Arms and the Law

Discussion here, with the Amazon links at the bottom of the page.

Young's books were cited around a hundred times (literally) by the Fifth Circuit in U.S. v. Emerson, which made him the most-cited 2A author then, and he may well still hold that distinction!

Story here. Its organizer is Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky.

In the Washington Times, she has "The Second Amendment: A Fundamental Principal of American Liberty." (And in the comment section, Clayton Cramer takes on critics).

The Court of Appeals opinion is a good one. It sounds like the trial court just wanted to deep six the case.

Glad to be in Arizona. When the California legislature came up with the idea of microstamping firing pins, the objection was made that it'd be very easy to deface or remove the microstamp. The legislature then came up with the brilliant solution to that: require the manufacturer to put a second microstamp inside the handgun (with no requirement that that one do anything). And to think they let those legislators not only walk the street, but also to drive a car.

I just finished "Ready the Cannons," by William Gurstelle, who also has released "Backyard Ballistics" and "Defending Your Castle." "Ready the Cannons" lists a great number of projects, mostly using PVC piping and BBQ igniters. The beverage bottle bazooka (small soda bottle, vapor from rubbing alcohol, and launch tube), a hydro swivel water gun, a carbide cannon (I remember when those were sold in kid's comic books, they made a heck of a blast while not being fixable with a projectile, and so were not legally guns). A potato gun with a 10 foot barrel, to see how high you can fire its load. A device that accelerates ping-pong balls to 300 mph.

Seems like a nice Christmas book (or perhaps one to get early so as to build a few for presents). It and the two other books are available on Amazon.

As Imstapundit asks, is there anything that Trump cannot do?

There has been some thought that gun sales might slump off, but I am skeptical there. I saw an industry study years ago that tried to determine whether the rapidly rising sales were due to fear of then-new president Obama. The study singled out guns that people would think were more vulnerable to restriction -- handguns and "assault rifles" -- and compared their sales trends to general firearm sales trends.

The finding was that after his first election and for, if I remember correctly, three months after, the more vulnerable firearms had a sale surge disproportionate to other firearms, but after that, all firearms began surging. The conclusion was that were seeing some general trend to want more firearms that was not being driven by political fears.

Right here. I find it interesting that someone one has created a computer program to calculate a group's size from a scanned-in target.

I've been too blasted busy to blog much, but this is wonderful. As is this.

I've received the following. For those who can remember the beginnings of the 2A movement, Don was the person who took it mainstream, with his article in the Michigan Law Review. He thereafter served an invaluable function in reaching out to academia.

"It saddens me to bear bad news, but as some of you may already know, Don Kates passed away on Tuesday, November 1, 2016. While Don had a long struggle with his health issues, he bore it all with great dignity. He was given the highest quality care and was comforted throughout by his wife and close friends. A more formal announcement and tribute may be planned for later, but the family wanted to inform his friends in the Second Amendment and Academic Communities now. There will be a small service attended by family and friends in Washington state on Saturday, November 5, 2016. We regret the short notice at this point but plans were in flux and just finalized late yesterday. The details his wife gave me are as follows:

Northwood Park Cemetery  

Address: 16407 NE 15th Ave, Ridgefield, WA 98642

It's set to be kind of an open house on Saturday, November 5, from noon to 3, so people can come and go as they please."

I know, it could never happen.

Right here.

I haven't had time for much blogging of late, because I'm so busy writing non-blog pro-gun material.

It's called Voters Aware.

This says they will be asked, but gives no source for that.

Over at American Thinker, they have an article by Barbara Grant, who did some very impressive work on the Waco infrared tapes.

Attorney-client interactions should not involve a baseball bat.

Wikileaks indicates that Hillary endorses the idea.

Question: does U Tenn. Law need a safe space where it can rebuilt after being exposed to the reality of Prof. Glenn Reynolds?

The poor little things haven't been exposed to the FULL reality....

Details here. Gunners affected are:

1. Current owners of Remington Model 700, Seven, Sportsman 78, 673, 710, 715, 770, 600, 660, XP-100, 721, 722, and 725 firearms containing a Remington trigger mechanism that utilizes a trigger connector;

2. Current owners of Remington Model 700 and Model Seven rifles containing an X-Mark Pro trigger mechanism manufactured from May 1, 2006 to April 9, 2014 who did not participate in the voluntary X-Mark Pro product recall prior to April 14, 2015; and

3. Current and former owners of Remington Model 700 and Model Seven rifles who replaced their rifle's original Walker trigger mechanism with an X-Mark Pro trigger mechanism.

They have decided against being total buffoons in the matter. A wise choice. Even if they feel compelled to recite formulae such as "I understand the hurt and frustration they feel," "move forward to rebuild our law school community," and "coming together as a community in thoughtful and constructive dialogue."

They left off "God is love" and "gentlemen will take care to arrange their clothing before leaving the men's room."

But now will they investigate his blending puppies to prepare his energy drinks?

It wrapped up yesterday, and was as always a very nice event. My favorite panel was "Winning Gun Rights, One Lawsuit at a Time," which featured Pamela Capanna, Eric Friday, Don Kilmer, Dan Schmutter, and David Sigale. Other high points were John Lott, and a panel of doctors on the medical "studies."