Arms and the Law

Docket here. Justices Thomas and Kavavaugh dissent. I could not anything of their rescheduling these cases, some for over a year, and can make even less of then denying them all.

Just got the word. He'd been with the gun rights movement for eons. He left the only written account I know of relating to the Cincinnati Revolt of 1977, which created the modern NRA, and of which he was one of the team of good guys. Yep, he was an established activist 43 years ago. Good man.

Some thoughts. I don't have a clue, either.

June 9: Antifa takes over six blocks of Seattle calls it Free Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone.

June 10: They invite some homeless into their zone.... who promptly swipe all their food.

I wonder why they didn't call the police ... oh, that's right, I forgot...

My friends lost their son. I never had the honor of meeting him, but Stephen Peter Tylutki was a hell of a good fellow.

It's especially bad when the tripper breaks into an armed citizen's home and attacks his wife.

Story here.

The proposal is to do away with the police department and adopt a "transformative new model of public safety," whatever that is supposed to mean. As Herschel says, thank you, Antifa, for publicly demonstrating why the 2A is so relevant. And how the "progressive model" is insane as a model for government. Near five centuries ago, Hobbes laid out the core purpose of government: providing security. We all give up the legal right to victimize others, in return for them giving up the same, and government comes into being as a way of enforcing that. And, P.J. O'Rourke reminds us, after that comes putting out fires and fixing potholes in the road.

On May 31, 2020, the last Civil War pensioner passed away.

Story and opinion here. Initiatives require a description of the measure being voted on (and for which petition signatures were sought), and the court found, 4-1, that the description was inaccurate. It said that existing firearms would be registered and "grandfathered in" without disclosing that they could never be transferred, by transaction or will or otherwise.

Captain's Quarters nails it. They've brought the Second Amendment home for many uncommitted people, put paid to the argument that since police are there to protection you you don't need self-defense capabilities, why would you need a large capacity magazine, etc.

For former Dean Dan Polsby and prof. Joyce Malcolm, who have taken emeritus status at the Antonin Scalia School of Law, at George Mason University. Here's a slideshow to celebrate the occasion.

From Radio New Zealand: "Rates of gun crimes and killings using guns at highest levels in a decade."

Of course, that just means they should want more.

For pointing a Nerf gun. It wasn't even loaded.

A dissenting statement by Commissioner Gail Herriot, of the Commission on Civil Rights.

"This report should not have been published in this form. When the results of an empirical study don't come out the way Commission members hoped and expected that they would, the right thing to do is usually to publish those results anyway. Why hide useful information?

Instead, the Commission sat on the report for years. Then it decided to discard the draft written by our staff and publish instead a transcript of the witness testimony received at our briefing that took place on October 17, 2014 in Orlando, Florida (along with Commissioner Statements like this one). In that way, the staff's empirical findings could be buried forever."

And, for good measure, announces he is ordered some from China. I hope somebody points out to Remington that there are lots of places (such as rural Michigan) that are in dire need. Charity doesn't begin at home when you have a governor like that.

Tulsa: Potential mass killer stopped by gun owner with a concealed carry permit.

The move comes in the wake of litigation filed by Firearms Policy Coalition. Good.

When you check out at the supermarket, drug store, etc. you must punch in numbers on a keypad. Even if you pay cash, you must punch in your phone number. On the same keypad that hundreds of people have used before you.

My idea: I had some nitrile gloves. I took scissors and cut the finger and thumb parts from each. Now when I check out I just slide one over my right index finger and discard it as I leave the store. This way I get five uses for each glove.

I was just down at Ace Hardware, which here sells ammo. The cashier said there was a big run on ammo. An FFL just told me that the wholesale price of a new AR went up 25-30%, meaning that dealer wholesale is now where the retail price was a few weeks ago. That is also true of much ammo.

Captain's Quarters has the report, together with some interesting analysis of the computational issues.