Seems lots of bloggers these days are writing books. The latest is from Sensibly Progressive.
Author: Sebastian
DUI in Lancaster County
An Eye on NRA Recruiting Efforts
Apparently it’s rubbing one Inquirer reporter the wrong way, which is reason enough to keep doing it.
Courts Looking at Key Aspect of GCA ’68
A key Second Amendment case is now being heard in US District Court in the DC Circuit. Looks like the Obama Administration is working to get the case dismissed for lack of standing. Basically, the case is brought by American expatriates, who wish to buy a gun for when they visit back home, but GCA ’68 makes this unlawful, because you can only buy as a resident of a state.
Copyright Case Settled
Looks like Ted Nugent’s people agreed to settle the copyright dispute with Marko over the unattributed essay that appeared in Nugent’s book.
Heat and Kitchens
Schumer’s Election Time Schmoozing Backfires
Apparently some members of the club he used to try to pull the wool over hunter’s eyes about his record are pissed. Members of Illion Fish and Game probably ought to think about changing their club leadership, since I can promise you they knew about it. If a member, or group of members, let Schumer and his people, and the camera’s in without board approval, that should be grounds for kicking them out of the club. Either way, those folks have some internal difficulties to work through. We can’t afford mistakes like this.
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Health Care and Guns
The medical profession seems to be butting their noses once again where it does not belong. Ed Friedman of Guns and Hunting takes them to task for it. I don’t really have a problem with doctors offering some general advise to parents about dangerous objects in the house, and including guns, but I do have a problem with prying, and speaking on subjects for which they have no real expertise. I applaud JAAPA for suggesting doctors become familiar with the issue, but I think no more advise is needed short of “If  you have guns in the house, make sure you keep them stored in a manner the children don’t have access to it.” along with things like “Make sure Drano and other household chemicals are stored away from kids.” (poisons kill approximately 3x as many children under 5 as gun accidents) and “Make sure you don’t leave buckets of water laying around.” Buckets of water kill more kids under the age of 5 than gun accidents do. Not as lethal as bathtubs and pools, but buckets of water are far more dangerous to young kids than guns. If a physician wouldn’t give the advice to parents not to remove buckets from the house, they shouldn’t give that advice for guns either. Even for older children, drowning has approximately four times as high an occurrence. Would they advise patients to fill in their pools?
The Gun
It looks like the Philadelphia media is rather fascinated that criminals straw purchase guns in other states and traffic them back to Philadelphia. In this case, the feds are prosecuting because a police officer was killed with the gun. Straw purchasing is a state crime too. How often do run of the mill, non-cop-killing criminals end up getting let go because the authorities ordinarily don’t care?