December 06, 2013
You've probably already heard that public servant Hudak resigned her seat lest the recall turn the Colorado senate over to the republicans (a lengthier treatment of Hudak stepping down can be found here). And the apologists have come out in...
May 10, 2013
According to Shall Not Be Questioned, the SAF is backing gun owner control again. The specifics are that while Manchin is trying to drum up support for his and Toomey's universal background check bill, an SAF article is saying it's...
April 22, 2013
The Colorado house will vote on the last two bills of the gun owner control package today. Colorado SB 13-195 requires most training for a concealed carry permit to be conducted in person, as opposed to online. Here's a .pdf...
April 18, 2013
So Reid has shelved the gun control package after not securing enough votes to pass a background check amendment, or any other gun owner control amendments. Obama and his companions are visibly upset, blaming the nefarious "gun lobby" for interfering...
April 17, 2013
Here's Larry Pratt of GOA in an interview discussing the current push for gun owner control in the u.S. senate. Here's a full segment from CNN that includes Mr. Pratt discussing the same issues with Wolf Blitzer (Pratt's interview starts...
April 14, 2013
The progressive pantheon has no higher deity than the Victim. Sacred, honored and often unquestionable as most true Victims are deceased. There are some living Victims, and it's arguable that the status of Victim is something the progressives wish to...
April 11, 2013
A local TV station did a segment on what items are prohibited from being carried to a Rockies game. While they did point out that chainsaws were verboten and that baseball bats and brooms were permissible accessories they neglected to...
First, a grammatical pet peeve. Ages ago (during the Danian stage of the Paleocene to be specific) I had a girlfriend with one linguistic tick that drove me up the wall. She habitually eliminated "to be" from a sentence. For...
April 08, 2013
Public servant Degette (D-Plorable) had an intellect malfunction concerning the re-usable nature of magazines. She then doubled down by claiming it was noun confusion and she really meant clips. (I wrote about it here.) The Denver Post, which actually claims...
April 04, 2013
Colorado's representative McCann has delayed the introduction of her firearms and mental health bill. Weeks back she planned to introduce it but somehow that was quietly postponed, and now she's holding it up for "extensive revisions". Since no bill is...
Gun owners (and those generally in favor of our gun culture) have tried for decades (millenniums if you take the general concept of owning weapons, not just guns per se) to use facts to persuade folks to not punish us...
April 03, 2013
Obama is coming to town, and the press seems all a tither: Obama to praise Colorado gun control laws Wednesday at Denver Police Academy: "The landmark legislation has made Colorado, a state with a deep western heritage that’s also endured...
March 29, 2013
I was talking with a friend a few months ago. She's in her early 20's, very bright, but new to the whole gun thing (I've been meaning to do a write up as her introduction to shooting makes for a...
March 23, 2013
Colorado state senator Greg Brophy talks with Jon Caldera about universal background checks. It's from before the passage of HB13-1229 in the senate and it was heavily amended since then, but it's still informative about why universal background checks are...
March 21, 2013
Some folks are a bit surprised at Hickenlooper's signing of the anti gun owner bills yesterday. Let's start with a look at what he's said in the past:...
March 20, 2013
Hickenlooper signed the magazine ban, the universal background check and the background check tax bills into law this morning. They'll become law on July 1rst....
March 18, 2013
A spokesman said that Governor Hickenlooper will sign 3 anti-gin owner bills on Wednesday. This is the contact form for his office email. This should be his email address: Governor.hickenlooper@state.co.us His office phone number is (303) 866-2471 This is his...
March 15, 2013
Colorado HB 1229 passed both chambers, with all republicans in each chamber and one democrat per chamber voting against. It now goes to the governor's desk. This is the contact form for the governor's office email. This should be his...
Y'all know the routine by now. This link takes you to the Colorado Channel's general assembly page. Click on the senate live video (or senate live audio if you can't bear to watch but can't bear to not listen) to...
Colorado HB 1229 (universal background checks) came out of the conference committee and will get voted on by the senate then by the house. All of that happens today. That'd be Friday, today. That means there will be 2 chances...
March 14, 2013
Jon Caldara, of the Independence Institute explains why almost all magazines are endangered* by the Colorado magazine ban (and by extension*, similar bans elsewhere). His original post is at this link*, but I'll go ahead and spring* his video on...
March 13, 2013
HB 1224 passed 34-30 with 1 rep excused. That's the magazine capacity limit bill. HB 1229, had the senate amendments rejected and was sent to a conference committee of some sort. That's the universal background check bill. The dems were...
Today the Colorado house will have a final vote on two gun owner control bills: HB 1224 and HB 1229. Here's the link to the Colorado Channel's general assembly page, if you care to watch the proceedings. The session will...
March 12, 2013
At least one Colorado house dem may change his mind on a gun owner control bill: "...The Senate amended the bill, and it must go back to the House, where one Democrat who supported it earlier now says he's undecided...
March 11, 2013
5 gun owner control bills passed the Colorado senate today. For a recap of what these bills do look here. HB 1228, the background check tax, heads straight to the governor's desk. SB 195, the bill that bans complete online...
This is the link to The Colorado Channel's general assembly page. Clicking the "senate live video" link on the page should open a new window & let you see the proceedings today in the Colorado senate. Today will be the...
March 09, 2013
The Colorado senate gave preliminary approval to 5 anti-gunowner bills while shelving 2. But it's not a done deal; on Monday they'll take up the 5 remaining bills for a recorded vote. If the house bills pass they'll go to...
March 08, 2013
This is a link to The Colorado Channel's general assembly page. Clicking the "senate live video" link on the page should open a new window & let you see the proceedings today in the Colorado senate. Having lived through barely...
Colorado senate republicans are planning to filibuster the gun owner control bills being heard today. That ought to make for interesting viewing. If they attempt this they'll be under a lot of pressure, as there's a storm moving this way...
March 07, 2013
The Colorado Senate appropriations committee passed 3 bills to the senate floor. This will come as a shock, but the three bills all passed on party line votes. The other four bills didn't have to go through appropriations so they...
March 06, 2013
That video speaks for itself. (h/t The Dana Show). In watching the committee hearings here in Colorado that sort of arrogance, contempt and disregard for the "peasants" has been all too common with our public servants. But there is...
March 05, 2013
All seven of the bills heard in the senate committees yesterday passed. All on party line votes - 3-2. Democrats in favor, Republicans opposed. The next step for the respective house bills will be a 2nd reading on the senate...
March 04, 2013
Via this link you should find a player. The default is the Colorado Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs committee, which is hearing HB 1226 (the ban on concealed carry on a college campus), HB 1228 (The tax on background...
Oh now this is funny: “I can’t tell you how much the work we’ve been doing in the state has really ginned up folks who are opposed to us,' Morse said. 'We’ve been getting an awful lot of ‘screw yous.’...
March 03, 2013
Michael Bane as well as Billlls Idle Mind both have posts up concerning the Colorado Senate committee hearings tomorrow. As pointed out by Jed in a comment over at Billlls place, they're shipping in Mark Gifford's Kelly to testify in...
February 28, 2013
Here's a .pdf of Colorado Senate Bill 197. This bill concerns the possession of firearms by persons subject to restraining orders involving domestic violence or those convicted of misdemeanors or felonies involving domestic violence. The short version is it makes...
Here's a .pdf of Colorado Senate Bill 195. It's fairly straightforward; it requires concealed handgun permit classes be attended in person, not online or through any electronic device or in any other location except the instructor's classroom. Classes to satisfy...
February 27, 2013
Here's a .pdf of Colorado Senate Bill 196. This is the "assault weapons" liability act. & it's a doozie. Really, it's so ridiculous I had to stop reading to take a momentary incredulity break. But I'll try to give a...
MagPul is going to put Colorado orders first. (h/t Shall Not Be Questioned) The deal will be up to 10 standard capacity AR mags with a flat rate $5 shipping charge and being bumped tot he head of the line....
February 23, 2013
The Colorado Senate will commence its version of de show a la dog and pony the first week of March. Assuming the republicans hold fast, 3 democrats would have to vote no in the senate to stop any one of...
February 18, 2013
Colorado HB 1224 passed the house 34-31 today. All the republicans and 3 democrats voted agin it. Next step is the senate, then the governor's desk. If you're a Colorado resident & you order any mags, ask the company if...
A long time ago (called right now) in a state far far too close (that'd be my, the state)... Senator Barackatine, who became chancellor amidst vows to rid the Republic of the corruption that threatened to topple it, became frustrated...
February 16, 2013
Billll wonders if the push for gun control at the state level is connected. I'd say yes and there's a rationale that seems to fit. Biden has called 4 Colorado dems to give them a pep talk on these gun...
February 15, 2013
All 4 anti gun owner bills ( HB 1224, HB 1228, HB 1229 & HB 1226) passed a 2nd reading in the House today, after a lengthy debate. (HB 1224 was amended in committee to 15 rounds for cartridges and...
February 13, 2013
Colorado HB 1228 passed on a vote of 7-6. There's more on the bill here but to sum it up it's the background check tax bill. It heads to the committee on appropriations next. . There was some interesting commentary...
I'm paraphrasing... "I disagree I think it is a service to yourself to pay for a background check because you would want to know if you were a criminal and wouldn't want to get a gun if you were -...
Colorado HB 1226 passed out of committee on a vote of 7-6. You can find out about it here but it's pretty straightforward; it bans concealed carry permit holders from carrying on college campus. Lots of decent pro gun testimony,...
February 12, 2013
Colorado HB 1224 passed out of committee on a party line vote, 7-4. It's the magazine capacity limit bill mentioned here. Next stop is the floor of the house It was amended; 15 is the new 10. They meant to...
Colorado HB 1229 has been passed out of committee on a 7-4 party line vote. (For a refresher on what HB 1229 does look here.) I saw the hearing. They trumped out the usual types - relatives of folks murdered...
February 11, 2013
In the extended entry you'll find an alert concerning the legislative goings on in Colorado this week, along with some contact info for the local congresscritters, courtesy of the fine folks at RMGO:...
Things will start to get a bit tense this week. Some of the anti gun owner bills in Colorado will be in committee. Michael Bane has declared a Colorado Emergency. There are also a few pro gun bills in committee....
February 07, 2013
This is the magazine capacity ban we've been hearing about around here. Colorado House Bill 1224 would prohibit transfer of "large capacity" magazines after enactment. It actually bans "sale, transfer, or possession" but exempts a person if such an evil...
This one is fairly straightforward. Colorado House Bill 1226 would prohibit carrying a concealed handgun on college property. It exempts security officers hired by a college, but that's it. No LEO exception is necessary since this is just a change...
Here's another one, fresh off the presses. Colorado House Bill 1228 would impose a fee for background checks. It doe snot specify a dollar amount, rather saying it will be limited by the "direct and indirect costs" of performing the...
A few of the proposed gun owner control laws have been formally introduced here in Colorado. They ain't pretty, for damn sure. The devil though is in the details. Here's one of them: Colorado House Bill 1229 requires background checks...
February 02, 2013
He's at it again. Sylvester Stallone supports assault weapons ban No big surprise. Stallone supported the first "assault weapons" ban and has made several anti gun owner statements over the decades. But let's debunk his money quote for this news...
January 31, 2013
Sin Tax: a form of Pigovian tax which is levied against products in order to discourage their consumption. Gun sales prompt Colorado Democrat to push for fees bill to be heard ASAP...
January 30, 2013
There's a story about a bill in Colorado that'd negate any federal gun control laws. (a .pdf of the bill can be found right here.) The bill would protect firearms made in Colorado that stayed in Colorado, as well as...
That's Julie Borowski also known as TokenLibertarianGirl, responding to the questions "why do you need an 'assault weapon'?" (She has a few other gun related vids, which I'll post in the extended entry.)...
January 24, 2013
Strategy has always been an issue. Hell, more like a subscription....
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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