Second Amendment Law

State of emergency in NC

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:58:58 +0000

Paul Valone makes some observations about how the governor’s office, having declared an emergency, is trying to side-step on the State law that forbids carrying of a firearm after such an emergency is declared.

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State of emergency in NC

State of emergency in NC

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:58:58 +0000

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State of emergency in NC

Conflict over transit system firearm ads makes CBS

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:22:29 +0000

Story here .

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Conflict over transit system firearm ads makes CBS

Other side’s assessment of things

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:23:35 +0000

The Legal Community Against VIolence [a handful of attorneys and a big Joyce Foundation grant] has posted its annual report in pdf.

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Other side’s assessment of things

Good timing….

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:32:08 +0000

The Bateman case is a challenge to North Carolina’s statute that makes it illegal to carry a firearm off your own land during a declared emergency; defendants have moved to dismiss, as I recall. So here comes Hurricane Earl, and the governor’s declaration of a state of emergency, three days before dove season starts

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Good timing….

Hate speech — does it lead to violence?

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:32:20 +0000

Somehow I don’t think we’ll see that debate in the the case of the gunman who took hostages at Discovery Channel headquarters. “Lee is believed to have distributed a manifesto outside the Discovery building several weeks ago that called on the network to “broadcast to the world their commitment to save the planet.” “All programs on Discovery Health-TLC must stop encouraging the birth of any more parasitic human infants and the false heroics behind those actions,” the list of demands read.

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Hate speech — does it lead to violence?

Good news from California

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:03:34 +0000

Last night the legislature voted down registration of long arms, a prohibition on open carry, and a proposal for ammunition registration — that is, not just requiring recordkeeping, but filing of those records with the government.

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Good news from California

Interesting story

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:55:45 +0000

In Alabama, a 69 year old grandmother shoots a burglar, and gets a nice writeup, complete with a picture of her holding the gun. What’s astonishing is, the story is carried by the New York Daily News .

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Interesting story

This is so great…

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:52:15 +0000

SAF and CalGuns Foundation are sponsoring the annual Firearm Rights Policy Conference, in San Francisco, on Sept.24-26. (Talk about marching into the teeth of the enemy!)

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This is so great…

Surprise: Chicago rarely enforced it gun law

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:17:09 +0000

Story here , thanks to reader Joe Olson.

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Surprise: Chicago rarely enforced it gun law