heh:
deny that the members of the Brady Campaign, if any, will face an increased risk because of the new regulation.
Now that’s funny, right there.
If you knew the ins and outs, you’d know there’s question as to if they even have members.
They’re on The History Channel all the time.
Major PSH from a group that is, and I am not making this up, protesting that ROTC offers arms training. Two things leap out at me here. One is that they really think military training is equal to criminal activity. And two that they don’t seem to think learning about arms is educational. Familiarity with arms is a skill that can save lives, in more ways than one.
Update: More from papaw:
Let’s face it, I’m a lucky man. I am lucky to live in a place where firearms are accepted and understood. Where I don’t have to repeat myself and where most folks understand the value in a firearm.
NRA reports:
The city of Crossville has proposed and nearly finalized a city ordinance that would ban concealed carry on city-owned property. Anti-gun bills such as this one will clearly strip those of Crossville, Tennessee of their right to self-defense. The watered down language used to amend this city ordinance has furthered restrictions on law-abiding citizens substantially by using the word “property” as opposed to government “buildings” or “premises.” Crossville’s ultimate scope for this bill was to limit concealed carry on city government-owned property, but the reckless use of language portrays the true meaning of the bill to limit concealed carry on any city-owned property.
Image of a man walking the street with a gun and some other object, presumed to be liquor in South Dakota. PSH ensues in England. I can’t tell if it’s a liquor bottle or not but it doesn’t look like one. A quick map search reveals a nearby gun shop.
South Dakota ranks 46th in violent crime in the US and a violent crime rate of 172/100,000. In Britain, the violent crime rate is 2,300 and 3,993 per 100,000. And that’s with them cooking the books.
Now, compare that stereotype to one of bad teeth, horrible food, and subjects living in a nanny state where they can’t defend their own lives, I’ll take the guy with the rifle walking down the street any day.
HT to mad rocket scientist.
I was in Jamaica a few years back. Had a good time. I did notice that the areas where we tourists went usually had a bunch of guys in uniforms (uniforms with shorts, mind you) who walked around carrying M-16s. They were standing in front of casinos, bars, and stuff. The cab drivers and other folks said to stay in those areas as the rest of the place was rather unsafe. Anyway, I bring this up because:
No guns for you!
Firearm Licensing Authority boss rejects calls to arm the nation
CHAIRMAN of the Firearms Licensing Authority Errol Strong has rejected calls from gun rights lobbyists and members of the public who have been clamouring for Government to relax legislation to allow all law-abiding citizens easier access to owning firearms.
According to Strong, with Jamaica’s high propensity for violence, the move could backfire with devastating results.
So, strict gun control and a propensity for violence? Interesting correlation. And:
Strong got the backing of a woman who just this week lost her mother and her three children in a brutal arson/gun attack in the deep rural Jamaican community of Land Top in St Thomas.
Looks like the violent people already have guns. And we leave with:
“In the context of the Jamaican experience, the right for everybody to own a gun could have profound consequences. Quite often attacks on licensed firearm holders and the police are to get the guns,” Strong told the Observer.
Again, good guys cannot have them because bad guys want them. Ok, then.
Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam belongs to the anti-gun group Mayors Against Illegal Guns (background here). He has recently begun to distance himself from the group and good for him. As he has stated a few times, he signed the petition that had some core principles that he thought everyone could agree on. Well, here are those principles:
1 – Punish – to the maximum extent of the law – criminals who possess, use, and traffic in illegal guns.
2 – Target and hold accountable irresponsible gun dealers who break the law by knowingly selling guns to straw purchasers.
3 – Oppose all federal efforts to restrict cities’ right to access, use, and share trace data that is so essential to effective enforcement, or to interfere with the ability of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms to combat illegal gun trafficking.
4 – Work to develop and use technologies that aid in the detection and tracing of illegal guns.
5 – Support all local state and federal legislation that targets illegal guns; coordinate legislative, enforcement, and litigation strategies; and share information and best practices.
6 – Invite other cities to join us in this new national effort.
And I’ll have to say that, based on the wording, I can see how a politician who isn’t that knowledgeable of gun issues would think they sounded peachy. However, what is said and what is meant are different. In Bloomberg’s case, he has intentionally distorted the meanings of items 2, 3, 4, and 5.
By 2, Bloomberg means to bankrupt lawful dealers with frivolous lawsuits, in which Bloomberg’s investigators likely broke the law.
By 3, he means oppose the Tiahrt Amendment and implies that law enforcement would not be allowed access to trace data. And that implication is false. Even ATF notes that the amendment does not interfere with police ability to trace guns.
By 4, he supports microstamping, an ineffective and expensive pipe dream.
And by 5, they mean more lawsuits and gun control.
The wording of the items may sound reasonable to someone unfamiliar with the issues. But I don’t think Bloomberg meant what Haslam thought he meant.
Other mayors figured it out and quit the group.
City officials warned residents Tuesday to remove items such as upholstered furniture, trash and debris from their porches within 24 hours or face fines.
Like David said, that’s like ordering potential rape victims to wear burkas.
The TN house keeps getting more and more embarrassing:
In a statement, Rep. Brian Kelsey concedes he sent the text message that Democrats have interpreted as an offer to drop his fierce opposition and criticism of the speaker in exchange for a committee chairmanship.
That criticism includes some sexual harassment, for those of you not following TN politics.
On the Tennessee’s new Republican majority, I said a bit back that:
If you guys get in there and start passing every socially conservative wish list item that causes turgid little nubbins among the god squad (who shouldn’t be getting turgid little nubbins anyway because that’s a sin, I hear), it’s going to be a short two years.
I’d like to say they got the message. But they did not: The bill to ban unmarried people from adopting children is here, submitted today by Senator Paul Stanley.
I was one of the earlier critics of police use of Tasers. Mostly because the perception that they were non-lethal (which is not always true) would lead to their more widespread use. Now, a study from the American Journal of Cardiology:
The rate of in-custody sudden death increased 6.4-fold (95% confidence interval 3.2-12.8, p = 0.006) and the rate of firearm death increased 2.3-fold (95% confidence interval 1.3–4.0, p = 0.003) in the in the first full year after Taser deployment compared with the average rate in the 5 years before deployment. In years 2 to 5 after deployment, rates of the 2 events decreased to predeployment levels. We observed no significant change in the rate of serious OIs after Taser deployment. In conclusion, although considered by some a safer alternative to firearms, Taser deployment was associated with a substantial increase in in-custody sudden deaths in the early deployment period, with no decrease in firearm deaths or serious OIs.
I think it’s a bit premature to blame Tasers. After all, the time periods involved also coincide with more aggressive police tactics.
I mentioned I scored a reasonably priced lower receiver. Flaw in the plan: can’t find a lower receiver parts kit. Well, I found one. For $99.99. That’s more than double the price I paid last time I bought one.
Randy Neal at KnoxViews has a good catch today. His advice? Get a room.
Thus begins the Haslam love-a-thon. Can action figures be far off? I want the cowboy one with the six gun.
Even the most jaded reader will get a little verklempt as Metro Pulse commenter Joe Sullivan writes, “Yet for me the rewards of having someone of Bill Haslam’s caliber as governor outweigh the risks of a temporary dislocation of city government.”
He had me at caliber.
Given what long time readers know of Politically Incorrect Dog’s flatulence, it should come as no surprise that the new dog food we’ve got him on is not going well. Seriously, never change a bully’s diet, if you can avoid it.
So reports NRA: An NRA-led coalition of self-defense civil rights groups including the Second Amendment Foundation and the California Rifle & Pistol Association (CRPA) has prevailed in a Second Amendment lawsuit challenging a ban on firearm possession in San Francisco public housing residences.
The first federal evaluation of mass-transit security shows that more than 75% of the nation’s major rail and bus systems aren’t meeting Homeland Security guidelines.
By contrast, 96% of airlines are complying with security requirements, according to a new report by the department. The report doesn’t identify which rail and bus systems fell short.
The assessment comes as new Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says she plans to focus more on mass transit, possibly through “redeployment” of resources from other areas.
That mean taking the Security Theater from the airport and putting it in the bus & rail stations where it will do just as little?
Saw this at ar15.com. Thought it was a good question.
My list includes: AK, MP-5, and HK91. Then, it occurred to me that there were more. And they all had one thing in common. Stamped receivers. I guess I just don’t like the clank sound.
Clearly, the Violence Policy Center thinks that blacks should not be allowed to own guns.
That’s sarcasm for people who need to be told that.
Glenn and Helen sat down to interview Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam. You can see the interview here.
They ask him about his membership in Mayors Against Guns. He says it was probably a mistake to have joined. And that when it started, Bloomberg wasn’t in charge. He does not favor any more gun controls. He even bought his son a shotgun for Christmas.
Now, I’m pretty sure this has been a Bloomberg operation from the beginning. Haslam makes it sound as though there was a petition passed around at a mayoral meeting and a bunch of people signed it, including him. And since then, the focus of the group has changed. After all, what politician isn’t against illegal guns? Little did they know, they meant illegal guns in NYC, which is most of them.
I think Haslam laid out his case pretty well. He thought he signed up for one thing and it turned into another and he’s not real happy about it. He once again distances himself from Bloomberg. I still think he should withdraw from the group since his opponents have already distorted his record based on membership in the group and will likely continue to do so.
And they might mention someone you know. And that that someone was defending Haslam, for once.
Heh.
I think if I hacked a sign, it would say Mmmm, brains. That way, it looks like the zombies got to the sign.
Alan Gura reports that an appellate brief has been filed in the Chicago gun case:
All three remaining Chicago-area cases, ours and the two brought by the NRA against Chicago and Oak Park, have been consolidated on appeal.
Looks to have passed the house. Probably a done deal. But only 12% is actually, you know, stimulus. The rest is vote-buying.
We’re screwed.
I mean, other than an unstamped NFA item of course.
Pick up the phone, report an illegal firearm and pad your wallet by a $1,000 – that’s the crux of a new program being unveiled by Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers.
The new “Illegal Gun Bounty Program” has been in the works for months.
Seems to me it targets criminals with guns. Those guns technically aren’t illegal. However, a criminal in possession of one is illegal.
Michael Silence does some reporting:
I put a call into Haslam to get some response, and he graciously called me back. He said in retrospect he probably should not have signed a petition by the anti-gun group. But he noted at that time the first four or five goals of the group were planks “anyone would agree with. Too many of the wrong people have guns.”
After that, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg got involved in the group. “I’m not him,” Haslam said, adding the group “did go a different direction than I thought.” And he added, “I had no intention then and no intention now to change any gun laws.” And he added he “fully supports the Second Amendment.”
Good. But:
Haslam didn’t directly answer the question if he would quit the group. But he did express concern that that would appear to be “pandering” to pro-gun folks.
He should pander to us. We vote.
Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam is running for governor. He belongs to a an anti-gun group called Mayors Against Illegal Guns, which keeps having members exit. One of his gubernatorial opponents says:
As for the Second Amendment, he parts ways with Mayor Haslam, comparing the idea of suing gun manufacturers for crime (which Haslam has gone on record supporting) akin to suing automobile manufactures for DUIs.
Now, I’ve followed the Haslam thing for a while. And I have never heard Haslam go on record as supporting that ridiculous notion. In fact, he has distanced himself from Bloomberg recently. The only way I know of that one could assert that is by his membership in Mayors Against Guns, who, as part of their platform, support that ridiculous idea.
Once again, Mr. Haslam, another reason to quit the group.
Clenched fist salute to AC.
The ATF arrested an Upper Receiver. Yes, ATF was ordered to arrest a gun part.
Interesting how ATF concludes it is readily convertible:
[A]ll it took was some metal, a length of chain, some duct tape and some plastic wire ties for the federal inspectors to make his gun part operate in that fashion [full auto - ed], he said he was told.
Wow, first shoestrings. Now chain, tape and wire ties. ZOMG. I have all that in my house. Clearly, that indicates constructive possession.
Update: Back story from David Hardy: BATFE originally ruled that the item was not a firearm, let alone an NFA one; it was a conversion kit. After Len gave some expert testimony in several cases against the agency, it reversed its ruling and held that the kit was an NFA firearm.
Gillibrand faces crossfire on guns:
Kirsten Gillibrand, a newly minted senator, finds herself in something of a tug of war because of her positions on gun control legislation.
Downstate gun control advocates are expressing cautious optimism that Gillibrand, despite her 100 percent rating from the National Rifle Association, will temper her views now that she represents the entire state. Her Senate colleague, fellow Democrat Charles Schumer, has supported Gillibrand’s appointment, but he predicted “her views would evolve” on gun control.
Odd how Schumer and Clinton never wanted to temper their views to represent the entire state?
Say you do a post on guns. You get substantially everything wrong, including gun laws, types of guns, and everything else. Someone advises you of your error. You reply with:
I’ve been harassed by a commentor (sic).
So, I’ve had to pull the story.
And what a story it was. There can be no reasoning with some people.
Note: Believe it or not, there actually is a blog post buried under every annoying blog widget known to Al Gore’s Internets.
So, are The Beastie Boys now The Beastie Forty Somethings? Are Boyz II Men now just Men? And Young MC, is he now Old MC? These are the thoughts that keep me up at night.
Yesterday, I scored an AR-15 lower receiver at a very reasonable price. What should I build with it? I’m thinking about doing a 6.8SPC build once Bison Armory gets their barrels up and running.
Could be. In comments, BH link to this:
At the news conference, Ms. Gillibrand defended her pro-gun legislative stance, saying that she “very much believes in protecting hunter’s rights” and that the pastime is part of “heritage and culture” of New York state.
But she also said that now that she represented the entire state, urban gun control issues would become part of her advocacy work.
“There’s a lot of concerns in many of our city communities about gun violence, about keeping our children safe and keeping guns out of the hands of criminals,” she said. “Those are concerns I share.”
Looks like she is catering to the NYC crowd since they have the money. Bitter advocates supporting her candidacy. I probably would assuming she clears up what she means by the statements above.
Update: I should note that her statements do not indicate a flip per se. However, the NYT spin of her words indicate otherwise. After all, keeping our children safe and keeping guns out of the hands of criminals is something most folks agree with. It’s just how you do that which is the point of contention.
Part of the reason trace data should be taken with a grain of salt:
“Officer, I am carrying a firearm in compliance with North Carolina law.” So began my exchange during a traffic stop. (Sorry, I have a lead foot.) He replied, “May I have it, sir?” Since this was before I knew enough to say “no,” I complied. The officer then took my gun to his car, traced it and, finding nothing amiss, returned it to me. MAIG’s report would have you believe my gun is a “crime gun” because it would be included in the gun trace reports on which its study is based.
Therein lies the scam: Although gun control advocates call gun tracing a measure of crime, traced guns are not necessarily “crime guns.” Says the Congressional Research Service: “Trace requests are not accurate indicators of specified crimes…traces may be requested for a variety of reasons not necessarily related to criminal incidents.” Indeed, BATFE encourages police to trace all guns encountered.
I have a few crime guns myself
You had me at M = e7.06×10-17t – 10.8
Rocket surgeon Sarah explains why and she has math.
Note: The French theme today was not planned but sometimes it happens.
A few frightening bits from Ben Cunningham. First, a taxpayer funded group lists a job position that is responsible for:
developing a national strategy for combating anti-government/anti-tax efforts
And most TN counties are members of the group.
Another Mayor Against Guns charged with corruption.
Thirdpower is running a list:
Passaic, NJ Mayor Samuel Rivera
Frank Melton, of Jackson MS
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick
Birmingham, Al Mayor Larry Langford
Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon
Jeremiah Healey of Jersey City
Racine, WI Mayor Gary Becker.
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy may be threatening a primary challenge to newly named New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand over her pro-gun stand, but records show McCarthy donated $1,500 to Gillibrand’s two successful races for an upstate House seat.
I hope not. But Chuck Schumer says so. So do the other usual suspects in the gun control pipe dream from NY. The trend seems to be something to the effect of she’ll change her mind once she sees the effect of gun violence in NYC. You know, that NYC with those restrictive gun laws? And still lots of gun violence. Why is that these sorts never seem to change their mind when they see that there isn’t much gun violence in, say, North Dakota, with some quite lax gun laws? No one ever asks that question. Even though that shift is more common.
Via Jay, who says: There’s nothing in Ms. Gillibrand’s voting record that anybody can point to that says she’s made it easier for criminals to get guns. Criminals can already acquire guns easier than law abiding people, especially in New York.
The CAV-15 MKII receivers are back in production, after receiving approval from BATF Technology Branch for the method of affixing the serial number plate to the lower. We are currently filling back orders for our dealers and OEM clients. We will begin taking retail orders when all dealer back orders are filled. Please check with our dealers to see if they have in stock what you need.
Glad they’re back in business on lowers. But:
We are currently not selling complete lowers, or complete rifles. Our vendors for these parts have substantial back orders. We currently have no ETA for these parts. If you are concerned about impending legislation, buy a lower receiver now and assemble it into a complete rifle when the supply chain stabilizes.
Looks like a known tax cheat will be heading up the treasury. Wow. “Tacit permission for everyone to cheat on taxes.”
Lyle: the average person has indeed been made safer by restricting access to handheld weapons.
How is this possible:
For the second time in eight weeks, Alliant Techsystems is laying off workers at its Federal Cartridge ammunition plant in Anoka because of the end of an orders backlog, officials announced Thursday.
About 70 to 80 workers will be affected. In November, 40 to 50 workers were let go. Federal Cartridge will have about 900 workers after the job cuts.
The cutbacks are somewhat of a blow to Alliant Techsystems, which has prided itself on steady employment and sales growth. Federal Cartridge makes police and hunting ammunition sold through Wal-Mart, sporting goods stores and to dozens of police departments around the country.
Huh? Are they not paying attention to ammunition demand? Have they not been to a gun show? It makes no sense.
In what is truly a sign of the times, a coach has been fired because he did not apologize for his team beating another team 100-0. And, amazingly, the press article yammers on incessantly about the losers and how it was so bad and shameful that the other mean ol’ team just kept winning.
Idiots.
So, to Micah Grimes and his team: congratulations on your victory. Seriously, someone needs to tell this guy and his team that, you know, effort pays off.
Update: From comments:
Nobody made the other team stay. They could have forfeit after the 1st half. They chose to stay and play; that shows character and perspective. Punishing the coach for winning 100-0 is an insult to the losing team.
Indeed.
CavArms lower photos from Oleg. BTW, anyone know if they’re selling again? I really want one of their pink CAV15 lower receivers.
CCRKBA notes that the reaction of democrats to Gillibrand’s senate slot indicates that the Democrats are still the party of gun control. I dunno. There are plenty of pro-gun Democrats and plenty of anti-gun Republicans. I don’t like to paint either with broad brush. More interesting to me is that the reaction from some Democrats shows gun owners what they are up against. And that mentality, whether it has an R or D after it, should be a wake up call.
Meanwhile, Sebastian notes he’s liking these blue dogs better than many Republicans.
A bill in congress to, and I am not making this up, require a cellphone equipped with a camera to sound a tone whenever a photograph is taken with the camera’s phone. It would also prohibit such a phone from being equipped with a means of disabling or silencing the tone.
If you think money is cheap now, just wait. If this keeps up, it won’t be worth a dime.
A bit back, I asked for info on a good scope for a 22LR. Well, I ordered a BSA Sweet 22 with the illuminated reticle. Lots of good recommendations both on and offline. I really liked the Pride Fowler recommendation but it seemed a bit too spendy for my purposes.
I went with the BSA because, in addition to being reasonably priced, it has a bullet drop compensator for out to 175 yards (iirc). Should be a fun little scope. Will let you know after I try it out.
Constitutional scholar, author of The Founders’ View of the Right to Bear Arms: A Definitive History of the Second Amendment, and all around nice guy David E. Young is blogging at On Second Opinion. His first post is The Root Cause of Never-ending Second Amendment Dispute.
Some facts about gun shows. Rather surprising since it doesn’t fit the usual narrative.
Readers of this blog have known for a while that Para is moving shop to the United States. Their move has made the Charlotte Business Journal.
That’s the meme in the press, once again, to talk up a ban on weapons that look like assault weapons. Robb notes something odd about the incident:
Now this is important. The police have NO idea who did this, NO information at all. But guess what? They know EXACTLY they type of weapon used
Well, kinda. I guess:
No one is galaxy-hopping, or even beaming people around, but for the first time, information has been teleported between two separate atoms across a distance of a meter — about a yard.
Thirty minute wait to get in. Packed.
Update: $300 for an SKS
WASR for $700
Not an AR for under a grand.
Wow.
Never rob a house using a gun the homeowner will simply take it away from you and use it against you
In Belgium, a mass stabbing. This one at a daycare. And one reported earlier at VT.
And the KCSO is figuring that out: Knox County sheriff’s pension fund in trouble already.
Hillary Clinton’s replacement, Kristen Gillibrand, is reportedly pro-gun:
A big gun supporter, she’s been given a 100% approval rating by the NRA — she’s one of the extremely few Democrats on a federal level to win official NRA endorsement — and, this fall, she voted in favor of a controversial bill to repeal District of Columbia laws prohibiting the possession of semiautomatics.
From her website:
I, like many natives of Upstate New York, grew up in a hunting family and own a gun. I learned at an early age how to safely handle a gun and I believe that every law-abiding citizen should always have the right to own arms.
The Second Amendment of the Constitution prohibits the federal government from denying law-abiding citizens the right to keep and bear arms. And I intend to uphold this right through my votes and actions in Congress.
More Democrats like this, please.
Update: And she’s pissing off the right people:
“I’ve spent 15 years trying to prevent gun violence in this country, and if he does pick her and if no one goes and primaries her, I will primary her,” McCarthy said. “I will do that. I’m not going to give up on this. I’m not going to let New York State get represented by someone who gets a 100 percent rating from the NRA.”
With bonus STFU from Chuck Schumer (D-Own Gravitational Field).
I doubt the one with the gun is accurate since we know he doesn’t think people should own them.
Bloggers increase number of NRA memberships. I’m sure there’s more. After all, not everyone reported that a blog inspired them to join. I know there were people who mentioned joining in comments here and I inspired at least two other bloggers to join. Hard to keep an accurate tally since we have a lot of lurkers that read the gun blogs.
Remember, I do this to entertain me, not you.
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