Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Former Senate secretary says ‘blue slip’ may be a key to stopping gun bill

"If they attach a fee to the gun control bill, then the House of Representatives can return it by using the blue slip process, and therefore the bill could not become law.” [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner report explores a procedural claim by someone who ought to know.

Armed American Radio Encore


The Alan Korwin Experience returns to AAR. Alan Korwin joins the show for two solid hours. The Well Armed Woman visits the studio with a special in studio appearance by local chapter leader, Joni Gommo with a call in from group founder Carrie Lightfoot in AZ. David Codrea exposes vital flaws in the Toomey/Manchin bill and Larry Pratt of the Gun Owners of America brings down the house with facts the media will never tell you. AAR re-defines weekend talk radio becoming the second most listened to live broadcast in America every Sunday.

If you missed last Sunday night's live broadcast, you can listen to it at your leisure via the AAR archives.  I did a special segment with host Mark Walters in Hour 1, and returned for the Hour 3 "Roundtable."  Also joining the program were producer Sean "Seanto" Young and George "Mad Ogre" Hill.

Leeway

CHICAGO (CN) - Prosecutors have discretion in seeking sentencing reductions if a defendant accepts responsibility... [More]
Ladies and gentlemen, the musical stylings of Miss Brenda Lee...

[Via Carl S]

Vacation, All I Ever Wanted

Vacation, had to get away...  [Read]

Too bad so many places are off-limits.

Transformers, Obots in Disguise

About 10,000 gallons of oil leaked Tuesday morning from a transformer at a San Jose PG&E substation, which authorities said was vandalized, most likely damaged by gunfire. [More]
Can anyone vouch for the whereabouts of Jon Wellinghoff?

[Via Florida Guy]

Slip Slidin' Away

In an apparent slip of the tongue, Harry Reid this morning referred to the gun-control bill he brought to the Senate floor as “anti-gun legislation." [More]
If by "slip" they mean unintentionally revealing an agenda, I'd agree.

[Via Jess]

ANTI-GUN BILLS EDGE FORWARD

Oregon gun owners --what are you, personally going to do about this? [Read]

If You Do You’re a Fool

Pretty hard to argue with that. [Read]

Recall Hudak

If you're a gun owner and a Coloradan, you really ought to get behind this. [Read]

If you're a gun owner and know some Coloradans, you really ought to tell them about it. Oh, and you also ought to support the sequester.

They also have a Facebook page.

Learn more from Ed Driscoll.

[Via Andrea Shea King]

Chalk Up Another Stupid Idea

Join us on May 18th to draw 12,000 chalk outline bodies on JFK blvd between 20th and 30th streets. [More]
Let's see...assuming all 12 of their Twitter followers show up,  that's 1,000 outlines apiece...somebody's gonna have sore knees and wrists.

Maybe they could use the rest of the city's streets to commemorate victims of government monopoly of force genocide...except that doesn't fit the narrative, does it?

Now Wait Just a Damn Minute Here

I thought erecting crosses on public property resulted in "progressive" lawsuits... [Read]
  
They certainly do bend and selectively enforce things to suit their purposes, don't they?

American Gunfighter

Good aggregator and resource for the latest gun-related news from all over the web!  I've shared their url before and  recommend bookmarking it and telling your friends about this site. [Read]

No Doubt About It

If Gosnell Had Shot Seven Infants with an AR-15, It Would Be National News [More
I like the bit about using scissors to cut their spinal cords. What a monster.

Funny, how when it suits their purposes, Eric Holder & Co. convict people of "scissor violence" by invoking the Commerce Clause.

If You Believe in the Second Amendment...

You're a RACIST slavery supporter! [Read]

History instructor John E. Sharp said it, I believe it, that settles it.

Actually, it was Handgun Control, Inc. board member and Violence Policy Center adviser Carl Bogus who said it and Sharp didn't credit him.  Academics: Is it any wonder we love them so?

And it was Dave Kopel who debunked it:
In my own article, "The Second Amendment in the 19th Century," I detail why Bogus's claims in his article on American history are very seriously mistaken. The problem is that his assertions are based on a highly selective and implausible reading of history. For example, Bogus argues that the Second Amendment was entirely the creation of southerners who wanted strong militias to suppress slave revolts; yet he does not even mention that during the constitutional-ratification debates, the first call for an individual-arms right came from the Pennsylvania dissenters. Similarly, Bogus omits the fact that Sam Adams of Massachusetts, who detested slavery, proposed an arms right at the Massachusetts ratifying convention.

Discussing James Madison's draft of the Second Amendment, Bogus writes, "We do not know why Madison chose to draft his provisions precisely this way. He did not explain his thinking in any speech or letter that has come to light." Actually, Madison did explain his drafting choices. The Founding Father's explanation makes it clear that he viewed the 1689 English Declaration of Rights as protecting an individual right to arms, and Madison wanted the American arms right to be broader and more protective of individual rights than was the English version.
Back to Sharp:
I have yet to hear a conversation informed by this context: When and for what reasons was the Second Amendment drafted?
I wouldn't even know where to begin, legal and scholarly sources are just so damned  abundant. Maybe start here and then spend several years keeping your eyes open and your mouth shut.  Or here.  Or read the Federalist Papers. Or read an amicus brief or two filed in support of Heller or McDonald. Or, you know, use Google...

Unbelievable, that this character presumes to teach and to write about that which he knows nothing. It's nothing short of malpractice. With this appalling admitted level of ignorance and evident lack of curiosity, this guy doesn't even belong in the classroom as a student until he completes some required prerequisites.

[Via Brian Bowman]

Thanks to You, It Works Redux

I like this whole thing a lot…. I will be getting involved with this and use them to send a letter. I hope that you will too. [More]
Maybe they gave him more details than they did me.


This Day in History: April 16

Raid on Wolf’s Den (aka Big Glades or Riddle’s Knob), Ashe County, North Carolina [More]