The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State …
I’ve never even heard of this. I guess some people have difficulty working a slide. I can think of situations where this could even cause problems.
UPDATE: I think I am forced to admit that this is not, in fact, a dumb accessory, given the comments below.
It’s for the children.
You can have my caffeine when you pry it from…you get the idea. Guns and knives clearly aren’t enough for the nanny state, now their residents want the goverment to keep them from caffeine because it’s easier than controlling their children.
In response to Germany’s latest school shooting, it appears they are trying to ban laser tag and paintball, as well as add new gun storage laws to the books.
It looks like Camp Perry received a decent chunk of change for some barracks for soldiers and shooters at the NRA matches.
State Representative Dennis Murray revealed funds that were allocated to the Camp Perry Joint Training Center Barracks I project in Port Clinton. The $222,680 distributed to this project was authorized and funded by Congress in the FY 2009 Military Construction and Veteran’s Affairs Budget.
The project consists of constructing an 8,700 square foot barracks that will provide temporary housing for approximately 80 soldiers while conducting weapons’ qualification, training exercises and several other functions at Camp Perry Joint Training Center. …
The facility will also be utilized during the National Rifle and Pistol Matches.
If you talk to residents of Massachusetts or New Jersey, they’ll both claim they have the worst gun control laws in the nation. Depending on what is important to you, they are both correct. (In Massachusetts you can get a license to carry if you live in the right town, but in New Jersey, the Attorney General doesn’t have the authority to ban the purchase of any handgun he/she doesn’t like.)
There’s a new round of sweeping gun control being introduced in Massachusetts by the Governor, and none of it is very pleasant. So could they be looking to make the title of worst gun laws in the country official?
… before Obama the Lightworker unites the pro and anti-gun in frustration over his Administration, though for different reasons. Now Paul is upset because Obama doesn’t seem to be doing anything about Tiahrt in his budget. I’m guessing ATF supporting it might have something to do with that.
From this very worthwhile lament on conservative marketing, from a Hollywood perspective:
I grow a bit tired of the in-fighting on all the conservative blogs and news shows between the “social conservativesâ€: and the Libertarian wing of the party. Ditch abortion. Don’t ditch abortion. Move to the center. Don’t abandon principles. It’s a defeatist argument and one that really doesn’t need to be fought. The David Frums and Meghan McCains have it half right. Where they lose me is in their obvious attempts to gain approval from our enemies.
But they do have one thing right. In the current climate, many of the social issues are big losers amongst certain voter groups. The biggest bloc, and the one we have the greatest potential to turn, is women. Women tend to poll liberal on issues like gay marriage and abortion.
Now, before this turns into a two-hundred comment post with people yelling about not giving up their core principles, let me be clear. I do not advocate that the party pull left or advertise itself as “Democrat-light.â€Â But I do advocate prioritizing the issues that form the foundation of our marketing campaign..
I agree with him that fiscal and economic issues ought to be front and center, because it’s one area there’s pretty much uniform revulsion across the entire Republican coalition, including many independents, for the current status quo.
The real difficulty, keeping with the film analogy, is the Main Stream Media owns all the big theaters, and they only show one side’s movie. To the extent they are willing to even show our trailers, they like to edit them first, to mislead the public about what the movie is really about. It’s tough to get our message out there. Made no easier by the fact that the last actor in our starring role wasn’t exactly Sir Laurence Olivier. That’s not an excuse for not trying, but the deck is more stacked against our message than you might think.
Looks like Sarah Palin isn’t going to be presented that AR-15 afterall, because she’s not going to be at the Annual Meeting:
The National Rifle Association Foundation will not present an assault weapon to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin at an upcoming banquet despite media reports about the event, including one from its own magazine.
“The event is not happening,” NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam said. “Sarah Palin will not be attending. She was invited, but declined due to a family commitment. This happened weeks ago.”
Several newspapers picked up a story published in the May issue of the NRA’s American Rifleman magazine that said the governor would be given a custom AR-15 at the foundation’s May 16 banquet.
That’s for letting the rest of us know guys! I know last year a lot of folks wondered why NRA never presents black rifles, instead of a well appointed flintlock rifle. This is a reason why. Let’s hope that “family commitment” didn’t have anything to do with not wanting to endure yet another media feeding frenzy pointing out “Look at the backwards hick from Alaska getting herself a machine gun!”  We know it’s not true, but a lot of people don’t know any better, and politicians hate that kind of controversy.
I am sympathetic to this article, which points out the problem in Philadelphia has to do with abysmal enforcement gun laws against actual criminals. This is true. The cop killers in Philadelphia were let go without even being charged with gun crimes they were arrested for.
Despite what we endlessly hear – that guns have one purpose, to kill people – Judge Shreeves-Johns didn’t see it that way. She threw out the most serious charges, leaving Floyd with a mess of misdemeanors, but only a single second-degree felony count for gun possession.
Here’s a felon who shouldn’t have a gun in his hand under any circumstances, he’s on a public street, he fires three times, and gets 11 1/2 to 23 months, which is more like a time-out than a serious sentence. The judge also ordered anger-management treatment and drug and alcohol counseling for Floyd.
Is that enough?
No, it’s not. I agree with this. But here’s where you go to far:
That’s a mistake. If we’re serious about guns, that law must be expanded. If you use or carry a gun when committing a crime – shoplifting bras, writing graffiti, tipping over cows – you must get five years before the other offenses are added on.
No, sorry, I should not get five years because I was speeding while lawfully carrying a firearm. People like Stu Bykofsky get what the real problem is, but they also need to get that there are lawful ways people can carry guns in this Commonwealth for the legitimate reason of self-defense. I have no problem with enhanced sentencing for criminals who misuse guns to further a criminal act, like robbery, selling crack on the street corner, assault, or other violent acts. But some kid in Lancaster shouldn’t get a five year felony rap because he tipped some cows with dad’s pistol in the glove box. Let’s not get ridiculous here. We can solve the actual problem without getting nuts.
The other side is always complaining about “loopholes” in the law that are to us known by the moniker “liberty.” Now it looks like Senator Enzi and Barrasso of Wyoming are both sponsoring a bill to close the National Park loophole.  Two can play at this game!