Looks like this case I mentioned the other day was another case of the police seizing a gun because it wasn’t in the state police registry record of sale. Getting rid of that registry needs to be a top priority of firearms owners in this state.
Category: Politics
The Clever Bradys
The more good things they say about John McCain, the more we hate him. They have to be savoring the distinct possibility of Obama in the Whitehouse (and on your shoulder). Maybe we can all get together and Imagine Obama ’08.
HB 1845 Has Made It Out of Committee
HB 1845, the omnibus pro-gun bill, has been voted out of the House Senate Judiciary Committee 13-0. There was an attempt to strip out the emergency concealed carry provision by the anti-domestic violence lobby, because clearly we can’t have women being threatened by their psychotic ex’s able to defend themselves. Why, if that were the case, we might not need an anti-domestic violence lobby.  They were unsuccessful at removing this provision by a 9-5 vote.  The bill now move to the appropriations committee, then to the floor, then back to the house for concurrence.
Illegal in New Jersey
Maybe they are worried about the Redcoats getting the better of them over there, but the Brown Bess is actually an illegal destrictive device in New Jersey. 
Not content with that level of hysterics, they are looking at adding other firearms, such as the one at the side of this post, to the list of illegal destructive devices because it fires a cartridge that Bryan Miller says only terrorists could use. Interesting in getting a gun for your african safari?  Tough tidily, you terrorist! 
Have a fancy for expensive German big bores, like this one to the right. Well, why does anyone need an anti-aircraft weapon such as this?  Do you want to shoot animals or Chemical plants?  You’re not fooling anyone! What if you want one of these babies showing below, well, too bad. You’ll use it blow rail cars sky high.
Anyone who has a friend that’s a hunter, who says they aren’t coming after his hunting rifle, needs to print this post out and beat him with it (rhetorically, of course). They’ll ban anything they can get away with banning. Kill one piece of the shooting culture at a time, until there’s nothing left.
Gun Ban Considered in New Jersey
On the front page of ANJRPC, we find New Jersey is considering a sweeping gun ban:
On Thursday morning, June 12, the New Jersey Assembly Judiciary Committee is scheduled to consider legislation that would ban the purchase, transfer, and inheritance of many popular hunting guns, historical American firearms, and large bore target firearms, based on alleged public safety concerns.
Touted as a ban on .50 caliber and larger firearms, A2116 assaults New Jersey sportsmen by banning dozens of models of popular hunting guns, including traditional .50 muzzle loaders with synthetic stocks, fiber optic sights, or scopes in lieu of sights. Such guns with sights not actually made of iron are also in question due to A2116’s unclear wording. The bill also bans many modern safari rifles and hunting handguns.
A2116 also bans hundreds of historical American firearms and replicas, including from the Civil War and Revolutionary War eras. A2116 is a slap in the face to collectors, historians, and the patriots who used these firearms to win the very freedoms this legislation now seeks to take away.
A2116 also wrongly demonizes the .50 bmg rifle, which is not used in criminal activity, but which is regularly used by law abiding citizens for precision target shooting, competition, and collection. The legislation makes the fundamental mistake of banning guns based on the size of the hole in the barrel rather than punishing criminal behavior.
Please immediately email, call, and/or fax the members of the NJ Assembly Judiciary Committee, and urge them to oppose A2116!
If I recall, muzzle loaders are the only type of firearm that’s legal to hunt with in New Jersey, so this would essentially outlaw hunting with anything other than an antique. New Jersey hunters organized and defeated some anti-gun and anti-hunting representatives last fall. Consider this to be paybacks from Bryan Miller to you. He’s trying to show that he can keelhaul New Jersey gun owners, and that we’re powerless to stop him. Follow the link to ANJRPC and call your representatives.
Another Open Carry Incident in Pennsylvania
Looks like he was stopped illegaly, and had his gun stolen by the Wilkes-Barre police. I will provide further information as things develop, but for now, it’s looks as if this one is for real.
On the Lesser of Two Evils
Rachel Lucas has a very thought provoking post on the election, and says she understands now why people feel they can’t vote for McCain. I can understand why people feel that way. I swore a number of times after McCain took this position or that position that could never vote for the guy, but Obama’s success sobered me up on that count really quickly. I also don’t think Rachel’s analogy between kids using pot and voting works quite neatly.
The reason is that the goal of a parent that doesn’t approve of kids taking drugs is to keep them from taking drugs. There is a chance that the parents buying pot for their kids, so they have control over it, underestimate their ability to influence the behavior of their children. They are essentially abdicating their responsibility with no strong evidence that they actually can’t keep their kids away from drugs, and I suspect you’d find a lot of these parents actually don’t have a problem with kids experimenting.
Except for the rare nail biting election, your individual influence over the outcome of an election is infinitesimal. Elections are acts of collective expression, not an act of parenting, where a significant measure of responsibility and control over the child is maintained. Either Obama or McCain are going to be taking up residence in the Oval Office next year. There is no possibility of a different outcome that’s in the space of reality due to the collective nature of the process. If an analogy to parenting is to be made, it’s a choice between your child dying of cancer, or having to undergo painful treatments that may or may not save their life. The responsible parent would opt for treatment, because standing back and letting the cancer kill your child is not something a responsible parent would do.
We may not like the choice, but the outcome is decided. Obama or McCain. Take your pick.
Open Carry Activists Fire Back
The media in the DIckson City area is starting to get out Rich Banks’ side of the story in the whole ridiculous Old Country Buffet fiasco with the Dickson City police. As far as I’m concerned, the only crime going on in that Old Country Buffet was probably their food.
Obama on Your Shoulder
The last broadcast of HamNation. Mary Katharine is moving on to bigger and better things. It’s good to go out with a bang:
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Blaming Pennsylvania Again
In the Trentonian yesterday: “Jersey gun problem PA’s fault”:
New Jersey’s biggest obstacle to controlling gun-related crimes could be the state of Pennsylvania, according to federal data analyzed by the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
The vast majority of gun crimes committed in Jersey involve guns that were sold from another state, and most of those recovered firearms came from the Keystone State in 2007.
This data, compiled by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, show that only 27.9 percent of crime guns recovered last year in New Jersey came from Garden State dealers. Of the 1,467 out-of-state crime guns seized by law-enforcement agencies in Jersey last year, most of them (285) originated from Pennsy gun dealers.
Of course, what they don’t mention is that most gun shops in New Jersey have closed down due to the opporessive gun regulations in that state. The shooting and hunting culture in that state has all but been completely extinguished by regulations that can land you seven years in prison by stopping at a Dunkin Donuts drivethrough on the way back from the range for a cup of coffee.
They don’t have to make guns illegal if they just make owning them so legally risky that no one bothers, except the criminals.  Now they want to do the same thing to Pennsylvania; to destroy its hunting and shooting culture, and close down thousands of gun shops in the state.  No thanks.  The end result will still be criminals getting guns, they will just smuggle them from somewhere else.
People like Bryan Miller won’t stop until they destroy the second amendment. They might not destroy it outright, but they can destroy it through attrition. It happened in New Jersey, and we can’t let it happen here.