Seen here. They are quite correct that PLCAA should put the brakes on any potential lawsuit. I don’t think Calderon, in this case, is any different than any of our big city mayors. He knows well this lawsuit is pointless, but it’ll allow him to keep pointing the finger north when his own people demand the failures of his government in the war with the cartels be explained.
Category: Guns
Is 4/20 the new 4/1?
I’ve had this link open in the background of my browser for a while now, but I just now got around to really looking at it. I serious wonder if lefty groups have made 4/20 the new April Fool’s Day.
Published: 4/20 9:12 am
From St. James Peace and Justice Committee:“We like the idea of guns off the streets and out of closets and harms way of children and others.†Sheriff David Harder, Broome County Sheriff’s Office.
Saturday, May 14th 10am to 1pm St. James Peace & Justice Committee will take working hand guns and long guns (shotguns and rifles). Guns do not have to be registered – all working guns accepted. Live ammunition will also be accepted for safe disposal.
Drop off point is St James rectory parking lot, 147 Main St. Johnson City, NY (west of JC/Binghamton Arch)As a token exchange, each gun donator will receive a flower basket. Guns will be crushed by the Sheriff’s department as we have witnessed in the past.
If you have a gun you want destroyed but cannot get it to St James, call us and we can have it picked up.
Call Jack at (607) 321 8537
This seems to be a press release of some kind – one that ignores basic rules like commas and apostrophes. It also seems to be opposed to things like structure, periods, and correct capitalization. And I love the mention of what “donators” will receive in exchange for their guns – flowers. I ponder whether it was sent as a joke because there’s little reason for sending an advisory or release nearly a month before an event, and the specific date does have a special meaning.
On Eating Peas and Taking Guns
Apparently forcing your kids to eat their peas is grounds, by at least one gun control advocate, and Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, for getting the government involved. Off on a blog I hadn’t previously heard of, a father writes of trying to get his son to eat:
He’s being a very finicky eater, lately. Doesn’t want to eat squat. We force him to at least taste (not necessarily eat) one of each item on his plate. Tonight was different. My wife worked pretty hard making some chicken and rice with mixed veggies mixed in. I cut a small piece of chicken and shoved it into his mouth. Spit it back out so I pushed it back in. After a dozen times, he got a super sad, big pouty lip on his face, and started chewing. I will admit it, I was doggone mad. He swallowed it a few seconds later. Starting with that, our new rule with him eating is that he WILL eat at least one single bite of each item on his plate. He won’t have to eat the entire thing, but he WILL take a bite, chew, and swallow one of each.
I can’t count how many times my mother made my eat my dinner when I didn’t want to eat. It’s a game kids play with their parents, and I was certainly no exception. Some say it’s not great parenting to force your kids to eat, and maybe they have a point that they’ll grow up having been conditioned to overeat. But find me a picky eater in adulthood, and I’ll find you a parent that didn’t make their kids try a lot of different food. Now that I am an adult, and have learned to appreciate a wide variety of cuisine, I’m thankful that my mom made me eat stuff I didn’t want to when I was a kid.
But according to some of our fascist opponents, that’s grounds for having the government come and take your kids:
I’m going to be blunt, but just who the hell do you people think you are? This really crosses the line well and beyond a mere debate over the role of guns in society. These people really need to learn to mind their own goddamned business. I hate using language like that on Good Friday, but I’m having a difficult time picking my jaw off the floor at the gall of these people.

UPDATE: More anti-gun fascists who think Mr. Tango is holding his gun to the kid’s head:
We must stop this cycle of forcing kids to eat their peas! Or else kids will become obese because of parents threatening to shoot them with guns if they don’t eat! Do these people give two seconds of thought to what they are saying?
I’m sorry @CSGV. This game isn’t going to work out for you. Your people are far far more outside the mainstream than ours are.
LTCF Upheld by Center County Court
Ruling can be found here. A newspaper article from a few weeks ago was written about it here. Much the the analysis here strikes me as weak, particularly the question of whether the Second Amendment protects unlicensed carry outside the home. I believe the question should be whether the Second Amendment protects carrying outside the home, and then next question is, under a chosen standard of review, does the licensing requirement impermissibly burden the exercise of that right. The court gives short service to analysis even under intermediate scrutiny.
I agree with the court’s conclusions in regards to carrying in a courthouse, which I believe the government can legitimately proscribe. I believe Pennsylvania’s statute is set up in a constitutional manner. But I’d like to see courts taking the overall right more seriously.
Second Amendment Right to Stun Gun
“Because the court finds that a stun gun is an arm under the Second Amendment, it likewise follows that states may regulate the ownership and possession in the same manner as any other arm,†the judge wrote. “However, this court holds that a total ban of stun guns … is unconstitutional.â€
This seems correct to me. Hopefully other courts will come to similar conclusions in regards to non-firearm self-defense items like sprays and knives.
Standing Up for Gun Rights
On April 10, I posted about several members of the Pennsylvania delegation who weren’t supporting a gun rights bill in Congress, contrary to the fact that it’s on NRA’s agenda. Four of those members had the NRA-PVF endorsement, and two more of them wanted it against pro-gun incumbents (and will presumably want it again).
Fantastic reader Adam Z. shot me an email about some things and noted that Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick was listed as a sponsor even though I had posted that he was not one. Huh? That’s something I totally would have noticed. How the hell did I miss that? So it’s off to Thomas for me to look into the problem.
RESULTS!
Following the post, Rep. Fitzpatrick, along with Reps. Lou Barletta & Tom Marino, signed on as sponsors.
No, I’m not trying to claim actual credit for these new sponsors. We know that NRA sent out alerts to their members asking them to get board with recruiting new sponsors. On our front, we blogged about the people who weren’t sponsoring it on here, and we covered it on PAGunRights. The tweet from @PAGunRights targeting those who had not yet sponsored was retweeted a half dozen times or so. We also know that the exact SIH post was viewed by House of Representative servers 18 times between the post date & when the last of those three became a sponsor. (For PAGunRights, which did not highlight those who had not signed on, it was a handful of hits as well.)
While NRA’s emails can create a much larger firestorm for any Congressional office, it is good to look at these numbers and know that Congressional staff know we’re watching closely, and we’re going to talk about those who let us down and praise those who help us.
Mexico to Sue US Gun Makers
Apparently they are retaining attorneys. They must not be very good attorneys, because PLCAA should pretty clearly stop any lawsuit they may be considering. All I can say is thank God we made passing this a priority in the 1990s. Imagine a lawsuit like this funded by the full weight of a sovereign government?
Sources say Mexico’s frustration with U.S. efforts to stop the flow of weapons has pushed them into this novel approach. The law firm is looking at charges that may include civil RICO. The contract was signed on November 2, 2010 by a representative of Mexico’s Attorney General, at their Washington embassy.
Any time you hear the word RICO, in regards to a civil suit, that’s usually cuckoo speak. My impression would be they’d have next to no chance to win this. I doubt it’ll even make it to trial. I’m sure, however, that Reid Collins & Tsai will be happy to take the Mexican government’s money.
Philly Doubles Down
Remember that guy who got harassed for OCing in Philadelphia (legally, with a permit)? It looks like the DA decided to go forward with charges against him, and the police showed up at his workplace with an arrest warrant. Charges are Disorderly Conduct, a third degree misdemeanor, and reckless endangerment, a second degree misdemeanor. One of the lawyers on PAFOA notes that this is probably a dirty trick to stave off the possibility of a civil suit.
Apparently in Philadelphia, laws and rights are optional if you’re City government.
Editorial Blasts Brady Ad
The Bowling Green Daily News doesn’t much like the Brady Campaign’s new ad:
Groups like the Brady Campaign and others simply have no shame as evidenced by their past actions and this recent ad.
I couldn’t agree more.
Quigley Introduces Brady Backed Bill
Mike Quigley is proud of his new bill, it would seem. Here are some things it does:
- A second, hidden serial number on every gun, “This provision would require gun manufacturers to install additional, tamper-resistant serial numbers either inside the gun barrel or visible only in infrared light.”
Inside the barrel? Are you guys nuts? Do you know anything about gun design? I don’t know if you realize, but that’s the part that’s supposed to contain a violent explosion, and kind of has to be structurally pretty strong. It also wears out. After 20,000 rounds am I guilty of obliterating the serial number? Visible only using IR light? Do we have a type of steel that accomplishes this? This is a stupid idea.
- Maintaining background check records for 60 days.
Sorry, no. I know backdoor registration when I see it. Records are already maintained for people who are denied. That should be enough. If they are clear, you destroy the record immediately. This is not open for negotiation.
- Requiring gun dealers to perform inventory checks to report lost and stolen guns: The ATF reported that in 2007 it found 30,000 guns missing from dealer inventories based on its inspection of just fewer than 10 percent of gun dealers. If law-abiding dealers reported their inventories, the ATF would be much more effective at identifying and combating corrupt gun dealers.
Law abiding dealers already have to report their inventory upon ATF inspection. This is utterly useless and is designed only to make it harder to be in the gun business. The dealer’s A/D record should reflect current inventory. ATF declares a gun missing when A&D records don’t match actual inventory. This is essentially requiring dealers to keep inventory twice. All FFL holders are required to report lost and stolen guns. There’s already a form for that. Again, the answer is no.