Against the Wall

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Alaska

Good advice from Pendulum. Crank it for your weekend activities.



Soaking through….

Hold your colours against the wall,
When they take everything away,
Hold your colours against the wall,
With me

…Twisted the knife, and opened your eyes
… (Twisted the knife, til you were in the right place)

LOTS of gun owners and prospective gun owners have had their eyes opened in recent weeks, both by the antis’ overreaching, and by pro-firearms-civil-rights folks taking these opportunities to state our case forcefully, intelligently, convincingly and with confidence. Let the antis continue to overplay their hand. The more they twist the knife, the more eyes they open, and the more we keep winning the debate, the more an awareness of firearms ownership as a fundamental civil right soaks into the fabric of our society.

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New Inmate

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Alaska

A barely-used Mossberg MVP Predator arrived for me and is currently in State-mandated jail at the FFL. Now for the 10-day wait until I can spring her free.

Note the Fuck You magazine.

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Expect this to be borrowed from our friends across the pond

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Scott

once ObamaCare™ and electronic medical records are in place:

Big brother to log your drinking habits and waist size as GPs are forced to hand over confidential records

—Data includes weight, cholesterol, BMI, family health history and pulse rate
—Doctors will be forced to reveal alcohol consumption and smoking status
—Privacy campaigners described it as ‘biggest data grab in NHS history’
—Part of new Health Service programme called Everyone Counts
—Officials insisted data will be anonymous and deleted after analysis

You can be certain that your “firearm habits” will be included in our database as well. But not to worry, it will all be confidential and anonymous, I am sure.

Glenn Beck’s pipe dream looks more appealing everyday.

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Keep Calm and Carry On

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Alaska

Gene Hoffman on what’s facing California gun owners:

Keep Calm and Carry On
All,

There is quite a bit of fear in our community. It was a completely justified reaction to the unleashing of gun prohibitionist forces after Newtown. However, it’s time to take a deep breath, step back, and realize that, though we have our work cut out for us, we can prevail and continue the march toward more civil rights.

Federal:

The Federal AWB reinstatement is almost completely dead. Too many Democratic Senators stand for election in pro gun states in 2014. What’s left will have little direct impact on we Californians but that doesn’t mean we don’t care. Magazine capacity restrictions still have some potential, but it seems that even Biden is distancing himself from that proposal, again due to the 2014 issues and the interplay that even if something passes the Senate, it’s unlikely to pass the House making it only politically costly for Dems or moderate unfaithful Reeps with 0 to gain. The strongest push will be for universal background checks. Even should that happen, we’re already living under that [in California]. However, it will still be very hard to get that through the House.

State:

One critical difference in California is that the executive is not pushing new gun control like e.g. Governor Cuomo did in New York. California’s bills are going to run at usual speed and in a few months we’ll start to get a feel for which ones will have no support and which ones are serious proposals. There remains skepticism about ammo restrictions at senior levels and those run into commerce related problems. Also, the complexion of this years legislative run hasn’t fully been set. CGF has a couple of initiatives it plans to place into the mix. We will have real work to do to hold the line in California, but that real work is something this community has done before and we are not without allies and support (sometimes from places that many here find suspect.)

Courts:

We will take some silly losses simply because we deign to ask gun prohibitionist judges to faithfully apply the Bill of Rights. The Schrader case is one of those already and is direct fall out from Newtown. However, I am confident that Kachalshy (NY carry) has very good chances of being granted cert by SCOTUS in April to be argued early in their next term (which would be October – December 2013.) We appear to remain on track for a decision on may issue carry from the Supremes by July 1, 2014.

New York State overplayed their hand by limiting magazines to 7 rounds. We may not win that issue in lower courts, but as we go up, the courts get more honest about applying Heller. Banning Heller’s own 9 shot revolver from Heller and most every semiautomatic handgun in commerce is the kind of over reach we can capitalize on nationally.

Additionally, this wake up call has forged new alliances, brought the forces that want to defend the Bill of Rights together for the betterment of all civil rights, and created new allies. The threats by certain states to sue should these sorts of infringements be passed at the Federal level are real and courts give even greater deference to states under federalism.

So, don’t panic. Do call, write, keep informed. Do talk to your friends who are ignorant on these issues and de-escalate their fear while informing them as politely as possible. Get ready to apply the pressure we’ll need to apply once CA bill season really gets underway.

Often the other side makes one last over-reach. This might be it. We need to calmly prepare to push very hard as the time continues to shift the balance back to civil rights and away from hysteria.

-Gene
__________________
Gene Hoffman
Chairman, The Calguns Foundation

Brackets mine, for clarity.

Gene at the Commonwealth Club debate:

His point about Martin Luther King’s bodyguards in the clip below is an excellent one for an audience of leftists of a certain age.

Here’s Gene on CBS News shortly after Newtown.

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Kachalsky SCOTUS Cert Petition

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Alaska

The Alan Gura Steamroller Project continues:

Upset about New York?

Want a little payback?

How’s about these apples right here: On February 11, 2013 later this Spring we should find out whether or not the Supreme Court will take up the appeal in Kachalsky v. Cacace,* helmed by mangod Alan Gura. This is the shall-issue license-to-carry case. As such, it’s of great interest to me here in Kalifornia….

Heller and McDonald defined “Keep,” this or another carry case will define “Bear.” The time to do it is NOW, before one of the Heller 5 kicks the bucket.

Anyway, given that New York is ground zero for the ridiculous concept (to which not even Kali subscribes) that you need to be licensed to own a firearm in the first place, having the Supreme Court require the issuance of licenses to carry concealed and loaded firearms to pretty much any law-abiding New York citizen who applies for one should result in all sorts of pants-shitting hysterics among the intelligentsia. And I’m betting 99% of them have no idea this is even a possibility….

If Gura’s Petition for a Writ of Certiorari (“cert”) is accepted by the Supreme Court, this case would likely be heard this Fall, with a decision in 2014. Revenge, best served cold, etc.

Strategic litigation is a long, chess-like game, can be super fun to watch, and Gura’s a master at it. His writing style is really…something to see. He is far more aggressive in his strategy and tactics that a lot of appellate lawyers.

Be sure to read the petition by Gura, it’s a thing of utter beauty. For example:

The aversion to enforcing the Second Amendment manifested by some of the lower courts is difficult to overstate. The District of New Jersey, for example, faced with a challenge to that state’s identical law, simply declared the entire Second Amendment field outside the home a nuisance from which it would shield government lawyers. “Given the considerable uncertainty regarding if and when the Second Amendment rights should apply outside the home, this Court does not intend to place a burden on the government to endlessly litigate and justify every individual limitation on the right to carry a gun in any location for any purpose.” Piszczatoski v. Filko, 840 F. Supp. 2d 813, 829 (D.N.J. 2012), appeal pending, No. 12-1150 (3d Cir. filed Jan. 16, 2012).

At the moment, the deadline for NY’s response to Gura’s appeal has been extended to March 13. Hopefully cert comes shortly thereafter.

*OBTW, I have it on good authority that “Cacase” is pronounced “Ka-case”.

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It Burns So Good, Daddy

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Alaska

At Pistol Class, my wife got burned by the brass from my Glock. She kept her finger off the trigger –good girl! — but muzzled herself a bit during the commotion. All ended well, though.


The bad part is that the second day she ditched the low-cut top.

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“Been With” Dichotomy

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Alaska

We’re at a bar with a friend, and the woman next to her asks how long it’s been since she’s been with a man. Knowing our friend, I’m expecting to hear “hours” and splutter my Ri 1 rye whisky all over the bar when she says “6 months.” Apparently “been with” means “was in a relationship with” in some circles. Noted.

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Chickenshit Legislators in Idaho

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Phil Kadath

A “Random Guy” at the Idaho Capital building links up with a group of Boy Scouts who are getting a tour. The Representative giving the tour assumed the guy was a member of the group and did nothing to deter Random Guy from joining the tour.

During the majority of the tour, Random Guy does nothing to gain the attention of anyone. He wasn’t being a creep, or rude, or acting conspicuously in any way.

Until the tour made its way into the offices of the Representatives, where Random Guy was seen fingering through the trash bins beside the desks. Later, he started taking pictures of the desks with his phone.

At this point a Capital building security guard confronted him. Random Guy’s response was “If I’m not being arrested or detained, I don’t have to answer your questions.” After which he promptly left.

Yes, Random Guy’s actions are a bit strange, but it is “The People’s House” of Idaho. When your workplace is public property, the public is going to view your workplace. Tough shit.

Now, this is where the “chickenshit” portion of the story arrives. What I haven’t told you is that Random Guy was open carrying. This fact is causing the Representatives and Senators to speak in Pants Shitting Hysterical tones.

Even, and especially, the “pro-gun” guys.

They’re talking about “new rules” about firearms being allowed on the grounds and “off-limits” areas.

Fuck that. This isn’t your property, it belongs to the tax payers of Idaho.

Read the whole story. At no time did the guy do anything belligerent or violent, even when confronted by security. And when he was asked to leave he did exactly that without so much as a backward glance.

I know that the majority of the quoted Representatives and Senators are Republicans from the story.

I know that they are “pro-gun” because the left-wing blogs are having a bit of a field day with the “Second Amendment NIBMY-ism” of these chickenshit elected officials.

The words and actions of these Representatives and Senators are not helping. They need to either STFU or find another line of work.

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RNS Quote of the Day: 01/30/13

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Phil Kadath

My goodness!

Sanity in governance!

Today, I’m calling for a mechanism to be put in place so when we do bring in more than we need, we’ll have the option of returning tax money directly to the people who paid it. Currently, that’s not something our constitution allows. We need to fix that.

Rick Perry, Governor of Texas

What a novel idea.

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Please tell me he is joking

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Phil Kadath

Wait. Don’t. It would be better for me if he is not joking. I have a solution for that.

I’ve come across this demented idea before, on the college campus. Essentially, the thought process goes that every generation should have the opportunity to write out their own framework for a government, based on their wants, needs and morals of the time.

When you point out that all that would have to happen is for one generation to put language in their constitution stating that the following generations can no longer make changes and the experiment is done, they have a frothing conniption and call you a fascist.

Reality is too tough for some, I guess.

So, for the guy with the mind so open that his brain has fallen out, I propose this:

Fine, we’re rewriting the Constitution (and Bill of the Rights). Since I am sure that there will be limits to speech in the new constitution, I will lobby against freedom of speech for academics, as well as no Tenure system in our universities. When this passes, he will be fired for being an idiot.

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