns Get Found by TSA

    This is one "oops" I can relate to, after my TSA experience in Phoenix. Apparently there's about 902 firearms found at security checkpoints each year. Although I was a lot more careful with the guns themselves, I can easily see how someone in a rush can forget a pistol in a [...]
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    Fetched: November 28, 2009, 9:19pm EST

  • Bloomberg Continues to Lie About Tiahrt

    From the Washington Post today: During the Clinton administration, the FBI had access to records of gun background checks for up to 180 days. But in 2003, Congress began requiring that the records be destroyed within 24 hours. This requirement, one of the many restrictions on gun data sponsored by Rep. [...]
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    Fetched: November 28, 2009, 7:15pm EST

  • When in Rome

    Apparently outsiders moving into Montana heard "When in Rome, do as the Romans do." as "When in Rome, sneer at them and try to frustrate their backwards ways." Maybe when I retire, I need to buy a house in this neighborhood, do the ariel surveys for the hunters, and put [...]
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    Fetched: November 28, 2009, 12:45pm EST

  • Philly Inquirer Latches on to VPC Google Research

    The Philadelphia Inquirer also notes that concealed carry is utterly dangerous, because VPC's highly scientific Google research shows that concealed carry license holders across he whole country over a two years murder at a rate considerably less than your average Philadelphian. Maybe that's because the city just lets murder suspects [...]
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    Fetched: November 28, 2009, 12:45pm EST

  • Deceptions of Anti-Gunners

    From Dave Kopel's book, Aiming for Liberty: The Past, Present, And Future of Freedom and Self-Defense, Chapter Four, "Some Deceptions and Errors Used to Promote Anti-Gun Laws": The story of the nonexistent "cop-killer" bullet begins in 1976 in Massachusetts, when a handgun-confiscation initiative was defeated in a landslide. Then in 1982 in [...]
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    Fetched: November 28, 2009, 2:18am EST

  • 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?Chinese AR-15' [...]
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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. UPDATE: Looks like it's got some factual issues. The original source is J.P. Morgan, so they will need to clarify methodology. Related posts:Judicial PayWhen Unions LieImage 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:Just Print Brady Press ReleasesIs NRA Anti-Cop?Dear 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:Reality Setting' [...]
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • .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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