Eight people shot in #1 Brady Ranked southern California. Hard to say if this one was another loon, or just a gang conflict gone horribly awry. Doesn’t really matter too much. California’s strict gun laws failed to protect these people in either instance.
Year: 2008
Bring me a beer …
… or, you know, I’ll shoot ya! It’s amazing what these people think about us.
Wisdom About Obama from Dilbert
Preemption and Activism at Work
Looks like a proposed ban on concealed carry in Lancaster County Parks is no more.
Superheroes At Risk
It’s not just Superman, but many others as well. Who will save America’s superheroes?
Gun Rights in an Urban Setting
With the leading Democratic candidate for president that believe “in keeping guns out of our inner cities, and that our leaders must say so in the face of the gun manufacturer’s lobby,” it’s a very good thing we have guys like Pro-Gun Progressive on our side. Click on the link to his video. That’s about as favorable a report I’ve seen from media, especially local media, on a right to carry bill to date. And to think, it’s Baltimore local media. Will Obama reconsider his position on urban gun rights in light of guys like PGP? It will take more than courting Bill Richardson to convince us.
Quote of the Day
“If somebody approach me wrong, I’m going to cold cock them.” – Mayor Nagin of New Orleans.
He gave the order to take honest people’s guns after Katrina, because they might perpetrate violence, you know.
PSH in Virginia?
In a state where open carry isn’t all that uncommon, an entire university would appear to have gone into lockdown over what I’m guessing is someone open carrying:
There have been no reports of threats and no one on campus had been harmed, Hunt said at an afternoon news conference. Several men resembling the description of the man with the weapon were questioned but were not held, authorities said.
“No one has been hurt; no one is in a panic mode,” Braaten said.
All campus buildings had been searched by Tuesday evening and police said they still had no idea who the man with the gun is or whether he is a student.
It’s not illegal to carry a firearm, open or concealed, at a college or university in Virginia, so if the man was seen with a holstered pistol, this would appear to be an overreaction. Can’t be too safe these days though, I guess. At least that’s what the officials will say. Pretty soon we’re going to be panicking because a black cat was seen crossing someone’s path on campus. Surely a harbinger of doom.
Maryland Ammo Serialization Bill
Read the citizens’ reports on the testimony for MD’s proposed ammo serialization bill, HB517. You’re basically required to turn in all non compliant ammo (yeah, like that’s gonna fly) and only use the encoded, serialized stuff.
Turning in the unserialized ammunition sounds like a fine idea to me. Be sure to check out the background on the boneheads who are trying to cajole various state governments into buying this scam.
Amusing Video from ACLU
The ACLU has to be commended when they do right, and I have to admit, this video is pretty good.
Information technology is just getting too good, and we’re going to have to learn to live with other people knowing a lot about us, but we should be very fearful of a confluence of information technology in both public and private hands enabling a meddlesome government to be even more meddlesome. It will be very hard, and I’m not sure even a net public good, to prevent private entities from sharing information, but we must be very wary of government getting into the game, especially if they decide to declare themselves the only provider of health care.
Hat tip to Michael Bane.