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Disarming Our Soldiers (For Their Own Good)

As the Brady Campaign descends to new depths of madness, here’s just one other objective our opponents are supporting:

The article they link to is here:

“Multiple studies indicate that preventing easy access to lethal means, such as firearms, is an effective form of suicide prevention,” authors Harrell and Berglass wrote.

They are urging Congress to repeal the restriction on the military interfering with the private firearm ownership of soldiers. Understand what they are saying here: we have to prevent “easy access” to “lethal means” for our nation’s soldiers.

If any police or military folks thinks these people won’t eventually disarm you, think again.

While the Gun Control Crowd Has Been in Hysterics …

… over the fact that Wisconsin has just become the 41st state to adopt shall-issue…. gun owners have been busy lobbying the Wisconsin legislature to pass Castle Doctrine.

Food for Gunnies

For those of us who did not win the NRA toasters this year, we can’t enjoy pro-gun food at our fingertips. That is, unless, someone hadn’t inspired me to search for gun-related foods. Did you know there’s a gunpowder tea? Yeah, not a big tea drinker here, so it was news to me. More below, including a video on how to use a clam gun – another item I’ve never heard of before now.

The clam gun intrigued me. I had to look it up. Fortunately, there’s an example on YouTube to help those born in the landlocked states understand.

I heard that the NRA toaster at the Kona (Big Island of Hawaii) Friends of NRA dinner went for $650 this week. I told someone at NRA that the average rate of return on that thing has got to be huge, even if it doesn’t bring in the highest dollar amount. Clearly, there is a market for devices that can make one’s food express the maker’s pro-gun nature. I don’t know what else they could offer that would be just as novel, but I’d love to sit in on a meeting to try and think up new ideas. Something to add the NRA brand to pats of butter? The NRA loaf pan that makes sure all of your holiday bread treats have the NRA logo emblazoned on the side? The NRA bundt-like pan that allows you to bake cakes in the form of your three favorite letters?

FOP Backing Holder?

This makes me wonder what they were promised by the Administration in return for their support. Remember that a big component of FOP support for the Clinton Assault Weapons ban was because the crime bill that it was attached to contained funding to hire a hundred thousand more police officers. The FOP has been on our side more lately, but like other unions, it’s a mistake to believe their leadership can’t be bought. They certainly can be bought.

Does It Matter What You Call It?

SayUncle notes that “They won’t like your politically incorrect, self-loading rifle either.” Given the latest polling results, we’re definitely winning on that count. Not only did our opponents lose on that poll, they lost using their own manufactured language that custom tailored to scare people into agreeing with their position. But nonetheless, I’ll feel safer once we get that up another 10-15%. Until we get to that point, I’m going to still consider “assault weapon” a loaded term we’re better off without.

Greatest Threat to the Second Amendment

It’s not the anti-gun people, it’s guys like this:

The attorney for a Kingsburg[, CA] man charged with allegedly possessing 33 assault rifles, a grenade launcher and a silencer said Thursday that the Second Amendment gives him the right to collect guns.

Apparently some of those assault rifles were actual assault rifles. This is not going to end well folks, if this argument moves forward. I was always pretty pessimistic about saving the right to machine guns in court. I am now getting pessimistic we’ll ever get rid of bans on assault weapons. We really need a few more Supreme Court cases, and some changes on the federal courts, before we’re ready to start litigating on bans on narrow classes of firearms rather than bans on broad categories of firearms.

Had Obama not won, we could have gotten there much faster. But he won, and by historical precedent, he’s likely to win a second term.Â I think we might have to write off “assault weapons” as protected by the Second Amendment, at least by the courts. Certainly we’ll fight bans politically, and probably win, but that won’t help the half-dozen or so states who restrict narrow categories of firearms. Even Eugene Volokh doesn’t seem too optimistic about slipping that by the federal courts.

There are going to be too many guys like this out there taking cases too soon. If you think about the kind of logic allowing selective banning of classes of weapons requires, it blows a hole in the Second Amendment the size of a barn.

Tips for Influencing Canadians on Gun Rights

A timely topic, given the debate happening in Canada over the long gun registry, is how to influence Canadians when it comes to gun rights. Exurban Kevin, who is an expat from the Great White North offers some good advice on that, even when it comes to speaking about concealed carry. My understanding of Canadian gun laws suggests that guns that are most concealable are generally prohibited firearms. But there’s still plenty of concealable firearms that have barrels over 105mm. Plus, I can’t think of any better way to create a constituency for changing the law.

Myths About Shotguns

When the Balloon Goes Up dispels some common misconceptions about shotguns.

Brady Campaign to Prevent Shooting Ranges?

Looks like Miguel had a run in with a Brady supporter on Facebook, where the supporter claimed to be facing continuous 50 caliber fire for ten hours straight. Miguel was skeptical of such a claim, since a 10 hour firefight on the streets of Orlando would surely make the papers. Turns out she bought a house near a gun range and doesn’t like the noise. Miguel notes, “It’s called the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, not the Brady Campaign to Prevent Loud Noises.”

ACORN Behind Occupy?

I’m shocked. Shocked I tell you. Apparently they are going into extreme cover-up mode. Have these people been weaned from the public teat yet? I hope so.