Reports Overlawyered:
Thats by no means irrelevant to the agenda of an agency like OSHA, because once you start viewing private gun ownership as a public health menace, it begins to seem logical to use the powers of government to urge or even require employers to forbid workers from possessing guns on company premises, up to and including parking lots, ostensibly for the protection of co-workers.
Scott Bach: Why are we targeting guns instead of criminals?
Once again, the dreaded Oozie makes an appearance. Another sighting here. One more and it’s a spate.
Top 11 Videos Of Girls Shooting Guns That They Shouldnt Be. Each is a testament to how not to get someone into shooting. And stupidity on the part of the instructors.
A marine general opposes adjustable stocks for M16s. Strange. Some guys are shorter and some taller. Some wear armor and some do not.
A reader emails:
Virginia has allowed concealed carry (indeed, open carry) in public parks for the better part of a decade now. And yet for some reason, I can’t recall the last time I saw someone go on a shooting rampage near the teeter-totter.
At an Obama event. Obviously, another one of those racist white separatists. HT: Sebastian.
Meanwhile, from comments, an observation from NK:
The more black people, the tougher the gun laws. Perfect correlation, state by state and city by city.
Glenn notes he and Brannon Denning have an article in the Hastings Law Journal. You can view the article here.
Who can pack heat in Tennessee? The PSH from the press says thugs can. They seem shocked that someone not prohibited from getting a permit got one.
Also, the hand-wringing is strong when it turns out that there maybe issues with 14 people out of over 339,000 issued. Seems the courts aren’t doing their jobs notifying the state.
And, of course, complying with the law is a “loophole“.
Some more information on Miko Andres, the 6 year old competitive shooter mentioned earlier.
PDB on the Shoot Me First Vest:
They are relatively low profile and nonthreatening if you dont happen to be holding an M4 at the time.
Busy now.
But here’s a story of an accidental discharge wherein one criminal shoots another.
NY’s Top Cop Raymond Kelly says the Harlem shooter acted in self defense.
However:
It was later discovered that Augusto did not have a permit for the shotgun, which he had purchased more than 20 years earlier – and had hoped he would never have to fire.
In NY, self-defense or not, that could lead to jail time.
Looking at guns on campus, the local sheriff opines:
“In actual shootings, citizens do far better than law enforcement on hit potential,” said White. “They hit their targets and they don’t hit other people. I wish I could say the same for cops. We train more, they do better.”
And citizens seem to have a pretty good record stopping mass murderers.
Ht Linoge.
Insty notes a local restaurant manager was happy to have handgun permit holders there. My recent experience of inadvertently open carrying showed that people weren’t alarmed. Now, they’re even glad.
ETA:
if somebody tries to rob me, its two against one
Well, Glenn was there too. I’m guessing his odds were even better than that.
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