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Gun free zones: headline and DSU update
Headline of the week: “State Fair Bans Guns; State Fair Workers Robbed at Gun Point” Update on MS universities We noted last week that Mississippi’s Institutions of Higher Learning’s (which governs colleges and universities) anti-gun policy did not prevent the murder at Delta State University. List member Matt pointed out that although the IHL Board of Trustees has a gun-free […] Read More
Donald Trump, Chris Christie, John Boehner
GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, who has a spotted history on gun rights, has now released a position paper on guns which proposes re-legalization of machine guns, national CCW permit reciprocity, arming military troops on bases and recruiting centers, better (but not expanded) NICS checks, no gun or magazine bans, enforcement of existing gun laws, and adding ill-advised enhanced penalties […] Read More
Dept. of The Obvious
A new Gallup poll conducted this month shows that 49% of Americans consider the federal government “an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens.” Meanwhile, a new Rasmussen poll indicates that only 36% of likely voters think the federal government should be involved in gun control, 69% think it would be bad for the country if only […] Read More
Examples of Stupidity!
Some Portland (OR) State University students have been protesting this week, calling for campus security to be disarmed. Because, stupid. PETA is suing to make the government assign a copyright for a “selfie” picture to a monkey (a macaca nigra). The US Copyright Act [17 U.S.C. 102(a)] protects “original works of authorship,” and states that the copyright office will not […] Read More
Jean Fontaine is wrong
Jean Fontaine is the “data lead” (I think that means file clerk) for South Carolina Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. She lives in Greenville, SC. Ms Fontaine had an op-ed in the Greenville News regarding a training session she attended in Minneapolis, MN this summer. She started the column by saying: “This summer, I took training in […] Read More
Pope Francis and the arms trade
Pope Francis, the elected leader of the Catholic Church, said to the U.S. Congress* this week that “it is our duty to confront the problem and stop the arms trade.” He also praised House Speaker John Boehner’s (also Catholic) green tie as a symbol of hope. Well I have a green gun… This from a man protected by a hundred […] Read More
Military Intelligence: The Emperor has no clothes
“The intelligence pros said killing certain ISIS leaders might not diminish the group and that airstrikes might not be working. The bosses didn’t like those answers—not at all. Senior intelligence officials at the U.S. military’s Central Command demanded significant alterations to analysts’ reports that questioned whether airstrikes against the so-called Islamic State widely known as ISIS were damaging the group’s […] Read More
Nassau County prosecutors not permitted to own guns?
The jack-booted thugs in the Nassau County, NY District Attorney’s office stipulate that “Assistant district attorneys [prosecutors] are not permitted to apply for a handgun permit nor own or possess a handgun while employed by the Nassau County District Attorney. Any exception to this policy must be in writing and approved by the District Attorney.” This includes guns at home […] Read More
Summary – 4 items
The US Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has ruled that several parts of the District’s gun registration law violate the Second Amendment, but has upheld several other parts. The case is Heller v. District of Columbia (Heller III). Note that the parts that were ruled unconstitutional failed because they did not advance a government interest “in […] Read More
Gun girl. Collectibles. All-American double rifle.
You know you’re a gun girl if . . . You have a box or a drawer dedicated to holsters. You have more than eight gun-related t-shirts. You think about on-body carry and holster options while choosing your outfits. You criticize TV shows and movies when they get firearms terms and actions wrong. You drool over the latest models from […] Read More
