Jack Lail on the Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Federal prosecutors who had made a broad request for user information of commenters on the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Web site backed down a bit
From TN Criminal Lawyer Blog: As you can see from reading the revised statute, the “guns-in-bars law” is not as sinister as many would suggest.
Glock is sponsoring the event. Kevin has donated a Para USA GI Expert. And now, Mr. C. reports:
I now have confirmation from Kerby Smith of Para USA regarding the pistol that Para USA is donating to the Project Valour-IT fund raising raffle to be held at the Gun Blogger Rendezvous.
Oh, and Alan Gura will be there.
Shaping up to be quite the event.
AC lets us know that when you are stripped of your civil rights without due process of law, that there’s a procedure for giving up those civil rights.
One of the authors of The Gun Zone left a comment here the other day. So, I’ve been perusing the site, including yesterday’s link to that nifty history of the 5.56 Nato cartridge. Today’s read is the 5.56mm FAQ v1.14. Good stuff.
How when some politico wants to raise taxes in a budget crisis, the first thing they evoke is cutting back on police. Yet, even though they’re never the ones to get the money, they’re the first ones cut.
A non-response to my post here has been posted here and here:
Senator Alexander’s letter is correct where it states that the Coburn Amendment goes further than state law.
The new Tennessee state law allows ONLY those with conceal-and-carry permits to carry in a STATE park. The amendment that Senator Alexander opposed allows anyone who can carry a firearm generally in Tennessee (conceal-and-carry permit or not) to carry a loaded firearm openly in a national park in Tennessee.
I did not say that he was incorrect regarding the bill going further than state law, because at the time TN prohibited park carry. So, he’s not addressing what I stated. And the only folks in Tennessee who can carry a firearm are those with permits. And those who carry into National Parks must comply with state law. So, his original assertion was wrong and his follow up is also wrong.
The big bill to allow the FDA to regulate tobacco causes about 500 job losses in Tampa.
Damn, we don’t even rate as the Great Satan any more:
Britain has replaced America as Iran’s “Great Satan.”
That’s the upshot of the announcement Wednesday that the Islamic Republic of Iran is considering downgrading its diplomatic ties to Britain, the country’s former colonial ruler.
Only fair, I suppose, since I refer to hit as Not So Great Britain. Now, we’re the Not So Great Satan.
And a call for action:
Gov. Perry will be calling a special session of the Legislature. It is possible that he might add the guns in parking lot bill to that session.
The Texas State Rifle Association is urging members to call.
Faced with a budget cuts, Guernsey County Sheriff Mike McCauley is looking at selling three 1920s Thompson machine guns.
Cities’ gun restrictions begin to topple:
Since last June, when the US Supreme Court struck down key parts of the District of Columbia’s gun-control ordinance, cities have seen the 20,000 local gun regulations enacted over the years begin to slip from their grip, one by one.
Good.
Via SIH, who notes past interactions with the author.
After record gun sales credited to the election of Barack Obama, it looks like gun manufacturer stocks are slipping. Signaling that the Great Obama Gun Rush is coming to a close?
Josh Sugarmann claims that the firearms industry is unregulated. Fortunately, many people know he’s full of it because they are buying guns and know what they have to through.
And Josh Sugarmann should know exactly how regulated it is since he is a licensed federal firearms dealer. He had to get licensed, pay a fee, and jump through hoops to become a merchant of death in that unregulated firearms industry. And he’s not even a manufacturer. Just a retailer.
Some politicos in DC are looking at putting an end to the arbitrary classification of knives by Customs. Good.
Of course it is. We’re picking up the tab for it twice:
There is a rich literature testifying to this phenomenon. A study last December by Milliman Inc., an independent consulting firm, commissioned by America’s Health Insurance Plans, found that underpayment by Medicare and Medicaid accounted for nearly an 11% increase in the health care costs of private plans. This means that on average a privately insured family is forced to pick up about $1,800 extra every year of the government’s slack. Private plans, all in all, are subsidizing government programs to the tune of $90 billion annually.
Kinda minimizes that claim about the percentage of dollars in Medicare that goes to care. Of course, Medicare doesn’t do R&D; deal with insurance companies; pay compliance costs; etc.
Meanwhile, free-marketers should support the public option? Only if you don’t know what a free-marketer is.
Thirdpower on Chicago politics:
I am SO going to scold my dead grandparents for continuing to vote for him.
A tale of stupidity and some advice on how to fly with firearms.
Sometimes, TSA isn’t the problem. Like that time I left my ammo in Reno.
The KKK in Tennessee seems to have a membership problem. So, they decide to send out flyers. In predominately black neighborhoods.
So, you find out that we’re going to send an unmanned vehicle to the moon. And you think that it’s pretty cool. And the reason we’d do that is probably because we can. Turns out, it’s so we can launch the first volley in our war on known extraterrestrial civilizations on the moon
Remember, I do this to entertain me, not you.
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