Arms and the Law

Discovery here.

From the Babylon Bee. Yes, an armed society is a polite society.

Story here, on FoxNews, which may be be only media outlet that covered it.

FBI reports that the nutzo "bomber's" bombs were made of PVC pipe filled with "what is known as energetic material," which is defined as "material that give off heat and energy through a reaction to heat, shock, or friction." Like sugar?

Captain's Journal has the details, including a link to where you can file your claim for a replacement trigger assembly.

Dave Workman notes that coming soon are the anniversary of enactment of GCA 68 and the anniversary of the Earp gang's lethal and selective enforcement of Tombstone's gun law.

David Codrea has some. I'd add--(1) the bombs don't appear to have detonating mechanisms. (2) They are very small, maybe 1" pipe. (3) They have six stamps for six ounces, when they'd weight at least twice that. (4) None of the stamps are cancelled. If they were hand-delivered, why the stamps?

Looks to me as if it's a clumsy attempt to fake letter bombs, while actually ensuring they were harmless. Which suggests a false flag move. The stamps are added it wouldn't seem like a letter bomb without postage attached.

Here's his article in Real Clear Politics. The FBI figures indicate only one mass slaying stopped by a concealed carry permit holder (to be fair they do include several others stopped by an armed citizen whose permit status is unknown). John discovered several cases they had overlooked, and asked why. Their answer was that they exclude cases where the killer had a grudge against a specific person, i.e., wasn't trying to kill random people. To which Lott responded that (1) in the case he points to, the killer also fired on random people and (2) their overall count of mass slayings includes several cases where the attacker had a specific grudge.

FBI's response was to pass the buck: the decision to count or not count a case is made by consensus among some unnamed committee.

"The Supreme Court Has a Chance to Enforce Heller," at National Review Online. Hat tip to Alice Beard....

In fact, 57% oppose and only 40% favor a ban on "semi-automatic guns, known as assault rifles." (I guess we can't expect pollsters to know much about guns).

Story here, a little over halfway down the post. Brady was trying to cash in on Beto O'Rourke's fundraising for his race against Ted Cruz. So they sent out a fundraiser looking quite like a campaign fundraiser for him, but when the recipient clicked on the button to "chip in $5," they were directed to Brady Campaign's PAC fundraising site.

Story here.

This is incredible!

Video here.

(They should have asked me: I got ATF's administrative record for that move via FOIA a year or two ago. The agency's problem: the green tip's core consists of a steel penetrator followed by a lead slug, and the statute defines armor-piercing ammo as that which has a core "entirely" of forbidden metals, including steel. ATF cited some references that stated a bullet can have multiple cores, and was arguing that green-tip has two cores, and if any part of the core is a forbidden metal, than the bullet is AP. But the statute refers to "core," not "any one of its cores" and uses that in conjunction with "entirely.").

The vote was unanimous. Its sponsor explains, "the city's residents and stakeholders deserve to know how the city's public funds are being spent, and whether taxpayer funds are being spent on contractors that have contractual or sponsorship ties with the NRA."

But in the McSally-Sinema Senate race in Arizona, I think it just happened. Right as the early ballots are on the way to voters.

Rand Paul, who was there, reveals that the gunman shouted "this is for healthcare," and had a list in his pocket of conservative legislators he wanted to kill. Via Instapundit.

Senator Tester's communications director tweets "While you [his electoral opponent were busy making your millions developing Maryland farmland, @johntester was making a living shooting hundreds of cows and hogs."

My father told me that once, while he was deer hunting in the Kiabab, he stopped at a diner, and a man pulled up with a small cow he'd shot tied to his car. Everyone was laughing until one person stood up, and cried out "That's MY brand!" I asked what happened and Dad chuckled, "It was the most expensive beef that man ever bought."

Jair Bolsonaro argues: "give guns to good people." Although suggesting firing 20 shots is going a bit much.

Joshua Prince won it, in US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. PA classifies repeat DUI as a misdemeanor, but one that can carry up to five years' imprisonment, so for GCA purposes it's treated as a felony.