The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State …
From Bruce, on the fact that Obama is going to get away with campaign finance shenanigans, because the FEC will be too busy auditing McCain’s publicly financed campaign books:
Ain’t that a sweet kick in the ass? How’s that campaign finance reform horseshit working out for now, John? Would you like some fries with that irony?
From ANJRPC:
On Monday, November 17, the New Jersey Assembly is scheduled to vote on A2116 — legislation banning most firearms over .50 caliber. Though previously amended in an attempt to address gun owner concerns, the legislation still bans many popular hunting guns, historical firearms, and large bore target firearms, based on alleged public safety concerns. Ironically, the legislation bans many of the guns that won the very freedoms the bill seeks to destroy, including some Revolutionary War and Civil War guns and their replicas.
A2116 makes the fundamental mistake of banning guns based on the size of the hole in the barrel rather than punishing criminal behavior. It treats law abiding citizens who choose to exercise their Second Amendment rights like potential criminals.
Please immediately email, call, and/or fax your Assembly Members and urge them to oppose A2116! Their contact information is available here.
While the rest of us are worried that gun control is back, it never really left in New Jersey. The relentless hammer pounds on in The Garden State.
Kurt Hoffman tells us about a news story in the Chicago Tribune that suggests that the reason we’re buying up assault weapons is because we’re afraid of a black man as commander-in-chief.
I am afraid of Obama, not because he’s black, but because he proposes to ban assault weapons. They will never give us the courtesy of admitting that our actions might be rational. Nope. We’re just f**king nuts, and that’s about all there is to it. Just those crazy, cousin humping, racist rednecks acting up against. Tsk tsk.
Megan McArdle thinks not. I agree. The chief problem libertarians have is that we don’t get involved much beyond voting. Social conservatives work hard for the candidates that support them, and they do great get out the vote efforts. They are also reliable donors. I agree that the Republicans need to embrace more libertarian ideas, but this notion that we can still have a winning coalition without social conservatives is bunk.
Looks like the woman who open carried to the kids soccer game is going head to head with Bryan Miller. My advice to her is to be prepared. Bryan is a ruthless debater, and he will corral you, then go in for the kill if you’re not prepared. Get your talking points together, and stick to them. Bryan will try to change the debate to grounds that are more favorable to him. Play the nice soccer mom who just wants to protect her kids. Let Bryan’s overly aggressive tendencies work against him in the public eye.
This is the big time. When you talk to the media you represent all gun owners, and will be judged accordingly.
Thirdpower compares AHSA and Brady on the election. It’s almost as if they have the same goals or something. I’m still waiting for AHSA to come out and condemn the HSUS lead ammunition ban proposal.
The petition, calling for a total ban on private ownership of guns with barrels shorter than 600 millimeters (23.6 inches), was handed over to Interior Minister Anne Holmlund.
Finnish defense minister Elisabeth Rehn was among those who signed the petition.
Pardon me, but wouldn’t that ban most rifles too? I own only a handful of rifles that have barrels that long, including my .22LR Kimber target rifle. It’s good to see we’re not the only country plauged with anti-gun activists that like to tell the public they are banning one thing, when they are really banning another.
Clayton Cramer looks at some polling questions and ponders whether the Obama administration is testing the waters to decide on his agenda. Count me among the readers who thinks that it’s Republican push polling. Democrats would never ask a question like this:
Do you agree with Barack Obama’s interpretation of the Second Amendment, where gun control is permissible, or do you think the Second Amendment is an absolute individual right that shall not be infringed?
Zogby has done polling like this before. I think this is either the GOP, or probably more likely a Republican associated interest group trying to figure out how to frame their opposition to Obama. One thing I would say though is, can we lay off the constitutional amendment crap? It’s really hard to do, and we ought not be altering our constitution to deal with the political battles du jour. Why don’t they ask that polling question?