It’s said 70,000 people are expected to attend. In the meantime, the Washington Post asks, "Is Gun Control Dead?", and Bloomberg News editorializes,"You won, so tone it down, OK?"….
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April 10th, 2012
Appleseed Project
Webpage here. It’s dedicated to teaching the young about marksmanship and Revolution War history….
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Justice Scalia’s new hunting buddy
It’s Justice Kagan: "She said the two are planning to go hunting in Montana in October. In his chambers, Scalia has a large animal head he calls Leroy, Kagan said. “He insists I’m going to shoot myself an antelope,” Kagan…
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Lights out for Canada’s long gun registry
The measure ending it passed their Senate 2-1 and received royal assent….
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"cut shells"
I remember reading about this when I was young. Though at the time when it was popular, they had cardboard shells, and so the shooter had to be careful to *almost* cut thru them….
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Guilty pleas in Fast and Furious
Three defendants plead out. Jaime Avila Jr."faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to dealing guns without a federal license and conspiracy to deal guns without a license, making false statements in a gun purchase and smuggling…
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Vanderboegh recovering, may be out of hospital soon
He reports the problem is a post-op abscess. David Codrea suggests donations to help with his family’s expenses. As he says, "if you get value from Mike’s work [meaning Fast and Furious, and other issues], returning that value in the…
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Ill ruling: are "assault weapons" firearms in "common use"
In Wilson v. State, at 15-19 (I have the link open in one window, but it doesn’t work in another), the Illinois Supreme Court remands to the lower court to determine that and a number of other questions. It notes…
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Back
Released from the hospital yesterday afternoon, still rather weak. Last night I got a sound sleep, but the night before got only an hour or so. The usual hospital noises, awakenings for blood draws and vital checks, plus a special…
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Sheriff Mack running for Congress
Sheriff Mack is running for Congress against Lamar Smith. Mack is a friend, and I represented him in the challenge to part of the Brady Act, which went to the Supreme Court. He once remarked that he’d never owned an…
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I feel so safe….
"ICE arrests 3,100 convicted criminal aliens in sweep". Until you read that only 204 of them will actually re recommended for a prosecution. Others will be subject to removal proceedings, which is a broader concept than actual deportation and includes…
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Little blogging for next few days
I was admitted to the hospital yesterday… I thought it was a kidney stone, but it turned out to be an infected kidney. On IV antibiotics now….
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NBC doing internal investigation regarding alteration of Zimmerman audio
Story here. In running a story on the Florida shooting, NBC’s Today Show altered a 911 call to make it fit the narrative, turning "Zimmerman: This guy looks like he’s up to no good. Or he’s on drugs or something….
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MA gun ban for permanent resident aliens stricken
Fletcher v. Haas, ruling entered this morning. Brought by individuals and SAF and Commonwealth Second Amendment (altho the court holds that the organizations lacked organizational standing). The ruling includes an interesting discussion of alienage and the voting franchise. The two…
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SAF win against NC emergency regulations
SAF and Alan Gura scored a win today in Bateman v. Perdue, E.D.N.C.. At issue were North Carolina statutes prohibiting carrying a firearm off one’s own land during a declared emergency (which can be declared by the governor, or county,…
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Ruling on Portland OR limit on open carry
Eugene Volokh discusses it at the Volokh Conspiracy. The ordinance makes it illegal (with some exceptions) to knowingly possess a firearm in public, "recklessly having failed to remove all the ammunition from the firearm…" The question is, what does "recklessly"…
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What is the smallest caliber you’d trust for self-defense?
"What is the smallest caliber you trust to protect yourself? My personal favorite defense gun has always been a Beretta Jetfire in 22 short. I’ve carried it for many years including while hiking. I never leave without it in my…
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Court upholds NYC $340 permit fee
Kwong v. Bloomberg, opinion here. The court finds that the $340 fee is meant to recover costs of administration, which the City claimed were actually a bit higher than this figure. Creative accounting, I suspect….
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Getting hammered in the Supreme Court
Sackett v. EPA. Under the Clean Water Act, EPA can issue orders, and violation of the orders is punishable by a civil penalty of $37,500 per day and up. EPA’s position was that such an order was not a final…
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Some guys are late getting the message
"Mayor Bloomberg: Trayvon Martin Shooting Makes the Need for Gun Control All Too Clear."…
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More on Trayvon shooting
Story here. The evidence seems to fit together, and is strong for a "good shoot." Zimmerman tells police that he wasn’t the aggressor, that Trayvon knocked him down and was pounding his head against the sidewalk, and that he cried…
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Administration proposes to slash firearm training for pilots
The Obama Admin proposes to halve funds for training pilots so they can be armed in the cockpit. As it is, the training procedures seem designed to be impossible to meet: "To gain certification to carry a gun onboard, pilots…
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Police report on Florida shooting
Right here. The responding officer found the shooter, Zimmerman, bleeding from nose and the back of his head, and saying he had cried out for help, which matches the eyewitness who reported that the man on the bottom was being…
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More coming to light in FLA shooting
The case gets some complicated: "The dispatcher advised Zimmerman not to follow Martin. Moments later, neighbors bombarded 911 with reports of a struggle between the men and the sound of a gunshot. When police officers arrived, Martin was lifeless, face…
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Bloomberg looking for unemployed attorneys, paying $20/hr
Story here. "Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the gun-control group co-chaired by Mayor Bloomberg, is looking for out-of-work lawyers to research doctrine related to the Trayvon Martin case. Laurin Grollman, the mayor’s senior counsel for firearms policy, sent out the following…
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PA test of Castle Doctrine and/or No Retreat
Hard to tell which from this story. It might really have been a test of neither. Two drunken aggressors come into a person yard with baseball bats, pursue him, continue to menace him even after he displays a gun, and…
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This is pitiful, part 26….
A couple of weeks ago, I posted on how Coalition to Stop Gun Violence was vigorously denying that gun sales were up. Now comes word that Ruger has had to stop taking orders thru May, due to already having received…
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Fast & Furious Keeps getting worse, part 1,236
It was recently revealed that the chief target of Fast and Furious was caught, six months into the operation, smuggling ammo at the border, but released upon a promise to cooperate. Now, it turns out, he was also caught two…
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Fast & Furious keeps getting worse
The LA Times has the story. As previously noted, the key target actually was apprehended inside the US, about six months into F&F, but released to return to Mexico on a promise to cooperate. (Reports that the ATF supervisor made…
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