Congrats to Katie on her new gig. Bloggers keep becoming part of the problem! It’s a good thing.

I teared up a little when I read this. You’ve been warned.

Temporary Director Sullivan:

ATF is pleased with the Supreme Court’s ruling recognizing that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess firearms, including for private purposes unrelated to militia operations.

And there’s this: In addition, the court appropriately recognized that the ‘carrying of dangerous and unusual weapons,’ such as machineguns, is not protected by the amendment.

I don’t think the court specified that machineguns were what they meant when they referred to dangerous and unusual weapons. All weapons are dangerous. And machineguns are only unusual due to 74 years of federal gun regulations.

Via Insty, it looks like DC’s .gov is sticking with its plan to add bureaucratic barriers to gun ownership after Heller. However, this item looks like it pretty blatantly goes against the Heller decision:

Firearms in the home must be stored unloaded and disassembled, and secured with either a trigger lock, gun safe, or similar device. The new law will allow an exception for a firearm while it is being used against an intruder in the home.

How is that different from what they alleged their laws were pre-Heller?

And it looks like they’re also sticking with the written test. Kinda like literacy tests? Next they need a poll tax.

Update: Proposed D.C. Gun Law Violates D.C. Law

Looks like he wanted his gun bill enough to vote to renew the ban on weapons that look like assault weapons. He has stated his opposition to the ban on weapons that look like assault weapons in the past.

Remember, politicians want to restrict your movement and ability to buy weapons if your name is on a terror watch list. But since we’ve had one senator and now one prosecutor on the list, I don’t think list has a lot of credibility.

We noted how there was no coverage of the pro-gun rally then said that they’d cover an anti-gun rally. And they did.

And Bizzy Blog notes recent gun coverage.

Of a gun that I used to own.

And why you shouldn’t put gun related terms in PayPal. Also, gratuitous plug for UltiMAK because even though I don’t dig AKs, I do dig Lyle’s work.

Heh.

I got married.

Robert Levy: What’s next?

Another way to ask the question would be: What are your thoughts on gun control?

But these days we feel more than we think.

At Mother Jones, it is to be expected.

John Lott: The Supreme Court may have confirmed that Americans have the right to own guns for protection, but the gun debate is hardly over.

In Colorado. So, what gun would you carry for a lion?

See reader Illinois Voter’s comment here:

It was pretty short notice. Illinois gun owners experienced what we can only call a media black out from most of the Chicago press. Certainly we did not get the coverage Jessie Jackson or Father Fleigler would get with with the normal 2-3 bus loads of shipped in people who get filmed screaming aloud. Spotty coverage @ 4-5 p.m. and nothing on the evening news. Nether the Chicago Suntimes or Tribune printed 1 drop of ink on the event.

What media bias?

The lefty blogs done got their feelings hurt because Barack Section 1031 Exchange Obama realizes that being anti-gun tends to cost you votes.

Well, Golly Gee Wally, it’s not shocking that the guy who catered to the nutroots crowd now needs to win the the undecideds. And it’s also not shocking that he would generally have to accept what the court says is law. The only issue now is whether we pro-gunners believe him. We generally don’t.

In Cali, challenges to their gun laws are coming:

The very same day as the ruling, the NRA filed suit to overturn gun bans in Chicago and San Francisco.

But California is the real prize for many gun rights advocates. The state has some of the most restrictive laws in the country. It’s also one of only a few states that doesn’t have an individual right to bear arms written into the state constitution, according to Gene Hoffman, chairman of the Cal Guns Foundation.

One man’s vile is another man’s sport.

At CounterTop’s.

Reports that the Blount County Voice to be canceled?

Once again, I was in the Sunday paper.

Breda takes her mom shooting.

As predicted, no coverage of the pro-gun rally in the Chicago Tribune. It’s a fine tradition to either not cover it or bury it. Meanwhile, if 12 anti-gunners listen to one crazy ass preacher, it’s front page!

Seen at Joe’s, a quote from an anti-gun activist:

I’ve given up on gun control. That battle is over. We’ve lost. I no longer think it’s an achievable goal and if I were a politician I wouldn’t lose an election over it.

Hadn’t seen that in years.

Remember a bit back when the LA Times decided to quote a reader here and that was newsworthy? Well, turnabout being what it is, I’d like to point you to what LA Times readers think about the passing of Tony Snow.

In London, five stabbing deaths in 17 hours. Good thing guns are banned. Also, this is odd:

The stabbings occurred in the week when the Met launched a 75-strong taskforce to stamp out London knife crime.

It’s not working.

Up 5%.