Constitutional Law

Dave Kopel on the PA primary

Posted on April 17, 2008
Dave has an op-ed in the Wall St. Journal. Hat tip to reader Marcus P. ...

Never bring a bat to a gunfight...

Posted on April 17, 2008
Story here.

UN suspends food shipments in Darfur due to inability to protect

Posted on April 17, 2008
Story here. "Claiming banditry against food trucks as the root cause, officials with the United Nation?s World Food Program announced today they are cutting rations to the people of Sudan?s Darfur region." via Instapundit... UPDATE: Bob McCarty also has an interesting post on Students for Concealed Carry.

NY Times on guns on campus

Posted on April 16, 2008
The Times just published an op-ed by David Codrea on the subject. He does an excellent job of nailing the campus administration.

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American Shooters & Hunters Ass'n ... backs Obama

Posted on April 16, 2008
I've mentioned ASHA before, as a "false flag" group, bankrolled by lord knows who to serve as a supposedly pro-gun group, but staffed by antigunners. ASHA nicely shows its true colors by endorsing Obama. I guess Hillary was just too pro-gun for them...

Supreme Court on firearm mandatory sentencing

Posted on April 16, 2008
Decision in Begay v. US is here. Federal law imposes a 15 year mandatory sentence for a felon in possession of a gun if he has three prior felony convictions of a certain type, i.e., certain drug offenses, or violent felonies (defined in statute). Begay turned out to have had an impressive 12 DUI convictions, and under state law the 4th and all later ones were felonies...

The Onion on state gun laws

Posted on April 16, 2008
Right here. (For those not familiar with The Onion, it's a satire/humor site.)

Gov. Crist signs FLA commuter self defense law

Posted on April 15, 2008
Just got word from United Sportsmen of Florida--it's been signed into law (note it may not take immediate effect, State legislation often goes into effect X days after end of the session).

Philadelpha DA agrees new city ordinances are illegal

Posted on April 15, 2008
Philadelphia District Arrorney Lynn Abraham has advised that the city's new antigun ordinances are "on their face, illegal acts."

Update on NC high school that barred participation on rifle team

Posted on April 15, 2008
They appear to be reconsidering, albeit with nervousness about insurance.

Gun control warming up at state level

Posted on April 15, 2008
Or so the New York Times reports. (I'd say heating up, except if you read carefully Brady Campaign boasts that they have lots of bills proposed, with no suggestion they are going anywhere, and that this year they actually got some far enough in PA to where they could be voted down...

More dancing around the gun issue

Posted on April 14, 2008
Story right here.

Howard Nemerov on radio/internet

Posted on April 14, 2008
Howard will be on NRANews.com at 10:40 PM Eastern tonight, to discuss his latest article.

Another dumb crook story

Posted on April 14, 2008
Lady jailed after she pays theft fine using stolen credit card.

Budd Schroeder running for Congress in NY

Posted on April 13, 2008
Gunnie and NRA director Budd Schroeder is running for Congress in NY, on the Conservative Party ticket. (NY has several significant "third parties").

Wikipedia assist needed

Posted on April 13, 2008
The Wikipedia entry on CCW laws is proposed for removal due to too few citations or links. (It looks like there are, but in fact the State names link only to entries describing the state, not to firearm laws). If anyone has some Wiki skills, they might drop over there and bolster the entry.

Obama's comment....

Posted on April 13, 2008
Hmmm... rural folk are bitter, and that's why they "cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations." It's a pretty strange observation from a fellow who has spent the last few months trying convince people that: 1...

Clayton Cramer interview

Posted on April 13, 2008
War on Guns has it.

Another "wrong house" raid

Posted on April 12, 2008
ATF breaks down door, shoots in tear gas and finds it has the wrong house. Wrong street, in fact. (Sounds like their tear gas isn't the most effective, either. "The agents left the tear gas cans in the house, and Silvain kicked them out and into the street before dumping them into the garbage...

High school team withdrawn from rifle competition

Posted on April 12, 2008
Because it conflicts with school policy on guns. "Like districts across the nation, Wake County bans deadly weapons from campuses and prohibits students from carrying them on school trips. But the decision to bar the East Wake team from the tournament extends that prohibition to students participating in an off-campus event sponsored by a state agency and supervised by adults certified in firearms safety...

Hillary finally mentions guns

Posted on April 12, 2008
From the Boston Globe: "Clinton talked about gangs and drugs as a cause of homicides, but mentioned guns only in passing. She noted "a direct correlation between the illegal gun sales and homicides," as she proposed a new initiative to crack down on interstate gun trafficking and allow federal agencies to share information on the transfer of guns...

VA CCW permit applications up

Posted on April 12, 2008
As in by 60% over last year.

Don't you hate family feuds?

Posted on April 12, 2008
Especially when they're over how to bring up the kids.

GA passes major pro-gun bill

Posted on April 11, 2008
Story here. It allows CCW permittees to carry in mass transit, parks, establishments whose primary income is food (i.e, restaurants rather than bars). It also broadens carrying in vehicles for non-CCW holders, shortens the time for permit issuance, sets up Mayor Bloomberg if he again tries straw man entrapment, and does a lot more...

Podcast of my take on Heller

Posted on April 11, 2008
It's at Mark Vanderberg's site, gunrights.us.

W. VA. gets Castle Doctrine

Posted on April 11, 2008
Story here.

Bob Levy to speak in Mesa AZ

Posted on April 10, 2008
Bob Levy, one of the architects of Parker/Heller vs. DC, will be speaking on April 15, at 6:30 PM, at Macayo's Depot Cantina 300 S. Ash Ave., Tempe AZ (ph 480-966-6677). He'll probably discuss both Heller and his new book, "The Dirty Dozen: How Twelve Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded Freedom...

Online polls re: FLA law

Posted on April 10, 2008
A couple are posted by different papers: The Orlando Sentinel asks: "Should Florida businesses be permitted to bar employees from bringing guns in their cars to work? " While the Miami Herald asks "Will you be bringing a gun to work? "

Indie movie out

Posted on April 10, 2008
Here's the trailer for The Cult of Sincereity, an independent comedy produced by Daniel Nayeri, who was the publcist for "Michael Moore Is A Big Fat Stupid White Man." The film's own website is here.

How it is in some schools...

Posted on April 10, 2008
From the DC Examiner comes a story about Baltimore schools: "Students hitting teachers. A gang brawl over the color of a middle schooler?s shoes. Teachers, parents and students worried about the violence on Baltimore?s streets increasingly spilling over into city schools...

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