Joe lets us know about how the ATF treats whistle blowers
Domenech filed a 13-page complaint yesterday with the Office of Special Counsel, saying that ATF and the Justice Department punished him for raising questions about the performance of former ATF director Carl J. Truscott, who resigned in August 2006 while under investigation for alleged financial mismanagement.
Uncle links to some crime stats in our National Parks
There are a few subjects some people can’t discuss without becoming emotional. Firearms in the hands of citizens is one of those subjects. The most recent example of this phenomenon is occurring now as Secretary of the Interior Dick Kempthorne is considering changing the law that bans possession of loaded firearms in national parks. Kempthorne wrote a letter to 51 senators who had contacted him last year about relaxing the decades-old ban that puts park visitors at risk from criminals and wild animals, saying he favors relaxing the ban. That’s a good thing; in 2006, national parks were the scenes of 11 killings, 35 rapes or attempted rapes, 61 robberies and hundreds of other violent crimes.
Murdoc at GunPundit informs us that the portion of SB 1441 concerning the ability of adults to carry a concealed pistol on Idaho college and university campuses has been stripped from the bill.
The most controversial part of the bill has been amended in regard to the carrying of concealed weapons on state university campuses. The way the bill is worded allows each college or state university to decide for themselves whether to allow someone to carry concealed weapons on campus.
And lastly, but most importantly, Caleb at Ahab says that during the days of the oral arguments in the Heller case, that we will be able to listen to audio within hours of them being spoken.