After the conclusion of Heller, I’m sure there will be some language regarding reasonable regulations and such. So, what are those? Well, I think it should be illegal to shoot people. Some, however, think a total ban is reasonable.

Testimony of Richard Gardiner on ATF enforcement actions. Read it all.

Up next, here’s a Petition to US Congress and the ATF for Fair Treatment of FFL Dealers by the ATF. 5,000 signatures so far.

Since warrants are just so darn inconvenient to obtain, despite the rubber stamp most judges have for them, the powers that be have to come up with alternative ways of snooping. One way of doing that is to have you submit to a warrantless search when you apply for government assistance. If you refuse to comply, no government cheese for you:

The San Diego district attorney adopted a policy in 1997 under which applicants for welfare benefits must agree to a “walk through” of their residence while they are present. The inspectors check on whether the applicant has an eligible dependent child and has the amount of assets claimed. They also check on whether a supposedly “absent” parent lives at the residence. If residents refuse to permit a home visit, they can lose their benefits.

When that fails, have the local firefighters and emergency personnel search houses since, you know, they’re already there:

Firefighters in major cities are being trained to take on a new role as lookouts for terrorism, raising concerns of eroding their standing as American icons and infringing on people’s privacy.

Unlike police, firefighters and emergency medical personnel don’t need warrants to access hundreds of thousands of homes and buildings each year, putting them in a position to spot behavior that could indicate terrorist activity or planning.

[…]

When going to private residences, for example, they are told to be alert for a person who is hostile, uncooperative or expressing hate or discontent with the United States; unusual chemicals or other materials that seem out of place; ammunition, firearms or weapons boxes; surveillance equipment; still and video cameras; night-vision goggles; maps, photos, blueprints; police manuals, training manuals, flight manuals; and little or no furniture other than a bed or mattress.

It’s getting harder and harder to trust the good guys.

Rustmeister on media coverage:

it’s a shame they had to say it at all.

Colt 380 Hammerless.

Remember Cowboy Blob’s AR-15 Kaboom? Well, the cause was diagnosed. POF will send him a new one and invoice the ammo maker for it. Here’s to service!

Looks like they’re scheduling a meet up on 12/15 at the range in Oak Ridge.

Tonight, I expect full blown hysteria on ABC news. Why? Well, the name of the segment is the same name as a Violence Policy Center report. And, of course, they get the gun laws and facts wrong:

This surge of deaths stemming from semiautomatic assault weapons seems unnecessary. In 1994, President Clinton signed a law banning the sale of these weapons. But in 2004, President Bush and Congress allowed that ban to expire. Since then, Congress has made it illegal to keep nationwide statistics data on crimes committed with assault weapons.

More here. Via insty.

Past chicks and guns posts here.

Henceforth and probably forever, pingbacks and trackbacks are disabled. Stupid spammers.

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Gonzo, Karlin and crew stay busy setting up sham groups.

Yes, this poll. It was a trick question. What I did was start out with option three and then, due to the PSH that followed, resorted to option one. And, to maintain my moral superiority, I pointed out that, despite her antics, I (the guy who was armed) managed to maintain his cool and that the same could not be said for her. No wonder she doesn’t want people armed, she can’t be trusted to act reasonably in public.

And option 2 was solely to poke fun at, well, you know who I mean.

Seems Thomas C. Vanden Berk realized what sensible people knew all along. Candlelight vigils are about as useless as a cock-flavored lollipop. And such vigils are what you do when you have no money. I personally love this bit:

But community vigils are not going to change the illegal manufacturing, marketing and distribution of guns that are intended to kill people. This will be accomplished only through a comprehensive political strategy, one that can outmaneuver, outspend and outwork the gun lobby.

Notice we start out using the term illegal then switch to discussing the gun lobby so as to conflate that somehow the gun lobby is behind illegal manufacturing of guns. BTW, wouldn’t marketing things that are illegal be a good way to draw attention to your illegal activity?

Second verse same as the first:

We need to understand everything about illegal guns and gun sales. Why do we allow guns designed to rapidly fire?

Again, preface with illegal then discuss something else that may or may not be so as to conflate the two.

And here it comes, send money:

Unfortunately this means we have to raise enough money to offset the millions that our elected officials now get from the gun lobby. But politicians listen to their constituents and won’t vote the gun interests if they see that people are fed up with the carnage wrought by weak regulation. A strategy that combines advocacy with money can force politicians to stop straddling the fence on gun issues.

Err, politicos are not straddling the fence on gun issues. They’re just, largely, on the right team.

Thirdpower notes:

The Anti’s have rich sponsors but not the numbers and that hurts them.

Basically he admits that they need us. We don’t need them.

So, as a mostly single issue type of guy, I’m perusing my options for president. Only three candidates seem to be solidly pro-gun. Fred Thompson, Ron Paul, and Bill Richardson (Bill even has a CCW permit).

On Thompson: Unless he gets his shit together soon, he’s not gonna do much.

On Paul: Can’t win but probably the most pro-gun candidate.

On Richardson: He’s kinda like that hot psychotic girl you had a fling with in college. You know, fun to have around sometimes but mostly comes with a lot of baggage.

Guns are for liberals too. Well, yeah. I’ve been trying to woo this crowd for a bit. They seem to be coming around on their own.

The phrase individual rights is rather redundant. Only individuals have rights. No group, be they a corporation or activist group, has any more or less rights than any individual in that group.

As you were.

Gettin’ their bigotry on. The sponsor of the PA gun bills that failed Rep. Jewell Williams, D-Philly, said,

The yahoos win again.

Barack Hussein Obama:

“And by the way, Michelle, my wife, she was traveling up, I think, in eastern Iowa, she was driving through this nice, beautiful area, going through all this farmland and hills and rivers and she said ‘Boy, it’s really pretty up here,’ but she said, ‘But you know, I can see why if I was living out here, I’d want a gun. Because, you know, 911 is going to take some time before somebody responds. You know what I mean? You know, it’s like five miles between every house.’

“So the point is, though, we should be able to do that, and we should be able to enforce laws that keep guns off the streets in inner cities because some unscrupulous gun dealer is, you know, letting somebody load up a van with a bunch of cheap handguns or sawed-off shotguns and dumping them and selling them for a profit in the streets.”

So, it’s OK to arm us crackers!

Update: Jewell Williams lies to cover up his stereotyping ways.

Reminder from David:

IMPORTANT REMINDER…

So, this morning’s local talk radio was about the DC Gun Case. People called in to discuss the second amendment and other stuff. Due to the lag in traffic, I caught 45 minutes of it. Not a single anti-gun caller. I like East Tennessee.

Seems Kucinich and his wife are fans of Ron Paul. I find it odd in the same way that I find it odd that my liberal leaning friends also like Paul. We had this conversation at GBR2 and Kevin noted it was because they cared about only one issue and it was the war. I find it odd since the Paul’s political ideology tends to run counter to that.

That is the greatest product name ever.

Tam on skanky guns: Like seeing a hammer with a rhinestone-studded handle, or a fur-trimmed power drill, it just throws me a bit off kilter.

A guy in Knoxville had enough of the red light cameras and put a few rounds in one. You’re probably better off trying to vote the bums out.

Oh, the pumpkininity.

Sebastian and David note that if all gun owners got off their collective asses, we’d be in better shape. Sadly, gun owners seem to be more reactive than proactive.

Les asks: Why No Tax Break for Privately-purchased Insurance?

So, while I was away, Fred went to a gun show and blasted Rudy for Rudy’s very recent love affair with the right to arms. He called the gun show paradise. Of Rudy, Thompson said:

He relates everything to New York City. Well, New York City is not emblematic of the rest of the country, I don’t think. I think the sentiments of those people in the rest of the country are in support of the Second Amendment — which is where I’ve always been and I don’t think he’s ever been

Meanwhile, gun blogger Michael Bane has joined the leadership and steering committee for Sportsmen for Thompson.

R. Neal notes that Fred violates the gun safety rules by putting his booger hook on the bang switch. Ayup, he broke the rules. However, people often dry fire weapons when contemplating purchasing them. I have and I check the chamber and aim in in a safe direction before doing so. What say you?

1 – Here’s a potential timeline for the Heller case.

2 – Barrack ‘I’ve never seen gun control I didn’t support’ Obama says the the DC gun ban is constitutional.

Heh, this tickles me silly. I dunno but maybe if you covered the story when it first came out instead of a month later, then your blog would make the list too.

Libertarian-leaning, pro-gun blogs making the list is a sign of the apocalypse, apparently. Well, if you’re a lefty.

Update: In jest, I said:

Nah. It’s clearly because we’re just a paid mouthpiece in the lap of the vast right wing conspiracy and the Triangle of Death.

Right on cue:

This is actually nothing more than a list of blogs to feed talking points and misinformation to, though that isn’t the title.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have wheelbarrows full of cash from the vast right wing conspiracy’s blood for oil fund to deposit.