The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State …
It’s beginning to look at a lot like…. well, Christmas in Panama maybe. Â I certainly had Gatun Lake going on in my backyard yesterday. That’s probably just as well, since white Christmases are now racist. Blogging will be light around the holidays, unless there is major news like another shoe dropping like we just saw … Continue reading “Weekly Gun News – Edition 22”
We here in and around Philadelphia are anxiously awaiting the popeocalypse. Being non-catholic, I have no plans to go into the city to engage in any pope watching. The way the media has been portraying it around here, you’d think it’s going to be mass hysteria, hence why people have adopted the popeocalypse hash tag. … Continue reading “Weekly Gun News – Edition 15”
I decided I should probably have a consistent name for this feature. Since I tend to do about one link post a week, I’ll call it “Weekly Gun News.” If it’s a particularly good news week, maybe I’ll have “Extra Gun News.” I started doing news links after Sandy Hook, when there was just too … Continue reading “Weekly Gun News – Edition 1”
I’ve been happy with Corbett on the gun issue. If you look at his record, it’s about the only constituency he managed to please. On every other issue, I’m disappointed. He hasn’t really done anything to fix the state’s long term financial problems. The People of Wisconsin will be happy that Scott Walker made some … Continue reading “Off I Go to Hold My Nose”
The media cycle on the issue is getting a bit slow, as happens sometimes. I try not to do too much in the way of filler on this blog, so if I don’t have stories to comment on, I just don’t have as many posts. But I think I may have some news links to … Continue reading “I’ll Gladly Pay You Tuesday for Some News Links Today”
The Hill is reporting that the votes on the Toomey-Manchin Amendment still aren’t there. Let’s hope that holds until the votes. 10:41AM: Grassley, Cruz, and Graham announced a substitute amendment to the gun bill, which does not appear to contain any expansion of NICS requirements. It still has a number of measures we’ll like. It … Continue reading “Live Coverage: The Senate Vote (Hopefully)”
I’m going to do my best to cover the debate and voting on HR822 in this thread. Keep reloading, and I’ll keep updating. If you want to follow along yourself, you can here on C-SPAN. 12:03PM: Congress just came into session. Looks like the debate won’t begin until 1:15PM EST 01:00PM: Congress is back from … Continue reading “HR822 Debate Live Blogging”
Today my license from the Spokane Police Department expired. Since Washington State requires that you apply or renew in person, I’m not going to renew. I originally sought a Washington State license because they had reciprocity with Virginia, but I never actually used it. Not long after, Virginia signed a reciprocity agreement with Pennsylvania, which … Continue reading “Licensed in One Less State”
This editorial in the Roanoke Times: Please realize that I am licensed to carry a concealed handgun in the commonwealth of Virginia, and do so on a regular basis. However, because I am a Virginia Tech student, I am prohibited from carrying at school because of Virginia Tech’s student policy, which makes possession of a … Continue reading “Must Read”
It’s relatively easy for me to get a Virginia Concealed Handgun Permit, especially since I’m spending a lot more time down there now. I was thinking it would be good to have, so I’m good to carry in West Virginia, but I noticed they take resident licenses only.  How is it that states like West … Continue reading “Time to get a Viriginia CHP”
