Insiders’ views of turmoil in BATFE
Over at Cleanup ATF . All sorts of things that outsiders would never think of.
Full StorySwords crossed in the challenge to NY’s "may issue" permit system
Only Guns and Money has the update . It’s the usual beginning to a test case: defendant files an “everything but the kitchen sink” motion to dismiss.
Full StoryLEO seeks to reverse "no guns in parks" conviction
Story here . The quirk about DC area roads is that many are technically elongated national parks, so before the law was changed people could wind up charged with illegally having a gun in a park when they’d just seen it as driving down a highway in Virginia or Maryland, while in full compliance with State law
Full StoryA lesson about visiting DC….
If you come to DC with handguns in the car, don’t honestly answer if the hotel staff asks if you have a gun . Fortunately, charges were dropped.
Full StoryAnother reason to be glad I’m out here
Philadelphia is demanding that bloggers pay $300 for a business license .
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For some years, Clayton Cramer had a very useful blog, The Armed Citizen. One of his contributors posted a story reported in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. And it turns out that that paper has sold the right to sue any copyright infringers to some scumbag outfit known as Righthaven
Full StorySouth Korea proposes to sell US collectors M-1s, government objects
Story here . The reporter has the dates of issue wrong, and the prices are something we can only dream about, but the government position is pure nonsense.
Full StoryChallenge to Chicago’s shooting range ban
Motion for prelim injunction is here , in pdf. It points out that to get a handgun permit in Chicago, one must take at least an hour of range training, yet other provisions of the Chicago ordinances make this impossible — shooting ranges are banned, possession of ammo for other than an already-registered gun is banned, etc., etc. Hat tip to Gene Hoffman of CalGuns ..
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