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From GOA: It didn't seem like such an unreasonable request. Before the
Senate Finance Committee passes one of the most important pieces of
legislation in our lifetime, we (the American people) wanted to see
two things:
First, the actual language of the latest anti-gun [emphasis added]
ObamaCare bill.
Second, a definitive Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reading of the
cost of the legislation, based on its specific language.
But, incredibly, this simple request is too much for Finance Committee
Chairman Max Baucus, who intends to force the committee to vote on the
bill with nothing but a "quickie guesstimate" of the cost - a
"guesstimate" which CBO will have to reach WITHOUT EVEN HAVING ACCESS
TO THE ACTUAL LEGISLATION… A Third World country would be embarrassed
by the sleaze, corruption, and fraud being used to pass the most
expansive government intrusion into health care of our lifetime. It's
time to put an end to these disgusting tricks… (This link will allow
you to generate the requested letter or e-mail to your senators.)
http://capwiz.com/gunowners/issues/alert/?alertid=14119736&PROCESS=Take+Action
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Montana Lawsuit Highlights Firearms Freedom Drive: In the second major
front in the war over gun rights that has developed in just days, a
lawsuit has been filed against U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder
seeking a court order that the federal government stay out of the way
of Montana's management of its own firearms. The action was filed by
the Second Amendment Foundation and the Montana Shooting Sports
Association in U.S. District Court in Missoula, Mont., to validate the
principles and terms of the Montana Firearms Freedom Act, which took
effect today [actually, October 1]… The law provides guns and ammo
made, sold and used in Montana would not require any federal forms;
silencers made and sold in Montana would be fully legal and not
registered; and there would be no firearm registration, serial
numbers, criminal records check, waiting periods or paperwork
required. The idea is spreading quickly. Tennessee already has a
similar law, and similar plans have been introduced in many other
states. An organization called the Firearms Freedom Act has created a
map of such activity nationwide… (This link is worth clicking if only
to see the map.)
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=111759
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Pennsylvania Gun Owners Protest Illegal Ordinance: On Tuesday night, a
group of armed and unarmed Pennsylvania Firearm Owners Association
members and their families attended city council's meeting to express
concerns for an ordinance that council is considering, which would
require gun owners to report lost of stolen firearms to the Scranton
Police Department within 48 hours or face a $1,000 fine and/or 90 days
in prison. The motion was tabled 4-1 because council said they would
need to consult the state Attorney General's Office to see if the
proposal is legal. Tom Katchur, a gun owner and PAFOA member from
Dunmore, said that gun ownership is important for safety. He said that
if a person is attacked, he or she can defend his or herself with a
gun before the police can respond. Tom Katchur said his main concern
is with the 48-hour rule… (Katchur may be concerned with the 48-hour
rule but the proposed ordinance violates Pennsylvania's preemption of
the regulation of firearms by the state.)
http://www.timesleader.com/scrantonedition/news/Gun_owners_fired_up_over_proposal_10-04-2009.html
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Amazing .410 Performance: Five-year-old Simon Hughes stands three foot
something and 44 pounds dripping wet, but like many kids in the piny
woods of Texas, he can handle a gun, a skill he's been practicing for
over a year. His father Scott Hughes says there's good reason for the
early training. "Everything on the ranch will either bite you or stick
you," he explains. To make his point, the elder Hughes walks to the
marshy edge of his property where under murky water a dangerous
predator has lurked, largely undetected for a good chunk of a half
century. Call it long running luck that would run out for the creature
with a single bite into a baited hook and a face-to-face encounter
with a 5-year-old… In a flash Simon brought his single barrel, 4-10
[sic] shotgun to bear and blasted… The small charge of bird shot hit
the brain of the 800-pound reptile. "He did his death roll," says
Simon of the second biggest alligator ever taken in Texas… (Additional
details emerge in the video. It appears that Simon was fishing from a
boat and describes the shot as "right behind the eye." This, coupled
with phenomenal performance for a .410 birdshot load suggests a
contact shot. Owners of Taurus Judge revolvers should note the added
velocity gained from the longer barrel of a shotgun.)
http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/local/091001_child_shoots_giant_alligator
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Rule One, Rule Two Reminder: A Gooding County [ID] Sheriff's deputy
shot accidentally by another deputy at his home is back at work after
four weeks recuperation. Deputy Jeremy Smith, who returned to work
Monday, was shot in the hand Aug. 31 by a .22 caliber Ruger Mark IV
handgun at the Hagerman home of Sgt. Dave Kiger, the agency's armorer.
Kiger was cleaning the weapon when it apparently misfired… Smith
returned to work Monday, Gooding County Sheriff Shaun Gough told The
Associated Press. Gough said there was an internal investigation that
determined there was no criminal intent. An injury report was
submitted to Gooding County, so Smith could receive worker's
compensation payments while he missed work. "The firearm was
excessively dirty, causing the extractor, the part that grabs the
chambered round and removes it from the gun, to malfunction and not
remove the round," Gough said Tuesday. "What we did find was some
procedural errors on the part of both deputies by not visually
checking the chamber to make sure that the gun was unloaded."
[emphasis added] …Smith was on duty and in uniform at the time of the
incident, Gough said. Kiger wasn't, but was cleaning some of the
agency's weapons inside his home shop. Smith arrived and they decided
to work on the Ruger, which is used in training to help officers
improve their "trigger pull technique" because its .22 caliber
ammunition is cheaper than that used in larger .40 caliber service
handguns, Gough said. "Deputy Smith removed the magazine from the
pistol, and he manually worked the action by his account three times
to make sure the weapon was safe," Gough said. "He then handed to gun
to Sgt. Kiger to dismantle. Sgt. Kiger began to dismantle the firearm
and it accidentally discharged, striking Deputy Smith in the hand." …
(Rule One: All firearms are always loaded. Rule Two: Don't let the
muzzle cross anything you're not prepared to shoot. Not only should
the chamber have been checked visually, it should also have been
checked by feel. If the deputies' fingers were too large to fit into
the ejection port, a paper clip, a knife blade or a rod down the bore
could have been used. If the chamber is in shadow or the rear of the
case is smudged, it can be missed on mere visual inspection.)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/988295.html
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Tangentially Related: With three new members in the past four years
and the prospect of more change ahead, the Supreme Court led by Chief
Justice John G. Roberts Jr. commences this week what could be a
transformative term… But experts who watch the court will focus more
on President George W. Bush's appointments: Roberts, who became chief
justice four years ago, and Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., whose
conservative viewpoint contrasts with that of Sandra Day O'Connor, the
more moderate justice he replaced in early 2006… "The replacement of
[William H.] Rehnquist and O'Connor by Roberts and Alito is likely to
have a significantly greater impact on the court than the replacement
of [Justice David H.] Souter by Sotomayor," said Walter E. Dellinger
III, a frequent Supreme Court practitioner who represented the
government during the Clinton administration. "I think we may look
back in about 2020 and see that the replacement of Justice O'Connor by
Judge Alito had the greatest impact on the court of any appointment in
more than a quarter of a century," dating back to conservative
Clarence Thomas's replacement of stalwart liberal Thurgood Marshall,
he said… (The First Amendment issues bear on the Second Amendment
because the McCain-Feingold Campaign Reform Act limited the ability of
lobbying groups to broadcast ads mentioning the name of a federal
candidate within 30 days of a primary or 60 days of a general
election.)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/03/AR2009100302489.html
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How Often Do People Get Murdered in…?: John Farnam has a shtick for
those who feel that they are not at risk because they live in a "nice"
town or neighborhood – "How often does someone get murdered in St.
Johns? Just like anywhere else, only once." This article about the
emergence of a serial killer in the next county over from me, in rural
northeast Arizona, gives pause for thought. My own county happens to
have the highest per capita methamphetamine abuse in the nation yet
many of my neighbors are convinced that they only need to arm
themselves if they travel to Phoenix.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/04/AR2009100401391.html
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