Making a gun gesture with fingers gets a grade schooler in Maryland suspended….
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September 18th, 2013
Maryland suit
Complaint here, in pdf. Maryland enacted more gun laws recently, and so applications for permits surged. The State Police are supposed to process them, but have "farmed out" a large part of processing to employees of other agencies. The suit…
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"How to Ban Guns: A step by step, long term process"
From the Daily Kos, last December. Very instructive, a longer version of what Pete Shields, founder of what is now the Brady Campaign, told the New Yorker back in 1976. The author starts by conceding that the gun laws being…
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Washington Naval Yard shooter
What we know: First, he didn’t have an AR-15, doubtless to the great disappointment of certain legislators. Looks like he had a Remington 870, and two handguns he took off security personnel that he shot. The media are making gallant…
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Woollard case takes on a certain reality
Woollard challenges Maryland’s "may issue" permit standards for most gun carrying, open or concealed. The main reason Woollard applied for the permit was a former son-in-law who had broken into his house and assaulted him, as I recall. He was…
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Col. Brown’s autobiography
Dancing with Devils. I got a copy from him and finished it on the plane (7 hours in the air, I read fast). This fellow did more in a good month than I’ve done in my life. Got into and…
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California laws up for governor’s signature or veto
Story here. One of the bills is described as a near ban on any semiauto rifle that takes detachable magazines….
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Interesting case from Ill. Supreme Court
Plaintiff sued for a Firearm Owner ID Card, required for gun possession. He had a misdemeanor DV. Apparently Illinois has no way to get rights restored after a misdemeanor. The State opposed, since its statute doesn’t allow FOID cards to…
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Two for two in Colorado!
Despite being grossly outspent….and Giron running in a district that is 2-1 Demo! Press release from Bloomberg Mayors: "This election does not reflect the will of Coloradans, a majority of whom strongly support background checks and opposed these recalls." Messr….
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No retreat laws and racial disparities
The Tampa Bay Tribune ran an article claiming, from a review of 200 court cases, that defendants claiming self defense in Florida were more likely to be acquitted if the person shot was black. I posted on this a while…
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Colo recall gets off to good start
In Colorado Springs, where John Morse is subject to recall, unofficial results are Yes" 6751, "No" 6186. (Some sites say that only with about half the districts reporting). UPDATE: just announced, 100% of unofficial, president of the senate Morse loses…
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"There’s no unlimited right to bear arms"
An op-ed piece in the LA Times, by historian Joseph J. Ellis. As the comments point out, he has an interesting past. (A friend commented that one should be suspicious of historians who cannot honestly report their personal history). I…
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"There’s no unlimited right to bear arms"
An op-ed piece in the LA Times, by historian Joseph J. Ellis. As the comments point out, he has an interesting past. (A friend commented that one should be suspicious of historians who cannot honestly report their personal history). I…
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NRA video on Colorado recall election
Right here….
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Corrupted by watching too many James Cagney movies in his youth
107 year old man killed after shooting it out with a SWAT team. "You dirty rats will never take me alive!" UPDATE: they used to have a way to deal with standoffs in Tucson, at least over the summer. Cut…
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DC police ordered to arrest for possession of fired brass
Emily Miller has story. The Washington DC police department has noted that fired or empty cartridge cases are "ammunition" under its law, which restricts ammo possession to local residents with firearm permits. Hat tip to reader Jim K…….
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"No retreat" law repeal
I’ve noticed that, whenever a person or group objects to "no retreat," they never say just what they want to do about it, other than "talk" or "have a dialogue" on it. That’s because the purpose of the protest is…
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Robber pulls gun on vet, finds himself kissing a 9mm
Story with video here. The vet’s moves were about as smooth as possible. He parries the robber’s gun to the side, draws his own and … I’m sure the robber needed a change of clothing about then….
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Mayor Blooomberg: 2A friend
Emily Miller has the story….
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Opposing the proposed NFA rule
Prince Law Firm proposes September 3 as the NFA Day of Reckoning. That page has form letters (to be personalized and edited) to send to your Congress critters, and to the Small Business Administration, and a link to get the…
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radio interview of documentary producer
Peter Gould, who is producing a 2A documentary on which I’ve blogged, will be appearing on Armed American Radio. He and Gary Theroux will be on 9-10 PM EDT. The AAR page has a link to find where it airs:…
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NFA proposed rule posted
Here’s the proposed rule. It results from a petition by the NFA Trade and Collectors Association … why they petitioned, I cannot explain. Perhaps they counted upon the agency to be reasonable, which is never a good idea. Even if…
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The mentality we have to deal with
For some time, Pierce College (a Los Angeles community college) had offered firearm safety courses. Now, the trustees of the college have have ended the course by banning all guns, including unloaded ones, from all campuses. The explanations given: ""The…
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Constitution Day event in DC
Announcement here. It’s hosted by ConSource, a remarkable constitutional research institute. (One of their recent additions is a letter from George Mason to George Washington, 1758, recommending a fellow for a commission in Washington’s regiment). The event takes place Monday,…
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No indictment, and hardly surprising
Father fatally beats a man molesting, and apparently trying to rape, his five year old daughter. The law has the concept of justified homicide. The average person has the concept of "good riddance."…
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Administration to announce Exec Orders today
AP story here. The part about re-importing arms sold to other countries is a bit of a mystery to me. As I recall, that was already banned, by a legal provision outside the Gun Control Act. Under the GCA, you…
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Kates and Mauser on international comparisons
At the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. Interesting comparison (sorry, for some reason things don’t indent here): Country Murder rate and Gun ownership per 100,000 Russia 20 and 4,000 Sweden 1.87 and 24,000 Norway 0.81 and 36,000…
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"Infringed" documentary going for crowd-funding
"Infringed: The Second Amendment in the Crosshairs," has a kickstarter page for contributions that went live a few hours ago. This is a professional team out to create a professional product, and I hope they keep at it after this….
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He’ll probably get fired, but it beats being stabbed
Robber with a knife goes after pizza deliveryman, and discovers that he’s just brought a knife to a gunfight. It happened in Florida, BTW….
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George Zimmerman to file claim for legal costs
Here’s the story. I found the statute cited: "939.06 Acquitted defendant not liable for costs.— (1) A defendant in a criminal prosecution who is acquitted or discharged is not liable for any costs or fees of the court or any ministerial office,…
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