Arms and the Law

Self protection, like laws, are for the little people.

Story here.

But won't the parakeets dislike the new format? It'll probably be glossy and not very absorbent.

High school student suspended over writing assignment where he said he'd shot a neighbor's pet dinosaur.

The assignment was to write something that could be a "status" statement on Facebook. Glad to know the schools are teaching and valuing the important things in life.

This time its Gordon Jenkins, of Monticello, NY, arrested for taking bribes and intimidating the witnesses. We need to bust MAIG for RICO violations! Where are DoJ's Organized Crime Task Forces when you need them?

This is hilarious. 'Nuff said.

Court allows suit against Aurora theater, based on allegations of inadequate security. The court notes that it is only saying the issue is sufficiently disputed to require going to trial, not that either side might necessarily win.

Patterico pretty well takes it apart, but I'd add a thought.

Gun stores packed in St. Louis area.

"He says nearly 100 percent say they are buying them for defensive purposes. "They're buying AR-15s, home defense shotguns, handguns, personal defense handguns something for conceal carry." said King."

He'll be presenting on "Are there lessons for us today from Nazi Gun Control?" on CSPAN-2, Book TV, this Sunday, August 17 at 5 PM EDT.

Here's his closing coulumn.

"I began over a decade ago because I was one of those well-meaning liberals who believed the propaganda that we'd be safer in a disarmed society. I believed that gun owners were the problem. I believed that the Brady Campaign were the good guys.

Then, at the behest of a law enforcement client, I set out on my own research journey. I learned that gun control is both racist and sexist in its impact on the real people who have to live in disarmed societies. That offended my liberal sensitivities: I was outraged. So I began to write, first for small local sites, and then for progressively large sites. PJ Media was kind enough to hire me to write features in 2010, and it's been a good run."

Dave Workman has the story. Use a load of money to buy mass media advertising ... their methods are SO twentieth century!

Vesely v. Armslist, LLC (7th Cir. Aug. 12, 2014), as discussed by Prof. Volokh. A person was killed by a stalker who bought a handgun, from a private individual, illegally since they were not residents of the same state, via the online site Armlist. Brady's legal theory was that Armslist facilitates private sales without background checks, and facilitates illegal interstate sales.

The Seventh Circuit upholds dismissal, without getting into the Federal statutory issues. A person generally has no legal duty to protect others, absent a special relationship with them (landlord to tenant, etc.). Armlist did not aid an illegal sale; it simply allowed someone to advertise, and was entitled to assume he meant to sell in compliance with the law.

Just in, an email from CT Carry announcing the defeat of John McKinney in the governor's primary. They describe him as an architect of the 2013 gun restrictions (I'm not up on CT politics and so cannot say).

Here's more on that issue.

Why I'd never join the Pompous Association of Empty Suits.

Retired BATF agent. It's a oft-repeated story. A corrupt LE agency will still have some honest officers who really want to shut down bad guys for the good of all. Here is how it deals with them. Now, if only Congress gave a hoot....

And we now know those of New Jersey District Attorney Jim McClain. NJ has a diversion program for first offenders, which enables them to have their charges dismissed if they stay out of trouble for a time.

McClain earlier allowed diversion in the case of Ray Rice, who was accused of having beaten his wife unconscious before dragging her out of an elevator. But he denied it in the case of Shaneen Allen, a 27 year old mother, who mistakenly thought that New Jersey recognized her Pennsylvania license to carry, and now faces a 3.5 year mandatory minimum sentence. Rice was, however, a sports star, and we all know they don't have to follow the law.

Bloomberg group decides to annoy pro-gun candidates at the Iowa State Fair, offers "volunteers" free admission, parking, and food. Pro-groups suggest their members call it to RSVP and get free admission, parking, and food.

Astroturf financed by millionaires is SO twentieth century!

Telling a woman whose house is being burglarized to "put the gun down."

I like her response: I'll put the gun down when I see the police."

"When a Psychiatrist Shoots to Kill". It's by a psychiatrist.

Clayton, the pro-gun historian whose research among other things initiated the downfall of Michael Bellesiles, has had a stroke. It's described as minor, weakness on one side of the body, but will require a month of rehab. You can contact Rhonda Cramer at the link. (Update: my email just bounced).