Gun Truth tries to get a local park to rethink their local gun restrictions in parks. It’s not a bad idea. In a lot of cases, the townships and boroughs are actually unaware that they are violating state law.
Year: 2008
I Know the Feeling
Robb has a concern I have been all too familiar with. One reason I switched from Hoppes No. 9 to using Gunzilla as my gun cleaner of choice, is that I don’t have to worry about some burly gun owner coming up to me, giving a sniff, and saying “My my, is that amazing fragerance Hoppes No. 9? Enchanting!” and giving me a wink. Gunzilla, if it has an odor, I think sorta smells like olive oil. It’s that mild. In fact, I’m pretty sure the stuff is basically biodiesel, or maybe biokereosene.
One Gun a Month in New Jersey
Point. Counterpoint. For those of you unfamiliar with the process of purchasing a firearm in New Jersey.
- First you need to get a license, called a Firearm Owners ID (or FID for short) card. To apply for an FID, you have to call your local police department, who may only staff firearm permitting division part time, so they might not be open every day, or at convenient hours. The cost is five dollars.
- In addition to a FID card, you will need a permit to purchase a handgun. Applications are also filed with the local police department. Pistol purchase permits are only valid for ninty days after they issue. The cost is two dollars.
- You will need to be fingerprinted. This costs 25 to 50 dollars. You only have to do this for a first application, but many police departments insist this is not the case.
- The law states that the police have thirty days to conduct a 13 point background check, and issue or deny an FID application or permits to purchase handguns, but the fact is that it often takes months, and the courts in New Jersey are uninterested in holding issuing authorities to the law.
- You are required to submit to the police a list of two references, who are not related to you. They will inquire with these references as to your disposition, drinking habits, mental health, and whether the reference would have any issue with their buying a firearm. I have been listed as a reference for New Jersey people on FID applications, and I was appalled at the personal questioned asked. Even in Pennsylvania, for a license to carry a loaded firearm concealed on one’s person, the sheriffs that do check references are far more discrete and respectful.
If requiring this for each and every handgun purchase has not been sufficient to stop criminal trafficking of firearms, it’s beyond insane to believe that adding one more requirement, one that rations the number of purchase permits police may issue, is going to be what does the trick. Criminals don’t obey laws about robbery, murder, and aggrevated assault. They definitely aren’t going to obey regulatory laws, no matter how “more illegal” you make them. We sound like a broken record with this, but many just don’t seem to want to accept it.
Robb Comes out Against Gnu Violence
Someone forgot to tell him that Gnus don’t kill people, pissed off charging Gnus do.
Home Improvement With a Gun
No, I’m not talking about that guy who used a .22LR to try to bore a hole in his house for installing a satellite dish, and accidentally shot his wife. I borrowed my friend Jason’s nail gun to get some last minute baseboards installed in the loft area, where the builders and previous owners have so far neglected to put them. Baseboards are one of those things I thought were mostly decorative, until you see what happens to drywall when you don’t have them, especially on corners.
After using a nail gun, there’s no way I could ever go back to a hammer. I’m not sure how civilization made due before the nail gun.  The Amish don’t know what they are missing. Clearly a barn raising could be done before noon if they adopted this technology, and then they could spend the rest of the day drinking, if the Amish actually drank.  Perhaps this is why they eschew technology, because with all the spare time, what are you going to do? Drink, and watch TV. It’s a vicious cycle.
Now we just need to finish the painting in that room, and get Bitter’s stuff put up there, and we’re good to move on to painting the bedroom. Before too long, I might not feel like I’m living in a warehouse!
My New Hero
Why can’t we run this guy, instead of McCain?  Seriously. And he’s NRA “A” rated too.
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The delivery is top notch, I think.
Al Gore Hot Air
Apparently Americans for Prosperity was planning to take their “Hit Air Balloon Tour” right over Al Gore’s house in honor of his ever growing energy consumption.  Seems they had the permits all lined up, and out of nowhere, the permits got revoked:
Sure enough, just a few hours before our event was scheduled to kick off, the Nashville Parks and Recreation Department has been in touch, claiming that the permit they approved doesn’t allow us to launch our balloon from the city park where we’re holding our event — even though we told them repeatedly exactly what we planned to do.
Roy Wilson, the director of the Board of Parks and Recreation, has even reportedly told one of our staffers on the ground that Nashville police officers will be on hand and will physically restrain members of our crew if they attempt to launch the balloon.
And if that weren’t enough:
UPDATE 3:00 pm Eastern time: Roy Wilson at the Nashville Parks Department must not have liked our earlier post, since he just completely revoked our permit — even though his department’s own rules state that he can’t do that unless we break a law or one of the department’s rules, which we haven’t done and have no intention of doing. Then he hung up on our legal counsel.
In the meantime, good news to report — we’ve secured a private location for this afternoon’s event. We’ll be in a field at the corner of Sneed and Vaughn Roads — just about a mile and a half from the original event location.
You’d almost thing that someone didn’t want to deal with being publically embarassed. After all, he’s Al Gore. He’s hunting down and trying to kill manbearpig. Who are we little people to queston the great one?
Anti-Gun Bills in California Headed to Senate
They passed the assembly earlier in the week, and are now slated to head to the Senate:
Assembly Bill 2062 was passed by the Senate Public Safety Committee on Tuesday, June 17. The bill now heads to the Senate Appropriations Committee for its consideration.
Sponsored by State Assembly Member Kevin De Leon (D-45), AB2062 would make it a crime to privately transfer more than 50 rounds of ammunition per month, even between family and friends, unless you are registered as a “handgun ammunition vendor†in the Department of Justice’s database.
Internet bulk ordering? Forget about it. It’ll be illegal. And as if that weren’t bad enough:
Assembly Bill 2235 has been assigned to the Senate Public Safety Committee and is scheduled to be heard next Tuesday, June 24.
This legislation would prohibit the sale of handguns other than “owner-authorized (or “smartâ€) handguns”– that is, handguns with a permanent, programmable biometric feature that renders the firearm useless unless activated by the authorized user.
And, of course, law enforcement is exempt. I guess either their kids don’t matter, or this isn’t about kids at all, but about making sure people can’t buy guns that actually work.
First National Bank Hates Gun Owners?
Looks as if that car dealer who was giving away a gift certificate for a gun with the purchase of a car is getting jerked around by their bank. I’m reserving judgement until more information comes out, but this doesn’t look good for FNB.
UPDATE: Cam Edwards says it’s the First National Bank of Kansas that Max Motors is talking about. He’s going to call and get their side of the story on Monday.
Learn More About Ammo Than You Ever Wanted to Know
Last night I was looking for reloading data on how to closely match NATO spec M193, since my package of 500 Lake City 5.56×45 brass arrived last night. I found some interesting information in my search.  The first is on the history of the powers that were used in the production of M193 round. The second is some background and comparison of the Chinese 5.8x42mm round against other commonly used rounds. Neither of these are new, but I found them interesting, and thought maybe readers would too.