August 30, 2004

Californication

Triggerfinger has the scoop on the latest gun laws passed in California.....
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Caldara On The AWB

John Caldara of The Independence Institute has a nice little ditty on the "assault weapons" ban called Pistols and rifles and cans, oh, my! Go read....
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August 26, 2004

South Carolinian Does His Civic Duty

That's what usually happens when someone attempts to break in a South Carolina home. This time was no exception....
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August 25, 2004

$850,000 Settlement For Legally Selling Firearms

Greg at The Hobbesian Conservative has a post up about a gun dealer paying a settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit....
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The Stroop Report

JPFO has a translation of the Stroop Report. What is that you might ask? "SS Brigadefuhrer Jurgen Stroop was sent to Warsaw to remove the 56,000 surviving Jews from the ghetto. He recorded his deeds - daily killings with cold-blooded...
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August 23, 2004

Are Nebraska & Vermont Identical on Concealed Carry?

That's a question posed (in the abstract) & answered by Gunscribe of From The Heartland in his post titled The truth about Concealed Carry in Nebraska. He argues that Nebraska was never delegated the authority to regulate Arms & further...
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August 20, 2004

Volokh v. Scher (& Seder?)

Prof. Volokh of the Volokh Conspiracy will engage Bill Scher of Liberal Oasis in a deabte about gun cuntrol on Air America at 5:15 p.m. Pacific time. I'll try to live blog it & I'll update this post accordingly. Updated:...
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.50 Rifle Ban Called For Again

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 19, 2004

D.C. Gun Case Appeal

Clayton Cramer has a post up about the judges being picked for the appeal of Seegars v. Ashcroft. He point to Prof. Volokh who in turn points to Matt at Stop The Bleating who has some speculations on how the...
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AWB links

This is just a round up of the "assault weapons" ban posts from various bloggers. It's by no means complete. If you notice that a few of the posts seem to be saying the same thing it's probably because the...
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August 17, 2004

A Debate Over "Assault Weapons"

Matt at Stop The Bleating gives us a play by play of a debate over the "assault weapons" ban. Go read & click on the link he provides to listen to the debate he speaks of....
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This Is Sword Of Ridiculous

Clayton Cramer has a post about the new "weapon of choice" for Boston's gangbangers: machetes....
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The PR Campaign Has Started

Blake of The Nashville Files points out that Bush is backing off his comments concerning Hastert's proposal to abolish the federalized protection racket extortion scheme income tax. Let's fisk the hit piece on the idea of a fair tax shall...
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Some Arguments in Favor of a National Sales Tax

I exchanged a few e-mails with a good friend the other day about the idea of a national sales tax. I was trying to explain to her why it’d be the best thing to come along since 1913. Here I’ll...
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August 14, 2004

Change Will Do You Good, Though I Prefer Folding Money

There's been some re-arranging as well as addition to this blog....
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Charley

To all the victims of Charley may God watch over you wherever you are. To all the survivors of Charley may He comfort you....
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August 11, 2004

Hope in Illinois?

If you haven't heard yet, Alan Keyes is running for the u.s. senate seat in Illinois. He faces an uphill battle against democrat candidate Barack Obama. Odds are Keyes will lose, but I have confidence that he will aquit himself...
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Ron Paul Talks of the Police State

Rep. Ron Paul has a piece called Police State USA . You won't find any excerpts or commentary on it here, so go read it already....
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August 10, 2004

For Those About To Blog, We Salute You

Jed over at FreedomSight aims to take up the slack left by Les Jones' prediction of irregular blogging on his part. (& with a newborn to take care of I can't say as I blame him at all.) Jed, being...
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Homicides & Home Invasions

In Aurora, Colorado a home invasion was stopped by armed occupants of the targeted house....
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August 09, 2004

The Unthinkable? It Damn Well Should Be Unthinkable.

"We do have an incredibly large number of weapons dispersed among our citizens but it's part of our liberal tradition and the great confidence that the state places in its citizens,"...
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August 07, 2004

Gun Control Works at the Polls

Seems like gun control isn't even popular with the registered Democrats these days....
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Hastert

Speaker of the House Hastert (R-Ill) is catching some flak for comments made about the "assault weapons" ban....
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An Individual Right as Long as it's Convenient For Us.

Aaron Zelman and Claire Wolfe wrote a piece entitled Second-Amendment Setup: What They Say Isn't What You Get. I was going to provide an excerpt or two but upon reflection it'd be best to go read the whole thing. Now...
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A New Blog in Nebraska

I realize you have been starved for political news from a pro-gun perspective out of Nebraska. Well your hunger is over....
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August 05, 2004

An Ohio CCW Holder Is Dead

This thread at The High Road points to this news release from Ohioans For Concealed Carry. Bill Singleton is dead. He was an Ohio CCW holder who had his name published a few times in the last few weeks. One...
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August 02, 2004

A Fair Tax At Last?

Geek With A .45 has what could be some very good news. The gist is that Speaker of the House Hastert seems to be a proponent of scrapping the national income theft progressive income tax system. This would, for all...
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