Thirdpower points out that the Brady Campaign has registered a lobbyist in Illinois. Since this is lobbying activity, this has to happen under the auspices of the Campaign, their 501(c)(4), rather than Brady Center. Brady Campaign has, financially, been on the ropes. The fact that they felt the need to hire outside help in Illinois is great. Keep pushing guys!
Author: Sebastian
All Money is Green
Even money from evil guns, if you’re Chuck Schumer. Schumer plays the gun issue politically. Most politicians aren’t true believers in much of anything except themselves. Friends in New York tell me he was once pro-gun enough to vote to repeal the Sullivan Act. When he got into statewide politics, he pulled a Gillibrand, or maybe it’s more accurate to say Gillibrand pulled a Schumer.
Still Alive in Montana
I would imagine Constitutional Carry should be a slam dunk for Montana, since, as far as I can remember, it’s legal to carry without a permit in most of the state, since a permit is only required for incorporated areas.
UPDATE: More from NRA here.
Constitutional Carry Dead in Colorado
The “kill committee” would seem to have done its job. If we can get a state with the demographics of Colorado, it will open the doors to getting this in Pennsylvania. Legislatively, I’ve never found Pennsylvania politicians to be pioneers. During the concealed carry wave, we were an early adopter, but we still came after Florida. A state with a healthy mix of constituencies, like Colorado, Florida, or Texas would be a needed addition. Arizona, of course, was a great triumph, since it has a large city and sprawling suburbs, but we need one more in that category before we’re going to flip states like Pennsylvania.
Brainless Puff Piece from UK Daily Mail
Dee Edwards, co-founder of the charity Mothers Against Murder and Aggression said: ‘I am utterly disgusted by this.
‘It is not fashion, it is not style, it is … glorifying guns and making them seem acceptable.
Yes. That’s exactly what we’re doing. And we’re going to keep doing it, Ms. Edwards, until everyone else sees you for the hysterical, ridiculous person you are.
German Gun laws
Truth About Guns contributor Oliver Weiss, who is German, has a detailed summary of Germany’s gun laws. I challenge any one of our opponents to tell me this just goes too far, and this isn’t exactly what they’d like to implement here. Because if I had to go through all this, I wouldn’t be a shooter right now, I can tell you that. I got into this casually, and then only got serious as time wore on. I suspect most of us have similar stories. I’m surprised there’s any shooting culture left in Germany, to be honest.
Smart Open Carry
Daily Caller’s Guide
The Daily Caller is “launching a multi-part guide for readers not entirely up to snuff.” I’m disappointed in one aspect of the article, because the media keeps ignoring the elephant in the room when it comes to the ban on magazines, which is the fact that police are exempted from it. They don’t bother asking why police are exempted from the magazine ban if “they’re for hunting people.” The police don’t hunt people, do they? You can’t declare the magazine ban to be common sense until you explain why the police need to shoot as many people as fast as possible. It seems to be common sense that the police carry guns to protect themselves from the criminal element, those same criminals that prey on the law abiding. So it stands to reason if police need magazines that hold more than ten rounds ordinary people do as well.
I am happy, however, they were willing to ask Bloomberg some difficult questions, which he doesn’t seem to appreciate:
When TheDC asked Mayor Bloomberg how the expanded checks were supposed to prevent those “already-prohibited dangerous persons†from continuing to be “dangerous persons,†he became a little testy. Others in the crowd turned their head when the question — if 99.9 percent of gun owners are “law-abiding†citizens already following the current legal measures, how will increased measures stop the one percent of bad guys who already engage in illegal activities in the first place? — was asked.
You have to be amazed at how much our opponents are used to the press not doing their jobs in questioning their agenda. I hope to see more of this. But I’d like it if journalists took a closer look at some of the proposals. You can’t just go on what the gun control folks say. They are deceitful, and will mislead people, especially journalists. Don’t trust, and verify, verify, verify.
Reciprocity for Oregon
It’s about time. Can we fix Maine too? Though, at least it’s not hard to get a Maine license if you’re out of state.
Mexican Ambassador Resigns
Apparently the gunwalker scandal was the straw the broke the camel’s back. I note that Pascual is doing his best Baghdad Bob impersonation in the photo there.