Well, we’ve had some fun with Joan Peterson, and it’s time to move on. A lot of people don’t know why I bother, but I’m really not trying to change her mind. Sometimes it’s just entertaining to shake the ant farm. I hope everyone has a happy Labor Day weekend. I will be smoking some beef and doing genealogical research. I had joked with John Richardson, whose ancestor was also at Antietam, fighting for the Confederacy, that his great grandparents were shooting at my great grandparents. Actually, based on some maps of the battle, and of their respective units, that very well may have been the case!
Given that my 3x great grandfather was wounded severely, but not killed, I think I have to be thankful that legendary southern marksmanship didn’t quite manage to find its mark in his case. We also discovered that my 4x great grandfather, who was a well known bottler in Philadelphia, was raising money for the recruitment effort for the war. So we know that his son likely didn’t join up to avoid being drafted — they were believers in the cause. But anyway, I’ve rambled on enough. Now for the news:
Prince Law offices has been doing quite a lot of posting on the new proposed regulations:
- A SUMMARY OF ATF’s DRAFT PROPOSAL
- National Firearms Act Day of Reckoning – September 3, 2013
- PROCEDURAL ISSUES WITH ATF’s DRAFT PROPOSAL
- NFA Day of Reckoning – Info Soon to be Released
- ATF’s New DEVASTATING Proposed Rule on Background Checks for Fictitious Entity NFA Application
Pretty much everything you wanted to know.
SayUncle notes that NFATCA petitioned ATF for rule changes, ATF came up with a bunch of different rules, and then cited NFATCA. NFATCA wanted to get rid of the LEO sign-off requirement. They have a response here. Though, I have to say, if their petition for rule-making raised concerns about background checks and trust, that was a mistake.
ATF Form 4473 and the Prohibited Persons List. This article notes that there is serious difficulty implementing New Jersey’s law about the terror watch list. You see, it’s a secret list. As in, really secret. FFLs can’t run that check.
Ted Nugent’s wife gets arrested at DFW International Airport for forgetting a gun in her carry-on.
Dave Hardy: “The law has the concept of justified homicide. The average person has the concept of ‘good riddance.’”
Well, that didn’t work out the way they thought it would, did it?
California gun owners are about to get fracked.
Bloomberg: The Godfather of Gun Control. The resurgence in energy for gun control I think can be squarely credited to two people. The person who deserves the most credit is Barack Obama. The person who deserves the second most is Mike Bloomberg.
I hope this woman gets a really big judgement against the Pennsylvania State Police for this. I think the only way to stop raids like this from happening is to take away the toys.