Every Town for something or another spokes person threatens to beat someone with his bare hands. This is why I bear arms.

The father of the shooting victim has come out as a gun control advocate. And says: The father of Alison Parker, the journalist shot dead on live television on Wednesday, has said that now he is campaigning for gun control he will probably have to get a firearm to defend himself. And, he continues: I […]

Of Bonnie and Clyde fame sold for just under $100K in Knoxville.

Rogun Shotgun CZ

Old Pulteney named by an expert in the Whisky Bible. Two American bourbons took 2 and 3: George T Stagg was named second best while 10-year-old Parker’s Heritage Collection Wheated Mash Bill picked up third. I may have to try those. Update: Here’s the bible.

Paul Helmke on a DC or Chicago style gun ban: That’s not what I have ever pushed for Pants on fire.

For serious: The U.S. Department of Education (ED) intends to purchase twenty-seven (27) REMINGTON BRAND MODEL 870 POLICE 12/14P MOD GRWC XS4 KXCS SF. RAMAC #24587 GAUGE: 12 BARREL: 14″ – PARKERIZED CHOKE: MODIFIED SIGHTS: GHOST RING REAR WILSON COMBAT; FRONT – XS CONTOUR BEAD SIGHT STOCK: KNOXX REDUCE RECOIL ADJUSTABLE STOCK FORE-END: SPEEDFEED SPORT-SOLID […]

Short version: People say Hey, Uncle, what the Hell is all that about? And I say Well, NRA feeling a bit left behind after Heller, is trying to get a little credit here. Folks are wondering what this is all about. And, no, it’s not about any sort of conspiratorial enemy action. It’s about credit. […]

I recently bought an S&W TacPen: This is a tactical pen (yeah, I know, I make fun of tactical stuff a lot). In true tactical form, it is both black and more expensive than a regular pen. They can be had at Amazon for about $26, substantially lower in price than similar products. As to […]

I think these people are on drugs: The Parker/Heller cases were a devastating defeat for gun rights ideologies [in part because those decisions affirmed that a wide range of gun control regulation is both constitutional and permissible and because they refused to adopt a strict scrutiny standard for future regulations]. Ya know, they do, however, […]

The Post: State Police warned state Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith (D-Queens) about Sen. Kevin Parker’s temper just days before the Brooklyn Democrat flew into a rage and attacked a Post photographer. Kevin Parker is a founding member of New York chapter of State Legislators Against Illegal Guns

National Review‘s Kathleen Parker on The Palin Problem: Palin’s narrative is fun, inspiring and all-American in that frontier way we seem to admire. When Palin first emerged as John McCain?s running mate, I confess I was delighted. She was the antithesis and nemesis of the hirsute, Birkenstock-wearing sisterhood ? a refreshing feminist of a different […]

My google fu is weak. What specific firearm did Dick Heller try to register in the beginning? People make reference to 5-4 on a .38 revolver but that was his duty weapon. And, IIRC, the order was to allow registration of his weapon. So, what did he try to register? Some say his 45 and […]

I was unaware but blogger, gun rights activist, and one of the first people to do in depth posting on Heller (back when it was Parker) is back. Triggerfinger is back to blogging. And no one told me.

I though Heller might have the most briefs filed ever. It has not but it is in the top 10, per this law.com article. The NRA rightfully took some heat over the Heller case back when it was Parker v. DC. The NRA didn’t really want the case to proceed because it could be for […]

Needless to say, pack a lunch: The Parker v District of Columbia decision handed down on March 9, 2007 by the D.C. District Court of Appeals was a monumentally significant piece of jurisprudence, but it was most emphatically not “judicial activism” in any way, shape, or form. It was the proper application of Constitutional law, […]

Reader Jesse emails this post: Today, attorneys challenging Washington, D.C’s 31-year-old gun prohibition laws filed their written arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court. Washington, D.C. bans the possession of handguns outright, and further forbids rifles and shotguns from ever being operable in private homes for use in self-defense. The case, District of Columbia v. Heller, […]

The LA Times (of all places) has a pretty decent read on the Bush DOJ arguing that 1) there is an individual right but 2) supporting DC: In their legal battle over gun ownership and the 2nd Amendment, gun- control advocates never expected to get a boost from the Bush administration. But that’s just what […]

Paul Helmke of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership wants to know why there’s mention of Dred Scott in Parker/Heller. Mind you, he calls it reliance on the case. He notes that Dred Scott is one of the more infamous cases. Let’s spell out Paul’s goals here, because he won’t. First, he’s deflecting the […]

Giuliani did his homework and his answer conveyed that. Got booed for saying ‘reasonable restrictions’ were allowable. I was impressed that Giuliani really did his homework on Parker/Heller. He still seems to think there’s some urban exception to the Second Amendment. He didn’t convince me but he knew his stuff. Credit where it’s due and […]

David Hardy notes the various iterations of the question that the Supreme Court will answer in Parker. My thoughts are that the question the SCOTUS is answering seems to indicate an assumption there is an individual right. Update: Joe thinks it’s the right question.

Tomorrow’s Glenn and Helen Show will have an interview with Bob Levy, the guy behind Parker/Heller.

Armed Canadian ask of the Parker/Heller case: What If We Lose? Then, giddy up. Talk about energizing a bunch of gun owners.

So, how’d the Gun Blogger Rendezvous go? I’ll tell you. It was a great time and those of you who did not come missed a good time. On the event, here’s a summary: Thursday: We had a meet and greet and social time. A good time. Sebastian and I snuck out to meet with the […]

This is kinda funny since the NRA’s involvement in Parker/Heller has been rather, err, minimal: If it’s October, then it’s time again for the annual spectacle of the Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation cozying up to the organization leading the charge to overturn the District of Columbia’s gun laws: the National Rifle Association. On Oct. 16, […]

I’m not entirely convinced he has seen that light but perusing the transcripts of his NRA speech, I’ll say this about him: He does get the Parker case right. Of course, I’ve said that before.

There’s a blog about Parker v. DC/DC v. Heller run by the plaintiffs’ attorneys. Via David.

Two stories by the same guy note that DC v. Heller (or Parker v. DC) may impact other big cities with draconian gun laws. The first one is about Chicago: Those who would do away with Washington’s near-total ban on handguns will tell you point-blank their next target: Chicago. Gun-rights advocates scored a stunning success […]

SCOTUS blog has the doc. It was Parker v. DC. Now, it’s DC v. Heller.

Pro-Gun Progressive says that Washington DC mayor Adrian Fenty has forgone his armed detail and is driving his own car, presumably to deflect criticism: The cynic in me thinks it’s no accident he’s doing this as the Supreme Court gets ready to consider the Parker decision; he knows he’s about to argue that gun control […]