Looks like Clayton Cramer will be joining The Other Sebastian in running for public office. Clayton is a little socially conservative for my northeastern Republican political sensibilities, but I definitely wish him luck in securing a seat in the Idaho Senate. Maybe after this he can run for Larry Craig’s senate seat.
Year: 2008
Women and Guns
Bitter takes apart a piece in my local paper that talks about the subject. The instructor interviewed in this article is the guy that runs the shop I do all my FFL transfers through, and handled Bitter’s CZ. Small world sometimes ain’t it?
Good thing Bitter is back at my house blogging, so I don’t have to.
Parallels to the Civil Rights Movement
Bitter has a bit up that talks about NAACP’s litigation strategy to attack Jim Crow, and points out the parallels to what gun owners will not be facing now that we’re executing a litigation strategy to restore the second amendment. At least I hope there’s a strategy. If there’s not, we need one.
ABC’s Lost
I knew Tom Friendly was gay! So it would seem that Ben’s people can move back and forth between The Island and the real world. I think the writers are thinking at this point we should be pondering that maybe Ben really is the good guy. He had Sayid Jarrah working for him, after all, I’m guessing talked into it by Michael, who isn’t one of the Oceanic Six, but just ended up back in the real world. I think Ben is still the bad guy. What’s the role of Alvar Hanso in all this? All we hear about now is Charles Widmore. All I can say is they better start answering questions soon instead of raising more and more of them :)
Also, that show that comes on after Lost, “Eli Stone”, is bloody awful. Seriously. Get some actual attorneys on your staff so the show can come up with realistic legal situations. Also, fire all the commies on the writing staff because their dirty hippy is showing, which means guys like me won’t watch it.
Ram Pin!
Silhouette tonight went well. Shot 10 rams in a row with Bitter’s CZ 452 Lux, which means another pin! I’m getting my average into the low 30s now on scoped sights with my 10/22. I’ve been shooting Bitter’s CZ in the open sights category, and have actually been doing better with that gun than I do with the Ruger. My average with her CZ isn’t as high yet because I have to shoot one more match to get rid of the first one where I hadn’t zeroed the sights. My scores have been consistently in the low 30s with Bitter’s CZ. I love that rifle. The open sights are very nice, and it just shoots beautifully. I only hope that one day she will get a chance to enjoy it too!
The Ram pin will certainly get a place of honor on my shooting hat. Pictures will be forthcoming.
Pro-Gun Progressive vs. Rebecca Peters
I almost missed this due to all the Heller buzz, but the other Sebastian actually debated Rebecca Peters, Queen of the International gun control movement, on Al-Jazeera. You can see video of it here. Good show!
Paul Helmke’s Heller Comments
You have to give the man one thing, he’s a master of delivery when it comes to Brady’s message:
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Listen carefully, becuase Helmke is framing Brady’s post Heller strategy, which is getting as many gun laws as possible upheld as reasonable. Naturally we want to get as many of them thrown out as infringements.
Kimber Mauser Conversion Help
Rustmeister is blegging for some help in this area:
Have opportunity to buy a Kimber conversion of Swede M96 Mauser to 7.62NATO. Barrel cut down to Ranch rifle and forward sited scope mount permanently pinned into old leaf sight box (minus scope). Price is $250.00 tax & all. Anybody hear of anything about these Kimber conversions? And what scope would you suggest for a “ranch rifle”? Good deal? Bad deal?
If you can help him, head over and visit the comment section.
Legalizing Suppressors
Michael Bane suggests we make it a priority. I think it’s politically achievable, and a good idea.
Alan Gura on the MG Issue
This is reprinted from subguns.com, but I think it’s important for everyone to read this:
The solution to 922(o) will have to be political in the end. The fact is, outside the gun community, the concept of privately owned machine guns is intolerable to American society and 100% of all federal judges. If I had suggested in any way — including, by being evasive and indirect and fudging the answer — that machine guns are the next case and this is the path to dumping 922(o) — I’d have instantly lost all 9 justices. Even Scalia. There wasn’t any question of that, at all, going in, and it was confirmed in unmistakable fashion when I stood there a few feet from the justices and heard and saw how they related to machine guns. It was not just my opinion, but one uniformly held by ALL the attorneys with whom we bounced ideas off, some of them exceedingly bright people. Ditto for the people who wanted me to declare an absolute right, like I’m there to waive some sort of GOA bumper sticker. That’s a good way to lose, too, and look like a moron in the process.
I didn’t make the last 219 years of constitutional law and I am not responsible for the way that people out there — and on the court– feel about machine guns. Some people in our gun rights community have very…. interesting…. ways of looking at the constitution and the federal courts. I don’t need to pass judgment on it other than to say, it’s not the reality in which we practice law. When we started this over five years ago, the collective rights theory was the controlling law in 47 out of 50 states. hopefully, on next year’s MBE, aspiring lawyers will have to bubble in the individual rights answer to pass the test. I know you and many others out there can appreciate that difference and I thank you for it, even if we can’t get EVERYTHING that EVERYONE wants. Honestly some people just want to stay angry. I’m glad you’re not among them.
You want to change 922(o)? Take a new person shooting. Work for “climate change.”
Thanks,
Alan
He’s right. You have to sway public opinion if you want traction on that issue.
Hat Tip to SayUncle for discovering this.