Update: looks like Claire McCaskill isn’t that pro-gun. Breaking the mold: She’s pro-gun rights, pro-death penalty and wary of big government waste. Meet Claire McCaskill, the senator-elect from the generally conservative state of Missouri. She’s a Democrat. Like many of her freshman Democratic colleagues in the Senate and the House of Representatives, McCaskill defies the […]

Some thoughts I’ve seen around (not all of them I agree with but it’s interesting to see what people think): Heh: The Republicans lost and the Democrats won for the same reason — they distanced themselves from their base. When the Democrats were in charge. A commenter here opined that We pulled a Spain…… I […]

Clued in by reader Ron, I found this: Tester has won Montana, by most accounts. Notice the jab about the PATRIOT Act and guns. More Democrats like this please.

You may recall that KT Ordnance was raided for, err, well, no one really knows as it’s secret (See past coverage here and here). The latest at FMN: A Montana gun-kit dealer’s home was raided by FBI, BATF, and Canadian law enforcement agents, after he gave “subversive” literature to his local Sheriff, according to a […]

Some numbers on the % of folks with CCW info by state: 7.45% South Dakota 6.79% Indiana 6.76% Pennsylvania 5.23% Connecticut 5.12% Washington 4.34% Idaho 4.10% Utah 3.86% Oregon 3.45% Tennessee 3.15% Alabama 2.72% Florida 2.71% Kentucky 2.67% Wyoming 2.41% Maine 2.18% Arkansas 2.11% Virginia 1.94% West Virginia 1.76% Arizona 1.75% Oklahoma 1.70% Montana 1.70% […]

Good: The Democratic Party, long identified with gun control, is rethinking its approach to the gun debate, seeking to improve the chances of its candidates in Western states where hunters have been wary of casting votes for a party with a national reputation of being against guns. The Democrats’ effort to soften their rhetoric on […]

The AP: About 1.7 million U.S. children live in homes that have loaded and unlocked guns, according to what is described as the first comprehensive survey of gun storage in homes across the country. I wonder how they define child in this case? If you have kids, you should make certain your firearms are inaccessible […]

Via Bill, comes this FoxNews piece interviewing counterterrorism expert Juval Aviv: I predict, based primarily on information that is floating in Europe and the Middle East, that an event is imminent and around the corner here in the United States. It could happen as soon as tomorrow, or it could happen in the next few […]

Lame: For motorists wondering whether police are working on a quota system, an answer can be found in Montana. A new policy requires state troopers to stop at least one vehicle an hour, whether the driver has done anything wrong or not. But the driver doesn’t have to be ticketed, so police officials say it’s […]

Ben Livingston was tracking his efforts to purchase tax stamps on illegal drugs as required by Tennessee law. It starts out with this opening email: I am interested in purchasing the new illegal drug stamps that Tennessee now offers. I called this morning to purchase some of these, but I was told I could not […]

The House passed a bill that would deny federal funds to any city or state project that used eminent domain to force people to sell their property to make way for a profit-making project such as a hotel or mall.. At the bottom of the article is this: In the roll call on the House […]

No, not the AARP, the other one. You know, it gets bad press for being an evil, right-wing organization that kills children? Triggerfinger points out that the NRA is letting people in Montana down. It seems some mid-level NRA person is withholding support for a bill that clarifies a right to self-defense. Codrea has more. […]

Regarding Tennessee’s tax on illegal drugs, a commenter over at Michael Silence’s blog writes: The Department of Revenue claims that to date nobody has attempted to voluntarily pay this tax. I would like to point out that this is untrue. I attempted to voluntarily pay this tax on January 6, but all of my attempts […]

I’m starting to like Montana. Not only did they tell the feds to get bent over guns and a national ID card, now the legislature is looking to pass a bill requiring federal agents to ask permission before working there. Montana also has a law that prohibits the sale of land to the federal government. […]

From: Montana House of Representatives To: Congress STFU. Here’s the text of the bill. The bill basically exempts people in the state of Montana from federal regulations pertaining to driver’s licenses and firearms (machine guns and suppressors are excluded for you people pondering moving there just for such a reason). Apparently, someone has heard of […]

Tennessee has an unconstitutional ban on shipping or receiving alcoholic beverages. This is a particular problem for me because, after a bet on a certain election (also illegal in Tennessee), some folks owe a beer. The Supreme Court is looking at the issue and apparently it could have an impact on local wineries: The Tennessee […]

Two candidates in a race both have an A rating from the NRA. The NRA wants one to win so they change one rating to an F. Further in the article we find the NRA’s reason: On a portion of the tape from the hour-long show, Velazquez said, “Somebody once told me that in Montana, […]

This piece on the impact of guns on crime is not at all hysterical: Jack Buttman can sell a 9 mm Glock pistol in less time than it takes to order breakfast in a diner. It’s even faster, he says, if the buyer is familiar with the one-page form for the federal background check and […]

Looks like law enforcement officers can be held personally responsible when they mess up and violate someone’s constitutional rights: A divided Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a federal agent can be sued for violating the constitutional rights of a couple during a search of their ranch, refusing to shield officers from personal liability when they […]

Kevin has intimated that I am anti-Government people. I am not. I just think that the government has crossed the line regarding where it can and should intervene. What do I want from my government? Here’s where my Libertarian readership will scratch their heads. Here goes: Public education. Yes, our education is terrible because of […]

A group of Libertarians wants to take over a state government. They figure if 20,000 of them move into one of 10 sparsely populated states, they can do it: The Free State Project (FSP), a small group of libertarian activists, is trying to make a big difference in state politics by recruiting 20,000 like-minded people […]

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