I had no idea that I once belonged to a terrorist organization!

Wayne LaPierre tells about the outrageous accusations made against the Boy Scouts by Elbert County Sheriff William Frangis. When new-to-the-neighborhood, liberal bunny-huggers complained about the Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch and their shooting range, Frangis was quite eager to help them shut the Scouts down. The sheriff, a longtime foe of gun rights, told county commissioners that the Scout camp was like a "Hamas training camp".

OK... I knew back in my Scouting days that we could look (and smell) kinda scary after a week in the woods, but terrorists?!? Who knew?

You can listen to Wayne's blog post here.

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The strawman speaks

If you will recall, the Second Amendment Foundation called for an investigation of the Boston Globe's Steve Bailey. Mr. Bailey bragged on a local radio station about violating Federal gun laws. I wondered in this space if the BATFE would indeed investigate one of the anointed who dwells upon Mt. Olympus.

Well... Apparently they would and are! And now, Mr. Bailey is squealing like a stuck pig. Predictably, he does not address the substance of the SAF's complaint; that he engaged in an illegal straw purchase. Instead, he attacks the SAF's Alan Gottlieb. He also attacks the NRA, even though the NRA and the SAF are independent organizations. It would seem that Mr. Bailey suffers from poor marksmanship as well as an inability to obey existing gun laws. We'll see where this leads.

(And on a side note: Mayor Bloomberg in NYC should watch this case too. Mr. Bailey isn't the only one who's engaged in illegal straw purchases of late!)

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OSHA to revise overwrought rules on ammo

The labor dept. has announced that OSHA will be revising it proposed rules for "explosives safety". These rules would have made it impossible to run a gun store or other firearms related business. More info can be found at the NRA-ILA site.

This retreat by OSHA is the result of the efforts of NRA members and other gun owners and the "blizzard of negative comments" they files with OSHA. Your activism works. Don't think that your one letter doesn't matter.

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An example of a good gun law...

AB 845 has been passed by the Legislature and is on its way to Gov. Schwarzenegger's desk. This bill will provide an exemption to California's "unsafe handgun" law and allow manufacturers to loan guns to writers and other reviewers. This law mirrors Federal law and allows loans of up to 45 days for evaluations of new handgun models by Californian writers. More info can be found on the California NRAMembersCouncils.com website.

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More "Thus for me and not for thee"...

Doncha just love it when the gun-grabbers think that they have to break Federal gun laws to make a point? Take the example of Boston Globe writer Steve Bailey. He paid a New Hampshire man to make an illegal straw purchase for him at a Lebanon, NH, gun show so that he could have something to write about. Bailey then bragged about his crime on a Boston talk radio show.

It's kinda like Rosie O'Donnell eating a dozen Krispey Kremes to protest obesity.

The good folks at the Second Amendment Foundation have sent a letter to Bailey's boss demanding that he be fired. They've also contacted the BATFE to request that they open an investigation. Let's hope that the BATFE gives Mr. Bailey the same attention they'd give any of us mere mortals should we choose to ignore Federal firearms laws.

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AB 821 update

AB 821, which would ban all but "non-lead" ammunition for big game and coyote hunting in a large chunk of the State, has been passed out of the Senate Appropriations Committee and is now on the Senate floor.

"Why are they doing this?" you ask? To save the Condors from lead that they don't eat. Scratching your head? The theory is that the big, ugly, Pleistocene birdies eat bullet fragments they find in gutpiles and in lost game animals. The theory, however, doesn't jive with the facts. Condors eat all kinds of strange crap. Bottle caps? Yummy! Lead wheel weights? Delish!! Broken glass? Always a fine finish to a large meal! And then wash it all down with a nice spot of used motor oil.

Lead bits from the odd gutpile are the least of their problems. (The big one is that the last ice age ended. It's been kinda downhill from there for them.)

For more info, see the NRAMembersCouncils.com AB 821 information page.

As for the larger issue of lead and condors, stay tuned to this site for more info.

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Ammo registration bill gutted

AB 362, which would have registered ammo purchases in the State of California, has been amended. The bill now mandates "a report on the feasibility of creating a system of licensing, registration, or both licensing and registration, of handgun ammunition sales" instead.

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Self-defense OK for me, but, sorry, not for thee

Another example of gun-grabber hypocrisy is the subject of this San Antonio Express editorial. When the Texas House voted to pass that State's version of a Castle Doctrine bill, 13 House members voted in the negative. These 13 legislators obviously felt that Texans had a duty to retreat in the face of violent criminals. One of the 13, however, followed a different course of action when he was confronted by a pair of thugs...

[Rep. Borris Miles, D-Houston] was inspecting the construction site of his new house last week when he heard some noises downstairs. When he went to investigate, he discovered two men trying to steal copper from the work site.

An altercation ensued during which, according to the Houston Chronicle, one of the thieves threw a pocketknife at Miles. The lawmaker, who has a concealed weapon permit, opened fire. One of the pilferers received a non-life-threatening wound.

One wonders how Mr. Miles would vote now.

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Goin' all in...

SCOTUSblog is reporting that the DC city government will be appealing the Parker case to the Supreme Court. Oddly, they've left the filing for so long that they're requesting an extension to file their case. (The deadline was originally Aug. 8.)

In poker, that's quite a tell when the other guy take so long to chew on a bet. One wonders what lobbying was going on in Mayor Fenty's office. How many in the anti-gun lobby were pressuring him to let sleeping dogs lie?