Gun Free Zone

We have posted discussed about preparations for emergencies, and we have realized not everybody has grown or developed experiences dealing with them to have a plan and supplies. But what I cannot really understand is how people is not prepared for the simple stuff.

People do not carry the simplest of blades to open things. It is fun to watch them deal with a blunt pair of scissors opening a box and taking forever while looking like the proverbial horny monkey and a football.

People do not have the simplest of health care supplies. How many times you have the same wandering injured idiots asking for band aids? I will grant you one time you forgot/didn’t realize, but the second time is just stupidity not having some with you or near you. The same for aspiring and over the counter meds. PS: Don’t volunteer/offer anything, for once you don’t know if the person happens to be of that 0.01% that is allergic to the med and dies because of it which will bring a lawsuit. And secondly, they will keep coming back to get some more next time and probably blab it all over the place. Fuck them, let them suffer. Save stuff for you just like you do for the tourniquets or quikclot.

Change of clothes? 99.999% of the days, you will get back home without having something foul spilled on you or simply drenched from an accidental fall into a body of water or mud. Heck even caught outside during a torrential downpour leaving you soaking and dripping. A small bag with a basic change of clothes (nothing stylish) and a hand towel in your vehicle or locker or desk area will save the day. I have a backpack with all needed to even spend 2 days unexpectedly out of my comfort zone. Nothing tactical, just clothes, shoes and toiletries that will make a surprise day less annoying and uncomfortable. Funny note, I rechecked the bag last year and realized I had clothes still in very fat sizes before I got into dieting. Not only I have “newer” clothes, but for some strange reason, the backpack has more space and weighs less. I did add a pair of flipflops.

And a source of fire. Matches or lighters will do. I had gotten rid of all my lighters after I quit smoking and found myself needing one a couple of times, so they are back in “rotation” from range bags to glove compartment to the backpack with clothes. Basically, don’t pull the thread, just burn it.

Any other simple things I may have forgotten? Go wild in the comments.

B.L.U.F.
A look at an early 20th century firearm regulation.
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I Am Not A Lawyer. I’ve never taken a prelaw course, I’ve never attended a Law School. My interactions with lawyers have been few and far between. What I am is a geek that enjoys understanding. I will often spend far too much time figuring something out that I will never use again. Until I need it.

In looking at the history of firearm regulation, the first federal firearm regulation is the National Firearms Act of 1934. It was my understanding that the next major firearms regulation was the Gun Control Act of 1968. This was followed by the Firearm Owner’s Protection Act in 1985, The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act in 1993, the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act of 1994(AWB) and a few others since then.

At the state level, there were few from 1791 through the 1850s. The first real infringements on the state level happened after the War of Northern Aggression. The first major state level bill was New York’s Sullivan Act of 1911.

I completely missed the Federal Firearms Act of 1938.

Because Robert Spitzer cited the Federal Firearms Act, I became aware of it. I found the original text.

Constitutional Basis For the Infringement

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Before I go on, a reminder that this series only covers the bills I found interesting for either being good or being bad and they come attached with the IANAL warning. You will get the full list of bills through this link: Tennessee General Assembly Special Session Bill Index (tn.gov).

HB 7053 by Sparks (R): Taxes – As introduced, permanently exempts from sales and use tax, the retail sale of gun safes and gun safety devices; removes the temporary sales tax holiday. – Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6. (TEXT)
I will always be happy about getting rid of taxes, but it is the second part of the bill that gives me a disgusting case of the creeps:

Retrofitting guns to be “smart”? Pass. In fact, I want a 1000% tax on stuff like that and the monies collected to be used to buy gun locks to be freely distributed.

HB 7054 by Littleton (R): Firearms and Ammunition – As introduced, exempts a person from civil liability for damages, injuries, or death resulting from or arising out of the theft of the person’s firearm that is properly stored in the person’s motor vehicle unless the person commits an offense involving the use of the stored firearm or intentionally solicits or procures the conduct resulting in damage, injury, or death. – Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13. (TEXT)
I would like to see this extended to everywhere, but I will take the vehicle coverage gladly. Some will bitch about the “properly stored” part of the deal, but we need to take this possible win and avoid unnecessary legal expenditures against gun owners who took precautions to keep firearms secured in their vehicles.

I will go over the bills again tonight in case something new is introduced today (I told you I am still a babe in the woods related to Tennessee Legislative procedures, so I have no idea if that is possible) and keep you posted about what happens. Best case Scenario is only good bills get voted on, but I will take a No Bills Passed and a win too.

HB 7036 by Sexton (R): Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of – As introduced, changes prerequisites for emergency detention and admission to a treatment facility from “immediate” substantial likelihood of serious harm to “imminent” substantial likelihood of serious harm. – Amends TCA Title 16; Title 33; Title 41 and Title 68. (TEXT)
Another bad bill IMHO. Too generic and ripe to be abused since there is no specifics on how and who determined who is mentally ill or is a potential danger.

HB 7043 by Barrett (R): Firearms and Ammunition – As introduced, authorizes persons with an enhanced handgun carry permit to carry a handgun on school property unless the person knows that the respective school provides armed security on the school property; removes certain exemptions of a law enforcement officer’s authority to possess a firearm on school property; authorizes certain community corrections officers to possess a handgun on school property. – Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 49. (TEXT)
Although it does not go far enough to cover parents or representatives, this bill authorizes anybody working in a school and with an enhanced permit to carry a firearm. This is a lesson probably learned from Florida where school districts did not allow for the School Marshall program nor cared if there was an RSO available. 

HB 7047 by Davis A (D): Firearms and Ammunition – As introduced, creates a Class E felony of threatened mass violence for the reckless handling, display, or discharge of a firearm while operating, or as a passenger in, a motor vehicle. – Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55. (TEXT)
I am going out on a limb and imagine it is already against the law to threaten somebody with a firearm may it be pedestrian or mobile. Just making it “illegaler” is not solving anything plus the “display” part makes me fear that an overeager LEO pull a felony stop because somebody has grandpa’s shotgun in the gun rack of the old pick-up truck. 

And I forgot in the last post, but this is the full list of bills so far presented for the special session.

More to come.

President Trump signed a bumpstock ban as an executive order.

Governor DeSantis signed a Constitutional Carry bill in Florida.

Vivek is an unknown entity on this topic, beyond saying some shit are NRA.  He has no history to judge him by.  Except, Trump hasn’t attacked Vivek.

So, given all those facts, how is it that DeSantis is lagging in this poll?

Because the MAGA cult doesn’t give a fuck about facts, only what they hear while going balls deep on Trump.

You will laugh at the lying politicians and be pissed at the same time.

Form 4473 is the federal background check paperwork and firearm registration form used by the ATF to make sure you are not a prohibited person and to create a registry. This came into existence in 1993 with the passage of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act. —Text - H.R.1025 - 103rd Congress (1993-1994): Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, 18 U.S.C. § 921 (U.S. 1993)

Correction: Form 4473 came into existence with the GCA of 1968. Which is what my muddled brain remembered. The NICS came into existence with the passage of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993. My apologies

Out in California, they are currently litigating the background check requirement for the purchase of ammunition.

Something interesting hit me as I was talking about yesterday’s article with my wife. If placing a burden on the purchase of ammunition is conduct protected by the Second Amendment, and there were no regulations for background checks until 1993, does that mean there is no history or tradition of background checks?

With multiple cases moving towards the Supreme Court or all ready there challenging parts of §922(g), will we see §921 fall as well?

4473s are a small rape as compared to states being designated sensitive places and requiring The People to prove they are law-abiding, responsible citizens before being granted permission to exercise the right to keep and bear arms.

I can’t see 2A groups pushing an attack on §921. It is a fascinating thought experiment.

What current laws or regulations in your state would you like to see challenged?