The AP:

The Senate passed a sweeping criminal justice bill Tuesday that addresses concerns that the nations war on drugs had led to the imprisonment of too many Americans for non-violent crimes without adequately preparing them for their return to society.

Senate passage of the bill by a vote of 87-12 culminates years of negotiations and gives President Donald Trump a signature policy victory, with the outcome hailed by scores of conservative and liberal advocacy groups. The House is expected to pass the bill this week, sending it to the presidents desk for his signature.

This strikes me as a good thing.

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So, Trump’s DOJ unilaterally and unlawfully banned bump stocks. This could be done by congress, I would think. But I don’t know that this will stand. In other news, if you have a bumpstock, you’ll be a felon in 90 days if you don’t turn it in or destroy it.

So, where’s my national reciprocity and hearing protection act I was promised?

A judge in NY ruled they are protected by the second amendment. And, quite amazingly, this:

Evidence introduced during the trial showed that at least 64,890 wood or metal nunchucks were sold in the United States in the past 23 years.

Well, if that’s a criteria for “in common use”, I’ll take it.

So, in Memphis, the police chief wants to ban guns in cars. Because they get stolen.

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Feds Collect Record Taxes Through November; Still Run $305.4B Deficit

Venezuelans regret giving up their guns.

The NRA has a soft spot for the police and for good reason and politics. However, they should probably address the bad shoots that officers are involved in. Not completely off topic, but it made me laugh:

Outrage as New Jersey’s ban on regular capacity magazines applies to off duty cops.

A judge has ruled that Obamacare is illegal. I guess we’ll see how it fares at SCOTUS. It didn’t go my way the last time.

I’ll take a barrel of ammo from Brownells. 12,500 rounds of Lake City.

Well, OK

Remember Congressweasel Swalwell telling the world they’d just nuke gun owners who didn’t comply? When he was confronted by a pro gun activist, he tucked tail went running, presumably to his mom.

Only not:

Russian citizen Maria Butina pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to conspiring to influence U.S. politics through her connections to the National Rifle Association.

She basically meant some NRA people and attended an annual meeting.

Prosecutors don’t want jurors to know about Operation Fast and Furious:

Operation Fast and Furious is among the most epic boondoggles in the history of federal law enforcement, which probably explains why federal prosecutors dont want jurors in the trial of Sinaloa cartel leader Joaqun El Chapo Guzmn to hear anything about it.

Fast and Furious was intended as a sting operation by the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms to bust gun-runners and straw purchasers along the border. But it ultimately led to American firearms being sent to Mexican cartels and later linked to murders, including the fatal shootings of a Border Patrol agent in 2010 and an ICE agent in 2011.

Altogether, the ATF lost track of about 2,000 weapons, some of which ended up in the hands of El Chapos Sinaloa cartel. Most notably, after El Chapo was captured following a shootout in the city of Los Mochis in 2016, a Barrett .50-caliber rifle linked to Fast and Furious was found inside the drug lords hideout.

How to cast your own bullets

HR 7115 is a proposed bill to ban the 3D printing of firearms. It also bans the 80% market:

(1) A firearm receiver casting or firearm receiver blank or unfinished handgun frame that

(A) at the point of sale does not meet the definition of a firearm in section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code; and

(B) after purchase by a consumer, can be completed by the consumer to the point at which such casting or blank functions as a firearm frame or receiver for a semiautomatic assault weapon or machinegun or the frame of a handgun.

It also bans what is termed assault weapon parts kit (whatever that is) and machinegun parts kit.

PolitiFacts Lie of the Year: Online smear machine tries to take down Parkland students

So, a couple of whackos posting conspiracy theories online and this is indicative of some sort of conservative movement?

Parkland shooting commission recommends teachers be armed to stop violence. It should, of course, be voluntary and have training requirements.

3 transferable MP5s for the low, low price of $150K.

ATF will no longer issue accessories classifications. All accessories must be attached to a firearm.

Michael Bloomberg wants to ban guns for minorities for their own good.

Where Great Britain Used To Be: Figures show 58 percent of burglaries happen at occupied properties, as campaigners said criminals no longer feared being caught in the act.

California has all the gun control and passed more: Firearm homicides up 18%

The IRS is being gutted

The EPA is getting out of the puddle business.

As far as I’m concerned, both of those are good news.

What’s going on at NRA?

At some point, an organization can get so large that it’s a hindrance. Do they really need 76 board members?

Shrunk down mini-gun seems redundant.

My son and I made a Christmas tree ornament:

Smith & Wesson J-frame Versus Ruger LCR. Leaning toward the LCR, to be honest.