The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State …
I hope Linoge and South Park Pundit don’t have all their earthly possessions burned to a crisp.  I also have a coworker in Southern California who may have to evacuate his new home that he just moved into.
Fires: One more reason not to live in California.
Listen now. They already have Shirley Katz on.
UPDATE: No Ahab, though I was quite glad they gave John Lott a chance to talk. I thought the hosts at the BBC handled things in a fair and balanced manner, and we heard from people on all sides of the issue. The carry restrictions on schools is a touchy issue, but I thought Ms. Katz handled herself quite well.
“I support the Second Amendment. Law-abiding citizens should be able to own guns,†Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton, a New York senator, said in response to questions from The Des Moines Register. “But I also believe strongly in smart laws that keep guns out of the hands of criminals and terrorists.â€
Man… I hope no one is buying that. Her husband’s administration was an unmitigated disaster for gun owners. Hers will be worse.
UPDATE: Let’s take a look at Hillary’s support for the second amendment:
I could go on and on, but if this is supporting the second amendment, I’d hate to see what she thinks crapping on it would look like.
Restaurants are gun free zones in Georgia, unless you aren’t something interested in following the law. Fortunately for this group of people, there was at least one other person not following the law. That person had a Georgia Firearms License. It’s good to see that the authorities are doing the right thing and not charging him with violating a no-carry zone.
Hat tip to John Lott
Uncle points out something that Conservative Scalawag said about gun groups needing to work together. I agree with this fully, but I thought what Joe Huffman said was worth highlighting.
I’m not convinced that “the same sheet of music†is the best way to accomplish things. For example, the JPFO can say things that the NRA can’t–guns as a defense against tyranny for example. And the NRA can address hunters issues better than the JPFO. That doesn’t mean that the NRA can’t support the same issues at the JPFO. It just means that one or the other is in a better position to “take point†on an issue. As long as the groups don’t stab each other in the back or get into public quarrels there shouldn’t be a problem. They need to have “back channels†of communication and coordinate some. Even if they don’t agree on the best way to address something they can say, “Okay, you try it your way and we’ll be quiet and see what happens, but if it starts to go sour we are stepping in to do it our.†That sort of thing…
Yep. I’ll use the example of the Oregon Teacher lawsuit to illustrate this. To be honest, the best group to do this kind of thing is probably the group that’s backing her, the Oregon Firearms Federation. The only organization that could have produced The Gang, and gotten away with it, is JPFO. If NRA was doing either, they’d be tarred and feathered by the media, and would be held out as an extremist group representing dangerous people. That doesn’t do the movement any good.
I have been harsh on other gun rights groups lately, but not because I have any problems with their goals, but because they are actively engaged in undermining other gun rights groups out there, particularly the NRA. I say OFF is doing a great job with the Shirley Katz issue. Hats off to them. Now, is the sensationalist and untrue anti-NRA cartoon up on their site really accomplishing anything?
If these groups could understand where they can really move the ball forward, and lay off attacking other gun rights group, I could support more of them. Joe is right that we don’t want a single voice, but we don’t want a circular firing squad either. Let’s remember who the real enemy is.
This time from Bruce. The man has never held a position he wasn’t willing to change.
I’m glad to hear Countertop has his .50 under control out there.
Clayton Cramer has another letter, this time from the University of Kentucky. It lacks the PSH of U of FL, but it does close with this:
I would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that UK is a “deadly weapons free” campus.
Because I’m sure that anyone who goes postal is going to care. I’m glad to see students standing up for their rights. If there’s any hope for getting restrictions removed from concealed carry license holders from carrying on universities, it’ll only happen because university students who carry demand it.
Sorry for the lack of posts. I just got back from work.  I bricked one of the switches I’m installing trying to update the system image. I had to restore a copy from the boot prom, which takes a long time with xmodem over a serial port. Normally I’d leave that problem until the morning, except I had already installed the switch at great frustration and much swearing.
But once all this is done, we’ll have a gigabit network. I know our scientists will appreciate the fast loading times of the rather large amount of simulation data our Linux cluster generates
How about this one? The kids will love it!