The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State …
The ACLU would seem to be getting concerned about the increasing militarization of our police forces. I’m glad groups on the left are starting to notice what libertarian minded people have been worried about for years.
But personally, I’m OK with the police having cool toys to play with, as long as I can have the same toys myself to play with. If the military has all this surplus they want to get rid of, why not auction it off at bargain basement prices? Why should we reserve tanks to the 1%?
Via Cam and Company, which now airs from 2-5PM at NRANews.com:
A Florida lawmaker, Audrey Gibson (D), is proposing no one be permitted to buy ammunition unless they can prove they have gone through an anger management course. Somehow I don’t think we’re the ones who need that. How about requiring that before holding public office. Hey, it’s common sense.
Chris has something you can do about the Colorado bills. We’re a vote away from defeating this crap.
What the Obama machine is morphine into:
Obama veterans are building a wide network of deep-pocketed groups and consulting firms independent of government, the Democratic Party and traditional liberal groups, a sweeping — if not unprecedented — effort outside the White House gates aimed at promoting the president’s agenda and shaping his legacy.
From campaign strategists to online gurus and policy hands to press agents, Obama loyalists — including many who discovered that a second term yields fewer administration job vacancies — are slicing his agenda into smaller parts and launching highly targeted efforts on subjects including health care, job creation and electoral politics.
Obama’s opponents really don’t have an answer to this, and that is the problem. This group will no doubt aim to rob the American people blind, rob future generations blind, in addition to removing fundamental constitutional rights of Americans. The problem on the center-right is that many of the “deep-pocketed groups and consulting firms independent of government,” are more concerned with exploiting our issues to feather their own nests than they are actually fighting for the cause.
SCCC notes that the Senate Committee in Colorado has advanced the campus carry ban to the floor.
Committee Chairwoman, Senator Angela Giron cast the tie-breaking vote in favor of the proposed campus carry ban exclaiming in tears that “the testimony tonight has been very compelling, but I made a promise [to vote yes]!â€
Colorado has allowed licensed concealed carry on college campuses for nearly a decade, but lawmakers in the Centennial State reacting to recent mass shootings last year seek to reverse that provision despite no ill effects, a drop in both overall crime rates generally and sexual assault rates specifically after carry on campus was permitted, and no permitted student ever causing a disruption with a firearm on campus.
Who was it she made that promise to? Joe Biden? Do we run Colorado out of Washington these days? That seems to be the Democrats’ plan. Clayton Cramer has more here.
UPDATE: I guess not too surprising when they have this kind of contempt.
He doesn’t want to talk about it. You know, Joe, we don’t have to vote on this stuff. I’m sure Harry Reid would prefer not to as well. Why not just tell the White House to piss off? There was a time, before the 2010 cycle, when no Democrat wanted to be seen with him. It kind of makes you wonder what the Administration is threatening these Dems with if they don’t toe the line.
Arma Borealis updates on a case under the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. It’s a really interesting case if you read through all the facts. Essentially the dealer showed what he thought was a potential customer a gun, the customer wavered, and he left the room. The customer then “stole” the gun, by taking it and leaving 200 dollars on the table. The Brady Center alleges this was a setup for an unlawful transaction that the dealer was a part of, which would waive any immunity under the PLCAA. Of course, a legitimate theft would still leave a dealer immune. The media is spinning this as the death of the PLCAA, which it is most decidedly not. See Chris’s post for the details.
Actually, of a few days ago, but I’ve been meaning to use this for about that long. Jim Geraghty writes:
Our political culture and our popular culture are the one-two punch contending that you, ordinary American, going to work or looking for work or looking for better work and just taking care of your families, have somehow become the root of the biggest problems facing the country. It’s your fault.
Kind of feels that way, doesn’t it? As the article goes on to state, this is why David Gregory can get away with breaking the law, but you can’t. David Gregory isn’t the problem. You’re the problem, so it’s time to learn your place, serf.