Cancellation of Maine ‘AR’ Safety Class Opens Questions as to Motives and Legality

That leaves a potential conflict, as duly enacted existing law, which mandates “The commissioner shall establish a program for training individuals in the safe handling of firearms,” does not add a proviso saying “except for firearms that Democrats don’t like.” And the truth about that is all of them, as the Fudds will find out when they’re no longer needed. [More]

Who knew “commonsense gun safety” meant no training? My Freedom of Access Act Request attempts to find out who’d behind that bit of idiocy.

And I just sent it out this morning:

Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before

ATF official: Federal prosecutors turning a blind eye to straw purchasers, again – Events reminiscent of ATF’s “Operation Fast & Furious” scandal. [More]

Hey, if you want to blood dance, you first need blood.

Which invites two questions, one about the open border and the other about the imposition of prior restraints because people who have proven they can’t be trusted with a gun aren’t kept away from the rest of us.

I’ve established a dialog with Mr. Forcelli, have read his book, and will be releasing an interview and a review over the next few weeks.

[Via CP]

Let’s Find Out What He’s Made Of

Although I’d prefer it it had been his idea.

[Via bondmen]

All an Act?

Gun control was once ‘electoral kryptonite.’ Now Colorado Democrats are emboldened — and prepared to act [More]

Yes, they do show their true colors when they’re convinced they have the numbers to forcwe things down yout throat and gloat about it.

The question here is, what does “prepared to act” really mean?

[Via bondmen]

Infectious AND Antidemocratic!

Guns, in other words, are not just threats to public health; they are threats, as historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat writes, to the “strong civic culture and a public sphere conducive to social trust and altruism” that healthy democracies require. [More]

He starts with a faulty premise and goes downhill from there.

Aaron Zelman had a term for such as Metzl and Ben-Ghiat.

[Via Jess]

Kicking the Can

The Kali Key completely changes the classification from Semi to Non Regulated Bolt Action. [Watch]

Or as an old friend of mine once said:

I sometimes wonder whether the socialists will issue an edict requiring all firearms to have a pink ribbon tied to the barrel, just to get a belly laugh as the panicked descendants of once-proud American patriots scurry to comply.

[Via Jess]

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