QUESTION: Okay. So these rules would not apply to private citizens, only to manufacturers – and only to highly sensitive technical details? Is that —
MR RATHKE: They apply to the technical data and detailed schematics for the production of defense articles.
QUESTION: So they don’t apply to private citizens.
MR RATHKE: Well, they apply to anything that relates to those areas of subject matter, whether discussed by —
QUESTION: Okay. Well, the concern that had been raised by the Second Amendment groups is somehow this is going to restrict or stop or ban discussions about gun – about firearms —
MR RATHKE: Well, I go back to the – also the point that general descriptions – that is general, not technical and detailed ones – general descriptions or public discussions and imagery of defense articles would – have never been subject to these regulations and wouldn’t —

Source: Department of State Comments on ITAR Rule Changes | Shall Not Be Questioned

Not buying. They get to define what is general descriptions and technical data and that can change with a memo on a Friday afternoon at 4:30PM and the Feds can be rather flexible about definitions.

Paper clips, shoe laces, rubber washers and crazy glue….

In a study released Thursday in the American Journal of Public Health, they estimate that the law reduced gun homicides by 40 percent between 1996 and 2005. That’s 296 lives saved in 10 years

Source: Gun killings fell by 40 percent after Connecticut passed this law – The Washington Post

You see! UBC works! We told you that for a long time! Not like in Florida where we don’t have Universal Background Checks and the murder rate only dropped almost 40% since 1996…. wait, How’s that possible?

Well, it does not matter, Universal Background Checks will surely protect out kids against crazy people getting their hands on those terrible “assault weapons.” That way we can avoid massacres like Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut… you know what? Forget it.

Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research, a Joyce Foundation funded front “dedicated to reducing gun violence by providing information on firearm injuries and gun policy; by developing, analyzing, and evaluating strategies to prevent firearm injuries; and by conducting public health and legal research to identify gun policy needs” and part and parcel of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Do I need say more?

UPDATE: Hot Air has a very detailed analysis of the article.

Gun maker Colt Defense LLC plans to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy-court protection by Monday, according to people familiar with the matter, amid business-execution issues and a heavy debt burden.

Source: Colt Defense to File for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection by Monday – WSJ

And back in November I was taken to task because I dared to ask how come one of the great names in firearms could get itself in so much financial debt when even pot metal guns were flying off the shelves. Apparently the situation was as bad as everybody but the experts thought.

Now think about it, two gun companies are on bankruptcy in 2015 and for the same reason: They did not pay attention to their customers.

Colt and Armatix, sitting on a tree…

Starting at 4:43….He has to be working for a Bail Bond company and is trolling for customers. I cannot even begin to quantify all the extra charges that a DA would tack to somebody following this idiot’s advice.

When taking on a dinosaur, look no further than Dragon Leatherworks to case the weapon. The Oak Ridge shop designed several of the leather weapon pieces for the new blockbuster, “Jurassic World,” a sequel to the mega-hit “Jurassic Park.””He called us up and said, ‘Hey, we got the perfect thing for you. You’re gonna do the leatherwork for this up and coming movie and we can’t tell you what it is until we send you the non-disclosure agreement.’ I didn’t even know what I was working on,” said Dragon Leatherworks owner Dennis Badurina.But immediately he got to work.”We did his belts, half a dozen (tranquilizer) gun holsters, half a dozen stun baton holsters, the hero knife sheath, the leatherman tool holder and the leather dinosaur mittens,” Badurina said.

Source: Oak Ridge shop makes “Jurassic World” props

Leather dino mittens… it does not get any cooler than that.

Bravo Dennis! Another well deserved pre-cambric feather for your hat.