Don’t Cry for Me Argentina

President of Argentina Javier Milei signed a decree Wednesday broadening gun rights in the country by allowing Argentine civilians to purchase and possess semiautomatic weapons for the first time in 30 years. [More]

It’s not uninfringed, but it’s a damn sight better than it was.

[Via bondmen]

Tangentially-Related UPDATE

The US government skyrocketed the USAID budget for Brazil while Bolsonaro was there. Not to help Brazilians economically, but to flood the political opposition in Brazil with money to try to take him out. [More]

Unsurprisingly

[Via Michael G]

NSSF’s Happy Talk®

“Today’s gun owners are representative of America because they come from every part of American society. We don’t all look the same or talk the same, but we share the very important idea that safe and lawful firearm ownership is our right.” [More]

We don’t all vote the same either, do we, Joe?

And define “lawful.”

It’s not about guns. It’s about freedom.

[Via Andy M]

A Right Delayed

Florida House votes to repeal gun control measure enacted after Parkland shooting… When asked if the House bill was dead in the Senate, House Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami, said there’s still time. “I think that’s premature,” Perez said. [More]

Why?

When won’t it be?

[Via Michael G]

The Eye of the Beholder

Arkansas public school students will soon be required to take gun safety courses [More]

“Gun safety” as in Youth for National Security or “gun safety” as in Everytown for Gun Safety?

A potential “live fire” option sounds promising, but will it be with more than a single-shot .22 and will it be high school before it’s declared “age appropriate” (I always preferred “development appropriate,” that focuses on the individual instead of the collective) ?

And I wonder how many Democrat parents will go ballistic…

[Via Antigone]

Old Hands

Senior Citizen Handguns – Do Older Folks Need Different Handguns? Sometimes … [More]

Yeah, my thumbs aren’t what they used to be…

Fortunately, this doesn’t apply to me, because as everyone here knows, especially you LE lurkers, I don’t own any guns. Evil, nasty things always going around killing people…

The prohibitonists, of course, have an entirely different take on aging

Thunderbawl Revisited

Too bad Connery — and the rest of the lot — turned out to be such tools.

[Via WiscoDave]

Then He Slithered and Slunk, with a Smile Most Unpleasant, Around the Whole Room, and He Took Every Present!

What You Need to Know Before Gifting a Gun [Watch]

Do it in a way that won’t let the grinches steal your freedom.

If you’re a famous gun-grabber, you get a pass.

[Via Jess]

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