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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Second Amendment News Roundup for 4/30/08

Focusing on guns and politics, here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:

Gun Law News has an important alert concerning a bill that would retain NICS records for extended periods of time, compliments of our old 'friend,' Frank Lautenberg:
http://www.gunlawnews.org/News/laut042908-2.html

The Bastard and his mongrels are still at it (Mayor Bloomberg and his coalition to rob citizens of their rights). The Buckeye Firearms Association has a highly informative article about their tactics here:
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/node/5632

Obama claims he never referred to Wright as his 'spiritual advisor or mentor.' But the Volokh Conspiracy has his statements in the media that suggest otherwise:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_04_27-2008_05_03.shtml#1209531850

Ever wonder how many gunowners there are around the world? John Lott has some estimates:
http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2008/04/gun-ownership-across-countries.html

David Codrea has an extremely important report from the front lines in the battle for gun rights, and this one isn't good:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2008/04/report-from-front-lines.html

Traction Control has the good news from the Department of the Interior:
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=1053

Breda blogs on being a new licensee for concealed carry in Ohio:
http://thebredafallacy.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-new-normal.html

Michelle Malkin reports that certain groups have designated May 1 (tomorrow) as the day when all workers united to support totally open borders....making it 'amnesty day':
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/30/countdown-to-may-day-amnesty-for-all/

Blogstitution questions why certain politicians and 'scientists' have any credibility at all when one delves into the details of the 'global warming' theory:
http://www.blogstitution.com/2008/04/why-do-these-people-have-any-credibility/

Cap'n Bob and the Damsel report that a pioneering scientist in the realm of hurricane forecasting may lose his funding because he believes certain 'scientists' are brainwashing the nation's children concerning 'global warming':
http://capnbob.us/blog/2008/04/29/colorado-state-university-greenbat-award/

Freedom Sight blogs on Jonah Goldberg's book, 'Liberal Fascism':
http://freedomsight.net/?p=2464

Uncle has excellent news about a case in New York where the appeals court slapped Judge Jack Weinstein (a big gun-grabber) for misinterpreting the law concerning holding gun manufacturers responsible for gun crime:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2008/04/30/excellent-15/

Sebastian has a link to a post that tells us what, exactly, the gun-grabbers wish to ban:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2008/04/30/what-they-want-to-ban/

Monday, December 03, 2007

Second Amendment News Roundup for 12/3/07

Focusing on guns and politics, here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:

Alphecca gives us an update on one of the sorriest excuses for a judge in the U.S.--the anti-gun Jack Weinstein:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=552

Alphecca also says that the Boston Globe is doing cartwheels over the D.C. gun case going to the Supreme Court. It seems they can't image the Court ruling that the 2nd Amendment protects individual rights:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=553

The polls, they keep a-changin'. Mike McCarville reports that Huckabee and Edwards are early favorites in Oklahoma, although we read another poll showing Thompson ahead. This may well go right down to the wire, even the Convention:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/12/early-presidential-favorites.html

A Keyboard and a .45 tells us about his day at the shooting range yesterday:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2007/12/day-at-range.html

Armed and Safe blogs that the antis love to point to some elusive 'well-funded gun lobby' to explain our successes. Appropriate commentary follows on the claim:
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2007/12/so-how-does-he-fit-into-gun-lobby.html

Nicki at The Liberty Zone systematically takes apart the drivel from Laura Washington on the GOP supposedly 'pandering to the people of the gun':
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/12/more-ignorance-from-laura.html

Blogonomicon writes about 'gun stuff for Christmas':
http://blogonomicon.blogspot.com/2007/12/gun-stuff-for-christmas.html

Born Again Redneck provides commentary on potential support for GOP candidates in the Presidential election:
http://bornagainredneck.blogspot.com/2007/12/mike-huckabee-will-be-next-president.html

Cameron Bailey give us a run-down on what happened at the Washington State Legislature last week:
http://www.cameron-bailey.com/2007/12/senate-bill-6178.html

Cap'n Bob and the Damsel have some wonderful solar images which show the fluctuations and changes in solar energy over time and how this contributes to temperature change on Earth:
http://capnbob.us/blog/2007/12/03/extreme-solar-images/

Syd has the must-read of the day, entitled, 'Have Gun, Will Carry':
http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/concealed-carry/have-gun-will-carry/

Wanna see 'the Harvard Crimson' get reamed alive? Of Arms and the Law has a link to an author who tells it like it is concerning Harvard's anti-Bill-of-Rights bias:
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2007/12/robert_verbrugg.php

Pribek comments on the Commie-thug (Hugo Chavez) and the fact that his constitutional initiatives were defeated by the citizens:
http://pribek.net/2007/12/03/hugo-loses/

Red's Trading Post presents 'The Ghost of Thomas Jefferson's' comments on the D.C. vs. Heller case:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/12/ghost-of-thomas-jefferson-on-dc-v.html

Say Uncle says that due to the Plain Dealer's decision to publish the names of concealed permit holders, journalists can no longer copy or duplicate that information:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/12/03/gun_permit_data/

Snow Flakes in Hell comments on background checks for gun purchases:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=2044

Squeaky tells us she is adding 'the Big Mo' to her tag line for a while:
http://www.squeakywheelseeksgrease.com/blog/2007/12/03/notice-the-new-tagline/

The Bitch Girls report that in Michigan permit applications from women are way up:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7713

The War on Guns has some well-chosen words for some numbskulls who believe the 2nd Amendment should be repealed:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/12/rich-young-reds-say-repeal-second.html

Hat Tip to Traction Control for pointing us to this great blog written by a Texas beauty whose hero is Ronald Reagan. I think I am in love. In this post she writes about Michelle Malkin's tenacity:
http://rightwingsparkle.blogspot.com/2007/12/difference-between-michelle-malkin-and.html

Tam has the quote of the day:
http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2007/12/quote-of-day_03.html

From the NRA: commentary on the Boston Gun Search policy:
http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=3301

The Volokh Conspiracy has a pod-cast on gun issues:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_12_02-2007_12_08.shtml#1196700398

Friday, August 17, 2007

Bloomberg Wins This Gun Battle--For Now

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg scored a victory for gun control groups when a federal judge issued a ruling on Thursday allowing NYC to sue out-of-state gun dealers. The ruling, which was issued by Judge Jack Weinstein, enables the city to proceed with lawsuits against over a dozen out-of-state gun dealers for supposedly contributing to crime in the Big Apple.

It is not as if the Big Apple needs any help from the outside to be one of the biggest crime hubs in the nation. The city manages to do quite well as a center for violent crime quite on its own.

Yet anti-Second Amendment groups and individuals, such as Bloomberg and Judge Weinstein, have always sought to address crime and violence by attacking firearms and the law-abiding citizens who own them.

It seems that the modus operandi of such gun-grabbers these days is to attack private gun ownership by suing firearms manufacturers and the shops that sell their products, often to the point of forcing them out of business.

As reported previously on The Liberty Sphere, upwards of 85% of American gun manufacturers and gun dealers have been forced out of business by the Feds since the middle of the 1990s. Apparently Mayor Bloomberg wishes to close down the rest by suing their pants off.

The State of New York lost an identical suit against the gun industry in 2003 in the Sturm, Ruger case. A state appellate court threw out the lawsuit, citing the lack of precedent in the state's theory of liability.

The fact that Bloomberg and the City of New York would bring the exact same suit that the state lost a mere four years previously, i.e., 'public nuisance,' is odd to say the least. However, when one considers the circumstances of the present scenario, including the Judge who happens to be involved, the entire matter begins to come into focus.

Judge Jack B. Weinstein is 86 years old. In spite of his age and his senior status in the federal court system, he maintains a full schedule and docket.

Weinstein was appointed to the bench in 1967 by President Lyndon B. Johnson, one of the most liberal and corrupt politicians that has ever occupied the White House. In the Johnson tradition of vastly expanding the powers of the federal government and implementing the most far-reaching social experiment ever perpetrated on the populace, i.e., the 'Great Society,' Weinstein has been at the center of judicial activism his entire career.

The Great Society represents the beginning of the notion in America that individuals are never responsible for their own actions. If one is caught and charged with a crime, poverty is to blame, or a thousand other various and sundry excuses.

A dysfunctional family of origin, a disadvantaged upbringing, the lack of proper nutrition during childhood, sexual abuse, physical abuse, verbal abuse, emotional abuse are all likely suspects. Too bad they can't be charged with crimes.

Thus, the 'victim' mentality took root in America, meaning of course that if I get a lung disease from smoking, I am not to blame at all for smoking. It is the fault of the tobacco companies. If I walk into a crowded restaurant at lunch and open fire, killing 25 people, I am not to blame for my homicidal behavior. I probably had a cruel mother.

And more importantly, it was not I who did the killing. It was the gun I held in my hand.

Judge Jack B. Weinstein is the perfect Judge for perpetual victimhood.

A case in point is the class action lawsuit against the tobacco industry that was thrown out of court by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in 2005. In the 'Simon II Litigation' the Court ruled that Judge Jack Weinstein had exceeded the scope of federal law by certifying a non-opt-out class of smokers who had been diagnosed with smoking-related illnesses.

Weinstein is notorious for his blatantly aggressive use of the class action lawsuit and consumer protection laws in order to resolve toxicity and product liability claims.

Further, the fact that Weinstein mysteriously seems to be the one Judge who rules over these cases is curiously suspicious. As David Hardy points out, every federal district in the country utilizes a random system of assigning cases to judges. Yet this random system seems to have a rather consistent pattern of choosing Weinstein to control product liability litigation.

And it just so happens that Bloomberg gets Weinstein.

Given that the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has a history of citing Weinstein for his overzealous stretching of the law, it is a safe bet that the Court will look askance at the present case in question, given that New York State has already lost the exact same lawsuit.

But for now, Bloomberg has won himself a gun battle, thanks to an 86-year old activist Judge who will not allow a tiny matter such as the law get in the way of his rulings.

However, the loss of a battle is not the same as the loss of the entire war.

Second Amendment News Roundup for 8/17/07

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Focusing on guns and politics, here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:

The Bitch Girls will no longer be bitching...at least not on the blog. We are very sad to hear that Bitter Bitch is hanging it up, at least for now. We will miss her posts, which were always humorous, thoughtful, and well-written. In this post, Bitter explains her reasons for taking some time away:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7294

Most of you know that Sebastian over at Snow Flakes in Hell is Bitter Bitch's boyfriend. Some have suggested that the two combine their blogs, which would be a great idea in our opinion:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1300

Of Arms and the Law posts this commentary on Judge Jack Weinstein's decision to allow NYC to sue out-of-state gun shops (and I posted an opinion piece about this on today's edition of The Liberty Sphere):
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2007/08/weinstein_lets.php

Red's Trading Post points out this interesting fork in the road for gun dealers:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/08/fork-in-road-for-gun-dealers.html

The War on Guns says that the Brady Gang and Jessie Jackson are staging a national protest against guns on August 28:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/08/bradys-call-for-national-protest-on-aug.html

Open Carry supports a national 'buy a box of ammo day' on Aug. 28 as a counter-protest to the Brady-Jackson anti-gun strut:
http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/forum4/4240.html

Nicki at The Liberty Zone reports that the state of New Jersey is teaming up with the ATF in its vendetta against guns, gun owners, gun shops, and gun manufacturers:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/08/jersey-teaming-up-with-atf.html

John Lott has this example of 'the slippery slope'--the banning of twisting balloons into the shape of guns:
http://johnrlott.tripod.com/2007/08/slippery-slope-banning-twisting.html

The Madman Raves has an example of one of our favorite pastimes--looking at hot chicks with guns:
http://www.themadmanraves.com/2007/08/chicks-with-guns-ii.html

Alphecca says that Mexico is still whining about U.S. gun laws (as if they have a right to complain about ANYTHING concerning this country!):
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=345

WorldNetDaily News posts this story on a Roman Catholic priest in the Netherlands who says that Christians should begin to refer to God as 'Allah' in order to ease tensions with Muslims (ok, repeat along with me...'HORSE SHIT'):
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/staticarticles/article57178.html

The Buckeye Firearms Association has an article entitled, 'While Washington Vacations, a War Rages Here at Home':
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3901.html

Mike McCarville reports that Fred Thompson has taken the lead in a South Carolina poll. The state is of immense importance in the GOP race:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/08/thompson-leads-south-carolina-poll.html

The McCarville Report also has an article concerning the fear and trembling of the mainstream media over Rupert Murdock's impending takeover of the Wall Street Journal:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/08/leland-gourley-in-friday-liberal-media.html

The Jet Pilot blogs on some disturbing news concerning a new screening system at the nation's airports. Facial expressions will now be used to screen passengers. Just think, a frown at a ticket agent may be enough to get you thrown into jail:
http://ajetpilot.blogspot.com/2007/08/new-airport-agents-check-for-danger-in.html