May 11, 2007
Our lady of perpetual hoplophobia (except for when her own precious little heinie is in danger) has introduced legislation making any .50 BMG a "destructive device", as defined under NFA'34.This legislation would:Add the .50 BMG caliber sniper rifle to the...
May 03, 2007
If you know anyone in Switzerland you might want to give them a call. seems like they're about to get hit hard with what we've been through for a few decades over here so any insights you have would help...
April 29, 2007
Still swamped. Med Valley High's Grand Rounds (basically a carnival of med blogs) has a few posts dealing with the Virginia Tech Massacre. (On a semi-related note there's an amusing post called "raodmap for the emergency department"). "Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich...
April 24, 2007
In this post called "Crazy" (where I argued against an expansion of mental health records in the NICS system) I pointed to The Liberty Zone & The War On Guns for more information on rumors that the NRA was talking...
April 23, 2007
Of course there's the Aerosmith tune (vid here & live vid here) which is about the peculiar manifestation of insanity that most call love (I especially dig the part at the end where it breaks down & the guitar is...
April 20, 2007
McCarthy has introduced HR 1859: Anti-Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act of 2007 (h/t Say Uncle). It's a slick one too - what it does is more or less partially re-instate the 1994 "assault weapons" ban in order to define...
April 19, 2007
Rushed yet again. In the extended entry I'll list a bunch of links that you may find interesting. All are concerning or related to the Virginia Tech Massacre &/or the calls for more gun control in its wake....
April 17, 2007
There are two aspects I wish to discuss. Of course one is the political side of things as this will be used as a rallying cry by the anti's in the next few weeks &/or months. The other is the...
April 03, 2007
Michael Bane has an update & summation on the situation with anti-gun Park Rangers trying to shut down shooting in the National Forests here in Colorado (following a few paragraph review of the movie Shooter). Go read....
March 18, 2007
Illinois is contemplating more gun control laws. The funny part to me is that firearms manufacturers are still threatening to leave Illinois. I really don't understand why they didn't escape from there long ago. In other news the ATFU closes...
February 20, 2007
Via RMGO's Bill Watch page here's a .pdf of Colorado House Bill 1278. The gist is that it'd give municipalities with populations over 100,000 people authority to prohibit the carrying of loaded firearms in vehicles unless the person has a...
January 28, 2007
Usher. (No, not that kind, or that kind, or that kind of Usher.) It's a tune from 2001 & too much fun to play for a guitarist (or drummer with a decent foot). The guitar line isn't that complex but...
January 25, 2007
Via Say Uncle I've discovered that the ATFU wants my thumbs. For a start: "Because the thumb will allow the rifle to fire more than one round with a single pull of the opposite hand it is a machine gun...
January 20, 2007
Update: 01-20-06 20:02 I realized I neglected to link to the article I was quoting from. Corrected. This will be an unpleasant one. I edited out most of the foul language & toned down my sentiments a bit but this...
December 31, 2006
Here's a perfect example of what I was refuting in my post The Root Of Homeland is Home. It's a statement from a retiring Republican congressman in an article from Pantagraph.com. "And Hyde said that although he supports a person’s...
From The Herald News' article. This is an excerpt which was taken from a letter written by Richard Pearson, president of the Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA): "The following are the Brady Campaign's agenda for the 2007-2008 legislative session. 1....
October 04, 2006
(Most folks either remember the spiritual as a Rod Stewart/Jeff Beck tune or as Bob Marley's basis for One Love, but I originally heard it from The Chambers Brothers. It was a Curtis Mayfield tune & The Impressions recorded it...
July 29, 2006
Michael Bane brings us more news about the USFS's attempts to shut down public lands to shooting. Go check out his posts No, As a Matter of Fact, I Haven't Blogged Anything Today! & Saturday Catch-Up Before My Bike Ride....
July 27, 2006
"Several Illinois gun manufacturers said Wednesday they will pack up and leave Illinois if state lawmakers approve a ban on assault weapons." That's from a March 3rd, 2006 dated article. Now I gotta ask - why wait? It ain't like...
June 21, 2006
Well that's what it seems like to me. Small arms: the global trade in life and death By Jeremy Lovell Tue Jun 20, 8:26 AM ET "LONDON (Reuters) - From Africa to Bosnia, back to Africa and on to the...
June 07, 2006
I was probably going to let it slide. As you may have noticed from the lack of regular posting things have been busy for me. So when I received an e-mail from Hugh Hewitt asking me to support ten Republican...
May 25, 2006
Ron Paul needs a hand (.pdf) (via Triggerfinger). In his post A Choice, Not A Referendum: Support Senator DeWine Hugh Hewitt makes the argument that (in part) you can't be a serious supporter of the 2nd amendment & not...
May 05, 2006
"What we have to do is earn the public approval of our right to govern again," said Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean." (emphasis added) With ammunition like that you'd think the republicans (i.e. the Stupid Party) would have it easy...
April 30, 2006
Recently in the pro-gun bloggers community there has been some debate between the Absolutists & the Incrementalists. Some of the relevant posts are listed below. Absolutists vs. Incrementalists from Say Uncle Continuing to mine an old tradition from Toys in...
April 14, 2006
(Cross-Posted from FreedomSight) Assholes. Outlaw target practice in forests: An editorial piece:Undoubtedly, Boulder Ranger Christine Walsh, who is considering making changes to how and where recreational shooting is permitted in the 160,000 acres of Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests, will be unpopular...
April 11, 2006
I found this one scanning KeepandBearArms.com Adding a Vertical Fore Grip to a Handgun The gist is since in the GCA of '68 it defines a handgun (in part) as a firearm that is discharged while holding with a single...
February 21, 2006
Of Arms & the Law has a post up with this link to a video clip of the ATFU hearings. At least the first part of them. It's about an hour & 20 minutes long & deals with the allegations...
September 15, 2005
Via Talkleft I discovered that the house approved an amendment to a bill that would make possession of firearms an offense for those convicted of misdemeanors involving sex. Child rapists shouldn't have guns right? Well I'd say that child rapists...
September 09, 2005
I am trying very hard to restrain my words. Forgive me for any impolite lapses. In New Orleans they are going door to door stealing weapons. This would be the cops. Not just locals. There are rumors that Federal agents...
July 19, 2005
Via Jed I found that Gunscribe has done some useful digging into S 527. The gist is that it claims to be concerned with banning the FN-57 pistol & its ammunition because it will penetrate bullet resistant vests. What it...
June 25, 2005
Background info can be found starting here. I went to another shooting range in Boulder County in a National Forest. No signs were posted other than prohibiting vehicles. Nice area; much cleaner than Left Hand Canyon. This one was wets...
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June 24, 2005
Left Hand Canyon is still open for target shooting. (For the background on this look here.) That's the entrance to the shooting area at Left Hand Canyon just outside of Boulder, Colorado. Here's a close up of the sign: If...
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June 22, 2005
Michael Bane has an update on the Forest Service closing down shooting ranges on National Forest land. For the background on this look here....
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June 18, 2005
Michael Bane first posted about the USFS closing down a shooting range near his home. We all assumed this was an isolated incident. Now it seems all public ranges in National Forests in Boulder county have been shut down by...
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April 28, 2005
Words fail me. I've seen some idiotic proposals in my time, but this one is unique. Not the worst perhaps, but damn - serial numbers on bullets? Let me try to break this down for the uninitiated:...
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April 26, 2005
No, the title isn't wrong. As incredible as it seems one of the chief european states that seems to espouse every statist ultra left wing concept imaginable can teach California something about freedom. Mr. Eric Danis owns Dan Tec France....
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March 22, 2005
Nicki has been posting up a storm since she left my blog. (that's the first "figures"). Of particular interest she posts about a Handgun Control Inc Brady Campaign to enable easier pickins for criminals Prevent Gun Violence press release calling...
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March 07, 2005
Some bloggers aren't taking the news well that the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law may be applicable to bloggers. I'm one of them....
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February 21, 2005
Or how about Conspiracist News Network? Whichever you prefer it damned sure ain't the Constitutionalist News network....
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January 24, 2005
Some odds & ends from Colorado....
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January 10, 2005
Jean-Baptiste Lully was a 17th century composer who stabbed himself in the foot with his conducting staff & died from complications (gangrene)....
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December 29, 2004
SF doesn't seem inclined to listen to the ghost of D.C. past or the ghost of Chicago present, maybe this will help SF see the light:...
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December 28, 2004
Alphecca isn't doing his Weekly Check on the Bias this week. Instead he's doing the Yearly Check. Of course it's a wrap up of what has occurred this year that concerns firearms. It's by no means exhaustive; he just sticks...
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December 21, 2004
Alphecca has The Weekly Check up. Also he has the scoop on a proposed "assault weapon" ban in Florida, including the text of the bill. If you've never done it before tell him thanks for all the hard work he...
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December 17, 2004
David Codrea sent me an e-mail that contained the SF proposal. I'll include it in the extended entry without comment, as I believe it's self fisking. Though I will relate something a friend said to me concerning this: he told...
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December 16, 2004
If you're in California, specifically the Bay area, leave. Don't pass Go. To Hell with the $200. Just get out while you can. Updated...
November 18, 2004
Geek With A .45 has the details about a gun control bill heading to the Pennsylvania House today. If you're in Pennsylvania then go read The Geek's post & start dialing your reps. Then call your friends & tell them...
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September 07, 2004
Geek with A .45 has some perspective on how bad Rep. Holt wants the nation to be. Meanwhile Clayton Cramer tells us of a victory for a gun owner in Cali. In court. Without having to draw down on the...
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Much is being made of Kerry accepting a shotgun that some say would have been banned by legislation he co-sponsored....
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August 20, 2004
Representative Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) wants a ban on .50 rifles. It's no wonder she has an F- rating from Gun Owners of America....
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August 07, 2004
Speaker of the House Hastert (R-Ill) is catching some flak for comments made about the "assault weapons" ban....
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July 14, 2004
I had Hugh Hewitt on today. It’s not that unusual as I listen to him whenever I drive. I don't always agree with him but I do find him entertaining. Hugh mentioned he had been on the G. Gordon Liddy...
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July 07, 2004
Geek With A .45 has been on top of things today. Look here & here for his take on things as of about 2 p.m. E.D.T....
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July 06, 2004
Sen. Hatch (R-Utah) is on C-Span2 as I type this. He's currently making the case that any amendments unrelated to the class action bill they're discussing (S. 2602) be opposed. In simple terms Hatch doesn't want Difi to try to...
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July 04, 2004
& I hate interesting weeks in the Senate. From GOA: "On Tuesday, the Senate is scheduled to begin consideration of legislation to limit class action lawsuits -- a prime candidate for so-called liberal "killer amendments," including the Feinstein amendment to...
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June 29, 2004
I refer you to the post below on the rifle used to kill three Alabama cops. I commented on how fair the piece was 9relatively) & that there'd be more articles about it with more obvious bias. I was ready...
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June 28, 2004
Take a look at the previous post on the three oficer's killed in Alabama with an SKS. Now there's another article with a bit more detail. Not about the shooting, but about how people feel about the SKS....
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June 25, 2004
Just a quick summary of the latest in the "Assault Weapons" Ban renewal attempts....
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June 21, 2004
In Alabama 3 cops were shot & killed with an SKS. First a fisking of the article & then some thoughts on what this means for us:...
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June 10, 2004
The Bitch Girls (specifically Bitter) point to a story about a new strategy to get an ammo tax passed in California. Here's a post I did on the first ammo tax bill & its economic repercussions for shooters....
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Say Uncle discusses this article by Robert Ricker. Ricker is a former firearms industry insider who switched sides to support various lawsuits against firearms manufacturers....
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June 05, 2004
Sen. Feinstein introduced S 2498 this past Thursday. There are currently 11 co-sponsors & I'll list them in the extended entry. Updated 6/7/04...
June 04, 2004
Last year in California there were two non-democrat candidates for Governor: Shcwarzenegger & McClintock. I felt McClintock would have been a much better chocie for governor, but many disagreed. One of the arguments I saw frequently on firearms related message...
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June 03, 2004
This alert from GOA should have us all a bit worried. It says that Difi has plans to tack on an AWB renewal to another bill in the next few weeks. Go to the link above for the details. Then...
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May 05, 2004
Rep. Jim Moron Moran introduced a bill that would ban .50 caliber rifles on Monday. My initial reaction is that the bill won't get voted on (for a number of reasons), but then again I have seen nothing solid to...
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April 30, 2004
Representative Jim Moran (D-VA) will hold a press conference on Monday, May 3rd to announce a proposed federal bill that would ban .50 "sniper" rifles....
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