The Lautenberg Amendment is going to the Supreme Court.

TriggerFinger has some analysis of the motion.

Video of news anchor reader being surprised to learn that Lamar Alexander actually has a Democrat opponent this year.

Heh!

An 8 year old was killed at a machine gun shoot. A few weeks back, someone was injured at the Knob Creek Machine Gun shoot by shrapnel. Now, I’m as down with machine guns as any gun nut should be but the folks that run these shoots apparently need to be a bit more mindful of safety.

A bit back, I took my seven year old nephews and six year old niece shooting for the first time. We shot cans in the backyard with a pellet gun. Not a micro-uzi. A small child can’t handle the muzzle rise on something like that. I also wouldn’t have taken a handgun or a semi-auto rifle for the same reason. Also, the first time I fired a machine gun, I was about 15 years old (thanks, dad!). I’d already fired many rounds through weapons that weren’t machine guns. And the first magazine I fired through that MP5 was loaded with blanks. I’ve since fired a few more. I still can’t, at 175 pounds and a proper grip, do a magazine dump with an MP5 and maintain muzzle control. To think a child could have has proven fatal. And that’s a tragedy. And, yes, it’s easy to Monday morning quarterback this incident.

Others:

When stuff like this happens, politicos are quick to draft dumb laws.

Exploiting tragedy.

Hard to imagine the pain his father must be suffering. But what was he thinking?

Our own worst enemies.

An eight-year old does not have the experience or trigger discipline to control a small subgun with a full magazine.

Tragedies and perspective.

This isn’t going to help Tennessee’s image any, and you can be sure the Brady Bunch will demagogue the holy shit out of it.

* – I should note that it’s very good news that the plot has been thwarted — the bad news is the inevitable spin that will come of it.

Says the AP. Doesn’t much break my heart but it looks like the Dems could move closer to a filibuster-proof senate. And that’s bad.

KAG:

The story also notes that some nutty, paranoid people people are stocking up on guns because they believe that if Obama wins, he will ban gun ownership.

Yeah, I mean what could possibly give them that idea?

Virginia Newspaper rejects NRA Obama ad. As to why:

The risk for a newspaper that runs the plastic bag ad, according to media ethicist Kelly McBride, is that it may give readers a reason to question its objectivity.

And not running shows all kinds of objectivity!

Via Michael.

Somebody better tell Barack Obama his communism is showing:

But, the Supreme Court never ventured into the issues of redistribution of wealth, and of more basic issues such as political and economic justice in society.

To that extent, as radical as I think people try to characterize the Warren Court, it wasn’t that radical. It didn’t break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the founding fathers in the Constitution, at least as its been interpreted and Warren Court interpreted in the same way, that generally the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties.

For a group that is supposedly checking facts, they don’t seem to be very good at it when there’s an election to win:

These guys are so ticked off by the fact that the NRA decided to push back instead of meekly accepting “Factchecks” personal biases that they’re not even really looking very hard and hoping people don’t ‘factcheck’ them in their zeal to post as much against the NRA as they can.

Also, do you want your fact-checking of NRA to come from someone who says of the NRA:

“They are lying. This is what they do. This is how they make their money. Do these people have no shame? They are just making this up. I just wish that they would tell the truth.” He said that their ads were “one of the worst examples of lying” that he had “ever seen.”

That’s real impartial and stuff.

Xrlq on bloggin: anytime a reader purports to attack you for not blogging about X, his real beef is that you are blogging about Y.

Yes. I’ve mentioned my peeve when someone says I failed to mention something before (here and here).

We gun nuts have known that the place where Great Britain used to be has been under-reporting violent crime. Now, they admit it.

This just in: All that voter fraud by ACORN that seems to consistently benefit the Obama/Biden camp is all due to whitey keepin’ you down.

A reporter asked hard questions and did not follow the script Biden is used to. As a result, the Obama/Biden camp has denied the station access for the rest of the campaign.

David discusses a NYC police gun discharge study. He also has a link to the study.

It is here.

The KNS asked a bit back if they should endorse. 75% said no they should not. They did it anyway.

They seem to have spent more pixels discussing endorsements than the actual, you know, endorsement.

A communist evokes property rights.

Justin notes that the form is changing:

They have checkboxes now for the “Yes/No” question section.

Good. Now they’ll stop shutting down dealers for making who just put a Y or N instead of spelling out Yes or No.

It also has a spot so that you can select bare receiver instead of just handgun or long gun.

Gun sales up. Some folks I talk to in the gun biz say this election is driving sales.

Dale got some his and her M1 Carbines.

Here

Cook County Democrat Candidate for States Attorney: ” No one Should Own a Gun” and “I Favor a Law Where No One Can Ever Buy a Gun”

Most counties in Illinois disagree.

Couple of carry guns.

Remington 870 Express Tactical.

Heh: R15 will be avalible with thumbhole stock. Remington hedging against elections?

We’re home safe and sound. Blogging to resume tomorrow.

[AKA All Linky, No Thinky: Tgirsch Edition, AKA “What I’m reading today.”]

Since Uncle’s on the beach enjoying his vacation, I figured I’d give you folks some blog fodder to get you all worked up:

• I voted today. Spoiler alert! I voted Democrat. *gasp!*
• The Guardian (UK): All the screaming you’re hearing about “voter fraud” is a bunch of crap. (FactCheck mostly agrees,as does PolitiFact.com.)
• Speaking of FactCheck.org and things that will get your dander up, they’re going after the NRA again. Sic’ ’em!
• Larison briefly discusses elitism.
• A dyed-in-the-wool liberal endorses Murtha’s opponent
• Want to kill time with a stupid game? Try Truth Invaders.
• Nate Silver writes about why McCain isn’t doing so well right about now.
• Pattycakes is being screwed by The Man.
• xkcd weighs in on Scrabble. (For those of you not familiar with xkcd, it’s always important to read the hover text…)
• Vinny accuses Sarah Palin of socialism.
• Wondermark: Overthrow your corporate overlords, as long as it’s not too expensive… (xkcd hover text rule also applies here).

Have fun, and have a good weekend.

Kevin is looking at getting one.

A look at things in the firearm industry

IDF machine guns.