Robb Allen notes that it’s getting harder for the anti-gun message to find a safe haven. It’s about time, I think.
Author: Sebastian
Prop. 8 Upheld in California
The California Supreme Court ruled the only way I think it could and still maintain credibility. As it says on Volokh, it’s not really about gay marriage, but about whether the people have a right to alter their own constitution in ways the political elite would prefer they not.
While I would be in favor of gay marriage, passed by the legislature, I am not in favor of it being done through judicial fiat. The people of California have spoken. They do not want gay marriage. For gay marriage activists, that means changing hearts and minds, which is a hard thing to do, and takes a long time. By pushing this issue through the courts, without building up a real public consensus first, they’ve put their cause back decades. It’s a lesson that should not be lost on Second Amendment activists, but in general, I think we’ve done very well in building up a public consensus. Certainly much better than the gay marriage activists.
Kopel on Sotomayor
Dave Kopel discusses the new Supreme Court nominee’s likely views on the Second Amendment based on a very recent decision that Sotomayor played a role in coming out of New York. His analysis is fairly thorough, and he ends with this concern:
Judge Sotomayor’s record suggests hostility, rather than empathy, for the tens of millions of Americans who exercise their right to keep and bear arms.
Post Heller Crime in DC
It’s going down. Who would have guessed?
TSRA Highpower Rifle Championship
Texas State Rifle Association state championships here, and the winner here. It’s a sport I wish I had more time to participate in.
Maybe It’s Time to Look in a Mirror
The city is upset that it, once again, has to fight with Harrisburg to get more money:
Some chalk up the expected fight over the city budget to the normal politics of cutting deals in Harrisburg. But others believe the battle will be complicated and fueled by an entrenched anti-Philadelphia bias among lawmakers from other parts of the state who believe the city is rife with corruption and mismanagement.
It’s all true, and unfortunately for the City of Philadelphia, the perception people have in the rest of the state is entirely correct. I can’t blame people in Altoona for not wanting to pay for Philadelphia’s inability to govern itself. How many operations has the state had to take over from the City over the years because the City proved incapable of managing it? The Philadelphia School District and the Parking Authority come to mind.
Defining Trespassing Down
If the Inquirer’s editorial board had their way, we’d call tresspassing overstaying your welcome:
The members of Heeding God’s Call also intend to bring their message to the pulpits of legislators’ home congregations. They hope that building grassroots support across the state will change some minds in Harrisburg.
The dozen activists who are scheduled to go on trial today may have overstayed their welcome at a gun shop. But their movement is decidedly welcome in this city and state.
What kind of people are these folks, who can’t get what they want from the legislature, so they go and disrupt a man’s business and try to destroy his livelihood. How is Colosimo’s to blame if a gun that was sold from his stop later turns up in a crime? Is a Ford dealer responsible for cars that later end up in a drunk driving accident?
Colosimo’s is a scapegoat — a convienent way for the powers that be who run Philadelphia keep deflecting blame for the fact that they are unwilling to remove criminals. The Philadelphia Inquirer is apparently only too happy to help.
Why Yes, He is a Socialist
I don’t think after this, you can say it’s just a hyperbole.
World War II Database
Dale Carpenter, over at the Volokh Conspiracy, pointed to this World War II veterans database. I was happy to find my grandfather already in it. I have his Wehrmacht dress bayonet, which fits nicely on the Mauser 98K. Both owners of the previous probably never laid eyes on Der Vaterland again. Lucky for me, my Grandfather was not to suffer the same fate. He was wounded by German sniper. Aiming his rifle, the bullet traveled down the length of his arm, exited through the elbow, re-entered his side and exited out the back. It was a ticket home, as he was not expected to fully regain the use of his arm, though in time he regained most of it. He was overseas for about a month, if I recall, before he was wounded. I remember seeing the scar as a kid.
Most of what I know, I know from my father. I only remember my grandfather telling us once about being shot, and not in any great detail. Like most veterans of his generation, it wasn’t something they really talked about. Many of their stories will be entirely lost to history, but perhaps they would prefer it that way.
Cowboy Action Shooting, PA States
Looks like Cemetery attended the PA State Shoot this weekend for Cowboy action. I would suggest that one should beware any man who carries his guns in a coffin gun case.