Chris Dolnack of NSSF is reporting that the EPA has denied the petition by the Center for BioDivesity. We are a force to be reckoned with, and it appears that the Obama Administration is still afraid to tangle with us.
Month: August 2010
Update on Korean M1 Situation
Over at SayUncle. Looks like they are lend lease rifles, and the reason Korea can’t sell them is because they don’t own them. They can be returned to the United States, where they would be turned over to the CMP to be sold. Sounds like a happy ending to me.
No Sense of Humor? Or Clamoring for Relevance?
CeaseFirePA are such a cheery bunch, telling we lawful gun owners how every time I pull the trigger, a kitten dies, or something like that. Now they are angry at Pat Toomey, who made the old joke that he thinks gun control is steady aim, and are claiming it shows he’s insensitive to victims of gun violence.
Because we all know the way you respect victims of gun violence is to support gun control. Locking up criminals who perpetrate gun violence? Can’t have that. But passing a Lost and Stolen ordinance will surely do the trick!
The NYT Archive System Must be Down
Tam’s got a snippet from a New York Times column that tries to show how it was those evil Republicans who wanted to keep us women barefoot and pregnant – or at least out of the voting booth. I assume that the author’s access to the NYT archives must have been down the day he wrote that because I found a handy NYT article that shows it was the Republicans who finally got the 19th amendment moving.
In fact, it was the Democrats who seemed to provide the main opposition to the amendment. Out of 44 Republicans, 36 (82%) voted for it. Of the 37 Democrats, 17 (46%) voted against it. In the House vote, 200 Republicans (92%) voted for it and 70 Democrats (41%) voted against it.
More From NSSF on EPA Ammo Ban Petition
A discussion between Ted Novin and Larry Keane of NSSF:
Does EPA Have the Authority?
The Black Bear Blog thinks not, largely because the TSCA exempts any product subject to the Internal Revenue Code, which ammunition is among. I’ve also skimmed the Toxic Substances Control Act a bit, and it’s hard to see how it grants authority to ban lead ammunition. Certainly they could put a lot of requirements on manufacturers, but based on my cursory examination, I’m not sure the authority is there at all. But I did not examine the law in great detail.
Thanks to Camo Underground for the pointer.
California Crashin’
SayUncle reports on how companies that he’s worked for have saved significant money moving their operations out of California. This is certainly not going to help to restore California’s slumping housing prices. California is still the home for high-tech jobs, however, but one thing (other than their crappy gun laws) that’s prevented me from moving there is the fact that housing was unaffordable, and the salary differential was never high enough to justify the wildly inflated cost of living. I’ve never understood why tech jobs aren’t fleeing California by the busload and headed for greener pastures, like Austin.
Single Issue Voters
Philip Mulivor in Ohio explains why the Second Amendment is his single issue. Sounds like a persuasive reason to me.
Philadelphia Licenses and Inspections
New Blog That Looks Interesting
The Power of Epsilon. If there’s one thing I think we need in the gun blogosphere, it’s more math geeks. No, I’m serious. This is why:
It’s hard to describe what it is about this comment that irritated me. Part of it is the statistician in me, annoyed at the misuse of statistics in an attempt to prove a claim that has been discredited over and over again.
When the other side argues statistics, it’s nice to have a statistician in your back pocket to call on. Of course, arguing with MikeB is about as productive as smashing bricks against your head repeatedly, but attacking MikeB is probably a reasonably smart way to start a blog out. Guaranteed to bring commenters, especially if he shows up.
He notes that he won’t strictly be a gun blog. That’s probably smart too. It’s getting tough to write about guns regularly. All this economic meltdown means people don’t pay as much attention to gun issues. That’s probably good for the movement, but not so much for people who talk about it.