Droning On

That they haven’t been taken out already suggests either incompetence or complicity.

[Via Jess]

UPDATE

The Pentagon says this isn’t accurate, but doesn’t say what is.

Commonsense Constitution Safety Laws

The American flag, Constitution and other “props” are no longer allowed to be used during the public portion of Township Council meetings under a new ordinance that also limits the time residents have to address the governing body. [More]

It’s a clown show over there, all the way around.

Any questions why...?

How do they swear them in, as required by the supreme Law of the Land?

[Via Jess]

Painted into a Corner

Somebody may want to send him this.

As for “the original public meaning of ‘Arms’ excludes bullet-storage containers lke LCMs,” does anyone have a quick link to that brief? I’d like to check and see if the “expert” definition they’re relying on invalidates New Jersey’s “bump stock” ban.

[Via Jess]

Ahistorical, Atextual, and Nontraditional

Gun Owners of America (GOA) and the Gun Owners Foundation today teamed up with the Coalition of New Jersey Firearm Owners to challenge the state’s onerous permitting requirements to purchase handguns as well as New Jersey’s arbitrary “one gun a month” law. [More]

You mean states that signed on to the Constitution might have balked if they saw a list of permissible infringements?

Opacity in Government

New Jersey Mayors Want the Power To Sue You For Asking Too Many Questions – A bill backed by the Conference of Mayors would let courts issue restraining orders when people “harass” officials with information requests. [More]

And just look at that list of New Jersey mayors…

They’re not the only ones complaining:

“In short, there is a tangled web of connections between a small cadre of firearms activists and their efforts to recover fees through largely unsuccessful FOIA litigation.”

After all, who works for whom…?

[Via Michael G]