Video of McCain on weapons that look like assault weapons. He sees no scenario in which he would support a ban on them.

Between this and his earlier comment on the issue being cosmetic, he does understand the issue. Good for him.

At the NRA convention, I learned that ParaUSA was getting into the AR game. Check them out:

Click to embiggen.

They have no info on their page and have done no pressers. So, you can consider this an almost exclusive. Or rather, as exclusive as it can be when 70K other people may have seen it at the convention too.

Anyway, some interesting bits (and these are from memory so I may be wrong). You’ll notice that the stock folds, which is odd for an AR. They use a short bolt carrier assembly with a spring already in it. This, in addition to allowing it to be fitted with a folding stock, also means that the firing cycle is shorter. As such, a full auto version can likely fire much faster. And if I recall correctly, it has a gas piston system instead of a gas tube. This keeps its insides cleaner and enhances reliability. And they look cool.

Update: Probably not a piston system. See comments. I said I could be wrong.

So, The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership Blog did a bit linking to Sebastian and David and it was crossposted at HuffPo. And, well, I’ll let David tell it:

“Neat,” I thought. I’d wondered why “Handgun Control” was lurking here yesterday morning. But having this appear on both the Brady Blog and especially The Huffington Post ought to really drive some traffic my way, and that never hurts.

And then a funny thing happened. Nothing.

Sebastian says he got exactly one hit from Brady and five from HuffPo.

Tam sums it up best:

Astroturf, indeed. Is there anyone who thinks about (or even cares about) gun control who isn’t on the clock?

That was one of the things discussed at NRA Con. And a theme discussed here before: the anti-gunners simply cannot penetrate on the internet. There just aren’t that many people passionate about gun control. The internet is the grassiest of grass roots and the gun controllers have none on the internet. They have to pay bloggers. People are passionate about rights. People have to be bought and paid for to be passionate about being anti-gun.

We’re winning on the internet too. Where everyone has a say. And that is huge!

I was meeting someone for lunch and they told me a certain local political player had inquired about me. Said political player did not like me very much and did not have any desire to meet me because of my salty language. I had written some things about said political player. I thought at the time that maybe if I gave up the salty language, I could have met said political player and changed their mind on a particular issue. Then we’d both have a Coke and a smile and everyone would be happy.

Then, it occurred to me that maybe (just maybe) I should cut down on the potty mouth because maybe someday I could try to legitimize myself as a real writer. I even asked you guys. And you basically said fuck that.

I still entertain that notion of cleaning up my language. And I had a conversation at the NRA Convention about exactly that. That is, about whether or not I should stop using foul language. Everyone told me to keep doing what I’m doing because I apparently use an amount of foul language that is edgy but not over the top. One of the people who said that was David Kopel, who recently wrote this:

Did your grade-school English teachers ever tell you that people who overuse foul language do so because they don’t have much to say? Your teacher was right.

Boy, talk about mixed signals.

Update: In comments, Drake reminds me of one of my favorite quotes:

Profanity is the inevitable linguistic crutch of the inarticulate motherfucker.

And, obviously, I didn’t stop cussing today.

David Hardy reports that the White House and OMB have started cracking down on ATF’s arbitrary abuse of power err letter rulings. You know, where one day they give you the OK. Then after you build a bunch of product, they change their mind and bankrupt you. You know, little things.

It is ATF though. And, hell, they ignore court rulings so the impact may not be much. But it is a start.

Microsoft to pay you for searching?

Ooh, Kimbers:

The US Army Marksmanship Unit was there and they displayed some of their handguns:

Maddened Fowl with the Glock girls.

Tam pokes fun of HK. We were actually going to get Squeaky to walk up to the HK booth and ask them why they hate us while we videotaped the encounter. That would have been instant youtube gold. But I could never get Squeaky and a camera together at the same time. Bummer.

Rusty has more pics.

I was also unaware that PDB was there.

Joe:

I spent probably 15 minutes talking with Jarrett and he got really interested in Boomershoot and told me he wanted to blow up a car. He wants to be able to shoot bullets into it and have it lift about four feet off the ground. I gave him my card and told him I thought I could do that. He seemed interested in exploring that further. Cool!

A car dealer is offering people who buy cars either $250 in gas or a gun. 80% take the gun.

Another police officer with an illegal weapon in Illinois. If history is any indication, he will walk. Well, at least on the gun charge.

TheHill.com:

Lawmakers who favor gun control are not optimistic about next year even though Democrats may be running Congress and the White House.

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.), the sponsor of legislation that would reinstate the expired federal assault weapons ban, dismissed the idea that her bill might pass in the 111th Congress.

“It’s a pro-gun House, a pro-gun Senate and [Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) or Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.)] won’t want to deal with it,” McCarthy said.

McCarthy stressed that she is not giving up on reauthorizing the weapons ban that sunsetted in 2004, but also made clear she is not holding her breath.

To get in line with the Uncle way of doing things, Barack Quincy Obama has been endorsed by Robert Byrd. For some reason, the one on the left made me immediately think of TGW.

Ya know, there was a bit of a dust up over there being no guns in McCain’s room at the NRA Con. Now, there will be no functioning guns when Bush goes to Fort Bragg. The secret service doesn’t trust soldiers but the PR folks I guess still want guns in the photo ops.

Update: Fixed. I have McCain on the brain.

Lots of stuff from Bitter, including Facts from the NRA Convention and Facts on NRA Voting.

A write up at the Outdoor Wire. (scroll down to NRA Reflections):

And it’s true, the “blogosphere” was a phrase tossed out like it was nothing – and the NRA took what I think may be one of the most daring steps by the firearms industry to reach out to the new media.

There were plenty of main line media folks in attendance. But there were also credentials bearing accredited titles that were getting more than a few double-takes from attendees and fellow writers as well. After all, Snowflakes in Hell, Say Uncle and Bitter (won’t write the whole title), were there this year as well. These were the bloggers who for the first time were welcomed as accepted media members.

The google streetview post is taking off like mad.

BTW, maybe we should all email this link of google street view to Richard Daley?

Why won’t these dumb, cousin-humping rednecks vote for Obama?

Booth babes.

I alluded to it earlier but here it is:

Bloggers who registered for & attended the Second Amendment Blog Bash are eligible to win a weekend in August training at the Blackwater USA facility with practical shooting champion Todd Jarrett.

Thanks to Para USA and Michael Bane for doing this!

Also, I met Kerby from ParaUSA while there. Heckuva guy.

That pretty much nails. A few of us have been having that conversation off line for a while now. Partially due to uncertainty and because, frankly, that view would piss off a lot of pro-gun people. But Olofson fucked up and could have fucked us in the process. That doesn’t make ATF any less culpable for basically cheating to win.

At a ball, one of the prizes is a Barret 82A1.

At the NRA Con, I met Ronnie Barrett. I thanked him for his stance against California. And I reminded him about Rose French whom he recalled vividly. Told him I was the blogger that pushed his side of the story and he thanked me. How cool is that?

Kel-Tec P-11.

R. Neal has a good write up on the media’s sudden desire to compete with blogs.

Court rules that adults are adults and can own firearms.

Being gun owners, we didn’t have a happy hour. We had a bitter hour.

Pics of famous gunnies Kevin met.

That was neat, I have to say. Also, I met a few blog readers like Carl in Chicago, JFMan, and ParatrooperJJ. And that was just as cool. Those guys know their stuff.

Rusty has gun porn.

Thoughts from Thirdpower.

Semi-auto gun porn.

SCAR Video.

David E. Young meets the gunbloggers.

Man, the truthers always ruin it for everybody.

Let me catch you up:

TN State Rep. Rob Briley got pulled over for DUI.
He decided to call the cops involved Nazis
He kicked the window out of the car
All this made youtube.
He disappears.
Concerned folks fill out missing person report.
He’s found in a casino by state police who ask him to go home
Goes to rehab
Not good enough
Resigns

Sure, there’s some particulars left out but that’s the gist. Now, the latest is that he’s continuing to be Tennessee’s biggest douchebag because on his way out he blames not himself for making poor choices. Nor himself for being a douchebag. Rather, he blames bloggers and media. I shit you not:

“But the press needs to understand that if they’re not responsible with that information, that they’re not going to have access to it anymore,” Briley said.

That’s right. He says it is irresponsible for the press to point out that a state Rep did everything I listed above.

In addition to the mainstream press, Briley criticized bloggers, remarking that “just because you say it, doesn’t make it true.”

Everything I’ve said in this post (including and especially the part about you being a douchebag) is true.

Ashley from NRA while watching Joe Huffman’s Boomershoot videos:

Do it again!

It could be worse!

I’m actually speechless. This google street view in Chicago shows a guy pointing a gun at a child.

Update: Word is you should make screen captures of it.

Oh and it was via reader JKB.

Update 2: In comments, some speculation it is a toy gun. I can’t tell since it’s missing the bright orange tip required by law.

Rifles from Sig Sauer:

A bunch of Smiths:

In Chicago (naturally): Ald. Richard Mell forgot to re-register his guns (which reportedly include a Walther PPK like this one). No problem — he’ll just write a new law.

Like you and me only better. One of the things I learned at NRA Con was that in Chicago, if you forgot to re-register annually, there is no way your firearm can ever be registered again. Ever.

The alderman is currently breaking the law.

Says it all:

At the present time, therefore, because its forensic potential has yet to be fully assessed, a mandate for the implementation of this technology in all new semiautomatic handguns sold in the state of California is counter-indicated.

$250 per firing pin? I thought it was supposed to be cheap?

Squeaky: I have perfect pitch.

Me: I have good-enough pitch.

I concur with Roberta:

Note to Convention Attendees: Rule Three! If not for me, then do it for Col. Cooper.

Ayup.

The city (my the city)’s local newspaper caught fire. Vandalism is suspected and there were recent layoffs.

At the NRA Convention, they gave Glenn Beck a rifle. It was a musket of some kind and I’m sure it was quite nice. At a mixer after, I told Cam Edwards of NRA News that they should give future speakers Evil Black Rifles. I even told him that I’d build an AR-15 for the event. Can’t go wrong with that. After all, service rifles have changed. I think in terms of symbolism, such a gesture would be huge. After all, the AR-15 is the most popular sporting rifle in the country.

Well, I don’t know that for sure but there’s talk that they’re re-making the movie Red Dawn.

Ray Schoenke of the American Hunters and Shooters Association is over at the HuffPo criticizing, and I am not making this up, John McCain over his pro-gun street cred. And being Schoenke, he pulls a a big whopper:

We know most gun owners do support background checks according to a survey of gun owners conducted by Field and Stream. That’s the position of AHSA. But, it’s not the position of the NRA, which purports to represent gun owners. But one thing is clear: real gun owners aren’t represented by either McCain or the NRA.

And since you guys are just a sham group set up by the DLC to throw out fake pro-gun endorsements to Democrats, you don’t either. You just endorsed one of the most anti-gun politicos ever.

And it’s funny because it actually, uh, is the position of NRA to support background checks.

A ridiculous law has been proposed:

Legislation that seeks to keep imitation firearms out of the hands of minors passed the state House.

The measure sponsored by Rep. John DeBerry, a Memphis Democrat, was approved 63-29 on Thursday. The companion bill unanimously passed the Senate in February.

Both chambers must now work out differences in the bill before it’s sent to the governor for his consideration.

DeBerry’s bill would require a person who is not 18 years old to get permission from a parent or legal guardian to purchase an imitation weapon, which he says are nearly identical in size, design and color to real ones.

And next, are we going to have pretend background checks that you’ll be disqualified from for committing toy crimes?

Ya know, I find B-Ho is mostly a self-righteous attention whore. So, let’s just get that out of the way first.

But this whole dust up over Barack Milhouse Obama’s wife is stupid. See, once your wife hopped into the campaign, shit she says is fair game. Period. Done. End of story. Too bad for you, she said some pretty stupid shit. Even our senator is getting in on the rebuke! But I’ll tell you why it’s dumb. Actually, I won’t because Rachel Lucas already has and it’s easier to just quote that:

What a dickhead. He can’t possibly believe that things his wife says at political campaign rallies are immune from criticism. As Hot Air pointed out, Barack himself has criticized Bill Clinton in the exact same way. And I will give each of you five trillion dollars if Cindy McCain ever says anything massively stupid and inflammatory on stage at a public McCain campaign event, and the Obama campaign ignores it because she’s the wife, not the candidate.

All’s fair in love, war, and politics. Put on your big boy pants and step in the game. Now, back to my regularly scheduled not giving a shit about Michelle Obama’s feelings.

You soon could buy your own floating sovereign nation.

Ya know, I don’t really disagree with this policy.

In TN, a woman has plead guilty to stealing handgun carry permit fees.

FN SCAR H and SCAR L (though they have the signs switched):

Chiappa Firearms:

John Snow (who I met) has a pic of the new Bushmaster 338 Lapua magnum.

20mm Rifle.

Pics and video of the Kriss Super V.

Some serious gun porn.

Write ups and pics here. Just keep scrolling.

A write-up from Michael Bane.

More pics from Rusty.

More pics and another write up here.

Text of speech here:

I opposed the ban on so-called “assault weapons,” which was first proposed after a California schoolyard shooting. It makes no sense to ban a class of firearms based on cosmetic features.

I’ve had my disagreements with McCain but of those running for president, he’s the only one to say that. Hell, he’s one of the only Republican contenders to say that.

Of course, it’s also important to note that he buys the gun show loophole nonsense only he doesn’t call it a loophole. And it looks like he’s sticking with his support McCain-Feingold, which he’s reportedly violated.

Suppressors to be transferable in Missouri.

Roberta, who I’m sad I did not get to meet, has some notes here and here.

I was also bummed that I didn’t get to see Tam.

There were other bloggers at NRA Con. Ol Broad has a couple of pieces with pics here and here.

At Michael Bane’s blogger get together, I met Todd Jarrett, who has tons of shooting titles and championships. I walked up to him and said:

Oh, you’re the GLOCK guy.

It was a joke, of course, because he had a bright neon shirt on that said Para USA. I don’t know if he realized I was kidding or not. But I hope he did. Speaking of Para, they have a new line of AR-15s coming out soon that I got to handle this weekend. I don’t see them on their webpage though. I have pics and they are coming soon. But not today as neglected to put the pics on my laptop.

A few notes:

First of all, Bobby Jindal for president. Though I have to confess it was odd seeing an Indian-American with a southern accent.

I’d never heard Glenn Beck before. He was very entertaining and expressed a sentiment shared by many at the convention: disappointment in both political parties (you know, those three Democrats running for office).

Up next, despite how the press and some bloggers are spinning it, carrying weapons was allowed at the convention. However, the room where McCain was speaking had a prohibition on the day McCain was speaking. And I didn’t drop my weapon off in the room which is why I didn’t go see him speak. NRA says it was McCain’s call. McCain says it was the secret service’s call.

Also, there was a pretty cool announcement there that I’m not sure if I can release yet.

And next time, I’ll have to geek out and make SayUncle business cards or something. Everyone wanted a URL, Email, etc. And I’d have to write it all down.

Airforce Air Gun’s Talon SS. It’s a suppressed air rifle:

Couple of ARs from Yankee Hill Machine, who I highly recommend. I use their forearms and flip up front & rear sights.

Report from Joe.

A couple of reports from Michael Bane here and here. BTW, Michael is a helluva guy.

Thoughts on the convention from Glenn Renolds.

A list of attendees.

Videos from the event.

Denise watches a reporter work.

Another video.

Jeff thinks he’s found a fake pro-gun group.

Guns, Laws, and the Workplace by John Phillips.

One of the cool things that happened at the convention was when Sebastian and I hit the GLOCK booth. Sebastian and I both carry GLOCKS. Sebastian was checking out the booth when the gentlemen working the booth says something to the effect of Snowflakes in Hell, I read your site. Sebastian continues talking to the guy who also says he reads SayUncle too. Then Sebastian tells the guy that I was right behind him.

That guy turned out to be Chris Edwards, GLOCK’s director of training.

Speaking of GLOCK, here’s one made of Legos.

From Xrlq.

The David Trifecta.

I kept running into David Kopel, David Young, and David Hardy. Every time I did, I thought I immediately became a blithering idiot, like some teenage girl who just met a member of her favorite band. I must have thanked each of them for their work no less than 1,200 times. For them, it probably got old after a while. But it was cool to meet those guys.

Squeaky has some here.

The local paper notes I covered the NRA convention. In other news, the term gun porn is used by the media.

Squeaky says: I’ve arrived! I’ve been mis-quoted by the media!

hah!

Got in a few hours ago. Napped. Lots coming but later.

Pics here and here.

For the gunny who has everything.

I see famous people.

Update: more pics here

Ya know, I write a lot of stuff here. I wonder why the LA Times would quote reader chris Well, I know the reason.

They quoted Squeaky too. And why can’t reporters figure out hyperlinks?

For a Beretta.

At Kevin’s.

Heh: The theme seems to be “I suck a little, but my opponents suck more.”

If you’re here and I haven’t met you yet then you’re just not doing your part. I kid.

But remember we’ll be doing happy hour with Michael Bane at the Bass Pro Shops in Clarksville, Indiana tonight 5:30. Directions are here.

I have gun porn for weeks.

Just got in from the main convention center. There were guns everywhere. Spent two hours there and only made it through about half of it. So, here’s some goodies.

AR15s from Rock River Arms. Nice group of folks who I chatted with briefly:

Up next, some AKs:

Just wrapped up the ILA Grassroots workshop. More to come on that.

About to head into the convention center where I will get enough gun porn material for weeks.

McCain’s about to speak and I’m going to miss it because I didn’t drop my weapon off at the room. But the convention hall will probably be less crowded now.

Update:Oh and some mainstream media folks are behind me. I’m going to try to have some fun with them.

NYT:

Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a coalition founded by Mayors Michael R. Bloomberg of New York and Thomas M. Menino of Boston, announced today that it was placing a television advertisement in Kentucky, which is holding Democratic and Republican presidential primaries on May 20. But anyone who expected the nonpartisan group to take a stand that could affect the fortunes of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama or John McCain is likely to be disappointed.

Really? Haven’t seen it.

Last night was fun. Got to meet a lot of people, including David Kopel and Ronnie Barrett. Off to the convention center. This time, I’ll take a camera.

More as it happens.

I’m here in Kentucky at the NRA convention. Just ran into David E. Young. Nice guy. Got a sneak peak at the floor too and ogled some goodies. Sadly, I left my camera in the hotel room.

Just got some media credentials. When we went, we were all packing despite what has been reported at Braisted’s joint.

Secret service apparently got scared and, to my knowledge, only the McCain event prohibits carrying of arms.

This is the first convention where carry has been allowed. The restrictions in the past have been a function of local ordinances and not NRA policy.

And we’ll be meeting here tonight at 6:30.

So, last night the kids were in the tub. I was in the bathroom with them trimming up my beard. I took the guard off the trimmer so that I could trim around my upper lip. About that time, the kids got into a fight over who got what particular bath toy and I had to intervene. I got back to the sink, took said trimmer and ran it right up the center of my beard. With the guard off because I forgot to put it back on. So, I had a nice big gap in the center of the beard. As a result, I had to shave off my beard.

Did you know Bob Barr is running for president on the Libertarian party ticket? Yes, Bob Barr of war on drugs, ban gay marriage, etc. fame. Those aren’t very libertarian positions. And the guy was in office for a while, he coulda gotten his libertarian on then, ya know. Instead of now, when he’s a political nobody. Just saying.

Christian Grantham tracks the nastiness.

In other news, John Edwards has asked his supporter to vote for Barack ɐɯɐqo ʞɔɐɹɐq Obama.

In comments here, there’s a bit of a back and forth because I called Barack Men At Work Obama a socialist. I’m not exactly the first to voice that concern. But this ain’t a post about that, it’s a post about the comments. See, in that thread, frequent commenter and fellow gun nut Nomen is taking me to task. Unsurprisingly, most readers agree with me. But the comments directed at him are uncalled for. Telling him to get out of the country because you disagree is silly. And it can drive him away from our cause: gun rights. It’s not helpful. Our side needs to 1) recruit and 2) not drive people who agree away. So, stop that.

There are more and more people of the lefty persuasion who are embracing their inner gun nut. So, quit scaring them off. If you disagree with them on other things, fine. Have at it. But do not make them feel unwelcome.

It’s sorta like how a bunch of folks aren’t fans of the Pink Pistols. You may not like their lifestyle and, get this, you don’t have to. But on guns, they’re on your side.

Light blogging for the next bit as I prepare for the NRA Convention. So, I’m going there and Bubba is going to DemCon. I think it’d be more entertaining if we switched.

I kid.

The tale of an FiveseveN exploding. Warning: graphic pics.

Have to ask those FN guys about that.

I cannot stop laughing.

Ya know, trying to cheer Kevin up is an almost impossible task. Then you realize it’s made even worse because they really are out to get him.

And congrats on the anniversary, I think.

To R. Neal who will be covering the Democratic National Convention in Denver.

down your spine.

Your government at work:

The Senate held a voice vote on whether to turn down the air conditioning after Sen. John Wilder, a Mason Democrat who has served in the upper chamber for more than four decades, said that the room was too cold.

It wasn’t clear which side prevailed on the vote but Speaker Ron Ramsey, a Blountville Republican, brokered a compromise by instructing the clerk to turn the thermostat up by 3 degrees.

In Georgia, concealed carry laws have been greatly expanded. In TN, they would be too if Naifeh wasn’t speaker.

Gun crime up in Britain.

Our local newspaper has some blogs now. I’ve read this sentence now like four times:

Today I spent an extra free thought time to consider knowing as I prepared to lead a discussion on ideas tonight.

They speak English in what?

They don’t give a shit.

An essay on a recurring theme here at SayUncle: Why won’t those dumb, cousin-humping rednecks vote for Obama?

Is it the racism? The elitism. Who knows, really?

Personally, I think the answer is much simpler than all the pixel-waxing done these days over such a question: we don’t like him.

In Nashville.

David is pretty upset over the McCain thing. And David tells us that McCain is not exactly a great ally to gun owners. True. He’s not what I’d call a stellar gun rights supporter. However, he is not openly hostile to gun owners like Hillary and Barack Obama. And the significance of his attendance at the NRA meeting shows that, if nothing else. After all, who is lining up to speak at Brady Campaign events? And who had to go through all the trouble of creating a fake grassroots group that appears pro-gun to endorse Democrats?

McCain is far from perfect. Hell, guns aside, conservatives are not happy:

We should probably consider ourselves lucky, because McCain is giving us a taste of what’s going to happen when he gets to the White House. This, in other words, is what is in store for us conservatives: daily disappointments, frequent betrayals, and constant regret for having voted for him.

Well, that’s what we’ve been getting for the last eight years anyway. So, I don’t exactly understand why I should be that much more pissed about it now.

Meanwhile, Robb notes the Democrats are having similar issues:

Over the past few weeks, I’ve gotten quite an earful on the upcoming elections and it pains me to say even the Democrats don’t appear to be happy with their choices. Many of them are talking about voting McCain since Hillary! and Barrack Whatchootalkinaboutwillis Obama do not represent their views. There’s the typical “If my candidate doesn’t get the nod I’m voting McCain” shtick, but there’s a lot of general unhappiness with both of them overall.

Could be. But conservatives are doing it too. This morning’s local talk radio host asked for a McCain supporter to call. The host stipulated he wanted a real supporter and not just someone who was going to hold their nose and vote; nor did he want someone who was voting against the Democrats. He wanted and honest to God McCain supporter.

For the 35 minutes I listened, one guy called in and he wasn’t convincing. He talked entirely about McCain’s military record and said not one word about his policy positions.

Facts are that our current political system just generates shitty candidates. And we have to deal with that.

So, lost in all the outrage over being called bitter by Barack Rock to the Planet Rock Don’t Stop Obama, we missed out on the fact he supposedly gave us gun owners props just hours before:

“We need sensible gun laws,” said the Senator. “I just got back from Montana where just about everyone has guns. In that culture, fathers and sons bond over hunting. You can’t take that away from rural America. But the inner city is different, and we should tighten the laws on gun purchases and close the loopholes in gun show sales to unscrupulous buyers. The gun control people and the right to bear arms people are talking past each other about disconnected topics.”

I was unaware that there was an inner city exemption to the right to bear arms. Who knew? And isn’t that kinda, you know, racist?

Knoxpatch is back!

Really.

Denise has more on exploding civil war cannonballs and other things.

Jeff has a gunny bleg.

Stephen Colbert to Paul Helmke: Name a situation where you don’t need a gun.

That’s how many members The American Hunters and Shooters Association is claiming in this article where NRA members are called terrorists.

I dunno if terrorist is a step up from whacko and extremist.

So tell me Paul, which presidential candidates are lining up to speak at your events?

Received via email in answer to prior questions about whether you could carry while McCain was there:

This came down from the Secret Service–it was not our call (nor McCain’s).

NOTICE: By mandate of the U. S. Secret Service, no firearms will be allowed in Hall A of the Kentucky Exposition Center, the location of the Celebration of American Values Leadership Forum, on Friday, May 16. Please be prepared to go through security screening to enter the venue. We look forward to seeing you at this outstanding event!

If you can post at all, we’re trying to alert everyone so people aren’t caught off-guard.

David Levdansky:

NRA’s opposition is misguided

Requiring the reporting of lost guns would hurt only criminals.

You see, your bill is just stupid. It puts a burden on a gun owner where one did not exist before. Your bill merely has potential to turn the law-abiding into criminals and nothing more. Try a bill that targets those who break the law not those who abide by it.

And your bill won’t accomplish anything.