The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State …
I can’t post photos from the range, but I can post this image:
That dewpoint of 68 can’t be terribly comfortable. Consider what the National Weather Service says about dewpoint numbers:
Hopefully they have lots of water out on the range to keep hydrated.
Oh no!
Rusty has had a little fun at the expense of all of the bloggers training with Todd Jarrett this weekend. Go check out his handy work.
UPDATE: More:
Don’t forget that over at the Second Amendment Blog Bash site, we have a poll up through the end of the weekend at Blackwater on who will win the big shoot-out – Joe Huffman or Caleb.
So far, 86% 78% 81% of voters think Joe will win the bet. If you think Caleb can out-shoot Joe, it’s time to get over there and make your vote count. If you think Joe will top Caleb, make sure you show him your support by voting.
Make this a memorable Battle of the Gun Blogs!
Mr. Completely posted video of Todd Jarrett at the Steel Challenge recently. Alas, you’ll have to click through since his video hosting service doesn’t seem to have any sharing or embed options.
Our first stop on the way to Blackwater is at the Blackhawk headquarters.
After this stop, we board the bus again and take a ride in luxury down to North Carolina.
Bryan Miller seems to be taking the Mary McFate thing pretty hard. I can’t really blame the anti-gun folks who feel betrayed. I mean, imagine if you found out SayUncle was really a mole for Sarah Brady. But none of us are really pissed at NRA over the whole “spy” incident, and it has nothing to do with wanting to preserve gun industry profits. I worry about gun industry profits when I’m going to buy a new gun, not when I’m wearing my activist hat.
No, this is about preserving our Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Are any tactics too despicable to prevent someone from undermining the very basis of natural and civic rights of the American people? Would it be wrong to try to gain insider knowledge on a group of people who were intent on silencing newspapers, and ending all publishing in the United States? What Bryan doesn’t understand, or perhaps he does understand and merely doesn’t want to acknowledge, is that we hold the Second Amendment right up there with the First in importance for maintaining a just and free society. We demand the Second Amendment be respected. We’re quite serious about it. Serious enough that we’ll condone our own advocacy groups doing opposition research, even if it means being a little underhanded. If that makes you upset, if that makes you paranoid, that’s not my problem. My problem is the fact that you want to trash the Bill of Rights.
I’m in my hotel suite in Norfolk. I figured a suite would be good if other bloggity types wanted to come over. It was also all they had left. I’ll be having dinner with an old friend, then hitting the hotel bar if anyone wants to join. At least I hope this hotel has a bar. Not to worry, though. I do have a backup plan.
Tomorrow the trek to Blackwater begins!
Sebastian and I spoke while he was headed down to the tip of the Eastern Shore of Virginia. He promised me that he would take photos of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge & Tunnel system since I have never seen it, and I was looking forward to it.
He also mentioned that it was apparent he crossed some kind of weather system line since it very suddenly got hot and humid in southern Delaware. I suspect the haze in the photos is evidence of the humidity and not camera quality.
It focuses on Heller as a debate of source materials.
Dellinger considers Heller as a win for Gura and Scalia. Gura for his abilities and arguments, and Scalia for the opportunity to write such a big and important opinion on a subject that hadn’t really been addressed.
Found via Orin Kerr.
Greetings from Bridgeville, Delaware. Home of Ralph and Paul Adams Scrapple company, and a former employer of mine (long story). Just making my way down the Delmarva. Should arrive in Norfolk in a few hours.