Congress Quietly and Significantly Expands Bailout Inspector General’s Powers. They include the power to:
(A) carry a firearm while engaged in official duties as authorized under this Act or other statute
A firearm to regulate TARP money?
A groundhog bit Michael Bloomberg. In response, Bloomberg called for sweeping legislation to require that all groundhogs be rounded up and vaccinated. He also began a series of lawsuits aimed at suing groundhogs in other states. Word is he will also ban smoking in the boroughs.
Bad pun intended.
Did you know Knoxville had a girl’s Roller Derby team? Me neither. I didn’t even know roller derby existed outside of movies.
The outright fabrication of blaming US for the fact that Mexican drug gangs are getting machine guns and grenades at US gun shows continues.
“The 5.7 x 28, armor piercing (AP) rounds are not available for sale to the general public and are probably coming from the Mexican military,”
Last week Gen. Ángeles Dahuajare announced that more than 17,000 soldiers had deserted in 2008.
“The Mexican Army is becoming a revolving door for the enforcement arm of the drug cartels; they simply pay better,” Stewart said.
Err, that Mexican Army is a US gun show? And we have a winner:
Sorry guys…it works both ways. If it’s our demand for drugs that fuels the drug cartels, it’s your demand for guns that fuels the gun running. If it’s our responsibility to secure our borders from drugs and illegals flowing from Mexico, it’s your responsibility to secure your borders from guns flowing from the US.
The Illinois Sheriffs Assoc. voted unanimously to support CCW in Illinois, one of only two states w/o any form whatsoever.
More states follow NH lead and declare sovereignty.
Update: Some say TN should follow suit. Via AC.
In comments here, Curtis highlights this:
…she [Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano – ed.] will give Mexican authorities access to a government database to trace the U.S. origin of seized weapons.
And he responds with:
Is that the database that they weren’t legally supposed to build/maintain? Populated with data from 4473s and/or NICS checks – which data was legally only to be kept for a short period of time (30-60days?)?
Now, my understanding is that there is not to be a database of gun owners. A database of guns is fine and dandy so that police can do traces on firearms, which is pretty much a de facto list of gun owners. Now, if our .gov will hand it over to Mexico, does anyone really believe that the Tiahrt Amendment will restrict law enforcement access to trace data? In other news, I guess cities that want to get the info that Tiahrt says they can’t have, they could just ask Mexico for it.
Just about every time Tennessee makes #1 on some list, it’s for something dumb. Today’s is that we have the country’s highest tax on beer.
Via AC who says: Now, Don’t Go Doing Anything Stupid Like Dressing Up Like Indians And Pouring A Bunch Into The Cumberland. That is stupid. The steps of the capitol is a much better location.
Yeah, when did all that happen? I’m thinking during the same time period that SKSs went from $59.95 to $325. Could be wrong though.
The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership attempts to call out Gillibrand:
A gun-control group is calling on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) to sponsor a gun-control bill to show that she’s evolving from being a favorite of the gun lobby to a true blue-state senator.
“She’s saying she realizes that she represents a statewide constituency,” said Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. “One way she could prove she has evolved is to push this issue.”
Helmke said his group is seeking a meeting with Gillibrand to ask her to support legislation to require background checks on gun sales at gun shows, commonly referred to by activists as “closing the gun-show loophole.” A message left with Gillibrand’s office was not returned Tuesday afternoon.
This could get interesting.
Maybe she could sponsor the national reciprocity bill.
What some are calling a matter of privacy, others are calling a dangerous idea. At issue is whether or not applications for gun-carry permits should be kept confidential.
Getting a permit isn’t only about learning the rules; a lot of personal information must be given up.
“You have to answer a lot of questions,” said John Harris, executive director of the Tennessee Firearms Association. “Like, for example, ‘How were you discharged from the military?’ ‘Have you ever been addicted to any kind of alcohol or other substances?’ ‘Have you ever had any psychiatric problems?’ A lot of information is disclosed on the forms that really shouldn’t be public.”
That’s information that many permit owners don’t want out there along with their addresses and what kind of guns they own.
A few years ago, all of that information was published by the Tennessean, infuriating many of the private citizens on that list.
Well, here’s hoping. Also, Kent Williams did say before he wanted to fix some gun issues in the state. This looks like one of them:
In addition, new House Speaker Kent Williams has said he will break ties in the case of some Second Amendment issues.
Seen at GunPundit:
The country’s new homeland security chief said Friday that the Obama administration is mapping out a crackdown on the flow of firearms smuggled to Mexico’s murderous drug gangs operating along the Texas border.
Janet Napolitano said she had directed the Customs and Border Protection service “to find guns going south and interdict them.” Additionally, the homeland security secretary said she will give Mexican authorities access to a government database to trace the U.S. origin of seized weapons.
You know what could have an impact on that? Effective border security. Seems odd to me that there will now likely be more effort on our government’s part designed to keep guns out of Mexico than there will be to keep drugs and illegal immigrants out of the US.
From Sebastian who says the Brady Campaign has been greatly overstating its influence on the Democratic victory of 2008, comes Howard Nemerov’s three parter on the Brady Camp’s impact on the election:
PWS Diablo Long-Stroke Gas Piston/Op-Rod-Driven 5.56mm AR-15 SBR Upper
roof-turret mounted, bullet-proof-camera equipped, fully remote controlled, drum fed, suppressed machine gun with 360-degree sweep and elevation control now available for law enforcement vehicles. Kinda scary but the gun nut in me can’t help but think it’s cool.
Last night, I caught a bit of the Gun Nuts Radio Show. They were talking to Gordon Hutchinson who wrote a book about the New Orleans Gun Grab. He noted that the media was there and witnessing the gun grabs. But being media sorts, they thought this was perfectly fine. Of course they did.
Update: Listen here.
Tam notes that just about every .gov employee from dog catchers up and even non-employee contractors are toting guns and badges.
Occupied Nashville notes this bizarre attachment to mount a pistol on your AR-15. If you place one on your weapon, you have likely created a short barreled rifle subject to NFA taxes etc. Could lead to prison time.
Remember, I do this to entertain me, not you.
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