The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State …
Scott Bach opines on New Jersey’s A2116, .50 caliber firearms ban:
Many hunting and historical firearms fall into this category, so A2116 would ironically ban Revolutionary and Civil War flintlocks and muskets that won the very freedom that the legislation seeks to take away, not to mention popular hunting rifles. It could also ban a truly evil scourge of society that shoots 100+ caliber projectiles: marshmallow guns.
Read the whole thing.
Want to work for the Obama Administration? Here’s one of a long list of personal things they want to know about each of their employees:
Do you or any members of your immediate family own a gun? If so, provide complete ownership and registration information. Has the registration ever lapsed? Please also describe how and by whom it is used and whether it has been the cause of any personal injuries or property damage.
I guess they don’t know that in 99% of the country there is no registration of firearms. Unless, of course, they only intend to hire people from Chicago. Either way, if I had an employer put this before me as a condition of employment, I’d be out the door so fast I’d leave a vapor trail behind me. The New York Times has more.
UPDATE: You know, it says a lot about people who would subject themselves to this kind of rubber glove treatment. How are we expected to build a competent government when this is what it takes to vet someone? Who would do this except to wield power? Who does not have some skeletons in their closets, or family secrets they don’t wish revealed. Who has not said too much? Either we’re going to have to develop a sense of perspective as a society, or we’re doomed only to have Barack Obamas, Hillary Clintons and Rahm Emanuels in the cooridors of power.
Add John Patrick Williams, former Congressman from Montana, to the list of Democrats who are pulling the wool over everyone’s eyes:
The bad news? Groups such as the NRA have been hoodwinking you about that very issue — wastefully spending your hard-earned dues money on politics, and useless protesting by having people like Charlton Heston give that phony “pry it from my cold dead fingers” speech. A case in point is the recently publicized rush by some gun owners to “stock up” on assault weapons before they are banned by the NRA’s latest boogey man, Barack Obama.
The urge to blame President-elect Obama is a transparent example of how utterly partisan the gun groups and far too many of their adherents have become.
Pat, you might want to ask Barack Obama why renewing the assault weapons ban is still part of his platform before you start accusing NRA members of being paranoid of the boogey man. We’re going to remember all these Democrats who falsely assured us that Obama is a man of the Second Amendment when 2010 rolls around.
Apparently City Council is once again headed to court to try to prove the Pennsylvania Constitutional actually says:
The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State shall be questioned by Philadelphia City Council.
Rather than what it actually says. One thing from the article:
The NRA is challenging all five ordinances, although attorneys focused on the proposed assault-weapons ban in court Tuesday.
“Most of my clients have machine guns,” Shields said. “They are absolutely lawful.”
Police already have the authority to seize weapons if they are being used unlawfully, he said.
Way to go doing Josh Sugarmann’s legwork in helping confuse the public that the assault weapons issue has anything to do with machine guns. Your clients may have them, and they may be legal, but that’s not what’s at issue here.
From ANJRPC:
On Monday, November 17, the New Jersey Assembly is scheduled to vote on A2116 — legislation banning most firearms over .50 caliber. Though previously amended in an attempt to address gun owner concerns, the legislation still bans many popular hunting guns, historical firearms, and large bore target firearms, based on alleged public safety concerns. Ironically, the legislation bans many of the guns that won the very freedoms the bill seeks to destroy, including some Revolutionary War and Civil War guns and their replicas.
A2116 makes the fundamental mistake of banning guns based on the size of the hole in the barrel rather than punishing criminal behavior. It treats law abiding citizens who choose to exercise their Second Amendment rights like potential criminals.
Please immediately email, call, and/or fax your Assembly Members and urge them to oppose A2116! Their contact information is available here.
While the rest of us are worried that gun control is back, it never really left in New Jersey. The relentless hammer pounds on in The Garden State.
Looks like the woman who open carried to the kids soccer game is going head to head with Bryan Miller. My advice to her is to be prepared. Bryan is a ruthless debater, and he will corral you, then go in for the kill if you’re not prepared. Get your talking points together, and stick to them. Bryan will try to change the debate to grounds that are more favorable to him. Play the nice soccer mom who just wants to protect her kids. Let Bryan’s overly aggressive tendencies work against him in the public eye.
This is the big time. When you talk to the media you represent all gun owners, and will be judged accordingly.
The petition, calling for a total ban on private ownership of guns with barrels shorter than 600 millimeters (23.6 inches), was handed over to Interior Minister Anne Holmlund.
Finnish defense minister Elisabeth Rehn was among those who signed the petition.
Pardon me, but wouldn’t that ban most rifles too? I own only a handful of rifles that have barrels that long, including my .22LR Kimber target rifle. It’s good to see we’re not the only country plauged with anti-gun activists that like to tell the public they are banning one thing, when they are really banning another.
Fred Lebrun asks the question again:
Well, if it’s true, why in the world would you go out and buy something the government is going to take away from you anyway? Of course, the idea of confiscating our legally owned and permitted handguns is totally insane and flies in the face of where we’re at nationally.
Confiscation is not the real fear driving this. The fear is that Obama will reenact a broad based manufacturing or sales ban on a large number of commonly used firearms. His transition team has already called for it. At this point it’s not paranoia.
And I for one say amen to that. I’m a handgun owner, and rifle and shotgun owner, and an avid hunter.
Avid hunter? How do you feel about this? Of course, he goes on to call for more gun control.
UPDATE: Joe Huffman has more.
Michael Bane talks about moving on.
Part of our moving forward battle plan depends on how things play out in Washington. In light of the challenges out there, the most logicial thing would be for guns to be back-burnered, which would be a best-case for us because it gives us more time to prepare.
I agree that now is not the time to panic, but to organize. President Obama will have other priorities heading into the new year. It took Clinton a while to get around to screwing us too. If we play our cards right, we might be in a good position heading into 2010. Now is the time for organization. We also need to be thinking about how to raise money in an organized way to help candidates who support our issues.