Bitter’s mother and grandmother are on their way back to Tennessee, after spending the last week up here with us. Things turned a bit cold up here for folks used to Oklahoma summers. It’s starting to feel more like fall now and less like summer.
Don’t ever let anyone try to tell you that no one wants to take your guns from you. The NJ Star-Ledger calls for Australian style confiscation. Check the comments for people debunking “It worked for Australia!” propaganda.
The changing face of target shooting. Our opponents will do everything humanly possible to halt this trend. Keep that in mind when analyze proposed legislation to gauge their strategy.
Politico: “Gabby Giffords gets mean” The best way to fight back is to help out the politicians she’s attacking, both on the streets and in the voting booth.
John Richardson has a good piece on racial profiling on Form 4473. Why they are doing this now is an interesting question.
Alan Gura on DC’s may-issue shenanigans “In America, the police don’t determine what rights we have good reason to enjoy. You don’t need a good reason to speak, to worship, to vote or to carry a gun for self-defense.”
Doctors groups seem to quite often be comprised of petty tyrants who know how to run your life better than you do. Here’s another example. You hear this a lot from gun control advocates: only federal gun laws are effective, because otherwise you can just go to a state with weaker laws. Well, then why do they keep trying to pass more controls at the state level then?
The war against accurate rifles. They’re going to hate particle beam weapons. More on that topic here.
Has Attorney General Kane offered a gift to gun owners? It seems improbable, but Josh Prince is going to try to put to some use.
SayUncle is done with the NFL. The NFL is an anti-gun organization.
Daily Caller: Top 3 Myths of the Second Amendment.
Shannon Watts: “Now, for the first time in our country’s history, there is a well-financed and formidable force positioned to take on the Washington gun lobby.†Well financed by a single billionaire asshole who has his own private armed security.
Even some Democrats are acknowledging Shaneen Allen doesn’t deserve to go to jail. This is what gun control means. When you heavily regulate a consumer product that’s widely legal most everywhere else, it necessarily means good people will go to prison. Democrats should think long and hard about that before passing everything our opponents (who are fine with gun owners going to prison) ask for.
NRA is getting involved in the race for Jim Gerlach’s old seat. I’m guessing Mike Fitzpatrick isn’t getting help this year. Fine by me, since I’ve been nothing but disappointed in him. Fitzpatrick has taken endorsements from gun control groups. Fitzpatrick has said previous he plans to step down in 2016. If this is not the case, he needs a primary challenger.
More about where NRA is spending its money this year.
Dave Kopel: New anti-gun strategies.
Off Topic:
Republicans need to figure this stuff out if they want to win elections. They are way behind. A big question in my mind is whether this will work for a run-of-the-mill candidate and not the new messiah incarnate.
Yeah, Gabby’s PAC ran their Fitz TV spot twice during the NASCAR race yesterday…we all know what a liberal-magnet car races are…
From the article about the Tracking point rifle:
“‘Smart Rifle’ Begins Shipping to Consumers This Week
A Texas startup has developed a “smart rifle” that barely needs to be aimed.”
But I thought they WANTED Smart Guns???
There’s no pleasing some people…..
Let them collect all the race/ethnicity data they want on the 4473. Then we can shove “disparate impact” right up the gun controller’s asses when the data clearly show that non-whites are denied at greater numbers in proportion to whites.
“I’m guessing Mike Fitzpatrick isn’t getting help this year. Fine by me, since I’ve been nothing but disappointed in him.”
I saw the first anti-gun campaign ad by the Fitzpatrick campaign last night. I’m guessing it will allow just enough wiggle-room for most gun owners to argue that he is still “better” than his Democratic opponent.
I don’t expect much to change, since anti-gun Republicans (sheriffs, congressmen, etc.) are a Bucks County tradition.