March 30, 2013
Some folks buy into the illusion of civilization a bit too fervently. Over at Tractor Tracks the most heavily armed twig on the planet tall for her weight and level of armament lovely and talented proprietress starts off discussing a...
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 28, 2013
My speculation was incorrect: a young lady has been accused of providing the pistol that Evan Ebel used to go on his murdering spree. There's also an article giving an overview of Evan's life of crime. It tries to cast...
March 27, 2013
US hunters begin boycott over Colorado gun laws What'd they expect? American hunters would start throwing keggers because of more anti gun owner laws being in effect here?...
"We live in an area that’s wooded and secluded,' Biden said. 'I said, Jill, if there’s ever a problem just walk out on the balcony here … put that double-barreled shotgun and fire two blasts outside the house.' 'I promise...
“Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.” - Woody Allen I wrote recently about a pizza delivery driver that was murdered. Turn out there's a lot more to it than just a simple robbery, and even ol' Hick is...
March 26, 2013
Hudak again. Perhaps you'll recall her apology after being chastised for being rude and inconsiderate to a rape victim? Her attrition didn't last long: The vid was found at this link which was discovered over at Firehand's place. "Flip a...
March 25, 2013
As you may have noticed, there's an ammo shortage going on. I've heard reports of 550 round boxes of .22LR going for $100, and at the local Wal Mart the ammo shelves are barer than a cheerleader's midriff at a...
A newspaper article attempts to provide a bit of fact checking to claims made concerning Nazi gun owner control laws. "Objectively, it might have made things worse' if the Jews who fought the Nazis in the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising...
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...
Walter Williams talks with Jon Caldera. I've posted about Prof. Williams before here. Mr. Caldera posted the vid on his site but I'll go ahead and post it here as well. It's just under 30 minutes and well worth the...
Via David Hardy,I stumbled on this discussion at Prof. Volokh's place. It concerns a Louisiana court case, State v. Draughter (.pdf here) which involves an application of a recent Louisiana constitutional amendment mandating a strict scrutiny standard be applied to...
March 22, 2013
Previous snow related notes can be found by following links like this one. I always wondered; when the snow is a light dry powder & the wind blows it around, do Cocaine Anonymous meetings get more crowded than usual?...
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:...
Domino's, like Papa John's and Pizza Hut, have very simple self defense policies: they're against it. Any possession of a weapon, even in your own car while on their clock, or any attempt to resist a confrontational crime, will result...
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...
Following the brilliant legal advice of Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., Esq., a man in Golden, Colorado fired two warning shots into the ground when plagued by a false doorbell ringer. Not once, but twice did the vicious doorbell tease commence...
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...
Walter Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. He was the keynote speaker at the Independence Institute's Founder Night Dinner this year. Here it is:...
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...
If y'all would be so kind, as many of you as possible please pass this on to Governor John Hickenlooper of Colorado. This is the contact form for his office email. This should be his email address: Governor.hickenlooper@state.co.us His office...
Here's a .pdf of HB 1224, the magazine ban, in its final form. It's on its way to the governor's desk. Here's the governor's contact page. Especially if you reside in Colorado, it's important that his office hears from you....
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...
Henchman: Now Terry, what's this about you opposing those very reasonable proposals the boss is talking about? Terry: I don't support them. Henchman: Sure ya do. Ya just don't know it yet. Terry: No I do not. Henchman: Sure ya...
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
A lady I used to know sent this to me a few years back. If you've seen it before go ahead and seen it again. After all, that is one bad-ass little horsie, and an extremely competent rider. (and I...
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...
