… these folks might want to think about getting a dog instead.
Month: July 2010
I’m a Fan Too
Steve at the Firearms Blog writes about lower power or no power scope. I wouldn’t shoot silhouette with anything else. Why? Because I find magnification makes me more unstable. Magnification amplifies movement, and for me that just makes me move all over the place. Normally I shoot with a red dot when I shoot any sight class. Most of the time I actually prefer open sights. I don’t shoot any better with a scoped gun than I do with open sight anyway.
Reid Polling Ahead of Angle
I’m not overjoyed by this. Reid has given me plenty of reasons to be unhappy with him on other issues, but it’ll be good for gun rights.
Pointing out the Naked Emperor
Over at opposing views. The beatings will continue until Gun Owners of America decides its better to help move the ball forward rather than building itself up by tearing down others.
Racist Roots of Gun Control
For this country, that’s mostly history, for some others it’s their current reality.
Top Shot Getting Promoted in Chicago Media Market
This can’t be anything but good. Whether Tara realized it or not when she auditioned for the show, she’s now the face of the shooting sports for Chicago residents. Hopefully a lot of them watch, and become interested, because hopefully not too long from now their rights are going to be restored.
California Condors and Lead
Looks like their lead levels haven’t dropped since they banned lead ammo. Could it be the ban was based on hysteria rather than science? No…. the devil you say.
Clash of the Narcissistic Titans
This ought to be interesting. I hope there aren’t hearings. There isn’t a room big enough for those two egos.
Going After New York
I would characterize this as a very bold lawsuit on the part of SAF. But we will, at some point, have to go after discretionary licensing. But we are going after both the right to carry and discretionary licensing in one lawsuit. I would say this is quite a leap, but I thought Parker was when it first came out too, and we all know how that turned out (it became Heller). Same situation too. Someone’s going to do it. I’d prefer it be someone who makes a very thorough and strong case than some amateur, or worse a kook.
Hat tip to Ian Argent.
Gun Control Donations
Jacob notes that Gillibrand has received the most amount of gun control money. So far it looks like only McCarthy and Gillibrand have gotten serious money from the Brady PAC. I guess they want to ensure her conversion over to the dark side sticks. One of the great ironies of the 2008 elections is the Bradys dumped most of their PAC money into the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Considering the Senate Democrats have been remarkably pro-gun, I’m guessing they aren’t feeling too good about that expenditure right now.
But the real telling story is that the Brady PAC has only raised 2500 this cycle so far, and from a single donor. By contrast, NRA has raised $12,233,649 so far this cycle, from a quite large donor base. That’s almost 5000:1. Hell, even GOA’s very sad PAC has out-raised the Brady PAC by almost 28:1.
In the two big sources of political power, money and votes, the Bradys can no longer bring either of them to the table. And they wonder why Obama isn’t paying attention to them. No wonder Dennis Henigan is a sad panda.