It seems a few weeks ago I ended up calling the SAF/ISRA case that Gura is taking forward in Chicago a disaster. I didn’t realize it until I got an e-mail from one of the plaintiffs. The “other incorporation case” I had in mind was actually theirs, but I ended up pasting it into the link for disaster. A few weeks later, I can’t remember what the other incorporation case I was looking at that looked like a disaster, but this is one of those things that makes you think “I need to be more careful.” Copy/Paste mixups can be embarrassing.
Month: July 2008
Gunning for Levdansky’s Assembly Seat
State Representative David Levdansky has been talked about quite a bit on this blog, because he was the primary architect of the failed “Lost and Stolen” bill in the Pennsylvania General Assembly. We’re fortunate that we have an opponent running for Levdansky’s seat this November. Monica Douglas is a solid pro-gun candidate, but she needs help this election in order to successfully challenge the incumbent.
This may well be the most important race for Pennsylvania gun owners in the entire assembly this year, because if we can defeat Representative Levdansky, or even come close to defeating him, we will send a message to every other politician in the assembly that supporting gun control will cost them personally, and puts their seat in jeopardy.
This is how gun rights are won and kept. Please consider donating money, or if you’re in our near her district, donating time to help her campaign. If we can elect Monica Douglas to the General Assembly, we’ll be doing every gun owner in this commonwealth a great service.
Dick Heller Denied Registration
He didn’t trust the District not to jerk him around, so he did not bring his firearms with him as required. Given their actions lately, I can’t say I blame him. We need to get that preemtion of DC’s laws through Congress ASAP.
Chicks With Guns
Nope, neither of them look very trashy to me.
Not So Fast Bradys
Damon Root of Reason takes Dennis Henigan to task for suggesting Heller won’t ultimately mean much. If we get incorporation of the second amendment as applicable to the states, that is where it will likely have its greatest impact. There are precious few gun laws at the federal level I think are likely to be impacted in the short term.
If the thought of new pro-gun constituencies being created in cities like Chicago and New York City doesn’t scare the hell out of Dennis and his boss Paul Helmke, it ought to. What will happen to gun control when the latte elite of Chicago and New York *gasp* know people who own guns? Know people who shoot guns? Maybe even know people who carry guns? Dear god!
There are two major centers of political support for gun control: New York and Chicago. Oh, there are minor ones, like San Francisco, Boston, and DC, but what do all these areas have in common? They’ve all severely restricted access to handguns. No one in these cities likely knows anyone who owns or shoots a gun for recreation, and don’t think much about them for self-defense, because it’s not an option for non-criminals.  That is about to change, and that should keep Paul Helmke and Dennis Hennigan up at night.
UPDATE: Glenn Reynolds and Brian P. Denning chime in with an article in the Northwestern University Law Review.
Law Abiding Car Owner
We have a case of another law abiding car owner that the American Automobile Association likes to tell us are the type of people who want to own and drive cars:
Colarulo says that just before 1am Wednesday morning, 19-year-old Shawn Bender rammed his Chrysler into another vehicle on the southbound outer lanes of the Boulevard, near Adams Avenue, forcing that car into a concrete barricade, killing a 17-year-old man who was in the car and leaving the other three people in that car — including Bender’s own 12-month-old daughter and the baby’s mother — in critical condition:
“He was ramming the vehicle to the point where he was striking the vehicle numerous times and the vehicle was forced into a brick wall. And that’s what caused the injuries and the fatality at this point.”
Sadly, the child died. More children are killed by car misuse than any other cause of death. When will we realize that the only way we can prevent such tragedy is by restricting access to automobiles?
The Gun Blog Rifles
The site and name I have chosen for our league is up and running. The summer match has been posted. If you wish to participate, or have any comments, feel free to contact gunblogrifles at gmail dot com. I will keep people abreast of some happenings here on Snowflakes in Hell, but consider our new web site to be the primary means we’ll coordinate these matches. You can feel safe in adding it to your RSS feed, as it will not be posted on frequently, except for match and league related items and news.
One thing I’d love people to do is to submit pictures of themselves shooting their rifles. I’d love to have a gallery so people who might happen to cross the site can see normal people enjoying the shooting sports.
Camp Perry Live
Looks like NRA is live blogging Camp Perry this year. Gee, it looks like an awful lot of rifles that the anti-gun folks claim have no sporting use are being used for sporting purposes. For those who aren’t familiar:
The National Matches, considered America’s “World Series of the Shooting Sports”, have been a tradition at Camp Perry, Ohio since 1907. Each summer, the nation’s finest civilian and military marksmen and women square off for five weeks of rifle and handgun competition in a variety of formats and events.
I also love their logo for this year.
A Society Gone Mad
They are actually talking about banning kitchen knives in the United Kingdom. I just don’t have any extra commentary. I don’t even have a category for something this friggin insane. Do they make a straightjacket that would fit around the entire Palace of Westminster?
Patrick Murphy’s Campaign Pays a Visit
I’m glad Bitter is was home to greet one of Congressman Pat Murphy’s perky volunteers. Pat Murphy recently signed on as a cosponsor to Carolyn McCarthy’s HR1022, which bans many common semi-automatic rifles and pistols. I am currently talking to someone at NRA about being Election Volunteer Coordinator for my district so I can help send Congressman Murphy, and other anti-gun politicians in this area packing, and replace them with pro-second amendment representatives.