Nope, no need at all. They are perfectly safe places, really.
Reasoned EditorialsTM
Apparently Alternative News Media in Idaho are run by a bunch of juvenile high school students. At least that’s about the grade level this editorial is written on. Actually, strike that. That’s insulting to high school newspapers everywhere.
Sour Grapes
Kansas is about to join the twenty other states that have passed “Katrina Bills” which prohibit mass confiscations of firearms during states of emergency. Not everyone is happy about this:
I understand the unfairness of disarming citizens and not criminals, but Greensburg isn’t New Orleans.
It just seems silly to craft a bill to guard against something that never happened in Kansas and probably never will.
I don’t see how whether or not this ever happened in Kansas is really at issue, and pardon me if I don’t take a reporter’s word that it’ll never happen there. What harm is there in passing this law? I don’t know about you, but it sounds like a case of sour grapes to me.
Careful With that Muzzle Blast
Anti-Hunting Folks
New Jersey is a long ways down the slippery slope, thanks to people like, this who now see their goal of banning all hunting and gun ownership within political reach:
Hunting makes an unnecessary contribution to a world already plagued by too much violence and suffering.Wildlife and the outdoors can and should be experienced through activities such as camping, hiking and wildlife watching; ways to get close to nature without having to cause suffering and death.
Joe Miele, President, Committee to Abolish Sport Hunting
Maywood, NJ
Anti-hunting forces in New Jersey were dealt a pretty significant blow in New Jersey’s last election, but they aren’t going away. Joe Meile and his ilk are not biologists, they do not understand the role hunters play in conservation and wilflife management efforts.  He also, apparently, isn’t above telling people from Mississippi how they ought to be living their lives. People like this need to be vigorously opposed.
Quote of the Day
From Barack Obama campaign spokesperson Jen Psaki:
Barack Obama believes the Second Amendment creates an individual right, and he greatly respects the constitutional right of Americans to bear arms. He also believes that the Constitution permits state and local governments to adopt reasonable and common-sense gun-safety measures.
This was their answer in regards to the question of why Barack Obama, if he’s such a supporter of the second amendment, didn’t sign onto the Congressional brief with 55 other colleagues asking the Supreme Court to find the DC gun ban violates the second amendment. We can only assume that DC’s gun laws are “reasonable” and “common sense” in the senator’s eyes.
McCain Criticism
Over at Volokh. McCain most definitely fits the mold of “National Greatness” conservative, and what National Greatness conservatives always forget is that it’s liberty that made this country great.
It’s a Gun Porn Morning
Very nice example of an M1903 Springfield. From the serial number, this is 1942 production.
Very interesting can opener. Just remember, can openers are always loaded. I once had a Russian guy show me how to open a bottle of wine without a corkscrew if you had sufficiently decent knife to stab and twist the cork out with. You won’t keep a Russian from his drink, apparently.
The Financially Struggling Obamas
Rachel Lucas wonders how they ever managed to get by.
Real Reasoned Discourse?
CSGV’s blogs (both blogs) appear to be approving pro-gun comments. I’ve added a comment of my own. We’ll see if it appears. They are also responding to the comments. Judging from the comments I’m seeing approved so far, I’m going to guess it’s selective moderation. Not fully open debate, but I won’t ding them if they approve substantive comments without a bias. If they don’t approve something, post your content here, and we’ll let it be judged whether their moderation is meant to foster open debate, or help them make their points.