Seem at Chuck’s:

If the Arabs quit fighting, there would be peace. If the Israelis quit fighting, there would be a bloodbath.

BREAKING NEWS: Hobo spill in Knox County.

Jay G. got his C&R license.

Turns out Schnucks Markets, the place where employees were getting stabbed until a man armed with a gun stopped the assailant, is anti-gun:

Schnucks is also vehemently anti-gun. “No carry” prohibition signs are posted all over their stores, and gun control organizations see large donations both from the corporation itself, and from the Schnuck brothers who own the chain. They also support anti-gun politicians, and anti-gun legislation.

So, it’s kind of ironic that a knife-wielding maniac had his reign of terror ended on Schnucks property, by a man with a gun.

Who knows, if a customer had been carrying his gun in the store, perhaps Knife Boy might have been stopped before he had a chance to wound eight people. Or perhaps he might have been deterred from attacking anyone altogether, knowing that there could be some public-spirited citizen in the store with a gun.

this song kinda rules:

And I’m testing youtube.

Be sure of your target and what is behind it:

Three police officers were accidentally shot Sunday as one or more officers took aim at a pit bull attacking a member of their crew, police said. All were in stable condition.

Who exactly is at fault here:

Snelgrove, an Emerson College student from East Bridgewater, was killed when she was struck in the eye by a pepper spray pellet fired by a police officer outside Fenway Park in October 2004, after Boston beat the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series.

If you said the police, you’d be wrong:

The city of Boston received $438,500 in a settlement between a pellet gun maker and the family of a college student killed after a Boston policeman fired pepper spray pellets into an unruly crowd celebrating a Red Sox win.

The city was entitled to a portion of the settlement as part of its agreement last year to pay the family of Victoria Snelgrove $5 million, the largest wrongful death settlement in Boston history.

The agreement included a stipulation that the city receive half of any proceeds, up to $2 million, from the family’s $10 million suit against the gun manufacturer, FN Herstal. The city also agreed to cooperate with the family in the suit.

So, the city paid. And the gun maker paid.

In an update to Politically Correct Dog’s tumor, he went to the emergency vet last night after throwing up several times. That was bad. But the good news is that the ER vet basically said he’d seen this before and the sickness was usually indicative of a benign tumor. He also took additional X-rays and noted that no cancer seemed to have metastasized throughout his chest, which again may be indicative that his tumor is benign. He gave Politically Correct Dog much better odds than the original 25% and that’s a good thing. He has surgery today for removal.

Thanks to those for their well-wishes.

Colt CCO has his last AR-15, for at least the second time. He tells you why he picked the accessories he did. Very cool pic.

Amendment 1: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Yet, GLN reports:

Now, if you are a Lautenberg victim, how do you get your gun rights reinstated? By having your record expunged.

For those in Wyoming, a law passed in 2004 allows for expungement of misdemeanor offenses. The purpose of the law was expressly to restore firearm rights taken away by the Lautenberg Amendment.

The BATFE responded by saying that Wyoming had an incorrect definition of ‘expunge’ and that the BATFE would prosecute any Lautenberg victim who possessed a firearm after having their record expunged by Wyoming.

This put Wyoming in the interesting position of issuing concealed carry permits to people that the feds considers prohibited persons.

Obviously this has caused a certain amount of controversy. Christopher Kegler sued the BATFE. Unfortunately for Chris, the judge decided that there was no threat of prosecution for desiring his gun rights back.

I can only conclude that the only way Chris can get his day in court is to violate and face prosecution under Lautenberg. Of course, the judge may then say that the BATFE matter will be resolved in criminal court and not address it. The risk to Chris is that he had a misdemeanor offense expunged and would face felony prosecution. Even victory would come at great, personal expense.

On standing, David Hardy writes:

Standing is a complex and chaotic doctrine. When I lectured a CLE seminar on bringing firearm law test cases, I always dealt with it first, with the warning it has a 75-80% kill rate, and you have to really do your preparation on it. Unless they really like your claim, courts are quick to say you have no standing because you aren’t being prosecuted and can only speculate that if you break the law, something would happen. You have to be very creative here.

I think citizens should be allowed to challenge laws without the risk of imprisonment or fines that come with breaking the law. It’s what a conscientious citizen should do. Our system prevents that which makes it more difficult for people to challenge things they view are unjust. They do so at the risk of losing their freedom. And the system is set up that way to prevent that from happening. It’s bullshit. David Hardy recommends in this case that:

I’d suggest here an argument along the following lines: to buy a gun from a dealer he has to get a background check. Now, he can’t really fill out the 4473 and put in NO. That’d make him guilty of a false record, a felony, and it’s pretty much strict liability for that. He must say yes or no, and is guilty if the answer is wrong, even if he thinks it is right.

But… if he did do that, the NICS system would stop the transaction.

So he has an immediate injury, even if ATFE sent him a letter saying that, because he is such a nice person, they will never prosecute him even if he does buy. He can’t buy from an FFL, period. It’s not just that he fears prosecution if he does, the system is so set up that he cannot.

I was going to comment extensively on the WaPo’s coverage of the incident but Bitter done beat me to it:

He’s correct, they do lose firearms all the time and they should be held accountable for it. However, he’s an NRA Board Member who is supposed to be helping recruit members and bring more people to the pro-gun side. Hiding behind the issue of losing so many guns is not the way to do that.

At this point, I’m willing to say that Abrams needs to resign from the Board of Directors.

The NRA often pushes the notion that we should enforce existing gun laws and that would entail their members abiding by them. I will note that many violations of Federal firearms law is stuff like writing a Y when the form mandates you write Yes. The WaPo also trots out stats on machine guns being sold without proper records in 2003. Well, I think that’s bullshit. Since 1986, machine guns are sold only to governments. Pre-86 machine guns that are transferred among civilians must go through a fairly extensive check with the ATF. Surely, the ATF didn’t allow botched paperwork through?

Ok, one last thing:

In 1997, he couldn’t account for 45. In 2001, it was 133. In 2003, there were 422 firearms missing — more than a quarter of his inventory — including semiautomatic assault rifles, 12-gauge shotguns and Glock 9mm pistols, according to federal investigators.

I doubt the guns are missing. More likely, the paperwork is missing. Which really ought to not be a problem since the only reason people fill out Form 4473 is for the background check. I mean, if they’re missing, that means there must be some registry to compare the weapons to. And a gun registry is illegal.

Now back to Bitter, who also posted it here.

Via Dr. Strangegun, comes this:

Senator Chuck Schumer is among those pushing to have the gun, called the Fabrique Nationale 5.7 outlawed.

It’s the first time that this particular gun has been recovered in New York.

Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said the “cop killer” gun has a 20-round magazine, is able to shoot 50 to 100 yards with great accuracy and its bullet can pierce 48 layers of Kevlar.

Brown said that of the 616 police officers killed in the line of duty nationwide between 1994 and 2003, 425 were killed with this handgun.

First, the armor piercing ammo is not available to the public. I’m uncertain if the civilian round can penetrate a vest. Also, the FN is only a few years old (two, I think). So, there is no way it killed police in 1994. Period. And even if it was, I doubt it would be responsible for 425 deaths since the Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that from 1995 to 2004 there were 636 officers killed in the line of duty.

It’s seven years later, and I still can’t tell the story without shaking.

This just in (via R. Neal): News Sentinel endorses Ford and Corker. As R. Neal notes, no one saw it coming.

Why are papers in the business of endorsements anyway? Seems it could slant their coverage.

Seen at Rich’s joint:

If yo remember, a little while back, I wrote about a court case in Virginia. A 16 year old boy and his parents decided to pursue alternative treatment for his Hodgkin’s Disease after conventional chemo gave only temporary improvement.

A social worker decided that the boy and his parents had no right to decide what was best for their family, and promptly filed suit to have the boy removed from his parents and forced to undergo treatment.

Well, the decision is in.

Juvenile court Judge Jesse E. Demps has ruled that the boy must undergo chemo as prescribed by his doctors, and that his parents were being neglectful by supporting his decision, so they must continue to share custody with the county Social Services bureau.

So, the state decides your child’s medical treatment and not you (but, Uncle, that’s what marriage is all about). I’m not sure the particulars of this case but if the state can decide this issue it’s one Hell of a precedent. As Rich says:

I’ve argued this before, and most folks tend to disagree. Of course, it’s usually religious parents and the alternative therapy is prayer, so the objectors throw out a few buzz words like “fanatic” or “ignorant hicks” and go merrily about their business. I then warn that if the state has the right to interfere, soon, it won’t just be in the case of religious folks.

And here we are.

A 16 year old can be tried as an adult, and sentenced to prison for life, or given the death penalty. If they’re responsible enough for that, then aren’t they responsible enough to make decisions about their health care?

Crebralfix looks at a cross between cowboy action and IPSC.

Radley has a piece on botched police raids at FoxNews.

I think Tam is fishing for hits.

It’s offical: 1/3rd of leanleft has gone nuts; drank the kool-aid; been Chomskied; or something. I mean, after all, there’s no crazy leftists, right?

Sundquist backs Corker? That’s the kiss of death. I may have to take it all back. Well, except that part about being a pussy.

Fake conservatives backing fake conservatives.

I’m late getting to it but Blake’s latest video blog has a song dedicated to me. I loved that show. But, Blake, the URL here is saySuncle.com not sayuncle.com (note the S).

On google that is.

Yesterday, I was tipped off by a few folks that the attacker who stabbed some people in Memphis was detained by an armed citizen. I scoured the news looking for confirmation and found none. Well, today, that has been confirmed:

Eyewitness News just talked to one man who says he saw what was happening, ran to get his gun and held the accused stabber at gunpoint until police arrived.

The stories I read yesterday morning mentioned nothing about it.

Colt CCO tells you how to make your four or six position stock have fewer positions.

The Carnival of Cordite is up for your gun blogging needs.

And the 219 zipper.

Oh glory day, the end is near! If you’re wrapped a little too tight around the cross, the appropriate reaction to Middle East turmoil is all-out celebration. Hooray for the end of the world and the people perverse enough to welcome it.

Praise God! We are chosen to be in these times and also watch and spread the word. Something inside me is exploding to get out, and I don’t know what it is. Its kind of like I want to do cartwheels around the neighborhood.

What’s especially brilliant is that the Rapture Ready website is down. It’s like their own private little end times over there.

For the scientists in the audience. Does ground level Ozone contribute to Global Warming? If so, then shouldn’t we do everything we can to reduce ground level Ozone? Sort of a two for one special, help your health and help the planet.

Ozone is a good thing if it is high in the atmosphere. There would be no life without the protective shield of Ozone around the planet. When Ozone is lower near the ground it is one of the chief components of smog. Here in East Tennessee we used to live in one of the best places anywhere on this planet but in the last ten years Knoxville has Ozone concentrations that are in the top ten worst in America.

Michael Silence wrote on February 23, 2005, “”Diesel & Health in America: The Lingering Threat” ranks Knox County in the top 10 percent of counties nationwide in adverse health effects from diesel pollution.”

What has been the response from our elected leaders? The Orange Route and the new Interstate I-3 from Savannah. More ground level Ozone, more sprawl, and of course more ground level Ozone. But what is more important, economic development or your health? When you don’t vote you give your answer by proxy.

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Just got bad news from the vet. Looks like Politically Correct Dog has a tumor by his spleen. 75% chance it’s cancerous and, if it is, he only has 3-6 months. Removal will be attempted but it’s not guaranteed. So, if you’re the praying sort (and the praying sort who prays for dogs), we’d appreciate it.

Good luck, buddy.

I was in the garage last night working on the 9mm AR-15. Junior was there with me. After some prodding, she looked at me and said:

Ay Ahh Fifee

Which is 2-year-old for AR-15. I was so proud.