May 2007 – Page 5 – Shall Not Be Questioned

Good To Know

K-Romulus tipped me off that possession of a standard capacity magazine was not a crime in Maryland. I just couldn’t buy or sell one there. I looked it up:

After June 1, 1994, It is unlawful to sell, offer to sell, transfer or receive any firearm magazine (except a tube magazine for a .22) that will hold more than 20 rounds. Possession is not prohibited.

I’ll be damned. That’s good to know! Fortunately, even in Pennsylvania, I tend to shoot the scoped AR with the smaller magazine, just because it helps it clear the bench when shooting off my sandbag. That basically means nothing I’m transporting through MD is illegal. Now if only I didn’t have to stop at the MD/DE border to put the Glock away.

Off to Virginia

I’m off to Virginia. Taking the AR-15 and some pistols because I plan to shoot over this weekend. If anyone wants to go, I can go in Virginia or Maryland. I bought a few Maryland magazines (20 rds) to be legal there. Also, in honor of Governor Kaine, I’m taking far in excess of 377 rounds into the state.

Polyethelene Body Armor

Polyethelene is the same substance that milk and shampoo bottles are made out of.Â Â But supposedly it’s better than Kevlar when made into fibers to be used in soft body armor. Looks like they aim for these to be a replacement for the Zylon vests which were recalled because they were shown to react with water and become weakened over short periods of time.

Philadelphia’s Italian Bees

Classical Values has something on Philadelphia’s bee problem.

Rudy OK With Concealed Guns?

Looks like Rudy is now okay with concealed weapons.Â You know, this issue really just doesn’t work for him.Â Â I’m not sure he can really reconcile himself with his record here.Â The harder he tries, the less I’m buying it.

Good Second Amendment Paper

On a link from Instapundit yesterday, I read this latest paper on the second amendment. If you haven’t read it yet, I would very much recommend it. It gets into the history of gun regulations in colonial times, and is one of the first attempts I’ve seen to address some of the assertions made by the folks at the Joyce funded Second Amendment Research Center.

We’re Number 3. Where is Your State?

Rightwingprof provides this handy link. It ranks states according to percentage of population with carry licenses.Â One surprise is how far down on the list Texas is.Â You’d think they’d be higher, but they are beat by many other states.

I chalk it up to how restrictive their carry laws are, and the expense involved getting licensed. Â I’d be willing to bet that many Texans carry illegally.

You know the networks are desperate…

… when they are turning commercials into TV shows. I don’t even give this one two weeks before it’s canceled.

From the Evil Twin

We learn that Tim Kaine is getting all Gun Control on the citizens of Virginia, and an appeal to Governor O’Malley.

Well, We Knew This Would Happen

I’ve heard more than a few gun control proponents say privately that if people didn’t own guns, there wouldn’t be any way to steal them.Â Publically, they won’t say this, because ~~Handgun Control Inc.~~ The Brady Campaign supposedly isn’t in favor of banning handguns any longer, at least publically.

One of these days I’m going to write a post on substitution. Â There’s some interesting statics that I’ve run across that I want to share, which basically show that if you close down one means of criminal access to firearms, it boosts other means.Â Create background checks at point-of-sale, you get a straw purchase problem. Â Shut down straw purchases, you get a theft problem. Â Shut down theft, you get more organized smuggling.Â There will always be someone to fill the demand, which is obvious to us. Â But the anti-gun folks are always going to push to close that one last “loophole” until we can’t own anything anymore.