Les has his weekly gun links up. I find the Glock v. 1911 1,000 round competition to be interesting. Of course, I say just get 10,000 rounds and fire until one of the guns stops working. I think both guns will get off the 1,000 rounds without a problem. However, I’m betting on the Glocks in the 10,000 round show down.
House Republicans are looking at ways to cut pork. One proposed way is to have congressmonkeys justify, in writing, the reason for the pork.
Is it worth point out that congressmonkeys often can’t even justify bills as Constitutional?
If Kerry does win Tennessee, I will be very disappointed given his recent comments about the South.
The woman suing everyone over the Janet Jackson Superbowl Boob Show has decided to knock that crap off. Common sense may have prevailed but I doubt it. Probably just got sick of being called an idiot.
Per this:
The Police Foundation report states that 26 million firearms owners own 77 percent of all privately owned firearms, roughly an average of seven guns per person. The National Gun Policy Survey reveals that Republicans are more likely to own a firearm than Democrats. About 50 percent of Republicans said they had a firearm in their home versus only 32 percent of Democrats.
Americans purchase an average of around 3.5 million firearms per year, usually 1.4 million rifles, 1.3 million handguns and 800,000 shotguns. Firearms are purchased and kept by around 20 million people for hunting. Another 20 million own firearms for target shooting and nearly 30 million folks have firearms for self-defense or home protection. Three million more Americans own firearms because they enjoy collecting them.
And this quote:
Interestingly, the main reason given in the Police Foundation report for not owning a firearm is affordability, not safety issues or anti-gun sentiment. This same report states that around one-third of adults who currently do not own a firearm would consider getting one if their financial situation would allow it.
Someone needs to start Guns for the Poor charity.
Despite the pleas of DiFi, congress is still reluctant to push for the renewal of the Assault Weapons Ban. Works for me.
Here’s an article on the new Assault Weapons ban. It has different requirements and is permanent. This bill needs to die:
Some of the provisions of the two bills include banning all semi-automatic shotguns, banning all detachable magazine semi-automatic rifles, requiring manufacturers to report the names of their dealers and dealers to report all guns and parts in stock. The bill would also outlaw all private gun and parts sales. The Clinton law specifically banned 19 firearms while the new law would ban 65.
Therefore, your Remington 1187 or Browning Auto 5 will be illegal. Please turn them in for destruction at the nearest police station or face federal felony charges
Your Mini 14 or even the ordinary .22 autoloader behind the seat of your pickup truck must be turned in for processing.
Gun shows would be a distant memory and the simple act of giving your favorite old pump shotgun to your grandson would be illegal unless the transfer was consummated at the local gun store. Hopefully the gun would never break because junior would be forced to purchase a federally licensed firing pin.
Forget owning any type of military weapon for collecting purposes. That old Japanese rifle that Uncle Jim brought home from the big war would be illegal. It has a bayonet lug, you know.
Remember, the banned weapons were picked out of magazines based on appearance. And everyone remembers this quote by DiFi:
“If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an outright ban, picking up every one of them, Mr. and Mrs. America, turn them all in. I would have done it.”
Update: It does occur to me that the ridiculousness of the bill mentioned may hinder it passing. That is good news. Unless it passes, of course, then it’s plain awful.
NPR this evening had a brief interview with John “by the way did I mention I was in Vietnam” Kerry. A summary of three exchanges that really intimate what a liar/hypocrite he is:
1 – Interviewer: George Bush recently defended his military service record. What are your thoughts.
Liar: I never made an issue out of that
2 – Interviewer: Your ads draw attention to your service in Vietnam . . .
Liar: I’ve never made my service in Vietnam cornerstone to my campaign.
3 – Interviewer: You claim to want to get special interests out of politics yet [some organization] has said you’ve received $X in special interest money. Is that consistent with your view?
Liar & Hypocrite: [Some organization] doesn’t have it’s facts straight. I took money from individual lobbyists not organizations.
Some how it makes a difference that the special interest money come from individual lobbyists and not organizations is beyond me. Ah, the future of the Democrat party.
Some of us Rocky Top Brigadiers will be at Guncraft Sports tomorrow evening at around 7 p.m. to shoot. Come one, come all. Even if you don’t have a gun, I have a spare.
More anthropomorphizing: I suppose racism was next since dogs can also be gay. A K9 (not a unit, the actual dog) is under investigation for being a racist dog. Apparently, the dog has attacked two black kids in the last 19 months.
An account of one bite:
The dog bolted from the K-9 wagon when the door opened and bit a 9-year-old boy who was playing nearby.
[Insert smarmy remark about how it’s a good thing this isn’t a pit bull]
I have had an experience such as this with my dogs. Sadly, I have very few black friends. It’s not on purpose. The result is that my dogs have little exposure to black people.
Politically Correct Dog was walking with the Mrs. one day (I wasn’t there) and a black guy was walking the other direction and PCD raised his hackles and started barking. Even after the Mrs. informed PCD that everything is OK, he persisted with barking. Also, one day Politically Incorrect Dog barked at a black man who was passing by. However, once he was told everything was OK, he calmed right down.
I honestly don’t know why my dogs (who ordinarily wag their tails when they see strangers) would react this way to black people. I assume it’s because they are not used to seeing a person with darker skin since my dogs react favorably to light skinned people (even my Japanese neighbors). I don’t think dogs are capable of racism and think the investigation is crap. This dog is just poorly trained and my dogs haven’t had exposure to darker skinned people. I do find it odd though.
This is beyond me. Trading an excellent H&K USP for a rattly 1911. No accounting for taste.
Deficits are evil! Or maybe not:
So what is the reaction from the bond market vigilantes, those disciplinarians who bid up interest rates whenever past deficits started looming? Yawn.
Snip
The bond market, it seems, has stopped worrying and learned to love the deficit. The question, of course, is whether everybody else can relax, too.
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“Under Reagan in the 80’s, I remember headlines day after day saying we were leveraging our children’s future,” said Lundy R. Wright, a managing director and top bond trader at Morgan Stanley. “But in good times, we got back to surpluses. I think the lesson is, you can borrow when times aren’t so good and cyclical factors will help get you out of it.”
I’ve said similar things before. And by similar things, I mean that the deficit doesn’t have as much impact on the economy as people like to think.
The Humane Society is trying to shut down a bull dog show because the show involves hog catching:
Apparently, a bulldog chases a wild boar inside a large, enclosed pen until the pig is caught and pinned by the neck or ear in the fastest time.
Organizers, though, say it’s a legitimate training exercise for hunting dogs, and bill it as an action-packed weekend filled with shows and contests for bulldog enthusiasts.
“I think it’s pathetic … and has no place in a civilized society,” said Kim Noetzel with the Arizona Humane Society.
She calls the event a “blood sport” and say it may be against the law.
I’ve never taken Politically Incorrect Dog hog catching. I have, however, seen it. Trust me, the hog is not enjoying the experience. Many people take dogs on wild boar hunts and the sport is legal in most places.
Update: Jane asks (See trackback below) how this is different from a rodeo? I don’t think it is.
Jay tells us another reason why Democrats shouldn’t be the party of minorities.
KABA:
“On November 25, 2003 the California DOJ announced the seizure of a number of illegal ‘assault weapons’ from a Laguna Niguel gun dealer. One of the guns on display in the store was a Robinson Armament model M96 rifle. Believing this rifle to be an illegal ‘assault weapon,’ DOJ Firearms Division agents used the store’s transaction records to locate each purchaser of the M96 rifle, then went door to door, often in the dead of night, confiscating the firearms under threat of criminal prosecution. One such raid was videotaped. No compensation was offered for the seized firearms.”
“Only problem: the M96 rifle is perfectly legal and is not an ‘assault weapon.’ Thankfully, higher ups at the DOJ Firearms Division got involved at the urging of CRPA and others, and reversed the Agents’ interpretation.”
“The confiscations illustrate the difficulty in determining whether a firearm is an ‘assault weapon.’ Even the specialized DOJ Firearms Division’s own agents, with their advanced training on the subject, couldn’t tell. So, then how is the average gun owner supposed to know?”
This reminds me of the story about the writing of the Assault Weapons Ban. DiFi had her staffers go through gun magazines and highlight guns that looked mean. That’s how they got the nineteen specific types. And the number determined for capacity of magazines (10) was just a number that sounded good. No basis for it at all. So, the appearance is what counts. By they way, here’s an M96 site.
Update: Via Kim, it turns out that Robar (the maker of the M96) released the following info:
In March of 2001, we sent a sample of the M96 without a pistol grip and with and without a pistol grip stud to the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) of the State of California. The essence of the DOJ’s response was that they would not state whether or not the rifle was legal in the State of California.
Lame.
A man catches a guy burgling his home. So the homeowner makes the thief mow his lawn.
Feds get subpoena for protesters. What’s worse, a judge has unconstitutionally gagged the university involved. Brian has more.
Wes Clark’s papers:
Some top Clinton administration officials wanted to end the Kosovo war abruptly in the summer of 1999, at almost any cost, because the presidential campaign of then-Vice President Al Gore was about to begin, former NATO commander Gen. Wesley K. Clark says in his official papers.
Rather puts Democrat leaders’ positions about the war in perspective.
The lack of a link between terrorists and Iraq continues:
American officials here have obtained a detailed proposal that they conclude was written by an operative in Iraq to senior leaders of Al Qaeda, asking for help to wage a “sectarian war” in Iraq in the next months.
The Americans say they believe that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a Jordanian who has long been under scrutiny by the United States for suspected ties to Al Qaeda, wrote the undated 17-page document. Mr. Zarqawi is believed to be operating here in Iraq.
Per this:
Gun control hasn’t emerged as a leading issue in the 2004 presidential race, but that is likely to change as Democratic California Sen. Dianne Feinstein intensifies her effort to win renewal of the decade-old assault weapons ban, which expires in September.
Feinstein’s bid should be as tightly contested and bitterly fought as it was 10 years ago. The ban will be part of a package of firearms legislation before Congress that includes a gun industry proposal to win an exemption from the type of liability lawsuits filed by San Francisco and other cities across the country.
The gun control issue will surface in the middle of the campaigns for the White House and Congress. Many Republicans oppose renewal of the assault weapons ban, which House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, promises will never even come up for a floor vote in the lower house. However, President Bush has said he will sign a renewal, if it makes it to his desk.
Some congressional Democrats are uneasy about the coming fight. Many blame the party’s loss of House control in 1994 on the assault weapons vote of that year and President Bill Clinton’s support for the law. Al Gore’s pro-gun- control positions may have cost him the electoral votes of West Virginia and New Hampshire in 2000 — along with the presidency.
One bit of bad news is that the bill is in the works. Two bits of good news: DeLay has said it’s never coming for a vote; and that the Democrats are uneasy about it.
Shockingly, a reporter describes the ban correctly:
The 1994 Federal Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, set to expire in September, outlawed assault rifles with certain features, including attached grenade launchers and bayonet mounts. But through what Pelosi called “deadly loopholes,” rifle manufacturers were able to continue making very similar “post-ban” guns by removing those features and changing the guns’ names.
Also, the above article addresses supposed post ban assault rifles use in shooting sports.
And even gun controllers are admitting that the ban is pointless:
NYAGV members say the current assault ban does not go far enough, while gun enthusiasts at the gun show believe law-abiding citizens should be allowed to purchase certain assault weapons.
And the Governor of Maryland opposes the proposed state ban on assault weapons:
“MY THOUGHTS have always been to direct resources, time, attention and money to bad guys who have illegal guns and obviously the guns that cause crime,” Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) said Tuesday, explaining his opposition to a ban on the sale of assault-style weapons. “We devote our time, money and resources to things that work, not things that are politically correct.” His point is that “bad guys” aren’t using assault weapons as often as they used to. But at least one reason for that trend is a federal ban on 19 types of such weapons that is due to expire Sept. 13. That deadline — rather than political correctness — has stirred responsible Maryland legislators to support a measure that would expand the definition and number of assault-weapon models banned in Maryland.
Homosexuality in animals is apparently a topic of research in this day and age for obvious reasons. I had a gay poodle when I was a kid. Seriously. Her name was Sheba. If a male dog got frisky, she’d attack him. She’d try to pin down female dogs and hump them. Guess she was the animal kingdom equivalent of a bull dike.
There is one thing that has puzzled me about homosexuality. Why is that some gay men are attracted to men who are extremely effeminate and rather ladylike in appearance and mannerism; or that some gay women are attracted to women who dress, act and look manly? I mean, if you like guys, you like them presumably because they look like guys. Why guys that look like women?
My question may offend someone. But I don’t care. I think it’s a valid question. I am attracted to women because they look like women. I am not attracted to men or women who look like (or have dominant characteristics of) men.
No really. Gunbroker is an online gun auction. You need to have a FFL or have someone with a FFL willing to do the transfer. Cool.
Kevin has intimated that I am anti-Government people. I am not. I just think that the government has crossed the line regarding where it can and should intervene. What do I want from my government? Here’s where my Libertarian readership will scratch their heads. Here goes:
Public education. Yes, our education is terrible because of many factors (the NEA, some teachers, political correctness, ad infinitum) but there is no other way to cost effectively educate the masses. The major problem is accountability. I read an article once where it was estimated that the costs to fire an incompetent teacher were greater than paying the teacher for 10 years. It’s not beneficial in terms of cash to fire incompetent teachers. And there is no chain of command. No manager should be accountable for an employee they can’t fire. If education administrators can’t fire teachers, we can’t blame administrators. To Hell with our children, apparently. Educating people serves the public good but it needs to be done more efficiently.
Defense. Our government does have a tendency to over do this one a bit. Better safe than sorry is their logic, I suppose.
Roads. I like roads. They are terribly convenient and there is no other way to cost effectively build roads.
Welfare and assistance to the poor. In our society, no one should starve or freeze or be denied medical treatment. I take no issue with welfare as a concept. In application, it is riddled with fraud and abuse. I’m not condoning universal healthcare by any means. If I can pay for my own, then I should be allowed to.
Testing drugs. Food inspections. And other things that promote general welfare (like the Constitution says).
Law enforcement.
Zoning. I think it’s good that they don’t allow a bomb factory in my subdivision.
Enforcing the protection of the rights of citizens.
I am not anti-government. I just think it goes too far. For example:
Stuff I don’t support, click more for a taste; or read the whole blog.
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Doing my taxes, got a refund this year. Thanks, Dubya. Did it electronically and got this message:
The Patriot Act requires [Bank] to collect your physical address from you when you choose a bank product. Physical address is the address of your personal residence. It may differ from the address you entered to be used on your tax return if you do not receive mail delivery at your home.
Do you feel safe?
Via John, some bullshit charges against a Wilmette man who shot an intruder have been dropped. Other bullshit charges haven’t been.
Despite what some may think, Third-Way Conservatism is just a synonym for more liberal.
Gore’s endorsement apparently means nothing in Tennessee. I guess he hasn’t mended those fences that he referred to in his concession speech.
Been a while since I mentioned discredited guy who makes stuff up scholar Bellesiles. I wouldn’t mention him again except for this piece being brought to my attention:
It turns out that Mr. Bellesiles is still riding his dead horse, his nonexistent guns still blazing. Soft Skull Press (which takes pride in putting out books that other publishers avoid like ricin) has not only agreed to reissue “Arming America” but has decided to release Mr. Bellesiles’s latest response to his critics. This 59-page pamphlet, “Weighed in an Even Balance,” is a spirited attempt by Mr. Bellesiles to turn himself into the world’s latest misunderstood genius. As such, it’s worth reading for pure entertainment value.
without hitting a Kevin. There’s another Kevin (yes, two at the same site) over at LeanLeft. Welcome to blogging, even though you’re generally wrong.
Remember, I do this to entertain me, not you.
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