Where a Hispanic Catholic, and a Computer Geek write about Gun Rights, Self Defense and whatever else we can think about.
When even the press in Cook County, Il will not let you lie with impunity
a recently formed coalition that is against any form of a concealed carry law in Illinois was challenged by those in favor of such a law. In his opening statement, Lee Goodman, an organizer for the Stop Concealed Carry Coalition, began by declaring that “the majority of people in Illinois want to maintain the present law that does not allow people to carry concealed weapons.”
Goodman’s statement immediately raised eyebrows in the crowd that included professional journalists and those opposed to the coalition
via Concealed carry opponents dodge tough questions at bizarre press conference – NewsInBlack.com.
But make no mistake, they will throw not only the power of the Chicago Democratic machine against concealed carry but also the White House will exert all its influence to keep Illinois CCW-Free as it would be a colossal embarrassment for the President to vie for Gun Control while its “home” state goes for arming themselves legally.
Second Amendment activist John Snyder writes on his blog today that confidential sources have told him that the Obama administration may attempt to skirt Congress and outlaw semiautomatic firearms and multiple capacity ammunition feeding devices under Title 2 National Firearms Act items under the Gun Control Act of 1968.
Going Title II would mean that basically all semi automatic weapons and feeding devices over 10 rounds would be reclassified as machine guns, subject to immediate registration, taxed $200 per unit (Yes, a $200 tax stamp on a $30 magazine above 10 rounds), the owner had to go through a background check, submit fingerprints, photos and wait till all the paperwork is processed by the amazingly inefficient NFA branch of the ATF. Waiting times for actual NFA items such as silencers is running 6 months or more according to what I was able to see in NFATracker.com. If past behavior is any indicator, the Government would set the impossible deadline of 30 days to comply with the registration. Failure to comply would result in 10 years in prison and a fine up to $10,000 per non registered item.
If in fact there are those in the administration and congress that are examining this route as a possible way to bypass the legislative process and impose a more efficient Gun Control regulation, I can guarantee that the opposition will be literally scary enough to move to Canada.
The problem is that they are stupid enough to try it without thinking about the Unintended Consequences.
Via Jacob, the decision can be found here. The decision will be appealed. In the decision they kind of dabble in the history and tradition argument
via Second Circuit Upholds Sullivan Law | Shall Not Be Questioned.
And a bit of history in this link from the NY Post and also the pic below is quite illustrative:
Rhinelander Waldo was the NYPD Commissioner from 1911 (when the Sullivan law was introduced) till 1914 when he was fired by the incoming Mayor.
the FBI reported 154,873 background check requests on Friday – a 20 per cent increase on last year’s record total of 129,166 checks.
via » Black Friday Gun Sales Hit New Record High Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind!.
If we assume a 9 am EST to 9 pm PST workday (15 hours), it comes to 172 guns sold every minute that day. Almost 3 guns every second.
And I cannot begin to imagine how much ammo went home with the guns..
The boyfriend opened fire, and the ex-husband was airlifted to Broward Health North.
via Man Shot Girlfriend’s Ex-Husband After Break-in: BSO | NBC 6 South Florida.
I have seen in movies and TV people getting shot and flying backwards through the air, but this has to be a new frigging record. According to Google Maps and what the reporter wrote, the Ex vaulted 34 12 miles after wounded by the tactical nuke in a pistol. If anything, it saved the county from having to bring paramedics and the rescue helicopter.
UPDATE: Somebody at NBC 6 must have caught the mistake as it was corrected while finishing this post.
UPDATE 2: NBC 6 is back to the original writing and this time I got a screencap.
I also corrected the distance between the location of the event and the hospital.
I still have the Ranger Handbook issued in the 1980s somewhere. I can say it helped me in more than one occasion and not while I was looking for rabbits. This Ranger Handbook is dated from 2006 and I downloaded my copy to check out.
