Guns, knives, pointy sticks and hats. Oh my.

Post Heller, DC is looking to erect as many barrier to gun ownership as it can. Here’s some commentary on their ridiculous proposals:

Reader Harold:

The registration is explicitly “may issue”.

Like NYC, they can delay or obstruct by never giving you a form (say, after the spotlight has moved from D.C.).

The currently described as “written” test must be passed with 75% proficiency, contents and nature now or in the future unspecified.

Along with the “reasonable” fees.

Only the registrant can carry the pistol from room to room.

John Snow:

Washington D.C.’s politicos haven’t quite embraced the meaning of the Second Amendment even in the post-Heller era.

The Other Biased Washington Paper’s Editorial:

Mayor Adrian Fenty yesterday proposed regulations for gun ownership rife with inconsistencies, unenforcable requirements and policies proven to be ineffective. It is clear that the D.C. Council has no intention of taking a reasonable track toward responsible gun ownership. Seemingly, City Hall intends to make it as difficult as possible for law-abiding citizens to own a gun.

Same paper:

“They’re doing everything that they can to not comply with the Supreme Court ruling,” said Chris Cox, chief lobbyist for the National Rifle Association, who dismissed the proposed legislation as “a joke.”

“Unless the criminal calls you beforehand and lets you know he’s coming over … you’re going to be left defenseless,” Mr. Cox said.

Over at GOP USA.

An ongoing series

Ok, it’s actually Military Vehicle Porn. But still, cool stuff.

Via Curt, we learn that the reader who won a slot to train with Todd Jarrett is Armed School Teacher.

Registration does not work.

There are things that are true that we cannot say about Barack Redacted Obama. We cannot, for instance, use his middle name. Because it’s Hussein. And that sounds really similar to Saddam’s last name. We also cannot say he went to a Muslim school when he was young, even though he said he did in his autobigraphy.

Because if you do, you’re a racist.

Or something.

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership clings to relevance:

Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Center, said Heller means the gun lobby’s “slippery slope” argument — that gun-control measures will eventually lead to an all-out ownership ban — is now moot.

Listen up, Sparky, what their ruling means is your desire to ban guns is no longer viable.

Stag Arms in the news.

Now, a radio show. You can get the MP3 version here.

Looks like Caleb was alone with Squeaky, Tracy and Breda.

Sabre Defence (which cannot spell Saber nor Defense) of Nashville has been awarded a military contract.

In airgun form.

Congrats to Katie on her new gig. Bloggers keep becoming part of the problem! It’s a good thing.

I teared up a little when I read this. You’ve been warned.

Temporary Director Sullivan:

ATF is pleased with the Supreme Court’s ruling recognizing that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess firearms, including for private purposes unrelated to militia operations.

And there’s this: In addition, the court appropriately recognized that the ‘carrying of dangerous and unusual weapons,’ such as machineguns, is not protected by the amendment.

I don’t think the court specified that machineguns were what they meant when they referred to dangerous and unusual weapons. All weapons are dangerous. And machineguns are only unusual due to 74 years of federal gun regulations.

Via Insty, it looks like DC’s .gov is sticking with its plan to add bureaucratic barriers to gun ownership after Heller. However, this item looks like it pretty blatantly goes against the Heller decision:

Firearms in the home must be stored unloaded and disassembled, and secured with either a trigger lock, gun safe, or similar device. The new law will allow an exception for a firearm while it is being used against an intruder in the home.

How is that different from what they alleged their laws were pre-Heller?

And it looks like they’re also sticking with the written test. Kinda like literacy tests? Next they need a poll tax.

Update: Proposed D.C. Gun Law Violates D.C. Law

Looks like he wanted his gun bill enough to vote to renew the ban on weapons that look like assault weapons. He has stated his opposition to the ban on weapons that look like assault weapons in the past.

Remember, politicians want to restrict your movement and ability to buy weapons if your name is on a terror watch list. But since we’ve had one senator and now one prosecutor on the list, I don’t think list has a lot of credibility.

We noted how there was no coverage of the pro-gun rally then said that they’d cover an anti-gun rally. And they did.

And Bizzy Blog notes recent gun coverage.

Of a gun that I used to own.

And why you shouldn’t put gun related terms in PayPal. Also, gratuitous plug for UltiMAK because even though I don’t dig AKs, I do dig Lyle’s work.

Heh.

I got married.

Robert Levy: What’s next?

Another way to ask the question would be: What are your thoughts on gun control?

But these days we feel more than we think.

At Mother Jones, it is to be expected.

John Lott: The Supreme Court may have confirmed that Americans have the right to own guns for protection, but the gun debate is hardly over.

In Colorado. So, what gun would you carry for a lion?

See reader Illinois Voter’s comment here:

It was pretty short notice. Illinois gun owners experienced what we can only call a media black out from most of the Chicago press. Certainly we did not get the coverage Jessie Jackson or Father Fleigler would get with with the normal 2-3 bus loads of shipped in people who get filmed screaming aloud. Spotty coverage @ 4-5 p.m. and nothing on the evening news. Nether the Chicago Suntimes or Tribune printed 1 drop of ink on the event.

What media bias?