I’m not sure if this is theater for the credulous press or the top brass at the LAPD really are as stupid as stupid as this piece makes them seem. In a bit of anti gun theater the LAPD produced a pair of “rocket launchers” obtained at a recent gun buy back. Upon examining the video what I saw was a pair of empty AT | Read More »
Over at Human Events, John Hayward has a piece today titled “A Word on Joe Soptic.” It’s well-reasoned and well written as his work always is, but I think there is a bit more to what moves Joe Soptic. Having your wife die is about the worst thing that can happen to you. Not even waking up unable to move my arms and legs with | Read More »
Tuesday was the primary election in North Carolina. I shan’t bore you with most of the races; if you don’t live here they aren’t likely to excite you. But there were two things in the results that may be of national interest. The first, and the one getting all the headlines, was Amendment 1 to the state constitution, which defined marriage as a union between | Read More »
If you didn’t hear about it last night you’re going to wake to news stories about Republicans at the debate in Florida booing a gay American service man last night. It’s likely that this will be represented as the sentiment of the whole hall, and used by assorted talking heads to smear Republicans, the Tea Party, and Fox News. There’s just one problem- The story | Read More »
The US Postal Service is in trouble, and we are facing a bailout that will make the auto makers’ bailout seem small by comparison. The post office lost $8.5 billion last year. This year they probably will only ( ! ) lose $8.3 billion. And they’re running out of money. It would be bad enough if it was Postal Service money and a bankruptcy would | Read More »
Shortly after the S&P credit rating downgrade on the US debt Barack Obama discusses what he inherited with some of his predecessors. Cross posted from Beregond’s Bar.
The Obama administration is seeking to limit the importation of some shotguns via rulings made by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF.) ATF has issued a “Study on the Importability of Certain Shotguns” which provides the logical underpinnings for a ban of some weapons. In Part 1 we looked at how the ATF defined “sporting purpose” to exclude the popular action and practical shooting | Read More »
Since it is unlikely that any gun control legislation could get through the existing congress the Obama administration is seeking to restrict the import of certain shotguns by having the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to change the rules. As we saw in Part 1, the tool is a study entitled “ATF Study on the Importability of Certain Shotguns.” The study cites the history | Read More »
As we saw in Part 1, the Obama administration is seeking to ban the importation of some popular shotgun models that are made overseas. The method being used is borrowed from Humpty Dumpty: ‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’ ‘The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can | Read More »
The Obama administration is seeking once again to do via regulation what they would never be able to do via legislation. This time shotguns are in the crosshairs, specifically certain popular imported weapons. Even waving the bloody shirt after congresswoman Giffords was shot only moved a few members of congress, not nearly enough to enact new restrictions. Rather than face a losing fight in congress | Read More »
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