Constitutional Law

Supreme Court turns down Bloomberg suit appeal

Posted on March 09, 2009
Report here. The denial of cert. leaves in place rulings that dismissed NY City's suit against gun manufacturers. Hat tip to reader Ambiguous Ambiguae...

Georgia Carry adopts highway, gets good press

Posted on March 09, 2009
Story here.

"Gun rights and voting rights clash in DC"

Posted on March 07, 2009
Story here.

Count the errors....

Posted on March 07, 2009
PopSci.com tries to explain whether conventional firearms work in outer space. Egad. Let's see, primers give off sparks, most but not all of the gunpowder's oxygen comes from its own composition, which uses saltpeter, recoil would be worse because there's no air resistance to slow the bullet...

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Georgia Carry sues Atlanta mass transit

Posted on March 06, 2009

International comparisons

Posted on March 05, 2009

New Supreme Ct case on standing

Posted on March 05, 2009

Ted Cruz to run for Texas Atty General

Posted on March 05, 2009

This is not recommended

Posted on March 05, 2009

Prof. calls police after student discusses guns in class

Posted on March 04, 2009

Self defense and the media

Posted on March 02, 2009

Pulling the troops out...

Posted on March 02, 2009

Un-Swiss

Posted on March 01, 2009

Open carry in San Diego

Posted on March 01, 2009

An interesting group

Posted on February 26, 2009
A bipartisan Congressional task force devoted to protecting the Second Amendment? Some potential there. Hat tip to reader Ambiguous Ambiguae...

A curious day in Congress

Posted on February 26, 2009

Should self-defense be limited to the strong?

Posted on February 25, 2009
Kurt Hoffman asks the question, which has a personal angle. Via Instapundit...

Supreme Ct interprets Lautenberg Amendment

Posted on February 24, 2009
It's US v. Hayes. The question was whether to read the less than clear statute as requiring proof that the firearm possessor either (a) was convicted of a misdemeanor, whose elements were use of force, and against a household member, or (b) was convicted of a misdemeanor who element was use of force, with the government able to show in the firearm felony prosecution that it was in fact against a household member...

NJ narrowly rejects additional gun laws

Posted on February 24, 2009
Story here. From what I understand, to get a handgun in NJ you have to get a police-issued permit, which takes months to obtain. But this wasn't enough for some advocates, who wanted one-gun-a-month atop it. The measure passed the Assembly, and fell short in the Senate by a single vote.

Youth Education Summit applications

Posted on February 23, 2009
If you know any high school students who are interested in the second amendment, recommend NRA's Youth Education Summit to their consideration.

Thoughts on the 14th Amendment cases

Posted on February 23, 2009
The National Law Journal has some thoughts on the Chicago and other cases raising the incorporation question. I tend to think the thoughts rather shallow, rooted in "liberal vs. conservative," which doesn't always work in a 2nd Amendment context, and rarely works in a 14th Amendment one...

Win in 10th Circuit

Posted on February 19, 2009
A District Court in Oklahoma struck down its law allowing employees to have firearms in locked cars on company lots -- grounds were that OSHA's general duty to keep a workplace safe overrode the State law. The 10th Circuit just reversed the ruling and upheld the State law...

Arms and the strife in Mexico

Posted on February 19, 2009
Kurt Hoffman has thoughts on the issue.

Send a reader to Australia!

Posted on February 19, 2009
Reader Guy Smith writes: Help me spend six months in a luxury house overlooking the Great Barrier Reef and get paid an obscene amount of money to do so. All it takes is sixty seconds. The tourism board of Queensland, Australia is running a contest for this job (http://www...

Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day

Posted on February 19, 2009
ISRA has announced it for March 11, at noon. Details are here.

Little more on Roger Barnett case

Posted on February 18, 2009
Here's the Washington Times story on the verdict. The reporter mentioned that his first story on the case got 2.5 million hits and generated 1500 emails, virtually all supportive. Roger and I will be on Fox New's Glenn Beck show today at 5:30 Eastern...

Wash Po on suit over Parks carry rule

Posted on February 17, 2009
Reader Ambiguous Ambiguae sends this link.

American Hunters & Shooters Ass'n

Posted on February 17, 2009
Paul Valone takes on AHSA.

Roger Barnett case verdict

Posted on February 17, 2009
Finally can talk about it. Dog tired after 2 wks of trial. Verdict I'd score as 90-95% defense win. Court dismissed conspiracy against civil rights and some other claims. Dismissed case as to Mrs. Barnett and as to his brother Donald. Also dismissed claims by 10 of the 16 plaintiffs, who hadn't testified...

Another case of impressive flying

Posted on February 16, 2009
Story here. 1956. A four engine stratocruiser, flying from Hawaii to San Francisco, loses two engines midway, has to ditch in mid-ocean. Capt. Richard Ogg pulls it off and gets everyone out alive. Video of the landing at the bottom. Hat tip to Peter Buxton.

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